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Education

Europe 2017 Travel Award Cycle Opens

To learn more about the Amgen Scholars Program, please visit our website and check out the #AmgenScholars hashtag on Twitter. Visit AmgenInspires.com and follow @AmgenFoundation to stay up to date with all STEM-related news from the Amgen Foundation.

Energy

Milestone 250th and 251st American Coal Plants Announce Retirement

Today marked the 250th U.S. coal plant that has retired or committed to retire since the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign began in 2010, driving coal use down to its lowest level in history.

Environment

Take an Exclusive Look Behind-the-scenes of Fx’s ‘Legion’ and Learn How Fox Goes Green on Set

FX’s Legion drew praise from critics and audiences alike for its ambitious storytelling and visual style, and fans can now check out an exclusive video and case study detailing how the cast and crew brought that same level of ambition to going green behind-the-scenes.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Great American Cleanup Project Benefits Martin Nature Park in Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City's Martin Nature Park recently received a facelift as city, state, nonprofit and private industry teamed up to celebrate the Great American Cleanup, during Oklahoma’s Arbor Week.

Events, Media & Communications

A Show of Solidarity for the Arts in America

It’s a critical time for the arts and healthcare across the USA. In solidarity with Americans for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and dozens of arts organizations, the AATA was a proud National Partner for the 30th annual Arts Advocacy Day, March 20 and 21, 2017, in Washington, DC.

Education

A Passion for Labor Studies and Social Justice Motivates This Scholarship Winner

Like fellow recipients of a Michael Weiner Scholarship for Labor Studies, Melissa Britton understands and appreciates the close relationship between worker rights and civil rights that defines organized labor’s important role in advancing social justice.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Video: Bloomberg FIRST Robotics 2017

FIRST Robotics' first regional event was this past weekend in Rockland County (NY), with eight Bloomberg teams competing. The NYC regional is the weekend of April 9 where we will have 10 teams competing.

Diversity & Inclusion

Addressing Barriers for Women Leaders: Mentoring

Last year the US hit a milestone with a record 27 female CEOs at the helm of S&P 500 companies. And while there has been progress since 1972, it has not been enough, especially when women are projected to account for 51 percent of the increase in total labor force growth between 2008 and 2018.

Health & Healthcare

Delos™ and Overbury and Morgan Lovell Form Strategic Alliance to Integrate Health and Wellness Into the Built Environment

Delos™, a wellness real estate and technology firm, today announces a strategic alliance with Overbury PLC and Morgan Lovell PLC, two of the United Kingdom’s foremost office design, fit out and refurbishment firms, to accelerate the transformation of indoor environments into spaces that promote human health and wellness. As part of the new relationship, Overbury and Morgan Lovell will demonstrate a commitment to supporting the continued global reach of the WELL Building Standard™ (WELL), which is the world’s first building standard focused exclusively on the effects of the built environment on human health and wellness.

Health & Healthcare

External Recognition for Our Climate Change and Water Efforts

Our efforts to reduce carbon emissions were acknowledged in 2016 with our inclusion in the ‘Climate A List’. CDP assessed companies globally from across 10 industry sectors; we were one of only 193 companies (9% of applicants) and seven healthcare companies to be A-listed.

Energy

Consumers Energy to Provide Up to 150,000 LED Bulbs to Michigan Families through Food Banks

Consumers Energy announced today that it will provide up to 150,000 high-efficiency LED bulbs to Michigan families through food banks. Consumers Energy will make the contribution as part of its “Light the Moment with ENERGY STAR Buy a Bulb, Give a Bulb” campaign, which starts Saturday and runs through April.

Diversity & Inclusion

In Interview with Forbes, Lise Kingo Speaks to the Value of the New WEPs Gender Gap Analysis Tool

In an interview with Bonnie Marcus at Forbes.com, UN Global Compact CEO and Executive Director Lise Kingo explains how the new Women's Empowerment Principles Gender Gap Analysis Tool can help global business leaders identify strengths, gaps and opportunities to improve gender equality and women’s empowerment in the workplace and within the markets and communities they serve.

Education

The JetBlue Foundation Fuels STEM Education With Grants for Six Aviation Programs

JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) today announced the latest round of grants provided by the JetBlue Foundation, an education-focused entity which furthers the airline’s effort to place aviation top-of-mind as a career choice for students. The JetBlue Foundation will help fuel six aviation programs with $162,000 in grants for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) based initiatives.

Innovation & Technology

Cerro Verde, a Freeport-McMoRan Company, Supports Women-Owned Businesses

Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde’s Emprende program supports small and medium enterprises in the geographical regions surrounding the mining operations, which are located near Arequipa, Peru.

Environment

Xylem Watermark | World Water Monitoring Challenge Orientation

Xylem employees inspires students about water, the environment and science with practical hands-on field experience. As part of the Wold Water Monitoring Challange students learn about global water issues in the classroom and then apply new skills and knowledge in the field by testing a local water source.

Research, Reports & Publications

JetBlue Sets New Course in Sustainability Reporting

JetBlue is set to revamp the way it discloses sustainability data to the global investment community and shares the airline’s corporate citizenship stories with a broader consumer audience.

Join 3BL Media for a free webinar featuring JetBlue Head of Sustainability Sophia Mendelsohn, April 19 at 11 a.m. ET. This event is appropriate for sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) practitioners, as well as corporate communications professionals.

Energy

Dutch Government Recognizes AkzoNobel's Contribution to National Energy Saving Goals

The Dutch government has signed an agreement with AkzoNobel recognizing the company's latest contribution to meeting national sustainability targets resulting from investments at its chemicals complex in Rotterdam.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Foods Market's Foundations

Whole Foods Market established and supports three nonprofit foundations: Whole Planet, Whole Kids & Whole Cities. Each organization grew from the company’s mission and core values.

Education

Cornell Graduate Students Visit Las Vegas Sands’ properties in Las Vegas as Part of Sustainable Global Enterprise Immersion Program

For several years, Las Vegas Sands has partnered with Cornell University by sponsoring their award winning, internationally recognized Sustainable Global Enterprise (SGE) Immersion program, designed for graduate students attending the university.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Xylem Watermark | Two Million and Counting

Research, Reports & Publications

RB Publishes Sustainability Report Showing Good Progress on Targets and Commitment to UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

RB, the world’s leading consumer health and hygiene company, today launched both its 2016 Sustainability Report and its Annual Report and Financial Statements.

Diversity & Inclusion

Walmart is Empowering Women

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