Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Events, Media & Communications

National Geographic Channel's Summer 2016 TCA Announcements: Climate Change, Gender Fluidity, Ivory Trade VR Documentary, More

Aug 3, 2016 10:00 AM ET

National Geographic Channel made a number of big announcements during its summer 2016 Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour Saturday, signaling the realization of the transformational vision to become the world's leading destination for premium science, adventure and exploration programming announced last year.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CITGO and Charlie’s Place Recovery Center Partner for “A Night in Vegas” Fundraiser Benefitting Patients Battling Addiction

Aug 3, 2016 10:00 AM ET

For more than 50 years, Charlie’s Place Recovery Center, one of Texas’s largest nonprofit, residential drug and alcohol treatment centers, has helped thousands of people suffering from drug and alcohol addiction rebuild their lives. To further the center’s work helping patients overcome addiction, CITGO Petroleum Corporation is again sponsoring the Charlie’s Place “A Night in Vegas” fundraiser. Funds raised from this year’s event, which will be held August 20 at the American Bank Center, will go toward patient care.

Energy

Black & Veatch Takes on Innovative South African Waste-to-Energy Project

Aug 3, 2016 10:00 AM ET

Black & Veatch was selected by MBHE African Power (PTY) Ltd, a local renewable energy developer, to provide technical assistance for the country’s first waste-to-energy (WTE) plant.

Research, Reports & Publications

Las Vegas Sands | Excellence Around the World

Aug 3, 2016 9:30 AM ET

We believe creating excellence in the hospitality industry is not only good for our business, but for the health of our local communities and the industry as a whole.

Research, Reports & Publications

From Connecting Classrooms to Making Smarter Cities, AT&T’s Tech is Driving Change

Aug 3, 2016 9:00 AM ET

AT&T has released its annual sustainability update, which highlights the company’s successes, progress and opportunities for the future.

Our world has never been more connected than it is today. From smartphones and smartwatches to smart homes and cities, connectivity is changing virtually everything about how we live, work and solve problems. And AT&T is proud to be in the center of it all. Everything the company does is designed to harness the power of connectivity to change the world.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Success Builds on Success

Aug 3, 2016 9:00 AM ET

Environmental and social responsibility goals go hand in hand with financial success. Environmental initiatives drive direct savings in energy and materials, employee training increases productivity and customer satisfaction, and strong sustainability positioning results in higher levels of customer loyalty, revenue and profit.

Energy

Lost in Translation -- Making Sense of Three Critical Renewable Energy Strategies: Power Purchase Agreements, Virtual PPAs and Renewable Energy Certificates

Aug 3, 2016 9:00 AM ET

An increasing number of enterprises are focused on going 100% renewable, driven in large part by the recent push to established science-based carbon reduction goals. Three of the supporting energy strategy trends to help enterprises achieve these goals are Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), Virtual PPAs, and Renewable Energy Certificates. None of these is probably a term that comes tripping off the tongue of the average businessperson.

Health & Healthcare

Innovating to Save Women’s Lives

Aug 3, 2016 12:00 AM ET

Kenya-based Jacaranda Health has joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a pledge to provide 50,250 low-income women and children with high-quality maternal and child health care at its maternity hospitals by the end of 2019. The company has also committed to open two more maternity hospitals in 2018 and pilot innovative healthcare delivery models in 25 public health facilities to reach 250,000 additional women and children.

Events, Media & Communications

Women of FOX Sports and Geena Davis Institute discuss importance of female role models in sports

Aug 2, 2016 8:00 PM ET

More than 100 people gathered in Los Angeles on July 28 to hear from a panel of truly inspirational women on the importance and impact of positive role models in the world of sports. At the beautiful Fairmont Hotel in Santa Monica, the Women of FOX Sports partnered with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media to host "A League of Their Own: Sports Inspiring Social Change."

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Source Intelligence® Earns Additional Honors For Innovation, Technology and Leadership

Aug 2, 2016 7:55 PM ET

Source Intelligence® continues to earn global awards in recognition of its superior technology and innovation as well as its strong, creative leadership.

Innovation & Technology

The Technology and Sustainability Entanglement

Aug 2, 2016 6:00 PM ET

Technology has momentum. It is disruptive and unstoppable. You can’t build a wall around it. To say that technology is more than the sum of its parts is a vast understatement, since technology in its connected aggregate is akin to an atmosphere that envelops us.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Making a Positive Impact: Inspiring Young People to Get Involved in Their Community

Aug 2, 2016 4:00 PM ET

Actively engaging young people in their community can result in positive and meaningful social change. Learn more about how to engage young people by reading Six Steps to Engage Millennials in Social Change and utilizing the complimentary Youth Engagement Toolkit.

Research, Reports & Publications

UPS Drives 1 Billion Cleaner Miles, Achieves Goal One Year Early

Aug 2, 2016 3:00 PM ET

UPS’s 14th annual Sustainability Report provides a comprehensive update on the company’s sustainability efforts, including an announcement that the company has achieved its goal of driving 1 billion miles in its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet one year earlier than planned.

Innovation & Technology

Watch the Living Progress Challenge Finals Live August 3 -- and See Who Wins!

Aug 2, 2016 2:50 PM ET

On August 3, the 10 finalists of the first Living Progress Challenge, will pitch their solutions in hopes of being selected as a winner. Winners will receive HPE support to build and deploy their digital solutions for social impact.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Diageo North America Among 50 Best Companies for Diversity and Inclusion, Again Named to Diversity MBA’s “50 Out Front” List

Aug 2, 2016 2:15 PM ET

Diageo North America has once again been recognized by Diversity MBA’s prestigious “50 Out Front for Diversity Leadership” list of the best places in the country for women and diverse managers to work. This is the fifth consecutive year that Diversity MBA, a national leadership organization, has named Diageo to the list. Diageo was ranked 18th overall, and also identified as Best in Class for representation of women and people of color in the most senior leadership roles. Additionally, Diversity MBA selected three Diageo North America employees for its “Top 100 Under 50” list, which recognizes diverse executives and emerging leaders.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Team Honda Week of Service Lends a Helping Hand Across North America

Aug 2, 2016 2:00 PM ET

Some 16,000 volunteers participated in the inaugural Honda Week of Service last month, performing a variety of community services that highlighted the important work of local community organizations throughout North America.

Environment

Natural Business for a World That's Waking Up

Aug 2, 2016 1:30 PM ET

Albert Einstein threw down the gauntlet for our human evolution when he said, “A human being is a part of the whole, called by us ‘universe’, a part limited in time and space."

Events, Media & Communications

Annual Ideagen UN Empowering Women & Girls 2030 Global Summit

Aug 2, 2016 1:00 PM ET

Ideagen Convenes Luminaries from the world’s leading companies, NGO’s and public sectors in New York at the Delegation of the European Union to the UN and United Nations for the Annual UN Empowering Women and Girls 2030 Global Summit

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

California Team’s Nature-Inspired Home Gardening System Captures the Student Living Product Prize

Aug 2, 2016 1:00 PM ET

A team from California State University, Long Beach has won the 2016 student Living Product Prize for their innovative approach to a water and space-efficient home gardening system.

Education

PT Freeport Indonesia, a Freeport-McMoRan Company, Provides Business Management Training to Papuan Entrepreneurs

Aug 2, 2016 12:05 PM ET

PT Freeport Indonesia’s Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Development Program mentors indigenous entrepreneurs through all aspects of business development and management.

Research, Reports & Publications

Taproot Foundation and BMW Foundation Release Global Pro Bono Summit Recap: A Snapshot of the 2016 International Convening of Pro Bono Leaders

Aug 2, 2016 12:00 PM ET

The Global Pro Bono Summit Recap has just been released. This captures the highlights from the March 15-18 event held in Singapore this year. Visit www.taprootfoundation.org.

Events, Media & Communications

Register for Your FREE Sustainability Training Intro Course

Aug 2, 2016 11:30 AM ET

Health & Healthcare

ORB, by mPowering, Celebrates One Year of Empowering Frontline Health Workers with Access to Educational Resources

Aug 2, 2016 11:05 AM ET

Recently, a reception was held in Washington D.C. to commemorate the one-year anniversary of ORB, an mHealth content platform created by mPowering for frontline health workers.

Innovation & Technology

IBM Smarter Cities Challenge: Making 911 Smarter, Safer and Cheaper

Aug 2, 2016 11:00 AM ET

Check out this story about how an IBM Smarter Cities Challenge team is having a direct impact on the lives and welfare of Memphis' residents, in addition to helping the city conserve needed funds. As with many cities, Memphis emergency services (EMS) scramble equipment and trained personnel in response to an increasing number of non-emergency calls.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Driving Impact To Make Lasting Change

Aug 2, 2016 11:00 AM ET