In the face of climate change and the crucial need for sustainable practices, the real estate sector is undergoing a transformative shift. With buildings today contributing to roughly 40% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
When Jimmy Chin shot the world’s first free solo climb of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in 2017, staying easily connected to his family wasn’t an option. On expeditions like that one, it could take days to reach them.
Carnival Corporation & plc today announced it has signed a series of historic memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with food banks and community partners in Mexico, Honduras and the Dominican Republic.
During National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, employees at Aflac Northern Ireland set out to raise funds for The Children’s Cancer Unit Charity (CCUC) with the Three Peaks Challenge, a trek to the Mournes that includes Slieve Binnian, Slieve Commedagh and Slieve Donard.
Overnight on July 30, 2024, rural communities in the western Indian state of Kerala faced the worst flooding they had ever seen. These communities are prone to increasingly frequent and intense storms, but the landslides that followed devastated villages throughout the area and
Do you rarely think about your blood sugar levels unless they dip and you start feeling shaky and sweaty? If so, you’re not alone. However, these days it’s becoming trendy to monitor blood sugar levels around the clock—and not just for people who have diabetes.
As an entrepreneur, Mark Patterson knows his strengths and knows when to pivot. When he launched Civilized Coffee, he soon realized that roasted and whole bean coffee was a highly competitive and very expensive market.
Through our ever-evolving partnership, Cisco and Indus Action have helped countless vulnerable citizens transform their lives for the better by increasing their access to education, maternal health, labor welfare, and more.
PBF Energy Inc. (PBF) (NYSE: PBF) announced the release of its 2024 Sustainability Report, highlighting the company’s efforts to advance sustainable practices, be a good neighbor to the communities in which we operate, and continue to maintain the high level of transparency
The Bronx Writing Academy launched a Verizon Innovative Learning (VIL) Lab, equipping students with technology like 3D printers, VR gear, AI, and robotics.
For decades, medication and lifestyle changes were the only treatments for high blood pressure. But in November of 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first-ever medical device procedures to treat high blood pressure.
ACCP, CECP, The Council on Foundations, and Points of Light collaborated to host a two-day conference titled, “Racial Equity: Moving Companies from Promise to Action.”
I am not a neutral party when it comes to neurodiversity. I am a parent of an autistic teenager, and my work is also related to the topic. Neurodiversity is the different ways we as humans think, communicate and see the world. Neurodiversity also implies that these differences, while presenting certain challenges, also contain untapped strengths for the individual, for businesses, and for society overall.
CBRE Global Investors today announced another year of exceptional results in the 2020 GRESB Real Estate Assessment, with three funds recognized as the global sector leaders in the industrial, retail and hotel categories. The results underscore the firm’s continued progress toward being a market leader in sustainability.
National Grid US President Badar Khan today announced the company’s transition to a deeply local model for its US business. The announcement includes the expansion of New England and New York leadership roles and a new Chief Customer Officer.
Now that we’ve moved past the crisis mode and have settled into remote work, marketing leaders need to focus on engagement and development of team members’ careers remotely.
3 December 2020, London: The UK chapter of Omniwomen+Allies, Omnicom’s global initiative committed to increasing the number, seniority and influence of women in its leadership roles, today confirms details of its sponsored MBA programme, Future3, with long-standing partner, Theirworld, the global charity committed to ending the global education crisis, and Edinburgh Business School, the graduate school of business of Heriot-Watt University.
“Why climate finance,” you might ask? In 25 years of reporting on sustainable business, I have become fascinated by the pivotal relationship between capital and innovative solutions to climate-related issues.
Land Betterment, an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, is proud to release Episode 20 of its Impact Minute video blog.
Our son Harry was 3 years old when one bite of a cookie containing nuts sent him to the hospital with anaphylactic shock. It was a terrifying way to learn that Harry — like many other children — has a life-threatening allergy to nuts.
By now you’ve probably noticed that there aren’t too many jobs out there with the words “entry level” and “sustainability” in the title, huh? Don’t get too mad at COVID, it’s not the pandemic’s fault (although it certainly isn’t helping).
At a time when millions of Americans have been laid off or furloughed due to COVID-related circumstances, this partnership will help Per Scholas keep up with growing demand for its programs and train individuals for promising careers in technology.
Today, the American Red Cross is recognizing Truist Foundation, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, for supporting Red Cross Disaster Relief through the Annual Disaster Giving Program (ADGP) with an annual grant of $1 million.
CNH Industrial was the first company in Spain to integrate people with cognitive impairments into an industrial production line. Colleagues work side by side to produce heavy duty trucks and this full integration has numerous benefits in terms...
Stanley Black & Decker has created a COVID-19 philanthropic outreach program to help our communities around the world combat the effects of the pandemic.
Alabama Power has selected a Mitsubishi Power JAC power island with advanced technology for a new unit at its James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant in Mobile County to help meet future reliability needs for customers.
It just takes a few minutes of kindness from each of us — and maybe some encouragement to our family, friends and coworkers too. Let’s #CaptureKindness together!
WCIF is uniquely suited to offer an alternative. It invests in companies that provide tools that enable brands, retailers, and suppliers to source responsibly and which workers can use to their own benefit. Corporations and suppliers are the primary customers for these tools, but the ultimate beneficiaries of the Fund’s investments will be the millions of vulnerable workers at the bottom of global supply chains, and their families.
The Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) endorses yesterday’s filing by Nasdaq proposing that all listed companies report full and consistent diversity statistics related to its board of directors
The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...
AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...
The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
