Olympic hockey player Hugo Inglis from New Zealand, Olympic rugby sevens player Kevin Wekesa from Kenya, the National Olympic Committee of the Netherlands and the International Biathlon Union have been named the winners of the IOC Climate Action Awards 2025.
Pope Leo XIV has sent “warm greetings” ahead of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, saying he hopes “healthy competition will contribute to building bridges between cultures and peoples” and promote welcoming, solidarity and peace.
Across industries, engineers often begin the process of developing new products with a simple yet important question: How can I make this?
Answering that question requires a significant investment of time and resources and leads to many design and testing cycles.
While we often look to the sky for climate solutions - like wind turbines and solar panels - one of the most powerful technologies is right under our feet. This World Soil Day, we celebrate more than just the ground we walk on, but it’s un-canny capability to store CO2.
With seven days to go to the Opening Ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, the President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Annalena Baerbock, issued a solemn appeal urging all Member States to uphold the Olympic Truce.
Bath & Body Works is fortunate to be a brand whose products are enjoyed by customers worldwide, and it’s an honor to donate products in moments when people need them most.
Sustainability rarely took center stage at Davos this year. Instead, it quietly delivered by playing an implicit and influential role in most conversations throughout the week.
Famed for their smiles, willingness to help and their Olympic spirit, Olympic volunteers help to make special Games memories for the athletes, fans and officials that they encounter in their different roles.
For the third year in a row, Idealist surveyed their communities of hiring managers and job seekers to better understand the state of work and job seeking in the U.S. nonprofit sector.
Many of us remember the iconic scene from Disney’s The Lion King where Mufasa teaches Simba about the “circle of life:” a powerful metaphor illustrating the interconnectedness of all living beings and the delicate balance of nature.
National Grid recently completed a major upgrade to its portion of a 960-mile, 450 kilovolt high-voltage direct-current, or HVDC, transmission system that has been delivering clean, carbon-free electricity from Canada to New England for the past 25 years. National Grid is the majority owner of the US portion of the system, which it operates on behalf of some 35 other energy providers. The $27 million project took approximately three years and was completed on time and on budget.
ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, is pleased to announce a $100,000 grant from the James M. Cox Foundation in support of its early learning science initiative Champ Lane. ECHO’s Champ Lane is a 2,200 square-foot exhibit and classroom designed to support early learners, educators and caregivers. The exhibit will serve as the platform for development of the critical STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) early learning focused curriculum.
3BL Media, the corporate communications platform for corporate social responsibility and sustainability news and content, has formed a news distribution partnership with the Global Compact Network Canada (GCNC), the Canadian Chapter of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC).
Employees from Arrow Electronics’ Phoenix integration center collected and donated 3,887 items of clothing and personal-care items last month for Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS), a nonprofit organization established in 1984 to empower men, women and children with diverse needs to not only end their homelessness, but also rebuild their lives.
Helping Women In the U.S.
We have also been working to help U.S. women from low income households improve their employment skills. The Walmart Foundation provided support and training for more than 200,000 since the launch of our Global Women’s Economic Empowerment Initiative. Some of this work has been accomplished through programs aimed at the retail sector, such as our funding of the Chicago Cook County Workforce Partnerships. This work to enhance economic mobility in retail is particularly important to women, since over 50 percent of retail workers in the U.S. are women.
As excessive nutrients entered the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, fueling large and harmful algae blooms, we partnered with a wastewater treatment plant in Frederick, Maryland, on a comprehensive solution.
The automotive industry is facing fundamental changes. Digitalization is the main force driving this transformation. The connection of the physical and digital worlds is frequently described with the buzz word "Industrie 4.0" or as the fourth industrial revolution.
Volunteers from CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery returned to Camp Aranzazu in Rockport for a fifth year to assist with cleanup and other efforts on the camp’s Annual Camp Care Day. Camp Aranzazu serves children and adults with special needs and chronic illnesses through therapeutic recreation at its barrier-free facility. With more than 100 acres of land and only one full-time maintenance staff member, the camp relies heavily on volunteers.
TransCanada officially released its 2015 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, which highlights the company’s commitment to operating safely and in an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manner.
In April, H&M hosted a sustainability event at their London showroom. At the reception, they shared the company’s latest sustainability report and the major findings from their sustainability work in 2015.
This year's event takes place over 1 ½ days with an evening reception at the end of day 1. The first day will consist of breakout sessions focusing on IMDS specific topics and legislative issues. The second day will focus strictly on IMDS topics including IMDS 11.0, which includes a new method to support additional regulations, and refinements to further improved data quality.
In June, CSX released its sixth annual Corporate Social Responsibility Report, tracking the company’s performance against key goals and exploring the issues important to diverse stakeholders who work with, live near, and ultimately depend on this company.
Sodexo, the world leader in Quality of Life Services, announced today that the summer meal program at Richland School District Two kicked-off successfully this year, serving more than 13,000 meals to youth in the first 10 days. The district’s Food Service Program, operated by Sodexo, is again providing free meals to youth in the county where nearly 1 in 5 kids is at risk of hunger.
Gildan’s 2015 corporate, social and environmental responsibility (CSR) report was released on the Company’s CSR dedicated website genuinegildan.com. Among other information, this year’s report highlights the results of Gildan’s 2010-2015 efforts in the area of environmental sustainability.
The World Environment Center (WEC) is seeking recommendations for sustainability experts to serve as members of the independent jury to select its yearly Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development. The Gold Medal Award is presented annually to a global company that demonstrates systemic commitment to sustainability in business practice.
Jennifer Risi is a seasoned communications executive with more than 15 years of experience. She oversees global media relations at Ogilvy and serves as senior advisor to many of the firm’s clients. She is an expert in nation branding, CEO positioning, crisis communications, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business-to-business strategy development. She is a worldwide board member of Ogilvy Public Relations.
Sometimes finding happiness must be very intentional but simply knowing happiness is a choice is not enough. Experiencing it requires a conscious decision every day and it is not always easy.
KIRO 7, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, today announced finalists for Western Washington’s 2016 Cox Conserves Heroes program. The public is being asked to vote now through August 19 at http://www.kiro7.com/heroes.
Nominations are now being accepted for the World Environment Center’s (WEC) 2017 Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development. The Gold Medal Award is presented annually to a global company that demonstrates systemic commitment to sustainability in business practice.
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