CSR News

Managua, Nicaragua - Interest was high, the bidding was lively and when it was all over, international importers and specialty coffee roasters spent a total of $345,000 yesterday to purchase some of Nicaragua's finest coffee beans. The highest price paid during the 4...

WASHINGTON, DC--The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) today announced that more than half of the paper consumed in the United States during 2003, or 49.3 million tons, was recovered for recycling--a significant milestone in paper r...

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is a two-time winner of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award (2001 and 2002). They used EPA's national energy performance rating system (www.energ...

Washington, D.C. - Keep America Beautiful, Inc. announces its first national award - the Graffiti Hurts® National Award - to recognize programs that are bringing innovation and best practices to erase graffiti vandalism. Graffiti Hurts® was developed in 1996 through a...

STAMFORD, Conn. -- In 2002, Susan Bates and a team of Xerox volunteers from Wilsonville, Ore., wanted to put their artistic talents to good use - so they started a weekly art program at the Rosemont School for Girls in Portland.

CLEVELAND - KeyBank (NYSE: KEY) Chairman and CEO Yank Heisler today presented a $10,000 Key Foundation grant to Hispanic Roundtable Chair Jose Feliciano in support of the roundtable's efforts to unite and empower the Hispanic community to play a larger more active rol...

The U.N. Global Compact announces the publication of "Raising the Bar" - Creating Value With the UN Global Compact".

The book, produced by a unique team of business experts and UN agencies, is designed to fill a critical void - be...

ISO is to develop an International Standard for social responsibility. The objective is to produce "a guidance document, written in plain language which is understandable and usable by non-specialists" and not intended for use in certification.

The European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) today launched Europe's first on-line directory of education, training and research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business in society (BiS)

Mountain View, CA - ESP (Environmental Software Providers) announced today that its opsEnvironmental™ software will be implemented by Owens Corning's Exterior Systems Business for environmental data management. opsEnvironmental helps companies track, m...