Organizations

BOSTON-More than two-dozen institutional investors, managing more than $1 trillion of assets, today called on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require publicly-traded companies to disclose the financial risks of global warming in their securities filings....

London and San Francisco -- The Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights Plenary today announced it will open participation to more extractives companies, non governmental organizations (NGOs) and host governments.

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Calgary-- SiMPACT Strategy Group announced today that ten companies have launched LBG Canada, a member-driven association of companies seeking to maximize the impact of their corporate community involvement programs.

HONG KONG - Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), the leading US-based global non-profit business organisation focusing on corporate social responsibility, has agreed to jointly develop and promote an innovative and practicable start-up leadership training program...

Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) has released a new trends report and business brief, which are both available online at www.bsr.org.

The BSR trends report, "Changing Labor-Demographic Tren...

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 2006--Right now, somewhere in America, someone is sipping a cup of Joe made from the 100 millionth pound of Fair Trade Certified(TM) coffee. Since 1998, TransFair USA -- the only third-party certifier of Fair Trade goods in t...

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 2006--Answering great and long-felt consumer demand, TransFair USA -- the only third-party certifier of Fair Trade goods in the United States -- is pleased to announce that Fair Trade Certified(TM) Kenyan coffee is finally av...

A new report evaluating air pollution trends at the nation's 100 largest electric power producers shows that emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) have fallen markedly in recent years, but carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions increased and will likely ...

OAKLAND - Nike Inc. and Hewlett Packard received the top sustainability reporting awards today in an international competition sponsored by the Boston-based Ceres coalition and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). The winners, selected from a rec...

BOSTON - More than 38,000 investors and consumers today called on the nation's three largest mutual fund companies - including Boston-based Fidelity - to focus their attention on the financial implications of global warming. The three mutual fund families collectively...