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Education

Guest Post by Isabelle Rosenthal: Attending the 2015 U.S. Amgen Scholar Symposium

Guest post written by Caltech Amgen Scholar Isabelle Rosenthal

As we clambered out of the bus, I wasn’t sure what to expect from the Amgen Symposium which was taking place over the next few days. I had already spent the previous four weeks as an Amgen Scholar at Caltech getting to know my compatriots there, but this was new territory on another campus and with every Amgen Scholar in the country.

Responsible Production & Consumption

British Milk Industry in Crisis

Farmers unions believe the milk industry is in crisis and that a solution is urgently needed to the way food is sold in Britain. This August, there have been nationwide protests by dairy and livestock farmers who claim they are facing "financial devastation" because of falling lamb and milk prices

Education

Global LEAD Transforms Study Abroad with the Help of NetSuite

It all started with a scribbled note on the steps of Angkor Wat in 2007. It was onthisnote that friends Robbie Reese and Garrett Gravesen, graduates of the University of Georgia, conceptualized their big idea for transforming study abroad. Their vision – to lead transformative experiences – would be the foundation for Global LEAD, an innovative, purpose-driven organization, focused on leading life-changing experiences for youth, at home and abroad.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

GSK Recognized as #6 for “Changing the World”

Can businesses really thrive and succeed in doing right by people? It always seemed so but but now the proof is in the pudding. Fortune Magazine, one of the top financial publications, and FSG, a non-profit social consulting firm, have recognized GSK as #6 in the world as a company that’s doing well by doing good for other people.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Fortune Recognizes CEMEX´s Positive Impact in the World

CEMEX named #16 in Fortune’s Change the World list, a ranking that recognizes 50 companies worldwide that have made a sizable impact on major global social or environmental problems as part of their competitive strategy. CEMEX is the only Latin-American based company included and the only company from the construction materials sector.

Environment

IBM Provides Intelligent Operations Center for Emergency Management

Information technology can’t stop the rain, but the intelligent collection and use of data can help governments and others plan proactively for disasters and mitigate their impact. Following the devastating Typhoon Haiyan (also known as Typhoon Yolanda), the Philippine Department of Science and Technology began working with IBM in 2013 to launch an integrated disaster management solution.

Education

Community Partners Spotlight: Citizen Schools

By the time they reach middle school, students from upper-income families have likely spent 6,000 more hours learning than students from lower-income families. But this critical gap in education isn’t an achievement gap, it’s an opportunity gap. Citizen Schools aims to close that gap by partnering with middle schools in underserved communities and providing students opportunities to learn new skills, discover new careers and pursue new dreams.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

3rd Party Pitfalls and Learning From Them. When You Grow You Must Consider Your Risk

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Meet Darcy Brown-Martin and Ebony Frelix, 2015 VolunteerMatch Summit Speakers

Environment

How SunPower is Industry Leader in Environmental Sustainability

How sustainable is your solar company? See how SunPower is an industry leader in environmental sustainability with this detailed infographic.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Wells Fargo, No Barriers Warriors Join Forces with Zac Brown Band

Responsible Production & Consumption

Tianjin Blast Has the World's Attention

Events, Media & Communications

Crafting the Message in Corporate Social Responsibility Communications

The imperative to accurately and effectively communicate is born from the moment the corporate social responsibility program is established. Communicating the effort, both internally among key stakeholders and externally outside the walls of the corporation to the myriad of those external audiences that can make the program a success or failure, deserves both attention to detail and an allocation of financial resources in the CSR program budget.

Environment

Public CNG Station Opens on Honda’s Ohio Property

Honda’s continuing efforts to minimize the environmental impact of its operations took a major step forward today with the opening of a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station on its property in Marysville, Ohio.

Environment

Tune in to Watch the First-ever National U.S. Broadcast of We Day, Featuring Sponsor Unilever

Don’t miss Unilever being featured in the first-ever commercial-free network broadcast of #WeDay, an exciting star-studded presentation of world-changing youth from the U.S. and around the globe.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Secret Little Ways Employers Sabotage Productivity

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Boys & Girls Club Employee Wins 2015 Maytag Dependable Leader Award

The Boys & Girls Club is teaming up with Maytag to host an event in celebration of Chris Molina, one of 11 winners to receive a 2015 Maytag Dependable Leader Award

Innovation & Technology

Boeing Engineers Design In Environmental Performance

When the pilot of a Boeing aircraft changes course to avoid bad weather or an airport approach to save fuel, the airplane may be following a flight strategy designed by engineer Bill Peterson and his team in Commercial Airplanes Environmental Performance.

“Our focus is on operational efficiency. When an aircraft enters into service with a Boeing customer, we want to make sure it operates at peak efficiency on every flight, from takeoff to landing,” Peterson said.

Social Impact & Volunteering

BJ's Wholesale Club Recognizes Team Members that Get InVOLved

BJ’s Wholesale Club established its Get InVOLved Program in 2009 to recognize its dedicated Team Members that bring to life the company’s core value of Community.

Environment

Western Recycling: Repurposing Can Mean More Jobs, Smaller Landfill

To many, it’s just an empty soda or beer can that needs to be thrown away or a dirty paper plate from taco night. Sometimes it’s just a bunch of empty boxes from the big move or old newspapers someone forgot to read. To many people in the Canyon County area, these items are just junk taking up space and needing to be thrown away. But to anyone working in the recycling centers in Nampa, Caldwell and Boise, that junk is a valuable resource.

Health & Healthcare

Building a Healthier, Happier Future for Children Through Corporate Giving Programs

One in four Texans lives at or below the poverty level; for children, it's nearly one in three. More than 6.3 million Texans - including 1.2 million children - lack health insurance. The uninsured are up to four times less likely to have a regular source of health care and are more likely to die from health-related problems. Related to communicable diseases, it is estimated that 1 in 4 children living in Texas go without all the necessary immunizations to lead healthy, happy lives due to a lack of affordability and access to medical care. Finally, lacking a medical home, most often uninsured people tend to look for health care in the emergency room, the most expensive setting they could possibly choose.

Environment

We Need to Empower Everyone to Tackle Water Issues

As we enjoy the last of summer, I find myself reflecting on the last few months with bittersweet memories. While swimming in the Pacific Ocean and sailing on Lake Champlain, Vermont, I have enjoyed the best our water resources have to offer. News reports across the U.S., however, have been a reminder that our water systems are increasingly at risk of nutrient pollution.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

ClearBridge Investments Launches Sustainability Leaders Fund

ClearBridge Investments, Legg Mason's largest affiliate focused on equities, is a leader in Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") investments.

Environment

The Fight Against Poaching

To track down rhinoceros and kill them is illegal, yet unfortunately a lucrative business model in South Africa. Sporting helicopters, silenced weapons and night vision scopes, the poachers come well equipped to claim their brutal prize. Just a single horn nets thousands of dollars on the black market. Ground into powder the horn allegedly is a miracle remedy for fever or even cancer and is said to increase male potency. Especially in Asia the horn of a rhino is also a treasured status symbol.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Global Benefits of Stakeholder Engagement

Effective corporate citizenship programs look not only at the social issues they seek to address, but also at the root causes of those issues, assessing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues both at the macro and micro levels simultaneously.

Latest Campaigns

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  6. Performance
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  7. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
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  8. Leadership
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    Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...
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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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