CSR News

New York - The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), the

BETHESDA, Md. & NEW YORK - Calvert, the nation's largest family of socially responsible mutual funds, yesterday announced the launch of The Calvert Women's Principles, a comprehensive code of corporate conduct focusing on gender equality and women's empowerment. T...

SAINT PAUL, MN -- St. Paul-based University Bank, the first federally insured Community Development Financial Institution in Minnesota, exceeded its goal this week of financing the rehabilitation of 1,000 affordable homes in the Twin Cities before year end 2005. Since...

Takoma Park, MD - This Sunday marks the first anniversary of the National Do Not Call Registry. Now, Americans are taking aim at their mailboxes. The Center for a New American Dream would like Congress to build upon Do Not Call's momentum and commission a registry t...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., - How can travelers help protect children and young women at risk from exploitation all over the world just by checking into a hotel? Beginning October 2004, guests staying at participating Carlson Hotels Worldwide brand properties in the Americas ...

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Newark, NJ - The New Jersey Performing Arts Center announced today an historic $10 million gift from The Prudential Foundation in support of educational initiatives, operations, and endowment at the Center. The gift, comprised of $3 million toward NJPAC...

Seattle - Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq:SBUX) today formally announced that it has joined the United Nations Global Compact. The Global Compact is an international network of corporations, U.N. agencies, trade unions and non-governmental organizations that support ...

Today sees the launch of the first global index, The Accountability Rating®, which evaluates how well the world's 100¹ largest companies account for their impacts on society and the environment. This topical index is released at a ...

New York, NY--Columbia Business School's Research Initiative on Social Entrepreneurship (RISE) Program, Investors' Circle, and the Social Venture Network have partnered to conduct the first national survey of for-profit social ventures, which are de...