Diversity and Inclusion

BETHESDA, MD. - October 21, 2008 - A survey, tracking diversity initiatives at the 636 companies that make up the Calvert Social Index, reveals that 83% of leading companies have at least one woman or minority on their boards, but only 38% have a woman or minority amo...

PLYMOUTH, MI. - October 10, 2008 - John Barth, a member of the Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI) Board of Directors and the company's former chairman and chief executive officer, was honored by the Michigan Minority Business Development Council (MMBDC) this week with its Presiden...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. - October 7, 2008 - The Steering Committee for the human rights impact assessment (HRIA) of Goldcorp Inc.'s operations in Guatemala announced today the selection of On Common Ground Consultants to conduct the Assessment and International Alert to...

Washington, D.C. - October 2, 2008 - A new report from IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and MI-BOSPO, a leading micro-credit organization in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has found that the number of women entrepreneurs in that country is growing despite challenges involving...

NEW YORK,NY. - September 26, 2008 - Deloitte LLP has been named one of Working Mother magazine's "100 Best Companies" for the 15th consecutive year, earning a position in Working Mother's Hall of Fame. Deloitte emerged from a field of hundreds of companies that scored...

BETHESDA, MD. - September 25, 2008 - Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) has been recognized by Working Mother magazine as one of its 2008 100 Best Companies. Marriott continues to earn its place in Working Mother's Hall of Fame, having been named t...

WASHINGTON, DC -- (MARKET WIRE) - September 23, 2008 - Unlike most museums that begin as a physical building, the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) is using innovative technology on the Web to become as real as concrete now for online visitors...

AMSTERDAM. - September 23, 2008 - Marking sixty years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, three leading organizations are laun...

NEW YORK AND GENEVA. - September 22, 2008 - John Ruggie, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon's Special Representative for business and human rights, today announced that he is convening a leadership group to advise him on how best to ensure that businesses worldwide respect in...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA. "“ September 19, 2008 - The Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) and Macy’s will ask the nation to join in marking the first annual National RESPECT! Day(SM). A newly designated observance, National RESPECT! Day will launch a multi-year movement, in part...