Corporate Social Responsibility Weekly Recap (January 14 January 21, 2009)

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following releases focus on Corporate Social Responsibility and moved during the week of January 14 – January 21, 2009.

ALL TIME-OFFS ARE IN EASTERN TIME

SAN FRANCISCO -- “One Night for Mumbai”: Chartres Lodging Leads Three-City Hospitality Industry Fundraising Effort for Victims of Mumbai Terrorist Attacks (January 21, 2009 02:21 PM) Source: Chartres Lodging Group

MINNEAPOLIS -- UnitedHealth Group and United Health Foundation Support President-Elect Obama’s “Day of Service” Through Coalition to Fight Cardiovascular Disease (January 19, 2009 08:00 AM) Source: UnitedHealth Group

WASHINGTON -- Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation Announces $1.25 Million Gift from Travelers (January 17, 2009 03:00 PM) Source: The Travelers Companies, Inc.

FORT MEYERS, Fla. -- Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shop Owners Committed to Community Service at Annual Gathering (January 16, 2009 06:00 PM) Source: Ben & Jerry’s

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- Western Union Foundation Donates US$50,000 Towards Earthquake Relief Efforts in Alajuela, Costa Rica (January 16, 2009 05:28 PM) Source: The Western Union Company

NEW YORK -- ecomii Ends 2008 as the #1 Green Destination Online, According to comScore (January 16, 2009 09:00 AM) Source: ecomii

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- eBay Community Gives Record $36 Million to Nonprofits in 2008 (January 15, 2009 10:58 AM) Source: eBay Inc.

NEW YORK -- Alcoa in Launch of USCAP Blueprint for Legislative Action, a Landmark Climate Protection Initiative (January 15, 2009 09:35 AM) Source: Alcoa Inc.

The following knowledgeable industry leaders and scholars from Business Wire's ExpertSource database are available to discuss topics relating to Corporate Social Responsibility.

Russell Griffin is founder, owner and president of Griffin MarCom Inc., a successful strategic marketing practice. He has also served as head of business line diversity for one of the largest insurance companies in the world. The federal government has, on numerous occasions, addressed the near critical shortage of diverse talent and minority-led firms in particular in advertising. Russell can address these issues from the front lines, and with an informed and knowledgeable opinion on what can be done to make progress.

Phone number: 404-734-8843

Email: russell@griffinmarcom.com

Sonia Hamel is an independent climate change policy consultant. She works with governments and foundations advising them on climate, energy and transportation policy. She serves as a Senior Associate for the Center for Climate Strategies helping states in make decisions to tackle climate change. Sonia also serves as a consultant to the United Kingdom in the area of emissions trading and climate change. Sonia has over 25 years of public sector experience in policy and program development and implementation in the areas of air quality, climate change, energy and transportation. Sonia was the state lead for climate action in charge of developing, coordinating and implementing the Massachusetts Climate Protection Plan. She also was principal coordinator for the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers Climate Change Agreement and state lead on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Previously, Sonia served as the Director of Air Policy and Planning for the environmental cabinet office and she worked for 12 years as a transportation manager for the Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization on a variety of transportation, environmental and public participation programs.

PR Contact: Daniela Viola

Phone number: 212-508-9676

Email: dviola@makovsky.com

Julia Wilhelm is an associate director in the San Francisco office of Studley, an international commercial real estate firm specializing in representing tenants. Her expertise in financial analysis as well as her detail-oriented execution style, supports her ability to successfully advocate on behalf of tenants in all types of real estate transactions from site selection and economic modeling to lease negotiation, execution and move-in. Julia specializes in implementing green real estate solutions for her clients and is the first Real Estate Professional in San Francisco to have been awarded the LEED-Accredited Professional designation from the U.S. Green Building Council certifying her expertise in sustainable commercial real estate projects. She is also a member of Studley's National Sustainable Practice. Julia has represented office lease transactions totaling over 1,000,000 square feet in downtown San Francisco. Clients include San Francisco-based firms Murphy Pearson Bradley & Feeney, New Resource Bank (representing the bank in one of the first LEED-CI office space acquisitions in San Francisco), PAV Investments, Dwell Magazine, MyVest, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco, as well as national and multi-national companies such as the Charles Schwab Corporation, EarthLink, eBay/StubHub, Forest Labs, and Novell.

PR Contact: Renay Fanelli

Phone Number: 415-457-7180

Email: renay@wire-to-wire.com

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