Wells Fargo Foundation has upped its initial $2 million in grants to relief organizations to $5 million, broadening support to homeowners and the small business community.
Federal Express Corporation, one of the world’s largest express transportation companies, has helped inspire environmental awareness among children from care homes in the Greater Tokyo Area.
Storms, fires and floods hit communities every year. When they do, staying connected becomes a lifeline. In just the first half of 2025, the U.S. saw 14 separate billion-dollar disasters — with several more since.
Many people today feel disconnected; from institutions, from their neighbors, and from a sense of meaning in their work. Corporate volunteering is a practical, human-centered response to this challenge.
Federal Express Corporation (FedEx), one of the world’s largest express transportation companies, has completed a series of employee-led community cleanups, collectively removing approximately 360 kilograms of litter.
My friend and fellow Guiding Stars blogging colleague, Allison Stowell, and I recently returned from the world’s largest dietitian conference, the annual conference of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Women running small businesses are changing their approach to digital technology. Instead of expensive transformations, they’re choosing concrete step-by-step actions, supported by other women and well-chosen tools.
Your child’s latest birthday photo, that cute dance video. Share them on social media and they add to your family’s digital footprint. And depending on the settings you’ve chosen, AI could use them.
When words aren’t enough, actions speak louder. That’s the heart of “Beyond Words,” a new children’s book from Aflac that teaches empathy and the power of showing up for others. Written by bestselling author Sheri Fink, the story follows Buddy the bear cub on a heartfelt mission.
Ommeed Sathe has a big job. He oversees a $500 million portfolio of investments designed to produce both financial and social returns, and Prudential aims to increase the amount of money invested to $1 billion by 2020. But the financial-services giant isn’t just investing in other people’s deals. The company is recruiting partners and creating its own projects for social good.
In December, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) announced the nominees for the 47th NAACP Image Awards, with FOX's hit musical series Empire scoring 12 nominations across the music and television categories. Other 21st Century Fox businesses, including FX and 20th Century Fox, received nominations, as well as other FOX series such as Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Rosewood. The two-hour ceremony, hosted by Anthony Anderson, will be telecast live from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on TV One on Feb. 5 at 9pm/8c.
Many look at the new year as a time to reevaluate and reprioritize, so it is a perfect time to remind people of the importance of “going green” in their daily lives. With that in mind, the Cleveland Cavaliers will host “Sustainability Awareness Night,” presented by Republic Services, this Monday, January 4th.
In more than 16 years of partnership with Habitat for Humanity, Whirlpool Corporation has developed active programs in more than 45 countries with a commitment of more than $90 million. In the United States and Canada, the company has donated more than 168,000 ranges and refrigerators to new Habitat homes, serving more than 85,000 families.
Portfolio decarbonization means investors systemically integrate carbon information into portfolio design, signaling that climate change and the corporate response to it, are critical to shareholder value and investor interests.
NetSuite.org’s SuiteImpact initiative, where NetSuite employeees give back to the local community through hands-on volunteer activities, has taken off, gaining participants from every NetSuite office from all over the world. SuiteImpact Ambassadors are NetSuite employees who spearhead volunteer activities in their local office. Here, we are taking the time to get to know one of our SuiteImpact Ambassadors in our Toronto office, Nicole LaPenta.
Wells Fargo has committed $2 million over the next four years to Scholarship America to develop and implement the Wells Fargo Veterans Scholarship Program and the Wells Fargo Veterans Emergency Grant Program.
2015 marked another banner year for Mars, Incorporated and our many brands. From new production facilities to achieving sustainability goals, we achieved a lot this year. We’ve pulled together our 10 most exciting stories from the past 12 months so you can find everything all in one spot.
CITGO Petroleum Corporation fueled good this holiday season by bringing together employees from its Arlington Heights and Lemont Terminals, as well as its Lemont Refinery, on Christmas Day to volunteer and make a difference with local homeless shelter and support organization MorningStar Mission.
The National Association for Business Resources has named Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc. (ARG) among the Best and Brightest Companies To Work For® in the country.
The Southern Nevada division of Republic Services hosted a scarf collection drive to support the Catholic Charities shelter program during the holidays. Local Republic employees filled three large bags with more than 100 scarves. The theme for the scarf drive was Donate a Scarf from the Heart.
For more than 140 years, Prudential and Newark have brought out the best in each other. That’s never been more true than today. See how stories of innovation and inspiration are changing lives here—and changing minds about Newark everywhere else.
In my 10 years of working in talent recruiting and development in the nonprofit and social enterprise sectors, I often find myself in conversations with private sector professionals looking for a change.
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) recently appended The Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation.
Forest City’s The Mall at Robinson was recently recognized as a Pittsburgh Green Workplace Challenge winner by Sustainable Pittsburgh, a local organization that promotes economic prosperity, social equity and environmental quality.
From electrifying vehicles and finding a second useful life for waste to protecting threatened species and engaging colleges in a vision for a clean energy future, we’ve had plenty of great stories to tell this year. Here are our 15 favorites from 2015.
In 2014, a small winery in the central coast of California experienced a dramatic reduction in the flow of its groundwater wells, severely limiting the amount of water available for production, and threatening the viability of the entire operation.
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Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...
Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...
The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
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...
