Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Ecolab Provided In-Kind Product Donations Worth More Than $2.3 Million in 2015 to Aid Global Disaster Relief

Mar 8, 2016 12:30 PM ET

During 2015, Ecolab provided in-kind donations worth more than $2.3 million to support disaster relief efforts. Working in partnership with non-profit organizations, the company quickly gathered needed cleaning, sanitizing and public health products for distribution to areas impacted by natural disasters.

Innovation & Technology

Will Disruption Take a Bite Out of Logistics Jobs?

Mar 8, 2016 12:00 PM ET

As advancing technology and business-model innovations gain momentum and threaten to disrupt logistics, some are beginning to worry about their impact on logistics-related jobs.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Time is Now and the Responsibility is Ours: 3 Imperatives to Achieve Gender Parity

Mar 8, 2016 11:50 AM ET

Around the world, women are increasing their contributions to social, economic, cultural and political development, but unfortunately, the progress towards gender parity significantly lags behind.

According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), 38 years have been added to their global gender parity prediction—that is, in 2014 the WEF predicted perfect gender parity would take place in 2095, and this year (2015) the prediction is pushed back to take place in 2133. The pace of progress is unacceptable and the time for change is now. This International Women’s Day, let’s explore how we can contribute to fostering female equality world-wide.

Energy

National Grid to Provide One-Stop Solar Shopping For Rhode Island Customers

Mar 8, 2016 10:15 AM ET

Environment

Go Green: Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Commitment to the Environment

Mar 8, 2016 10:05 AM ET

At Bristol-Myers Squibb, sustainability means conducting our business to help patients prevail over serious diseases in a manner that contributes to economic growth, social responsibility and a healthy environment now and in the future.

Environment

Timberland Kicks Off National Tour of Documentary Film, “KOMBIT: The Cooperative”

Mar 8, 2016 9:30 AM ET

Global outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland announces the national tour of “KOMBIT: The Cooperative,” a documentary film chronicling a five-year project to reforest Haiti in partnership with the Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA), a Haitian nonprofit farmer cooperative dedicated to reforesting the country.

Diversity & Inclusion

Bloomberg Expands Global Diversity & Inclusion Team: Hires Pamela Hutchinson in London and Hayden Majajas in Singapore

Mar 8, 2016 9:30 AM ET

Erika Irish Brown, Bloomberg’s Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion, today announced two hires to the company’s growing Global D&I team. Pamela Hutchinson will lead the D&I effort in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Hayden Majajas will oversee the Asia-Pacific region.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How BSR Is Advancing Women's Empowerment

Mar 8, 2016 9:00 AM ET

On this International Women's Day, BSR shares its growing portfolio of work on women's empowerment in two areas: research and tools and collaboration.

Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating Women Beyond International Women’s Day

Mar 8, 2016 9:00 AM ET

At Qualcomm, we honor, support, and celebrate women year round: We provide and participate in myriad initiatives aimed at empowering women of all ages, both inside and outside our company. Just within the last month, using International Women’s Day (IWD) as the inspiration, we hosted a number of motivational and affirmative events celebrating women.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New JPMorgan Chase Report Reveals Uncertainty Over How Well Tech Training Programs Are Meeting Employers Needs

Mar 8, 2016 9:00 AM ET

Events, Media & Communications

New Green Building Partnership to Push Best Practice Boundaries

Mar 8, 2016 9:00 AM ET

A new partnership between the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA), the Living Future Institute of Australia (LFIA) and the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) aims to accelerate the creation of healthier, resilient, equitable and ecologically restorative building practices.

Social Impact & Volunteering

American Red Cross Receives New Emergency Response Vehicle Donation from Astellas

Mar 8, 2016 9:00 AM ET

The American Red Cross today recognized Astellas for its gift of a first-of-its-kind energy efficient emergency response vehicle, which is a high tech truck enabling the Red Cross to quickly provide food and supplies to people affected by disasters.

Events, Media & Communications

GRI & SDGs: Beyond Reports for Global Goals

Mar 8, 2016 8:30 AM ET

Environment

French Focus – Corporate Responsibility and Commercial Real Estate

Mar 8, 2016 8:30 AM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

H&M Named as One of the World's Most Ethical Companies in 2016

Mar 8, 2016 8:30 AM ET

The World’s Most Ethical Companies program honors companies that excel in three areas – promoting ethical business standards and practices internally, enabling managers and employees to make good choices, and shaping future industry standards by introducing tomorrow’s best practices. H&M has been recognised by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the world’s most ethical companies for the sixth year.

Research, Reports & Publications

Publication of the 2015 "Nestlé in Society Creating Shared Value and Meeting Our Commitments" Report

Mar 8, 2016 8:00 AM ET

How many farmers worldwide supply directly to Nestlé? Did the company meet its target for zero waste in factories?

Social Impact & Volunteering

MilliporeSigma: Engaging Employees to #SPARKcuriosity

Mar 8, 2016 7:55 AM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

Freeport-McMoRan Funds Women and Children Shelter in Arizona

Mar 8, 2016 7:50 AM ET

The addition of the annex will more than double the shelter’s capacity and will allow the shelter to open its doors to women and children.

Energy

Green-e to Launch International Renewable Energy Standard and Certification

Mar 8, 2016 6:00 AM ET

San Francisco–based nonprofit Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) is pleased to announce the development of the Green-e Energy International Standard for renewable electricity.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Last Call: Weigh In on Social Innovation Trends

Mar 7, 2016 7:00 PM ET

Contribute to a new resource that will tell the collective story of shared value in practice – across sectors and geological boundaries – over the last five years. Complete the survey by March 11th for your chance to win a free registration to the Shared Value Leadership Summit in New York.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Conducir a casa de forma Segura

Mar 7, 2016 6:00 PM ET

Del 6 al 9 de marzo de 2016, Toronto, Ontario, será el anfitrión de más de 20,000 personas provenientes de alrededor de 100 países que asistirán a la Convención Internacional de la Asociación de Exploradores y Desarrolladores de Canadá (PDAC, por su sigla en inglés). Goldcorp se enorgullece en ser patrocinador Platino de este evento donde se reúne la industria minera mundial para conectarse y aprender unos de otros. En los próximos días, los invitamos a que nos conozcan mejor. Compartiremos una serie de historias donde destacan los empleados de Goldcorp y relatos de nuestras operaciones mineras que reflejan algunos de nuestros valores y prioridades en Goldcorp.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Driving Safety Home

Mar 7, 2016 6:00 PM ET

From March 6-9, 2016, Toronto, Ontario will host over 20,000 attendees from over 100 countries at the PDAC International Convention. Goldcorp is proud to be a Platinum sponsor as the world’s mineral industry gathers to connect and learn from each other. Over the next few days, we invite you to get to know us better. We’ll share a multi-part series highlighting Goldcorp employees, and stories from our mine sites that reflect some of our values and priorities at Goldcorp. On this first day of PDAC, we introduce you to a summer student who took the safety training he received during his time at Goldcorp and applied it in a personal situation to help make a complete stranger safer.

Social Impact & Volunteering

En sécurité jusqu’à la maison

Mar 7, 2016 6:00 PM ET

Du 6 au 9 mars 2016, Toronto, Ontario accueillera plus de 20 000 participants de plus de 100 pays à la convention international de la Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC). Goldcorp est fière d’être un commanditaire Platinum de ce congrès, où des membres de l’industrie minière des quatre coins du monde se rassemblent pour se connecter et d’apprendre les uns des autres. Nous vous invitons à faire connaissance avec nous au cours des prochains jours. Nous partagerons une série d’articles consacrés aux employés de Goldcorp et rapporterons des histoires vécues en provenance de nos sites miniers qui reflètent les valeurs et les priorités de Goldcorp.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Restorative Justice Frames Discussions in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Mar 7, 2016 4:05 PM ET

The principles of Restorative Justice are a hot topic of conversation in and around Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in large part because of the outreach of the Skidmore College Project on Restorative Justice. As area schools explore best practices, a community forum looks at nation’s criminal justice system.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Caterpillar Inc. and Sun Select Produce Inc. Announce Plans for Greenhouse Collaboration

Mar 7, 2016 3:20 PM ET

Caterpillar Inc. and SunSelect Produce, Inc. today announced a strategic collaboration that will take the waste products of Caterpillar’s combined heat and power cogeneration facility in Mossville, Illinois, and put them to productive use in SunSelect hydroponic greenhouses. The greenhouse is expected to utilize excess thermal energy and carbon dioxide from ATPS’s natural gas fired turbines. The agreement is subject to regulatory approvals, satisfactory due diligence, permitting and closing conditions.