CSRwire Press Releases

Nickelodeon to Participate in First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move Campaign to Tackle Childhood Obesity

2010-02-09 12:47:13 -0500

Nickelodeon President Cyma Zarghami announced today that Nickelodeon will join the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, in her nationwide Let's Move www.LetsMove.gov campaign to solv...

Sodexo Joins First Lady Michelle Obama in National Fight Against Childhood Obesity

2010-02-09 10:03:55 -0500

Sodexo, Inc., world leader in Quality of Daily Life solutions, serving more than 2.8 million school meals daily to students in more than 470 school districts nationwide, announced today its participation in First Lady Michelle Obama's campaign to ...

Yellow+Blue Wines go a Shade Greener

2010-02-09 09:31:46 -0500

Wine importer J. Soif, Inc. has today announced two significant partnerships it has established through its certified organic wine brand, Yellow+Blue, making it the only carbon-neutral wine importer in the U.S. and the only wine importer in the wo...

University of Phoenix Announces Finish Strong(SM) Scholarship Recipients

2010-02-08 15:18:54 -0500

As part of its ongoing commitment to making higher education highly accessible for working students, University of Phoenix is proud to announce the recipients of the 2010 Finish StrongSM Scholarship, which will provide full-tuition undergraduate o...

Groundbreaking 93-Page CSR Insight™ Report Just Published On Global Sustainability Regulation, Metrics, and Trends

2010-02-08 14:26:19 -0500

The CSR Insight™ Report, the product of over two years of research, is available now for a limited time on a complimentary basis at www.csr-insight.com. Published by CS...

Starbucks, TransFair and the DOL are Paving the Path Toward a New CSR Landscape

2010-02-08 14:02:09 -0500

The STR RS 5th Annual Responsible Sourcing Summit has gained exceptional traction among senior compliance and eth...

MS&L Promotes Scott Beaudoin to North American Director

2010-02-08 12:11:20 -0500

MS&L, one of the world's leading communications firms, has promoted Scott Beaudoin to North American Director of the agency's Cause Marketing & Corporate Social Responsibility...

Columbia Sportswear Steps Up to Help Haiti Earthquake Victims

2010-02-08 11:14:34 -0500

Columbia Sportswear Company (NASDAQ: COLM) provided an update on its ongoing efforts to assist Haiti relief efforts. Immediately following news of the devastating earthquake, the company began working closely with international relief agencies, in...

The Walmart Foundation and CARE Launch Women's Empowerment Initiative in Bangladesh Factories

2010-02-08 10:20:28 -0500

The Walmart Foundation and CARE launched today a women's empowerment program that will provide 2,500 female factory workers in Bangladesh's apparel sector with long-term, sustainable means of improving their standard of living and working environm...

CSRwire and Zoosa are proud to announce Their New Partnership

2010-02-08 09:57:37 -0500

CSRwire, the Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire has joined forces with Zoosa to communicate the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainability in today's business environment. As part of their partnership agreement, Zoosa w...

Greenscape Partners with the Carbon War Room in Support of Green Capital Global Challenge

2010-02-08 09:37:08 -0500

Greenscape Capital Group Inc. (TSX VENTURE: GRN) - Announcement Highlights:

-- Carbon War Room founded by Sir Richard Branson and the Former President of Costa Rica, the Honourable Jose Maria Figueres -- Greenscape to meet with wo...

ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. to Close $5,520,000 Financing With Forest Carbon Group AG

2010-02-08 09:36:09 -0500

ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: ESR) (the "Company" or "ERA"), is pleased to announce that the private placement previously announced, October 14th 2009, will close on or about February 9th 2010. The private placement consists of 7,360,000 c...

MasterCard Foundation and Equity Group Foundation Launch Comprehensive Scholarship Program for Financially Disadvantaged Kenyan Students

2010-02-08 08:57:58 -0500

The MasterCard Foundation and the Equity Group Foundation (EGF) today launched a program that will provide $4.6 million in comprehensive educational support to 676 secondary students in Kenya over the next five years. Reeta Roy, President and CEO ...

Haitian Telecom Operator Voila, Trilogy International Partners and The Jack Brewer Foundation to Host NFL Players on 'One Team 4 Haiti' Service Trip to Haiti

2010-02-05 16:38:26 -0500

Haitian telecom operator Voila and its parent company Trilogy International Partners are partnering with

Last Month to Apply for $130K in Grants Through Redwood Creek(R) Wines 'Greater Outdoors Project'

2010-02-05 16:20:51 -0500

Redwood Creek wines is putting its money where the grass grows and committing $130,000 in the third annual Greater Outdoors Project. Nine nonprofit finalists will be selected from across the country, eight of which will be awarded $10,000 each. Th...

Express Scripts Supports Red Cross Haiti Relief Efforts

2010-02-05 13:15:41 -0500

Express Scripts, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESRX), one of the largest pharmacy benefit management companies in North America, today announced that employees have donated more then $97,000 to the Red Cross for its emergency relief and recovery efforts to help t...

Novo Nordisk reports strong financial, social and environmental performance for 2009

2010-02-05 12:14:26 -0500

Despite continuing challenges in the global economic environment, 2009 was a successful year for Novo Nordisk with solid sales in all business areas, continued improvement in the gross margin and progress in the clinical development pipeline for k...

STR Responsible Sourcing Launches Labor Law Library

2010-02-05 11:45:47 -0500

STR Responsible Sourcing (STR RS), a leading provider of ethical sourcing consulting services for Fortune 500 companies, today announced that it has launched the most comprehensive and up-to-date online reference tool for labor laws and employment...

Rachel Roy Announces Collaboration with Fairwinds Trading in an Effort to Create Jobs for Women in Africa

2010-02-05 09:49:15 -0500

Designer Rachel Roy and Fairwinds Trading have partnered on a unique product collaboration in an effort to create jobs for women i...

Ingram Micro to Donate $100,000 to Haiti Relief Efforts

2010-02-05 09:19:27 -0500

In response to the tragedy in Haiti, Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), the world's largest technology distributor is donating $100,000 to assist with Haiti humanitarian relief efforts. When the earthquake struck Haiti a little over three weeks ago, I...

Caterpillar World Headquarters Awarded LEED-EB(R) Gold from United States Green Building Council

2010-02-05 09:14:04 -0500

The Caterpillar Administration Building, which serves as the company's world headquarters, has been awarded LEED-EB® O+M (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance) Gold certification ...

Henry Schein and American Dental Association Open NASDAQ Exchange to Mark ADA's Eighth Annual 'Give Kids A Smile Day'

2010-02-05 08:53:42 -0500

Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC), the largest distributor of health care products and services to office-based dental, medical and veterinary practitioners, joined the American Dental Association (ADA) today to open the NASDAQ Exchange for tradin...

Haiti Telecom Operator Voila Teams With Relief Agencies on Wireless Communications Projects

2010-02-05 08:28:31 -0500

Haiti telecom operator Voila has been busy since the January 12 earthquake providing local and international service to over a million Haitian customers and thousands of incoming relief workers. However, Voila technicians are also assisting a host...

KaBoom! Offers "Shovel-Ready" Projects to Support First Lady's Anti-Obesity Initiative

2010-02-04 17:25:23 -0500

As First Lady Michelle Obama prepares to launch her campaign against childhood obesity on Tuesday, KaBOOM! CEO Darell Hammond has pledged support for the initiative and said his national playground-building organization offers a "shovel-ready" sol...

Sustainable Life Media to Host 10th Session of the Sustainable Brands Boot Camp Series

2010-02-04 16:30:11 -0500

Sustainable Life Media to host the 10th part of SB Boot Camp 13-week training series in sustainable business, presented by R. Paul Herman, CEO and founder of HIP Investor: tomorrow, 02.05.10. Developed by the producers of the Sustainable Brands Co...