CSR News

NEW YORK - Dress for Success is sending an urgent S.O.S. to women nationwide: donate one new or nearly new interview suit during the week of March 14-20th and help a low-income woman enter the workforce. "A donation of just one suit can empower a woman struggling in a...

LONDON - On Thursday 29 January 2004, HRH The Prince of Wales, President of Arts & Business and Business in the Community, will launch a programme of corporate activity which will build links between companies and their communities in France and the UK.

MONTREAL - Gildan Activewear Inc. (NYSE:GIL; TSX: GIL.A) today announced that it has requested the Fair Labor Association (FLA), in which Gildan is a Participating Company, to conduct an independent audit at one of its Honduran sewing facilities. The audit is related ...

Paris - CDC subsidiary Novethic, a resource centre for socially responsible investment, reviews the SRI market in France, reporting substantial growth in 2003. Two major SRI trends have emerged in the year just ended: both the number of funds and the amounts invested ...

LONDON, UK and OSLO, NORWAY - Storebrand has delivered good news to investors concerned about maximising returns who also have any eye to pursuing a socially responsible strategy. In the final quarter of 2003 the flagship Storebrand Principle Global Fund outperformed...

ROCKVILLE, MD and LONDON - Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), the world's leading provider of proxy voting and corporate governance data services, today announced that John M. Connolly will become president and chief executive officer of the leading corporate g...

BOULDER, CO - Wild Oats Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: OATS), a leading natural and organic foods retailer, today announced it has become the first U.S. food retailer to offer Fair Trade Certified™ bananas. The bananas - certified by TransFair USA, the nation's only independ...

New York City - New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr., on behalf of three New York City Retirement Systems, has filed shareholder proposals with ExxonMobil, urging the company to implement the MacBride principles, promote use of renewable energy and adopt...

Dr Mohan Kaul, CEO of the Commonwealth Business Council, has criticised the conclusions of the Christian Aid report, Behind the mask: the real face of corporate social responsibility, launched last week.

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Mountain View, CA - ESP (Environmental Software Providers) announced today that it finished 2003 with profitability and strong growth in the areas of new customer acquisition and new industry sector penetration. Despite a weak economic climate and a trend toward dec...