Corporate Social Responsibility Weekly Recap

Business Wire, Oct 16, 2008

NEW YORK -- The following releases focus on Corporate Social Responsibility and moved during the week of October 8 - October 15, 2008.

ALL TIME-OFFS ARE IN EASTERN TIME

INDIANAPOLIS-- Legion Foundation Awards Over Half a Million Dollars in Grants (October 15, 2008 04:53 PM) Source: The American Legion

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The Tech Awards and Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation Join to Support Global Innovators Using Technology to Benefit Humanity (October 15, 2008 08:02 AM) Source: The Tech Museum of Innovation

HOPLAND, Calif. -- Fetzer Vineyards Converts To Lightweight Glass (October 14, 2008 06:11 PM) Source: Fetzer Vineyards

LOS ANGELES -- RealD Goes Green with Walt Disney Pictures' "BOLT" (October 14, 2008 03:17 PM) Source: RealD

NEW YORK -- American Express[R] Cardmembers Vote "Alzheimer's Disease: Early Detection Matters" the Winner of Members Project[R] to Receive $1.5 Million in Funding from American Express (October 14, 2008 10:08 AM) Source: American Express

BOSTON -- Seventh Generation and the Environmental Working Group Host Educational Event on Chemicals Effect on Children (October 14, 2008 08:00 AM) Source: Seventh Generation

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Staples Foundation for Learning Awards Nearly $320,000 in Grants to Support Educational Programs for Disadvantaged Youth (October 14, 2008 08:00 AM) Source: Staples Foundation for Learning

LONDON -- Sustainability Reporting Leaders Including Danone, Vodafone, Coca-Cola and Novo Nordisk Discuss Ways to Improve Corporate Transparency and Accountability (October 14, 2008 06:42 AM) Source: Ethical Corporation

LOS ANGELES -- CALIFORNIA REALTOR[R] EXPO 2008 Goes Green and Eco-Friendly (October 13, 2008 05:05 PM) Source: California Association of Realtors [R]

BISMARCK, N.D. -- Gov. Hoeven, Qwest Foundation Target Student Success with Teachers and Technology Grant Program (October 13, 2008 04:00 PM) Source: Qwest Foundation

SAN DIEGO -- Corporate Directors Forum Announces Keynote Speakers for Directors Forum 2009 (October 13, 2008 02:30 PM) Source: Corporate Directors Forum

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Green Star One Step Closer to Marketing Algae Booster (October 13, 2008 01:08 PM) Source: Green Star Products, Inc.

SAN FRANCISCO -- TechSoup Global Makes a Commitment to Action at Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) (October 13, 2008 09:01 AM) Source: TechSoup Global

SOMERS, N.Y. -- The Pepsi Bottling Group Signs on as First Corporate Partner of the Wireless Amber Alert Program (October 13, 2008 09:00 AM) Source: The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.

LOS ANGELES -- The Walt Disney Company Grants $1.5 Million to Tree People to Reforest Fire-Ravaged Areas Surrounding Los Angeles (October 12, 2008 05:07 PM) Source: The Walt Disney Company

BARCELONA, Spain -- Alcoa Stays Sustainability Course (October 11, 2008 03:30 AM) Source: Alcoa Foundation

STANFORD, Calif. -- Lokey Gives $75 Million to Create Nation's Largest Stem Cell Research Center at Stanford (October 10, 2008 03:21 PM) Source: Stanford University Medical Center

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Governor Schwarzenegger Showcases California Solar Solutions at Applied Materials (October 10, 2008 01:46 AM) Source: Applied Materials Inc.

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Invitrogen Joins EPA's Climate Leaders Program (October 09, 2008 04:03 PM) Source: Invitrogen Corporation

WARSAW, Poland -- The Largest Listed Companies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Disclose More Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Data (October 09, 2008 12:54 PM) Source: Partners for Financial Stability (PFS) Program

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Aetna and Pfizer Present "State of Motion" Health Fair in Hartford to Encourage Families to Adopt Healthy Lifestyles (October 09, 2008 11:33 AM) Source: Aetna

RICHMOND, Va. -- Dell and Goodwill Launch Free Computer Recycling Service for Virginia, Washington, D.C. Metro Area Residents (October 09, 2008 11:00 AM) Source: Dell Inc.

ATLANTA -- Chick-fil-A Removes Trans Fats from Entire Menu (October 09, 2008 08:49 AM) Source: Chick-fil-A, Inc.

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Art Stewart, president and chief strategy officer of Stewart Strategies Group, LLC, is an expert on how organizations and their leaders achieve credible corporate citizenship and social responsibility with real business value. He has an innate understanding of the impact of marketplace dynamics (culture, trends, paradigms and perceptions) on organization success as well as the challenges leaders face. Art's expertise as a transformation strategist extends across several key management disciplines and is strengthened by uncommon exposure to a diversity of organizations, industries and publics. His rich consulting experience runs the gamut - from innovative technology based start-ups and early stage ventures to mature bricks and mortar leaders as well as venerable non-profit and cause related institutions. His professional endeavors have taken him to the forefront of the green/sustainability movement and in the management of stakeholder issues and social responsibility since the early 1990s. Art holds an undergraduate degree in communications from Emerson College and is a candidate for a Master's in Policy Management from Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute. He holds a postgraduate certificate in Senior Executive Leadership also from Georgetown and is on the Thought Leader Advisory Panel of the Center for Consumer Research at the Haub School of Business at Saint Joseph's University.