CSR News

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2006--Citizens Advisers, the investment manager to Citizens Funds, today announced that it has called on companies within its portfolios to divest of business activities in Sudan. Citizens is the first mutual fund management firm to ...

Zurich - Under the banner of its International ReSource Award for Sustainable Watershed Management initiative, Swiss Re grants the winning project in the Philip-pines USD 80 000. Further, USD 50 000 each go to projects in Cameroon and Bolivia. The award that ann...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2006--To commemorate World Water Day and raise awareness for the more than 1.1 billion people worldwide who lack access to clean drinking water, Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) through its Ethos(TM) Water brand is inviting p...

Owens Corning (OWENQ.OB) announced at the European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition in Athens, Greece, a breakthrough single-end roving and knitted fabric, WindStrand™, which will allow the wind energy market to take another step forward in competing successfully...

MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2006--Did you ever wonder what happens to hotel furnishings when hotels undergo renovations? Five Washington, D.C. area Homewood Suites by Hilton hotels are "spring cleaning" items such as pillows, sheets, towels, shampoos an...

Atlanta, Ga.- With support from the Centex Homes Land Legacy Fund and in partnership with the Alabama Trails Association and Georgia Pinhoti Trail Association, The Conservation Fund acquired 1,760 acres of pine and hardwood forest, including 266 acres along the border...

NEW YORK-Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that CERES, the largest coalition of investors, environmental and public interest organizations in North America, ranked Alcoa second among U.S. companies in its Report on Corporate Governance and Climate Change. This report is...

Today the social performance company Stakeholder Negotiation Services International launched 3PTracking™, a software-supported management tool designed to strengthen the face-to-face negotiations and long-term performance of strategic partnerships and projects in the ...

LIMA, Peru--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2006--On March 21, 2006, a group of 260 Peruvian teachers will receive certificates acknowledging successful completion of AME, or Actualizacion de Maestros en Educacion (Professional Development for Educators), a comprehensive p...

Washington, DC - As more and more people are taking responsibility for offsetting their climate footprint by supporting renewable energy, energy efficiency and reforestation to reduce their emissions, Ecobusinesslinks.com, a leading web-based environmental information...