Philanthropy

LONDON - Leaders from government and business across the world will be joined by academics, union officials and NGO representatives to take part in a major corporate citizenship conference this week. Organised by the Commonwealth Business Council and the Royal Institu...

WASHINGTON, DC - Recovering from a 27-year old civil war, Angola is transitioning into the world economy and political scene -- from its seat on the UN Security Council, to the government’s recent pledge for greater transparency in oil revenues. Critical internal refo...

THESSALONIKI - The Greek Presidency initiative to integrate environment and sustainable development into foreign policy was endorsed by the European leaders at the Council on 19-20 June 2003. This proposal calls for a ‘network of experts’ to lead a European Green Dipl...

VAIL, CO – Consistent with its commitment for the last 13 years, the Sprint Charity Golf Classic will donate more than $100,000 to nonprofit organizations throughout the country, bringing the grand total raised since its inception in 1989 to $1.4 million. The private ...

LONDON, UK - Advances in information technology have made the World Wide Web an easily accessible forum for finding and dispersing information quickly and effortlessly. Newsgroups are a significant component of the internet and communications with other like minded pr...

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Today, at the National American Indian Housing Council’s (NAIHC) annual convention, Washington Mutual, one of the nation’s largest mortgage lenders and servicers, announced that it has committed $1 million to support closing costs associated wi...

ACCRA, GHANA - TechnoServe (TNS) and the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) will launch their"Business Skills for Youth" program in Ghana from June 30 - July 4 in Accra, providing intensive training for 25 Ghanaian teachers selected from universi...

BOSTON, MA - This summer, commuters and others walking though Dudley Square in Roxbury will be able to check their e-mail and surf the Internet in the MBTA’s Dudley Bus Station. Starting July 1, they will find a new Internet service center on one of the familiar Vill...

London — In the wake of the recent shareholder revolts at ExxonMobil and Southern, energy executives are being forced to address environmental and community concerns in their business plans.

Over 100 executives from across North ...

Alcoa Foundation today announced its International Social Venture/Enterprise Initiative designed to improve the effectiveness and sustainability of non-governmental organizations by applying business and entrepreneurial strategies and practices in their organizations....