CSR News

BERKELEY, Calif. - Today Sustainable Ventures announced that it will offer a $10,000 prize plus benefits to an individual or team of researchers for the study that measures the true costs of a loaf of bread. The winning study will provide an analytical framework tha...

LOS ANGELES, CA - Bentley Prince Street announced today that its operations have been registered to the ISO 9001 Quality Standard and the ISO 14001 Environmental Standard by registrar BSI Management Systems.

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Manhasset, NY - CMP Media (www.cmp.com), a marketing solutions company serving the technology, healthcare and lifestyles industries, today announced that Community Connection, its employee-driven nonprofit foundation, is increasing its...

It is estimated that 15 million formerly incarcerated persons live in the US today; nearly 7 percent of the adult population. An estimated 640,000 inmates will be released from state prisons in 2005. Within three years, 67 percent of these individuals will be rearrest...

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: