Philanthropy

A few places still available. The University of St. Michael's College invites applications to its innovative CSR Certificate program. Program begins in Toronto October 18-20, 2004. Unique in Canada, the Certificate program blends theory and practice in a relaxed, co...

PITTSBURGH - Alcoa Foundation today announced that it has awarded $30,000 in grants to American Red Cross chapters in Florida as part of an effort to help communities devastated by Hurricane Charley.

The ...

NEW YORK - Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. (ANI) has donated over one million of its Atkins Advantage(TM) bars to the relief efforts following the devastation of Hurricane Charley. In response to a request for help from Feed the Children, representatives ...

Lynnfield, MA - AXcess News (www.axcessnews.com) released a story describing how national tire recycler, GreenMan Technologies, Inc. (AMEX: GRN), topped its sector competitors, Casella Waste Sy...

To read a pdf excerpt from The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty through Profits, click here.

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LONDON - Corporate responsibility (CR) is the new imperative in business. Forty-eight percent of the world¹s largest 100 companies now publish social and environmental reports, and the number is rising every year.

CR is getting more attention in the board...

HOUSTON - Clinicians have been able to reduce mortality rates in HIV positive children from 15 to 3 percent in the largest group of children treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in any single center worldwide, according to a paper published in the...

Pennington, NJ - AXcess News (www.axcessnews.com) released a story uncovering the droves of investors flocking to alternative energy stocks Friday following a host of news stories that fueled t...

San Francisco - Three years after the destruction of the World Trade Center, lower Manhattan is being rebuilt embracing sustainable building principles. This is made possible through a stakeholder engagement process occurring on a mammoth scale. Dev...

The event, featuring companies and experts from around the world, will focus on the major issues companies have said they wish to hear about and discuss in off-the-record workshops and case study sessions.