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sustainability: 2025 Report - Rockwell Automation
Building a More Resilient, Agile, and Sustainable Future

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What We Learned (Or Didn’t) From Hurricane Katrina

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Social Impact & Volunteering

#EarthMonth Profile: Cox Conserves Heroes Improve Outdoor Spaces For All

April is a month to observe sustainability and encourage eco-friendly behavior. The Cox Conserves Heroes program, however, celebrates environmental volunteers all year long.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Ceres’ Response to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures Scoping Report

Ceres president Mindy Lubber praised the members of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) on the release of their “Phase 1” report today, which lays out the scope and high level objectives for the task force’s work.

Environment

NWF Asks Americans to Pledge to Be Butterfly Heroes

The National Wildlife Federation today announced the launch of Butterfly Heroes presented by Subaru with a goal of 100,000 Americans pledging to help save monarchs and other critically important pollinators in 2016.

Environment

Talk with Green Guy Show - Mayors Climate Summit Series. Interview with Mayor Esther Manheimer of Asheville, NC

Listen to Talk with Green Guy's interview with Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer talking about sustainability initiatives

Responsible Production & Consumption

Plastics News Profiles One Company's Unique Approach to Healthcare Plastics Recycling

Plastics News has a great new piece about the work Triumvirate Environmental Inc is doing to recycle healthcare plastics by transforming them into plastic lumber through their subsidiary brand Best Plus.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Sands Cares Featured in Hotel Business Magazine

Diversity & Inclusion

Practitioner Spotlight--Chris Bone

Let's take a look at some of Antea Group's most valuable resources--its people! Next up is information and knowledge management practitioner Chris Bone, who talks to us about what surprises people most about his job, the key ingredient for success as a data management practitioner, and what fictional character he'd most love to work with.

Social Impact & Volunteering

A Recipe for Taking Action Against Hunger

What can a kid do to fight hunger? That was a question I asked myself when I was 7 years old. I saw a man on a street corner holding a sign that read: NEED A MEAL. It made me sad inside, and I knew I needed to do something about it. But what could I do? I was just 7 years old.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

George, the "Science Liaison Leader”

An interview with George, GSK Medical Science Liaison Director. George has his Pharm.D., is based in Dallas, TX, has worked for GSK for fourteen years, and manages of a team of eight other MSLs.

Energy

Gas-to-Electricity Plant Debuts at Irvine's Bowerman Landfill

The Bowerman Power Project went into operation this week, converting methane gas, a byproduct of landfill trash, into enough electricity to power 26,000 homes.

Health & Healthcare

Fast Food has Replaced Everything

Cities influence how we live, travel and eat, all of which have an impact on our health. Novo Nordisk’s latest issue of TBL Quarterly takes you to the city streets to show the challenges and opportunities to improve the health of urbanites living with type 2 diabetes. ​

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Championing Women in the Social Impact Sector

Since launching The Wakeman Agency in 2003, Vanessa Wakeman has been recognized as a champion for nonprofits and progressive organizations at the forefront of innovation and social change.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Anti-Slavery Sees Signifiant Changes in March

As March comes to a close, news and legislation regarding anti-slavery has significantly impacted the way supply chains will work.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Benevity and TechSoup Join Forces to Deliver Unparalleled Global Donation Platform

Benevity, Inc., the global leader in online workplace giving, matching, volunteering and grant management solutions, today announced a formal partnership with TechSoup Global, the leading online platform connecting validated nonprofits to in-kind technology and philanthropic resources at scale.

Environment

Ray C. Anderson Foundation Names Michael Molitor as Senior Fellow

Ray C. Anderson Foundation Names Michael Molitor as Senior Fellow. Researcher and Writer is an Expert on Resource Productivity and the Circular Economy

Innovation & Technology

Points of Light Civic Accelerator Launches Spring 2016 Class – Invests in 14 Civic Ventures That Are Addressing Digital and Financial Inclusion

The Points of Light Civic Accelerator – the first national accelerator dedicated to investing in civic ventures – announced today the 14 ventures selected to participate in its Spring 2016 program. This will be the seventh cohort of the Civic Accelerator since its founding in 2012. The ventures come from across the U.S. and include for-profits and nonprofits that focus on digital and financial inclusion to help more people succeed in the digital economy.

Environment

More Than 400 GM Dealerships Join Green Program

When Lee Davis became the fourth-generation owner of Davis Chevrolet in Lexington, North Carolina, he used his expertise as an environmental scientist to upgrade the dealership. From heating the service department and body shop with used vehicle oil to buying lunch for employees with money from recycling soft drink cans, he is integrating sustainable practices into daily operations.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Apple Issues $1.5B Green Bond to Spearhead Environmental Efforts

Corporate green bonds are a debt taken on by a company to finance environment-friendly projects.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Three Tips to Drive Volunteerism in Your Company

For many companies, large and small, community service is ingrained in the culture. AT&T is no different. For more than 100 years, we have been donating our time and talents to support underserved populations and strengthen our communities. Thanks to platforms like VolunteerMatch, we have been able to strengthen our community engagement programs to help achieve even greater results.

Environment

Live Podcast on Harvesting the Urban Forest with Pratt Industries Recycling

The Bard MBA in Sustainability  hosts a live dial-in podcast discussion with Michelle Wiseman, Public Sector Representative at Pratt Recycling. With a primary focus on recycling and sustainability, Pratt partners with municipalities, haulers and recyclers to respond to inquiries, service issues and events. Michelle is tasked with providing education regarding the reduction of waste and easing contamination. Pratt Recycling is one of the largest producers of 100% recycled cardboard in North America and operates one of the leading Material Recovery Facilities (MRF’s) in the Southeast. Listeners can dial in to the podcast at NOON EST on Friday, April 1st.

Health & Healthcare

Can Employers Achieve Better Performance by Encouraging Employees to Wear Fitness Trackers?

In January, Oral Roberts University announced an experiment. The Tulsa, Okla., university asked all 900 of its incoming freshmen to wear Fitbit fitness trackers.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

JetBlue Foundation Provides Grants To Help Six Aviation Programs Take Flight

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