Philanthropy

BANGKOK, THAILAND - Over 330 representatives of Asian governments, businesses and non-government organizations (NGOs) are meeting this week in Bangkok to share experiences on how collaboration between them benefits society and their own organizations. At the second an...

NEW YORK,NY - First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles (FAME), the oldest black congregation in the city of Los Angeles, has joined forces with pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer Inc, to host "Fighting HIV through R&B", a novel HIV testing program that of...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -The Institute for OneWorld Health, the first nonprofit pharmaceutical company in the United States, today announced that CEO Victoria Hale, Ph.D., has been named a Leadership Foundation Fellow for 2003-2004. Hale is one of 14 women selected from a ...

BANGKOK, THAILAND - Fourteen businesses are finalists in the first Asian Corporate Social Responsibility Awards, to be presented on September 19 in Bangkok, during the Gala Dinner of the Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility. The Awards, presented by the As...

BALTIMORE, MD — The National Recycling Coalition (NRC) and Nike today announced they are re-lacing their partnership to recycle used athletic shoes, expanding the Nike Reuse-A-Shoe program to every state in the continental United States. The announ...

Beijing, China -- Special Olympics today announced a program in China and a partnership with Nike to reach 6,000 new athletes, increasing the number of Special Olympics athletes in this country to 186,000. This program is part of a five-year plan to...

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

Global Compact Launched in Mauritius

On 3 September the Global Compact was launched in Mauritius during a hi...

UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - Driven by record fundraising of over $400,000 during the past twelve months, the Discover A Star Foundation, created and sponsored by Universal Studios Hollywood, has reached a new milestone in its charitable fundraising efforts by collecting clos...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- This month, VolunteerMatch joins the rest of the world in commemorating the second anniversary of September 11. For anyone seeking to volunteer, VolunteerMatch offers tens of thousands of volunteer opportunities for every type of volunteer interes...

CANTON, MA - Equal Exchange, already the nation's leading Fair Trade beverage company, today introduces their new organic Fair Trade Certified baking cocoa powder for national distribution. With this announcement Equal Exchange is continuing its 17 year mission of bri...