Organizations

The Points of Light Civic Accelerator announced today the 15 startups selected to participate in its third round. The innovative program and investment fund, with founding support from

Michigan teacher Karrie Marciniak’s BIG idea has been awarded a $5,000 grant as the Grand Prize Winner of the 2013 “BE BIG in Your Community Contest,” a signature program of the ongoing Clifford The Big Red Dog®

Specialized skills development company, Drishtee, announced the expansion of its piloted training and education program to build capacity for rural youth in India, as part as its commitment to the Business Call to Action (BCtA). 

Drishtee is a growing social enterprise that works in low-in...

 AccountAbility has been awarded the prestigious international Golden Peacock Award for Sustainability in 2013, by the Institute of Directors (IoD), India. The award recognises the quality and nature of work that AccountAbility has delivered and the impact it has had on the globa...

GreenBiz Group will turn the switch on the first-ever ballroom-sized microgrid, a functional and replicable system that heralds the future of distributed energy production.

Called VERGE Interconnect, the microgrid will be a centerpiece of

The Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition® (EICC®) today released its fifth annual report, reflecting on its progress on programs designed to help its member companies improve social and environmental conditions in their own operations and those of their supply chains. The report also announc...

Leading food and skincare companies Ajinomoto (Japan), DSM (Netherlands) and L’OCCITANE (France) committed to the Business Call to Action with initiatives in Indonesia, Burkina Faso and Ghana that strengthen the role of women in linking business to nutrition and health. The three companies have c...

BICEP (Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy) today announced that VF Corporation has joined the coalition to advocate for innovative climate and clean energy policies. The company has also signed the Climate D...

In the wake of a new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report re-confirming the reality of climate change and clarifying its effects, business and investor leaders talked today about the ways in which global warming is already affecting their bottom lines and their strategies.

Repr...