Sustainability

PORTLAND, MN., January 9, 2007 - Aperio Group LLC, a financial advisory firm that delivers customized asset management services for taxable investors, has selected IW Financial to provide the research, analytics, and consulting services that will allow the firm to create inv...

NEW YORK, NY - January 8, 2007 - Sustainably grown coffee takes a giant leap forward today with the announcement that McDonald’s UK will be sourcing all of its coffee beans from farms certified by the New York-based global nonprofit Rainforest Alliance.

PITTSBURGH, PA., Jan 2, 2007 -- Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business has added a "Sustainable Technology" award to its 2006 Annual McGinnis Venture Competition.

This is an important addition because -- in light of depleting re...

Socially responsible investing (SRI) experienced a landmark year in 2006 on so many fronts that any one of the SocialFunds Top Five SRI News Stories could have taken the number one spot in any of the previous seven years we published this list. The sheer number of green inv...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN---January 4, 2007---The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) )-a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the role of compliance professionals, and advancing corporate governance, compliance and ethics on a global scale-announced t...

AUSTIN, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 2007--Hormel Foods Corporation, (NYSE:HRL), one of the nation's largest manufacturers and marketers of consumer-branded meat and food products, published its first citizenship overview today, available in HTML or PDF format at www.horm...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) shifted from the periphery to the mainstream in 2005; in 2006 it dominated headlines and catapulted into the heart of our collective consciousness. CSR initiatives such as microfinance and "green" energy impacted lives and won allegianc...

"The well-presented evidence buttresses a forceful argument that companies that care about more than making money can still succeed."
Publishers Weekly

In an age where companies such as Enron and Tyco have created a disillusioned pu...

NEW YORK, NY - December 28, 2006 - On 1 January 2007, the Global Compact Office will remove an additional 203 companies from its list of participants for failure to meet consecutive Communication on Progress (COP) deadlines. To ensure the quality of the initiative, all compa...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 27, 2006--The national health law firm of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Inc. today filed a motion to intervene, requesting that the California Medical Association, on behalf of its more than 30,000 physician members, be permitted to join the...