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Starbucks Names Sandra Taylor New Senior Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility

Posted: Jun 16, 2003 – 12:00 AM EST

Jun. 16 /CSRwire/ - SEATTLE, WA - Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX) announced today that Sandra Taylor, former vice president and director, Public Affairs for Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK), has accepted the position of senior vice president, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). She...

AIESEC Invites Participation in the CSR Case Studies Competition for Youth

Posted: Jun 15, 2003 – 12:00 AM EST

Companies will be provided with an opportunity to present real-life case studies related to topics of CSR to a wide audience of students at the www.aiesec.org/csr platform.

Theodoor Gilissen Bankiers N.V. Launches DJSI-based Equity Fund in the Netherlands

Posted: Jun 12, 2003 – 12:00 AM EST

Jun. 12 /CSRwire/ - ZURICH, Switzerland -- Theodoor Gilissen Bankiers N.V. in the Netherlands has launched the first passively-managed Dutch equity fund based on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI). The Dutch asset manager, which is focused on high net worth individuals and...

International Effort Results in New Tool to Calculate Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Aluminium Smelters

Posted: Jun 12, 2003 – 12:00 AM EST

Jun. 12 /CSRwire/ - LONDON, UK, WASHINGTON, DC and GENEVA, Switzerland - The International Aluminium Institute (IAI), in association with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the World Resources Institute (WRI), today announced the development of new tools for calculating...

SBC Foundation Funds Educational Endeavors on the Historic Freedom Schooner AMISTAD

Posted: Jun 12, 2003 – 12:00 AM EST

Grant enhances education outreach for Amistads 2003 Great Lakes Friendship Tour

Seventeen Business, Government and Civil Society Leaders from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Will Convene to Discuss Key Leadership Issues in their Countries

Posted: Jun 12, 2003 – 12:00 AM EST

Jun. 12 /CSRwire/ - NORWALK, CT -- TechnoServe President and CEO Peter A. Reiling announced today that TechnoServe and the Aspen Institute will host the second in a series of four Africa Leadership Initiative (ALI) seminars for the East Africa region. Seventeen business,...

NEPAD E-schools Initiative to Bring Computer Literacy to African Schools

Posted: Jun 12, 2003 – 12:00 AM EST

Jun. 12 /CSRwire/ - DURBAN, South Africa The NEPAD E-Schools Initiative was launched at the World Economic Forums Africa Economic Summit in Durban today with the aim of bridging the digital divide and giving the continents children the skills they need to thrive...

World Economic Forum Ranks African Countries on Corruption

Posted: Jun 12, 2003 – 12:00 AM EST

Botswana Tops Survey Rankings for Good Governance in Africa

Pharmaceutical Healthcare Corporate Responsibility Roundtable

Posted: Jun 11, 2003 – 12:00 AM EST

Transform your corporate responsibility strategies, maximise healthcare provision and build trust with all stakeholders

Hogan Appointed Director of Education and Cultural Diversity at Best Western

Posted: Jun 10, 2003 – 12:00 AM EST

Jun. 10 /CSRwire/ - PHOENIX, AZ - Best Western, THE WORLD'S LARGEST HOTEL CHAIN(R) has named John Hogan director of Education and Cultural Diversity. The new post is an expanded role for Hogan who joined the company in April of 2000 as director...