CSR News

MILWAUKEE, WI, 6 December 2006 -The fight to end modern day slavery enters a new phase today with a call from Manpower Inc. (NYSE: MAN) to 1,000 of the world's largest companies to help end human trafficking.

In January 2006, M...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2006--This Saturday, December 9, 2006, over 600 volunteers will gather to assemble and then deliver 5,000 beautiful fruit baskets to homebound elderly. The assembly begins at 8:00 a.m. (there will 40 ACTS volunteers on the assembly line);...

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2006--Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) announced that its 2006 holiday food drive efforts are expected to result in more than 1.8 million meals donated to needy families and individuals. This ambitious goal will be achieved through a serie...

COLUMBIA, MD. December 6, 2006-- Enterprise Community Investment, Inc., a national leader in affordable housing finance and community investment, announces the appointment of C. Lamar Seats to senior vice president, Multifamily Mortgage Finance. Seats brings 20 years...

WHAT: The national nonprofit organization KaBOOM!, through its partnership with The Home Depot, is awarding nearly $1 million in scholarships and challenge grants in conjunction with their award-winning playground training University of Play (U Play!). U Play! ...

TACOMA, WA December 6, 2006 - A new partnership between Tacoma Goodwill and Key Foundation will provide free financial skills training for hundreds of Pierce County residents. Key Foundation (funded by KeyCorp) has awarded Goodwill $50,000 to fund the first year of a ...

ITASCA, IL Dec. 6, 2006 - The Robert W. Campbell Award Program Committee invites organizations from around the world to participate in the 2007 cycle of this prestigious international award for business excellence in safety, health and environmental management.

ARLINGTON, VA., December 6, 2006-- On its 25th anniversary, Ashoka, a global organization supporting social entrepreneurship worldwide, announced a landmark project which has brought together people from around the world to subtitle films in up to 100 languages on soc...

JACKSON, MS December 6, 2006 - The Foundation for the Mid South (FMS) announced today the recipients of grants totaling $833,813 on behalf of The Baxter International Foundation Health Recovery Fund. The fund was established in February to support the recovery and re...

HOUSTON, TX, December 6, 2006--WOW Energy, Inc ("WOW Energies") announced today that its WOWClean pilot plant has demonstrated CO2 greenhouse gas reductions ranging from 25% to 85% from flue gases on a AES150 MW petcoke fired electricity generating plant in Tex...