CSR News

NORWALK, CT- Two-hundred-and-fifty coffee samples from small and medium-scale farms and large estates throughout Nicaragua have already been submitted for the upcoming "Cup of Excellence®," the second-ever countrywide coffee competition to be held here, according to E...

NEW YORK, NY - Four state and city treasurers and comptrollers, representing approximately $190 billion in investments, today expressed concern about the risks of climate change to long-term investments, and announced plans to hold a summit with other institutional in...

SEATTLE - To further support Washington Mutual employees currently serving on active duty with the military, the company today announced an extension of its military leave policy. Effective immediately, the company is extending the length of time the company will make...

PRINCETON, NJ and DELRAY BEACH, FL — As National Autism Awareness month kicks off, Office Depot, Inc., (NYSE:ODP) is teaming up with the National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR) to launch an in-store awareness campaign in Office Depot’s more than 860 retail stores...

WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration today announced a national business partnership with Manpower Inc. to develop joint employment and training strategies. Signed by Emily Stover DeRocco, assistant secretary of labor...

WASHINGTON, D.C., - Over 40 representatives from extractive companies, non-governmental organizations, government and international finance institutions met last Wednesday in a confidential roundtable, chaired by representatives of the American Petroleum Institute and...

NEW YORK, NY - In a major development of international shareholder activism the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum, an alliance of 27 public sector pension funds with £40 billion in combined assets, announced its support today for shareholder proposals at 13 US compa...

New York -- The Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) presented reporting awards to five companies at the first CERES-ACCA U.S. Sustainability Reporting Awards program in New York City...

NEW YORK, NY - Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE: CQB) earned the first-ever CERES-ACCA Award for Outstanding Sustainability Reporting for its 2001 Corporate Responsibility Report. The Coalition of Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) and the Associa...

WASHINGTON, DC - Adele Simmons, former President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and before that President of Hampshire College, has been elected chair of the board of directors of the Fair Labor Association (FLA), effective September 1, 2003. Sh...