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Fannie Mae was ranked third among the nation’s elite companies for its success in addressing the needs of various stakeholder groups, according to the annual ranking of the nation’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens released recently by Business Ethics magazine.

Ford Motor Company has saved millions of dollars since becoming the first automaker to certify all of its manufacturing facilities worldwide to the ISO 14001 international standard on Environmental Management Systems in 1998.

In a new bo...

Polaroid Corporation (NYSE: PRD) ranks among the country's most socially responsible companies, according to a list of the "100 Best Corporate Citizens" published this month by the Minneapolis-based Business Ethics magazine. The company holds the #8 position on this year's...

Representatives of Ashland Inc (NYSE:ASH) and The Ashland Inc. Foundation announced a contribution of $5,000 today to Junior Achievement of Greater Cincinnati (J. A.), earmarking the contribution to support economic education courses at Sixth District Elementary School in Co...

Staples, Inc., (SPLS) has become a partner of America Recycles Day, the office supplies and services retailer announced today. Staples will be a participant in the America Recycles Day events held throughout the country Nov. 15, 2001. Last year, more than 3.3 million America...

Whole Foods Market® was selected again this year as one of the"100 Best Corporate Citizens," by Business Ethics magazine on its 2001 listing of companies.

This second annual list is comprised of top public companies, based on a quantitat...

Siemens Solar Industries L.P. announced today that Siemens Nederland N.V., The Hague, will be supplying the largest solar roof installation in the world. Approximately 19,000 solar modules with a cumulative peak power of 2.3 megawatts will be provided for the Floriade 2002 i...

The National Association for Music Education today honored Texaco Foundation with the "Partnership of Professionals" award at its annual Fund for the Advancement of Music Education (FAME) dinner in the Sam Rayburn House Office Building.

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Angelo Mozilo, chairman and chief executive officer of Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., a national leader in residential finance, announced the company's One Hundred Billion Dollar Challenge, a new $100 billion commitment to increasing homeownership among low income and minorit...

The Bank of America Foundation today announced $10 million in grants to United Way of America in support of Success By 6® initiatives across the country. The grants, which are the third phase of a $50 million commitment, are the largest the Foundation has made and one of the...