Philanthropy

NEW YORK - The Catalog for Giving is hosting its 9th Annual Urban Heroes Awards Benefit on Monday, September 27th at 6 PM at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers. The Benefit honors 10 "Urban Heroes", inner city youth who, through their tenacity and hard work, overcame difficult...

WASHINGTON, DC - It is time for policymakers and other interested parties to think differently about how America and Americans interact with China. The Working Group on Corporate Social Responsibility and China, convened by the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Privat...

Capital One, Powergen, Rolls-Royce, Siemens and Toyota have all been praised for their excellent work in the community, and will be sharing their best practice during a showcase event on 12 October, sponsored by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. These companie...

ICCR's Annual Fall Event, September 23, will present Corporate Transformations, a vision of how corporations might change for the better. Dr. Vandana Shiva, noted Indian environmentalist and activist, was scheduled to be our keynote speaker. ICCR regrets that she is u...

ROCKVILLE, MD - Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), the leading provider of corporate governance data services, and FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE: FDS), announced today that the ISS Global Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ) database is now accessible to ...

HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL - Sears, Roebuck and Co. (NYSE:S), through its Sears American Dream Campaign, is assisting residents in Alabama, Florida, Georgia Louisiana and Mississippi as relief efforts for the wide-sweeping Hurricane Ivan get underway. Sears is providing Unit...

NEW YORK - We are pleased to announce that Social Accountability International (SAI) will convene its Sixth Annual Conference, "Corporate Social Responsibility and Workplace Standards: Responsible Strategies for Global Sourcing," on October 18, 2004 in New York City.

WASHINGTON - Grameen Foundation USA(GF-USA, www.gfusa.org), a global, non-profit organization dedicated to alleviating poverty through access to micro-credit, presented The Honorable Tarja Halonen, President of the Re...

MEMPHIS, TN - Lending a hand to help fight childhood cancer can be as easy as dining at one America's favorite casual dining restaurants. On Monday, September 20, Chili's Grill & Bar will donate 100 percent of the day's profits to St. Jude Children's Research Hosp...

WASHINGTON, N.C. - First South Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSBK), parent holding company of First South Bank, is pleased to report that First South Bank has been approved to participate in the HUD Section 184 Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Program by the U. S. Department of...