Thursday, December 9, 2010

“Corporate Social Responsibility Weekly Recap (December 1 – December 8, 2010)”

“Corporate Social Responsibility Weekly Recap (December 1 – December 8, 2010)”


Corporate Social Responsibility Weekly Recap (December 1 – December 8, 2010)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 02:03 AM PST

Press Release Source: Business Wire On Thursday December 9, 2010, 5:03 am EST

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The following releases focus on Corporate Social Responsibility and moved during the week of December 1 – December 8, 2010.

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CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Plug In Carolina and Eaton Tour South Carolina To Kick Off Electric Vehicle Charging Network (December 08, 2010 10:30 AM) Source: Eaton Corporation

LONGMONT, Colo. -- Flatiron Employees Help More Than a Dozen (and Counting!) Charities (December 08, 2010 08:00 AM) Source: Flatiron

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Aetna Foundation Supports New Study of Impact of Poorly Coordinated Patient Care (December 07, 2010 04:20 PM) Source: Aetna

PITTSBURGH -- FOAMGLAS® Insulation Selected as a BuildingGreen Top-10 Product (December 07, 2010 01:18 PM) Source: Pittsburgh Corning Corporation

LOS ANGELES -- Rentech Named One of 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy 2010-11 (December 07, 2010 12:59) Source: Rentech, Inc.

LOS ANGELES -- General Wesley K. Clark Joins Rentech's Board of Directors (December 07, 2010 09:00 AM) Source: Rentech, Inc.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Bank of America Launches Program to Match the Charitable Giving of Customers to Meet Critical Community Needs (December 07, 2010 09:00 AM) Source: Bank of America

MINNETONKA, Minn. -- America's Health Rankings® Indicates Overall Healthiness Slightly Improved, but Obesity, Children in Poverty, and Diabetes Worrisome for States' Health (December 07, 2010 07:00 AM) Source: United Health Foundation

JASPER, Ind. -- National Office Furniture Kicks Off Season of Giving With $25,000 Gift of Inspiration; Company Donations Total $60,000 to Healthcare and Education Programs (December 06, 2010 02:19 PM) Source: Kimball International

FAIRFAX, Va. -- ManTech Employees and Leadership Donate $100K to Support Injured Veterans and Help Families in Need (December 06, 2010 08:00 AM) Source: ManTech International Corporation

GENEVA & LUXEMBOURG -- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Partners with Skype (December 06, 2010 07:00 AM) Source: Skype

LAGOS, Nigeria -- HP and African Social Enterprise mPedigree Network Fight Counterfeit Drugs in Africa (December 06, 2010 03:01 AM) Source: HP

SAN FRANCISCO -- Terra Global Capital's VCS Mosaic REDD Methodology is First to Complete Dual Validation (December 03, 2010 03:28 PM) Source: Terra Global Capital, LLC

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- National Beverage's Big Embrace for the Kids of St. Jude (December 03, 2010 02:37 PM) Source: National Beverage Corp.

NEW YORK -- Alcoa Sets New Employee Volunteerism Benchmark (December 03, 2010 11:00 AM) Source: Alcoa Inc.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Kodak Partners with Consortium of Thought Leaders to Promote National Discussion on Innovation and Economic Growth (December 03, 2010 10:14 AM) Source: Eastman Kodak Company

OREM, Utah -- Utah Business Leader Dr. Bill Pope Dies at 88 (December 02, 2010 05:30 PM) Source: US Synthetic

NEW YORK -- Alcoa China Receives Inaugural Award for Community Service at Prestigious International CEO Roundtable Conference of Chinese and Foreign Multinationals (December 02, 2010 02:43 PM) Source: Alcoa Inc.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Hanesbrands Inc. Earns Fair Labor Association Accreditation for Global Social Compliance Program (December 02, 2010 10:03 AM) Source: Hanesbrands Inc.

The following knowledgeable industry leaders and scholars from Business Wire's ExpertSource database are available to discuss topics relating to Corporate Social Responsibility.

Dr. Maretno Agus Harjoto (Augus) received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Kentucky in 2002. Prior to joining the Graziadio School of Business and Management in 2007, Augus served as a finance faculty member at San Jose State University. His banking area of expertise is asset and liability management as well as the Asian banks with a presence in the U.S. and particularly in Los Angeles. He published in academic and practitioner journals such as Financial Management, Journal of Financial Research, Journal of Corporate Finance, Financial Review, Journal of Financial Education, and Commercial Lending Review. His work on whisper number (Wall Street analyst's true number for earnings per share which is different from the published number) received media coverage by the Business Week and CFO Online magazines.

Phone number: 310-506-7352
Email: maretno.harjoto@pepperdine.edu
PR Contact: Douglass Gore
Phone Number: 310-568-5580
Email: graziadiopr@pepperdine.edu

Bev Dribin, vice president, community relations for ARAMARK, is a resource for obtaining expert commentary on: Large-scale company-wide employee engagement/volunteer initiatives, including: How to develop strategic programs that engage employees in company-sponsored and personal volunteer events; Employee volunteerism, skills based volunteerism; Community programs and public/private partnerships, including: How to develop, implement and manage programs and partnerships, philanthropy and product donations, in-kind donations, employee volunteerism and community response; Building employee moral, by involving employees in their local business markets help to engage them around the company, which can result in a positive business environment; Integrating community involvement and corporate social responsibility into your business and aligning with core business strategy.

PR Contact: Krystin Williamson
Phone number: 619-533-7974
Email: krystin@allisonpr.com

Registered journalists can submit queries to the ExpertSource staff and/or search for more experts in this and various other topics by going to www.businesswire.com and logging in with your email address and PressPass password. If you are not registered, you may do so at www.businesswire.com. For more information or assistance with ExpertSource, please contact Stacey Frank, ExpertSource Coordinator/Business Wire at 312-223-1037, stacey.frank@businesswire.com.

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