Olympic hockey player Hugo Inglis from New Zealand, Olympic rugby sevens player Kevin Wekesa from Kenya, the National Olympic Committee of the Netherlands and the International Biathlon Union have been named the winners of the IOC Climate Action Awards 2025.
While we often look to the sky for climate solutions - like wind turbines and solar panels - one of the most powerful technologies is right under our feet. This World Soil Day, we celebrate more than just the ground we walk on, but it’s un-canny capability to store CO2.
With seven days to go to the Opening Ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, the President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Annalena Baerbock, issued a solemn appeal urging all Member States to uphold the Olympic Truce.
Bath & Body Works is fortunate to be a brand whose products are enjoyed by customers worldwide, and it’s an honor to donate products in moments when people need them most.
Sustainability rarely took center stage at Davos this year. Instead, it quietly delivered by playing an implicit and influential role in most conversations throughout the week.
Famed for their smiles, willingness to help and their Olympic spirit, Olympic volunteers help to make special Games memories for the athletes, fans and officials that they encounter in their different roles.
For the third year in a row, Idealist surveyed their communities of hiring managers and job seekers to better understand the state of work and job seeking in the U.S. nonprofit sector.
Many of us remember the iconic scene from Disney’s The Lion King where Mufasa teaches Simba about the “circle of life:” a powerful metaphor illustrating the interconnectedness of all living beings and the delicate balance of nature.
Small businesses need capital to launch and scale their ideas. And yet, it remains one of the biggest barriers to growth for small businesses globally.
Olympic hockey player Hugo Inglis from New Zealand, Olympic rugby sevens player Kevin Wekesa from Kenya, the National Olympic Committee of the Netherlands and the International Biathlon Union have been named the winners of the IOC Climate Action Awards 2025.
February 4 marks UN World Cancer Day, a global event dedicated to raising cancer awareness, supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). Goldcorp believes that responsible mining should contribute to long-term social and economic benefits in the communities where operations take place. Good healthcare, as well as the arts, education and community development contribute to the well-being of strong, vibrant communities.
La ONU seleccionó el 4 de febrero como el Día Mundial del Cáncer, un evento mundial dedicado a crear conciencia con respecto al cáncer y que cuenta con el apoyo de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), la Agencia Internacional para la Investigación del Cáncer (IARC, por su sigla en inglés) y la Unión Internacional Contra el Cáncer (UICC, por su sigla en inglés). En Goldcorp creemos que la minería responsable debe contribuir a los beneficios sociales y económicos a largo plazo en las comunidades donde se llevan a cabo las operaciones. Una buena atención médica, así como el desarrollo de las artes, la educación y la comunidad, contribuyen al bienestar de comunidades enérgicas y vivaces.
Le 4 février marque la Journée mondiale contre le cancer des Nations Unies, un événement international visant la sensibilisation au cancer soutenu par l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS), le Centre international de Recherche sur le Cancer (CIRC) et l’Union internationale contre le cancer (UICC). Goldcorp croit que l’exploitation minière responsable devrait générer des bénéfices sociaux et économiques à long terme dans les communautés où elle exerce ses activités. Investir dans des soins de santé de qualité, ainsi que dans les arts, l’éducation et le développement local favorise le bien-être de communautés fortes et dynamiques.
Antea Group, along with our global Inogen partners, was requested to provide environmental, health and safety (EHS) regulatory compliance audits of a major automotive supplier's manufacturing facilities in South America (7 facilities) and Asia (3 facilities). Antea Group led the organization of the audit protocols, schedule and expectations from North America for the Inogen partners to execute. This structure allowed for quality, control and consistency across the global audit team.
Sherwood Park Chamber of Commerce recognizes TransCanada’s contribution of valuable jobs and $1 billion in investments in northern Alberta’s Strathcona County with 2015 Investment: Job Creation, Growth & Expansion award.
For a cause that is all about transforming communities and impacting people, it is only natural that Human Resources have an important role to play. In this post, I look at the mutually beneficial relationship that HR and CSR have now begun to share.
Subaru of America, Inc. is honored to celebrate its 15th consecutive year as the premier sponsor of the Philadelphia Flower Show. This year’s theme, “Explore America: 100 Years of the National Park Service,” will captivate attendees who are familiar with national parks and also provides an opportunity to engage a new crowd to let them discover the beauty, history and variety of horticulture the parks have to offer.
No Barriers Warriors and Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) are seeking veterans with disabilities for the Warriors to Summits 2016 Expedition Series. Teams will embark on three separate, but equally grueling expeditions. Participants will push their boundaries through these transformative journeys while reflecting on their past, recognizing where they are now and developing a vision for their future.
Voices for National Service, a diverse coalition of national service programs, state service commissions and individual champions, who work to ensure Americans of all ages have the opportunity to serve and volunteer in their community, will present Comcast NBCUniversal with the Corporate Service Award for its extraordinary and longstanding dedication to the national service movement, including its ongoing support of City Year, which enables AmeriCorps members to help put at-risk students on a path to success.
Dangote Farms Limited and PYXERA Global signed a Memorandum of Understanding last week to help reduce food waste and loss in Northern Nigeria. This agreement stems from the YieldWise initiative, a partnership between The Rockefeller Foundation, PYXERA Global and other organizations to reduce post-harvest loss across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Approximately 40% of all produce is lost between farm and market in what is called post-harvest loss. Limited infrastructure and poor transportation and storage creates tremendous economic damage to emerging economies and preventable hunger.
Doorways to Dreams (D2D) is pleased to announce the 2016 launch of its Financial Empowerment Innovation Fund. The $3 million Fund has secured grants from generous funders to support D2D’s ground breaking work to develop and scale a next generation of practical tools to dramatically improve the financial security of economically vulnerable Americans.
In the small village of Pasiasi, in a remote region of Tanzania, a woman named Happiness Modesti is forever grateful to the Tanzania Youth Alliance (TAYOA) for making her aware of cervical cancer and the importance of screening for the disease – all through mobile technology.
A report from BSR's Future of Internet Power identifies best practices for maximizing the use of renewable energy at colocation data centers (colos) in the United States.
Orlando Radio Advertisers, Universal Nissan, Universal Hyundai, 20/20 Eyeglass Superstore, RC Hill Mitsubishi and Keiser University have teamed up with nonprofit social enterprise First Book to bring 5,000 brand-new and age-appropriate books to students at Orlando Day Nursery. Funding for this program was generated through participation in CBS EcoMedia’s EducationAd program.
Rebuilding Together — a leading national nonprofit in safe and healthy housing that provides low-income homeowners with critical home repairs — will join together with its affiliate, Rebuilding Together San Francisco and more than fifteen NFL players from teams across the country, to lead its 21st annual Kickoff to Rebuild, a Super Bowl 50 sanctioned event. This year’s event, in partnership with Lowe’s, will take place on February 5 in the Bayview neighborhood and will be the culmination of a series of projects across the Bay Area by five Rebuilding Together affiliates.
Sustainable Brands® recently announced the theme and program focus for SB’16 San Diego. ‘Activating Purpose’ is set to explore how brand leaders are achieving business success and creating scalable, positive impact while recognizing enhanced profitability through purpose-driven leadership. SB'16 San Diego is scheduled for June 6-9, 2016 at the Paradise Point Resort & Spa in San Diego, CA.
Skills-based volunteering is the fastest growing corporate volunteering program. More than 50% of companies offer programs that direct their employees’ talents towards solving the challenges facing their communities.
MacGillivray Freeman’s new adventure documentary for IMAX® and giant screen theatres, “NATIONAL PARKS ADVENTURE,” opens globally on Friday, February 12th with a roll-out expansion release through the Fall.
While in the Amgen Scholars Program, Luvena Ong got a firsthand look at what doing independent research would be like. Inspired by the Program and other experiences, she is now pursuing a PhD as a part of the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, where she is developing and applying nucleic acid–based nanosystems.
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