September 2, 2008

Pepperidge Farm Launches Inspiration For The Cure Partnering With Susan G. Komen For The Cure® In The Fight Against Breast Cancer; Pepperidge Farm And LaCroix Water Create "Her Voice Campaign" Global Online Community

By: Business Wire

Women everywhere - mothers, sisters, aunts, friends - have had their lives affected by breast cancer. Pepperidge Farm is joining the fight as a proud sponsor of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and as a National Series Sponsor of...

September 2, 2008

Campbell Appoints David Stangis Vice President Corporate Social Responsibility

By: Business Wire

Campbell Soup Company(NYSE:CPB) today announced the appointment of David P. Stangis as Vice President - Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), a new position at the company.

Stangis, 43, will be responsible for designing...

September 2, 2008

Shell Oil Company Earns Top Marks In 2009 Corporate Equality Index; Shell Earns A Score Of 100 In Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Seventh Annual Index

By: PR Newswire

HOUSTON, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Shell Oil Company proudly announced today that it has earned the top rating of 100 percent in the 2009 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), an annual survey administered by the Human Rights Campaign...

September 2, 2008

COCA-COLA FOUNDATION SUPPORTS EMORY'S EDUCATION, SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES

By: Targeted News Service
Targeted News Service

Emory University issued the following news release:

The Coca-Cola Foundation has pledged $3 million to Emory University over the next five years to provide scholarships, fellowships, and support for sustainability projects in...

September 2, 2008

PLENTY, the Nation's Leading Green Lifestyle Magazine, Unveils Second Annual PLENTY 20 – The Most Innovative Individuals, Companies and Ideas that are Greening the Planet

By: CSRwire

Magazine Also Reveals Hottest Green Trends and Ideas for 2009.

(CSRwire) NEW YORK, NY. - September 3, 2008 – As the magazine at the forefront of breaking environmental trends and green news, PLENTY knows the difference between a...

September 2, 2008

The Latest Corporate Social Responsibility News - "Water, Water, Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to Drink"

By: CSRwire

As we wade further into the 21st Century, water is displacing oil as the greatest resource challenge, a dilemma Samuel Coleridge captured in the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. On a warming globe, there's increasingly too little...

September 2, 2008

Why Going Green Can Be Good For Your Bottom Line

By: The Scotsman
Anthony Harrington

NO COMPANY these days can afford to take green issues lightly, so The Hilton Environmental Awareness Award was always going to be hotly contested, with many entrants having an excellent story to tell about their focus and...

September 1, 2008

Safeway Raises $9.7 Million To Fight Muscular Dystrophy; Month-long Fundraising Campaign Brings Safeway's Total Support To $41.7 Million To Combat 40 Debilitating Neuromuscular Diseases

By: Business Wire

Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) announced today it has raised $9.7 million to help fight muscular dystrophy. The company thanked its customers and employees for their dedication to helping fund research and treatment for neuromuscular...

September 1, 2008

Diageo Mobilizes Hurricane Gustav Disaster Aid; Generators, Bottled Water, Pre-Positioned In Jackson, Mississippi At The Edge Of Storm Strike Zone; Rushing To Neediest Communities As Storm Abates

By: PR Newswire

JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Diageo, the world's leading spirits, beer and wine company, had pre-positioned two industrial-sized generators on the edge of Hurricane Gustav's strike zone in anticipation of...

September 1, 2008

Sustainability Policies Are Rare, According To Survey Of CFO And CPA Executives; AICPA-UNC Survey Finds That Most Companies Do Not Report On Sustainability

By: Ascribe Newswire

Very few companies have sustainability policies and most do not report on sustainability or corporate social responsibility, according to a survey of chief financial officers and senior-level executive CPAs by the American...