Philanthropy

Newark, NJ. – The Prudential Foundation, in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Education, hosted a symposium at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center honoring the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. The commemorative “Brown at 50: Ke...

CHESTNUT HILL, MA - The Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College is offering the following seminar:

The Institute on Corporate Community Invo...

Arusha, Tanzania -- The Association of Kilimanjaro Specialty Coffee Growers (AKSCG) has assisted its 62 smallholder-group members to achieve a record US$1,050,000 in sales for the 2003/04 season, during the national coffee auction recently held in Moshi, Tanzania, acc...

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WHAT: Businesses around the globe are struggling to balance their commitments to protect ecosystems and the needs of local communities while meeting increasing demand for forest, energy and mineral products.

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WHAT: The growing population in developing countries will be a major force shaping the terrain of international markets for labor and goods. Successful corporations will utilize local labor forces and create new products and services that se...

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WHAT: Switching to green power provides significant opportunities for corporations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and thus their impact on climate change and air quality. Green power, however, often can be expensive and require lar...

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WHAT: As businesses acknowledge the need for a less carbon-intensive economy, they face uncertainty with the shape of future greenhouse gas regulations. As part of WRI’s Seventh Sustainable Enterprise Summit, executives from distinct points...

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WHAT: The concluding plenary of WRI’s Seventh Sustainable Enterprise Summit will focus on crosscutting social and political issues that will shape the global economy in the future. Areas discussed will include population, human security, lab...

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WHAT: For the broad array of industries involved directly in the food supply chain, supporting the development of markets in countries with high malnourishment rates is a critical contribution to global economic growth and opportunity. There...

SAN ANTONIO – The SBC Foundation – the philanthropic arm of SBC Communications Inc. – has increased its SBC Excelerator technology grant program to a total of $28 million. In 2004, $9 million is available to national and local nonprofit organizations for projects that...