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Health & Healthcare

VIDEO: HudsonAlpha & HPE | Tackling Petabytes of Data to Cure Disease

To speed the search to cure diseases, genomics leader HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology generates enormous amounts of DNA data in its research labs. To tackle petabytes of information, they partnered with HPE to design flexible, high-performance systems and connectivity solutions that support intensive research, collaboration, and analysis. The powerful technology is helping HudsonAlpha’s scientists deliver on the tremendous promise of genomics to drive medical breakthroughs including ground-breaking research into Zika and other deadly diseases.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

NRG Energy | Strategic Supplier Sourcing: Conflict Minerals

In September 2014, NRG acquired Goal Zero, a provider of portable solar power and battery pack products
and accessories. Goal Zero conducted an analysis of the materials used in the production of its products and determined that substantially all of its products may contain conflict minerals. Conflict minerals are tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold and are referred to as 3TGs.

Environment

How Food Waste Hurts the Economy – And How You Can Help

What would you do if you had an extra $1,500 in your bank account at the end of this year? What if you invested that money and had $20,000 or more ten years from now?

Research & Reports

Connecticut Water Service Issues Updated Corporate Sustainability Report

Connecticut Water Service, Inc. today announced the availability of the Company’s updated 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report (CSR). The update demonstrates the company’s progress and milestones in achieving its environmental and social goals.

Volunteering & Community

Arrow Employees Build Community with Bikes

Nearly 100 members of Arrow Electronics’ Denver-based global business-operations team joined forces with the nonprofit organization Wish for Wheels last month to build 25 bikes for low-income children, just in time for the start of the new school year.

Research & Reports

Black & Veatch: Renewables, Distributed Energy Resources Driving Investments in Power Transmission Assets

Reliability and resilience are the critical centerpieces of today’s power industry. Even as utilities balance new, advanced technologies and changing regulatory mandates, organizational leaders remain focused on meeting evolving customer demand while delivering reliable, uninterruptable power flows. Black & Veatch’s new 2017 Strategic Directions: Electric Industry Report demonstrates the range of ways in which power providers — from generation to delivery — are broadening their views and adopting more flexible financial, planning and technology initiatives to meet these demands.

Research & Reports

Caterpillar's Operational Impact

Environment

Boeing's Mesa, AZ, site says 'environmental stewardship is fundamental'

Kim Smith is vice president of Attack Helicopter Programs and leads the Boeing site in Mesa, Arizona, which produces the AH-64 Apache and AH-6i Little Bird helicopters for the U.S. Army and allied defense forces around the globe.

Health & Healthcare

A Holistic Approach to Empowering Health Entrepreneurs

Around the world, health entrepreneurs and social enterprises are pioneering innovative, locally driven solutions that have the potential to transform healthcare for underserved communities. These young organizations are starting small but thinking big, and private sector companies like Pfizer can play an important role in helping them grow. However, we must also realize that, in today’s complex health landscape, successful collaboration requires more than financial support.

Environment

Trump Won't Stop Americans Hitting the Paris Climate Targets. Here's How We Do It

Last week, the Trump administration formally notified the UN of its intention to withdraw from the Paris agreement. It was an empty gesture, because no party can actually withdraw until November 2020 (right after the next US presidential election). What matters is this: the US is on pace to reach the commitment we made under the agreement – and there is nothing Washington can do to stop us.

Research & Reports

Sanofi Publishes Its First Integrated Report

Education & Workforce Development

Science WoRx™ Encourages Futures in STEM through Support of Summer Science Camps

Through its Science WoRx program, Astellas USA Foundation has proudly supported PS Science and iBIO for several years to encourage young learners to take interest in science fields. By providing engaging curriculum and activities, students are building important scientific reasoning and critical thinking skills – two learnings that will benefit their careers no matter what path they choose to take.

Environment

4 Solutions for Your Global EHS Needs

Antea Group can help you meet your global EHS needs in 4 ways: understanding the local EHS culture, planning global expansion, answering a specific EHS query, or arranging for an EHS expert to visit your facility located in any continent.

Volunteering & Community

Video International Youth Day: Scotiabank is Dedicated to Helping Young People Reach Their Infinite Potential

We're dedicated to helping young people reach their infinite potential and make meaningful impact where they live.

Volunteering & Community

Scotiabank Video El Día Internacional de la Juventud: Orgullosos de apoyar el bienestar y el potencial infinito de los jóvenes en todo el mundo

Orgullosos de apoyar el bienestar y el potencial infinito de los jóvenes en todo el mundo.

Volunteering & Community

La Banque Scotia Video La Journée Internationale de la Jeunesse : Fiers de soutenir bien-être et potentiel infini des jeunes dans le monde et de les aider à atteindre

Fiers de soutenir bien-être des jeunes dans le monde et de les aider à atteindre potentiel infini.

Inclusion & Opportunity

VIDEO | Hackster.io Launches Project to Promote Gender Diversity in Hardware

In a 2016 survey of people from 104 countries, Hackster.io discovered that fewer than six percent of hardware developers are women. In an effort to encourage more women of all ages to pursue careers in hardware, Adafruit and Hackster.io have collaborated to create the Women in Hardware (WiH): Interview Series.

Corporate Responsibility

What Do Sports, Safety and Sustainability Have in Common?

Known for a commitment to safety and sustainability, associates at Kohler Co.'s vitreous plant in Jhagadia, India proved recently that their recognized success is due, in large part, to working, and having fun together.

Research & Reports

MilliporeSigma Launches First Green Chemistry Rating System

We often think of chemicals as highly toxic materials that could even prove lethal. But chemistry is everywhere and we rely on it for everything we need in daily life, from the ink in our pens to the actual food we eat. It is an integral part of our routines and industrial processes. As such, chemicals also need a green overhaul as they can be aggressive to the planet and animal lives, and must be replaced with safer alternatives.

Environment

T. Rowe Price Associates Raise Oysters in Baltimore to Improve Harbor Health

Since 2013, T. Rowe Price has joined neighboring companies to participate in The Great Baltimore Oyster Partnership in an effort to improve the water quality and increase the local oyster population.

Health & Healthcare

Shire’s Rare in Kendall Square Event Brings Together Innovators in Rare Disease

Did you know of 7,000 rare diseases, only 5% have treatments available?

On July 18th, Shire invited professionals local to Cambridge, MA to participate in Rare in Kendall Square: Collaborating to Advance Innovation in Rare Disease. Over 200 attendees gathered to network and weigh in on a panel discussion centered around the idea that partnerships can advance treatment options.

Health & Healthcare

Novartis Story Celebrates a Life Dedicated to Fighting Malaria

In Kenya, about three-quarters of the population is at risk for malaria, and all four species of the malaria parasite that infect humans occur in the country. Although there has been substantial progress, malaria remains the leading cause of mortality in Kenya, killing an estimated 30,000 people every year, most of them children under 5 years old.

Latest Campaigns

Nutrition and Health

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

IWBI | WELL Building Standard

Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...

Rethinking EHS Podcast

Join us as we travel the world to uncover real stories of impact—from landfills and energy transition to workplace safety, emerging contaminants, and...

PSEG People & Communities

PSEG is committed to improving the lives of our customers, our employees and the diverse communities we serve throughout New Jersey and Long Island...

Collective Action

Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...

Community Impact

Advancing our communities worldwide through philanthropic investments, partnerships, and employee volunteerism.

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance

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