News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in organizations.
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05-13-15
The Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR), recognized 33 young professionals at the 2015 HACR Young Hispanic Corporate Achievers™ (YHCA) Program in Atlanta, Ga. hosted once again by Altria Group. The three day program closed wit...
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05-12-15
Some 15,000 residents of Nairobi’s slums will gain access to quality healthcare following a commitment by Kenyan social enterprise Access Afya to the Business Call to Action (BCtA). The company has innovated a high-tech healthcare...
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05-01-15
Lotus Foods, a global innovator in the production and marketing of specialty rice, joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a commitment to increase the incomes of at least 3,000 additional farm households by 2017.
As part of this eff...
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05-01-15
The Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative today announced that it has published its new Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT 4.0). The leading multi-industry tool to facilitate transfer of information throughout the supply chain in support of conflict-free sourcing, CMRT 4.0 includes an upd...
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04-30-15
Shubham Housing Development Finance Company has announced its commitment to the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with the goal of providing 50,000 families with home financing – and establishing a loan portfolio of US$500 million – by 2018.
Shubham has transcended document-based underwriting...
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04-23-15
The Lemelson Foundation has awarded a grant totaling $706,000 to the Portland State University Foundation to support Oregon MESA’s (Math Engineering Science Achi...
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04-21-15
The Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR), is pleased to announce that Target will once again sponsor its 23rd Annual Symposium, Corporate Directors Summit™ (CDS), and Corporate Executives Forum™ (CEF). HACR will host...
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04-08-15
The Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), a nonprofit coalition of leading electronics companies dedicated to supply chain responsibility, has made the eradication of forced labor a high priority in 2015 as evidenced by a seri...
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03-31-15
GMO Free USA today published the results of independent lab testing which documented that Gerber Lil’ Crunchies Veggie Dip Baked Whole Grain Corn toddler snack contains high levels of herbicide tolerant, insecticide producing genetically engineered corn. The public interest nonprofit recently lau...
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03-24-15
The Ray C. Anderson Foundation recently awarded a $100,000 “NextGen” grant to the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) who, in partnership with Interface, Inc., has created an innovative program ...