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Blue Cross Foundation Announces Grant Awards For Innovation

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation has announced the first three grant awards from its New Horizons grant fund.

Responsible Production & Consumption

What is EHS? A Look at Its Importance & Future in the Business World

In today’s world, environment, health and safety (EHS) is a core component of every business, going beyond meeting compliance requirements as a key driver of company’s overall business strategy.

On the Antea Group blog, we dive into a brief history of EHS and how it’s evolved over the years, its importance in today’s business world, the core responsibilities of EHS professionals, and future trends to be conscious of.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Kick Up Your Boots: Wendy’s Celebrates Cattle Ranchers at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Convention

Wendy's went to Nashville to attend the National Cattleman’s Beef Association (NCBA) annual convention and trade show to extend our relationships in the beef industry because this supply chain is pretty complex.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

A Blueprint for DIY Humanitarian Organizations: A Conversation with Dr. Chris Stout Center for Global Initiatives

In this episode of the Champions for Social Good Podcast, Jamie Serino speaks with Dr. Chris Stout (@drchrisstout), Founding Director of Center for Global Initiatives. Chris shares how his purpose for helping others has evolved throughout his journey through graduate school, international travels and projects with the World Economic Forum, and how that led him to create his own global humanitarian organization. The process of launching a 501(c)3 is also discussed, and Chris offers some advice from his own experience including where to find helpful tools and resources. During the conversation, Chris emphasizes the importance of maintaining a network of strong connections, building cross-sector partnerships, being flexible and having a contextual understanding of the service regions.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Holland America Line Reaches Milestone of $5 Million Donated to Cancer Support Through 'On Deck' Programming

In honor of World Cancer Day, Feb. 4, Holland America Line is proud to announce that to date, the guests and employees of the company have raised more than $5 million for cancer support through "On Deck" programming that began in 2006. Currently the "On Deck" for a Cause program benefits six international cancer organizations located in the United States, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Planet Foundation’s pre-GRAMMy Showcase & Benefit from 2015 Was A Hit

Whole Planet Foundation’s pre-GRAMMy Benefit and Showcase from 2015 was a hit! GRAMMY-nominees Keb' Mo', Mariachi Divas and Debi Nova performed and Sambazon, Lifeway Kefir and Whole Foods Market sponsored.

Diversity & Inclusion

Aflac is Committed to a Diverse, Thriving Workplace

We’re committed to a diverse, thriving workplace. That’s why 44% of our employees are minorities. Learn more about Aflac's commitment to diversity & inclusion.

Innovation & Technology

How Millennials are using Data to Power the Impact Investing Movement

The Case Foundation, is bullish on the impact investing movement and the power of private capital for public good. While still a relatively small market, impact investments are surging, with some seeing a trillion-dollar market potential by 2020. Against that context, we do a lot of thinking about what is standing in the way of tipping significantly more interested investors to activated investors.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How GOJO Raised the Bar for Sharing Its Sustainability Progress

Last fall, GOJO released our fifth annual sustainability report, What Matters Most. This report shares with all GOJO stakeholders – customers, team members and partners – our sustainability story and the progress we have made. It focuses on the areas that matter most to our stakeholders – creating Sustainable Value through collaboration, product innovation, our commitment to sustainable chemistry and more.

Education

Students Explore Fulfilling Careers at Marina Bay Sands

Collaborating with nEbO, the junior membership arm of the Labour Movement (NTUC), on Headstart, a signature project that prepares secondary school students to be more work-ready, Marina Bay Sands organized a visit in November for 54 students from Springfield Secondary School.

Environment

Sammy Roth: Rewiring the West

Diversity & Inclusion

Say Hello to the Antea Group Loveland Office!

The Loveland office focuses primarily on remediation and compliance areas of the oil and gas industry. However, we also service railroad, food and beverage, chemical and technology sector clients. We offer remediation services to reduce prolonged soil and groundwater contamination from downstream UST facilities.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Barclays is Leading the Way in Supporting Older Workers

Barclays is leading the way in recruiting, retaining and retraining older workers and is one of the first UK businesses to support the new government scheme 'Business Champion for Older Workers'.

The initiative, launched by Business in the Community, aims to find tangible solutions for businesses to retrain older workers and help them stay in work. The employment rate for working age adults is at a record high of almost 75%, but for people over 60, this falls to around 50%.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Redefining Business Leadership in a New Environment

As we witness a systematic assault on the foundations for a just and sustainable world, a new question is arising: How do companies and CEOs respond when basic principles are under attack? BSR President and CEO Aron Cramer provides advice.

Energy

A Nega-What?

In the five months since he changed the light bulbs, he’s saved over $1000 cumulatively compared to the previous year’s power bill. Those 28 LED bulbs cost him less than $200.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Kirstie McIntyre on HP’s Full Lifecyle Responsibility

HP has a long track record of placing sustainability high on its priority list and is recognized as a sustainability leader, recently receiving a 10 out of 10 rating by Gartner in its 2016 Supply Chain Top 25 rankings. Participating in and leading the circular economy is the next step in HP’s sustainability journey. It will help redefine how we function as a company, how our partners work with us, and how consumers work and live.

Environment

Daimler is Reducing the Burden on Cities

Thomas Beermann: Free-floating carsharing is a great opportunity for cities. Every large city that we have spoken to has more or less the same three problems, namely traffic density, air pollution and a lack of parking spaces. The service provided by car2go offers proven relief for all these problems.

Environment

Serious #Green Seventeen

If my title makes you think of Janet Evanovich, I hope it makes you smile. Smiling doesn’t always come easily these days for many of us committed to a sustainable and just world. However, as I keep reminding my friends, the world is not flat, and no amount of bluster makes it so. And for a long time now, it’s the multinational corporations that have had the economic power to effect needed change.

Innovation & Technology

Register for Lockheed Martin's Annual Code Quest Competition

Each year, Lockheed Martin hosts Code Quest, an annual computer programming competition where teams of 2-3 High School students each work together for 2.5 hours to solve problems by using JAVA and/or Python programming to complete the “quest.”

Environment

Cox Enterprises Brings New Waste Management Technology to the United States

Cox Enterprises announced that its Golden Isles Conservation Center, located in Nahunta, Ga., is bringing a new technology to the U.S. and making a positive impact on the environment. The Center utilizes an Italian pyrolysis technology that is being used for the first time in the U.S.

Environment

Georgia Historical Society Announces the Collection of Environmental Visionary Ray C. Anderson Now Open For Research

The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) is pleased to announce that the collection of the late Ray C. Anderson, the visionary industrialist, environmentalist, and founder of Interface, Inc., is now available for research at the GHS Research Center in Savannah and online through the GHS online finding aids. The collection was donated to GHS by the Ray C. Anderson Foundation and Interface, Inc. in late 2015.

Innovation & Technology

From Whiteboards to Neighborhoods, Smart Street Systems Engage Citizens

Once considered the purview of Jetsons-era futurescapes, smart street systems have made the transition from science fiction to real city council planning agendas. Sensor-laden Wi-Fi kiosks, smart streetlights, EV charging stations and integrated urban mobility systems are generating rising interest as cities demand greater connectivity, resource efficiency, enhanced public safety and more effective municipal service delivery.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

GRID Alternatives Receives Grant from Wells Fargo for Major Low-Income Solar Expansion

GRID Alternatives, America’s largest nonprofit solar developer, today announced the Wells Fargo Foundation has committed to a four-year, $2 million grant to expand low-income solar access. The grant builds on more than $4 million Wells Fargo has invested in GRID Alternatives since 2008, catalyzing the national expansion of GRID’s work bringing solar power and job training to disadvantaged communities.

Health & Healthcare

Three Quality of Lifehacks for Eating a Healthier Breakfast

February is National Hot Breakfast Month. And while chilly February is the perfect time to start your morning with something warm, there are benefits to eating a cooked breakfast year-round.

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    KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...
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    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
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    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
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