Chinese Firms and Corporate Social Responsibility

Chinese firms have role to play in war on poverty by Zhang Shunyi -- LATELY we have been hearing more and more about the phrase corporate social responsibility (CSR) and many companies in China are becoming aware of its importance.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Supports Education

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, today announced that it will begin working with three national organizations as part of a comprehensive effort to help all district high school students graduate with the skills and knowledge needed for success in post-secondary education and work.

Trader Joe's Gives Birds Something to Sing About

WASHINGTON—Today, The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the nation’s largest animal protection organization, announces the latest success in its No Battery Eggs campaign, declaring a moratorium in its four-month campaign to urge Trader Joe’s to improve its laying hen welfare policy.

The majority of eggs currently sold at Trader Joe’s are the company’s own brand eggs, laid by hundreds of thousands of hens confined in battery cages—wire enclosures so small the birds cannot even spread their wings. Under the terms of this agreement, within three months:

1. All Trader Joe’s brand eggs will be converted to cage-free eggs.
2. Any egg promotions by Trader Joe’s will be devoted solely to cage-free egg sales.

Presently, the company sells more than 100 million Trader Joe’s brand battery cage eggs per year, meaning that the company’s new policy could benefit an estimated 380,000 birds.

“Trader Joe’s has taken a positive step that will have a meaningful effect on animal welfare,” explained HSUS president and CEO Wayne Pacelle. “By converting its private line eggs to cage-free, Trader Joe’s helps reduce the number of birds confined in cruel cages. We are, therefore, putting our Trader Joe’s campaign on moratorium.”

According to Trader Joe’s Chairman and CEO Dan Bane, “Customers looking for cage-free eggs will need to look no further than the Trader Joe’s label. We expect this change will help further boost the proportion of sales of cage-free eggs at Trader Joe’s.”

Better Business Game Deals With CSR

BT, a leading UK communications solutions provider, offers an online game that has attracted a lot of interest. Through the use of interactive elements, the BT Better Business Game will present you with the challenges of running a responsible business in an educational and entertaining way.

UPS Global Volunteer Week

In neighborhoods and villages across the globe, more than 20,000 UPS employees in 45 countries donated approximately 100,000 hours of service to their local communities as part of the third annual UPS Global Volunteer Week, Oct. 15-22, 2005.

UPS employees donated their time and talents to help local communities by taking on such tasks as repairing schools and visiting hospitals to assisting food banks and refurbishing orphanages.