Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Inclusion & Opportunity

JetBlue Focuses on Diversity & Inclusion

JetBlue customers come from different backgrounds and life experiences. A diverse workforce helps us to better understand and respond to their needs. In 2015, we reaffirmed our commitment to recognize the many aspects of diversity at JetBlue. We held activities throughout the year including our annual Respectful Workplace Week, diversity trainings for JetBlue leadership and celebration of traditional heritage and awareness months.

Awards & Rankings

Novartis Wins Two Prestigious Prix Galien Foundation Awards

Novartis has been awarded the prestigious 2016 Prix Galien USA Award for Best Biotechnology Product for Cosentyx® (secukinumab), as well as the Prix Galien Foundation “Discovery of the Decade” Award for Best Pharmaceutical Product for the drug Gleevec® (imatinib mesylate). The awards were presented at a ceremony in New York City.

Corporate Responsibility

Three-Quarters of Millennials Would Take a Pay Cut to Work for a Socially Responsible Company, According to Research from Cone Communications

Three-quarters (76%) of Millennials consider a company’s social and environmental commitments when deciding where to work and nearly two-thirds (64%) won’t take a job if a potential employer doesn’t have strong corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices, according to the 2016 Cone Communications Millennial Employee Engagement Study. The study reveals that meaningful engagement around CSR is a business – and bottom line – imperative, impacting a company’s ability to appeal to, retain and inspire Millennial talent.

Awards & Rankings

Cox Announces Rory McCracken as Louisiana’s 2016 Cox Conserves Hero

Cox Communications, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, announced Rory McCracken as Louisiana’s 2016 Cox Conserves Hero. The program honors volunteers in Cox’s service areas in Acadiana, Baton Rouge and New Orleans who are creating, preserving or enhancing outdoor spaces.

Events

Largest Corporate Citizenship Film Festival Announces Call for Entries

The call for entries is open for the largest film festival devoted exclusively to celebrating the work of corporate social responsibility (CSR) professionals, their companies, and programs.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Meet the Antea Group Denver Office!

With seasoned practitioners representing each of our practice areas, plus the regional operations leader and sustainability practice lead, Denver is one of the most diverse offices in our company--a one-stop shop!

Sustainability, and in particular water stewardship, is a major strength for this office. We also have deep expertise in ergonomics, air quality source testing, and due diligence support and serve clients ranging from the craft brewing to oil and gas. While serving the Denver metro and greater Colorado area, the office does a lot of work internationally as well, supporting global clients wherever we are needed.

Events

Collaboration is Vital to Addressing the Sustainable Development Goals

No one sector can advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) alone. Gavin Cepelak, Vice President, Global Pro Bono, PYXERA Global, will be a panelist on Collaborating for the SDGs at the Conservation Conference 2016, November 3.

Environment

Shower Power: Doniece Sandoval

Do you live in a city? Well, if you don’t, you may soon. It is predicted that by 2050, more than 70 percent of us human beings will be living in cities. The urban landscape offers several advantages for sustainability, including reduced transportation emissions, more efficient water delivery, and less per-capita energy consumption.

Education & Workforce Development

T. Rowe Price: More Than Half of Parents Try to Get Everything on Kids’ Holiday Wish Lists No Matter the Cost

T. Rowe Price's Parents, Kids & Money Survey revealed that many parents are willing to overextend their finances to fulfill their kids’ holiday wish lists. And 25% of parents have either taken from their 401(k)s or their emergency funds or taken a payday loan to cover holiday spending.

Research & Reports

Cat Financial Products & Corporate Services Review

Financial Products provides various forms of insurance to customers and dealers to help support the purchase and lease of our equipment. Corporate Services provides business and human resources, information technology, accounting and finance services to Caterpillar, serving as the enterprise resource for business-related activities.

Environment

New Biomimicry Global Design Challenge Opens

With the new 2016-17 Biomimicry Global Design Challenge theme, Climate Change: Reversal, Adaptation, and Mitigation, we are mobilizing thousands of students and professionals worldwide to tackle climate-related challenges using biomimicry.

Socially Responsible Investing

Intelligence Will Win the War on Human Trafficking

STOP THE TRAFFIK (STT), an organization dedicated to ending human trafficking, believes that intelligence and analytics can help stop what has become the world’s fastest growing criminal industry.

Health & Healthcare

Helping to Change the Face of Men’s Health, the Jeep Brand Kicks Off Month-long Initiative Supporting the Movember Foundation

The Jeep® brand is proudly joining forces with the Movember Foundation to generate awareness and to raise funds in support of men's health.

Awards & Rankings

Harvard Business Review Ranks The World’s Best Performing CEOs

Each year, CEOs face new and different challenges in order to keep their companies running smoothly, particularly now during these uncertain volatile times that includes geopolitical issues, such as the Brexit vote, the Middle East, and the US election. So, what makes a CEO successful and how do some business leaders still manage to train their sights on the long term and deliver strong performance over many years? Well, the latest Harvard Business Review (HBR) 2016 list reveals the world’s top performers; these are the 100 best performing CEOs, based on both financial and Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) measures of the leaders’ entire time in office.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

GreenMantra Technologies Receives Recycled Content Certification From SCS Global Services

GreenMantra Technologies, a rapidly growing producer of high-value synthetic waxes from 100% recycled plastics, recently received certification from SCS Global Services (SCS) for its Ceranovus wax products.

Socially Responsible Investing

JPMorgan Chase Report Finds Job Matching Technology Insufficient for Job Seekers, Employers

Technology innovations that match job seekers with employers are transforming the labor market, but these tools are not doing enough to help low and middle skill workers find quality jobs, according to a new JPMorgan Chase report.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Shine a Green Light to Support Our Veterans

Walmart hopes to ignite a national conversation on the value and contributions that veterans make in our communities and in the service of our nation.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Think You Know Coffee?

From where it was discovered to how Nestlé makes sure it’s sustainable, here are 8 things you may not have known about your morning wake-up call…

AI & Technology

Speed Business, Reduce Environmental Impacts? NS Has a Mobile App for That

Norfolk Southern always is looking for innovative ways to improve customer service. In 2015, that drive led to the unveiling of ExpressNS, a name that describes exactly what it does. This mobile phone app – the first of its kind in the rail industry – helps speed the flow of truckers as they arrive at NS intermodal facilities to pick up or deliver customers’ trailers and containers.

Socially Responsible Investing

Carney’s Departure Will Leave a Vacuum at the Top for Green Finance

Mark Carney, whose departure from his role as Governor of the Bank of England was announced yesterday, will leave a vacuum at the top of global policy making around ‘green finance’ and climate disclosure.

Health & Healthcare

GSK CEO and GAVI Alliance CEO Discuss “The Other Six Billon” Live at Fortune Brainstorm Health Conference

Andrew Witty, GSK CEO, will join Seth Berkley, GAVI Alliance CEO, at Fortune Brainstorm Health for a discussion on “The Other Six Billion” referring to the areas of the world that are traditionally not served by innovations in medicine and medical technology.

Volunteering & Community

Disney Launches "Share the Joy" Campaign to Inspire Service and Volunteerism in Collaboration with Feeding America, GenerationOn and Toys for Tots

The Walt Disney Company launched its annual "Share the Joy" campaign today to inspire kids and families to volunteer and spread goodwill this holiday season to those who need it most. Through "Share the Joy" events and themed programming across the Disney|ABC Television Group, families in the U.S. will be encouraged to give with food and gift contributions, or volunteering in collaboration with Feeding America®, generationOn and Toys for Tots.

Latest Campaigns

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance

Collaboration and Partnership

Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...

Corporate Responsibility

Webster Bank's Corporate Responsibility

2025 Performance Report

Entergy’s 2025 performance report, “Energy for a better future” presents an overview of our company’s 2025 achievements, future plans and strategies...

Nutrition and Health

Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...

Sustainability by Antea Group

At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...

GoDaddy Global Stakeholder Impact News & Reports

GoDaddy is committed to embedding sustainable practices across our business. Our approach focuses on creating long-term value for our customers...

Enriching Women's Lives

60 years ago, Mary Kay Ash created an unparalleled opportunity for women to define their own successes and control their own futures. Her vision of...

Heritage

For more than 160 years, Bacardi has been a family-owned company guided by its heritage. From the revolutionary introduction of BACARDÍ rum, the birth...

Titanium Technologies

Chemours’ Titanium Technologies (TT) business is a leading, global provider of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment used in coatings, plastics, and...