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Innovation & Technology | Logitech

Logitech’s One-of-a-Kind Accessible Gaming Rig

Two years ago, while awaiting surgery to address a unique medical condition, 12-year-old Daire Gorman desperately needed to find a new way to game.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

U.S. Conference of Mayors, Wells Fargo Announce 2018 CommunityWINS Grant Program

$3 million commitment over three years from Wells Fargo will support neighborhood revitalization, economic development and job creation in local municipalities.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fast-Growing North Texas Nonprofits to Merge

Possibilities, a pioneer in vocational learning for adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD); and LaunchAbility, the leading supported employment and job placement for adults with IDD, will join forces to make a greater impact on this under-served North Texas community. Alliance Data is an ardent supporter of both organizations, serving as a founding donor of My Possibilities' higher education campus, which is slated to open this spring, and as an employer of LaunchAbility clients for the past decade.

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Education

DEA and Discovery Education Kickstart Lifesaving Conversations with Students about the Impacts of Prescription Opioid Misuse and Heroin Use by Launching Second Annual Operation Prevention Video Challenge for High School Students Nationwide

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the DEA Educational Foundation, and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, have launched the 2018 Operation Prevention Video Challenge – a peer-to-peer platform for communicating messages about the dangers of opioid misuse.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

The Brewing Environmental Problem of Retail Returns

In 2017, 11.3 percent of all purchases were returned and returned goods in the U.S. amount to 5 billion pounds of landfill waste each year - isn't it time we figure out how to fix that?

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Events, Media & Communications

2018 CRO Global Summit Commences in Shanghai

SynTao, Mainland China and Hong Kong’s Global Exchange local authority and a leading CSR professional body will host the 2018 CRO Global Summit – Sustainability, the Engine of Future Business on January 25th in Shanghai. The Summit includes discussions around the approaches of the future of business driven by sustainability and the implementation of the SDGs in the Chinese market.

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Events, Media & Communications

Airbnb, Pandora, and Other CSR Innovators Share Their Experiences

In late 2017, CSR leaders from 27 Bay Area companies and organizations convened at VolunteerMatch headquarters for networking, collaboration, and open discussion on the successes and challenges corporate giving professionals face.

Energy

Lighting Upgrades in Our Plants Increase Energy Efficiency, Reduce Environmental Impact

When team members arrive to start their day at Ingersoll Rand’s Club Car plant in Augusta, Georgia, the energy-efficient LED lights start turning on section by section as they sense movement. And as people leave an area, the motion-sensitive LED lights start dimming to save energy and then turn off entirely after 30 minutes.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Voya Financial Named a World’s Most Admired Company by Fortune Magazine

Voya Financial, Inc. has been named to Fortune’s 2018 list of the World’s Most Admired Companies. Voya was ranked as one of the most admired companies on the magazine’s list of securities and asset management companies. This year marks the first time that Voya was eligible for and appeared on the list.

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Environment

Behind the Curtain: The State of EHS and Sustainability Today

75 EHS professionals reveal to Antea Group what they value, the challenges they face, and what lies ahead in 2018.

Health & Healthcare

Sodexo Partners With ANA Enterprise to Transform the Health and Wellness of America’s 3.6 Million Nurses

The ANA Enterprise today announced Sodexo has joined the Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation™ (HNHN) Grand Challenge as a major partner in support of this transformative initiative. The ANA Enterprise is the organizing platform of the American Nurses Association (ANA), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the American Nurses Foundation. Sodexo Healthcare in North America provides Quality of Life Services in Facilities Management, Environmental Services, Clinical Technology Management and Food & Nutrition at 1,200 hospitals in the United States and Canada. Sodexo’s multi-million dollar contribution to the American Nurses Foundation is in direct support of the ANA Enterprise’s HNHN Grand Challenge.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Colleges Nationwide Seek RecycleMania 2018 Championship

RecycleMania, the premier collegiate recycling competition managed by national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful, is back for its 18th year as college and university campuses across the country compete to see who will claim the championship title in the fight to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost the most on campus. Registration for the 2018 RecycleMania competition will close on Friday, Feb. 2. RecycleMania will begin on Sunday, Feb. 4, with the campus competition running for eight weeks, concluding on Saturday, March 31.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sodexo’s Healthcare CEO in North America Named Among Powerful Executives by BLACK ENTERPRISE Magazine

Sodexo, a food services and facilities management company, announced today that Aster Angagaw, CEO, Healthcare North America, Sodexo, was named as one of the 300 “Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America” by BLACK ENTERPRISE. Consisting of 16 CEOs, 13 division CEOs and 271 Top Executives, the list pays tribute to the most dynamic African American executives leading some of the nation’s largest public and private companies.

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Diversity & Inclusion

KeyCorp Names Kim Manigault As Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer

KEYCORP NAMES KIM MANIGAULT AS CHIEF DIVERSITY & INCLUSION OFFICER

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Innovation & Technology

The Three Things Global Leaders Need to Do to Prepare for the Next Big Economic Shift

The fourth industrial revolution is upon us. Technology, jobs, government policies, and entire economies around the world are on the edge of a massive shift. This presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity for global leaders to come together and embrace new digital technologies that hyper-charge their economic prospects, create new manufacturing jobs, educate the next generation of highly skilled labor, and ultimately shape the next hundred years of our planet.

Diversity & Inclusion

Activating With Purpose: How Brands Too Can Make a Difference for Women

With all of this focus on women and gender equality continuing to dominate conversations in the media, it’s no surprise that consumers are taking notice – something that companies should not take lightly as the majority of Americans (76 percent) say they would boycott a company based on corporate values. Even more notable, is that more than eighty percent (84 percent) rank women’s rights as one of the most pressing issues they expect companies to address. Here’s a roundup of four companies committing to gender equality in big ways:

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Your Briefing on Growing Green Finance

Ethical Corporation recently commissioned a 20-page complimentary briefing into the growing state of green finance, which goes into depth on the important role green finance has to play in tackling climate change.

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Environment

Tetra Tech-Supported Project Wins Phoenix Award of Excellence in Brownfield Redevelopment

The Tetra Tech-supported Chicago Park District (CPD) Big Marsh redevelopment project received a 2017 Phoenix Award for outstanding achievement in brownfield redevelopment at the National Brownfields Conference in December. The Phoenix Awards honor innovative projects that solve critical environmental problems and transform abandoned properties into productive sites.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Novartis Releases 2017 Corporate Responsibility Report

For the fifth consecutive year, Novartis is publishing an annual Corporate Responsibility (CR) Report. The report is divided into four chapters based on our CR material clusters: access to healthcare, innovation, patient health and safety and ethical business practices. Each chapter provides readers with focused information on our approach and performance in each of these areas.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sustainability Peers and Clients Recommend AccountAbility in Financial Times Survey

AccountAbility has earned a “Five Star” ranking in the inaugural Financial Times Rating of Sustainability Management Consultants in the UK, released last week. The Rating serves as an important performance benchmark for the professional services sector and is based on FT’s independent research and the recommendations of over 1,100 clients and peers.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

LA Kings Partner with YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles to Bring Ball Hockey to the LA Area

Beginning next month, the LA Kings Ball Hockey League will start with ball hockey being offered in a special eight-week session at 10 area YMCA branches. Practices will be held once a week with one game each Saturday and kids will be assigned to teams by age and skill level. In addition, each participant will receive an LA Kings Ball Hockey uniform, hockey stick, ball and rule book courtesy of the Kings and Delta Air Lines. The program is also supported by Blue Shield of California.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ingersoll Rand Named to Corporate Knights Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations Index

Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR), a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments, has been named to the 2018 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations Index by Corporate Knights. Corporate Knights, a Toronto based media and investment advisory company, released the 2018 index at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Taking a Day at the Clearbrook Funfest

Forty Astellas employees from Astellas US Technologies (AUST) took a day to volunteer at the Clearbrook Funfest in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. AUST employees represented Supply Chain, Product Security, Project and Product Management and Quality Assurance Americas.

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Events, Media & Communications

Sustainable Brands Kicks Off Global Showcase of Brands

Sustainable Brands® recently opened general registration for its flagship conference: SB’18 Vancouver. More than 3,000 business leaders are expected to gather June 4-7th at the Vancouver Convention Centre for conversation around how brands are staying relevant and resilient in a challenged world. The conference will showcase brands that are proactively innovating their product and service offerings to align with shifting consumer societal aspirations.

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Events, Media & Communications

The Realized Worth 2018 CSR Conference Guide

It’s back! Every January, Realized Worth shares a guide of the year’s upcoming CSR and employee volunteering conferences around the world – with a few relevant employee engagement and sustainability events included, too. Based on what we’ve seen, it looks like we’re going into this year with even more of a global focus, and a more visible push to strengthen multi-sector partnerships in the name of social good. Big things are in store for 2018!

Research, Reports & Publications

Caterpillar Invests in Africa

With the fastest-growing middle class in the world and a population expected to double by 2050, Africa had tremendous potential for growth in the construction, agriculture, mining, power, energy and transportation sectors.

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  8. Enriching Women's Lives
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  10. Recognition of our Company
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  12. Climate Stabilization
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  13. Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games
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