CSR News

BEAVERTON, OR – Nike, Inc. today announced its first micro-enterprise initiative in China, expanding the company’s six-year-old micro-enterprise program to four countries in Southeast Asia. Nike will provide US$275,000 over three years to help fund a joint micro-ente...

RALEIGH - In a continuing commitment to good corporate citizenship, Progress Energy today reported that the company's foundation investments totaled nearly $9 million in 2003. Funds were distributed to nonprofit organizations throughout the Florida and Carolinas

BOSTON - WHAT: The Mary Baker Eddy Library presents the latest in the series of briefings from The Christian Science Monitor, "Values-Based Investing: Paths to Success" on January 29, 2004.

The event, which will be modera...

NEW YORK, NY/LONDON, UK - Corporate social responsibility is increasingly influencing where and with whom major multinational corporations do business. That is the conclusion of Race to the Top, a new study prepared for the World Bank and the International Fina...

MCLEAN(Tyson's Corner), VA - The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) is proud to announce their continued relationship with AT&T as a valued 2004 NAWBO Corporate Patron. NAWBO and AT&T formed this important relationship in order to help wome...

Attracting business, saving money, and protecting the environment are the themes at the upcoming "Greening the Hospitality Industry Conference" which will take place at the Airlie Conference Center in Warrenton, Virginia on February 4-5, 2004. The event will involve a...

AUSTIN – Paula Ivey, founder of The CSR Group, has joined the faculty at The University of Texas McCombs School of Business. Paula will be creating and teaching a course on “Global Issues in Corporate Social Responsibility,” beginning this spring.

MUMBAI, India - As tens of thousands of activists gather at the World Social Forum, the effort to implement the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) continues to make significant progress.

The FCTC, the world's first public health and corporate a...

TORRANCE, CA - For outstanding achievement in environmental protection and waste reduction, Hitachi Automotive Products (USA), Inc. in Torrance was honored today by the California Integrated Waste Management Board. The manufacturer, part of the family of companies of ...

Dallas, Texas, U.S. - Behind all the headlines these days about corporate and Wall Street scandals lie stories of hundreds of firms that are quietly providing outstanding support to the communities in which they operate.

Which go...