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Education

CSR Management Certificate Program: Five-Day Program Offered By Boston College Center For Corporate Citizenship

Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship is offering a certificate program in corporate citizenship management October 17-21, 2016 in Boston, MA. “Corporate Citizenship Management Intensive” provides CSR management professionals the tools required to advance corporate citizenship performance throughout organizations.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

5 Underdogs Who Turned A Small Loan Into Something Huge

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

VSP Global® and U.S. Conference of Mayors Pass Half-Way Point of Yearlong Partnership

The U.S. Conference of Mayors and VSP Global announced today that more than 6,000 adults and children across the country have received free eye care and eyewear if needed during the first half of their yearlong partnership to help people who need it most.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CSX Receives Award of Excellence for “CSX Rail Respond” Emergency Response Tool

The National Alliance for Public Safety GIS (NAPSG) Foundation has granted an Award of Excellence in Public Safety to CSX for its “CSX Rail Respond” mobile-computing application, which provides firefighters, police officers and other emergency responders with easy mobile access to critical information about the commodities traveling on CSX rails in near-real time.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The CEO of a Company with 40,000 Employees Shares His Top 4 Leadership Lessons

Environment

Sacramento Trash Artists

In late August, a team of Republic Services of Sacramento employees and some of their family members competed in a contest called “Junk 2 Genius.” This is where teams in the competition are given a pile of garbage items, a theme, and two days to make a sculpture. There were 10 tens who competed this year.

Health & Healthcare

Pernod Ricard USA Brands Sponsoring Campaign on TouchTunes Digital Jukeboxes Nationwide to Reinforce Drinking Responsibly and Traveling Safely

Pernod Ricard USA’s Absolut® Vodka, Malibu® and Jameson® Irish Whiskey brands are sponsoring the first integrated, local transit information program displayed on TouchTunes digital jukeboxes in bars and taverns nationwide. Pernod Ricard USA is sponsoring this initiative on behalf of its Absolut® Vodka, Malibu® and Jameson® Irish Whiskey brands to reinforce the importance of drinking responsibly and traveling safely.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Timberland’s Service Corps Brings Employee Satisfaction to New Heights

Social Impact & Volunteering

22nd Annual Search Underway for Nation's Top Youth Volunteers

Over the past 21 years, Prudential Spirit of Community Awards have been given to more than 115,000 middle and high school students across the country for helping the less fortunate, promoting health and safety, protecting the environment, and serving their communities through many other volunteer activities. Today the search begins to identify thousands more who have made meaningful contributions to their communities over the past 12 months, as the awards program kicks off its 22nd year.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Compliance Conundrum: Adjust Corporate Behavior or Collect Better Data?

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Gerber Announces 2016 Photo Search

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Indigenous Community Honours ‘Difference-Maker’

TransCanada employee Peter Knight, a Métis born and raised in Edmonton — has earned an Aboriginal Role Model of Alberta award for his relentless efforts on behalf of First Nations and Métis communities in northern Alberta.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

National Survey Recognizes America’s Best Adoption Friendly Workplaces

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, America’s only nonprofit public charity dedicated to finding adoptive homes for children waiting in foster care, is proud to announce its 10th annual Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces, with a new company atop the list.

Diversity & Inclusion

DuPont People Spotlight: Championing Communication Access for Those with Hearing Loss

An estimated 15-17 percent of the population has hearing loss. Many don’t wear hearing aids for fear of a stigma. Some gradually acquire hearing loss over time and don’t receive complete diagnoses until later in life.

Research, Reports & Publications

Investment, Policy and Holistic Planning Integral to Drive Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure

A new white paper from Black & Veatch’s Smart Integrated Infrastructure (SII) business examines the current hydrogen fueling infrastructure in the U.S. and challenges that complicate development. Costs, financing, siting, policies and safety education are cited as the keys, and sometimes barriers, to greater fueling station deployment.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Mars Symbioscience Joins Global Corporate Leaders as a Founding Partner of IMPACT 2030

Mars Symbioscience (MSS), the global health and life sciences segment of Mars, Incorporated, has joined IMPACT 2030 as a Founding Partner. MSS is an incubator for evidence-based innovations that positively impact the health and well-being of people and the planet.

Environment

5 Steps Food & Beverage Companies Can Take to Avoid OSHA Penalties and Preserve Their Reputations

For food and beverage companies, compliance with health and safety regulations is always top of mind. Not only do they want to protect their employees and their customers and avoid costly penalties from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), but they also want to protect their organizations’ reputation and integrity.

Education

Meet Delia Borsum from Germany

Delia teaches eight-to-twelve year olds at the Hedwig-Bollhagen-Gymnasium Velten school in Kremmen, Germany. As well as biology and chemistry, she also is a physical education teacher and has 20 years' experience as an educator. Delia participated in Amgen Teach in 2015 and has taken full advantage of the training to help her apply inquiry-based practices in the classroom.

Environment

Agreeable Agriculture With Eric Toensmeier

Can simply changing how and what we grow really make a difference to a changing climate? This week's guest on Sea Change Radio, author and agricultural expert, Eric Toensmeier, is quite certain it can. We discuss smarter agricultural methods like using trees and grazing animals. And we talk about what might turn an enormous, slow-moving industry like agriculture onto a more sustainable path.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

JetBlue Crewmembers Honor 9/11 with Service

On September 11, more than 100 JetBlue crewmembers gathered to help build a playground with KaBOOM! in Canarsie, Brooklyn.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Kohler Co. Donates Water Filters to Louisiana Disaster Relief

Catastrophic flooding has left much of Louisiana under a boil water advisory. Municipal water supplies across the affected region have been damaged by flood water, debris and lightning strikes. Kohler Co., a global leader in the plumbing industry, has donated 480 KOHLER Clarity water filters to flood victims through Operation Blessing International, a humanitarian organization which provides disaster relief, medical aid, clean water and community development.

Environment

Sodexo’s Sustainability Team Celebrates Growth at Gonzaga’s Hydroponic Greenhouse

Sodexo, world leader in quality of life services, recognized its dining sustainability team at Gonzaga University for celebrating the one-year anniversary of the John J. Hemmingson Center Gonzaga Greenhouse. The team worked to successfully increase crop yields using a greenhouse design that recycles and consumes one-tenth the water of traditional farming.

Green Infrastructure

Masonite Architectural Publishes One of North America’s First Wood Door Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs)

Masonite Architectural published an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for its wood door products, bringing greater environmental transparency to the wood door production process. SCS Global Services (SCS)conducted the independent assessment underlying the declaration.

Latest Campaigns

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    The Truist Championship has been an official PGA TOUR event since 2003, contested annually at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. One of...
  2. Cascale Events
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  3. Medtronic Impact -- Reporting
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  6. Drawdown Georgia
    Informed by Project Drawdown, the world’s leading resource for climate solutions, Drawdown Georgia is the first state-centered effort to crowdsolve...
  7. 2024 Sustainability Report
    Chemours chemistry enables products that people rely on to live better and thrive. Our world-class portfolio drives innovation and enables high...
  8. Novata News
    Communicating key news and updates about Novata.
  9. KeyBank's Commitment to Diversity
    Promoting inclusive environments by employing systemic changes to improve the access of individuals of diverse backgrounds. Learn more about our...
  10. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  11. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Whirlpool Corporation has several CSR partners including United Way, Habitat for Humanity International, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Consulada...
  12. Local Communities
    The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...
  13. TCS | goIT
    Tata Consultancy Services is proud to bring you goIT In 2009, TCS North America launched goIT, its signature community engagement initiative.The...
  14. Kingfisher Around the World
    The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...
  15. Recognition of our Company
    As the leading sports and live music company in the world, we recognize our responsibility to provide industry leadership and to conduct our business...