Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Research, Reports & Publications

Domtar's Online Training Tool "My Knowledge Tree" Leads Employees to Success

Climbing the tree that leads to success

Health & Healthcare

Sanofi – For Better Mental Health Care in Madagascar

Sanofi has launched in 2008 in Madagascar a training programme for healthcare professionals to help for a better mental health care.

Environment

Climax Mine, a Freeport-McMoRan Company, Recycles Biosolids for Land Reclamation

Since 1997, Climax operations has helped local communities recycle waste by converting the biosolids from their wastewater treatment plants into compost to reclaim and revegetate lands used in past mining activities.

Energy

As Simple, or Perhaps Complicated, as Flicking a Switch

Breakthrough Energy Coalition has pledged investment dollars to bring to market and scale clean and affordable energy technologies.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Siemens to Increase R&D Investment by €300 Million to a Total of €4.8 Billion

Environment

BSR COP21 Daily Dispatch: Day 9

The BSR COP21 Daily Dispatch highlights news and insights on the policy negotiations and their implications for business and a sustainable future for our climate.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Bard MBA in Sustainability Podcast w/ Pepsi's Manoj Fenelon

In a world teeming with answers, Manoj helps ask good questions that catalyze and channel collective imagination.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Amgen Foundation Goes to the White House: STEM Learning Ecosystems Initiative

Recently, the VC STEM Regional Network was selected to be one of the 27 communities to pilot the national STEM Learning Ecosystems Initiative, which plans to utilize cross-sector collaboration to develop creative ways to increase the equity and quality of STEM learning outcomes for all.

Diversity & Inclusion

Antea Group Intern Creates Lasting Value for Local Breweries Via MnTap Program

Antea Group intern Ross Wise focused on creating sustainability manuals for the Brewers Association, a non-profit association with over 2,700 member breweries and 45,000 member homebrewers. Ross helped to collect data on water, natural gas, energy, and CO2 usage for 25 breweries, and used that information to develop best practices and find potential cost savings.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Finding Your Passion at Work

Many workers feel that although they do their job and do it well, they don’t have the passion for the work that they once had—or maybe it was never there in the first place.

Education

IBM Launching Teacher TryScience in Kenya

The Ministry of Education and Science in Kenya recently launched the national roll out of Teachers TryScience. This is hugely significant for Kenya where they note that "The future prosperity of Kenya depends on young people choosing STEM related subjects." Currently only 2% of students study STEM subjects at tertiary level.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

2015 Global Microscope Shows Progress in the Environment for Financial Inclusion in Most Countries

Access to affordable, diverse financial services is expanding and deepening in many parts of the world, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) 2015 Global Microscope on Financial Inclusion.

Health & Healthcare

Hope Is in the Air

It’s easy to see why Chrissy and Travis Hollman chose to raise their family in Terrace, B.C., with its small-town feel and opportunities for growth through liquid natural gas (LNG) related projects.

Social Impact & Volunteering

[INFOGRAPHIC] How Does Community Involvement Benefit the Business?

Since 1995, the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship has studied how companies invest in communities and how these efforts connect to their businesses—and has published the findings in the Community Involvement study. Over the past 20 years, we’ve witnessed the role of community involvement evolve to become a strategic component of business.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Norfolk Southern Bridges: More Than Meets the Eye

Health & Healthcare

A New Approach to Care for Diabetes in Pregnancy Aims to Improve the Health of Mothers & Newborns

Many people have heard of type 1 and type 2 diabetes – but few are aware that there is another kind of diabetes that can develop during pregnancy called gestational diabetes.

To tackle the problem of gestational diabetes, a unique partnership between the International Diabetes Federation, the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF) and the Abbott Fund created a new model of care to improve the awareness, diagnosis and management of gestational diabetes.

Events, Media & Communications

Nat Geo WILD Celebrates 'Big Cat Week' with Special Programming, Calls to Action

Beginning Friday, November 27, Nat Geo WILD presented its sixth annual Big Cat Week, a block of special programming dedicated to raising awareness of the threats facing the global populations of lions, tigers, cheetahs, panthers, and more. This year's Big Cat Week was the biggest in the channel's history, including the premieres of five brand new specials and three nights of live African safaris. The program also saw the return of the Cause an Uproar campaign, a call to action for those interested in supporting the National Geographic Society's conservation work with big cat populations. Nat Geo WILD is part of the Fox Networks Group, which is owned by 21st Century Fox.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Community Efforts at Amway Taiwan in the Spotlight at International Forum for Volunteerism

Sixteen years of community work through Amway Taiwan’s corporate social responsibility program was highlighted at a forum hosted by the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) during a session titled “Corporate Volunteering in the Global Age”.

Education

Applied Materials’ Education Initiative Aims to Increase Graduation Rates and Student Success

The forthcoming 2015 Community Involvement Survey illustrates that many companies are addressing relevant social issues, with a prominent focus on K-12 education. The survey shows that nearly 55 percent of companies include education among their top issues for attention and investment.

Environment

Survey: Most Homeowners Believe Reusing Water is Safe, Beneficial

Water conservation is a high priority for the vast majority of homeowners, and 77 percent of them believe it is safe and beneficial to reuse water within the home, according to a survey released today by Whirlpool Corporation.

Environment

Michael Bloomberg to Head Global Taskforce on Climate Change

Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, is to head a new global taskforce aimed at highlighting the financial exposure of companies to the risk of climate change.

Innovation & Technology

Levi's and Goodwill Promote Used Clothing Donation

Donating used clothes is not just a philanthropic act, but also extends the life of clothing and helps keep clothes out of the landfill. Major clothing companies can play a vital role in popularizing the idea of donating used clothes and make recycling clothing as natural for the consumer as recycling a can or bottle.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Goldcorp inscrite à l’indice de viabilité international NASDAQ

Le 4 décembre 2015, Goldcorp a annoncé qu’elle avait été inscrite à l’indice de viabilité international NASDAQ OMX CRD dans le cadre du classement semi-annuel. Cette nomination classe Goldcorp parmi les 10 meilleures entreprises dans le monde en ce qui concerne la performance et les rapports de durabilité. Goldcorp a été reconnue pour son rôle de chef de file en matière de mesure, de gestion et de communication des impacts de ses initiatives de développement durable et de création de valeur partagée.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Goldcorp Named To NASDAQ Global Sustainability Index

On December 4, 2015, Goldcorp announced that it has again been named to the semi-annual re-ranking of the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index. This listing ranks Goldcorp as one of the top 100 companies in the world for its sustainability reporting and performance. Goldcorp was recognized for taking a leadership role in measuring, managing and communicating the impacts of its sustainable development efforts and shared value-creation.

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