CSR News

In a move to facilitate consideration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues in investor decision-making, the content of annual progress reports issued by United Nations Global Compact business participants, known as Communications on Progress (COPs), is now a...

The Wellcome Trust and Merck & Co., Inc. today announced the creation of the MSD Wellcome Trust Hilleman Laboratories (www.hillemanlaboratories.in), the first of its kind research and development joint vent...

In the wake of President Obama's visit to a General Motors (GM) plant earlier in the week, his Administration and key states were warned today that GM would be excluded from the country's automotive mercury recycling program at the end of this year.

National Park Trust (NPT) kicks off a new innovative environmental program, called Where’s Buddy Bison Been?™ at Capital City Public Charter School on September 23rd. NPT will launch the program at the Charter School's assembly for 240 students, followed by a service work pr...

Innovative Incentives, Inc., together in partnership with The
LiveCooler Foundation answered the call of President Obama to make September 11th a day of community service. LiveCooler visited low-income housing in Roxbury with participating organizations and a local st...

Worldways Social Marketing Co-founders Maureen Cronin and Mark Marosits will join 250 other social venture, Foundation and nonprofit leaders as Delegates to the Opportunity Collaboration. Marosits, a Chancellor of the Collaboration says, "In difficult economic times, it is t...

On October 1st, Green Horizon Manufacturing will introduce the SFH40 - a fully self-sustaining innovation in green home building concepts "“ at West Coast Green 2009, the largest conference on green innovation for the built environment. Designed as a dramatic improvement to ...

Sodexo was named 2009 global "Supersector leader" for its industry sector ("Travel & Leisure") by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), the fourth time the company has been so recognized. Sodexo received an overall score of 86% in a...

Strategic Sustainability Consulting (SSC) announced the conclusion of the fourth SSC Green Auditor certification course since the program's inception in 2008. Twelve environmental consultants from around the U.S., and one from Vancouver, Canada, have completed their training...

Little Kids Rock, a national nonprofit music organization that provides free instruments and instruction to underfunded public schools, today announced significant program milestones from the 2008-09 school year an...