Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

The Power of Reverse Logistics

T-Mobile International AG

Green Infrastructure

Southwire Partners With Current/OS

Southwire

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Stack Up a Range of Benefits: Kick Off New Habits During Open Enrollment

Aflac Incorporated

Research, Reports & Publications

Sustainability at Chemours

Chemours

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

When Waters Rise: How PSEG Responds to Flooding and Protects Public Safety

PSEG

Social Impact & Volunteering

Rebuilding With Purpose in Western North Carolina

Truist





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Diversity & Inclusion

'We Help Mums Take Care Of Families, And We Care'

Events, Media & Communications

Alexandra Cousteau Leads the Launch of Newsroom Spearheading Awareness of Global Water Issues

Creating greater awareness of water events and sustainable water stewardship, the Blue Legacy Newsroom, a partnership between Blue Legacy International (Blue Legacy) and The Global Environment & Technology Foundation (GETF), with support from Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. (Keurig) (NASDAQ: GMCR), has unveiled its first pilot video news stories exploring the nutrient pollution challenges and toxic blue algae on Lake Champlain, Vermont.

Energy

City of Santa Rosa, California, and Trane to Increase Laguna Wastewater Treatment Plant’s Energy Independence

The City of Santa Rosa, CA, is collaborating with Trane, a leading global provider of indoor comfort solutions and services, to execute an innovative project that will increase energy independence at the city’s Laguna Wastewater Treatment Plant. This project includes implementing a $5 million grant from the California Energy Commission, the state’s primary energy and planning agency.

Environment

Curbing Environmental Concerns

In fact, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) identified climate change as the most common issue of materiality across all industries. Their research found that climate change is material in 50 of the 57 industries for which they have issued standards to date. The wood products industry is no exception.

Events, Media & Communications

Fox Sweeps Comedy Nominations in Environmental Media Awards

The Environmental Media Association has announced the nominees for its 25th annual Environmental Media Awards, and each of the three series nominated in the Television Comedy category was produced by a 21st Century Fox business. 'The Simpsons' and 'Bob's Burgers,' two of FOX's animated series were nominated, as well as the sitcom 'Cristela,' which is produced by Twentieth Century Fox Television. The Environmental Media Awards honor film and television productions that increase public awareness of environmental issues and inspire environmental responsibility.

Energy

Solar Adventure: Cyclist Travels 3,276 Miles on SunPower-Charged Electric Bike

California woman travels coast-to-coast on a solar-powered electric bike. Read about her efforts to tell the nation about clean energy in a unique way.

Research, Reports & Publications

Want People to Read Your Sustainability Report? Add a Personal Touch

Corporate responsibility report season is upon us, and with that, we are constantly being inundated with important data — reductions in carbon emissions, savings in waste and changes in energy use. This increase in sustainability reporting is a sign that we’re all moving towards a more sustainable future, but how can you make sure that the information you’re reporting on is relatable — that it’s truly resonating? How can you ensure that your customers and consumers feel connected to your sustainability report?

Innovation & Technology

Bloomberg LP: CodeNow in a Box

Summer vacation is a great time for students to get out of their comfort zone, learn new things and get creative but it’s also a time when academic development declines. To prevent “the summer slide,” Bloomberg hosted 100 public high school students at its global headquarters in New York City for a three-day coding camp with CodeNow.

Events, Media & Communications

Achieving Impact! What is Holding You Back?

Every company claims a desire to achieve impact. Too few experience success. What barriers prevent community investors from realizing their impact goals?

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Issues On Modern Day Slavery & Forced Labor Within Seafood Supply Chains

Social Impact & Volunteering

Corporate Investment and Volunteering Help Fuel Detroit’s Renaissance

In the three part series titled “Corporate Investment and Volunteering Help Fuel Detroit’s Renaissance”, The New Global Citizen takes an in-depth look at Detroit’s current conditions and what some corporations are doing to support the city’s revival.

Research, Reports & Publications

MGM Resorts International Issues Annual Corporate Social Responsibility Report

Themed “Inspiration Begins With Us!”, the report features the company’s accomplishments in corporate social responsibility (CSR), which includes Diversity and Inclusion, Philanthropy and Community Engagement, and Environmental Sustainability initiatives. Released today, the report for 2014 is available for download on the company’s CSR website, www.mgmresorts.com/csr.

Social Impact & Volunteering

CITGO Leads Cleanup Effort at Camp Aranzazu

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Heavy-Duty Fleet Technology Expo Awards Announced

Many fleets were honored but only six took the top honors of the HDT Efficiency and Sustainability awards at the 2015 Fleet Technology Expo at an Aug. 26 ceremony.

Scott Ruder from Con-way Freight, Kirk Welch from Toyota, and Tim Harris from Celadon Trucking Services were given awards for HDT Efficiency. Steve Saltzgiver from Republic Services, Stephen Silverman from Raven Transport, and Scott Perry from Ryder System received the awards for HDT Sustainability.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

3BL Media Acquires ReportAlert™ Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report Announcement Service

3BL Media, a powerful communications platform used by Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits and NGOs to distribute their CSR and sustainability news and content to audiences that matter, announced today the acquisition of ReportAlert™, the corporate responsibility and sustainability report announcement and dissemination service founded in 2005.

Environment

Addressing Climate Change Across the Value Chain

With our planet’s population growth expected to reach 9 billion by 2050, we see the challenges with providing food for more people in a resource constrained world.

Health & Healthcare

Friendship can be a Life-Saver to a Student with Food Allergies

With food allergies on the rise, and 15 million Americans allergic to one or more foods, chances are good that someone you work with, go to school with or are friends with will have a food allergy. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, food allergies are a growing food safety and public health concern that affects between 4 and 6 percent of young people in the U. S. Allergic reactions can be life threatening and have far-reaching effects on the individual and their families, as well as the school, college or university they attend.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Call for Entries: Keep America Beautiful National Awards Program

To honor individuals and organizations committed to creating communities that are cleaner, greener and more beautiful places to live, Keep America Beautiful opens the application period for specific categories of its National Awards to the public, while others are offered exclusively to Keep America Beautiful affiliates. The application deadline for all Keep America Beautiful National Awards is Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015.

Environment

Radical Prescriptions for Climate Change from Conservative Leaders

In the recently released “Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change,” Muslim scholars from twenty countries joined Pope Francis in calling for action on climate change, in effect adding 1.6 billion Muslims to the 1.2 billion Catholics now called on to support the climate change movement. Acknowledging there will be climate deniers within that group — Presidential candidate Rick Santorum tried to make the argument just this week on Bill Maher’s Real Time — that’s more than a third of the world’s population.

Events, Media & Communications

Old Mutual Group Is The Gold Sponsor At The 2015 PRI In Person Conferenece

Environment

Paris Drives Impact by Stopping Traffic

As the demand for transparency in corporate responsibility efforts increases, the pressure is on for organizations to find inspiring ways to reach consumers. More and more, companies are taking to bold call-outs to raise awareness of sustainability issues—from Patagonia’s wildly successful, unconventional “Don’t Buy This Jacket” campaign to World Wildlife Fund’s visually impactful “Earth Hour” movement. Now one major city is hitting the road with an unprecedented plan to take a stand against the effects of pollution.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Travel+Leisure Readers Name Seabourn the 'World's Best Small-Ship Cruise Line' for 2015

It’s an exciting summer at Seabourn! Seabourn is pleased to share that the discerning readers of Travel + Leisure have voted them as the "World's Best Small-Ship Cruise Line" in the prestigious magazine's 2015 annual survey. They're excited to continue their nearly decade long legacy at the top in the "Small-Ship Cruise Line" category.

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