Most conversations around proxy voting focus on shareholder proposals and executive compensation. Meanwhile, the most significant votes tend to fly under the radar: director elections.
Federal Express Corporation, one of the world’s largest express transportation companies, together with Junior Achievement (JA), announced the winners of the 2025 FedEx/JA International Trade Challenge Asia Pacific finals held at a live event in Singapore.
Four years ago, Taylor Brown received a bone marrow transplant at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta as treatment for severe aplastic anemia.
Aflac, working with sports broadcaster, fashion entrepreneur and cancer survivor Erin Andrews, today launched Check for Cancer, a national movement aimed at boosting U.S. cancer screening rates by 10% over the next decade.
In fall 2024, Hurricanes Helene (Category 4) and Milton (Category 3) struck Florida's Gulf Coast within weeks of each other, causing widespread flooding and power outages affecting over three million people across the Southeast.
The 10 finalists for the 2025 3M Young Scientist Challenge have spent the summer working with 3M scientist mentors to refine their projects ahead of the final contest at the 3M Innovation Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, Oct. 13-14.
Aflac employee Cyronn Herrington had a unique childhood, starting at birth. He was diagnosed with hemophilia B, a chronic bleeding disorder that keeps blood from clotting properly.
In Colombia, the fight against disease outbreaks is reaching a critical point—and the collaboration between Direct Relief and FedEx is helping make a tangible difference.
In its second year, The Backyard Project has scaled production nearly 15x, tapped new partners across the U.S.A. and evolved production to bring eco-preferred fashion to more consumers
A new synthesis report, interactive tool, and special collection (Incentive-Based Instruments for Water Management) from the Pacific Institute and the Foundation Center features BIER.
Each year, Junior Achievement of New Jersey (JANJ) recognizes the top 20 organizations that take a leadership role through volunteer engagement and make a major financial contribution to the JA mission in New Jersey.
The National Black Farmers Association (NBFA) Scholarship Program today opened the application period for 2016 scholarships. The application site, https://scholarsapply.org/blackfarmersassociation, will remain open from March 1 to May 2, 2016, or until 100 applications have been received, whichever comes first.
Funded through a grant from the FCA Foundation, the charitable arm of FCA US LLC, the program provides scholarships of up to $5,000 to students pursuing agriculture-related study at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school.
Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and delivering innovative medicines for patients with serious and life-threatening diseases.
Antea Group consultant Nick Martin recently facilitated the second of a series of webinars in partnership with CDP. The first session, focused on Corporate Water Stewardship 101, provided an introduction and overview of some of the basic concepts. This time, Nick took a deeper dive into the five most common barriers to corporate water stewardship and how smart companies are addressing them.
Albertsons Companies announced today it will be working with its suppliers toward a goal of sourcing only cage-free eggs for its store operations by 2025, based on available supply. The company, among the first and largest in the conventional retail grocery sector to make such a commitment, is making the move not only as part of its ongoing commitment to animal welfare but also in response to customer buying habits.
Carbon is not our enemy. It is the basis of life, working in tandem with the water and oxygen with which we are abundantly blessed to fashion all of the beauty of nature.
The patient experience doesn’t end at the hospital door. What happens next often defines the long-term outcome for the patient, especially for seniors—and the hospital’s financial outcome as well. Acute care hospitals and senior living providers are grappling with new realities: our elders are living longer and want to live healthier, while the government is challenging providers to do more with less.
Rutgers Business School's Institute for Ethical Leadership (IEL) and Governance & Accountability Institute (G&A Institute) announced today a partnership to develop and offer a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Certificate Program with the purpose of providing a competitive advantage to CSR teams and corporate professionals expanding into this growing field.
The Bank’s approach to sustainability is embedded across the Annual Report, reinforcing the Bank’s commitment to sustainability as the foundation of its business.
Today, a group of leading U.S. technology experts from across the corporate, government and academic sectors issued a joint “call to action” to develop a comprehensive water innovation strategy for the United States.
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are campaigning passionately about criminal justice reform and in doing so are fiercely competing for the African-American vote. Let's look at their past record on this issue, where they stand now, and where they intend to take us.
Fifty CEOs from the world’s largest companies convened at CECP’s 11th annual Board of Boards to discuss the theme Competing for the Long Run and how leading companies are addressing societal challenges through business.
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy released its annual comprehensive ranking of the nation’s “greenest” vehicles. This year, two Chevrolet vehicles made the top 12 list.
On May 16 and 17, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center, in partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and PXYERA Global will host the 6th annual Sustainability Forum in Washington, DC.
Keystone Institute India, their partners, and other like-minded organizations are exploring the components of supporting people with disabilities to live full lives in the community in India. "Leaky Roofs Matter" is a powerful metaphor for the importance of addressing people's most pressing need first.
Companies participating in the UN Global Compact often point to their supply chains as one of the most challenging areas to improve their sustainability performance. This makes sense. For multinational corporations operating in multiple industries, supply chains aren’t chains at all. They’re webs --- vast, complex, and frequently shifting networks upon which the company relies to power its business. Despite the challenges, the supply chain cannot be ignored in any mature, well-integrated corporate sustainability strategy. In fact, the purchasing power of a company can significantly amplify any environmental and social change it might drive in its own operations. The trick for a successful sustainability supply chain strategy is efficiency, prioritization, and balance.
Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...
Through our Goals That Inspire we strive to make a positive difference in our communities by relying on our ability to understand their needs and then...
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...
Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...
Whirlpool Corporation has several CSR partners including United Way, Habitat for Humanity International, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Consulada...
This year marked the 20th anniversary of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Katrina, one of the worst, deadliest and most costly natural disasters to ever...
