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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Supporting Wendy’s Franchisee Tour De Adoption One Text at a Time

Dave Thomas once said, “There’s no one to stop you but yourself.” And with that quote in mind we salute Ed Anderson, a Wendy’s franchisee from Newport News, Virginia who recently kicked off his Tour de Adoption.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Meet The Friendly Community Center - 2016 Pocono Mountains Community Fundraiser Winner

Since its inception in 2004, the Pocono Mountains Community Fundraiser has grown to be the largest single fundraiser event in Monroe County, giving back more than $2 million to the community. More than 480 community enthusiasts attended this year’s event, titled “Keeping It Close to Home.” Event founder, Diamond Sponsor and host Sanofi Pasteur once again covered all event costs. As a result, 100 percent of ticket sales and sponsorships directly benefitted the non-profit recipients.

Innovation & Technology

Data: The Key to Making Buildings More Efficient

New digital services that combine all the data sources connected with buildings are opening the door to enhanced transparency and optimized energy use.

Research, Reports & Publications

T. Rowe Price Releases 2015 Corporate Social Responsibility Summary

T. Rowe Price’s 2015 Corporate Social Responsibility Update details the firm’s efforts to promote financial education, reduce its environmental footprint, and empower associates to have an impact in their communities. Among the firm's accomplishments last year, T. Rowe Price:
• Reached more than 1.5 million people through the firm’s financial education websites, online games, exhibits, apps, and programs
• Reduced landfill waste by 80% since 2010
• Activated more than 7,000 solar panels on its Maryland Campus
• Amassed more than 57,000 associate volunteer hours
• Distributed $8.2 million in direct grants and associate matching gifts through the T. Rowe Price Foundation

Education

Keep America Beautiful Selects 2016–2017 National Youth Advisory Council

Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s leading nonprofit which envisions a country where every community is a clean, green and beautiful place to live, has selected 10 high school students from across the country to serve on its fifth national Youth Advisory Council, which is sponsored through the generous support of the Wrigley Company Foundation.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Celebrating Success – Super 8 Ukiah

The year is 2008. The economic downtown has hit, and the Super 8 in Ukiah, California, is struggling. The challenge was that not as many people were traveling, and the owner, Raakesh Patel needed to get creative to keep his doors open.

Other hotels opened nearby in the time that followed – Marriott’s, Hampton Inn’s, those that were “affordable” without being considered a truly “budget” property. For Raakesh, it all started with research.

Environment

Brightening Our Corner Newsletter - August 2016

Brightening Our Corner is the quarterly newsletter of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation. This edition features news from The Ray, the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business at Georgia Tech's Scheller College of Business, Green Guy Media, Georgia News Network, Georgia Department of Transportation, Biomimicry Institute and Bioneers.

Events, Media & Communications

How to Use the Arts to Combat Employee Disengagement [Webinar]

All across the country, today’s most innovative businesses are using the arts to help them meet some of their most difficult and vital objectives.

Health & Healthcare

Amway El Salvador Joins Forces with the Gloria de Kriete Foundation (GKF) to Address Childhood Malnutrition

Partnership. It’s a unique blend of trust, respect, and dedication directed toward a specific cause. It’s that exact kind of partnership Amway found when it joined forces with the Gloria de Kriete Foundation (GKF) in October 2015 to address the critical issue of childhood malnutrition in El Salvador.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Antea Group Named #4 Environmental Management Firm

Antea Group, an international engineering and environmental consulting firm, ranked #4 among the Top Environmental Management Firms, #16 among Top Environmental Firms Working in Non-US Locations, and #32 overall among the nation’s Top 200 Environmental Firms according to Engineering News-Record magazine.

Diversity & Inclusion

Our Values-Driven Workplace

Cultivating a workplace that inspires everyone to live Newmont’s core values – safety, integrity, sustainability, inclusion and responsibility – and to reach their full potential is a commitment detailed in our policies, standards and training.

Diversity & Inclusion

Daimler Employees at Christopher Street Day Event

A total of 150 employees from Mercedes-Benz Bank were present for the Christopher Street Day event with a Mercedes-Benz Actros.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Top 5 Things You Don’t Want to Miss at the LIVESTRONG Challenge!

The 2016 LIVESTRONG Challenge is coming up on October 16, 2016. Starting in downtown Austin, participants can ride 20, 45, 65, or 100 miles on routes through the Texas Hill Country, or head out for the 5k run/walk.

Research, Reports & Publications

M&S, Unilever and Nestle: CR Reporting Benchmarks

As part of Ethical Corporation’s latest free analysis on sustainability reporting, they have just released a pack of report reviews featuring Unilever, Nestle & Marks and Spencer

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

5th Annual Velo4Yellow

In July Gyros Cycling Club hosted their 5th annual Velo4Yellow ride benefiting LIVESTRONG. This year’s charity ride had 415 riders and raised $10,000 to support LIVESTRONG cancer programs – bringing Velo4Yellow’s 5 year total to $30,000! Amazing. We caught up with Dave Brown from Velo4Yellow to hear more about this impactful community fundraising event.

Diversity & Inclusion

Serving up Goodness in the Workplace – The World’s Most Powerful (and Cost Effective) Employee Benefit

Many believe that the relentless pursuit to offer the next compelling employee benefit that will attract and retain the talent companies need is a “race to the bottom.” But there’s a gem sitting right in front of us that is shinier than any trendy perk. Hint: it’s not free yoga classes, the drink fridge or bring-your-dog-to-work Fridays. It’s the idea of delivering up Goodness as part of the employee experience, which is even more powerful in a global context, as businesses continue to be challenged to create a unified corporate culture that transcends borders and leverages diversity.

Responsible Production & Consumption

7 Steps Leading Corporations are Implementing to Achieve Resilient Supply Chains

UN Global Compact Calls on Chief Executives to make Supply Chain Sustainability a Top Business Priority; Engaging Suppliers beyond Tier 1 Still Poses a Big Challenge

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Dress for Success Southern Nevada Recognizes MGM Resorts International as Boutique Annual Sponsor for 2016

Dress for Success Southern Nevada, the local nonprofit that provides gently used professional clothing and career counseling services to empower women to achieve economic independence, celebrates its partnership with MGM Resorts International, which has been named a boutique annual sponsor for 2016. The Nevada-based global entertainment and hospitality company donated $10,000 to Dress for Success Southern Nevada to help maintain and expand the nonprofit’s boutique to serve more women in Southern Nevada.

Education

Qcamp for Girls in STEM Grows Engineers of the Future

After three summers of Qcamp for Girls in STEM, I am excited to report that the seedswe planted two years ago and continued to nurture in order to positively impact the way girls learn science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and careers have budded into female engineers of the future!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

How Will Tracking Outcomes Help Your Organization's Story?

Over the years, as the bar raised people increasingly asked “So what?” “What has been achieved for those dollars?” “What is different for those people that our grants support?” our journey to tracking outcomes and results began and we started to ask ourselves tough questions.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Father/Daughter Kohler Associates Bring Clean Water and Prosperity to Haiti

Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere. Over 80 percent of Haitian citizens live under the poverty line. Only 16 percent of rural Haiti has adequate sanitation and less than one-third have safe drinking water.

Father-daughter missionaries and Kohler employees Art Stewart and Lisa Burrell travel to Haiti with the family’s mission organization S’MORES International. Though the family has been volunteering in Haiti since 2004, they say never get used to the conditions.

Environment

42BELOW® Cocktail Earth Cup Competition 2016

Education

Introducing the New Generation on College Campuses

Environment

How 7 Different Industries Benefit from EHS & Sustainability Consulting

When it comes to designing, implementing and managing EHS and sustainability programs, each industry faces unique requirements, challenges and opportunities. There’s no one-size-fits-all approach, and many companies find they lack the resources or expertise to create programs that meet compliance and add business value.

If this is what you’re experiencing as you work to implement or refine your company’s programs, enlisting the help of an EHS and sustainability consultant may provide the direction and helping hands you’re looking for.

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