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Innovation & Technology

Responsible Business Alliance Enhances Data Analytics Capabilities

The Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) today announced it is greatly enhancing its data analytics capabilities with the pending launch of its newly upgraded RBA-Online platform in March and the recent addition of a data scientist on staff.

Environment

The Arbor Day Foundation Partners With Andriaki Shipping to Plant 60,000 Trees in Indonesia

Andriaki Shipping will partner with the Arbor Day Foundation to plant 60,000 trees in West Papua, Indonesia. The reforestation effort will help to revitalize West Papua’s local economy and restore natural habitats for area wildlife

Social Impact & Volunteering

Pro Bono Perspectives S2E4: Jeff Senne, PwC

Host Danielle Holly interviews PwC Responsible Business Leader Jeff Senne, a key leader in PwC’s shift from corporate responsibility to responsible business leadership.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

United Nations Global Compact Launches New Tool to Improve Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains

The United Nations Global Compact today launched a new toolkit to help procurement teams improve working conditions for millions of people working in global supply chains.

Environment

How HP Is Funneling Plastic From Haiti Into Laptops and Printer Supplies

The next ink cartridge or computer gear you buy might have an invisible but noteworthy history: Some part of it may once have been an empty soda bottle plucked from a distant shoreline.

Health & Healthcare

Novartis and DNDi to Collaborate on the Development of a New Oral Drug to Treat Visceral Leishmaniasis

Novartis and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) have signed a collaboration and licence agreement to jointly develop LXE408, as a potential new oral treatment for visceral leishmaniasis, one of the world’s leading parasitic killers.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Global Citizen: Powering the Movement to End Poverty

As a technology company, we have a powerful opportunity to create an inclusive future by sharing our skills and capabilities with others. Through a new partnership with international antipoverty organization Global Citizen, we’re equipping...

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Manchester City and Xylem Tackle Water and Education Issues in Bangalore With Fan Volunteers

Five Manchester City fans from across India were given an exciting volunteering opportunity to team up with the Club’s Official Water Technology Partner, Xylem, to increase access to safe water for primary schools in Bangalore.

Environment

American Forest Foundation Welcomes International Paper as a Family Forest Carbon Program Partner

The American Forest Foundation announced today that International Paper has joined AFF and its partner, The Nature Conservancy, in supporting the Family Forest Carbon Program to enhance carbon sequestration in family owned forest land across the U.S.

Diversity & Inclusion

2020 Catalyst Award Winner Medtronic Hires Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer

Medtronic is hiring its first Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer, underscoring its continued focus and significant investment in inclusion and diversity as a business priority. Sally Saba, M.D., will assume the position effective March 2, 2020

Environment

Unlocking the Power of Policy at Ceres 2020 in New York!

At Ceres 2020 in New York, we’ll explore how policy and legislation can serve as real solutions to our most pressing sustainability challenges and how both investors and companies can help shape innovative climate and energy policies

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Connecting Employee Communities at Qualcomm

Qualcomm Employee Networks (ENs) are employee-driven, enterprise-supported networks, promoting the professional growth of our employees. They support the communities in which we do business, offer collaboration and encouragement among employees.

Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrate Black History Month: For the Love of Baseball and Small-Town Life

On weekdays, you'll find Duke Energy security officer Hugh Gorie helping keep watch over Oconee Nuclear Station near Seneca, S.C. On weekends from April to September, you'll find him on baseball diamonds...

Innovation & Technology

Goodyear Connected Tires Can Reduce Lost Stopping Distance, a Key for EVs, AVs

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company recently eclipsed 3 million miles of data from road tests and field trials with customers derived from its connected tires.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Two New Helicopters Help Support Wildfire Mitigation Efforts

As the helicopter, brightly painted yellow and green, makes its way toward the helipad at Chino Airport, the rotors are noticeably quieter, the size of the aircraft larger than most of the fleet.

Innovation & Technology

The New Energy World:­ Perspectives from Global Leaders

"Our Green Chemistry initiative is as much about driving efficiency in our factories (staring with technology development to design future processes) as it is about sustainability." - Frederick Hellman, Compliance Associate Director, Astra Zeneca

Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating Black History Month: Jessica O. Matthews

It takes an innovative mind to correlate a soccer ball with electricity. It takes an entrepreneur — a modern-day pioneer like Jessica O. Matthews — to turn such an item into a source of energy for the developing world.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

LIXIL Earns Place in CDP’s Water Security A List for Second Consecutive Year

LIXIL has been named in the CDP ’s prestigious Water A List for two consecutive years. Incorporating its Corporate Responsibility commitment in its products, services, and business, CDP’s recognition reflects LIXIL's leadership in water stewardship.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Erb Institute Faculty Director Joe Árvai Recognized for Contribution to Risk Analysis

As businesses address climate change, the ways they assess, analyze and mitigate risk are critical. Árvai is an expert in the risk and decision sciences, and he is a frequent advisor to governments, government agencies, NGOs and the private sector.

Health & Healthcare

Study: Your Home’s Water Quality Could Vary by the Room – and the Season

Is the water in your home actually safe, given that water utility companies in the U.S. aren’t required by law to monitor the water that specifically enters a building at its service line?

Energy

Millennials and the Financial Impact of the Energy Transition

Millennials were born into a rapidly changing financial landscape which should inform us of the diligence required for the next economic revolution.

Environment

Using Shared Value for Climate Action

A look into FSG’s project with Swedish construction company OBOS.

Innovation & Technology

The Long and Short of 77 and 24 GHz Automotive Radar

Automotive radar developers continue to hold onto the tenet, that good technology truly can save lives as Keysight and Calterah work to create better radar detection for blind spot detection, lane change, parking assistance, and collision avoidance.

Environment

Cascade Comes Clean About Dishwashing Habit

P&G detergent brand, Cascade is launching “Do It Every Night,” a campaign to encourage water conservation in an unexpected way: by considering running the dishwasher every night, instead of washing dishes by hand.

Events, Media & Communications

What Nature Can Teach Business About Achieving Shared and Sustainable Value

Companies are recognizing that more inclusive business models and collaborations that include diverse actors can drive both economic growth and accelerate impact on addressing our UN Sustainable Development Goals. What’s behind this realization?

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