Sustainability

Dramatic global rise in corporate responsibility reporting

A record number of leading global companies are voluntarily reporting on social and environmental issues, according to a report published today (Global Corporate Responsibility Re...

UNITED NATIONS, New York -- Speaking at the United Nations before an audience of international leaders from the policy, business, and NGO communities, Andrew Liveris, chairman and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), today committed the Company's resources to develop...

Vancouver--Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC), Canada's largest retail co-operative and one of its leading corporate citizens, has published its most comprehensive report to date on its ethical sourcing program. The 2005 Ethical Sourcing Report marks another step towards ...

BURLINGTON, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2006--Aliyah Cohn eyes the duffel bag she's packed for her week-long trip to the nation's capitol. No ordinary tourist navigating the Smithsonian, Cohn is taking a break from her summer job busing tables to participate in a notably ...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2006--Lawrence Johnson of Atlanta is on a mission. After his father died of heart failure when Mr. Johnson was a child, he decided to become a cardiologist so he can help save people with heart disease. But, Mr. Johnson's single mother does...

Washington, D.C. - The International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, today launched its new Sustainability Web Portal (http://www.ifc.org/sustainability). Responding to growing stakeholder ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 2006--Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP(R)) (NYSE:LPX) today announced that it will donate an additional 1.2 million square feet of oriented strand board (OSB) product to Hurricane Katrina rebuilding efforts, bringing the total LP ...

Minneapolis, MN---July 13, 2006---Beginning in September 2006, compliance and ethics professionals have an opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and expertise in the practice of corporate compliance. The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) announced...

WASHINGTON, D.C. and NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - Revolution, the company created by AOL co-founder Steve Case, today announced it has acquired a controlling stake in Canopy Development. Canopy Development builds destination villages in breathtaking locations that preserve open spac...

How do you build the kind of company you've always wanted to work in, the kind of organization you'd be proud to be part of--one that serves people and the planet while being financially successful, too? What do you do when you believe that business should serve the common g...