Archive for June 13th, 2012

Corporate social responsibility is a term that can be applied to many things, in many circumstances. It could simply mean a business or company writes a big check to a worthy cause every year.

Or it could mean that a corporation goes out into the community with its employees to help their neighbors and actively participate, hands-on, in social and philanthropic events. It could also mean that the company has an acute awareness of environmental issues and does its best to make sure the operational practices that it employs are in line with preserving the environment for future generations.

BTU International, a global supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment and processes to the alternative energy and electronics assembly markets, based 30 minutes outside Boston, has been practicing each of those methods recently. Read the rest of this entry »