Organizations

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Socially responsible investing (SRI) in the United States remained robust during 2001 and 2002, even as the rest of the investment world was stagnant. Assets in socially screened portfolios climbed to $2.15 trillion in 2003, an increase over the $...

Washington, D.C. - What is Proxy Access?
On Oct. 15, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published proposed rules allowing shareholders a new, but severely limited ability to propose nominees for corporate boards. Earlier this year, the S...

WASHINGTON, DC - Fall marks the traditional kick-off of the country's workplace giving season, when thousands of employees, corporate and otherwise, will pledge a small portion of their paychecks to support the charities and causes that matter to them. Thanks to an...

LONDON - The Responsible Competitiveness Consortium has been created to explore the strategic role of "corporate responsibility" in contributing to the competitiveness of nations and communities. Its overall goal is to increase the impact of corporate responsibility p...

STAMFORD, CT – As the world's largest recycler of aluminum beverage containers, Anheuser-Busch Recycling Corporation recycles more than 100 percent of the aluminum cans sold domestically by Anheuser-Busch. Considering it takes the same amount of energy to make one alu...

SAN FRANCISCO – Business for Social Responsibility is pleased to announce that Yvon Chouinard, founder and owner of Ventura-based Patagonia, Inc., will be a featured speaker at this year’s Business for Social Responsibility Annual Conference, November 11-14, 20...

LONDON - The Financial Times, Great Place to Work® Europe and AccountAbility are looking for UK’s “Best Workplaces”. Entries for the 2004 Awards are welcomed from any private, public or voluntary sector organisation with a minimum of 50 employees in the UK. Anyone c...

LONDON - AccountAbility, the leading professional body promoting accountability standards for sustainable development, today releases its report, ‘Redefining Materiality: Practice and Public Policy for Effective Corporate Reporting’. Redefining Materiality proposes a ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) today announced two corporate trainings it will conduct in New York on July 22 and July 23, as part of an ongoing series.

Stakeholder Engagement...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - “This will be the litmus test of how societies judge multinationals. Many corporations are weak on driving economic development impact on the poorest communities, but there are a handful of companies that have started grappling w...