Member News
Bank of America announces more than $274,000 in grants to Portland area nonprofits
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation has announced that during the first six months of 2012, it awarded $274,200 in grants to Portland-area nonprofits.The grants awarded by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation focus significantly on neighborhood revitalization, with $158,000 going to local community development nonprofits focused on building and rehabilitating affordable housing facilities, foreclosure prevention services and homeowner counseling, and providing other services intended to help families with homeownership… Read more
20 August 2012
Progress in eliminating conflict from minerals supply chains
Humanity organisation the Enough Project has released ‘Taking Conflict Out of Consumer Gadgets: Company Rankings on Conflict Minerals 2012,’ its second report ranking company progress toward responsible and conflict-free supply chains. The report by Enough Project shows that the majority of companies surveyed have made great strides in eliminating conflict minerals from their supply chains since first being evaluated in 2010. Significant successes include some of CSR Europe's Corporate Members:Intel, HP, and GE cofounded a smelter incentive program, which pays for smelter audits… Read more
17 August 2012
Canon Europe launches new sustainability report and web area
Canon Europe has released its latest 2011-12 Sustainability Report, covering its activities across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and including a message from the President & CEO, Rokus van Iperen. To increase clarity and access for stakeholders, the report is now organised into the three commonly-used sustainability themes of Environment, Society and Business and has been translated into 14 languages. A dedicated sustainability section on Canon Europe’s website complements the report… Read more
17 August 2012
Sanofi Partners with Nigerian Government to Tackle Diseases
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to provide quality health care system to Nigerians, Sanofi has partnered with the Federal Ministry of Health to eradicate communicable and non-communicable diseases in the country.Speaking recently in Lagos, at the presentation of an award ceremony organised by the company in collaboration with Connecting Nurses, the Medical Manager of Sanofi, Mr. Frank Umeh, noted that in the area of non- communicable diseases, ignorance was one of the major problems… Read more
16 August 2012
Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies Launches Ingredient Transparency Website for Baby and Beauty Products
The Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies announced yesterday, 15 August, the launch of www.SafetyandCareCommitment.com, an initiative to help consumers better understand all the measures we take to make our beauty and baby care products as safe as can be.“There’s a public discussion underway about the ingredients in beauty care products, and we think it’s important to be part of that,” said Susan Nettesheim, Vice President of Product Stewardship & Toxicology for Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc… Read more
16 August 2012
Bank of America releases Corporate Social Responsibility Report
Bank of America released its annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report yesterday, 15 August, to provide an overview of the social and environmental impact of its businesses and efforts to create value for shareholders, customers and clients, and the communities it serves.The report highlights the progress made to deliver fairness and transparency in company products and services; lending and investing activities in low-income and underserved communities; philanthropic investments to address immediate and long-term community needs; and company and customer-focused environmental initiatives… Read more
16 August 2012
Toyota teams up with Japanese Ministry of Economy to develop rare earth recycling
The Nikkei, a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, reports that Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is teaming up with Toyota and other major Japanese manufacturers to develop technology for recovering and recycling rare-earth metals.This technology could eventually allow Japan to reduce its rare earth imports by at least 10% by 2025. Currently, Japan relies on China for approximately 80% of its rare earth elements. Those elements are commonly used in motors found in electric vehicles and the nickel-metal hydride batteries used in many hybrids… Read more
13 August 2012
SAFECHEM recognised with Global Chemical Leasing Award for Resource Efficiency
SAFECHEM Europe, a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: Dow), recently received two Global Chemical Leasing Awards for its COMPLEASE™ Chemical Leasing business model.The Global Chemical Leasing Award recognises best practices in chemical leasing and helps to promote sound chemicals management and resource efficiency.The Award is sponsored jointly by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (BMLFUW) and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)… Read more
13 August 2012
Unilever and DHL partner to drive sustainability within global logistics operations
Unilever and DHL Supply Chain have partnered on a series of initiatives that the companies say will increase sustainable practices and the speed of bringing products to market.According to Unilever and DHL, these new initiatives include developing technology to improve carbon efficiency and reduce waste within global logistics operations. The companies don’t, however, provide details.Unilever and DHL also say they plan to extend the geographical footprint of existing services, particularly in developing and emerging markets including Brazil, Russia, India, China and Mexico… Read more
10 August 2012
HP Labs commits research funding to 46 Universities across the globe
HP’s philosophy of open innovation has led to extraordinary collaboration with governments, universities, and our customers and partners. HP is furthering its commitment to deepening insights and impact through research and innovation. This week, HP Labs announced it is giving over $4 million in sponsored research awards as part of the fifth annual HP Labs Innovation Research Program (IRP).These research awards will enable 60 research projects to conduct breakthrough collaborative research in cloud technology, health care, information analytics, social media, and a host of other disciplines… Read more
10 August 2012
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