CSR News

WASHINGTON. - August 4, 2008 - Citi and Ashoka launched the Changemakers Competition "Banking on Social Change: Seeking Financial Solutions for All," a worldwide search for financial-service projects that use the transformative power of innovation and skills to achieve real ...

- August 4, 2008 - PCI-Media Impact, a not-for-profit organization that produces social change TV and radio programs around the world, along with its long-time Latin American partner, Calandria Association of Social Communicators (La Asociacion de Comunicado...

NEW YORK,NY. - August 4, 2008 - Sundance Channel has launched the original 13-part web series, "Eco- Heroes," hosted and created by Majora Carter, an environmental activist and host of network’s eco-destination, THE GREEN. The web-series was announced today by Sundance Chann...

EDISON,NJ. - August 4, 2008 - Senator John Edwards, who proposed a $13 billion-a-year New Energy Economy Fund and was the first ever to make his campaign carbon-neutral, will provide a major Keynote speech for the SustainPro Conference October 29-30, 2008 at the Stephens Con...

- August 4, 2008 - Piraeus Bank has launched its GREEN BANKING branch in Athens - the first of its kind in Greece and the Balkans. As one of many green business initiatives championed by Piraeus Bank, the creation of the new branch forms an integral part of the Bank’s...

PHILADELPHIA,PA. - August 4, 2008 - One of the nation's largest and most prestigious awards programs in the financial services industry today announced that 10 U.S. community development financial institutions (CDFIs) are semifinalists for $8.25 million to scale up their suc...

- August 4, 2008 - Assure View - The CSR Assurance Statement Report is the first report to offer an independent, comprehensive overview of the field. The report outlines who uses assurance, who provides assurance and what methods are used. Assure View is a reference point fo...

ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- A comprehensive, independent study comparing the environmental impacts of iGPS' all-plastic pallet and the typical pooled multi-use wood pallet has unequivocally documented that iGPS' pallet is far superior. In every measured dimension ...

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND. - August 4, 2008 - Merino outdoor clothing pioneer Icebreaker is introducing Baacode, a revolutionary traceability system to enable customers to follow their garments through every step of the production process.

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ISELIN, N.J., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- America's future scientists have just two months to register for the 2008-09 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology. Entries must be received by Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 5pm EDT.

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