Philanthropy

OSLO - In a joint press conference with Norwegian Minister of Transport Torill Skogsholm, Ford announced today that it would import up to 300 three-year-old Th!nk City battery electric vehicles from the U.S. and various European countries for exclusive resale in Norwa...

PITTSBURGH - Alcoa (NYSE:AA) today announced the 12 recipients of its 2004 Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) Achievement Awards, which are among the highest honors that a facility, team, or individual can earn within the company. The awards were selected by a pane...

On October 13-14th, 2004 the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Science, Research, and Medicine will host a workshop titled Global Health in the 21st Century: From Governmental Regulation to Corporate Social Responsibility. This workshop will e...

MONTREAL - Journalists are invited to participate on a conference call with speakers from the Tremblant Forum on Thursday September 16 at 3:15 pm, live from the Forum.

The Tremblant Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility and Su...

BEDMINSTER, N.J. - More than 1,800 AT&T employees and retirees helped raise more than $700,000 during this year's American Cancer Society Relay For Life - nearly two and a half times the amount raised last year. AT&T fielded 144 teams in 31 states, Puerto Rico...

Business and Human Rights in Practice is an established course that helps to develop corporate capacity to implement human rights commitments. It is a hands-on practitioners course comprising of a 3 hour on-line module, a 2.5 day intensive workshop (13-15th October) a...

The U.S. Chamber's Center for Corporate Citizenship is calling for nominations for the 2004 Corporate Citizenship Awards. These awards recognize businesses and chambers that have demonstrated ethical leadership and corporate stewardship, made a difference in their com...

Nine of the world's top performing companies have joined forces to form the Global Leadership Network. This international network will focus on the crucial question of what constitutes world-class performance in corporate citizenship.

SEATTLE and CAMBRIDGE, MA - In an effort to further strengthen its commitment to working with coffee farmers, Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) today announced a $2.5 million loan to EcoLogic Finance, a nonprofit organization offering financial services to rural...

SEATTLE - Ocean Beauty Seafoods has been honored for their commitment to increasing the availability of seafood to alleviate hunger. On September 12th, Ocean Beauty received a special Hungers Hope Award at America's Second Harvest's National Conference in Baltimore. T...