Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Social Impact & Volunteering

#NationalParksWeek: Cox Conserves Heroes Making a Difference

Jul 25, 2016 9:00 AM ET

Its #NationalParksWeek. Across the nation, volunteers are preserving local parks and helping create new outdoor spaces for their communities to enjoy. Here are some examples of how Cox Conserves Heroes are supporting local parks. View the videos to learn more about their projects.

Research, Reports & Publications

Our Commitment to Giving Back | The Chairman's Message

Jul 25, 2016 9:00 AM ET

As we look back on our performance in 2015, I am pleased with the foundation we have built through our global corporate citizenship program, Sands Cares, since its inception two years ago.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Our Story of Cocoa: Cocoa Farmers Are Part of Hershey's Global Community

Jul 25, 2016 9:00 AM ET

At the heart of making the best chocolate in the world is sourcing the best, sustainably sourced cocoa.

Social Impact & Volunteering

NetSuite Employees Offer Their Professional Skills to Nonprofits for Free

Jul 23, 2016 10:00 AM ET

NetSuite's SuiteVolunteers Pro Bono program matches the technical needs of the nonprofits and social enterprises receiving a software donation with the professional skills of our employees. Each quarter NetSuite employees receive up to 20 hours to use to help nonprofits maximize their use of cloud-based technologies to meet their mission. Since 2013, NetSuite employees have donated more than 10,000 hours of free consulting to nonprofits and social enterprises, offering them a resource that they would not otherwise have access to. In this video, we share how the program works and what it means to employees and social enterprises.

Environment

Infinite Information in Corporate Climate Change Decision-Making

Jul 22, 2016 5:30 PM ET

Climate Change Risk expert Dr. Mark Trexler addresses the problem of "Infinite Information" a key barrier to making wiser, more prudent decisions using actionable information.

Research, Reports & Publications

Caterpillar's Safety Culture

Jul 22, 2016 5:00 PM ET

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Shining a Light on Trade

Jul 22, 2016 4:30 PM ET

Defenders of free trade need a better pitch amid growing skepticism of the global movement of goods.

Environment

FCA US Headquarters Honored with Seedling Award by Wildlife Habitat Council

Jul 22, 2016 4:00 PM ET

The Wildlife Habitat Council’s Huron to Erie Waterways for Wildlife Project has announced this year’s winners of the project’s regional awards and the FCA US LLC Auburn Hills Complex was among the winners.

Research, Reports & Publications

The Sands ECO360 Global Sustainability Strategy Revealed

Jul 22, 2016 4:00 PM ET

Innovation & Technology

Starlight Children's Foundation and Astellas USA Foundation Bring VGo Robots to MassGeneral Hospital for Children

Jul 22, 2016 4:00 PM ET

Starlight Children's Foundation and Astellas USA Foundation are partnering to advance children's health and education through technology with the placement of three VGo robots at MassGeneral Hospital for Children in Boston. Hospital staff and representatives from Astellas USA Foundation and Starlight gathered at the facility today to unveil and celebrate the new technology.

Social Impact & Volunteering

David Ortiz Helps Children in the Places He Calls Home

Jul 22, 2016 3:45 PM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

United Way and Northern Trust Host a Bingo Game for Residents of the South Chicago YMCA's Senior Housing

Jul 22, 2016 12:50 PM ET

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Investors Increasingly Use Their Dollars to Create Change

Jul 22, 2016 12:35 PM ET

Practitioners of ‘impact investing’ seek to generate not just long-term financial returns but also positive environmental, social or governmental results. Companies that are adjusting their business models will attract them.

Diversity & Inclusion

Training Camp: Team Building Activities Inspired by Football

Jul 22, 2016 12:30 PM ET

We are at the end of July and that means training camp for the National Football League (NFL) 2016 season is just around the corner. Before the teams officially take the field in the fall, they will spend copious amounts of time practicing and preparing this summer.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Timberland’s Victory Garden Enters Ninth Year of Benefitting the New Hampshire Food Bank

Jul 22, 2016 12:00 PM ET

Outside the main entrance of Timberland’s global headquarters in Stratham, N.H., a team of volunteers recently opened the company’s community Victory Garden for its ninth year of growing fresh fruits, vegetables and flowers. The Victory Garden gives employees a chance to get outside during the workday and use their community service hours provided through Timberland’s Path of Service™ program, which gives each employee up to 40 paid hours each year to volunteer in the community.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Costa Crociere Foundation Lanches 6 New Social Betterment and Marine Environmental Projects

Jul 22, 2016 11:30 AM ET

The Costa Crociere Foundation (www.costa-crociere-foundation.com) has concluded the annual selection process reserved for Italian non-profit organizations and has chosen six new social betterment and marine environmental protection projects for funding.

Energy

Incentives Draw New York GM Plant to Install Solar Array

Jul 22, 2016 11:25 AM ET

With 16 solar installations in the United States, General Motors takes the top spot among automakers for solar energy use in the nation. Its latest installation can be found at the company’s Rochester Operations plant in New York – a 466-kilowatt array expected to power 3 percent of the facility’s electricity.

Innovation & Technology

Data for Healthy Hearts: Measuring the Impact of the Wireless Heart Health Program in Rural China

Jul 22, 2016 11:05 AM ET

Doctors Ren Nianbao and Xie Guangguo have worked at the Lang Mao Shan Clinic in rural China for 20 years. Approximately one-fifth of their patients suffer from cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), one of the leading causes of death in China.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Collaborates on Goose Creek Cleanup

Jul 22, 2016 11:00 AM ET

Keep America Beautiful affiliate Keep Knoxville Beautiful (KKB) and the Tennessee Clean Water Network (TCWN), with a grant from the Aslan Foundation, are working in tandem to clean up Goose Creek, an impaired urban creek in and around Mary Vestal Park in South Knoxville.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Kimberly-Clark’s U By Kotex Brand And Dosomething.Org Introduce Power To The Period To Benefit People Experiencing Homelessness

Jul 22, 2016 10:15 AM ET

Green Infrastructure

7 Ways Hoteliers Can Operate A More Sustainable Property

Jul 22, 2016 10:15 AM ET

7 Ways Hoteliers Can Operate A More Sustainable Property While Achieving ROI

Innovation & Technology

Software Considerations Checklist for the Evolving World of Giving

Jul 22, 2016 10:10 AM ET

In today's ever-changing world of giving, more and more types of grantmaking software are emerging in the marketplace.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CITGO Teams Up with Boston Red Sox Foundation to Launch Spirit Pump Campaign

Jul 22, 2016 9:15 AM ET

This July through October, CITGO Petroleum Corporation, along with its local New England partners, SEI Fuels, H.A. Mapes, Global Partners and Tradewinds, will fuel good for the Red Sox Foundation through the installation of unique Red Sox-branded gas pumps at multiple CITGO stations throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine.

Diversity & Inclusion

Skills-Based Volunteering as Corporate Self-Care

Jul 22, 2016 8:35 AM ET

Companies are frequently likened to machines–departments chugging away in happy synchrony like a well-oiled machine. It’s easy to see why this analogy exists. It works most of the time, and it helps us to emphasize company necessities like efficiency and functionality. When we want to shift that focus towards the overall health of a company, however, we are better served by a more humanized approach.

Within our new analogy, we can reflect on how a person remains healthy.So, self-care is vital for the person, and by extension, is vital for the company. What, then, is the corporate equivalent of getting plenty of sleep, eating your veggies, and maintaining a constructive mindset? I suggest skills-based volunteering as a holistic approach to corporate health.

Responsible Production & Consumption

How One Las Vegas Hotel is Trying to Reduce Food Waste

Jul 21, 2016 7:10 PM ET

A new Consumer Reports study highlights the staggering amount of food wasted in America, with 40 percent of the food produced in the U.S. ending up in the trash.