Philanthropy

ANN ARBOR, MI -- Borders Group, Inc. today announced that sales of exclusive "Reading is Magic" wristbands to benefit the international poverty-fighting organization CARE have surpassed 300,000 units, equating to over half a million dollars donated to CARE.

COLUMBIA, MD - The Enterprise Social Investment Corporation (ESIC) announces the opening of its newest office in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. With headquarters in Columbia, Maryland, ESIC is a national leader in providing community development capital and expertis...

JACKSONVILLE, FL - Special Counsel, the legal workforce solutions unit of MPS Group Inc. (NYSE:MPS), and one of the leading providers of legal staffing services, today announced that it has funded two annual scholarships of $2,500 each for incoming minority law studen...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The Institute for OneWorld Health, the first nonprofit pharmaceutical company in the U.S., today announced it received a grant from the Sapling Foundation (Woodside, Calif.) to further engage the pharmaceutical industry in global health partnership...

BETHESDA, MD - Calvert, one of the nation's largest families of socially responsible mutual funds, announced the launch of two new asset allocation funds: the Calvert Conservative Allocation Fund (TICKER: CCLAX) and the Calvert Moderate Allocation Fund (TICKER: CMAAX)...

SAN FRANCISCO - Representatives from leading global companies working in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR) will assemble November 1-4, in San Francisco, California. They will discuss the role and contributions of business when it comes to issues rang...

Boise, Idaho - Albertson's Inc. (ABS:NYSE) announced today that it has been named this year's winner of the prestigious "Promise to the Earth" award from The National Arbor Day Foundation. The company was presented with the award Saturday, April 30, 2005, at the Foun...

ROTTERDAM - Nowadays, corporate social responsibility is increasingly gaining interest and is an item on every management agenda. Still there was no postgraduate program that enabled managers and auditors to specialise in this area. The Erasmus University Rotterdam (E...

The Kiyofumi Sakaguchi Mathematics Library, a gift provided by The Prudential Foundation given to Lebanon Valley College in memory of Kiyofumi Sakaguchi, former president and CEO of Prudential International Insurance Group and executive vice president of Prudential Fi...

TEMPE, AZ - Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) announced today a $1.5 million commitment over three years to Jumpstart, a national non-profit early education organization that helps preschoolers in low-income communities enter school with the skills they need t...