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UNITED NATIONS -- Twenty major investment companies - including Credit Suisse Group, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and Morgan Stanley - have endorsed a United Nations Global Compact report and initiative on "connecting financial markets"" to environmental, social...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Community members, elected officials and Nike executives gathered in Northeast Portland today to celebrate one citizen's vision for the area, which, for the past 20 years, has helped create jobs, foster economic growth, and has resulted in $1 million ...

WASHINGTON, DC - In a speech at the HealthierUS Fitness Festival today, Nike called for companies, athletes, coaches and educators to work together to bring P.E. classes taught by P.E. specialists for at least 30 minutes a day, five days a week, to American schools. N...

PORTLAND, Ore. - NIKE, Inc. today announced its first NikeGO Factory Store grants, a way to recognize and reward local non-profit organizations dedicated to helping kids get active through sports and recreational activities. In its first year, the program will award 1...

ST. LOUIS--Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., released its 2003 Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) report on May 14, detailing a broad range of information in regards to its annual health, safety and environmental performance.

BEAVERTON, OR - The World Health Organization (WHO), in its May 22, 2004 release of a Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health, issued a call for sustained commitment and collaboration among individuals, communities and nations to improve worldwide public...

NEW YORK - On 24 June 2004, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will convene the Global Compact Leaders Summit at U.N. Headquarters in New York. The Summit will be the largest gathering ever of CEOs, government officials and leaders of civil society on the top...

Beaverton, OR -- Jordan Fundamentals is accepting grant applications from 1st-12th grade teachers for the 2004-05 school year, with the deadline of June 15, 2004 fast approaching for the $2,500 grants.

Jordan, a division of Nike,...

WASHINGTON, DC - NikeGO and the U.S. Soccer Foundation today announced awards of eight $100,000 grants to be used towards world-class FieldTurf soccer fields to eight communities in the United States. The announcement represents year two of a five-year, $5 million pa...

MINNEAPOLIS - Fifty nonprofit community groups across the U.S. received grants totaling $500,000 from the General Mills Foundation to support pioneering programs that help children develop lifelong nutrition and physical fitness habits.