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Innovation & Technology

Sodexo Establishes Tier III Data Center to Meet Global Demand

Seeking infrastructure that is robust, resilient, secure, available and responsive, Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Life Services, chose a Tier III data center partner to ensure the availability of Sodexo’s business critical applications and meet the business imperative that the user community have 24/7 access to their data.

Innovation & Technology

Comcast Announces Six Time Olympic Medal Winner Jackie Joyner-Kersee To Serve As National Spokeswoman For Internet Essentials

Comcast Corporation today announced Jackie Joyner-Kersee will serve as a national spokeswoman for Internet Essentials, the largest and most successful broadband adoption program in the country. Soon to kick off its sixth annual back-to-school season, Internet Essentials has helped close the digital divide for more than 600,000 families, benefitting 2.4 million low-income Americans.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Is Forced Labor Being Over Looked in Your Supply Chain?

As the increase in demand from around the world for quality goods increases, so does the amount of help needed to supply those goods. With big box retailers continuing to source their products from offshore suppliers, staying ahead of compliance initiatives is a must. The risk of running into issues with compliance regulations becomes greater when creating business relationships in other countries.

Research, Reports & Publications

Marking Milestones at Both Ends of a Caterpillar Career

Caterpillar is proud to employee individuals from a variety of backgrounds at different stages in their career

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

What's a Company's Social Responsibility After the Sale?

When considering corporate social responsibility, many companies tend to look at it with a front-end perspective. The attitude in large is that, “I’ve done everything up to X point, and now it’s hands off for me.” Companies, who take on such a view aren’t necessarily in the wrong. The fact that they are considering sustainability puts them above a large number of businesses.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Time-tested Tactics for Making Employee Volunteerism Matter

This past February, I presented a case study of a company’s relationship with a nonprofit around employee volunteer engagement.

Health & Healthcare

Hospitals Look Outside Their Four Walls to Improve Community Health

There’s a transformation occurring in how care is being delivered across communities. Acting as an anchor, hospitals and health systems are expanding beyond their physical campus by establishing partnerships with government agencies, non-profits and other organizations in their community to proactively and more fundamentally advance community health.

Education

Unique Camp Teaches Girls Robotics, Engineering

SAN DIEGO -- While most kids spend their summer break playing outdoors, a group of sixth-graders are building robots.
It's part of Qualcomm's STEM camp...

Energy

Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Efforts Providing Unprecedented Savings to Customers

Massachusetts utilities and energy efficiency service providers have filed their 2013-2015 Term Reports with the Department of Public Utilities, showing unprecedented energy savings and dollar benefits statewide over the three-year period. For each of the three years, Massachusetts was also ranked number one on the American Council for An Energy Efficient Economy’s State Energy Efficiency Scorecard.

Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity and Inclusion the Hershey Way: What Does It Mean to You?

It’s easy for an organization to say they want a more diverse and inclusive workplace, but what does that actually mean and why does it matter? Now more than ever, companies are taking a long, hard look at the role diversity and inclusion plays in helping them achieve success.

Innovation & Technology

Five Tips to Keep your Sustainability Software Selection on Track

Software is a key tool for those managing corporate EHS and Sustainability programs and communicating on that performance externally. NAEM's latest report, "Strategies for a Successful Software Selection" helps you optimize your software selection with advice drawn directly from experts and corporate peers. Download this infographic to get a snapshot of some key takeaways or download the full report to learn more.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Business Case for Sustainability

Myth: You can’t afford to be sustainable unless you’re a big company. Fact: It’s good business to be sustainable – for companies big and small.

Health & Healthcare

State-of-the-Art Medical Care on All AIDA Cruises Ships

At the beginning of the 2016 vacation season, the cruise line AIDA Cruises and the Rostock University Medical Center are entering a groundbreaking partnership. The partnership will comprise work together in the area of telemedicine as an important element of primary medical care on board.

Environment

Removing Obstacles to Better, More Sustainable Business Decisions

June was a very active month for the Monetization Working Group (MWG), which included participation in the 3rd Biennial Water Funds conference in Bogota, Colombia along with working sessions and a full MWG meeting hosted by FEMSA at their offices in Mexico City. Both of these events played an important part in helping the Group advance its purpose of accelerating progress by removing obstacles to better, more sustainable business decision-making.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Freeport-McMoRan Named Most Community-Minded by the Civic 50

Congratulations to Freeport-McMoRan for being recognized as the most community-minded company in the materials sector!

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Republic Services Recognized with Las Vegas Business Press Green Award

Republic Services was proud to be a sponsor and be recognized at the LV Business Press Green Awards today with the MGM Resorts International for The Mirage Sustainability Discovery Center in the Siegfried and Roy Lion and Dolphin Habitat. Republic and the MGM Resorts international won in the Hotel/Casino of the Year category.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Why Should You Care About Employee Engagement?

Why Should You Care About Employee Engagement? The reason is: because it benefits your employees, your company's performance and bottom line, your reputation in the community and the story you're able to tell about the good work you do. Learn how you can reap these benefits at your company!

Innovation & Technology

Security, Access and Dependability: All the Elements of a Tier III Global Data Center

Businesses that want to be competitive in the global marketplace must invest in infrastructure that is robust, resilient, secure, available and responsive. Ensuring the user community has 24/7 access to their data is a business imperative. Sodexo chose a Tier III data center partner to ensure that their systems have robust physical security and a facility that provides redundant power and cooling for their IT equipment. This helps to ensure the availability of their business critical applications.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Anheuser-Busch Provides Community Restoration Grants to Keep America Beautiful Affiliate Communities in Need

Keep America Beautiful, the national nonprofit that envisions a country in which every community is a clean, green and beautiful place to live, and Anheuser-Busch (NYSE: ADR), today announced the recipients of the 2016 Keep America Beautiful/Anheuser-Busch Community Restoration Grants program.

Energy

Black & Veatch: Technology Brings Risk, Reward, Uncertainty to Electric Industry

Distributed generation, the low price of natural gas and modern customer information systems represent growth opportunities for the electric industry even as security concerns are on the rise and legacy power generation sources cede their prominence to new technology. Those are the top findings in Black & Veatch’s 2016 Strategic Directions: Electric Industry Report, the company’s annual review of the issues affecting the industry.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Ride for Adoption: Wendy's and Uber Announce Partnership to Benefit the Dave Thomas Foundation for AdoptionRide for Adoption: Wendy's and Uber Announce Partnership to Benefit the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

Here's a ride that lets you pay it forward. Today, Wendy's® announces the launch of a partnership with Uber, a technology platform that is evolving the way the world moves, which will raise funds to help find homes for children waiting in foster care.

Research, Reports & Publications

In New Sustainability Report, Norfolk Southern Outlines “What Efficiency Looks Like”

Cleaner-running locomotives. Greater energy efficiency. Support for safer communities. Fewer workplace injuries. A more diverse workforce. Those are among key achievements highlighted in Norfolk Southern’s new online sustainability report, “What Efficiency Looks Like.”

Environment

Bacardi Employees Travel Around Corporate Campus on Bicycles

Sturdy, dark blue bicycles bearing ST-GERMAIN® elderflower liqueur branding serve as a sustainable solution for employees who work at the Bacardi Limited worldwide headquarters in Bermuda.Employees use the company-provided bicycles as a means to travel around the world’s largest privately help spirits company’s campus and local community as part of the ongoing Bacardi Limited “Good Spirited: Building a Sustainable Future” environmental initiative.

Health & Healthcare

Sanofi Teams With US Military on Zika, But Not for the Profits

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  6. Environmental Sustainability
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  7. Employee and Community Engagement
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  8. Technology for Good
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  9. Green Mountain Energy Sun Club
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  10. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
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    DP World is significantly expanding its operations in Latin America, focusing on enhancing port infrastructure and increasing cargo handling...
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