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DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - The 16 leading mining and metals companies comprising the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) have agreed to report on their sustainable development performance using the GRI Sustainability Reporting Framework, including the recently...

CAMDEN, ME - The Institute for Global Ethics announces the expansion of its business ethics practice with the opening of the Center for Corporate Ethics.

The new division is based in New York City, the financial capital of the wor...

DAVOS - Today the world's first website covering the human rights conduct of 2000 companies was officially launched in Davos, during the World Economic Forum.

Mary Robinson, launching the non-profit Business & Human Rights ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - For the first time, companies competing in DiversityInc's annual "Top 50 Companies for Diversity" survey will enjoy the benefit of a free assessment of company strengths and weaknesses based on the four categories identified in the survey: Human ...

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - The British Prime Minister Tony Blair called on the international community to renew efforts to tackle the problems of poverty and deprivation in Africa, and climate change. Mr. Blair said the two issues would be priorities for the G-8 group of in...

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - President Jacques Chirac of France warned on Wednesday that the young people of the developing world could rise in revolt if the rich countries do not provide hope for a better future by offering them a clear way out of the grinding poverty in whi...

Washington, D.C. - The World Environment Center (WEC) has selected Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) to receive its 21^st Annual Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development for international leadership in sustai...

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - State-level action to reduce air pollution through emissions trading is working, according to a report released today by the World Resources Institute (WRI) here at the World Economic Forum. This success may point to the future for greenhouse gas ...

CLEVELAND - KeyBank and the Cleveland Housing Network are kicking off the tax season this Saturday, January 29, with a free tax preparation event for people whose households earned $35,000 or less last year. The "Super Refund Saturday" event, which will be held from 9...

Brussels - The International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) has published the first sustainability report of the world steel industry. Forty-two steel companies worldwide, including the world's top five steel producers in 2003, have reported voluntarily on 11 sust...