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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Fans to Help Select 2015 Marvin Miller Man of the Year

Online balloting at www.MLBPLAYERS.com opened today so fans can select the six finalists for the 2015 Marvin Miller Man of the Year award, which goes to the player whose on-field performance and contributions to his community most inspire others to higher levels of achievement.

Events, Media & Communications

Tri-Sector Leaders Convene for First Ever Global Engagement Forum to Address Global Challenges through Collaboration and Innovation

The Global Engagement Forum, hosted by PYXERA Global on November 10 and 11 at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., is one of the first events to address how private sector leaders can take action on the Sustainable Development Goals.

Diversity & Inclusion

Supporting Women One Suit at a Time

Responsible Production & Consumption

VIDEO: Farm Credit Overview

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Caterpillar Again Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) has been named to the 2015 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), recognizing Caterpillar as a sustainability leader in the Industrial Engineering sector. This marks the 16th time Caterpillar has been included in the DJSI list.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

GM Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index

General Motors has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, the leading global benchmark for corporate sustainability. GM is the only automaker to make the list in North America.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Volkswagen Is World’s Most Sustainable Automotive Group

• Pole position in Dow Jones Sustainability Index
• Industry Group Leader in the Automobiles & Components sector
• Winterkorn acknowledges “great success for entire team”

Responsible Production & Consumption

Tianjin Explosion Necessitates Immediate Reform

The explosion in Tianjin, China that has now been attributed to the deaths of 161 people, has been the center of controversy and investigation for close to a month. Blatant disregard for chemical safety regulations and the factory where the chemicals were stored was far too close to residential areas.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ecolab Named to 2015 Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index

Ecolab Inc., the global leader in water, hygiene and energy technology and services, has been named to the 2015 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) North America index.

Research, Reports & Publications

Employee Pride: Corporate Responsibility's Greatest Reward

By now, we all know that consumers are influenced by more than just a company’s product – they also want to know that they’re making purchases from brands that are environmentally conscious or give back to the community too. Well, guess who else wants this? Employees.

Social Impact & Volunteering

The CSR Scoop - 9/11/2015

This week’s Scoop is inspired by the back-to-school buzz in the air! We explore new models of purpose based learning, building systems and skill sets for change, and the way skills-based volunteering taps into the core motivations of corporate employees. All of our authors this week articulate the need for significant change in our current way of doing business - whether it’s in academia, business or the social sector. Our pencils are sharpened, our notebooks are fresh and we’re ready to dive in!

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Financial Inclusion Challenge Winners Recognized at Ceremony in Hong Kong

On April 15, 2015, MetLife Foundation announced its exclusive sponsorship of “The Financial Inclusion Challenge,” in partnership with the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). The Challenge is a global project launched in Asia to recognize innovative, sustainable, scalable and impactful strategies that help the financially disadvantaged.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

BNY Mellon Named to Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for Second Consecutive Year

For the second consecutive year, BNY Mellon, a global leader in investment management and investment services, has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) and, for the third consecutive year, to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index (DJSI North America).

Diversity & Inclusion

Bloomberg LP: The Balancing Act: Working While Parenting or Parenting While Working?

With last week’s announcement that their employees will be offered unlimited maternity and paternity leave, Netflix became the latest company to address parents’ increasingly vocal desire to strike a better balance between work and family life. It’s a win for growing families everywhere. Earlier this year, Bloomberg responded to similar feedback from our employees and updated our parental leave policy to allow primary caregivers 18 weeks of fully-paid leave. But the balancing act doesn’t end there.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Celebrating Charity: TechSoup Global’s Partnership with Symantec

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

TransCanada Recognized for Efforts to Improve Air Quality

TransCanada has once again been recognized for its efforts in contributing to cleaner air.

Research, Reports & Publications

How Domtar Manages it's Forestry and Fiber

Events, Media & Communications

Mining the Disclosures: An Investor Guide to Conflict Minerals Reporting In Year Two

Mining the Disclosures 2015: An Investor Guide to Conflict Minerals Reporting In Year Two by Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN) will be a much-anticipated deep analysis of 155 companies that filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) per a mandate on whether their products contain materials from war-torn areas of Africa.

Education

BJ’s Wholesale Club Partners with More Than 200 Schools to Help Students Thrive

BJ’s Wholesale Club today announced partnerships with 213 schools through the organization’s Adopt-A-School program. At the beginning of each school year, every BJ’s Wholesale Club and Distribution Center partners with a local school to help enhance existing programs and curriculum objectives. Since 1996, the program has contributed $1.9 million in funding to thousands of schools across BJ’s 15-state footprint.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Pro Bono Perspectives: Brian Glaser

Common Impact is excited to launch Pro Bono Perspectives, a series of profiles – people like you – who took a leap into skills-based volunteering. From intrapreneurs, to entrepreneurs, to nonprofit executives, to corporate leaders – these individuals all have their own stories to tell, successes to share, lessons they’ve learned and tools they’ve used.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Cox and The Trust for Public Land Name Marilyn Hanson as Arizona’s 2015 Cox Conserves Hero

Cox Communications and The Trust for Public Land today named Marilyn Hanson as Arizona’s 2015 Cox Conserves Hero. Hanson’s nonprofit of choice, Southern Arizona Buffelgrass Coordination Center, will receive $10,000 on her behalf. The three finalists were chosen by a judging panel and then competed in an online public vote to be named Arizona’s Cox Conserves Hero.

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