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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Aligning Corporate Ambition with an Ever-Changing World

Goal-setting is familiar territory for most major multinational corporations. But as the needs and demands of our world change rapidly — on issues from climate change and resource scarcity to equity and social justice — companies are challenged to make sure their ambitions evolve in kind.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Haroon Yasin Announced As Waislitz Global Citizen Award Winner

International advocacy organization Global Citizen and the Waislitz Foundation today recognized Haroon Yasin, Co-Founder and Chairperson of Orenda, as the 2020 Waislitz Global Citizen Award winner.

Diversity & Inclusion

Protecting Women Peacebuilders Across The Globe

Tech For Good, NortonLifeLock’s newest CR initiative, focuses on using our products and expertise to support vulnerable people.

Diversity & Inclusion

How This Military Colonel, Executive and Mom of Three Is Managing During These Stressful Times

I’ve always worn a lot of hats. I’m a senior officer in the Air National Guard. I’m an executive at Comcast. I’m a mom of three 15-year-old girls. I solo parent during the week while my husband works in another city.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Wells Fargo and Habitat for Humanity India Support 120 Families Affected by Cyclone Amphan

In the wake of Cyclone Amphan, Habitat for Humanity India is providing transitional shelters, drinking water and other services for more than 120 families in South 24 Parganas district with support from Wells Fargo.

Energy

Getting to zero

Ørsted has 30 years of experience in building renewable energy and is today one of the world's leading renewable energy companies with a wide range of solutions to reduce the world's CO 2 emissions and limit global warming.

Events, Media & Communications

Lunch & Learn: Look Ahead to 2021 - The Future of ESG and Sustainability Communications

As corporate communications leaders plan for 2021, it is clear that the new normal involves less reliance on earned media and a strengthened ability to reach key stakeholders directly with content demonstrating...

Social Impact & Volunteering

IOC and UNODC Enhance Partnership to Tackle Crime in and through Sport

President Bach underscored the importance of protecting the credibility of the values of sport and “the positive role played by sport in terms of social inclusion, drug and violence prevention, and rehabilitation”.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

UPS Infographic | UPS Global Value Chain

As a global leader in logistics, we provide a broad range of solutions to more efficiently manage the world of business. Take a look at the inputs, outputs and impacts across our value chain.

Events, Media & Communications

One Year Later, Pollinator BioBlitz at Heron Pond/Heller/Carpio-Sanguinette Park in Denver

You can also sign up to host a Parks for Pollinators BioBlitz this September in your own community and receive tools to help you plan a virtual event with physical distancing in mind.

Education

New Global Focused Education and Policy Fellowship Launches Virtually

Continuing its focus on developing an aligned vision for state education policy that ensures all learners have what they need to thrive, NV Succeeds in partnership with Las Vegas Sands launched the InspirED Global Fellowship in July 2020.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MilliporeSigma’s Jeffrey Whitford Named to Fast Company’s ‘Most Creative People in Business’ List

Jeffrey Whitford has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious Most Creative People in Business list for 2020. Whitford heads MilliporeSigma’s sustainability, social business innovation and branding functions. The annual selection honors an influential group of leaders from a broad range of global industries, including technology, healthcare and more.

Environment

Keep Haralson Beautiful: Finding Common Ground in Landfill Debate

Keep Haralson Beautiful, located in Tallapoosa, GA, recently shared its perspective on a proposed landfill in its community. The potential landfill has been the topic of controversy among local residents.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Investing in Renewable Energy Benefits the Environment and Business

Our business is energy-intensive, so having an energy portfolio that makes us less dependent on carbon prices and helps us reduce our carbon intensity makes sense.

Events, Media & Communications

49 Days Until #SVM2020!

This year's international Social Value Matters 2020 conference will bring together the most current thought leaders on social value who are working on concrete solutions already in practice in communities across the globe.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Moody’s and Girls Inc. of NYC Named as Recipients of NYC Service’s 2019 Partnership Impact Award

NYC Service announced today the recipients of the inaugural Partnership Impact Award, Moody’s and Girls Inc. of New York City, for their exemplary service in 2019, and welcomed a new cohort of businesses that have committed to deepening employee volunteer impact through the 2020 Good for Me. Good for My City. campaign.

Media & Communications

Americans Tuning in to Sustainability During Crises, Expecting “More” From Government and Corporate Sector

According to responses to a June on-line survey of 2,000 adults in the U.S.A. for “clean manufacturing” leader Genomatica, sustainability is now a top-of-mind issue

Events, Media & Communications

Measuring Corporate Philanthropy, Employee Giving, Volunteering, and Social Impact: Now That You Know What to Measure, How Do You Measure It?

Last month our Engage CSR solution technology partner, SmartSimple, hosted a Fireside Chat featuring David Goodman, Head of Data Trusts at BrightHive and Mariana Catz, Managing Partner at Gen3

Innovation & Technology

Lessons in Expanding Digital Payments to Remote Communities in Mexico and Colombia

Don Silvio Gómez lives with his family in the village of El Triunfo, near the small city of Pitalito in southwest Colombia. At age 74, he has dedicated more than 50 years of his life to growing coffee. He never imagined that one day it would be...

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

3 Ways to Pandemic Proof Your Facility

Segregation, cleanability, and automation/process closure are proven ways to protect viral containment through a pandemic and beyond.

Health & Healthcare

Telemedicine: TeleSafe, TeleConvenient

There are many signs that while a mobile-first approach may be new to many, it’s certainly going to become more and more normal.

Innovation & Technology

Designing the Needle: How Gene Editing Can Transform Our Health and Planet

Episode 4: Our first three episodes explored the changing climate, the digital revolution, and our fluid understanding of what “sustainability” really means—and requires. The common thread? Change may just be the most consistent...

Energy

Republic Services Announces Partnership with Nikola to Develop and Purchase 2,500 Electric Collection Trucks

Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) today announced a partnership with Nikola Corp. (NASDAQ: NKLA) to develop and purchase 2,500 electric waste and recycling collection trucks, representing the industry's first large-scale commitment...

Environment

Returning the Atlantic Forest to Its Wild Roots with WWF

International Paper is proud to work with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to restore 250 acres (100 hectares) of the Mogi Guaçu river basin in the Atlantic Forest, one of the most ecologically important forests in the world.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

XO Records CEO Wassim 'Sal' Slaiby in Collaboration with Global Citizen Launch Urgent 'Global Aid for Lebanon' Campaign to Benefit Victims of the Beirut Tragedy

CEO of XO Wassim "Sal" Slaiby, along with Global Citizen, Red Cross Lebanon, World Food Program USA and the Children’s Cancer Center Lebanon, today launched Global Aid for Lebanon to raise funds for the victims of the Beirut explosion.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Collaboration and Partnership
    Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...
  2. FedEx | Reports
    Find archived annual FedEx Cares and other CSR-related reports, covering enterprise-wide strategies, goals, programs and progress across the fiscal...
  3. Pursuing Possibility with Principle
    This highlights our firm’s values: We do the right thing and put our clients first.
  4. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  5. IWBI | WELL Building Standard
    Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...
  6. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...
  7. Opportunity for All
    At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...
  8. Whole Planet
    Whole Planet, a pillar of Whole Foods Market Foundation, helps people living in poverty build long-term financial resilience through income growth...
  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. Responsible Investing
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  11. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...
  12. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Whirlpool Corporation has several CSR partners including United Way, Habitat for Humanity International, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Consulada...
  13. INtersections: Dow's 2024 Progress Report
    Team Dow remains agile and focused on taking proactive actions to improve profitability in the midst of persistent macroeconomic challenges, while...
  14. Collaboration and Partnership
    Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...
  15. Policy and Regulation
    Cascale shares insights regarding policy and regulation impacting the consumer goods industry, and highlights how it's supporting members prepare for...