Organizations

WASHINGTON, DC- May 10, 2007 -- The Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPs) Plenary adopted formal participation criteria this week at its May 7-8, 2007 Plenary, hosted by the U.S. Department of State. The criteria are intended to strengthen the VPs by foste...

BOSTON, MA "“ May 3, 2007 - International agency Oxfam welcomed today's news that the Government of Ethiopia and the Starbucks Coffee Company have agreed in principle to sign a licensing, distribution and marketing agreement that recognizes the importance and integrity of Et...

TORONTO "“ May 2, 2007 - Today at its annual shareholders meeting, the Barrick Gold Corporation will have to answer some tough questions from the Western Shoshone Defense Project (WSDP), a grassroots Native American group based in Nevada and supported by Oxfam America, an in...

BOSTON, MA "“ April 30, 2007 - Investors, environmentalists and business leaders are cautiously optimistic that sustainability conditions in North America and developing countries will improve in the next two decades, according to the Ceres "Advancing Sustainable Prosperity"...

BOSTON, MA - April 26, 2007 - Vancity Group and Bristol-Myers Squibb received the top sustainability reporting awards today in an international competition hosted by the Boston-based Ceres coalition and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). The winners, ...

STAMFORD, CT - April 24, 2007 "“ Keep America Beautiful, Inc. (KAB), the national nonprofit that famously sponsored the "Crying Indian" public service advertisements in the 1970's, will unveil the organization's first national outreach effort since 1998 during a Times Square...

WASHINGTON, D.C. "“ April 23, 2007 - In advance of tomorrow's annual meeting of Denver-based Newmont Mining Corporation, community groups from around the world urged the company to address human rights and environmental concerns at its gold mining operations and investmen...

April 12, 2007 - Keep America Beautiful has developed a new initiative to help communities kick-start or intensify their local graffiti prevention activities.

The 2007 Graffiti Hurts® Grant Program allows communities to apply for a grant of $2,...

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2007--TransFair USA, the only third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States, and Whole Foods Market (Nasdaq: WFMI), the world's leading natural and organic foods supermarket, today announced the Whole Trade Guar...

STAMFORD, CT - March 29, 2007 - Encouraged by the success of the Keep America Beautiful (KAB) Cigarette Litter Prevention Program, and continuing a long history of support for KAB’s anti-litter efforts, Philip Morris USA (PM USA) has provided a significant grant to support t...