Philanthropy

Luton, Bedfordshire, UK - Thousands of employees across Luton joined forces last month in an attempt to achieve a world record in recycling.

The entire workforces from six of the area's biggest employers - Whitbread, Vauxhall, IBC...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Visible Hand, Inc., a boutique strategy consulting firm dedicated to corporate-community partnership, and independent research institute SRI International, a world leader in economic development consulting and analysis, announced today the formatio...

NEW YORK - AXIOM Global Trading announces today that they have secured office space for a national non-profit charitable organization at the prestigious 140 Broadway building in the heart of the financial district in downtown New York City.

UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Global Compact reports several new initiatives including:

Opening NASDAQ, Kell Stresses Importance of Shared Values
14 October - Georg Kell, Executive Head of the Global Compact, officially ...

ATLANTA - UPS (NYSE:UPS) employees around the world began a week of synchronized community service today, including volunteering their time to give food to the homeless, read to disadvantaged children, plant trees and help build schools. Global Volunteer Week is part ...

Planeta has published a preliminary review of World Bank lending and communication in the field of sustainable tourism investment. Among the conclusions are that the World Bank has been slow to develop a strategy that incorporates tourism to combat poverty... and it h...

ZURICH - SAM Indexes today announced that the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes have been licensed to UBS Global Asset Management (Japan) Ltd as underlying and reference benchmark for a new sustainability offering in the Japanese market. The product will be launched in...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – As a nearly perfect example of public/private partnership for the benefit of communities in need, the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation recently borrowed $13 million from the City of Las Vegas to help disadvantaged kids in Las Vegas’ Clark Count...

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Several hundred "invisible" small businesses and nonprofits that suffered severe economic shocks from the September 11th World Trade Center attacks remain in operation today due to the largely unrecognized work of "community development financial inst...

OVERLAND PARK, KS - It’s full steam ahead for the Sprint Community Connection Tour^SM. In a nationwide rehabilitation effort, thousands of Sprint employees and Rebuilding Together are delivering heartfelt makeovers to community centers and homes in seven cit...