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Education & Workforce Development

Apply to be an Amgen Scholar at the National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the Nation's biomedical research institution consisting of 27 Institutes and Centers dedicated to improving human health worldwide.

Volunteering & Community

Community Charities Win Players Trust Golf Tournament Again

Charities doing great work in their communities here and around the world were the big winners of the 12th annual Players Trust golf tournament on Thursday (Jan. 14) when more than 50 current and former players competed for prizes and bragging rights at the beautiful and challenging Cascata course.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Antea Group Case Study: Real Estate Portfolio Consolidation

Antea Group has been engaged to assist a major US print company with a decade-long consolidation of its real estate portfolio.

Corporate Responsibility

The Fast Lane to Economic Opportunity

Education & Workforce Development

RSF Social Finance Winter Quarterly: What is the Nature in Art?

In the latest RSF Quarterly, we explore the role of nature in education and the arts. Brad Miller, a teacher at High Mowing School, shares with us the life lessons his students gain through their study of biodynamic horticulture.

Corporate Responsibility

Q&A: Why Wrangler Joined The Sustainability Consortium

Wrangler’s new director of sustainability, Roian Atwood, and TSC CEO Sheila Bonini discuss what the new membership means for the two organizations.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Voting With Our Dollars and Investing in Change


Sustainable investing has the power to create change, says Morgan Stanley’s Audrey Choi in her TED@State Street talk.

Energy & Infrastructure

Debunking the Myths Behind Concentrating Solar Power With Micro-CSP

Most people think that concentrating solar thermal (CSP) power plants must be large and expensive.

Volunteering & Community

Points of Light, GE Volunteers and the Corporation for National and Community Service Bring Communities Together to Honor the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Through Volunteer Service

Points of Light, with support from GE Volunteers and the Corporation for National and Community Service; and in partnership with nonprofits and hundreds of local volunteer action centers, will mark the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, Jan. 18, by mobilizing more than 200,000 volunteers across the country in service projects and discussions of critical community issues.

Research & Reports

Diageo Fires Back at Latest Deceptive CAMY Report

The following statement is for attribution to Guy L. Smith, Executive Vice President, Diageo North America.

AI & Technology

7 Steps to a Successful Demo Process

So, you’ve done the RFP (Request for Proposal) process. You’ve figured out your top vendor choices to help manage your corporate volunteer and giving programs.

Energy & Infrastructure

Law Firms Going Green to Support Resource-Efficiency

The EPA defines “green building” as the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle from site design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation and deconstruction.

Corporate Responsibility

3BL Media and Governance & Accountability Institute Announce Partnership to Improve Distribution and Benchmarking of Corporate Sustainability Reports

3BL Media and Governance & Accountability Institute (G&A Institute) announced today a data analysis and distribution partnership to increase awareness of corporate sustainability reporting, and to better enable companies to benchmark their sustainability reporting versus their industry and investing peers.

Environment

Making the EPA Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule Work For You

The public comment period on the proposed revisions to the hazardous waste management program closed just before the end of 2015. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed these regulations to ”address gaps in the regulations, provide greater flexibility for hazardous waste generators to manage their hazardous waste in a cost-effective and protective manner, and reorganize the hazardous waste generator regulations to make them more user-friendly and thus improve their usability by the regulated community.” The regulations will likely have some impact on all regulated classes of hazardous waste generators.

Volunteering & Community

2016 Outlook: Business and Purpose

The idea of double and triple bottom line has moved from concept to practice. Companies are recognizing that in order to remain competitive they need to invest in their workforce with more than just a fair paycheck, but by operating under a corporate mandate that has purpose and meaning outside of money making. They are recognizing that partnering with nonprofit organizations is not an act of charity - it's a way to tap into the expertise they need to maintain and strengthen the communities where their employees live and work.

Corporate Responsibility

Pentair: 50 Years of Winning Right

Pentair’s four CEOs reflect on the company’s history and its Win Right values.

Health & Healthcare

Atlas Copco Engages in Company-Wide SafeStart Program

Safety first. It’s a phrase commonly uttered by managers, splayed across colorful, eye-catching placards on production floors and posted on break room bulletin boards.

Research & Reports

More Than 1,000 Sustainability Reports Expected in Next Two Years in North America: CSE Research

Recent research by the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence focuses on the sustainability reporting trends of companies and organizations in North America, on the use of specific reporting standards and guidelines, and on the external assurance practices followed by these companies and organizations.

Health & Healthcare

Antea Group Case Study: Ensuring Safe Drinking Water State-Wide

A state environmental agency contracted with Antea®Group to assist in the execution of a state-wide clean drinking water program. Program objectives included the development of an efficient and standardized program to monitor for chemical and biological contaminants across more than 6,500 public water systems.

Philanthropy

Talking Testing in the Fight Against AIDS

When you’re living with HIV, knowledge and action can mean the difference between a long and healthy life and a life cut tragically short. So we’re committed to making sure that those in the US who have the virus know it and are empowered to do something about it.

Environment

Sanofi – Transport of Medicine and Environmental Preservation

Sanofi has developed its supply chain of medicine towards a bigger environmental preservation for over 10 years.

Environment

Republic Services: #RecycleMore Tip #1

We all know we can recycle more ‪#‎recyclemore, but staying motivated can be a challenge. We're kicking off the new year with tips to help educate and promote sustainable resolutions ‪#‎SustainableResolutions. The first one is very important: Know HOW to Recycle…or clean, dry and empty.

Latest Campaigns

Sustainability- Carnival Corporation's Way of Doing Business

Carnival’s approach to sustainability is a full-time commitment; it is not a cost of doing business, it is a way of doing business. We at Carnival...

Thermal & Specialized Solutions

Chemours’ Thermal & Specialized Solutions (TSS) business sits at the intersection of chemistry, physics, and design, making it a leading provider of...

Aflac Stories

Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.

Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)

The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...

Collective Action

Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...

Sustainable Operations

ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)

GoDaddy Empower

GoDaddy Empower is our signature social impact program, designed to help emerging entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses online.

Growth Through Sustainability

Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...

GoDaddy Empower

GoDaddy Empower is our signature social impact program, designed to help emerging entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses online.

GoDaddy Empower

GoDaddy Empower is our signature social impact program, designed to help emerging entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses online.