Philanthropy

SAN FRANCISCO – Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), a business membership organization that promotes corporate social responsibility among global companies, announced today that it has added three outstanding business leaders to its board of directors. Mandy Co...

SEATTLE, WA - Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) is pleased to announce that it was recently awarded the Colombian Order of the Grand Cross Medal for its role in supporting the local economy and involvement in social projects in the country. Presented by the Secr...

SEATTLE — Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) and Conservation International (CI) today announced a $2.5 million direct loan by Starbucks to help capitalize CI’s newly launched Verde Ventures fund. The fund helps provide direct access to affordable credit for smal...

Davos, Switzerland - A new report from UNICEF and the Micronutrient Initiative finds that lack of basic vitamins and minerals in the diet is damaging the health of one-third of the world's people and holding back the economic development of virtually every country in ...

The World Economic Forum Global health Initiative (GHI) released a groundbreaking new report during its 2004 Annual Meeting in Davos. Covering 103 economies, the 2003-2004 GHI report Business and HIV/AIDS: Who Me? provides the first global survey of business le...

Toronto - Imperial Oil is pleased to announce that the company, in partnership with its employees and retirees, contributed more than $2.5 million to the 2003 United Way/Centraide campaigns across Canada. The total contribution increased by over $100,000 from $2.4 mil...

TORONTO - Imperial Oil has been awarded the 2003 United Way Corporate Support Award (for organizations with over 1,000 employees) by the United Way of Greater Toronto in recognition of its outstanding 2003 campaign. During its two-week campaign Imperial Oil, in partne...

BEAVERTON, OR – Nike, Inc. today announced its first micro-enterprise initiative in China, expanding the company’s six-year-old micro-enterprise program to four countries in Southeast Asia. Nike will provide US$275,000 over three years to help fund a joint micro-ente...

RALEIGH - In a continuing commitment to good corporate citizenship, Progress Energy today reported that the company's foundation investments totaled nearly $9 million in 2003. Funds were distributed to nonprofit organizations throughout the Florida and Carolinas