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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Human Rights Day 2019: BSR Reflections on the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

As we look ahead to 2020, what are the pivotal human rights issues that businesses should be paying attention to? Here’s what BSR heard at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights.

Media & Communications

Aflac CSR Campaign Nominated for Best Campaign of the Decade

The Holmes Report has picked its 16 favorite PR campaigns of the decade based on SABRE winners and its Global Creative Index, and Aflac has made the cut.

Energy

A Clear Vision and Strategy

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Reflecting on a Year at the Erb Institute: Impact Investing and DEI

Of the multitude of high-value opportunities available through the Ross School of Business, the School for Environment and Sustainability and the Erb institute itself, here are a few that have been the most valuable in my graduate school career

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The 2020 Realized Worth CSR & Sustainability Conference Guide

The go-to guide for CSR & sustainability professionals has arrived! The Realized Worth 2020 Conference Guide showcases conferences from around the world that are rich with industry expertise, fresh takes, challenging topics, and great speakers.

Research, Reports & Publications

Integrity and Action: Reshaping the Role of Business

CECP’s Giving in Numbers is the unrivaled leader in benchmarking on corporate social investments.

Green Infrastructure

Bridgestone Introduces New Global Innovation Campus to Cultivate Next Generation of Advanced, Sustainable Solutions

Bridgestone announced plans to create Bridgestone Innovation Park, a global center of research, development and wellness that will help the company accelerate its transformation into a global leader in advanced mobility and sustainable solutions.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Advancing Regenerative Agriculture

Building on our longstanding commitment to organic agriculture, we’re helping advance regenerative farming practices that build soil health, foster biodiversity, and promote resilient farming communities.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

ESG Is Good for Business: Companies Need to Let the World Know Through Their Actions

ClearBridge Investments applauds the Business Roundtable for redefining the purpose of a corporation to promote “An Economy That Serves All Americans.”

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Waters Corporation Announces 2025 Sustainability Goals

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today announced its 2025 sustainability goals and simultaneously announced a commitment to report its sustainability progress annually.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MetLife Earns Recognition as Top Adoption-Friendly Workplace

MetLife, Inc. announced that, for the twelfth year in a row, it has earned a spot on the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s annual list of America’s Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Eagles Autism Foundation and Aramark Partner With “Popcorn for the People” to Support Employment Opportunities for Adults With Autism

To help combat the unemployment rate in the autism community, the Eagles Autism Foundation and Aramark, the Philadelphia Eagles food and beverage partner at Lincoln Financial Field, have teamed up with Popcorn for the People

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

BSR Conference 2019: Aron Cramer, President and CEO, BSR

In his opening remarks at the BSR Conference 2019, BSR President and CEO Aron Cramer discussed the state of the world that is leading to these new challenges for business and the role that sustainable business can play in this critical decade.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

An eBay for Charity Story: More Than Words in Boston

As part of the $1 billion raised through eBay for Charity milestone, we partnered with three sellers to create video portraits to spotlight how a single purchase on eBay for Charity can impact charities, their recipients and their local communities.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

How Intel Is Advancing Respect for Human Rights

Intel’s Global Human Rights Principles formalize our commitment to respecting human rights; embody common principles laid out in multiple frameworks; and apply to all employees and contingent workers, including those in our subsidiaries.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Record 631 Institutional Investors Managing More Than $37 Trillion in Assets Urge Governments to Step up Ambition to Tackle Global Climate Crisis

Largest-ever group of investors calls on governments to phase out thermal coal power worldwide, put a price on carbon, end subsidies for fossil fuels, and strengthen nationally-determined contributions

Social Impact & Volunteering

“Plastic Fishing” Arrives in South America Moving Towards a Sustainable Future

Always thinking of a better tomorrow and a more sustainable future, FPT Industrial, a global brand of CNH Industrial, brings “Plastic Fishing” to Brazil and Argentina, an unprecedented action in these countries that promotes environmental awareness.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

UPS Honors Veterans With Support of Wreaths Across America

As part of its ongoing recognition and support of veterans, UPS (NYSE:UPS) has announced it will be joining with non-profit organization Wreaths Across America to support the week-long journey culminating in a wreath-laying event at Arlington National Cemetery on December 14th.

Diversity & Inclusion

National Diversity Council Partners With Wynn Las Vegas to Host 2019 Women in Leadership

The National Diversity Council (NDC) hosted the 2019 Women in Leadership Symposium in partnership with Wynn Las Vegas, featuring the theme “Center Stage: Standing Out and Speaking Up” on Tuesday, December 3.

Health & Healthcare

ON Semiconductor In the News: The Evolution of Smart Healthcare and Personal IoT

Read our roundup of news, announcements and wearable medical devices including wearable biosensors to combat the opioid crisis, wearable biometric-monitoring to combat epilepsy and much more.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Special SCE Tour Engineered for STEM Students

Thirty Cypress High School students recently toured SCE’s Santa Ana Service Center to learn about the work done there and career opportunities in the utility industry.

Research, Reports & Publications

Report: State of the European Renewable Energy Market

The 2019 data set from our database, which informs this report, considers RFI and corporate RFP responses that have been gathered since 2018.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Comerica Earns High Mark in Newsweek's Inaugural America's Most Responsible Companies Ranking

Comerica Incorporated (NYSE:CMA) received national recognition for its commitment to corporate responsibility, placing ninth in Newsweek’s first ranking of America’s Most Responsible Companies.

Research, Reports & Publications

Customer Sustainability at Caterpillar

Caterpillar helps customers build a better world, and customers increasingly want to build that world by using less fuel and generating fewer GHG emissions. Learn how these customer needs provide valuable business opportunities for Caterpillar.

Environment

Water May Be Cheap; Using It Isn’t

In recent years, Domtar has taken a closer look at the costs of using water in making pulp and paper. And thanks to a variety of process improvements, we are seeing greater water efficiency and lower costs.

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