Philanthropy

Around 400 delegates will come together at Business in the Community's Two Day Annual Conference on 5-6 July in London, to debate the emerging challenges in responsible business practice affecting their reputation and accountability.

COLCHESTER, VT - Christopher L. Dutton, President and Chief Executive Officer of Green Mountain Power (NYSE:GMP), Monday told shareholders that the Vermont utility is committed to modernizing its electric infrastructure to assist in the effort to make sure "our custom...

NEW YORK, N.Y. - United Technologies Corp. will celebrate a quarter century of arts support by underwriting at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York a major exhibition of rarely seen drawings by Vincent van Gogh and by commissioning three contemporary artists to...

BOSTON, MA - Several leading U.S. and European institutional investors, representing nearly $400 billion in invested assets, today announced they are supporting shareholder resolutions requesting greater analysis and disclosure from ExxonMobil Corp. about its policies...

NAPERVILLE-Nicor Gas employees and their families will celebrate Nicor's 9th annual Volunteer Day by spending May 21 doing charitable tasks in 15 communities across northern Illinois.

More than 865 Nicor Gas employees, family mem...

JOHANNESBURG - Gold Fields Limited (GFI: NYSE and JSE) is pleased to announce that the company has been ranked in the top 20% of high environmental impact companies in the second round of the JSE Socially Responsible Investment Index. For this round the JSE has recogn...

BOSTON - Boston Business Journal (BBJ) has named International Data Group (IDG) one of the Best Places to Work in Massachusetts, in its third annual regional awards program. The award recognizes the company's achievements in creating a positive work environment that a...

PALO ALTO, CA - Jim Dodge knows seafood, he knows chefs, and he knows that their destinies are intertwined.

Dodge works for Bon Appétit Management Company, a food service company that develops programs to connect chefs with sustai...

CONSHOHOCKEN, PA - The John Templeton Foundation has awarded prizes of $1.5 million to three prominent think tanks in support of initiatives that explore what works in enterprise-based solutions to poverty.

Winners of the Templeto...

LOS ANGELES -- The LOHAS 9 Forum: Getting to the Heart of Conscious Commerce took place April 25 to April 27 at The Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey, California. The conference brought together corporations, media executives and celebrities committed to Lifestyles of He...