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.
About 30,000 bottles of water were delivered to Flint on Thursday afternoon, compliments of Washtenaw County residents.
The delivery is the result of the Washtenaw Water Drive Coalition's efforts this week to collect donations of bottled water at various drop-off sites in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Saline, Dexter, Milan and Pittsfield Township.
As a nonprofit, VolunteerMatch believes in making it easier for good people and good causes to connect. We also believe we aren’t the only ones who hold this belief, and that by joining forces with other like-minded organizations, we can create an even greater impact together.
Since the crises of 2008, the global financial system has shaken many societies, causing job losses, homelessness, sluggish economies, overhangs of unrepayable debt with central banks trying stimulative exercises to substitute for failing fiscal policies and political will.
The CITGO Petroleum Corporation Lake Charles Refinery sponsored six local schools to build robots for a series of robotics tournaments. This program is part of a greater initiative from CITGO to provide students with opportunities that enhance and foster positive educational experiences geared toward science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education.
Everyone from Cher to the Detroit Lions has been shipping water bottles to Flint, Michigan, where the saga of the city's dangerous water crisis continues. But as hundreds of thousands of bottles arrive, authorities are faced with another environmental problem: where to put them?
As we grow our business in scale and reach, Medtronic seeks to be a trusted partner to those involved in our business and industry, recognizing that broad collaboration is critical to our ability to go further in addressing global healthcare challenges and creating a sustainable business.
Recently, we’ve introduced you to our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) at Sanofi. In today’s post, authored by Tom Blount, Associate Vice President, Diabetes Marketing, get to know the VEteran Transition & Support (VETS) ERG, which focuses on providing support for veterans in key areas: Mentoring, Outreach, Recruiting & Employment.
What accounts for the difference between companies that can hit the ball out of the park and those that are merely staying in the game? According to Swiss research and consulting firm Egon Zehnder a handful of companies enjoy superior growth and profitability because they maintain a high performance culture that drives vision, purpose, action and results.
Subaru has received the coveted distinction of being named to the Rodale 100 list of companies that are changing the face of the health and wellness universe for the better. A committee of award-winning journalists, activists, and experts researched and vetted all the honorees included in the list.
PR News is thrilled to announce the finalists of its CSR and Nonprofit Awards programs. The winners and honorable mentions of these annual awards will be saluted at PR News' Spring Awards Luncheon on March 15, 2016 from 12 to 2:30 p.m. at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tenke Fungurume Mining, a Freeport-McMoRan company, has operations that generate significant economic stimulus throughout most of the Kolwezi region and into the provincial capital of Lubumbashi.
Significant indirect and induced economic impacts arise from company policy to source as many goods and services as possible from local suppliers and through the spending habits of the company’s approximately 8,000 employees and contractors.
More than 75 organizations and individuals from communities across America received national recognition at Keep America Beautiful’s National Awards celebration, which took place Monday, Feb. 1, at Keep America Beautiful’s National Conference in Orlando, Florida.
General Motors announced its next step in redefining personal mobility with a new car-sharing service called Maven, which combines and expands the company's multiple programs under one single brand.
Tetra Pak announced today that the company expects to deliver more than 100 million packs of Tetra Rex® Bio-based to customers during 2016, reflecting strong demand for the package since its launch in January 2015. The world’s first package made entirely from plant based materials has gained popularity among consumers across Finland, Sweden and Norway, with brands such as Valio, Arla Foods, Vermlands Mejeri, and TINE.
Companies are making good progress in addressing their environmental impacts, and the aftermath of December’s Paris climate agreement is catalyzing continued growth in sustainable business activities, according to a new report.
Xylem (NYSE:XYL), a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, recently announced that it has been selected to participate in the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Smart Cities Infrastructure Business Development Mission to India, taking place from February 8 – 12, 2016.
In 2009 Jaguar Land Rover set out its Responsible Business strategy and targets to 2020 and has made great progress to date, winning recognition both within and outside the automotive industry. But it also recognises that there’s still more to do…
In an effort to help the more than one million young people in the United States who experience homelessness every year, the cast of FOX's hit musical special Grease: Live partnered with DoSomething.org for its annual Teens for Jeans campaign, encouraging youth to collect jeans for the homeless. FOX promoted the campaign across its social media platforms during the live broadcast on Sunday, January 31, and members of both the cast and the audience got involved, as well.
The webinar – “Conflict Minerals: When, What and How to Comply” -- will cover updates to the pending regulations, highlight differences between conflict mineral rules in the United States and the EU, and provide a range of useful information about how companies can efficiently and effectively build their EU compliance program.
Impact isn’t a finish line, it’s a continuous cycle. As you reach greater impact you will undoubtedly uncover new ideas on how to go even further. And those new ideas will undoubtedly require changes to the whole program including the software measuring outcomes.
We have reported here that consumer demand for ethical goods and services is on the rise; the latest data on consumer behavior confirms this upward trend.
Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...
Highlighting the top news, commentary, and research for the week coming from SHQ. The highlights newsletter also spotlights one profiled organization...
In the U.S. and around the world, Mary Kay remains steadfast in its commitment to ending the cycle of domestic violence and finding cures for cancers...
