Organizations

BOSTON - After years of inaction, a growing number of leading U.S. companies are confronting the business challenges from global warming, recognizing that greenhouse gas limits are inevitable and that they cannot risk falling behind their international competitors in ...

STAMFORD, Conn.- Intensifying its efforts to combat one of America's largest and most persistent litter problems through education and action, Keep America Beautiful® announced today the expansion of its Cigarette Litter Prevention Program.

BOSTON - In response to shareholder requests, two leading big-box retailers and the nation's largest shopping mall company have agreed to significantly expand reporting and disclosure on energy efficiency performance, with the two big-box retailers also agreeing to di...

LONDON - Following its annual meeting of Trustees on the 6th of February, the Mitsubishi Corporation Fund for Europe and Africa (MCFEA) has announced its funding programme for 2006.

Established in the UK in 1992, the MCFEA is pri...

BOSTON - In response to shareholder requests, four U.S. electric power companies in Missouri and Wisconsin have joined other utility companies by agreeing to assess and disclose the potential impacts from foreseeable regulations to reduce carbon dioxide and other gree...

BOSTON -- Citing their commitment to reporting and improving their social and environmental performance, Ceres today announced that it has approved three new companies - General Mills, Piper Jaffray & Co. and Time Warner - into its network of companies.

New York City--For the first time ever, eight of the world's top jewelry retailers have pledged to move away from "dirty" gold sales and are calling on mining corporations to ensure that gold is produced in more socially and environmentally responsible ways. The retai...

BOSTON --The Timberland Company in Stratham, N.H. has joined the Facility Reporting Project (FRP), a new initiative of the Boston-based Ceres coalition aimed at improving sustainability reporting and environmental performance at individual facilities across the...

BOSTON --Ceres and the Investor Network on Climate Risk have published a 24-page "toolkit" to help companies address the strategic and financial challenges associated with global climate change.

The guidebook - Managing the Risks and Opportunities of Cl...

BOSTON, MA.--Seven out of 10 U.S. mutual fund investors now want their mutual funds to support global warming shareholder resolutions, but not one of the nation's largest mutual funds voted in favor of any climate change proxy measures during 2005, according to a majo...