Member News
Member companies contribute to relief efforts in Haiti
The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck the Republic of Haiti on Tuesday 12 January is the most powerful to hit the island nation in a century. The Haitian ambassador to the United States called it a catastrophe for the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation, and the country's authorities recorded as many as 70,000 deaths in the first week. Following the earthquake, governments and individuals around the globe are donating money to aid the people of Haiti. Equally, companies are making substantive efforts to help the country and its population, and CSR Europe's corporate members are no exceptions… Read more
20 January 2010
Alcatel-Lucent Foundation renews commitment to Young Science Achievers Program
The Young Science Achievers Program, which is dedicated to encouraging New Jersey and New York high school students from groups underrepresented in science, engineering, technology and math to pursue careers in those areas, announced on 19 January that the Alcatel-Lucent Foundation has renewed its support for the organization with a three-year commitment of $240,000. The Alcatel-Lucent Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Alcatel-Lucent. Read more (Alcatel-Lucent)
20 January 2010
Dow Donates to earthquake relief in Haiti
As a part of an initial response to the recent 7.0-magnitude earthquake in the Republic of Haiti, The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) is donating $500,000 to the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund facilitated by the American Red Cross to assist in emergency relief and rescue operations. Dow will also match employee contributions to earthquake relief in Haiti - up to $250,000 in combined donations. The Dow matching contribution will go to the United Nations World Food Programme and CARE to support their relief efforts in the country… Read more
20 January 2010
The 2010 Awards for Excellence are now open for entries
The Business in the Community Awards for Excellence are independent and peer assessed corporate responsibility awards. Run in association with the Financial Times, the awards recognise and celebrate those companies who have shown innovation, creativity and a sustained commitment to corporate responsibility. The 2010 Awards for Excellenceare now open for entries. For more information please visit www.bitc.org.uk/awards_for_excellence
18 January 2010
It’s kickoff time for the 2010 Orange Book Award, the internet users’ literature prize
Orange is launching the second Orange Book Award, presided over by Erik Orsenna. The Orange Book Award, created in 2009, is the first internet users' litterature prize to involve a community. It honours works of fiction (novels and short stories) written in French and published in France between 1 January and 30 April of the current year; the winner is the book which receives the most internet users' votes. For the first time in a large scale competition, web users are invited to participate throughout the process from the early stages, when they discuss their favorite books, through the selection of candidates and then finalists, to the final vote in which they alone take part… Read more
18 January 2010
Three-hundred young scientists to be honored as semifinalists in the Intel® Science Talent Search 2010
Three-hundred seniors from 175 high schools across the country will be named semifinalists in the Intel® Science Talent Search 2010, a program of Society for Science & the Public. The Intel Science Talent Search encourages students to tackle challenging scientific questions and develop the skills to solve the problems of tomorrow. Intel believes that young people are the key to solving global challenges, and that a solid math and science foundation coupled with skills such as critical thinking, collaboration and digital literacy are crucial for their success. Read more (Business Wire)
14 January 2010
The Aviva Foundation is helping Polish sportsmen and women prepare for the London 2012 Paralympic Games
The Aviva Foundation has started a grant programme for disabled sportsmen and women and their trainers, which will make their preparations for the London 2012 Paralympic Games easier. The Foundation has entered into long-term collaboration with the Polish Paralympic Committee. The grant programme, which will last until 2012, will help 50 sportsmen and women and 18 trainers. This is almost half of the national team. There are grant recipients across almost all of the paralympic disciplines. The Aviva Foundation was created in 2009 by the Aviva insurance and finance group (formerly Commercial Union)… Read more
14 January 2010
ENGAGE campaign showcased at Europe for Citizen’s Conference 2009
Charles Duff, Chief Operating Officer Europe & Middle East, Coffey International, represented ENGAGE at the Europe for Citizen’s Conference 2009 in Brussels in December. The Conference which brought together 20 European voluntary networks to initiate preparations for the 2011 European Year of Volunteering with an emphasis on how to ‘Capitalise on the European Year of Volunteering to mobilise Citizens to be active – roles and contributions of the key actors’. Mr Duff brought the business perspective to the panel debate and spoke about the difference that the business sector can make to the community when volunteers are harnessed and said to the conference, ‘we are all employees in this room'… Read more
13 January 2010
Communications turns green with Green Touch
Technology has taken a step closer to a green and more sustainable communications future with the launch of Green Touch™, a global consortium organized by Bell Labs whose goal is to create the technologies needed to make communications networks 1000 times more energy efficient than they are today. A thousand-fold reduction is roughly equivalent to being able to power the world’s communications networks, including the Internet, for three years using the same amount of energy that it currently takes to run them for a single day… Read more
13 January 2010
Intel commits $200 million for math and science education; part of President Obama’s ‘Educate to Innovate’ campaign
As students return to school this week, Intel Corporation – in conjunction with President Obama’s “Educate to Innovate” Campaign – has announced a 10-year, $200 million commitment to advance education in math and science. The announcement is part of the Obama Administration’s most recent effort to stress the importance of science and math education in schools throughout the country. “Intel has worked for decades to improve science and math education, so the president’s initiative is exciting and timely,” said Shelly Esque, vice president, Legal and Corporate Affairs director, Corporate Affairs Group… Read more
11 January 2010
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