CSR News

Thin Democracy - what America has now - is weak and failing, warns Frances Moore Lappé on PBS Now with David Brancaccio, first aired December 9th. But a more powerful practice of democracy is emerging that engages regular citizens in problem solving, she argues...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 2005--As part of the Accenture Corporate Citizenship Investment Program, Accenture* today announced a $2 million (USD) grant to JA Worldwide (Junior Achievement) to support the development and implementation of a new technology plat...

Washington, DC - December 12, 2005 - TourJet America, a leading private aircraft broker specializing in the needs of the entertainment industry, has announced they have become a Zero Carbon partner of Carbonfund, reducing their global climate impact to nothing. TourJe...

New York) - New York) - To date, 100 shareholder-sponsored proxy resolutions have been filed by Members and Associates of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) for 2006. Among the companies receiving resolutions are McDonald's, GE, Lockheed M...

Newark, NJ - Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU) and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) announced Friday a partnership with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Inc. (NOJO) that will allow the talented group of musicians to embark on its first national tour a...

PHOENIX - Phelps Dodge Corp. (NYSE:PD) today announced that its board of directors has approved establishing and funding the following trusts:

Washington, DC - Committed to being part of the solution to America's energy challenges, The Dow Chemical Company today announced a major corporate sponsorship of The Alliance to Save Energy's The Power is in Your Hands energy efficiency campaign. With U.S. natural ...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 2005--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that it has awarded Shigenori Maeda, a design student from the College for Creative Studies of Detroit, a special design prize for Excellence in Design for Aluminum, for his model "612 Lafayet...

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2005--In 1985, Xerox Corporation had "one guy in an office" just quietly tracking how much money the company spent with minority-, women- and veteran-owned businesses.

But today, Xero...

PITTSBURGH - Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that it has invested more than $850,000 in 23 universities across the United States as part of its Campus Partnership Program that supports the company's commitment to build a diverse workforce that exemplifies leadership a...