Philanthropy

COLUMBUS, OH - World of Children Inc. announced today it is seeking worldwide nominations for its seventh annual Hannah Neil World of Children Awards, the world's first and most prestigious global award program promoting child advocacy.

SEATTLE, WA - Reinforcing its leadership role in the specialty coffee industry, Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) today announced the opening of Starbucks Coffee Agronomy Company in San Jose, Costa Rica. To support Starbucks rapid growth plans, the office was es...

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Moli Steinert, Director of Development for The Institute for OneWorld Health, a nonprofit pharmaceutical company, will present its unique business model, created to deliver affordable, new medicines to people in the developing world during a virtua...

CHESTNUT HILL, MA - The Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College is offering two seminars in February in Scottsdale, Arizona. The seminars are:

* Diffusing Anger, Building Trust: Communication Skills for Challenging ...

Davos, Switzerland – The World Economic Forum’s ‘no-tie policy’ has raised 20,000 Swiss Francs for UNICEF. Participants who wished to continue to wear their ties were asked at security to pay a ‘forfeit‘ of five Swiss Francs a day if they wished to continue with their...

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND – United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today warned the world could slide “into brute competition based on the laws of the jungle” and that the “War on Terrorism” declared by the United States in the wake of the 2001 attacks in New York and W...

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...