Organizations

Business for Social Responsibility's Clean Cargo Initiative Releases Second Guidance Document to Aid Freight Transport Emissions Reporting

SAN FRANCISCO - Business for Social Responsibility's Clean Cargo Working Group has just published a Guidance Appendix to its Environmental Performance Survey (EPS). The Clean Cargo EPS is a standard environmental reporting tool for ocean transport. The Guidance Appe...

$12 Million from Caterpillar Inc. to The Nature Conservancy Launches Ambitious Global Freshwater River Project and Establishes a Great Rivers Center

CHICAGO, IL - The Nature Conservancy, with a generous $12 million gift from the Caterpillar Foundation of Caterpillar Inc., is undertaking an ambitious project that will guide protection of the world's vanishing freshwater supply and transform the way large working ri...

New Report Shows Institutional Investors Fail Pension Policy Holders by Not Addressing Social and Environmental Issues in Investment Decisions

LONDON - 'Mainstreaming Responsible Investment' - A new report released by AccountAbility and the World Economic Forum offers the most comprehensive and incisive insight to date into the failure of the financial community to meet the needs of the real owners of...

Survey of Business and NGO Leaders Reveals Deficits, Opportunities for the Integration and Communication of CSR

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Today, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) in conjunction with the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, released the results of their recent survey administered at the European Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility (Maastricht, November...

Trevor Neilson Selected as One of 237 Exceptional Leaders Selected to Participate in New Major Global Undertaking to Shape the Future

New York, January 11, 2005 - Klaus Schwab, Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, today released the names of the first 237 young leaders who have been selected and have accepted to take part in The Forum of Young Global Leaders, working in close cooperation ...

Oxfam Rushes Aid in Wake of Massive Asian Earthquake and Floods

BOSTON - Oxfam has sent 60 1,000-liter water tanks to Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, one of the worst-affected areas, where clean water is urgently needed after floodwaters contaminated local wells. The agency is also preparing 25,000 food packs to help feed families who hav...

Millennium Development Goal: What's Business Got to do With it?

Corporate responsibility could be one of the keys to the Millennium Development Goals. It is the quality, not just the quantity of business activity that determines whether companies contribute to economic development and sustainability. This is certainly the case in ...

Business for Social Responsibility Names Eric Olson and Geir Westgaard to Newly Created Vice President Positions; Names Wei Dong Zhou new China/Hong Kong Director

SAN FRANCISCO - Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) announced today the appointment of Eric Olson and Geir Westgaard to fill two newly-created Vice President posts.

The role of Vice President, Advisory Services will be assu...

Mitsubishi International Corporation Foundation Approves Environmental Grant to Protect Migratory Shorebirds in Mexico

NEW YORK - At its annual meeting on November 9, the Mitsubishi International Corporation Foundation (MICF) approved $214,300 in new grants, including a major grant in the amount of $206,800 to Pronatura Mexico and the American Bird Conservancy, along with grants of $5...

Launch of the World's First Individual Certification Scheme in the Field of Sustainability Assurance

LONDON - AccountAbility and International Register of Certified Auditors (IRCA) are delighted to announce, jointly, the launch of the world's first individual certification scheme in the field of sustainability assurance - "The Certified Sustainability Assurance Pract...