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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Supporting Our Heroes by Reuniting Best Friends

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo Stories of Better: Homeless Atlanta Resident Becomes Homeowner.

A new community ad spotlights Lavonna McKoy, an Atlanta, Georgia, resident who went from being homeless to becoming a homeowner thanks to Wells Fargo. (2 minutes)

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Visa’s “Everyone, Everywhere” Report Details Progress on Corporate Responsibility to Help People Thrive

Visa published its 2016 Corporate Responsibility Report titled “Everyone, Everywhere,” which demonstrates how one of the largest payment networks in the world is operating as a responsible, ethical and sustainable company while fulfilling its mission: to connect the world through its innovative, reliable and secure digital payment network and help enable individuals, businesses and economies to thrive.

Health & Healthcare

Half of US Parents Skip Back-to-School Eye Exams for Their Children, Survey Says

As much as 80 percent of learning a child does is visual, with children spending most of the school day reading, looking at a blackboard, and using laptops and tablets. However, come back-to-school season, parents overlook one of the most critical learning tools – their child’s eyes. Half (50.1 percent) of US parents do not bring their school-age children for a back-to-school eye exam, according to a VSP Vision Care and YouGov survey, “How Parents ‘See’ Eye Health.”

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

New Video Ads Celebrate the ‘Grit and Determination of Remarkable People’

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

To Create Leaders, Challenge Employees to Volunteer

As one international corporation has discovered, corporate leadership engagement is often critical to ensuring a vibrant and successful CSR strategy.

Alexander Mann Solutions, which was founded by Rosaleen Blair in 1996, is considered a global leader in talent acquisition and management. Today, it’s also known as a company that demonstrates CSR values by showcasing its own – clear to the top of its corporate leadership.

Sustainable Development Goals

Surrounded by Water with Nothing to Drink

Diversity & Inclusion

Annual Ideagen UN Empowering Women and Girls 2030 Summit

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Happy Birthday Canada! - Connecting Your Community Investment to the National Celebration

There is still half a year left of Canada's 150th birthday party. It's not too late to harness the power of your employees and leverage your community investment to generate a positive impact in your communities - something truly worth celebrating.

Research, Reports & Publications

Voya Financial Releases 2016/2017 Corporate Responsibility Annual Report

Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), announced today that it has published its 2016/2017 Corporate Responsibility Annual Report, which details ways in which the company’s corporate responsibility (CR) pillars have been integrated with its day-to-day business strategy and operations.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Next 25 Years – Big Picture Thinking by Amy Domini, CFA

Responsible investing momentum is strong. For me, and for many of my generation, the future is clear: we are well on our way towards the installation of a vitally important system-level force for good, one that will protect future generations, indeed the planet itself. But we know that universal human dignity and ecological sustainability are not guaranteed - how can investments make a difference?

Research, Reports & Publications

New USA Whitepaper on Why Business Backs Climate Action

Ethical Corporation released its latest whitepaper on the benefits of business to back the Paris climate agreement.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Morgan Stanley Survey Finds Interest in Sustainable Investing Stronger than Ever

Environment

Michael Carolan: “No One Eats Alone”

Social Impact & Volunteering

At Michigan Retirement Community, Volunteer Records Memories to Last

As Gwen Joseph revisited hours and hours of family memories – Christmas Eves spent with her extended family celebrating their Swedish traditions with performances, a family choir and food – the familiar sounds of joy brought her back to those moments, captured by her grandfather, who would hit record on the tape player at the start of the night and let the tape roll.

Events, Media & Communications

Scotiabank Video: 16 Youth Soccer Teams to Travel to Mexico for the Scotiabank CONCACAF Under-13 Champions League Tournament

Two teams of young Canadian soccer players will have the unique opportunity of traveling to Toluca, Mexico to participate in the Scotiabank CONCACAF Under-13 Champions League tournament, August 5 to 12.

Innovation & Technology

Qualcomm's Sustainability Priorities

We prioritize the sustainability issues that are most important to our business and key stakeholders, which include communities, nonprofit organizations, employees, governments, investors, suppliers and customers. We focus our resources, programs and reporting on these six topic areas.

Events, Media & Communications

Registration Now Open for Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship's Leadership Academy

Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship is pleased to open the registration period for its Leadership Academy, an engaging and action-oriented corporate citizenship program.

Diversity & Inclusion

Shire’s Pride Month Celebrations Bring Together Employees Globally

Shire employees across the globe celebrated Pride Month in June through a variety of events ranging from city-wide parades to local panel events. Activities were led by B-Equal, Shire’s Business Resource Group (BRG) that supports the inclusion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Professionals (LGBT+) and their Allies. Hundreds of colleagues, along with their family and friends, joined together to show their support of the LGBT+ community and recognize the importance of being an inclusive workplace.

Innovation & Technology

Leveraging Mobile for Workforce Engagement: Opportunities and Recommendations from HERHealth

Three years ago, BSR launched a partnership with Qualcomm Wireless Reach to amplify the outcomes of BSR’s HERproject program in China through mobile technology. Our work together focused on enhancing HERhealth, the pillar of HERproject that aims to empower low-income women working in global supply chains to take charge of their health.

Environment

Inside Look: The Antea Group Summer Internship Experience

Every summer Antea Group brings on interns all across the U.S. in several different capacities. We place our interns where they fit best, somewhere that is related to both their experience and their education to help them thrive in our company.

Events, Media & Communications

14 Finalists Announced for Silicon Valley Startup Pitch Competition

GreenBiz Group announced today the 14 finalists for the VERGE Accelerate fast-pitch competition, featuring innovative early-stage companies offering solutions to accelerate the clean economy. The finalists will present to a globally livestreamed audience on stage at the VERGE 17 conference and expo in Santa Clara, Calif., September 19-21.

Environment

General Mills Foundation & The Nature Conservancy

Healthy soil is crucial for growing food and is a powerful and natural lever to reduce the impact of climate change. So that future generations have enough food, the General Mills Foundation is supporting The Nature Conservancy’s road map to help improve soil health.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  2. Local Communities
    The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...
  3. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  4. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  5. Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator
    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...
  6. Fifth Third's Commitment to Small Businesses
    Fifth Third believes that small businesses form the foundation of our communities – and when they succeed, we all succeed. Supporting them through...
  7. FedEx | Volunteer Campaigns
    Giving back is part of the FedEx culture. Team members support our charitable investments and local community needs by dedicating their time where...
  8. Social Progress
    Social engagement has always been an integral part of our sense of responsibility as a company. We care and we act to do our part to improve the...
  9. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  10. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    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...
  11. Digital Safety
    We provide tools and guidance so people can manage digital content in a way that’s right for them and their families. Learn more >>
  12. 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...
  13. Nutrition and Health
    Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...
  14. Health and Safety by Antea Group
    Antea Group's health and safety consultants understand what it takes to help make a positive impact on safety culture. Read blogs, insights, and more...
  15. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.