CSR News

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND. - January 28, 2009 - A new report by IFC, the United Nations Global Compact, and the Swiss government finds that although the financial industry understands the necessity of developing methodologies and tools that examine environmental issues in the inves...

BOSTON, MA. - January 28, 2009 - ACCION(R) International, a pioneer and leader in microfinance, today formally announced that its 'Lend to End Poverty' campaign and petition, calling on economic leaders to promote and prioritize microfinance at the World Economic Forum (WEF)...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 28, 2009 - Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers of leading U.S. companies, today unveiled a newly revamped Web site to assist the private sector's disaster planning efforts. Business Roundtable's The Partnership for Disas...

DALLAS,TX. - January 28, 2009 - Kimberly-Clark Corporation announced today that for the first time it appears on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) National Top 50 List of the largest green power users. 

Kimberly-Clark's Everett, Wash. facility...

GREENFIELD, MA. - January 28, 2009 - Local pioneers of the sustainability movement will share their knowledge on a wide range of sustainable energy and energy-efficient building topics during the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's (NESEA) 34th annual Building Energy ...

HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Major building projects in four Northeast cities may be among the most energy efficient developments in the nation because of expert guidance provided by a new national "Sustainable Cities Design Academy." The joint effort o...

NEW YORK, NY - January 27, 2009 - Members of a coalition of investors have filed shareholder resolutions with 10 publicly-held U.S. providers of Internet access, urging corporate boards to report on the impact of the companies' Internet network management practices on public...

DALLAS, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

VISUALS: Stills of the 1,200 S-W associates and B-roll of volunteer painting activities are available at http://www.sherwin.com/press/trade/kits/200...

LOS ANGELES, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/27/09 -- WeCanBuildanOrphanage.com (www.WeCanBuildanOrphanage.com), a non-profit start-up building a home, clinic and school for 100 AIDS orphans in Haiti, today announce...

NEW YORK, NY. - January 27, 2009 "“ John Tedstrom is the new president and chief executive officer of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC), it was announced today. He succeeds Richard Holbrooke, who left GBC to serve in a high-level dipl...