When my uncle John passed in 1990, my family and I were devastated. He was the life of the party even if he wasn’t there. Then cancer took his body, along with his sense of humor, brilliant mind and business acumen.
FedEx made history with its first-ever round-trip donated flight operation for panda conservation. We transported Zoo Atlanta's beloved pandas Lun Lun, Yang Yang, Ya Lun, and Xi Lun to China and returned with two-year-old pandas Qing Bao and Bao Li.
At Mondelēz International, we strive to make a positive impact in the communities in which we live and work through our philanthropic partnerships, innovative investments, and the volunteering and giving efforts of our colleagues all over the world.
Kimberly-Clark Professional™ today announced the launch of its Thrive™ sustainability service that helps businesses reduce waste, track lifecycle progress and make a measurable environmental impact.
Cardiac mappers are experts in the cardiac arrhythmia ablation procedure, which requires technical knowledge of the procedure, cardiac anatomy and physiology, and skill at operating the software.
In the heart of Seine-Saint-Denis, one of Paris’s youngest and most working-class departments where half of the 11-year-olds cannot swim, the legacy of Paris 2024 is set to benefit the local community.
We recently announced the inauguration of an advanced BLUEWAVE™ technology facility at Dow's site in Lauterbourg, France. The combined capabilities of this facility is exemplary of our ongoing commitment towards sustainability, recycling and innovation.
When Elana Boyd Pea arrived in New York City for Mastercard’s exclusive watch party of CNBC’s Small Business Playbook last week, she wasn’t just there to network. She was there to champion a mission that’s been in her DNA since childhood.
Picture this: What happens when you take Bloomberg global engineering interns and task them with fixing a broken rocket ship? Take a look here:
The Engineering Intern Puzzle Challenge was an 18-hour overnight competition for Bloomberg interns in New York and London that unraveled an intricate space-themed story.
VolunteerMatch and Year Up have partnered to bring you a free webinar about the role of diversity in corporate social responsibility -- and the companies getting it right! It's happening this Thursday November 17, 2016. Learn more and reserve your spot.
In this contributed post, Christine Flounders, regional manager for engineering at Bloomberg L.P. London explains the importance of diversity in open source.
Washington (Nov. 15, 2016) – For Eli Lilly and Company, community change means ensuring every student in Indianapolis has access to STEM education. For FedEx, it means having FedEx team members help teach safe motorist behaviors to create safer, more walkable communities. For KeyBank, community change manifests itself in $25 million in funding and research efforts for affordable housing communities across the country. These are just three of the 50 companies Points of Light recognized as best practice corporate citizens in 2016. Who will be among the most community-minded companies in America in 2017?
On World AIDS Day, December 1st, 2016, Project Runway All Stars winner and Dining Out For Life spokesperson Mondo Guerra will reveal a 360-degree video designed to emphasize the power of Pozitivity while fostering hope and inspiration for people infected or affected by HIV/AIDS.
Law and Public Policy includes the Legal Services Division and the Global Government & Corporate Affairs Division. Responsibilities include legal and compliance services; media relations; internal communications; government affairs advocacy; sustainability consulting; and global environmental, health and safety services. Support for the Caterpillar Foundation is also provided by our group, making sustainable progress possible around the world.
A new study released by CECP and supported by Prudential Financial, Inc. found that large corporations invest approximately US$2.4 billion each year in initiatives and ventures designed to achieve financial returns as well as a positive economic, social, or environmental impact – commonly referred to as “impact investing.” The groundbreaking pilot study, Investing with Purpose, is the first time that the corporate role in impact investing has been analyzed in depth.
Antea Group was contracted to identify and quantify potential environmental liability associated with the operational acquisition of a multi-site portfolio of California retail fuel outlets. The objective consisted of characterizing existing petroleum hydrocarbon impacts by developing a custom Phase II baseline assessment scope of work to address specific data gaps identified in previously performed Phase I Environmental Site Assessments.
Light Lab, Mohawk Group's new design center, has won Petal Certification from the International Living Future Institute’s Living Building Challenge (LBC) program. Light Lab was the first LBC Petal Certified project in Georgia and the first restoration project in the Southeastern U.S.
As the final stop on the company’s 2016 tour of volunteer events across its network, CSX hosted a day of service at Windsor Hills Elementary School in Baltimore, Md. More than 130 volunteers from CSX, Windsor Hills, and nonprofit organizations City Year and Action for Healthy Kids joined together to improve the school.
This is the time of year when we reflect on the many things that those who have served in the armed forces have given to our country. But as service members like me know, serving in the military can give you back just as much. Serving as a Navy reservist gave me many skills that I brought with me to the workplace. But, at the same time, I could never have fulfilled my service without a supportive employer.
Today is America Recycles Day – an opportunity to celebrate recycling in the United States. GM knows recycling is good business and enjoys turning waste streams into revenue streams daily. Its vision is a future where cars are built without waste. Momentum is strong with 139 landfill-free sites around the world and more on the way.
SCS Global Services (SCS) has certified CTC Global's ACCC conductor for reducing CO2 emissions associated with transmission line losses by 27 to 31 percent under certain design conditions compared to the conventional ACSR conductor. The use of ACCC can achieve CO2 emission reduction goals and advance climate action plans.
In today's day and age it is all about social good (or at least it should be). There are numerous companies that are leading the trend. TOMS is one of the most widely recognized companies doing social good with the concept of buying a pair of shoes and giving one to someone in need.
This America Recycles Day, Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) encourages consumers to ensure that their recyclables are Empty, Clean & Dry. These three simple steps will help to reduce materials contamination in the recycling waste stream and ensure recyclables are repurposed into new materials as intended, while also improving the economics of recycling.
America Recycles Day is upon us, but does America recycle? Studies overwhelmingly reveal that Americans support recycling. Unfortunately, support for recycling doesn’t always translate into action.
So, what is holding consumers back from recycling more? Find out on our newest blog post at Ideas Unpacked.
At Wendy’s we have a wonderful tradition of celebrating our birthday and honoring our founder every year during Founder’s Week. This year, we make Founder’s Week even more special with the introduction of National Adoption Night. Tonight, on November 15, more than 90 percent of our restaurants will donate 15 percent of their evening sales to help local children in foster care find loving homes.
Mars, Incorporated is urging the business community and global leaders at COP22 to take bold action to implement the targets agreed last year in Paris for tackling climate change. Mars combined this call to action with an announcement of plans for a wind farm in Mexico—its third major wind energy commitment in as many years.
Cadillac today announced the first-ever 2017 CT6 Plug-In Hybrid prestige sedan will go on sale in the spring of 2017, with a total driving range of more than 400 miles.
A revolutionary new food recycler from Whirlpool Corporation’s innovation incubator, WLabs, is bringing new meaning to sustainability in the home. The ZeraTM Food Recycler now gives consumers an easy and convenient way to help reduce the amount of waste they’re sending to the landfill by converting food waste into ready-to-use, homemade fertilizer.
Our generous supporters make it possible for the Foundation to award grants to public and private adoption agencies to employ 234 Wendy’s Wonderful Kids recruiters.Their responsibility is to find safe, loving and permanent homes for children who have been in foster care the longest.
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