Conservation Intl Recommendations for COP16

Conservation International (CI) offers the following policy recommendations for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP16. The organisation states that climate change is a global crisis requiring collective action. The global community is depending on national governments to work together to limit global average temperature increases... [Read more...]

Healthpoint Services in innovative learning partnership with P&G

Healthpoint Services Global, Inc. announced at the 2010 m-Health Summit in Washington, DC an innovative learning partnership with the Procter & Gamble Company, aimed at advancing a scalable, self-sustaining model for delivery of water, healthcare, and other benefits to underserved rural communities in developing countries. The effort targets... [Read more...]

New Exchange for Social Enterprises

Impact Investment Exchange Asia (IIX) recently came into being in Singapore. Its mission? To provide social enterprises in Asia with greater access to capital, allowing them to more rapidly expand the impact of their activities. [caption id="attachment_4970" align="alignleft" width="219" caption="Robert Kraybill"][/caption] The... [Read more...]

Say No to Violence Against Women

MasterCard cardholders can contribute to a bigger effort to fight violence against women by simply choosing to pay with their MasterCard cards. As part of the MasterCard Purchase with PurposeTM social responsibility platform, MasterCard and UNIFEM Singapore have joined hands again through the 2010 UNIFEM Buy to Save sale to raise funds for women at... [Read more...]

MasterCard ®Purchase with Purpose™” Programme to be launched at Roppongi Hills Christmas Market 2010

Roppongi Hills and MasterCard Worldwide announced the launch of the “MasterCard® Purchase with Purpose™” charity programme at “Roppongi Hills Christmas Market 2010”. The programme will be held over 30 days from 26 Nov to 25 Dec 2010, offering all MasterCard cardholders the opportunity to make a difference to the community. MasterCard... [Read more...]

Standard Chartered educates 1.4 mill on HIV prevention globally

Standard Chartered announced recently that it has exceeded its 2010 target to help educate one million people on HIV and AIDS. Working with governments, other businesses, communities and health organisations globally, the Bank educated 1.4 mill people over three years through its HIV and AIDS workplace education programme “Living with HIV”. In... [Read more...]

Aid towards new resource centre for children with life–threatening diseases

A new Club Rainbow Care and Resource Centre is being opened today at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) in Singapore to help children, youths and their caregivers learn and cope better with their major chronic and potentially life-threatening illnesses . The Force for Good Foundation of the Nu Skin Enterprises Inc., a NYSE-listed global... [Read more...]

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