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Building a More Resilient, Agile, and Sustainable Future

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What We Learned (Or Didn’t) From Hurricane Katrina

TriplePundit

Social Impact & Volunteering

Social Impact & Volunteering

Aramark Volunteers Create Wellness Hub at Houston's Baker-Ripley Neighborhood Center

Aramark volunteers helped Houston's children and families get healtheir when they created a community health and wellness hub at Neighborhood Centers Inc.'s Baker-Ripley location as part of Aramark Building Community Day.

Research, Reports & Publications

MGM Resorts International Reduces. Reuses. Recycles

Environment

Mars Supports UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

Environment

Just Released! Report and Interactive Database on Food Security

American companies understand that strengthening individuals, communities, and ecosystems around the globe is good for business. The U.S. Chamber Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center’s (CCC) latest report, Mapping the Food Security Landscape, aims to help the private sector maximize their impact in the food security space.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Industry-Led Water Innovation is a Vital Investment in Our Future

Water scarcity is one of the greatest risks facing humanity and the global economy. Water shortages—from the U.S. to Peru to India—are impacting every facet of our society, including our global food supply.

Energy

Solar Power Pros and Cons: 10 Myths Debunked

Though solar energy systems are being installed on more homes and businesses than ever, many people have misconceptions about it. SunPower's latest blog post debunks 10 solar myths.

Events, Media & Communications

Sustainable Brands Announces Program Details for Brand Innovation Conference in UK

Sustainable Brands® recently announced program details for its pan-European conference to be held at the Beaumont Estate in Windsor, November 16-18. SB’15 London will showcase disruptive business model innovations, new research on customer expectations and purchase drivers around sustainability and advances in how companies are transforming sustainability-led initiatives into profitable business outcomes.

Responsible Production & Consumption

West Elm Partners with Fair Trade USA to Improve the Lives of 40,000 Factory Workers Globally

West Elm and Fair Trade USA are raising the bar for the manufacturing industry.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Tetra Rex® Bio-based wins top award for ‘Sustainable Innovation’

Tetra Pak has won another award for its revolutionary Tetra Rex® Bio-based - The World’s First Renewable Package. Ethical Corporation announced Tetra Pak as winner of the Sustainable Innovation title at the Sixth Annual Responsible Business Awards ceremony in London last week. The awards celebrate responsible business practice from around the world in seventeen different categories, recognising organisations as well as individuals for their achievements.​

Innovation & Technology

Hershey Announces Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Build a Sustainable Supply Chain to Support Basic Nutrition for Children in Ghana

The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) announced a new Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Commitment to Action to train 7,500 farmers in Ghana on improved agronomic practices, empowering them to supply local commercial markets with safe and high-quality peanuts to produce Vivi, a vitamin and mineral-fortified nutritional supplement distributed to school children in Ghana. Hershey commits to 100% local sourcing of peanuts for its production of Vivi by 2018.

Environment

Strong Community Engagement: A Recipe for Business Success

Strong engagement with local institutions, organizations and partners creates a mutual advantage for our company and the areas where we live and work.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Bloomberg's New Tool Integrates Water Risk Considerations in Equity Valuation Process

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

US Businesses, Investors Urge Stronger Truck Standards

Two major coalitions of business and investment leaders today called on the Obama Administration to strengthen its proposed rules for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, citing tens of billions of dollars and hundreds of millions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions that could be saved.

Environment

The Imprisonment of A Climate Hero

Events, Media & Communications

Achieving Impact! 2015 – Community Investment in Canada

In 2014, 36 LBG Canada companies invested $428 million dollars in community. When including funds leveraged from external stakeholders, this total increases to $551 million dollars. Over the course of the next two days, 65 community investment professionals will gather at the RBC Centre for Achieving Impact! 2015, the annual national conference for LBG Canada.

Events, Media & Communications

(2015) VIP Invite: 12 Reasons, 0 Objections

You are invited by the CRA (Corporate Responsibility Association) to attend this year’s COMMIT!Forum event on October 21-22, 2015 at the TKP Conference Center in New York City.

Events, Media & Communications

National Bike Challenge Hits 35 Million Mile Mark Ahead of Schedule

The National Bike Challenge, an online ride tracking competition sponsored by PeopleForBikes and Kimberly-Clark, reached its 35 million mile goal this week, 10 days ahead of the five-month competition's end. Since the Challenge began May 1, 92,057 riders have recorded 35,081,343 miles. That's a 50 percent increase from the 2014 Challenge, which ended with 23 million miles ridden.

Education

Keeping Educational Doors Open to Shape a Successful Future for America

America’s future depends on our ability to train future generations to fill necessary workforce positions, and to continue innovating so that American businesses can meet new challenges and open new sectors. Yet, our country is not producing enough college graduates to meet the growing demand – 16 million too few by 2025, according to the Kresge Foundation.

Innovation & Technology

Deloitte Consulting LLP Launches Social Impact Practice During UN General Assembly Week

As leaders gather for the 70th General Assembly of the United Nations and the official announcement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Deloitte Consulting LLP (“Deloitte”) today announced the launch of its new social impact practice.

Events, Media & Communications

The North Face Unveils “Never Stop,” First Global Campaign in Company History

Social Impact & Volunteering

T. Rowe Price Invests in Baltimore with Financial Education

Health & Healthcare

BJ's Wholesale Club Kicks Off Diaper Need Awareness Week

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