January 2006
 CENTER NEWS    IN GOOD COMPANY
Greyston Bakery CEO to Keynote Center Conference
The Greyston Bakery is a social experiment that started more than 20 years ago with the goal of employing the chronically unemployed. Greyston CEO Julius Walls will provide a supplier’s perspective on integrating corporate citizenship into the company's core. Read more...
Center Conference Provides Opportunity to Learn and Earn
In addition to the 2006 Conference, Orlando will be the venue for two Executive Education programs, including a new program that looks at Building and Branding a Breakthrough Signature Program. Read more...
Expanding the Boundaries of Corporate Volunteerism
With the aging of our nation’s labor force and new definitions of retirement, how are American companies planning to capture the talents and energies of the baby boomer generation to expand the boundaries of corporate volunteerism? Read more...
Join Global Leadership Network Members in New York on Feb 17
To take control of corporate citizenship and drive it into the core business strategy, you need to be part of the Global Leadership Network (GLN). Join the network's ten founding members and dozens of other companies on February 17 to share knowledge and expertise about performance excellence. Read more...
Center's Institute for Responsible Investment Provides a Platform for SRI Field
With more than $2 trillion in assets, socially responsible investing (SRI) has the power to shape how companies operate. The Center's Institute for Responsible Investment is helping to harness this power. Read more...
Center Study Examines Analysts' Use of SRI Information
Knowing the Price, but also the Value is a new report from The Center's Institute for Responsible Investment, in conjunction with PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Nyenrode Business University (Netherlands).
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New Report on Win-Win Business-Community Relationships
How can nonprofits help businesses create win-win relationships with communities? A new report provides clear guidance — and the answers may not be what you’d expect.
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AMD, through its 50x15 initiative, is committed to help enable affordable Internet access and computing capability for 50 percent of the world's population by 2015. AMD and a growing network of partners are delivering innovative technology solutions that help empower people around the world to improve and change their lives. One such effort is the One Laptop per Child program. Read more.
 CITIZENSHIP NEWS

New surveys show that big business has a PR problem
More than ever, Americans do not trust business or the people who run it, says New York Times article. Read more.

Yahoo's Cyber Giving Week program promotes year-end donations
Program connected donors to charities for last chance to give in 2005. Read more.

Efforts to recruit older volunteers get a push from the White House
The December 2005 White House Conference on Aging adopted resolutions to promote volunteering by baby boomers and older Americans. Read more.

The geography of corporate giving
Where a company is headquartered influences the types of social programs it supports, such as housing assistance, disease research, and the arts, according to new research. Read more.

Corporate giving on the rise last year
Philanthropy was on the rise last year, according to Forbes and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. View the list of America's most generous corporations. Read more.

Four out of five companies say threats to corporate reputation are rising
Reputation is one of the most important corporate assets, and also one of the most difficult to protect, according to a global survey of senior risk managers by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Read more.

Corporate responsibility a driver of European competitiveness
A new report from Accountability argues that responsible business practice is becoming an increasingly important driver of national and regional competitiveness in Europe; AccountAbility will host an event in Washington, D.C. on January 20 to discuss the report's implications. Read more.

New study shows teenagers volunteer at double the rate of adults
A new federal study finds that 55% of American teenagers volunteered last year – nearly double the rate of adults – and that high youth volunteer rates are linked to teens’ ties to their school, family and religion. Read more.

The race against climate change
A special Business Week report looks at how top companies are reducing emissions of C02 and other greenhouse gases, and names the top five carbon cutters. Read more.

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