Sustainability

Washington D.C. - The Board of Directors of the International Finance Corporation adopted today new environmental and social standards for the organization. The new standards build upon the environmental and social requirements that IFC currently applies to private se...

WESTERLY, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2006--The Washington Trust Company provided a $110,000 SBA loan to Buscon Associates, Providence, R.I., to purchase the assets of The Providence American newspaper, a community newspaper that provides a minority perspective fo...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2006--MicroEdge, a wholly owned subsidiary of Advent Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADVS) and leading provider of solutions for the grantmaking community worldwide, is pleased to announce that Peter Byer has been promoted to vice president...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2006--MicroEdge, a wholly owned subsidiary of Advent Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADVS) and leading provider of solutions for the grantmaking community worldwide, is pleased to announce that Kevin Carlsten has been promoted to Vice Presi...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2006--UPS (NYSE:UPS) today was rated "America's Most Admired" company in its industry in an annual survey conducted by FORTUNE magazine.

The company also ranked in the Top 10 across all of corpo...

SEATTLE - In its fifth Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Annual Report, available today on the Company's website, Starbucks Corporation(NASDAQ:SBUX) candidly reports on the progress made to operate its business in a socially responsible way.

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Conway, SC - The Conservation Fund, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Centex Homes announced today the addition of more than 850 acres of hardwood forest and wetland habitat to the Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge, just south of Conway, S.C. Thanks in part to suppo...

Toronto - Turning good business practices into profitable and sustainable futures is at the heart of the fourth annual Rotman MBA Business and Society Conference to be held on March 24 at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, (February 20, 2006) - President George W. Bush today visited the headquarters of Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE: JCI) to raise public awareness of the need for America's energy independence and to highlight some of the latest technology advanc...

(West Palm Beach, FL) - On Wednesday, February 15, Latakia Communications officially launched its new website, Latakia's Socially Responsible Business Forum. The website address is www.sociallyresponsiblebusin...