Corporate Responsibility

IDS Scheer, the provider of solutions for business process excellence, announces new global, subject-based consulting solutions based on the company's ARIS Value Engineering (AVE) approach.

Mars Inc., the maker of Mars, Snickers and Twix, among other brands, will cease to target its core confectionary products to children under the age of 12.

PepsiCo's Board of Directors elects Chief Executive Indra K. Nooyi to succeed Steven S. Reinemund as chairman when he retires in May 2007.

As part of immediate initiative to drive improved performance, position Pfizer for future success and enhance total shareholder return its cost reduction initiatives, 10,000 positions (about 10 percent of Pfizer's total worldwide workforce) will be eliminated by the end of next year.

Jarden Corporation, a provider of niche consumer products with brands including First Alert, Coleman and Oster, announced the initiation of "Operation Careers for Veterans."

Pfizer Inc. deploys Pilgrim Software's SmartAudit solution at its New York City headquarters.

Responsible business practices; being "green"

Findings from the Cone Holiday Trend Tracker, a nationwide poll to determine Americans' plans for charitable giving this holiday season, show that more than half of Americans intend to purchase a holiday gift that gives back a portion of the proceeds to a cause.