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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

3BL Media Acquires ReportAlert™ Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report Announcement Service

3BL Media, a powerful communications platform used by Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits and NGOs to distribute their CSR and sustainability news and content to audiences that matter, announced today the acquisition of ReportAlert™, the corporate responsibility and sustainability report announcement and dissemination service founded in 2005.

Environment

Addressing Climate Change Across the Value Chain

With our planet’s population growth expected to reach 9 billion by 2050, we see the challenges with providing food for more people in a resource constrained world.

Health & Healthcare

Friendship can be a Life-Saver to a Student with Food Allergies

With food allergies on the rise, and 15 million Americans allergic to one or more foods, chances are good that someone you work with, go to school with or are friends with will have a food allergy. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, food allergies are a growing food safety and public health concern that affects between 4 and 6 percent of young people in the U. S. Allergic reactions can be life threatening and have far-reaching effects on the individual and their families, as well as the school, college or university they attend.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Call for Entries: Keep America Beautiful National Awards Program

To honor individuals and organizations committed to creating communities that are cleaner, greener and more beautiful places to live, Keep America Beautiful opens the application period for specific categories of its National Awards to the public, while others are offered exclusively to Keep America Beautiful affiliates. The application deadline for all Keep America Beautiful National Awards is Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015.

Environment

Radical Prescriptions for Climate Change from Conservative Leaders

In the recently released “Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change,” Muslim scholars from twenty countries joined Pope Francis in calling for action on climate change, in effect adding 1.6 billion Muslims to the 1.2 billion Catholics now called on to support the climate change movement. Acknowledging there will be climate deniers within that group — Presidential candidate Rick Santorum tried to make the argument just this week on Bill Maher’s Real Time — that’s more than a third of the world’s population.

Events, Media & Communications

Old Mutual Group Is The Gold Sponsor At The 2015 PRI In Person Conferenece

Environment

Paris Drives Impact by Stopping Traffic

As the demand for transparency in corporate responsibility efforts increases, the pressure is on for organizations to find inspiring ways to reach consumers. More and more, companies are taking to bold call-outs to raise awareness of sustainability issues—from Patagonia’s wildly successful, unconventional “Don’t Buy This Jacket” campaign to World Wildlife Fund’s visually impactful “Earth Hour” movement. Now one major city is hitting the road with an unprecedented plan to take a stand against the effects of pollution.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Travel+Leisure Readers Name Seabourn the 'World's Best Small-Ship Cruise Line' for 2015

It’s an exciting summer at Seabourn! Seabourn is pleased to share that the discerning readers of Travel + Leisure have voted them as the "World's Best Small-Ship Cruise Line" in the prestigious magazine's 2015 annual survey. They're excited to continue their nearly decade long legacy at the top in the "Small-Ship Cruise Line" category.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Astellas Named to FTSE4Good Sustainability Index for the Fourth Consecutive Year

Astellas Pharma Inc.today announced that it has been selected for the fourth consecutive year to be included in the FTSE4Good Index Series, one of the world’s premier indices for socially responsible investment.

Environment

Freeport-McMoRan’s El Paso Operations Receives Environmental Excellence Award

The Freeport-McMoRan El Paso copper refinery and copper rod plant is located in El Paso, Texas. For the second year in a row, the El Paso operations received a Certificate of Excellence from El Paso Water Utilities for its handling of wastewater. This is the sixth time the operations have received the award since the award program began in 2002.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bloomberg LP Summer C++ Competition Awards Seven Winners Trip to CppCon

Participants in Bloomberg’s coding competitions span the globe. The winners of the latest contest, in partnership with the Standard C++ Foundation (the flagship C++ conference) and CppCon, came from Romania, Russia and across the U.S. including Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts and Texas.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Elements of a Strong Quality Management Culture

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Building Sustainability into the American Dream

Research, Reports & Publications

CA Technologies Releases Latest Sustainability Report

CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) today released its latest sustainability report, outlining how the company is furthering its corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts. The report was drafted in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 Core guidelines and incorporates the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact.

Diversity & Inclusion

Bloomberg Women in Technology (BWIT)–Taking Gender Out of Coding

Perfect Banana may have taken a runaway lead in the Second Annual BWIT-sponsored CodeCon competition, but in the end, it was Skillful Nectarine who solved all seven problems to win the coveted Bloomberg CodeCon Cup.

Innovation & Technology

Toyota Establishes Collaborative Research Centers with MIT and Stanford to Accelerate Artificial Intelligence Research

The research and development of intelligent vehicle and mobility technologies will get a major boost in an ambitious new collaboration between Toyota, Stanford and MIT. At a press conference today, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced that it will be investing approximately $50 million over the next 5 years to establish joint research centers at each university.

Innovation & Technology

Bloomberg LP: Applying Data Science for Social Good Starts with Building Empathy

At DataKind, we are humbled by the thousands of data scientists worldwide that have reached out to us, ready to use their skills for the greater good. We’re equally impressed by the hundreds of social change organizations — nonprofits, foundations, and social enterprises — eager to leverage data and advanced analytics to make greater impact.

Energy

Matt Winkler: Why the U.S. Gets the Most Out of Cheap Oil

Cheap oil should be good economic medicine for almost anybody who isn't trying to sell the stuff. Yet only one country has been able to take full advantage of the 14-month collapse in the price of crude: the U.S.

Events, Media & Communications

Sustainable Vegan Market Booming in Berlin

On the last weekend of August in Berlin, the German capital was blessed with relentless sunshine and temperatures to rival Spain’s. Zoom in on the city’s iconic square AlexanderPlatz, home to the futuristic TV tower, and tens of stalls show the city how veganism has grown stronger in the city.

Events, Media & Communications

Fox Searchlight's 'He Named Me Malala' Opens Telluride Film Festival

He Named Me Malala, Fox Searchlight's upcoming documentary about 18-year old Pakistani activist and Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, opened the 42nd Telluride Film Festival in Colorado on Friday, September 4, becoming the first ever documentary chosen as the festival's "Patron Preview," a first-anywhere screening that is open only to the festival's biggest supporters. Director Davis Guggenheim (Waiting for Superman, An Inconvenient Truth) was on hand to introduce the film and participate in a post-screening Q&A.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

NS: Advanced Technologies for Improved Service

Events, Media & Communications

Novartis Foundation Presents Healthcare Models and Disease Elimination Programs at ECTMIH

The Novartis Foundation and its partners will highlight progress towards transforming the health of the poorest populations at the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH) held in Basel from September 6 – 10. Updates on nine Novartis Foundation-sponsored healthcare delivery models and disease elimination programs in low- and middle-income countries will be showcased in scientific sessions and sponsored-symposia.

Events, Media & Communications

Celebrating World Water Week: #3BLwater Recap

For the past 25 years, over 200 organizations have been gathering in Stockholm, Sweden at World Water Week, to discuss water and development issues. Here at 3BL Media, instead of being bummed that we weren’t headed to #WWWeek, we decided to make the most of it from this side of the Atlantic.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  2. Kids to College Powered by Entergy
    Entergy believes in the dreams of the families we serve. Everyone deserves the opportunity to continue their education and, as a corporate leader and...
  3. Financial health
    At Wells Fargo, we're opening pathways to economic advancement for racially and ethnically diverse and low- and moderate-income individuals and...
  4. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  5. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  6. Health and Safety by Antea Group
    Antea Group's health and safety consultants understand what it takes to help make a positive impact on safety culture. Read blogs, insights, and more...
  7. Arbor Day Foundation News
    Stay up to date on the latest news and events from the Arbor Day Foundation. Subscribe to the Arbor Day e-news arborday.org/accounts/optin.cfm
  8. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  9. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  10. Health and Safety by Antea Group
    Antea Group's health and safety consultants understand what it takes to help make a positive impact on safety culture. Read blogs, insights, and more...
  11. CSRHub Research
    Periodically, CSRHub publishes new research regarding sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Most of the research is conducted by CSRHub...
  12. Subaru Share the Love® Event
    Since the launch of the Subaru Share the Love Event in 2008, Subaru of America and our retailers have donated more than $256 million to charity, with...
  13. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  14. Arbor Day Foundation News
    Stay up to date on the latest news and events from the Arbor Day Foundation. Subscribe to the Arbor Day e-news arborday.org/accounts/optin.cfm
  15. GoDaddy | Customers
    GoDaddy is the world’s largest services platform for entrepreneurs around the globe. We’re on a mission to empower our worldwide community of 20+...