Corporate Social Responsibility News
Learn about companies that are doing good while turning a profit. This section features news on company and employee initiatives, corporate donations, activities and announcements that benefit the environment, under-represented groups and the community at large.
SureFire CPR Launches #MyLocalHero Contest to Highlight Community Heroes
Local CPR training company, SureFire CPR, recently launched a contest aimed at recognizing local residents that go the extra mile in their California community. The #MyLocalHero contest is meant to shine a light on these individuals. Do you know someone that has helped your community in a... - October 21, 2015 - SureFire CPR
Bosch Thermotechnology Announces National Geothermal Day on October 20
National Geothermal Day recognizes the U.S. geothermal heating-cooling industry and the role it plays in utilizing an endless form of renewable energy. - October 19, 2015 - Bosch Thermotechnology
Jim Davis, CEO of DAVIS Construction, Joins Samaritan Inns’ Board of Directors
As Samaritan Inns continues to grow during their current capital campaign, they announce that a true business leader in the DC area, Jim Davis, CEO of Davis Construction, joins their board of directors. “Samaritan Inns is a very important organization to our region and to me personally,” Jim said. “I believe their continuum of care approach really works to help people overcome their addictions.” - October 17, 2015 - Samaritan Inns
Local Golfers Compete to Help Equip Young Men for Life’s Starting Lineup
Charity Golf Tournament Marks First Major Fundraising Initiative to Fund Leadership and Mentoring Programs for The 13th Man. - October 16, 2015 - The 13th Man
Experience the Emerald Effect! An Enchanting Evening Hosted by Alpha Kappa Alpha Foundation of Detroit at the Newly Renovated Shed 5 in the Eastern Market on November 6
An Inaugural Fundraiser for Community Service Programs that Support Children, Youth, Adults and Senior Citizens in Detroit and Its Surrounding Communities - October 15, 2015 - Alpha Kappa Alpha Foundation of Detroit
Cancer Fundraiser Receives New Vitamin K Aid for Athletic Bruises
The “Celebrity Boxing” promoters of public events featuring well-known personalities in competitions have announced an affiliation with Reviva Labs, Haddonfield, N.J., manufacturers of all-natural skin care products. In a coming public event for the benefit of the “Fight For... - October 12, 2015 - Reviva Labs
ZabCab(TM) for the Greater Good: Taxi App Will Donate to Breast Cancer Research This Month When Users Post Selfies Taken in Cabs
Add #ShareYourFare @ ZabCab to Photo Captions on Social Media, and ZabCab Will Donate $1 to The Save The Ta-Tas Foundation, Which Funds Breast Cancer Research and Awareness - October 10, 2015 - ZabCab
SolarCraft Completes Solar Power System for Horicon School District - Sonoma County School Makes the Switch to Solar Power
Novato and Sonoma based SolarCraft announced the completion of a 59 kW solar electric system at Horicon Elementary School in Annapolis, CA, near the northern coast of Sonoma County. The new photovoltaic system will offset 99% of their utility grid demand, essentially eliminating their electric bills and saving the school district thousands in utility fees every year. - October 08, 2015 - SolarCraft
Local Arizona Florist Raises Awareness and Funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
For the entire month of October, Arizona Florist is offering two pink-themed arrangements to their customers in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and 50% of all the proceeds from the purchases will be donated to American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. - October 08, 2015 - Arizona Florist
Precision Door Service Corporate Donates Montana Hunting Adventure to Wounded Warrior Project
Precision Door Service Corporate is donating an Elk Hunting Adventure with Hell’s A Roarin’ Outfitters to Wounded Warrior Project (WWP). WWP has selected Captain Joseph Caley to participate in the hunt. Hells A Roarin’ Outfitters have a remote backcountry camp in the... - October 07, 2015 - Precision Door Service
Social Impact Advisory Firm, Vita Global Inc., Awarded B Corporation® Certification
Joining over 1400 businesses across the world, Vita Global Inc. add the prestigious B Corporation Certification® to their social impact portfolio, furthering their representation for what it means to use business for good. - October 07, 2015 - Vita Global
NAFA Issues Distracted Driving Position Statement, Adopts No-Tolerance Policy
Association's uncompromising stance leads by example toward safer, saner roads. - October 01, 2015 - NAFA Fleet Management Association
Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch to Host a Celebration of Rotary Water and Sanitation Projects
The public is invited to attend the Oct. 15 presentation highlighting the global water crisis and Rotary Clubs’ impact on wellbeing worldwide. - October 01, 2015 - Rotary 6960
Moxie Customer Service Scholarship Offering Solution to Higher Education Related Problems for Communities Throughout Arizona
Moxie Pest Control is now making a positive social impact throughout the nation with their recently introduced Customer Service Scholarship. This scholarship is intended to support higher education in the community, and the name of the first recipient of the scholarship has just been announced. - October 01, 2015 - Moxie Pest Control
Saddleback Memorial – San Clemente Food Drive and Free Drive-Thru Flu Shots Friday, October 30
Flu season is right around the corner and local doctors are encouraging South Orange County residents to get their flu shots. Saddleback Memorial Medical Center – San Clemente and the Orange County Health Department are teaming up to offer free drive-thru flu shots on Friday, October 30, 2015... - September 30, 2015 - Saddleback Memorial Medical Center
Safety Center's Youth-Led Teen Safe Driving Campaigns Receive an Allstate Foundation Grant in California
Empowering high school students to create positive peer-to-peer messages - September 29, 2015 - Safety Center
Callida Energy Selected to Present at SXSW Eco in Startup Showcase Competition
Callida Energy, commercial building energy optimization solution provider, was selected as a finalist in the Energy category of SXSW Eco’s entrepreneurial pitch competition, the Startup Showcase, taking place on October 5-7, 2015 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, TX. The Startup... - September 28, 2015 - Callida Energy
Ephraim Global Prolongs Record Date for Its Charitable Offerings Project
Ephraim Global, the Tokyo-based asset management company, has announced today it has prolonged the record date for its Charitable Offerings project to November 30, 2015 from September 30, 2015. - September 27, 2015 - Ephraim Global
Ephraim Global Announces Funding to Broaden Children’s Food Program
Ephraim Global, the Tokyo-based asset management company, has announced an excess of $800,000 in contributions to food banks and humanitarian organizations across south and south-east Asia. - September 23, 2015 - Ephraim Global
BCBank Makes Historic $1.5 Million Donation and $250,000 Challenge Grant to Build Community Athletic Facility for Barbour County
BCBank is proud to announce a donation of up to $1.75 million to the Promise Foundation of Barbour County, a 501C3 non-profit organization. The funds will be used to construct a community athletic and activities facility at Philip Barbour High School’s George Byrer Field. It is the largest... - September 22, 2015 - BCBank
eGumball Inc. Lights the Night for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
A great team of employees participated in the Light Charity walk, which benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. - September 22, 2015 - eGumball, Inc.
Kristine d’Esterhazy of PARAGON Wealth Strategies in Jacksonville, FL Earns Chartered Special Needs ConsultantTM (ChSNCTM) Designation
Kristine d’Esterhazy, CFP® and Financial Advisor with PARAGON Wealth Strategies in Jacksonville, FL, has earned the Chartered Special Needs ConsultantTM (ChSNCTM) professional designation from The American College, Bryn Mawr, PA. The demand for financial advisors who understand the... - September 21, 2015 - PARAGON Wealth Strategies, LLC
PARAGON Wealth Strategies to Participate in Walk Now for Autism Speaks Resource Fair
PARAGON Wealth Strategies to Participate in Walk Now for Autism Speaks Resource Fair; Autism Walk is Saturday September 19th, 2015 at The Landing - September 21, 2015 - PARAGON Wealth Strategies, LLC
Forerunner Signs Partners with Bank of Blue Valley to Provide Homes for Local Families
Forerunner Signs and Graphics takes service to a new level when partnering with customers. Through their Hope Starts at Home program, they give 10 percent of all proceeds to non-profit organizations. - September 20, 2015 - Forerunner Signs & Graphics
Linne Industries Partners with Audubon International as a Corporate Sponsor
Linne Industries announced that the company has partnered with Audubon International as a corporate sponsor of the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program (ACSP). Linne Industries supports AI’s mission, particularly programs that work with recreational lands to improve environmental management... - September 18, 2015 - Audubon International
Support Cancer Breakthrough to Save Millions of Lives
Dallas-based Italian scientist Dario Crosetto explains his 3D-CBS (3-D Complete Body Screening) invention that revolutionizes early cancer detection, potentially saving millions of lives. - September 16, 2015 - Crosetto Foundation for the Reduction of Cancer Deaths
Xylem Announces Partnership with Rentricity for Hydroelectric Energy Generation
New technology turns waste energy from water pressure into electricity. - September 15, 2015 - Rentricity Inc.
GreenSoft Technology, Inc. Launches IPC-1752A Viewer
GreenSoft Technology, Inc., a leading provider of environmental compliance data services and software, has released IPC-1752A Viewer, a new online data converter tool enabling the instant conversion of IPC-1752A compliance data from XML format to a readable user-friendly HTML format. GreenSoft is... - September 15, 2015 - GreenSoft Technology, Inc.
Refugee Crisis: Incentivize Companies to Create Jobs and Welcome More Refugees in America.
Liberti’s home state of Colorado embraces thousands of newly resettled refugees every year, and Liberti is an example of the importance that each state has to actively support social enterprises. Help carry the torch to empower lives with a socially responsible business that not only provides a living wage, but also a chance to share in the profits. - September 11, 2015 - Liberti
Wedderspoon Introduces Limited Edition Manuka Honey KFactor 22
Wedderspoon Organic just released a rare, limited edition Manuka honey with a portion of the proceeds going to the Rodale Institute's Honeybee Conservancy. - September 10, 2015 - Wedderspoon
Savii Group Announces Million Dollar Charity Initiative on The Andrea Kaye Show
Savii Group is looking for 10 CEOs who want to save a million dollars and share those savings with local charities in its “PinPoint, Find It. Share It. Program.” Gina Manis-Anderson, the CEO of Savii Group, announces the details of PinPoint on The Andrea Kaye Show, which airs Mondays at 8 PM on KCBQ AM 1170. Her interview will be part of contributor Alicia I. Dearn’s Bellatrix Business Block segment on September 7, 2015. - September 05, 2015 - Bellatrix PC
Shea It Forward Supports Students in Need with Back to School Donation Drive
Shea Apartment Communities collects more than 200 backpacks for local charities across California and Colorado. - August 27, 2015 - Shea Properties
Homes for Heroes® Participates in The International Association of Fire Chiefs National Convention
Homes for Heroes will be present at Fire Rescue International in put on by the International Association of Fire Chiefs in Atlanta, GA to personally thank every firefighter, fire chief, and all other emergency responders in attendance. - August 27, 2015 - Homes for Heroes
Digital Forensics and Electronic Discovery Expert Jim Vaughn Joins Silicon Forensics as Managing Director
Silicon Forensics, the trusted solutions provider for digital forensics, electronic discovery and consulting services announces that Digital Forensics and Electronic Discovery expert Jim Vaughn has joined the company as a Managing Director and Head of Silicon Forensics Solutions and Professional... - August 26, 2015 - Silicon Forensics
CharityCheckin Today Selected as Finalist for the SXSW Eco Startup Showcase Competition
CharityCheckin, a micro-donation platform that uses smartphone checkins and social media to drive donations and awareness for Charities and foot-traffic and engagement for Brands, was selected as a finalist in the Social Impact category of SXSW Eco’s entrepreneurial pitch competition, the Startup Showcase taking place on October 5-7, 2015 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, TX. - August 26, 2015 - CharityCheckin
Offering Solutions to End Income Disparity, Inequality of Opportunity, and the Social Gap, YFOG is Now Available on Audible
Yield For Oncoming Greatness: Capping Capitalism, is now available as an audible book in addition to hardcover, paperback, and electronic formats. - August 21, 2015 - Thinking Hat Press
Eastern DataComm to Sponsor the New Jersey Police Chiefs Foundation Safe Schools Symposium
Eastern DataComm announced it will be sponsoring the New Jersey Police Chiefs Foundation Safe Schools Symposium as a benefactor sponsor on October 15th. They will also be exhibiting at the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police Mid-Year Meeting in Long Branch, NJ on December 3, 2015. The... - August 21, 2015 - Eastern DataComm
Teleperformance Ogden Sponsoring Animal Adoption Event
Partnering with Weber County Animal Shelter, Adoption and Awareness Event to be Held on Aug. 21 - August 21, 2015 - Teleperformance
Center for Executive Excellence (CEE) Announces Launch of Innovative Website Tailored to Its Clients
New website enhances user experience with fresh and highly responsive design and interactive menu for solving current business challenges. - August 19, 2015 - Center for Executive Excellence
eGumball, Inc. Partners with Non-Profit Organization, Giving Children Hope
Five employees visited the Giving Children Hope Center, where they helped backpack food for children in the Orange County area. - August 19, 2015 - eGumball, Inc.
Total Living Network Partners with Convoy of Hope
Convoy of Hope Chicago and many local organizations are working together on August 22 at Marquette Park to deliver free groceries, haircuts, health screenings, shoes, backpacks, job services and much more to thousands of guests of honor. - August 18, 2015 - Convoy of Hope Chicago
Chin Chin and Las Vegas Fire and Rescue Team Up to Help Kids from Local Shelter with Back-to-School
Chin Chin Café & Sushi Bar in New York-New York Hotel & Casino has teamed up with Las Vegas Fire and Rescue to provide back-to-school essentials, lunch and fun for the kids of The Shade Tree Shelter. The Las Vegas, Nevada based organization is a shelter for women, children and pets that are victims of domestic abuse. - August 17, 2015 - Chin Chin
Johnny on the Spot Celebrates 2nd Annual World Portable Sanitation Day
Johnny on the Spot, LLC (JOTS) is proud to celebrate, in conjunction with the Portable Sanitation Association International (PSAI), the 2nd annual World Portable Sanitation Day (WPSD), recognized on August 15th. The goal of WPSD is to raise awareness for sustainable sanitation on a global scale... - August 15, 2015 - Johnny on the Spot, LLC.
True Telecom and KM Charity Team Up Once Again
"We’ve seen huge growth as a business over the past few months and nothing makes us come together more than supporting charitable causes in our local area.” – Stuart Griffiths, CEO of True Telecom. - August 15, 2015 - True Telecom
As 25 Children Settle Into Their Classes This School Year They Will Share Their Summer Camp Memories Made Possible by Sklar Furnishings
The Contemporary Furniture Leader’s Chairs-of-Care Summer Fundraiser Underwrote Scholarships to Florence Fuller Child Development Centers Camp Program - August 14, 2015 - Sklar Furnishings
Save Our Cemeteries to Participate in Katrina 10 Citywide Day of Service
Non-profit to Perform Clean-up of New Orleans’ Historic Lafayette Cemetery No. 2 - August 14, 2015 - Save Our Cemeteries
Rappellers to Go “Over The Edge” to Support The Heights Foundation
Eighty people can check rappelling down 17 stories off their bucket lists this fall. The fundraiser, benefiting The Heights Foundation and The Heights Center, will take place Friday, October 23 from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, October 24, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at The Hyatt... - August 14, 2015 - The Heights Foundation
GreenSoft Technology, Inc. Launches Smelter Validation Data Services
GreenSoft Technology, Inc., a leading provider of environmental compliance data services and software, has launched a new data service for conflict minerals compliance: Smelter or Refiner (SOR) Validation. In fulfillment of Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act, the Conflict Minerals section, it is necessary to implement a system of communicating with the disclosed SORs directly. GreenSoft offers an SOR Validation service to communicate with the SORs directly. - August 11, 2015 - GreenSoft Technology, Inc.
Free Wheelchair Mission’s 12th Annual Miracle of Mobility Gala Raises $1.6 Million and Benefits Thousands
Free Wheelchair Mission’s 12th Annual Miracle of Mobility Gala, held on July 23rd, 2015, raised over $1,647,000 to benefit people in need of mobility. More than 630 guests attended the Gala at Costa Mesa’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Orange County, California. Major sponsors... - August 10, 2015 - Free Wheelchair Mission
Standing on Giants Announce the Release of Community Management and Forum Platform Technology
Standing on Giants (SoG), the leading experts in Community Management and Forum Platform Technology in the UK, announced today the release of its proprietary forum platform to companies outside Telefonica Digital. - August 10, 2015 - Charlotte Packaging