Sustainability

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 ...

NEW YORK, November 20, 2006 - The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations Global Compact Office. The purpose of this Memorandum is to encourage cooperation and mutual support between ISO and the Gl...

(Zürich, 17 November 2006) - The Guilé Foundation, in association with the United Nations Global Compact and De Pury Pictet Turrettini & Co., today launched the Guilé European Engagement Fund, the first fund dedicated to the UN Global Compact and its mission of advancin...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2006--Endeavor is one of 43 organizations throughout the U.S. to win the 2007 Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Award, announced yesterday. Non-profits that combine creativity and ingenuity with business solutions to address...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2006--Office Depot (NYSE:ODP), a leading global provider of office products and services, today is delivering 2,000 turkeys to community shelters, soup kitchens and other non-profit organizations in Boynton Beach and Delray Beach...

DUSSELDORF, Germany - In a letter to Kofi Annan, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dr. Ulrich Lehner, President and CEO of the Henkel Group, declared the company's participation in the UN's Global Compact initiative. The Henkel Group has committed to integr...

WALNUT CREEK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 2006--For the second year in a row, Westaff, Inc. (NASDAQ:WSTF), a leading provider of staffing services, has been acknowledged by the UC Davis Graduate School of Management for its position as one of the top 25 companies i...