Philanthropy

Taking advantage of strong business performance, The Dow Chemical Company recently donated $100 million to The Dow Chemical Company Foundation, which distributes charitable gifts to causes that improve the quality of life in communities around the world where Dow oper...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 15, 2006--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) and Alcoa Foundation, the second largest corporate foundation in the United States, today released 2005 year-end highlights from combined community giving programs that include a 38 percent increase in giving...

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 15, 2006--Aetna (NYSE: AET) today announced that more than $19 million in grant funding was awarded nationally in 2005 -- $2.6 million of which was awarded through the Foundation's Regional Community Health Grant Program funding ...

SAINT PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2006--St. Paul Travelers (NYSE:STA) and its two private foundations, St. Paul Travelers Foundation and St. Paul Travelers Connecticut Foundation, contributed more than $15 million to support the creation of strong, healthy ...

IFC's Good Practice Note on "Non-Discrimination and Equal Opportunity," the latest in a series of publications providing how-to guidance and good practice examples to private sector clients on a variety of social and environmental topics. The Note seeks to help IFC cl...

BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2006--As part of its long-term
commitment to support improved educational opportunities in China,
Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq:SBUX) today entered into an agreement
with the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation to ...

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Rebuilding Together announced that Safeco Insurance has committed $75,000 to its mission. Rebuilding Together provides home rehabilitation services to low-income elderly, disabled and families with children, at no charge to the homeowner. Thro...

STAMFORD, CT - LBG Associates announces the first-ever Standards of Excellence for Corporate Volunteer Programs. The Standards are the result of over four years of intense research and have been compiled with input from literally hundreds of community relation...

GREENFIELD, MA - Building Energy 05, to be held March 15-17 at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston, will be the largest and most influential green building and clean energy event of the year. Attendees can save $100 or more by registering before February 15 at

MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2006--As part of its ongoing effort to help reduce disparities in oral healthcare access and delivery, Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSIC), the largest distributor of healthcare products and services to office-based practitioners...