CSR News
A trusted media platform since 1999, 3BL CSRwire delivers breaking news from businesses and nonprofits, including press releases, videos, podcasts, blogs and more.
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05-01-14
European Business: Workers and Minorities at the Sharp End of Human Rights Abuse
Two briefings issued in parallel by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre find business respect for human rights remains a challenge in Western Europe and in Eastern Europe & Central Asia.
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05-01-14
PLUSfoam® Becomes First Materials Company to Earn Certified B Corporation Status
PLUSfoam®, a 100% recyclable materials company and pioneer in the closed-loop manufacturing movement, has just been named as a Certified B Corporation.
Certified B Corporations are progressive businesses that focus on solving social and environmental problems. In order to achi...
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05-01-14
Michael R. Bloomberg and Mary Schapiro Appointed to SASB's Board Leadership
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board™ (SASB)™, a 501c3 non-profit organization that develops sustainability accounting standards for publicly-listed U.S. corporations, today announced that Michael R. Bloomberg, philanthropist, founder of...
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04-30-14
35,000 Restaurants Globally, 70 Million Daily Customers, 5 Sustainability Goals: McDonald's to Participate in Live Twitter Chat with CSRwire
When a company like McDonald's with worldwide presence and a complex network of employees, suppliers, activists and consumers, creates a CSR strategy, you expect flavor, complexity, challenges.
And lots of discussion...
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04-30-14
"Grand Strategy" for Investors? Sustainable Investing Conference Tackles Foreign Policy Challenges of the 21st Century
Patrick Doherty, senior fellow at the New America Foundation, will outline the groundbreaking work of the “Grand Strategy Project” at The SRI Conference, November 9-11, 2014. The largest annual gathering of sustainable and responsible investors in North America, The SRI Conference on Sustainable,...
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04-30-14
JPMorgan Chase Pledges $20 Million to Support U.S. Military Veterans And Their Families
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) today pledged to invest $20 million over the next five years to support U.S. military veterans and their families. This pledge builds upon the firm’s existing programs and initiatives for military veterans focused on employment, education and housing.
J...
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04-30-14
McDonald's Announces 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Plans
McDonald's Corp. today announced its first Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability Framework that is designed to position the company for the future, while generating measurable, positive impacts for society.
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04-30-14
More U.S. Corporations Must Scale Up Sustainability Efforts, Report Says
A report released today by Ceres and Sustainalytics found that while there are encouraging pockets of sustainability leadership in the U.S. busines...
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04-30-14
U.S. Chamber Foundation to Host Event on Sustainability-Driven Innovation
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, in partnership with SustainAbility, U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, will convene leaders from the public and private sectors for an event focusing on ways in which the business ...
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04-30-14
The Ocean Foundation Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary
This year marks an important milestone for The Ocean Foundation as it celebrates 10 years of success as the only community foundation dedicated to protecting the global ocean.
What began over a decade ago as a group of like-minded coral conservation experts, venture capitalists and philant...
