CSR News

When Bill Graham interviewed for a position at Microsoft in November 1995, two things impressed him: he felt his deafness was treated as irrelevant to the selection process, while his special needs were fully accommodated.

"Instead of us...

WASHINGTON - WWF and SustainAbility launch a ground breaking report that reveals the strength of links between the corporate responsibility practices and government lobbying and public policy activities of 100 major global corporations.

The repor...

Wednesday's Child, a weekly televised adoption feature, is coming to Los Angeles' KTTV Fox 11 on July 19 to help recruit families for Los Angeles-area foster children who need immediate adoptive homes, thanks to a cooperative program announced today by the Freddie Mac Founda...

The Freddie Mac Foundation has invested $225,000 in two community-based programs – the Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment ($100,000) and Crystal Stairs ($125,000). Both programs focus on the needs of children and their families in the South Cent...

Bank of America has been honored with the 1999 Donaldson Award, one of the North Carolina Governor's Business Awards in the Arts and Humanities. The award was presented to Bank of America for its long-standing support of the arts to improve the quality of life in the communi...

3M today announced the company is donating $1 million to middle and high schools through its "3M Salute to Schools" program, which provides much-needed security technology that helps libraries with limited resources reduce the loss of valuable materials.

General Motors Corporation today filed a legal brief in support of the University of Michigan as it battles two lawsuits attacking the school's use of affirmative action policies in student admissions.

The brief, filed in the United Stat...

First Union Corporation today announced a $750,000 investment in the Florida Community Loan Fund to support its neighborhood revitalization and affordable housing initiatives throughout the state.

First Union's investment uses an innovat...

DaimlerChrysler presented it's Environmental Report 2000 today. Last year, DaimlerChrysler spent 1.5 billion euros on environmental protection. The lion's share-870 million euros-went into research and development activities for environmentally friendly products and producti...

Students returning to school in the Borough of Middlesex this fall will walk to school on safer streets, thanks to wireless phones donated by Verizon Wireless, formerly Bell Atlantic Mobile. School crossing guards in the Borough have been outfitted with wireless phones progr...