CSR News

MONTE CARLO, Monaco -- The title of World Entrepreneur of the Year is on the line this weekend in Monte Carlo, but America's entry sees the gathering as a launching pad for a new global initiative rather than a competition. Jeno F. Paulucci, America's Top Entrepreneu...

The Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) announced the technical program for the 20th International Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exposition (EVS-20): Powering Sustainable Transportation, to be held in Long Beach, California, November 1...

PHOENIX, AZ - Best Western, THE WORLD'S LARGEST HOTEL CHAIN(R) has named John Hogan director of Education and Cultural Diversity. The new post is an expanded role for Hogan who joined the company in April of 2000 as director of Education and Training.

SEATTLE, WA - Washington Mutual, a retailer of consumer financial services, announced that it has named first vice president Peter R. Villegas national manager of Emerging Markets for the Community & External Affairs Division at Washington Mutual.

BETHESDA, MD - Calvert, the nation’s largest family of socially responsible mutual funds, today reported the results of its 2003 shareholder resolutions, showing record high vote totals on a range of proposals involving corporate governance and social responsibility. ...

WHAT: More than 300 members of the tourism industry will gather at Ellis Island to rake, shovel, paint and clean one of America's most visible landmarks as part of the first annual national project of the Travelers Conservation Foundation's Tourism - Caring for Am...

NORWALK, CT - TechnoServe President and CEO Peter A. Reiling announced today that Simon Winter has been appointed as TechnoServe's new Regional Director for Africa, based for the balance of 2003 in Johannesburg and starting June 9. Mr. Winter will oversee TechnoServe'...

PORTLAND, OR – Nike USA Operations President Gary DeStefano and Multnomah County Commissioner Serena Cruz participated in a celebration today at the Portland Factory Store on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard to reflect on the Nike Factory Store’s nearly two-decade hi...

WASHINGTON, DC - With the world's biggest and most influential private banks set to announce on June 4 a unified commitment to human rights and the environment, leading experts and NGOs say the Equator Principles don't address the core issue: whether or not banks inve...

POCOS DE CALDAS, BRAZIL & PITTSBURGH, PA. - Representing the 127,000 employees who helped achieve the goal, Alcoa Chairman and CEO, Alain Belda today planted the one-millionth tree in ceremonies at the Company's Pocos de Caldas, Brazil facility - and replicated at...