CSR News

As business leaders from around the globe gather this week in Denmark to strategize a low-carbon resolution at the Copenhagen Climate Summit, BrownFlynn has some exciting sustainability news to share this side of the pond. The corporate responsibility and sustainability cons...

As the world marks International Human Rights Day this 10 December, major companies are being urged to make public commitments to respect human rights. Over 240 companies worldwide now have a policy statement on their commitment to human rights, among them Anglo American, Ce...

Caregiving is still mostly a woman's job and many women are putting their career and financial futures on hold as they juggle part-time caregiving and full-time job requirements. This is the reality reported in Caregiving in the U.S. 2009, the most comprehensive examination ...

Specialty chemicals maker Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) today announced an important advance in flame retardant technology. Flame retardants used to enhance durable plastics in many consumer and commercial products, from textiles and electronics to airplane and automobil...

At its annual meeting on November 6, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Americas (MCFA) approved $1,000,000 in support of environmental causes, including 5 new and 7 continuing grants, and a first-time $300,000 program-related-inve...

Kindness is contagious this holiday season. Based on the belief that it doesn’t take a great deal of money or time to spread happiness, today Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) announced the launch of a year-end giving campaign called 'You In?'™ designed to inspire a ripple of kindn...

Two award-winning socially responsible enterprises, Dancing Deer, the women-led natural baking company and Equal Exchange, the worker-owned Fair Trade pioneer have joined forces to solve your gifting and holiday party needs--all while supporting some great causes. The "Taste...

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO)

Report overview

-- Today Cisco released its fifth annual Cisco(R) Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report.
-- The 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility Report shows how...

The World Environment Center's (WEC) Twenty-Sixth Annual Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development has been awarded to Walmart for its commitment to alter the way products are sourced, manufactured, delivered, sold, and disposed.

Manhattan Software announced today that it has donated copies of its CenterStone computer-aided facility management (CAFM) software to Pratt Manhattan today. The Facilities Management Masters of Science department at Pratt is one of the few Facilities Management graduate deg...