STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sep. 07 /CSRwire/ - ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) announced today at World Water Week that it has pledged $10.5 million over three years (2011-2013) to provide one million more people around the world with access to safe water and sanitation. This announcement marks a significant expansion of the company's signature corporate citizenship program, ITT Watermark®, which will reach 500,000 people by the end of 2010.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Sep. 01 /CSRwire/ - SRI in the Rockies, the largest and longest-running conference for the sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) industry in the world, has announced the agenda for its 21st annual event.

Research in mice suggests that scientists may have a new lead on using gene therapy against the virus that causes AIDS. The researchers tinkered with human stem cells and then inserted them into mice where they multiplied into immune system cells that provided protection against infection with HIV, according to a study released online July 2 in Nature Biotechnology.

National and provincial officials responsible for environmental affairs have signed the Grasslands Declaration, committing the government to the conservation of South Africa's grasslands – the second largest biome in the country, and one of the most threatened.