Content about Corporate social responsibility

April 23, 2013
Kohl’s details sustainability progress
Kohl’s Department Stores released its 2012 corporate social responsibility report, providing updates on the company’s programs and accomplishments in sustainability, community relations and social compliance.

Menomonee Falls, Wis. -- Kohl’s Department Stores released its 2012 corporate social responsibility report, providing updates on the company’s programs and accomplishments in sustainability, community relations and social compliance. The company noted that, as of the end of fiscal 2012, it has achieved 752 Energy Star-certified locations, adding 75 stores in 2012 with a goal to reach 800 certified locations by 2015.

In other sustainability highlights, at the end of fiscal 2012:

October 2, 2012
Safeway extends social responsibility program

Pleasanton, Calif. -- Grocer Safeway Inc. said Tuesday it has extended its corporate social responsibility commitment with the introduction of a new program it calls Heart of Safeway Pledge, which encourages consumers and communities to be more conservative and socially responsible.

June 18, 2012
New goals outlined in Target’s 2011 Corporate Responsibility Report

Target Corp. has launched four new corporate responsibility goals, including a commitment to making at least 50 owned-brand packaging designs more sustainable by the end of fiscal year 2016.

Minneapolis -- Target Corp. has launched four new corporate responsibility goals, including a commitment to making at least 50 owned-brand packaging designs more sustainable by the end of fiscal year 2016. Target’s new goals were announced in conjunction with the release of its 2011 Corporate Responsibility Report.

January 31, 2012
Office Depot releases 2011 Corporate Citizenship Report

Office Depot announced Tuesday the release of its 2011 Corporate Citizenship Report, highlighting its commitment to business, ethics, diversity, environmental sustainability and community.

Boca Raton, Fla. -- Office Depot announced Tuesday the release of its 2011 Corporate Citizenship Report, highlighting its commitment to business, ethics, diversity, environmental sustainability and community.

Highlights of the report include diversity initiatives such as its Historically Underutilized Businesses catalog, which features products by businesses owned by minorities, women, the disabled and veterans; its ranking as the greenest retailer in America; and its compliance training initiatives.

May 10, 2011
CVS publishes Corporate Social Responsibility Report

CVS Caremark released its 2010 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, which provides an overview of the company's commitments to environmental stewardship, improving patient health outcomes, ensuring its continued status as an employer of choice, and positively impacting people's lives through its social investments.

Woonsocket, R.I. -- CVS Caremark released its 2010 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, which provides an overview of the company's commitments to environmental stewardship, improving patient health outcomes, ensuring its continued status as an employer of choice, and positively impacting people's lives through its social investments.

November 16, 2010
Levi’s, Wal-Mart and Gap top supply chain compliance survey

Levi Strauss and Co., Wal-Mart Stores, The Gap, Hanesbrands, Nordstrom, and Gildan Activewear scored highest on survey of global supply chain compliance programs of U.S. apparel brands and retailers released Tuesday by corporate responsibility group As You Sow.

San Francisco -- Levi Strauss and Co., Wal-Mart Stores, The Gap, Hanesbrands, Nordstrom, and Gildan Activewear scored highest on survey of global supply chain compliance programs of U.S. apparel brands and retailers released Tuesday by corporate responsibility group As You Sow.

November 7, 2010
Staples releases corporate responsibility report

Staples decreased electrical intensity of retail stores by 12% from 2007 to 2009 and reduced.

Framingham, Mass. Staples decreased electrical intensity of retail stores by 12% from 2007 to 2009 and reduced absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 21% from 2001 to 2009 in the United States, according to the company’s just-released corporate responsibility report.

The report, available at staples.com/soul, provides an overview of the company's corporate responsibility work and its global impact in the areas of community involvement, diversity, ethics and the environment.

March 28, 2010
Ikea honored as one of most ethical companies

Ikea has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the World's Most Ethical...

November 10, 2008
McDonald’s Green Efforts Highlighted in Report

McDonald’s Corp. has released its fourth Corporate Responsibility Report....

January 31, 2008
Supplying Good Values

Holiday shopping habits in 2007 suggest that consumers are making socially responsible choices and...

December 18, 2007
OfficeMax Releases Social Responsibility Report

Naperville, Ill. OfficeMax Inc. issued its first Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report. The report provides...

May 31, 2005
Wal-Mart Honored

Bentonville, Ark., Wal-Mart...