Organizations

BOSTON - Oxfam has sent 60 1,000-liter water tanks to Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, one of the worst-affected areas, where clean water is urgently needed after floodwaters contaminated local wells. The agency is also preparing 25,000 food packs to help feed families who hav...

Corporate responsibility could be one of the keys to the Millennium Development Goals. It is the quality, not just the quantity of business activity that determines whether companies contribute to economic development and sustainability. This is certainly the case in ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) announced today the appointment of Eric Olson and Geir Westgaard to fill two newly-created Vice President posts.

The role of Vice President, Advisory Services will be assu...

NEW YORK - At its annual meeting on November 9, the Mitsubishi International Corporation Foundation (MICF) approved $214,300 in new grants, including a major grant in the amount of $206,800 to Pronatura Mexico and the American Bird Conservancy, along with grants of $5...

WASHINGTON, D.C.- GreenerPrinter.com, an environmentally friendly printing service launched today, offers consumers the first online, certified "green" printer to ship products "climate-neutral" - having a zero net-impact on the earth's climate.

LONDON - AccountAbility and International Register of Certified Auditors (IRCA) are delighted to announce, jointly, the launch of the world's first individual certification scheme in the field of sustainability assurance - "The Certified Sustainability Assurance Pract...

STAMFORD, CT - Keep America Beautiful, Inc. announces the results of its first annual Graffiti Hurts(R) National Award competition. Innovative graffiti prevention programs in four cities are the winners: First Response Team in Burlington, VT and Operation Clean Swee...

STAMFORD, ConnCT. (November 12, 2004) - There are visible improvements in our country's streets, highways, playgrounds, forests and waterways, thanks to 2.3 million volunteers and Firestone Tire & Service Centers who took part in Keep America Beautiful's Great ...

NEW YORK - SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY INTERNATIONAL (SAI) has been recognized by Scientific American magazine as a policy leader on the 2004 Scientific American 50 - the magazine's prestigious annual list honoring outstanding acts of leadership in science and technology fr...

NEW YORK, NY, November 9, 2004 - A new U.S. study among the most sought after consumers, released today by the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GBC), found that an overwhelming majority of consumers (71 percent) believe that companies should be "actively" involv...