Organizations

NEW YORK CITY, NY - Two-dozen leading U.S. and European institutional investors managing over $3 trillion in assets today released a 10-point action plan calling on U.S. companies, Wall Street firms and the Securities and Exchange Commission to intensify efforts to pr...

BERMUDA - The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GBC), the pre-eminent organization leading the business response to AIDS and World Vision, an international humanitarian relief organization, are calling on the global financial sector to support the fight against A...

NEW YORK and GENEVA - Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, President and CEO of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GBC), the pre-eminent organization leading the business response to AIDS, announced today that GBC has been selected to represent the private sector as ...

NEW YORK, NY - Hundreds of institutional investors from around the world, Wall Street leaders, and state treasurers will be among those meeting Tuesday, May 10, at the United Nations here to discuss how to address the financial risks and realize the opportunities from...

SAN FRANCISCO - Representatives from leading global companies working in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR) will assemble November 1-4, in San Francisco, California. They will discuss the role and contributions of business when it comes to issues rang...

DENVER, CO - Representatives from Ghana, Indonesia, Peru, Romania, and Nevada today called on Newmont Mining, the world's largest gold producer, to urgently reform its human rights and environmental practices at its global operations. Speaking at the company's annual ...

LONDON - In"Assurance Standards Briefing"a new report published today by AccountAbility and KMPG Sustainability The Netherlands, the authors conclude that

The two international assurance standards - AA1000AS ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Socially responsible mutual funds are considerably stronger proponents of corporate governance shareholder resolutions - such as focusing on poison pills, expensing stock options, golden parachutes, declassifying boards, and "vote no" director campa...

WASHINGTON, D.C.- "Energy Management and Shareholder Value", an executive briefing released today, offers businesses increased evidence on and successful practices for linking energy efficiency and shareholder value. The document's publication is a partnership betwee...

BOSTON - Hewlett Packard and the Gap are among four U.S and Canadian companies that received sustainability reporting awards today in an international competition sponsored by the Boston-based Ceres coalition and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACC...