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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Domtar's 'Paper Trail' Wins Environmental Strategy of the Year Award

Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) has been awarded the Pulp and Paper International (PPI) 2015 Environmental Strategy of the Year Award for The Paper Trail®, its newly revitalized digital transparency tool. When using the tool, customers are able to learn where their paper comes from and track the gate-to-gate environmental impact of their paper purchase across five categories: fiber, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, water, renewable energy, and waste.

Innovation & Technology

Putting Technology to Work for People with Disabilities

Over the years, technology has made all of our jobs easier, but for those of us in the disability community, technology has made many of our jobs possible.

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and as I think about the collective progress we’ve made, it strikes me that much of that progress can be credited to advances in technology.

Education

Keep America Beautiful's Recycle-Bowl Registration Closing Soon!

Recycle-Bowl is Keep America Beautiful’s fun and friendly national recycling competition, focusing on promoting recycling in K-12 schools. Registration for this year’s Recycle-Bowl competition closes on Oct. 13. The competition takes place from Oct. 19 to Nov. 15.

Events, Media & Communications

Webinar: 2015 Cone Communications Millennial CSR Study

This webinar will walk you through key data and critical implications for business wishing to engage Millennials in CSR including expectations, perception of impact, business approaches and preferred types of engagement. The session will also explore unique drivers and priorities of the Young Millennial, Mature Millennial, Millennial Female, Millennial Male, Affluent Millennial and Millennial Mom.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Endocrine Society Dispatch: Chemical Exposure Associated With Diabetes, Obesity

Two of the most looming threats to modern health that people are becoming all too familiar with are diabetes and obesity. They have quickly raised concerns of health experts and the general populace alike and now there is a less pronounced culprit that scientists are taking notice of.

Events, Media & Communications

Learn How to Evaluate and Manage Your Supply Chain

Responsible Production & Consumption

Are Companies Doing Enough To Ensure Slavery Is Not In Their Supply Chains?

With more companies increasing the amount of business being conducted over seas and the expansion of their supply chains, more focus is being brought to their attention in regard to slavery and forced labor. October 1st has past and now new provisions will take effect from the Modern Day Slavery Act. This is an effort to increase enforcement and visibility in these supply chains to ensure this type of business practice is not used.

Social Impact & Volunteering

CITGO and the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana Team Up to Restore the Dunes of Cameron Parish Shoreline in Commemoration of Hurricane Rita

In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Rita’s landfall on September 24, 2005, CITGO Petroleum Corporation joined with the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) to lead volunteers in restoring the dunes of Southwest Louisiana’s Cameron Parish Shoreline.

Events, Media & Communications

Post-Harvest Loss is Top Priority for International Congress in Rome

In the effort to advance the fight against post-harvest loss the First International Congress on Postharvest Loss Prevention will convene in Rome, Italy October 4-7. Harry Pastuszek, Vice President of Enterprise and Community Development for PYXERA Global, will present on the Global Initiatives for Reducing Post-harvest Losses panel.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Panel Of Agriculture And Industry Experts Announced To Evaluate Outstanding Rural Leaders

Farm Credit has identified 21 individuals to serve on the selection panel for Farm Credit 100 Fresh Perspectives — a nationwide search to identify and honor 100 leaders who are changing the future of rural communities and agriculture for the better. The initiative is part of Farm Credit’s efforts to commemorate its upcoming centennial in July 2016.

Social Impact & Volunteering

NetSuite Employees Team Up for Local Communities for Global Impact Week

From park cleanups to Habitat for Humanity builds, from food drives to blood drives, NetSuite employees are committed to making a positive impact in their communities during Global Impact Week.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

In Indonesia, Novo Nordisk is Diabetes CSR Company of the Year

For the second straight year, the global research company Frost & Sullivan has named Novo Nordisk Indonesia the Diabetes CSR Company of the Year. The acknowledgement recognises the company’s commitment and collaboration to improve care for the six million people with diabetes living in major cities across Indonesia.

Social Impact & Volunteering

West Deptford Action Team Swings Right into Action

With 20-plus volunteer projects planned for the 2015-16 school year, the West Deptford (NJ) Action Team hit the ground running and completed two of them before the end of September.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

P&O Cruises Celebrates Whipping up £1million for Macmillan Cancer Support with Chef Eric Lanlard

P&O Cruises celebrates whipping up £1million for Macmillan Cancer Support with celebrity chef Eric Lanlard P&O Cruises is celebrating after successfully raising an incredible £1million for charity partner Macmillan Cancer Support. Staff from the Southampton based company marked the fantastic fundraising milestone alongside celebrity chef and P&O Cruises Food Hero Eric Lanlard on board new ship Britannia.

Research, Reports & Publications

CBRE Publishes Eighth Annual Corporate Responsibility Report

A leader in responsible business practices within the commercial real estate industry, CBRE Group has released its eighth annual Corporate Responsibility Report, which provides an overview of the global social, economic and environmental impacts of its operations.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Migrant Crisis: Support Arrives to Help Region’s Neediest Families

Europe is as unique culturally as it is geographically, and the makeup of FedEx team members in Europe is no different. Alongside that diversity comes a common respect for cultural differences, as well as a desire to collaborate in the communities where we live and work.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Major Leaguers Announce Players Choice Awards Finalists

Major League baseball players today announced the finalists for their highest honors – the Players Choice Awards – in which the players themselves recognize excellence on and off the field. Vying for top honor as 2015 Player of the Year are Josh Donaldson of the Toronto Blue Jays, Zack Greinke of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals.

Education

Corporate Citizenship Progress Through Lifelong Learning

The importance of lifelong learning has been championed by great iconoclasts from Gandhi to Picasso. Through their own curiosity and desire to make things different and better, these people changed the world and the way that subsequent generations think about everything from art to citizenship. In many ways, the work of our members at the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship is similar. Bringing the assets of business to the table to solve some of our most intractable environmental and social problems demands new ways of thinking about the world.

Education

ASIMO Heads Honda Robotics Shows for Ohio STEM Students

Honda’s commitment to encouraging the growth of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education among young students is now bringing those concepts off the page and into the real world – courtesy of Honda Robotics.

Environment

Coming Soon: Timberland and Found Object present “KOMBIT: The Cooperative”

The documentary "KOMBIT: The Cooperative", premiering next week at SxSW Eco, tells the story of two unlikely partners and a determined community of 3,200 farmers in Haiti who band together with bootmaker Timberland to help fulfill the company’s vision to plant 5 million trees in 5 years, while building a sustainable and profitable agricultural enterprise.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Informe Anual 2014 de GFNorte reconocido a nivel mundial

La Academy Awards of Annual Reports, quien provee los más altos estándares para la evaluación de informes anuales destacando su excelencia, galardonó este año a GFNorte con 2 premios, los cuales resaltan la calidad de su Informe Anual 2014:

Latest Campaigns

  1. Novata News
    Communicating key news and updates about Novata.
  2. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  3. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Whirlpool Corporation has several CSR partners including United Way, Habitat for Humanity International, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Consulada...
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. Subaru Love Promise: Pets
    Subaru believes all pets deserve a loving home and we are the largest corporate donor to the ASPCA®. Subaru is proud to help make the world a better...
  8. Supply Chain Dive AI Playbook 2025
    Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept – it’s already transforming supply chains end to end. In a new Playbook developed by DP...
  9. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  10. People
    As a family-owned business, Bacardi values the importance of creating a warm and welcoming workplace. We do so by fostering an environment where...
  11. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  12. Cascale Events
    Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...
  13. Climate Stabilization
    SCS is working to advance climate accounting and reporting based on the latest climate science to help stabilize climate below temperature thresholds...
  14. Food Systems and Livelihoods
    Illustrate how resilient food systems and economic empowerment enable long-term food security. Cover climate-smart agriculture, local market access...
  15. Katrina 20th Anniversary
    This year marked the 20th anniversary of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Katrina, one of the worst, deadliest and most costly natural disasters to ever...