Sustainability

WASHINGTON, DC. - October 1, 2008 - Leonardo Academy announced today that the World Energy Engineering Congress (WEEC) Conference, being held October 1-3 in Washington, DC, has attained Cleaner and Greener(R) certification, meaning pollution contributing to climate ch...

GAITHERSBURG, Md., September 30, 2008 - Sodexo, a leading food and facilities management services company, has appointed Anthony Owens as senior director of Corporate Citizenship Partnerships and Communications, a move that expands the company's capabilities for sustainabili...

New York, NY -- 29 September 2008 -- The UN Global Compact Office today announced the appointment of Gavin Power as Deputy Director, effective immediately. Since 2002, Mr. Power has led the development of a number of strategic policy initiatives for the UN Global Compact, in...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, in partnership with Advanced Disposal Services, Inc., today celebrated the grand opening of Smurfit-Stone's Jacksonville-South materials recycling facility (MRF). Now with two recycli...

NEW YORK CITY/SAN FRANCISCO. - September 30, 2008 "“ Faith"“based and socially responsible investors commend Wal-Mart for taking action to put an end to child labor in Uzbekistan.

Today, Wal-Mart announced that it has "instructed its global sup...

BENTONVILLE, ARK. - September 30, 2008 - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has instructed its global supply base to cease sourcing cotton and cotton materials from Uzbekistan in an effort to persuade the Uzbek government to end the use of forced child labor in cotton harvesting. ...

WASHINGTON, DC. - September 30, 2008 - Following an overwhelming response from ASAE & The Center members and guests who participated in the Global Summit on Social Responsibility, ASAE & The Center are continuing their commitment to social responsibility and are prep...

Madison, WI - September 29, 2008 - The first successful steps toward developing a national consensus standard for sustainable agriculture in the United States have now been taken by a diverse, multi-stakeholder committee selected to lead this endeavor.

TORONTO, ONTARIO. - September 29, 2008 - eQuilibrium Solutions Corporation, a leading provider of Enterprise Sustainability Management software (ESM), announced today that it has licensed its Enterprise Carbon Management (ECM) application to Sears Canada who will use ...

SPRINGFIELD, MA - September 29, 2008 - This week CSRwire welcomed The Progressive Business Leaders Network, New Resource Bank, emPivot, Ted's Montana Grill, YMCA of Greater New York, and Meeting Strategies Worldwide.

CSRwire membership of more ...