Xavier's Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility was just renamed the Cintas Institute for Business Ethics at Xavier University, with support from Cintas founder and Chairman Richard Farmer and the Farmer Family Foundation, and Cintas Vice Chairman Bob Kohlhepp.
The University of Cincinnati's 10-day Worldfest celebration continues this week with speakers, activities, films and food from around the globe.
Melissa and Damon Gray wanted a neighborhood that had everything they needed to raise their two adopted children. The two musicians tell us why being close to Findlay Market, Sawyer Point, Fountain Square, The Main Library and Grammer's is more important than cul-de-sacs and mass retail.
Middletown economic development coordinator Bill Murphy returned from a recent Cincinnati USA Partnership trip to the Netherlands "very enlightened" by how the Dutch approach economic development.
Duke Energy, one of the nation's largest electric utilities, has set a new goal for 2008 of reducing the sulfur dioxide emissions from its coal-fired power plants by 35 percent (from 2006 levels) and the nitrogen oxide emissions by 10 percent. The goals are identified in its just-released 2007/2008 Sustainability Report.
Macy's and the National Park Foundation are collaborating on a partnership to raise awareness and generate funds for parks across the country, part of a campaign to support, educate and inspire sustainability and eco-friendly practices in everyday life.
An economic development strategy from a team of consultants recommends a visionary transformation of part of Cincinnati's Queensgate neighborhood into an eco-industrial park so it can host the next generation of green manufacturing, It would be the first of its kind in the Upper Midwest and would be a way to attract companies committed to reducing their ecological footprint, a growing part of the industrial sector, the authors say.
A new company, core corporate Consulting, has cropped up to advise firms on how best to create corporate social responsibility programs that reflect the organizations' values and services.
A new Web platform launched by Kaleidoscope, a Cincinnati-based product design and development firm, is meant to launch a community-wide conversation about issues of relevance ot the entire community.
Architecture firm Steed Hammond Paul has a new name and is moving to a new, "green" headquarters. The new name: SHP Leading Design.
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