Organizations

WASHINGTON, DC - Earthworks/ Mineral Policy Center and Oxfam America today announced the launch of "No Dirty Gold," a consumer campaign intended to shake up the gold industry and change the way gold is mined, bought and sold. The two organizations have targeted the U...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.) Administrator Mike Leavitt recognized Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) for its strategic advice and contributions to the newly announced E.P.A. SmartWay Transport Partnership. SmartWay is a volun...

A few places are still available on the “Business and Sustainability” course, taking place between March 7-11 2004 with Simon Zadek, at the world-renowned Schumacher College in Devon. This unique residential course provides participants with a rare opportunity ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), a business membership organization that promotes corporate social responsibility among global companies, announced today that it has added three outstanding business leaders to its board of directors. Mandy Co...

Washington DC - This week, investment company Boston Common Asset
Management filed a shareholder resolution with Newmont Mining Corporation, the world's largest gold-mining firm, calling on the company to prepare a report on the risk to the co...

London, UK - How a nation deals with social and environmental issues has a direct impact on its national economic competitiveness and growth prospects. Nations that fail to address Corporate Responsibility issues expose businesses to potential costs such as those asso...

NEW YORK, NY - The Mitsubishi International Corporation Foundation today announced it has awarded $293,000 in grants to 12 organizations for projects this upcoming year. The MIC Foundation seeks to promote environmental causes in the broadest sense of the term, which...

London, UK - AccountAbility, the professional institute for social and ethical accountability, is delighted to announce a series of new appointments to its London office.

Helen Campbell joins Accountability as a Senior Researcher,...

BOSTON, MA - The nation’s oldest and largest anti-hunger movement, Oxfam’s Fast for a World Harvest, marks its 30th anniversary this Thanksgiving season. Over the last three decades, more than a million people have participated in hundreds of annual Fast...

London, UK - A new website carrying the latest news and information about the commercial rationale for corporate responsibility from the UK and around the world goes live today.

The site,