CSRwire Press Releases

CVS Caremark Charitable Trust "Surprises" Non-Profits with $4.3 Million in Funding

02.07.2012 - 04:45PM

Today representatives of the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust, a private foundation created by C...

New Evidence That Chevron Used U.S. Professors to Defraud Ecuador Court In $18 Billion Environmental Lawsuit

02.07.2012 - 12:50PM

Chevron is refusing to deny that it defrauded Ecuador's courts by altering a key document to induce U.S. academic "experts" -- including a prominent professor at Rice University in Houston -- to endorse fake testing methods to hide the presence...

Martinez To Lead The UPS Foundation

02.07.2012 - 11:00AM

Eduardo Martinez, a 35-year UPS veteran and currently the program director for The UPS Foundation, has been named president of UPS’s philanthropic arm.

Martinez, 52, will succeed Ken Sternad, who is retiring after a 35-year career...

CDC Development Solutions' 3rd Annual ICV Conference

02.07.2012 - 10:00AM

On April 11 and 12, 2012, CDC Development Solutions will host the Third Annual International Corporate Volunteerism Conference, which will focus on this increa...

Wyndham Worldwide Again Named Among Top 50 Companies for Executive Women

02.07.2012 - 09:19AM

(Marketwire) - Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: Novo Nordisk’s eighth annual integrated report, now online, reports on the company’s very positive financial, social and environmental performance for 2011. Download the Annual Report 2011 at is rapidly gaining momentum. The 5th EuroCharity Yearbook is a highly-respected, international multi-stakeholder album with a global audience of key stakeh...

Colgate-Palmolive Releases Sustainability Report and Strategy Through 2015

02.06.2012 - 09:12AM

Colgate-Palmolive has released its online sustainability report, “Giving the World Reasons to Smile.” The new report details Colgate’s long-standing commitment, achievements, accomplishments and challenges to sustaina...

InterContinental Miami goes 100% Green with Wind Power

02.03.2012 - 01:02PM

Luxury hotel InterContinental Miami today announced that it has partnered with Greenlight Energy to purchase 15,467,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of wind power in 2012. The purchase is part of a broader corporate-wide sustainability strategy a...

SAM (Sustainable Asset Management) Distinctions for Bombardier

02.02.2012 - 11:33AM

(Marketwire) - Following its fifth consecutive listing as an index component on both the Dow Jones Sustainability World and the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Indexes, Bombardier (TSX: BBD.A)(TSX: BBD.B) was awarded SAM Sector Mover ...

Pre-Order Your Copy Of The 2012 Who’s Who Of CSR

02.02.2012 - 10:00AM

The Ethical Performance 2012 CSR Professional Services Directory will be published in early February, and you can pre-order your copy for £29.95 ($47, €35). This is the directory’s seventh year and the print version is the only...

TEDxManhattan "Changing the Way We Eat" 2012: Issues, Impacts & Innovation

02.02.2012 - 08:00AM

On a snowy Saturday in January, more than 350 attendees, 60 viewing parties, and 9,000+ online viewers attended and tuned in to watch 17 leaders in the world of sustainable agriculture and food speak about the state of agriculture, challenges t...

Kohl's Cares(R) Scholarship Program Accepting Nominations February 1 - March 15 For Outstanding Young Volunteers

02.02.2012 - 08:00AM

The Kohl’s Department Stores (NYSE: KSS) Kohl’s Cares^®Scholarship Program will award more than $420,000 in s...

The Dannon Company Announces 2012 Dannon Next Generation Nutrition Grants

02.01.2012 - 06:21PM

Applications for the seventh annual Dannon Next Generation Nutrition^® grants are now available on the Dannon website under the ‘Dannon Cares’ section http:/...

Sustainability Roundtable Gives Strong Outlook for the Future of Municipalities, Corporations, and Government

02.01.2012 - 06:03PM

On the evening of January 25^th, 2012, the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE), in partnership with CSRwire and the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, hosted a Sustainability Roundtable Discussion and reception at the Hotel Mona...

First Peoples Worldwide Announces Partnership with Trillium Asset Management

02.01.2012 - 02:00PM

First Peoples Worldwide (FPW), a global indigenous nonprofit dedicated to strengthening Indigenous Peoples, today announced a new partnership with Trillium Asset Management. Under the terms of the partnership, Trillium is undertaking cust...

Solar Electric Light Fund Launches "Energy Is A Human Right” Campaign

02.01.2012 - 01:52PM

The Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit working to eliminate energy poverty through the use of solar power, today announced that it is launching “Energy is a Human Right,” a campaign to provide a voi...

Couple Makes Multi-Million Dollar Commitment to Screen Every Newborn Baby for "Bubble Boy" Disease

02.01.2012 - 12:22PM

/PRNewswire/ - Frustrated with the slow pace of implementation of newborn screening for Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID), Vicki and Fred Modell decided to coordinate and fund the effort themselves. Today, they announced a multi-milli...

Change Is In The Air: Preserve Joins The B Corp Ranks

02.01.2012 - 12:05PM

Preserve is proud to have become a Certified B Corporation™, a new framework to evaluate corporations based on their social and environmental policies and performance. Preserve, the leading maker of sustainable household products includin...

Opinion Poll: Small Businesses Say Weak Customer Demand, Not Regulations, Their Problem

02.01.2012 - 11:30AM

Small business owners say their main concern is weak customer demand, not regulations, according to independent opinion polling released today. In fact, when asked what would do the most to create jobs, small business owners’ top re...

Hershey Will Offer Certified Chocolate Following Consumer-Driven Campaign

02.01.2012 - 11:26AM

The Hershey Company announced yesterday that it will make its first commitment to sourcing independently certified cocoa for its Bliss line by the end of 2012. The announcement was made days before International labor Right Forum was sche...

Risk, Opportunity, Scarcity - Sustainability Challenge for Oil, Gas and Mining

02.01.2012 - 10:58AM

As energy becomes scarcer innovative forms of extraction have emerged. Most prominent among these due to their controversy are fracking and oil sands.

Obama in his State of the Union address backed fracking alongside additional reg...

The VWR Foundation Auction Raises $75,000 for Children's National Medical Center

02.01.2012 - 10:18AM

/PRNewswire/ - Continuing its mission to give back to the science community, the VWR Charitable Foundation raised $75,000 in an auction on January 16, 2012 benefiting Children's National Medical Center of Washington D.C.

The VWR Foun...

New Research Finds Kids & Teens More Exposed to Character Education Volunteer More

02.01.2012 - 10:00AM

Results of a new research study released today, “It Starts with Character: Inspiring Kids & Teens to Volunteer” found that kids and teens who have more exposure to character-building skills, such as sharing, being kind and helpi...