Global Impact, a leader in global philanthropy, announced today that Habitat for Humanity International will join its network of U.S.-based international charities. Founded in 1976, Habitat for Humanity International has built over 350,000 houses around the world, providing more than 1.75 million people in 3,000 communities with safe, decent, affordable shelter.

“Habitat for Humanity International [...]

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) today made public several support efforts that have been underway to assist the ongoing disaster recovery efforts in Haiti and Chile. The Company announced additional support of the Haiti earthquake response through its support of a relief mission which took place on March 6 and 7 to bring surgeons, [...]

The Global Challenge Institute today announced the launch of The Katerva Challenge (www.katerva.com), a world-class, six-month event that uses competition, education, collaboration, and social media to solve universal problems that affect the world. In 2010, the Challenge’s inaugural year, the task is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to slow the onset of climate change. Corporations, [...]

The Next-Gen-Expo is paving an extraordinary path dedicated to the future of humanity, both on and off this planet. With a cast of innovative visionaries and some of the most respected leaders, we are creating experiences of inspiration that showcase the remarkable ways in which Next-Generation technologies is repurposing the industrial complex of media. Our [...]

(MARKET WIRE) – Although global markets continue to reel from the failure of complex financing instruments gone awry, the use of innovative financial strategies to create social and environmental benefits is gathering steam. Recognizing the importance of this emerging trend, The Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan is pioneering a [...]

/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) announced today that the company’s Board of Directors has elected Assistant General Counsel Nicole C. Daniel to the position of Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary effective immediately. She will also continue in her role as Assistant General Counsel.

Albemarle chairman, president and chief executive officer Mark C. [...]

Less than a month after the Olympic flame departs Vancouver, business, government and non-profit leaders will gather to ignite three days of discussion and debate at GLOBE 2010, being held March 24 to 26 at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

As host city for the 2010 Games, Vancouver has played a significant role in the development of [...]

The GLOBE 2010 Conference taking place March 24-26 in Vancouver advances the future of automotive technology, with the Auto FutureTech Summit this year focusing on sustainable transportation.

GLOBE 2010 is now in its 20th year and holding firm as North America’s largest, longest-running and most important international environmental business summit. Auto FutureTech Summit takes place as [...]

/PRNewswire/ – Today the got breakfast?® Foundation announced its newly-formed Advisory Board that will provide guidance to the foundation for future resources, projects and funding options. The prestigious 14-member board of school foodservice directors and other industry experts will have their first meeting this week on March 10.

“What better way to kick off National School [...]

MAKING GREEN FROM GREEN: Corporate Environmental Sustainability Programs

How do companies develop and integrate environmental sustainability programs? What has been successful, what has not? How do these programs add value and can they be measured monetarily?

Event Date: Thursday, March 18th, 2010 at 6:00pm

MODERATOR
Professor Geoffrey Heal, Paul Garret Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Responsibility, Columbia Business [...]

Marriott Vacation Club, the premier timeshare brand of Marriott International, Inc., continues its commitment to green operations and practices with the addition of four more resorts achieving Florida Green Lodging Program designation. Marriott’s Harbour Lake in Orlando, Marriott’s BeachPlace Towers in Fort Lauderdale, Marriott’s Ocean Pointe in Palm Beach Gardens, and Marriott’s Oceana Palms on [...]

Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), the nation’s oldest and largest children and families’ literacy nonprofit organization, today announced a new national strategic partnership with Oriental Trading Company (OTC), the nation’s largest direct marketer of party supplies, arts and crafts, toys and novelties and a leading direct marketer of home décor products.

The strategic partnership will provide tools [...]

At a ceremony held in Osogbo, Osun State, the World Cocoa Foundation today launched the Cocoa Livelihoods Program (CLP) in Nigeria. The program initially announced in February 2009, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and 14 chocolate industry companies, is expected to significantly improve the livelihoods of nearly 30,000 cocoa farmers in Nigeria [...]

/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Christian aid organization World Vision today opened a new children’s center in Dichato, Chile, which was devastated by last week’s deadly earthquake and tsunamis.

The children’s centers, called Child-Friendly-Spaces, are areas set up in tents, schools, churches and other structures where children can enjoy activities such as arts, crafts, music and drama, which provide [...]

BSR’s HERproject-a factory-based women’s health initiative-has significantly improved women’s health awareness, leadership skills, and relationships with their employers, according to a new BSR report revealing results of research conducted after the first year of HERproject programs in China, Egypt, India, Mexico, Pakistan, and Vietnam.

“Not only has HERproject given women the knowledge to improve [...]

/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – Donations are needed to support general relief, a group of children’s clinics and an organization dedicated to rebuilding homes in Chile, the non-profit Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) announced today. www.PanAmericanRelief.org

“Despite the generous contributions, a week after the deadly quake our neighbors in Chile still urgently need your help,” says John Sanbrailo, PADF’s [...]

To help the victims of Chile’s devastating earthquake, The Western Union Company, a leader in the money-transfer segment of global payments, today announced a “No Transfer Fee”(1) money-transfer program, starting Saturday, March 6, 2010, and concluding Friday, March 19, 2010, for money transfers sent to Chile from participating Agent locations in the U.S.

The “No [...]

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/PRNewswire/ – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, has been selected by FORTUNE Magazine as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies and ranked #1 in the Medical and Other Precision Equipment category, according to its peers.

The list is based on survey results ranking companies’ Nine Key Attributes [...]

/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – GlobalGiving, the one-stop-shop for philanthropy, has launched the Earthquake Relief Fund for Chile, which will provide victims with critical necessities and services as the country struggles to recover from the devastating earthquake of February 27. Americans who want to help those affected can make tax-deductible gifts quickly and directly online at http://www.globalgiving.org/chile-earthquake/.

GlobalGiving is [...]

/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – Donations are requested for Chilean relief and to help a group of specialized children’s clinics that were damaged by the earthquake and aftershocks, the non-profit Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) and the Organization of American States (OAS) announced.

“Americans have been very generous during natural disasters and I commend them for their support,” says [...]

/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE: CQB) today announced an expanded partnership for its San San Pond Sak biodiversity project located in the border region of Panama and Costa Rica. The German government development corporation GTZ and the Costa Rican banana industry body CORBANA have joined with Chiquita, local authorities and German retailer REWE [...]

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(MARKET WIRE) – Celebrating its 66th anniversary last night in New York, UNCF — the United Negro College Fund — the nation’s largest and most effective minority education organization, honored the publishers of Jet and Ebony magazine, the nation’s second largest bank, a renowned artist, and a Merck & Co. scientist for their contributions to [...]

/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) was recently recognized as one of the “Best Corporate Citizens” by Corporate Responsibility Magazine, for the second consecutive year. K-C, which ranked ninth in the 2009 listing, improved its score with a ranking of five, making it the top-rated non-food consumer products company on the magazine’s 2010 list. The [...]