August 26, 2008

Branding for Sustainability: New Workshop Series Offers Strategies and Insights for Building Brand Equity and Creating Shared Value

By: CSRwire

Whole Foods, Gap Inc. and EILEEN FISHER to Share Best Practices

(CSRwire) NEW YORK, NY – August 26, 2008 – How can socially responsible businesses build authentic brands for a more sustainable future? That's the question at the...

August 25, 2008

$670,000 In Scholarships Available From AXA Foundation In Association With U.S.News & World Report; - Students Who Are Making A Difference Will Be Awarded AXA Achievement(SM) Scholarships -; Applications Available Now

By: PR Newswire

NEW YORK, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- For the seventh year, U.S.News & World Report and AXA Foundation announce the offering of the AXA Achievement(SM) Scholarships. Awarding $670,000 to students throughout the nation, the...

August 25, 2008

RADVISION Posts Annual Report On Its Website To Further Its Role In Environmental Responsibility; Leading Provider Of Video Conferencing Technology That Enables Telecommuting To Reduce Carbon Emissions Advances Environmental Commitment Through Electronic Availability Of Annual Report

By: Business Wire

RADVISION® Ltd. (NASDAQ: RVSN), a leading provider of video network infrastructure and developer tools for unified visual communications over IP, 3G, and emerging next-generation networks, today announced that it has posted its...

August 25, 2008

Farm Aid's New England Concert To Broadcast Live In HD And Commercial Free Exclusively On DIRECTV's The 101 Network; Sept. 20 Event Adds The Pretenders, Moe., Arlo Guthrie, Jerry Lee Lewis And More Artists To Lineup

By: Business Wire

Farm Aid today announced that its Sept. 20 New England music festival will be broadcast live on DIRECTV's The 101 Network, which reaches more than 17 million viewers. This broadcast will mark the first time that Farm Aid's...

August 25, 2008

Marriott's Social Responsibility Commitments Earn It A Spot On FTSE4Good Index

By: Targeted News Service
Targeted News Service

Marriott International issued the following news release:

Marriott International, Inc. (http://www.marriott.com/) has again been included as a company member of the FTSE4Good Index, an index that measures the performance of...

August 22, 2008

Ads Show Wal-Mart As Customers' Advocate In Tough Economic Times; Research Reveals American Consumers, Focused On The Economy, Relying More On Wal-Mart

By: PR Newswire

BENTONVILLE, Ark., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.(NYSE:WMT)will launch a series of new television ads, coinciding with Democratic and Republican National Conventions, as part of a larger advertising...

August 22, 2008

Ashoka Expands the Reach of Social Entrepreneurship around the World with Support from Microsoft Software Grant

By: CSRwire

(CSRwire) ARLINGTON, VA. - August 22, 2008 - Ashoka: Innovators for the Public today announced a $2.5 million software grant from Microsoft to increase Ashoka's ability to impact worldwide social change. Ashoka, the world's...

August 22, 2008

Which Companies Have Made A Public Commitment To Human Rights?

By: CSRwire

Mary Robinson launches initiative to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.(CSRwire) - August 22, 2008 - A growing number of major companies – including Anglo American, BP, Codelco, GE, HSBC and...

August 22, 2008

COMPANIES URGED TO EMBRACE CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY

By: Malaysia Economic News

Companies must embrace and embed corporate reponsibility in their organisations in order to reflect the universal values of accountability, honesty and transparency.

August 21, 2008

Major Government Report Concludes That Tobacco Marketing And Smoking In Movies Promote Youth Smoking; NCI Report Recommends Strategies To Win The War Against Nation's Leading Cause Of Preventable Death

By: PR Newswire

Washington, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leaders from the federal government and the nation's public health community today announced the release of an authoritative National Cancer Institute report that reaches the...