Organizations

Points of Light Institute and the Corporation for National and Community Service announced today that the 2010 National Conference on Volunteering and Service will be held in New York City, June 28-30. This event is the nation's largest convening on service and civic engage...

American consumers are ready to increase their purchases of environmental products and services as the U.S. economy emerges from recession, though premium prices for green goods remain a barrier for many, according to a new monthly tracking service.

Millions of Americans will unite in a common mission to improve the lives of others on Make A Difference Day, Saturday, Oct. 24.

Sponsored by USA WEEKEND Magazine in partnership with HandsOn Network, Make A Difference Day is the nation's larges...

HandsOn Network and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) issued the second round of a $1 million investment in 17 volunteer connector organizations and statewide agencies that manage and support volunteers, including state service commissions and associa...

Net Impact, a global network of professionals and students using business to improve the world, will present its 2009 conference in Ithaca, NY, Advancing Sustainable Global Enterprise: Changemakers, Innovators, and Problem Solvers. Hosted by and organized in partner...

AccountAbility, the global not-for-profit standards developer is revising its AA1000 Stakeholder Engagement standard (AA1000SES) the world's first international stakeholder engagement standard. The first edition, published in 2005, made it possible to embed ...

Climate change and human rights are the most significant priorities for business' sustainability efforts in the year ahead, according to the "BSR/GlobeScan State of Sustainable Busines...

Keep America Beautiful, Inc., the nation's largest nonprofit community improvement organization, has chosen Novelis Inc. as its 2009 Vision for America Award honoree. Keep America Beautiful recognizes and honors Novelis for the corporation’s leadership in environmental issu...

Keep America Beautiful, Inc. today announced the Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe, Calif.; Crime Prevention & Control Commission, Denver, Colo.; City of Milwaukee (Wis.) Dept. of Neighborhood Services; and Keep San Antonio (Texas) Beautiful are recipients of $2,500 gr...

In less than one week, business leaders from around the globe will gather at the BSR Conference 2009 to develop sustainability strategies for a world that has been "reset" by a trio of global crises: the sharp worldwide recession, accelerating climate change, and a collapse ...