CSR News

The building of international consensus on voluntary guidance to help organizations operate in a socially responsible way made progress at the recent meeting of the ISO group that is developing the future ISO 26000 standard on social responsibility.

NEW YORK- Today thousands of employees from Deloitte & Touche USA LLP kicked off IMPACT Day, the organization's national day of volunteer service, by heading out into their communities to help local non-profits address important social issues. Many volunteers wil...

America has a unique opportunity to increase its competitiveness in the global marketplace by bolstering educational opportunities for the country's quickly growing, diverse talent pool in inner-city schools; supporting women and minority entrepreneurs; building colla...

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2006--Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), through its affiliates in Indonesia, today announced a commitment of $1.5 million (approximately 14 billion rupiah) to assist the people affected by the massive earthquake in Yogyakarta ...

HOLLYWOOD--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2006--From his perch in Malibu where he is able to view the beauty and power of nature, James Brolin, actor and director, activist, environmentalist and the husband of Barbara Streisand, has teamed with Solucorp Industries, Ltd. (P...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2006--Community Reinvestment Fund, USA (CRF), a nonprofit organization that connects community based and economic development lenders with the capital resources of Wall Street, today announced Bank of America has made a $10 millio...

NEW YORK & HAWTHORNE, Calif. & ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2006--The Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) announced today that it has granted the use of its logo to Duni Corporation on thermoformed food containers made with Cereplast resins. The Compos...

San Francisco, Calif. -- Fetzer Vineyards will place the wine industry's largest solar array atop its winery bottling facility in Hopland, generating 1.1 million kilowatt hours of clean electricity annually, enough to offset more than 960,000 pounds of carbon dioxide ...

New York, NY, June 8, 2006 -- L'Oréal USA announced today the recipients of its esteemed 2006 Fellowships for Women In Science at an awards ceremony at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Five young women, all on the cutting-edge of scientific ad...

SEATTLE & PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2006--Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq:SBUX) and PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) through their joint-venture partnership, the North American Coffee Partnership, announced today the signing of a distribution agreement for Ethos...