March 2012 Blog Posts (26)

In “CSR in Canada, Part Three,” Lorraine Smith, Director, SustainAbility, highlights the role of the small businesses of Vancouver as a major driver for CSR throughout Canada. The environmental and social issues of British Columbia were adopted by the business community, creating a climate for the creation of Canadian Business for Social Responsibility, founded in Vancouver in the 1990s. From British Columbia, CSR ideas spread east to affect larger Canadian…

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Volkswagen is teaming up with Stupid Cancer, also known as the I’m Too Young for This! Cancer Foundation, on a cross-country road trip to raise awareness in support of young adults affected by the disease. Volkswagen has provided a co-branded 2012 Beetle Turbo to power the “Stupid Cancer/Get Busy Living Road Trip” from New York to Las Vegas, a journey…

(3BL Media) Doha, Qatar - March 7, 2012 - Cisco announced today that Al Fakhoora,  an international campaign committed to raising awareness of the plight of students in Gaza, has officially launched its Virtual Majlis initiative based on Cisco TelePresence technology to connect university students from Doha, Gaza and the US to create deeper understanding without stereotyping or prejudice,…

Keep America Beautiful has announced a goal of recruiting four million volunteers to support its Great American Cleanup 2012 initiative. That total is a quarter million more volunteers than last year’s number. The Great American Cleanup is the country’s largest community improvement movement, with more than 30,000 programs with 1,200 affiliates and participating organizations focused on waste reduction,…

Keep America Beautiful has announced a goal of recruiting four million volunteers to support its Great American Cleanup 2012 initiative. That total is a quarter million more volunteers than last year’s number. The Great American Cleanup is the country’s largest community improvement movement, with more than 30,000 programs with 1,200 affiliates and participating organizations focused on waste reduction,…

According to the National Survey of Children’s Health 2007, one in five households with children has a child with a special health care need and could benefit from screening and services, yet less than 20 percent of children under the age of 5 receive a developmental screening. Easter Seals, through the generous support of the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust, is now making it possible for parents and caregivers to easily track their…

The General Motors Foundation is granting $2.5 million to the Focus: HOPE Fund for its education initiatives. The contribution will go to the Center for Advanced Technologies, which offers students who may not have access to a college education an opportunity to earn an engineering degrees at select universities. Since 1981, 12,000 students have graduated from Focus: HOPE job training programs. The grant brings the Foundation’s…

Springing forward this week, we are elated to be listed as one of the most Honest, Open & Trustworthy money managers around! And in our effort to build the field of social finance, we are offering a summer internship, 5 scholarships to the BALLE conference, and a full slew of events. Meanwhile, check out several RSF borrowers on PBS Newshour, and the new Fair Trace Tool from Indigenous…

Deloitte hosted 88 college students chosen from 1,600 applicants for its fifth annual Maximum Impact: Alternative Spring Break program. For this year’s initiative, Deloitte teamed up with United Way and Teach for America to offer tutoring programs in Memphis and volunteer projects in Atlanta.…

Darden Restaurants has turned on a solar panel installation on the roof of its Restaurant Support Center in Orlando. The largest private solar unit in Florida, the system generates enough power to produce 15 to 20 percent of the RSC’s annual usage. Darden’s RSC facility is the largest building in Florida to receive Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold certification for New Construction.…

Do you know a nonprofit that could make great things happen with a new car?  At 12:00 pm ET/9:00 am PT today (Monday), applications will open for Toyota's100 Cars for Good, a major national philanthropy program in which the automaker is giving away 100 cars to 100 nonprofits over the course of 100 days.  Winners will be selected each day through public voting on Facebook. 

Application materials and complete information on the program are available at …

As a major step in its commitment to math and science education, Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is launching MathAlive!, an immersive exhibit enabling students, teachers and visitors of all ages and backgrounds to experience the wondrous outcomes of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) through highly engaging hands-on activities.

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I just read this story on CNN.com and it broke my heart!

here is the link: http://cnnphotos.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/16/rape-adds-to-haitian-camp-woes/?hpt=hp_c2 

It talks about what young women are going through since the earthquake two years ago.

As many lost their homes and family members, young women are now living in camps with no security whatsoever. Lots of women are…

(3BL Media) OAKLAND, Calif. (March 6, 2012) – Fair Trade USA, the leading third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States, today reports new data revealing that sales of Fair Trade Certified™ products grew a whopping 75 percent between Q1 and Q4 last year.

The data, from SPINS LLC, indicates that sales of Fair Trade Certified products grew fastest in the mass merchant – mainstream grocery, food and drug – channel, which saw…