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Major Investment Houses Endorse Global Compact Initiative

Posted: Jun 25, 2004 – 12:00 AM EST

Jun. 25 /CSRwire/ - UNITED NATIONS -- Twenty major investment companies - including Credit Suisse Group, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and Morgan Stanley - have endorsed a United Nations Global Compact report and initiative on "connecting financial markets"" to environmental, social and...

NOAA Awards Over $240,000 To Trout Unlimited

Posted: Jun 25, 2004 – 12:00 AM EST

Jun. 25 /CSRwire/ - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced a $241,250 grant to Trout Unlimited as part of a multi-project cooperative partnership to restore coastal and river fisheries habitats throughout the coastal United States. NOAA is an agency of the U.S....

3M's a 2004 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year

Posted: Jun 25, 2004 – 12:00 AM EST

Jun. 25 /CSRwire/ - 3M (NYSE: MMM) is an $18 billion diversified technology company with operations in more than 60 countries and customers in nearly 200 countries. 3M joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ENERGY STAR program (www.energystar.gov) in 1997, and since...

AFS International Announces New President, Leslie E. Bains

Posted: Jun 25, 2004 – 12:00 AM EST

Bains brings international business perspective to expand leading global exchange program and facilitate international dialogue and understanding.

New UNEP Report Pinpoints Necessity of Environmental and Social Research to Protect Shareholder Value

Posted: Jun 25, 2004 – 12:00 AM EST

Jun. 25 /CSRwire/ - NEW YORK/NAIROBI - In capital markets across the globe companies will see their share price suffer in the long term unless proper attention is paid to environmental and social issues, warns a group of the world's most powerful financial...

Raising the Bar With the Global Compact

Posted: Jun 24, 2004 – 12:00 AM EST

Jun. 24 /CSRwire/ - New York - The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Global Compact yesterday released a book organized around a performance model focusing on how...

Historic $10m Prudential Foundation Gift To Support NJPAC Education, Operations And Endowment

Posted: Jun 24, 2004 – 12:00 AM EST

Gift is Largest Corporate Contribution in NJPAC History

University Bank Achieves "Houses to Homes" Goal of Rehabbing 1,000 Twin Cities' Homes Two Years Ahead of Schedule

Posted: Jun 24, 2004 – 12:00 AM EST

Jun. 24 /CSRwire/ - SAINT PAUL, MN -- St. Paul-based University Bank, the first federally insured Community Development Financial Institution in Minnesota, exceeded its goal this week of financing the rehabilitation of 1,000 affordable homes in the Twin Cities before year end 2005....