CSR News

MIDLAND, TX - A shareholder resolution requesting that ChevronTexaco adopt and report on a plan to invest in renewable energy received a record 32 percent of the vote today, up from 9.6% support for a similar global warming resolution voted on at Chevron in 2001. The...

London & New York - FTSE Group, the independent global index company, today announces that Will Oulton will step down from his role as joint Deputy Chief Executive at FTSE Group to begin a freelance consulting business, focussing on socially responsible investment...

CALGARY - Canadian Oil Sands Trust (the "Trust") today announced that the Syncrude Joint Venture ("Syncrude") is planning to invest an additional $400 million, or approximately $127 million net to the Trust, in an emission reduction program that is expected to signifi...

PITTSBURGH, PA - The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC), today hosted its inaugural Supplier Diversity Awards Luncheon and presented Supplier Excellence Awards to three businesses for their exemplary service to PNC.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Youth Service America (YSA) announces today that beginning in June, Nike will recognize top-performing youth ambassadors in YSA's SERVEnet program with donated Nike performance products. The SERVEnet program is comprised of more than 1,000 youth a...

Oak Brook, IL. McDonald's Corporation today announced the membership of its newly created Global Advisory Council on Healthy Lifestyles. The Advisory Council is comprised of experts in the areas of fitness, nutrition and active lifestyles. This independent group will ...

EMERYVILLE, CA — Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) today announced that it has released its pilot standard for environmentally preferable carpet. The standard, titled “Standard Specification for the Evaluation and Certification of Environmentally Preferable Carpe...

WASHINGTON, DC - FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX), in concert with Environmental Defense and Eaton Corporation (NYSE:ETN), introduced a low-emission, hybrid electric powered delivery vehicle that could become a standard medium-duty delivery truck ...

STANFORD, CA -- It's not enough to set up hundreds of turbines at a blustery site to create a "wind farm" and hope that consistent gusts will generate electricity. It's necessary to know where fast winds blow and how best to harness them since the amount of power gene...

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WA - Bainbridge Graduate Institute is the first business school to offer an MBA education that fully integrates environmental and social responsibility into all of its courses. Although a number of other schools have developed programs with a focus ...