Sustainability

SAN FRANCISCO - Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) has released a new report that reviews how well the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Economic Performance Indicators have been applied by 33 companies, including GE, McDonald's, Novo Nordisk, Shell, Starbucks a...

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2005--Dole Food Company, Inc., today announced the promotion of Sylvain Cuperlier to Vice President - Director of Worldwide Corporate Social Responsibility. In this capacity, Mr. Cuperlier will head Dole's Corporate S...

CULIACAN, Mexico, Desarrolladora Homex, S.A. de C.V. (NYSE: HXM) (BMV: HOMEX) (Homex, or the Company) announced that it has received two awards for its Social Responsibility practices. The Company was recognized by the Mexican Confederation of Industrialists (CONCAMIN...

San Francisco (November 30, 2005)--SustainLane www.sustainlane.com, the Web's best community resource for sustainable and healthy living announced today that Warren Karlenzig, director of the SustainLane US City Rankings, will...

MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2005--Henry Schein, Inc.
(NASDAQ: HSIC), the largest distributor of healthcare products and services to office-based practitioners in the combined North American and European markets, today celebrated its tenth anniversa...

Shanghai, People's Republic of China - Nearly 800 international business leaders and representatives of government and civil society assembled today for the Global Compact Summit: China - the largest event ever held in China on the topic of responsible business.

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - Continuing with strong year over year growth, Companion Systems was recently named as one of the top 500 woman-owned businesses in the United States on the Div500 by DiversityBusiness.com.

The Div500 is the ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 2005--Q: What are the two things that preventing child sexual abuse and good program management have in common?

A: They both bring light and clarity to issues that have frequently bee...

NEW YORK - In response to growing demand from its 200 member companies, the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GBC) announced today the creation of the first measurement system for business and AIDS -- a new Best Practice AIDS Standard for corporate HIV/AIDS progr...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 2005--UPS (NYSE:UPS) has announced a $2 million donation to support relief and recovery efforts for the victims of the devastating earthquake that struck South Asia last month.

The $2 million...