CSR News

NORWALK, CT - TechnoServe founder and former CEO Edward P. Bullard IV (deceased) and current President and CEO Peter A. Reiling have jointly been selected as among the world's most "Outstanding Social Entrepreneurs" by the Schwab Foundation for Soci...

OVERLAND PARK, KA –Sprint (NYSE: FON, PCS) today announced that Chief Diversity Officer David P. Thomas will receive a 2003 CareerFOCUS Eagle AwardTM, presented by the National Eagle Leadership InstituteTM (NELI). Thomas is one of 17 minority business leaders in the U...

SEATTLE, WA - September 3, 2003 - Starbucks Coffee Company kicks off its second annual Make Your Mark program in September. This year, Starbucks has doubled its goal, aiming to generate 50,000 hours of partner (employee) and customer volunte...

BOISE,ID – Boise Cascade Corporation (NYSE:BCC) announced today a new environmental statement marking significant progress in helping to protect endangered forest areas throughout the world and old-growth forests in the United States. Rainforest Action Network has app...

The Planetary Bargain
Published by Earthscan
Distributed by Stylus in the US
August 2003

"I found the idea of a planetary bargain highly app...

HONG KONG -- The World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, 2002, highlighted the critical importance of financial institutions in driving the integration of a "People, Planet, Prosperity" ethic into markets at every level.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- On August 27, CenterPoint Energy Minnegasco announced the cities that were awarded grants under the company's newly created Community Partnership Grant Program. In the first round of grant making, 24 cities will receive a combine...

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"Countering Corruption in Business: A Consultation on the Business Principles"
Mon 8 Sept 2003
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India

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Socially Responsible Investment in India: Prospects & Challenges
Fri 12 Sept 2003
Mumbai, India

BRUSSELS -- Ethibel, the Brussels-based CSR research and advisory organisation, decided to select adidas-Salomon for the Ethibel Investment Register. This register is the basis for a series of socially responsible investment funds marketed in Europe...