CSR News

LONDON - Ethical Corporation will host a sell-out two-day conference from 22-23 February 2005 in London focusing on crucial issues in Business/NGO partnerships and accountability.

For the first time in Europe, Ethical Corporation ...

PITTSBURGH - Three weeks after Bayer Corporation announced it established a tsunami relief effort and would match employee donations across the United States dollar for dollar from its Foundation, $260,000 was contributed to Save the Children(R).

"Bayer em...

CLEVELAND - Building on its distinct delivery of financial products and solutions for women-owned businesses, KeyBank (NYSE:KEY) will increase its allocation of resources, multiplying its investment and committing a minimum of $1 billion in lending to help qualified w...

CHICAGO, IL - On February 16th, Boardroom Bound(R) and its corporate partners and 165 women and ethnic minority male individual investors will honor business leaders for their recognition of a diverse corporate boardroom as a critical business imperative. Honorees are...

NEW YORK - Today's investor wants to invest in companies that demonstrate strong corporate governance and good corporate citizenship, and many companies are striving to be leaders in governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR). There are a number of ways to e...

"Microfinance has proved its value, in many countries, as a weapon against poverty and hunger. It really can change peoples' lives for the better - go especially the lives of those who need it most. "
Secretary General Kofi Annan

AUSTIN, TX - Vignette Corp. (Nasdaq:VIGN) today announced that it has donated more than $160,000 (U.S.) in products and services to the American Red Cross in the last month, in support of relief efforts following the devastating tsunami that struck Southern Asia and E...

Andrews University is offering a new educational event. "Andrews in May," a graduate level intensive session, will teach practical methods for increasing corporate responsibility toward the community. The three-week annual event takes place on the beautiful and histo...

SAN FRANCISCO - Tides Center has been awarded grants totaling $4.5 million to significantly expand its services to social innovators and nonprofit organizations. W.K. Kellogg Foundation led the funding with a three-year grant of $4.07 million. Additional funders of th...

LOS ANGELES - The NAT-UR(R) biodegradable plastic cutlery has just received another international honor. The Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) this week granted its first "Compostable Logo" to NAT-UR, Inc. for compostable utensils. NAT-UR(R) utensils are made of ...