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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

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

Health & Healthcare

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

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

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

Environment

Keep America Beautiful Announces Launch of 2016 Recycle-Bowl; Urges Nation to #BeRecycled Ahead of America Recycles Day

As students, teachers, administrators and staff prepare to head back to school, national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful plans to ignite a passion for recycling in schools across the nation with the launch of its 6th Annual Keep America Beautiful Recycle-Bowl. Registration opens today for the fall recycling competition at http://Recycle-Bowl.org/.

Through participation in Recycle-Bowl and America Recycles Day, the only nationally-recognized day dedicated to promoting and celebrating recycling in the United States, Keep America Beautiful is helping communities spotlight recycling on a local level by educating students and community members on how and what to recycle, while providing an array of resources to improve recycling in America.

Research, Reports & Publications

UPS Drives 1 Billion Cleaner Miles Meeting Goal Early

UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced the company has achieved its goal of driving 1 billion miles in its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet one year earlier than planned, and marked more than 10 years of learning from its “Rolling Laboratory.”

Environment

Talk with Green Guy Show - Interview with Mayor Jim Brainard, Co-Chair, U.S. Conference of Mayors - Energy and Environment

Mayor Jim Brainard of U.S. Conference of Mayors talks energy and the environment on Talk With Green Guy Show.

Health & Healthcare

HPRC Member Spotlight: Monica Torres, Baxter Healthcare Corporation

Meet Monica Torres--Corporate Manager, Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability with Baxter Healthcare Corporation. We talk to Monica about her key responsibilities, her major accomplishments in her role, challenges she sees the industry facing, and what she sees as the future of healthcare plastics recycling. Monica also talks about why Baxter is a member of HPRC and gives us a look into what she loves to do "off-duty."

Events, Media & Communications

Top Four Reasons to Attend a CSR or Sustainability Conference This Fall

Professional development events exist for just about every career, and they’ve been around since Thomas Edison held his first, “How to Change a Light Bulb” seminar for aspiring electricians (attendees earned 10 CEU credits and went home with some nice tsotchkes).

For the growing number of corporate and nonprofit professionals focused on social impact and sustainability initiatives, there is more choice in fall 2016 than ever before for events aimed at showcasing successful programs and the brands that made them happen.

Health & Healthcare

Nutrilite™ Power of 5 Campaign Celebrates Fifth Anniversary of Partnership with Alliance for Children Everywhere in Zambia

Five years ago the Nutrilite™ Power of 5 campaign partnered with the Alliance for Children Everywhere to serve the nutritional needs of children and families in Zambia, a landlocked country in southern African.

Diversity & Inclusion

How to Plan and Execute an EHS Awareness Day

A common theme among successful EHS programs is awareness and understanding among employees. Employees need to know what EHS is, why it’s important, and how they can contribute to a healthier and safer work environment. But oftentimes this isn’t the case. According to our research, 72% of employees are largely unaware of their company’s EHS function.

Diversity & Inclusion

Valuing Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

We know diversity and inclusion (D&I) matter. But how do they create value? That’s the question at the heart of an increasing body of research to understand the business case for diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Energy

After the Structural (and Possibly Abrupt) Decline of Fossil Fuels

We believe that fossil fuels are in the early stages (perhaps not so early in the case of coal) of a structural decline in demand that will ultimately result in coal, oil and gas no longer representing a meaningful percentage of the global economy’s energy mix by 2050, with investment and growth in the sector reversing long before that. Find out how Renewable Energy sources will fill our increasing demand for Energy...

Environment

The T5 Green Experience at JFK; JetBlue Built a 24,000 square foot Farm

In 2015, JetBlue revealed a first-of-itskind 24,000 square foot airport farm at JFK’s Terminal 5 (T5). The project is a partnership with nonprofit partner GrowNYC to promote local agriculture and enrich the airport customer experience with green space.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Investing in the Green Economy and Infrastructure

Social Impact & Volunteering

How VM Summit 16 Speaker Alicia Koch of Groupon "Scouts Out" CSR Innovation

On October 25, 2016, CSR and nonprofit professionals will come together in Chicago at VM Summit 16 to talk corporate volunteerism. In this series of Q&A blog posts, we’ll introduce you to the numerous experts who will make an appearance as Summit speakers. Get your VM Summit 16 ticket.

Name: Alicia Koch
Title: Program Manager, Employee & Community Engagement
Company: Groupon

Environment

Black & Veatch Adds Enterprise-level Sustainability Solutions to Service Offerings

To address rapidly evolving shareholder requests for environmental sustainability programs, Black & Veatch experts will help large, enterprise-level consumers of power, water and other critical resources achieve resource efficiency and enhanced resilience.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Corporate Social Responsibility: What's At Stake

MicroEdge recently conducted a study of over 100 CSR and sustainability professionals across 26 industries who shared how their corporate responsibility programs are faring – from the top challenges they faced to internal perceptions. Learn why it's so important, and what's actually at stake with a robust CSR program.

Innovation & Technology

Living Progress Challenge Works to Advance Digital Inclusion Using Tech-Based Solutions

Helping vulnerable communities to achieve financial stability. Combating the illegal trade of fisheries products. Tracking the root causes of school absenteeism. Transforming how people find volunteer opportunities.

Diversity & Inclusion

How I became a techie: Guy Kayombya

“I’ve always liked creating things that are autonomous; it’s like giving life to this thing that’s going to interact with its environment.” — Guy Kayombya

Environment

General Motors Corporate Responsibility Newsletter - August 2016

Chevy Bolt EV Plant Ranks 8th Among Green Power Users
The General Motors Orion Assembly plant that builds the Chevrolet Bolt EV ranks as the eighth largest user of green power generated onsite in the United States among the Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership Partners. Over half of the plant is powered by methane captured from decomposing trash in a nearby landfill.

Innovation & Technology

The ‘Why’ Behind Women’s Leadership Conference

MGM Resorts International is committed to helping even the playing field for women in the workplace. In 2007, our nonprofit organization MGM Resorts Foundation partnered with Las Vegas diversity and community organizations to create an event that has evolved into our annual Women’s Leadership Conference.

Environment

Substance Regulations RoHS and REACH Continue to Expand Globally and Undergo Restriction Updates

RoHS and REACH are two of the most commonly addressed and highest profile substance regulations worldwide. The EU has set an example that many other countries worldwide have followed by adopting their own similar versions of RoHS and REACH.

Research, Reports & Publications

Caesars Entertainment 2016 Citizenship Report: Sustained Progress and Leadership

In 2015 Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ:CZR) and related entities generated $4.4m of contributed value for every $10m in revenue, according to the company’s seventh annual Corporate Citizenship Report.

Latest Campaigns

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  2. LATAM Growth
    DP World is significantly expanding its operations in Latin America, focusing on enhancing port infrastructure and increasing cargo handling...
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    Highlight the essential role of clean water, sanitation, and hygiene in preventing disease and malnutrition. Content will link WASH to nutrition...
  8. Sustainable Products and Innovation
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  9. 2024 Sustainability Report
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  10. Accelerating access to healthcare technology
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  11. Special Economic Zones
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    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
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