Sustainability

StartingBloc is a national social enterprise dedicated to recruiting, training, placing, and supporting a generation of young leaders and entrepreneurs that redefine enterprise as a force for creating both profit and positive social change. StartingBloc's miss...

PORTLAND, ME - December 5, 2006 -- IW Financial, a leading provider of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) research, consulting and portfolio management solutions for the financial services industry, has introduced the EIRIS International Workstation, giving users th...

NEW YORK - December 4, 2006 - A group of Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility members applauds the collaborative project by automotive companies to improve workplace conditions in their supply chains. The project, announced today by the Automotive Industry Action ...

LONDON,ENGLAND - December 4, 2006 - UK managers believe their current non-financial reporting systems are failing to focus their reporting enough on the 'most important' risks facing their organisations, according to new global research from Lloyds Register Quality Assurance...

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 30, 2006 -- Two international rights organizations are urging consumers to take action this holiday season to help prevent blood diamonds from entering the legal diamond trade. Amnesty International and Global Witness, with the support of th...

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 2006--The Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater San Fernando Valley celebrated its National Philanthropy Day on Thursday, November 2, 2006 and presented Dole Food Company, Inc., with the Outstanding Corporati...

NEW DELHI, INDIA, November 29, 2006 -- Alcan and the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2006 US$1 million Alcan Prize for Sustainability is India's Barefoot College. The Alcan Prize annually recognizes NGOs, not-...

November 29,2006- International aid agency Oxfam welcomed Tuesday's meeting between Starbucks CEO Jim Donald and Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, but urged the international coffee giant to stop dragging its feet before the holidays, and instead recognize Ethiopia's owner...

PARIS- November 29, 2006 - Novethic, Amadeis and BNP Paribas AM today present the findings of the fifth annual Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) survey and outlook for the French institutional market. In response to questions from Novethic and Amadeis, 50 of France's ins...

BOSTON, MA, Nov. 22, 2006 - ACCION International, a Boston-based nonprofit and world pioneer in the field of microfinance, is among the 43 winners of the 2007 Fast Company / Monitor Group Social Capitalist Awards, marking the fourth consecutive year that ACCION has received ...