Organizations

Washington, DC and San Francisco, CA - The Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI) and Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) announced the results of their first ever joint benchmark survey, "Sustainable Business & Strategy: Views From the Insid...

Leaders from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries should take the opportunity to push forward a development agenda at their meetings this week in Hanoi, said international agency Oxfam today. They should avoid signing free trade deals with the US or amon...

Boston, MA -- During the first month of sales for Oxfam America Unwrapped, an online alternative gift catalog, consumers were more interested in the idea of giving a crocodile than the cow or a camel. Visitors to the website,

Washington, DC--International aid and relief agency Oxfam urges the US Congress to quickly pass trade legislation introduced by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas (D-CA) and endorsed by Ranking Member Charles Rangel (D-NY) The bill would extend exist...

Washington, DC, Nov. 13, 2006 - Oxfam America today applauded the signing of a $461 million development Compact by senior officials from the United States and the Republic of Mali. The compact is designed to reduce poverty in the West African nation.

SAN FRANCISCO- The 2006 Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) Conference continues into its second day Thursday, with a breakfast plenary featuring Time Magazine's "Hero for the Planet" Amory Lovins, author of Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolu...

Global coffee giant Starbucks has refused to move forward in negotiations with Ethiopia unless it's on the company's own terms, according to international agency Oxfam. Oxfam is calling on Starbucks to stop forcing an alternate agreement on Ethiopia, and come to the ...

Boston- Oxfam America is calling on US President George W. Bush to "skip a meal" on the Thursday before Thanksgiving in a symbolic demonstration to the world that America is a nation that cares deeply about all who suffer from chronic hunger and poverty.

In response to Oxfam's announcement that global coffee giant Starbucks has opposed a plan by Ethiopia to gain more control over its coffee trade, the company claimed that it has never filed an opposition to the Ethiopian government's trademark applications, nor claime...