CSR News

SANTA MONICA, CA -- FirstFed Financial Corp. (FED) is proud to announce the selection of Babette Heimbuch, chairman and CEO of its operating subsidiary, First Federal Bank of California, as one of the "25 Women in Banking to Watch" by U.S. Banker magazine. Heimbuch an...

CINCINNATI - Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE: CQB) received Social Accountability International's (SAI) Corporate Conscience Award for Innovative Partnership at a ceremony last night in New York. The Corporate Conscience Awards recognize the world's outstan...

LONDON - The Responsible Competitiveness Consortium has been created to explore the strategic role of "corporate responsibility" in contributing to the competitiveness of nations and communities. Its overall goal is to increase the impact of corporate responsibility p...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- On the eve of a major energy investment conference in San Francisco, a dozen institutional investors representing over $15 billion in assets today raised concerns about growing problems with the natural gas industry's environmental impacts in the ...

The company widely recognized as the original creator of nursing wear for breastfeeding moms is under financial siege. Motherwear, a catalog/web company in Northampton, Massachusetts, is the latest victim of the increased costs of small-scale domestic production and increase...

LONDON - On 15th October Toby Kent, an international consultant on CSR with wide experience in Africa, will deliver the first lecture in a series addressing the impact which business and economic investment can have on the gestation and mitigation of violence conflic...

"A rare thing these days - a business book with a profound and important new idea. The Naked Corporation explains how a new force is changing the corporation and competitiveness. There are relevant, sometimes jarring insights in every chapter. And what a gr...

COLUMBUS, OH - World of Children, an international children's advocacy group, has named eight global finalists for the 2003 World of Children Awards, the only international Awards recognizing children's advocates. The Awards comprise the Kellogg's Child Development Aw...

Zurich - MEAG MUNICH ERGO KAG (MEAG), the asset manager of Munich Re, one of the world's largest reinsurance companies, has licensed the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes to move into the growing market for sustainability investments.

LONDON - Leaders in pioneering Cause Related Marketing programmes are hosting The Business in the Community Cause Related Marketing 2003 Annual Conference - Raising the Bar on 30 October 2003. As more companies become involved in this activity, it is important...