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Recent NewsApril 11, 2010 2010 International Corporate Citizenship Conference
Source:Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship
The conference, titled "Corporate Citizenship: Winning a Seat at the Table", will focus on business strategy, best practices, and trends related to the role companies play in society and the value of having these efforts...[more] March 12, 2010 Top ESG Issues for 2010 Proxy Season: Climate Change, Toxics and the Impact of Natural Gas 'Fracking' on the Water SupplySource:RiskMetricsEnvironmental questions are receiving a lot of attention from shareholders during the spring US proxy season, including 39 resolutions about global climate change. Other prominent shareholder concerns include the impact of... March 12, 2010 Can you really make a profit in ethical funds?Source:MoneyWiseAs socially responsible business practices increase in importance, Esther Armstrong shows that a clear conscience doesn't have to mean low returns. March 12, 2010 New SEC Rules Require Attention To ERM, Experts AdviseSource:Property-casuality.comThe directors of public companies need to pay closer attention to their risk exposure and must explain to shareholders how they are managing those perils, according to a panel of executives. Their advice came during a Webinar... March 12, 2010 OPEC to Keep Quota Unchanged With Oil Above $80, Survey ShowsSource:BusinessWeekThe Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will uphold its target of 24.845 million barrels a day when it meets in Vienna on March 17, according to 42 of 44 analysts surveyed this week. Shokri Ghanem, chairman of Libya’s... March 12, 2010 IAOP Survey Finds Corporate Social Responsibility Increasingly Important in Outsourcing ContractsSource:EIN NewsPOUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y., March 10 - Corporate social responsibility (CSR) will increasingly become a more important factor to companies in awarding outsourcing contracts, show results from a survey conducted by the International... March 12, 2010 Calpers May Challenge Companies on Board ElectionsSource:BusinessWeek-- The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the biggest state-run U.S. public pension, may use its financial clout to force BlackRock Inc., News Corp, and other companies where it has large holdings to change the way... March 12, 2010 FDA Update on the Investigation into the Salmonella Montevideo OutbreakSource:FDAAs part of the Salmonella Montevideo investigation, the Food and Drug Administration has been actively investigating the supply chain of black and red pepper supplied to Daniele International Inc., Pascoag, R.I. [more] March 12, 2010 Op-Ed: Does Middlebury College really care about the planet and its people?Source:The Middlebury CampusIt’s quite easy nowadays to vilify Big Business and conglomerated corporate interests. In fact, in a way, it’s become even fashionable — certainly not much of a surprise after watching the financial giants pull enormous profits... March 12, 2010 U.S. utilities ponder carbon-free futureSource:ReutersHOUSTON - U.S. electric utilities face questions of how to limit carbon dioxide emissions while relying on the plentiful American coal supply that fuels about half the country's power needs but also emits more carbon dioxide than... March 12, 2010 Democrats' legislative push for health care reform begins Monday - video
Source:CNN politics
Democrats have set a date to begin what they hope is the final phase of health care debate in Congress. A Democratic leadership source told CNN Radio that the legislative push begins Monday when the House Budget Committee is... March 12, 2010 China Takes February Inflation Signals in StrideSource:NY TimesEven with a jump in consumer prices in February, there were no signs of a change in China’s economic policy course as it continued its strong recovery, economists and government officials said Thursday. The 2.7 percent increase... March 12, 2010 Ernst & Young faces legal action over Lehman collapse
Source:Times Online.co.uk
Ernst & Young could face legal action after a damning report into the collapse of Lehman Brothers accused the British accountancy firm of professional negligence over a number of years before the catastrophic downfall of the 158... March 12, 2010 Dodd's Quarterback Sneak
Source:Forbes
Is the financial reform effort in the Senate doomed? For the second time, talks on a bipartisan bill in the Senate Banking Committee collapsed, with members divided over the same sticking points that have festered since a bill... March 11, 2010 Congress, Not EPA, Should Regulate Carbon EmissionsSource:Post ChronicleMany in Congress are beginning to push back hard against the Environmental Protection Agency's assertion that greenhouse gases - including carbon dioxide - are a public health danger. The regulations that would accompany this... March 11, 2010 Righting a Wrong - Let Shareholders, Not CEOs, Decide How Corporate Money Is Spent on PoliticsSource:Public CitizenWASHINGTON - March 10 - Irresponsible corporate governance has become a plague on the U.S. economy and soon will become a plague on our political system as well. In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the U.S. Supreme...[more] March 11, 2010 Wind industry hits DC to demand Renewable Energy Standard
Source:BrighterEnergy.com
The wind industry has convened in Washington DC to urge US lawmakers to include a national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) within legislation passing through Congress. March 11, 2010 Environment America Has 10 Percent Solar Power By 2030 Solar VisionSource:Earth TechlingImagine a world where you drive your solar-charged electric vehicle from your new solar home to the solar-powered laundromat before heading off to the solar-powered baseball stadium, where you’ll snack on chips baked with solar... March 11, 2010 GMAC Executive Pay Packages Questioned by TARP Oversight PanelSource:BusinessWeekGMAC Inc., the auto and home lender rescued by the U.S. government, may have overpaid its top executives after receiving taxpayer funds, according to a report by the watchdog for the Troubled Asset Relief Program. March 11, 2010 Americans' Global Warming Concerns Continue to DropPRINCETON, NJ -- Gallup's annual update on Americans' attitudes toward the environment shows a public that over the last two years has become less worried about the threat of global warming, less convinced that its effects are... March 11, 2010 Be Careful of Bestowing Increased Rights to Shareholders
Source:Seeking Alpha
Greater Shareholder Rights Coming are obviously on the way. The question now is what form those increased rights will take, and what the consequences will be for publicly-traded companies and their management. Tara Siegel Bernard... March 11, 2010 Georgia House, Senate OK water conservation billsSource:BusinessWeekIdentical water conservation bills cleared both chambers of the Georgia Legislature on Wednesday, an overture designed to help the state in negotiating a deal with Florida and Alabama over water rights. March 11, 2010 SEC Adds New XBRL FAQs, More C&DI UpdatesSource:Cmpliance WeekCompanies and their counsel should take note: The Securities and Exchange Commission had added some new Frequently Asked Questions and updated some staff interpretations that you’ll want to take a look at. March 11, 2010 Time for next stage of sustainable business
Source:Reuters
Corporate America needs to track its use of energy and resources as closely as it does its hiring and cash flow if it wants to keep pace with social concern about climate change and other sustainability issues, an activist U.S.... March 11, 2010 TD Bank Releases its 2009 Corporate Responsibility Report
Source:TD Bank
CHERRY HILL, N.J. and PORTLAND, Maine -- TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank ®, today released its second annual Corporate Responsibility Report. Titled "Investing in Our Communities" the report profiles TD Bank's role as a...[more] |
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