CSRwire Launches Unfiltered Multimedia Network to Provide 360 Degree View on Issues, Actions and News

CSRwire Launches Unfiltered Multimedia Network to Provide 360 Degree View on Issues, Actions and News

New Video, Commentary and Research Portal Hosts Up-To-The Minute News from CSR Experts and Enthusiasts

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- CSRwire (R), the leading Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire, today introduces the Video, Commentary and Research (http://vcr.csrwire.com/) (VCR) network: an in-depth platform for exchanging ideas and information about issues that matter. The groundbreaking VCR network functions like a unique social networking site, allowing users to post discussion threads, video or audio content for the full-picture perspective on issues affecting the global CSR community. VCR's offering is the first of its kind for a newswire service.

CSRwire's new VCR (http://vcr.csrwire.com/) destination will feature videos, podcasts, PDF presentations, blogs, op-ed columns, statistical data, peer reviewed and commissioned research in addition to the latest news posted on CSRwire. Leveling the playing field between experts and audience, the VCR content, posted for and by users of the site, is intended to create conversation and context around the latest news in corporate social responsibility.

"Every day we see that companies are being measured by their social, environmental and governance impact, as well as their financial return," says Joe Sibilia, President, CSRwire. "This new network will advance the process of transparency for the public interest. CSRwire is giving our community a place to demonstrate and discuss the impact of their work and their commitment to corporate social responsibility."

All of the Video, Commentary and Research content is searchable by organization or key word and provides the user with in-depth research and archival information on a wide range of corporate social responsibility topics. This user-friendly feature can also be sorted by content, media format, or category. CSRwire covers 23 categories of corporate social responsibility including: human rights, the environment, business ethics, volunteerism and corporate philanthropy.

CSRwire.com encourages multimedia contributions to the VCR (http://vcr.csrwire.com/) destination from a wide variety of sources including: businesses, NGOs, CSR professionals, and all users of CSRwire. Content on the site will come in a range of formats such as: audio and video interviews, mini-documentaries, statements, maps, graphs, calls to action, and other educational material that speaks to all things CSR. All material must be non- commercial and all information is archived for additional in-depth research.

About CSRwire.com:

CSRwire (http://www.csrwire.com/) is the leading source of corporate social responsibility and sustainability, press releases, reports, commentary, video, research and news. CSRwire members are companies and NGOs, agencies and organizations interested in communicating their corporate citizenship, sustainability, and socially responsible initiatives to a global audience

through CSRwire's syndication network, which includes more than 50 partners, weekly News Alerts and web site.

About Meadowbrook Lane Capital:

CSRwire's parent company has been described by The Wall Street Journal as a 'socially responsible investment bank'. The company specializes in turning values into valuation while concentrating on succession issues for mission driven companies.

For Media Inquiries Contact:

Cheryl Roth
cheryl@organicworksmarketing.com
OrganicWorks Marketing
(212) 253-0474

Emily Lawi
Emily@organicworksmarketing.com
OrganicWorks Marketing
(212) 253-0474

For more information contact:

Gregory Schneider, COO/Director
802-251-0110 x1105
CSRwire

http://www.csrwire.com/

Emily Polk, Senior Editor
802-251-0110 x1108
CSRwire

http://www.csrwire.com/

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CONTACT: Cheryl Roth, cheryl@organicworksmarketing.com, or Emily Lawi,
Emily@organicworksmarketing.com, both of OrganicWorks Marketing,
+1-212-253-0474; or Gregory Schneider, COO-Director, +1-802-251-0110, ext.
1105, or Emily Polk, Senior Editor, +1-802-251-0110, ext. 1108, both of
CSRwire

Web site:

http://www.csrwire.com/
http://vcr.csrwire.com/

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