CSR News

WASHINGTON,DC - The nation will commemorate the 30th annual National Volunteer Week, April 27-May 3, in recognition and celebration of volunteers at the local, state and national level. The Week's theme, "Celebrate Volunteers -- The Spirit of America!" reflects Americ...

FREMONT, CA - The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) announced today that plants and flowers used to decorate the Forum's booth at the Optical Fiber Conference (OFC 2003) later this month would be donated to Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI). HFHI will use th...

Washington, DC - Prudential Financial, Inc., (NYSE: Pru) one of the nation's leading providers of investment, securities, insurance, and banking products, has been named by the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) as its Corporate Advocate of the Year. Prudential ...

CARLSBAD, CA. - Callaway Golf Company (NYSE:ELY) today announced the creation of a comprehensive Corporate Governance section on its Company website. The Corporate Governance section, which can be found at www.callawaygolf.com/corporate/corp_gov.asp, is a thorough o...

WASHINGTON, DC - Literacy programs across the country will benefit from a $160,000 grant awarded today to the National Alliance of Urban Literacy Coalitions (NAULC) by Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon Communications.

HARTFORD, CT - Aetna (NYSE: AET) today announced a series of initiatives it has undertaken to assess and track racial and ethnic disparities in health care, and to develop interventions that improve the quality of care for minority members.

Paris - Faced with "inertia at the leadership level", the global water crisis will reach unprecedented levels in the years ahead with "growing per capita scarcity of water in many parts of the developing world", according to a United Nations report made public today. ...

PITTSBURGH & REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Althingi, Iceland's parliament, today approved legislation that will allow the conclusion of a contract to construct Alcoa's proposed Fjardaal primary aluminum smelter in Eastern Iceland. The vote passed by a strong majority -- 41...

RIDGWAY, CO - This spring, the Institute of Ecolonomics (IOE) will embark on the Drive to Survive, an ambitious cross-country journey from Los Angeles to Washington DC to demonstrate the viability and availability of hybrid and alternative-fuel vehicles and to "Drive ...

Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility are currently enjoying an unprecedented level of debate, as the private sector acknowledges its critical duty towards shareholders and wider society. These terms apply to enterprises all over the world and are s...