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Australian big business is being urged to contribute to the country’s public education system by Education Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

Gillard said that the corporate sector should play...

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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will donate $375m (£187.5m) to a global effort to stop smoking.

Bloomberg founded the Bloomberg Initiative...

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Retired Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer plans to use the proceeds of a testimonial match to build ten schools in southern Africa.

The schools will each cost between £20,000 and...

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Fears over the economy are placing charities under financial pressure, with slower growth in income and legacies, according to a new report by academics at the ...

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GlobalGiving has launched the GlobalGiving Green scoring system, a new tool to measure the positive impact on climate change, and reduction of greenhouse...

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Three quarters of top executives questioned for a report by the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP)  said that they believe philanthropy is an effective way to...

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The Centre for Business Education at the Aspen Institute has released a report that says companies’ concerns with social and environmental issues has led them to value MBAs that can...

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Americans are willing to pay more for eco-friendly products, according to a new report.

Half of more than 2,000 respondents to the GfK Roper Yale survey said that they would pay...

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Barclays Stockbrokers launched National Share Giving Day on 21st July to coincide with a new initiative with Sharegift.

Barclay’s research showed that almost a third of their...

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A consortium of third sector organisations, including Philanthropy UK, has welcomed renewed Government interest in the campaign for Lifetime Legacies.

A recent meeting of figures from the third sector designed to...

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