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Jan 15, 2010 4:56 PM ET - This week the healthcare services and IT leader, McKesson Corporation, responded to the devastating earthquake in Haiti with donations of more than $400,000 in cash and medical supplies. Funding and much needed supplies including crutches, orthopedic braces, gauze, masks and mosquito nets were donated to relief organizations World Vision and the Red Cross. McKesson employees across the company are also responding with their support through the McKesson Foundation’s matching gifts program. Employee gifts to 501c3 organizations involved in the response effort are being matched dollar-for-dollar. As part of McKesson’s work with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, McKesson is also supporting HHS response teams by quickly fulfilling orders of vaccines and medicines bound for Haiti. The McKesson team stands ready to continue to support the relief effort as needs are identified on the ground.  

Jan 15, 2010 3:00 PM ET - So we’re eating local food, enjoying our local community, walking more driving electric cars, and the planet is healing—what about going places to visit friends and relatives? Well, At $18 a gallon, as author...

Jan 15, 2010 2:32 PM ET - theCSRminute is your daily video digest of the most relevant Corporate Social Responsible news of the day. Our team of 3BL Media correspondents tracks the global world of corporate social responsibility to bring you coverage of the most important announcements, initiatives, issues, trends, ideas, and breaking news. theCSRminute can be seen daily on 3BL Media’s CSR Network—the largest network of CSR channels across the internet, on Reuters Project Insider, and right here on the 3BL Media website.   

Jan 15, 2010 1:45 PM ET - Gap Inc. was deeply saddened by the news of  Haiti’s devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Haiti.   We are working with the U.S. and Haitian governments to support and provide relief to earthquake victims. To help in the recovery, Gap Foundation will make a $150,000 grant to Mercy Corps, a nonprofit which provides emergency and disaster support and services by investing in the local community in affected areas both immediately and over the long term.   We’ve developed a dedicated site to match all Gap Inc. employee contributions to Mercy Corps made by February 28.  We are also working with other agencies to identify and support specific areas of need. If you would like to help, you can donate to Mercy Corps at http://www.mercycorps.org/haiti. 

Jan 15, 2010 11:00 AM ET - (3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) January 15, 2010 - A year out from the largest event in U.S. volunteerism history, VolunteerMatch is again preparing to help tens of thousands of volunteers find meaningful ways to get involved on the MLK Day of Service....

Jan 15, 2010 10:12 AM ET - Hello everyone, and welcome to the new year of adoptions. Forget about those cute little babies or animals for once, and take a robot home today. That’s right I said robot, and I do believe that the future is closer than we think… ha ha. ...

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Jan 14, 2010 4:55 PM ET -  Banks are on the hot seat this week in Washington, D.C. As a Congressional hearing begins, the public is calling for heads to roll. Some bailout titans are responding to public rage with apologies and blame. Citizen anger is bound to increase over the next couple of weeks as the big firms announce record bonuses. One investment bank, Goldman Sachs, considers creating a mandatory "charity" policy for top execs. But is it enough to balance the scales of economic justice? Monika Mitchell examines the role of the financial industry in the economic recovery. 

Jan 14, 2010 11:55 AM ET - After three months of looking in waste bins in northern Europe, I traveled to Mexico in Jan 2009.  Academically, I wanted to juxtapose waste management in developing countries with the systems I had seen in Europe. Recreationally, I wanted to...

Jan 14, 2010 11:43 AM ET - The 3BL Media blog roll is a select list of the most influential, respected, and authoritative voices in corporate social responsibility. Compiled from the 3BL Media staff’s extensive contacts with longtime CSR commentators, these bloggers offer relevant news, opinions, and ideas about all things CSR in one convenient place.   

Jan 14, 2010 10:30 AM ET - (3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) Northampton, MA - January 14, 2009 - 3BL Media, the experts in corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability and cause marketing communications, today announced that it is offering...