Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Innovation & Technology

NS: Innovative Service Solutions

Environment

Goldcorp’s Role in Helping Conserve Pacific Salmon

In western Canada, vibrant salmon populations have long been considered an important bellwether of the health of the surrounding ecosystem.

Environment

Le rôle de Goldcorp pour aider à la conservation du saumon du Pacifique

Dans l’ouest du Canada, les populations vibrantes de saumons ont longtemps été considérées comme un important indicateur de la santé de l’écosystème environnant.

Social Impact & Volunteering

A Walk in the Woods Leads to an Unexpected Journey for This Veteran

This week, in honor of Veterans Day, we celebrate the men and women who have served our country, who today are channeling that impulse to serve to make a difference in their communities. Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree, Sean Gobin.

Environment

Indonesia Fires: What Can Be Done About Them

Indonesia has become the site of the greatest environmental disaster of the 21st century. Since August, raging fires have enveloped the country in a film of smoke. Wildlife, including the iconic orangutan, has been displaced or burned alive, and one third of them are in serious danger in the islands of Sumatra and Borneo.

Social Impact & Volunteering

SCE Employees Rally to Help Syrian Refugees

Southern California Edison employees recently rallied to collect donations to help refugees.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog - November 9, 2015

Social Impact & Volunteering

Electric Lights Parade

Social Impact & Volunteering

Benevity Acquires GrantStream, Offering Single, Integrated Solution that Delivers Greater Engagement and Impact

Benevity Inc., the leading global supplier of workplace giving and volunteer management software, announced the acquisition of GrantStream, a long-recognized leader in grants management software. The partnership provides a single solution that seamlessly integrates employee giving, volunteering and grantmaking for all Benevity and GrantStream clients, which include some of the most iconic companies in the world.

Environment

Corporate Philanthropy is More Than Writing Checks

Health & Healthcare

Student Farmers Growing Veggies, Engaging Community and Raising Academic Performance

On behalf of the children, families and community of the South Bronx, I thank you for opportunity to share my story, my passion and my mission with you. One might wonder what a teacher from the South Bronx – the poorest Congressional District in America – would have to say? The answer is simple; Green Bronx Machine!

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Power of Sustainable Business

Innovation & Technology

Villa Vassilieff: Launch of the Pernod Ricard Fellowship

Diversity & Inclusion

Carnival Shifts Key Sales Leadership Positions and Creates New Roles to Better Serve Travel Agents

Carnival Cruise Line has made a number of enhancements to its trade sales organization, shifting two of its most experienced sales professionals to new roles and appointing sales directors to oversee two newly created territories. The company is also adding a new sales position responsible for the Gulf Coast region. Sales management positions have been added within the line’s international sales division, as well. The changes are part of Carnival’s “Onboard with You” trade support platform, launched last month.

Events, Media & Communications

28 Predictions from Bentley University Experts On the Future Directions of of Sustainability (Sustainability Highlights | 11.05.2015)

Bentley University (Waltham, MA) is a leading business school offering undergrad and MBA / MBS degrees. There are 4,200 undergrad and 1,400 grad students enrolled, studying accounting, finance, marketing, managements and liberal arts, all (the university says) "anchored" in technology. This private, not-for-profit institution of higher learning offers a blend of business, technology and liberal arts to prepare students with "relevant, practical, transferable skills." So where does Bentley the institution stand on matters regarding sustainability, corporate responsibility, ethical behaviors and other important aspects of 21stCentury business?

Events, Media & Communications

New Emoji Empowers Teens to Stop Online Bullying

Health & Healthcare

IBM World Community Grid Pioneering New Techniques in the Fight Against HIV

In a decade-long collaboration with over half a million World Community Grid volunteers, The Scripps Research Institute has made significant advances in the fight against HIV. With the virus constantly evolving, the research team is leveraging World Community Grid to pioneer the use of new analysis techniques to more quickly and accurately identify promising anti-HIV drug candidates. These techniques could prove effective for other medical research efforts too.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Mind the Gap: Companies Partner to Build Skilled Labor

In India, where over 12 million young people join the labor force every year, an even more acute skills gap has far reaching socio-economic implications; just two percent of the nearly 500 million-person workforce can be classified as skilled. Although India has world-renowned educational institutions, such as the Indian Institute of Technology, the vast majority of students are ill-prepared for the demands of the modern labor market due to outdated curriculum and a lack of qualified instructors. A 2012 study by the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and EY noted that to meet vocational training needs, the country will require 70,000 additional instructors. Currently qualified instructors are entering the market at a rate of only 1,600 per year.

Health & Healthcare

Diabetes Care Close to the Heart

Education

AT&T Launches Competition to Fund Programs for Underserved High School Students

Dallas, TX, November 9, 2015 — AT&T will award up to $10 million to selected organizations that focus on supporting high school students in their quest to graduate. The AT&T Aspire Connect to Success Competition, part of the company’s signature education initiative, invites organizations that are helping underserved students earn their diplomas to apply for funding beginning today.

Energy

Ceres Report Proposes New 21st Century Electric Utility Model Aligned with Clean Energy Goals

As regulators, industry representatives and advocates discuss power sector challenges at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ (NARUC) annual meeting, Ceres today releases a report outlining a pathway to align the electric utility business model with increased clean energy deployment and long-term financial viability amid growing climate change concerns. The rapid pace of technological change, falling renewable energy prices, increased energy efficiency, and policymaker focus on low-carbon energy and customer choice are increasingly challenging the traditional utility business model – yet as the report lays out, there are win-win solutions.

Events, Media & Communications

Tune in for the Global Engagement Forum Broadcast – Moving the #GlobalGoals from Aspiration to Achievement

PYXERA Global is proud to announce The Global Engagement Forum Broadcast, streamed LIVE at pyxeraglobal.org from the Knight Studio at the Newseum in Washington D.C. This 3-hour event will bring tri-sector leaders together in an active dialogue on the Global Goals like never before.

Innovators from the UN Foundation, IBM, JPMorgan Chase, the Dow Chemical Company, The Nature Conservancy, the Case Foundation, and USAID will share their insights on how to make meaningful progress on the Global Goals by 2030.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Yum! Brands Harvest Program Addresses Hunger in the US

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