Philanthropy

BRUSSEL - Ethibel, the Brussels-based CSR research and advisory organisation is proud to announce that on 15 September, 10 Ethibel labelled funds received the environmental product label, the "Umweltzeichen", of the Austrian government.

SEATTLE - Jill Bamburg, a member of the Sustainable Business faculty at the Bainbridge Graduate Institute (www.bgiedu.org), will be hosting a ten-day online discussion of the challenges of bringing mission-driven bus...

SAN FRANCISCO - Many business leaders have moved beyond the basic need to justify the incorporation of greater corporate social responsibility (CSR) into the way they manage their enterprise. The challenge that many now face is the more complex integration of environm...

The world's largest diversified resource company has just published its 2004 Health, Safety, Environment and Community Report (HSEC) - Working for a Sustainable Future.

BHP Billiton's report is available in two formats - the full ...

MIAMI - BellSouth Corporation (NYSE: BLS) is honored to be selected as National Corporation of the Year by the Florida Regional Minority Business Council. The presentation, at FRMBC's 29th Annual Awards Gala on Friday, Sept. 17, cited BellSouth for its leadership in p...

NEW YORK - Alcoa will be honored this evening by the Brazil Foundation for its social investment in education in Brazil through Instituto Alcoa and Fundacao Alcoa (Alcoa Foundation) in Brazil. The Brazil Foundation, which is based in New York, is a non-profit organiza...

LOS ANGELES, CA - Bentley Prince Street is the first company this year to certify their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory with the California Climate Action Registry, thus earning the title of Climate Action Leader(TM) of 2004. Bentley Prince Street join...

PORTLAND, OR - Jobs With Justice and United Steelworkers of America representatives led a delegation today that called on Nike (NYSE: NKE) at its annual meeting to end what the organizations contend is a systematic violation of workers' fundamental rights. They criti...

Peruvian communities impacted by the largest gold mine in Latin America, Yanacocha, were victorious last night when Peru's government agreed to in effect, cancel the Denver-based Newmont Mining Corporation's permit for further exploration of Mount Quilish.

LOS ANGELES - Pepperdine University will host its first annual American Spirit Awards Dinner and Scholarship Benefit on Friday, September 24 at the St. Regis Hotel in Los Angeles. The black-tie event is being co-sponsored by Volvo Cars of North America, and the LBA is...