CSR News

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 19, 2008 - Immediately following the cyclone that ravaged Myanmar on May 2 and the earthquake that hit Sichuan China on May 12, Business Roundtable’s Partnership for Disaster Response moved quickly to activate its international emergency network...

CHICAGO IL- May 19,2008 - Enablon has been selected as one of 20 "Most Promising Clean-Tech Companies". Enablon will present at "EuroStart Capital Partners' Transatlantic Green Platform 2008" (www.transatlan...

WASHINGTON, May 19 /PRNewswire--USNewswire/ -- First Book, the award-winning nonprofit organization placing new books into the hands of children in need, announces the launch of a collaboration with KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm. KPMG has contributed $250,0...

SAN DIEGO - May 19, 2008 - In recognition of his longtime commitment to disadvantaged communities throughout California, The Greenlining Institute recently honored Robert A. McNeely, executive vice president and manager of corporate community development for Union Bank of Ca...

NEW YORK, NY - May 19, 2008 - The Reader's Digest Foundation (RDF) announced today that it will donate $100,000 to WaterPartners International, a U.S.- based organization committed to providing safe drinking water and sanitation to people in developing countries. This unrest...

MIDDLEBURY, VT - Most numbers in and of themselves are arbitrary; but there are some that hold significant consequence. While the number "350" may not be immediately recognized as a number particularly connected to our planet's future, that is changing. Top scientists concl...

VIENNA, VIRGINIA AND GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR - May 19, 2008 - The World Cocoa Foundation will welcome nearly 300 participants to its Partnership Meeting on May 21-22, 2008, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, the first held in Latin America. Focused on the needs of the cocoa farming familie...

FRAMINGHAM, MA (May 19, 2008) - Ameresco President and Chief Executive Officer George Sakellaris Thursday told members of a congressional committee examining Global Warming that investments in energy efficiency projects would not only reduce the effects of Climate Change, bu...

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - May 19, 2008 - HINARI Access to Research Initiative announced today that its collaborative efforts to provide free and low cost access to health research in the developing countries have made a significant impact on advancing scientific discoveries in t...

STAMFORD, Conn., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The government of Myanmar today cleared for entry a life-saving shipment of medicines and medical supplies airlifted to Yangon by AmeriCares - a nonprofit international aid organization. The relief package will be distributed in partne...