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Environment

Arbor Day Foundation Announces Initial Planting Locations for 20 Million #TeamTrees Trees

The Arbor Day Foundation is launching domestic and international planting projects to fulfill its commitment to plant more than 21.5 million trees funded by #TeamTrees, a viral crowdfunding campaign driven by YouTubers MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) and Mark Rober in late 2019.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

HPE’s Commitment to Protecting Human Rights

Championing human rights is fundamental to HPE’s values and mission to advance the way we live and work, and all people are entitled to basic freedoms and standards of treatment, both inside and outside the company

Responsible Production & Consumption

A Decade In Design

As we approach a new decade in design, themes of renewal underscore a resurgence of enthusiasm for responsible design practices.

Events, Media & Communications

HP at CES 2020: Unleashing Next Generation Computing and Sustainability Innovations

HP’s latest consumer and commercial product innovations offer users the freedom to work more securely and show their personal values by offering the world’s first notebook and sleeve made with ocean-bound plastic materials.

Events, Media & Communications

LG Electronics Sustainability Leadership Featured in CES Green Guide

Among many innovations for greener living highlighted at CES® 2020, LG Electronics is demonstrating its “ThinQ Home” energy management dashboard on 2020 LG AI-enabled smart TVs.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Choose the Right Technology for Your Employee Volunteering and Giving Programs.

Join this month’s episode of Listen Up! for a robust discussion on trends and best practices in the use of technology to support corporate citizenship programs. Wednesday, January 8, 11:30 – 12:30 EST (New York City time zone)

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comerica Bank Puts Commitment to Detroit on Display With $25,000 Donation to Detroit Public Safety Foundation

Comerica Bank awarded the Detroit Public Safety Foundation a $25,000 donation at the bank’s Michigan headquarters in downtown Detroit to kick off the DPSF’s week-long “Back the Blue” campaign

Education

Tech Is Helping Power Connections to African-American History

Blackbaud's largest single philanthropic contribution supports the International African American Museum in Charleston, S.C.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Whirlpool Corporation Impacted Communities Across the Globe in 2019

The Whirlpool Foundation has awarded more than $200 million in grants since its founding, and employees volunteer an average of 268,000 hours each year, supporting more than 1,000 organizations, while benefiting more than 1.6 million people around the globe.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Carnival Australia Supporting Australian Red Cross for Bushfire Disaster Relief

Australia’s leading cruise organisation, Carnival Australia, today pledged $350,000 to support the Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund as a result of the devastating bushfires.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Longer Events Increase our Opportunities to Give Back

Beginning in November of every year, Season of Giving involves Las Vegas Team Member volunteers in events like sorting and packaging food at a local food bank, bringing Team Members together to help Southern Nevada’s homeless population.

Research, Reports & Publications

Infographic: Renewable & Traditional Energy Strategies are Converging

What factors are driving this seismic shift toward sustainable energy and what can companies expect for the future of energy? The asnwers to these questions in Schneider Electric's Renewable & Traditional Energy Strategies are Converging infographic

Research, Reports & Publications

CECP Launches 2019 Industry-Defining Giving in Numbers Survey

Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP), the unrivaled leader in benchmarking on corporate social investments, is celebrating the launch of the 15th annual Giving in Numbers Survey, in partnership with hundreds of the world’s leading companies.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Alexion Employees Build and Donate Wheelchairs to Boston Medical Center

At Alexion, a core component of our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is Serving Our Communities. Recently, our General Managers (GMs) from around the world came together in Boston for a multiday leadership development workshop.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Las Vegas Sands and Clean the World Partner for Disaster Preparedness Event

Each year Sands Cares and Clean the World host a global, all-volunteer event to help build disaster relief kits for community members in need. In 2019, we brought the American Red Cross on board and turned the event into a kit build and blood drive.

Innovation & Technology

New Decade, New Tech: Sustainability Innovations to Watch at CES 2020

CES features nearly 200 exhibitors in the category of sustainability this year, along with presentations from industry leaders on topics including energy efficiency and revolutionizing package design.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation Opens 2020 Grassroots Grants with KidsGardening to Get More Kids Growing, Learning Outside

Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation and national nonprofit KidsGardening opened its Gro More Good Grassroots Grants, an annual grant program designed to get more kids outside through the development of youth-based garden and greenspace programs.

Social Impact & Volunteering

New Holland Agriculture Helps Keep Turkey’s Tractors in Top Condition

The periodic maintenance of tractors that work continuously throughout the year is essential for numerous reasons, namely to ensure safe operation and productive farming which produces high yields.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Finding and Using Best Practices For Working Forests

The fiber used to make our products comes from working forests. These are forests that are harvested sustainably and then replanted over and over.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Tackling Plastic and Poverty in Costa Rica

Xylem volunteers joined forces with Costa Rica Makes Me Happy (CRMMH) to help combat plastic pollution and to provide a family living in Tamarindo with clean water and a roof over their heads.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Bloomberg: Bringing Sustainability in House

Michael Barry, Head of Sustainable Business Operations at Bloomberg discusses the company's sustainability initiatives and approach, especially with regards to its 731 Lexington Avenue headquarters in NY in CoreNet Global's latest insite newsletter

Responsible Production & Consumption

Timberland Announces Move to Source Leather from Regenerative Ranches

Outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland announced a new partnership with Other Half Processing to build a responsible leather supply chain sourced from ranches that employ regenerative practices.

Environment

We’ve Entered a New Chapter of Consumer Sustainability Expectations. Is Your Organization Poised to Deliver?

What does the newest chapter in consumers’ changing, eco-focused mindsets mean for your company or your role as a sustainability leader?

Environment

"Teeming" for Wildlife in Pennsylvia

For more than 20 years, this Domtar mill has been using organic and nutrient-rich wastewater treatment residuals and acid-balancing lime residuals to rejuvenate old mine site

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