From the Wires: CSR and Green PR Announcements

Sodexo, Inc., world leader in Quality of Daily Life solutions, serving more than 2.8 million school meals daily to students in more than 470 school districts nationwide, announced today its...

Wine importer J. Soif, Inc. has today announced two significant partnerships it has established through its certified organic wine brand, Yellow+Blue, making it the only carbon-neutral wine importer...

As part of its ongoing commitment to making higher education highly accessible for working students, University of Phoenix is proud to announce the recipients of the 2010 Finish StrongSM Scholarship,...

The CSR Insight™ Report, the product of over two years of research, is available now for a limited time on a complimentary basis at www.csr-insight.com. Published by CSR Insight™ LLC, an...

The STR RS 5th Annual Responsible Sourcing Summit has gained exceptional traction among senior compliance and ethical trade managers, who are finding the two-day Summit of specific relevance to them....

MS&L, one of the world's leading communications firms, has promoted Scott Beaudoin to North American Director of the agency's Cause Marketing & Corporate Social Responsibility specialty effective...

Columbia Sportswear Company (NASDAQ: COLM) provided an update on its ongoing efforts to assist Haiti relief efforts. Immediately following news of the devastating earthquake, the company began...

The Walmart Foundation and CARE launched today a women's empowerment program that will provide 2,500 female factory workers in Bangladesh's apparel sector with long-term, sustainable means of...

CSRwire, the Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire has joined forces with Zoosa to communicate the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainability in today's business environment....

Greenscape Capital Group Inc. (TSX VENTURE: GRN) - Announcement Highlights: -- Carbon War Room founded by Sir Richard Branson and the Former President of Costa Rica, the Honourable Jose...

ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: ESR) (the "Company" or "ERA"), is pleased to announce that the private placement previously announced, October 14th 2009, will close on or about February 9th...

The MasterCard Foundation and the Equity Group Foundation (EGF) today launched a program that will provide $4.6 million in comprehensive educational support to 676 secondary students in Kenya over...

Haitian telecom operator Voila and its parent company Trilogy International Partners are partnering with The Jack Brewer Foundation (JBF Worldwide) and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) to bring...

Redwood Creek wines is putting its money where the grass grows and committing $130,000 in the third annual Greater Outdoors Project. Nine nonprofit finalists will be selected from across the country,...

Express Scripts, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESRX), one of the largest pharmacy benefit management companies in North America, today announced that employees have donated more then $97,000 to the Red Cross for its...

A new report argues that axing tax breaks for carbon-intensive industries, curbing spending on road expansion and improving public sector energy efficiency could cut the country's national debt...

As managing greenhouse gas emissions approaches the importance of simply managing energy bills, a new generation of technology is making it easier for firms to pull the plug on wasted power....

Business has officially entered The Age of Sustainability, and businesses that don't figure in sustainability aren’t likely to survive. Here’s a look at the reasons why as well as...

How are companies considering carbon now that the Copenhagen summit is behind us? Did the event herald a new era of corporate carbon accounting, or will it be business as usual? These tools offer an...

The state government has launched its pilot test of a new law that will require manufacturers to disclose potentially hazardous chemicals in toys and children's products....

Global Equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR) has extended its money-saving environmental management program to 20 percent of its portfolio, including two companies located outside...

While individual car buyers stayed out of showrooms with disastrous results, corporate and institutional buyers proved a bright green spot for the industry with increased purchases of...

Business education programs, even green MBA programs, are failing to prepare students for the deep, complex and sticky issues that underlie sustainability strategy. Business education hasn't...

At the State of Green Business Forum last week in San Francisco, a panel of industry experts explored how radical transparency -- whether driven by companies themselves or their customers -- is...

These tools and resources from some of the world's largest IT companies serve as a companion to the discussion at the State of Green Business Forum 2010, looking at how technology can...

Organizers of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics deserve only a bronze medal for environmentalism, according to a Canadian green group....

In a world in which vast amounts of information are available about companies and products, the rules of green marketing have changed. It’s no longer just about making claims and sporting...

Novo Nordisk slashed greenhouse gas emissions and water consumption in 2009, at the same time the Danish pharmaceutical giant boosted sales and profit over the year before....

This slideshow, a companion to Saul Griffith's lightning-paced presentation at the State of Green Busines Forum 2010, offers a look at the personal and global levels of responsibility for...

Corporate sustainability is like teen sex. Everybody talks about it. Nobody does it very much. And when they do it, they don’t do it very well. Friend and colleague Joel Makower likes to tell...