Philanthropy

DES MOINES, IOWA - Thousands of women business owners from across the nation will once more pick up their phones over the lunch hour to hear from their peers - who also happen to be experts in their field. Sharing insider tips and information on wide-ranging topics, t...

ATLANTA - For the fifth year in a row, UPS is the largest donor to United Way and has set a new national record by contributing more than $57.3 million.

This year's support surpasses the previous record donation set in 2004 by UPS...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - ChevronTexaco Corp. today announced it is contributing $1 million to the Alliance for a Better Community (ABC) and the Literacy Network of Greater Los Angeles/Urban League partnership "WORK NOW" program to improve literacy rates in Los Angeles, w...

LONDON - Traditional forms of accountability are in crisis.

Open any newspaper and look for the large print titles expressing outrage. Odds are the topic will be on accountability, or its lack - on part of governments, politician...

In global business new realities for embedding business in society arise. The process of liberalisation, the vacuum of political power on the one hand and the setting of social, ecological and cultural criteria on the other by Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO's) an...

PITTSBURGH - Koppers Inc. has issued "Working Responsibly," its annual review of the company's progress in corporate responsibility, including its safety, health and environmental (SH&E) programs. The report covers achievements and awards for the company's carbon...

Washington, D.C. - EPA is today announcing 54 facilities from 25 states and Puerto Rico as new members in the National Environmental Performance Track Program. Performance Track rewards facilities that voluntarily exceed regulatory requirements, implement systems for ...

SAN ANTONIO - The SBC Foundation - the philanthropic arm of SBC Communications Inc. - today announced the opening of its 2005 SBC Excelerator technology grants program. Now in its fourth year, SBC Excelerator will provide $9 million to national and local nonprofit org...

SANTA MONICA, CA - International Medical Corps (IMC), which is providing humanitarian medical relief and reconstruction in the areas hardest hit by the South Asia tsunami, today formed a partnership with MAP International to provide at $20 million (US) in essential me...

The City of Chicago Department of Environment will present "Aligning Your Investments With Your Values," a FREE seminar featuring Marc J. Lane.

The program will be held on Wednesday, March 23, from 6 to 8 PM., at Chicago Green Te...