CSR News

SEATTLE, WA - Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) is pleased to announce that it was recently awarded the Colombian Order of the Grand Cross Medal for its role in supporting the local economy and involvement in social projects in the country. Presented by the Secr...

NEW YORK - The CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, a nonprofit alliance of 500 of the largest global corporations, law firms, scholars, and public institutions,announced today the completion of an aggressive diversity initiative among its proprietary Panel of Neutra...

New York, New York and Beijing, China – In a landmark move aimed at furthering east-west trade agreements, the CPR Institute, a nonprofit alliance of 500 of the largest global corporations, law firms, scholars, and public institutions and CCPIT, the most important and...

Kolkata, India - The field of Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility is steadily growing in major developing countries such as India, Russia, South Africa, China and Brazil. New initiatives and networks have emerged and the field is abuzz with a variety ...

As world business leaders and political figures gather in the fenced-off Alpine resort of Davos for their traditional New Year get-together, Christian Aid is calling on the politicians to take responsibility for the ethical operation of companies rather than surrender...

PITTSBURGH - Eight Koppers plants achieved ISO 14001 certification for their Environmental Management Systems (EMS) in 2003.

"Koppers maintains an ongoing commitment to the environment, which is recognized by this certification," said Walt Turner, presiden...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Statement by Alliance to Save Energy President Kateri Callahan:

"The President failed to put America's energy security front and center in his State of the Union address, even as American consumers and businesses face high energy prices...

Davos, Switzerland - A new report from UNICEF and the Micronutrient Initiative finds that lack of basic vitamins and minerals in the diet is damaging the health of one-third of the world's people and holding back the economic development of virtually every country in ...

The World Economic Forum Global health Initiative (GHI) released a groundbreaking new report during its 2004 Annual Meeting in Davos. Covering 103 economies, the 2003-2004 GHI report Business and HIV/AIDS: Who Me? provides the first global survey of business le...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The pace of adoption of most takeover defenses slowed in the last two years, says the Investor Responsibility Research Center in its recently released 2004 edition of Corporate Take-over Defenses (CTD). This may reflect heightened sensitiv...