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Events, Media & Communications

Collaborating with the Competition – Sustainability Forum & Workshop in Toronto

On Friday, September 9, 2016, join the Network for Business Sustainability (NBS) and the Ivey Business School as they host sustainability leaders at the upcoming breakfast forum and workshop, Collaborating with the Competition.

Research, Reports & Publications

Norfolk Southern: Helping Communities Prosper

The positive economic impacts generated by Norfolk Southern’s business operations ripple through states and local communities across the eastern U.S.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

America’s Charities Launches New Simple Employee Giving Solution

America’s Charities, which inspires employees and organizations to support causes they care about, today announced the launch of its new employee giving solution, designed for employers interested in a simple, out-of-the-box solution for providing employees an exceptional giving experience

Environment

Historic, Landscape-Level Sagebrush Ecosystem Conservation Program Announced for Nevada

The State of Nevada (acting through the Department of Wildlife (NDOW) and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (NDCNR)) and the U.S. Department of the Interior (acting through the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)) today announced an agreement with Newmont Mining Corporation on a sagebrush ecosystem conservation program that will guide management of more than 1.5 million acres of habitat in Nevada.

Diversity & Inclusion

Finding Friendship Through Roots

Ana Romero was new at Whirlpool Corp. and looking to meet more people.

The GIS lead analyst joined the Whirlpool Hispanic Network as soon as she began working for the home appliance maker in 2013.

Education

Proud to Be a Girl Who Codes

Coding is something I’ve wanted to do, since I was a kid obsessed with computers. Earlier this year, I applied for Girls Who Code’s Summer Immersion Program in New York. I promised myself to spend the summer learning programming languages, so my acceptance to the Girls Who Code program at AT&T was beyond exciting.

Innovation & Technology

Wellness Works: One COO's Personal Journey with Fitness & Health

Growing up in Southern California’s San Fernando Valley, my three brothers and I played endless sports.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Another Milestone Achieved in Drive for Highest 3rd Party Environmental Certification

Salmon farming companies in British Columbia continue to put investment in world leading farming practices into action with two more farms achieving the ASC salmon standard. Cermaq Canada has 20% of its farms ASC certified – announcing that its Brent Island and Venture Point farms, located in the Okisollo Channel near Quadra Island, have now met the standard.

Events, Media & Communications

CITGO Day at Wrigley Field Helps Mark 90 Years of Operations at Nearby Lemont Refinery

CITGO Petroleum Corporation is taking 200 local students out to the ballgame for CITGO Day at Wrigley Field as part of the CITGO Lemont Refinery’s 90th anniversary celebration. These students will be CITGO special guests for the 7:05pm Cubs game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday, August 31, with each child receiving a commemorative t-shirt and Cubs dollars for snacks. All Cubs fans attending the game have the chance to join in on the fun: the first 10,000 fans will receive Cubs player decals presented by CITGO.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Power of a Partnership

The efforts to mobilize the private sector on the road toward sustainable development are, so far, not sufficiently recognized. There’s definitely a deficit.

Events, Media & Communications

The 10th Annual CR Reporting and Sustainability Communications Event Adds New ESG Symposium Track

In a new addition for the 2016 event 200+ sustainability professionals will meet with top ESG investors such as Schroders & Standard Life with one purpose: To close the gap between corporate reporting and investor information needs.

Research, Reports & Publications

Republic Services Issues 2015 Sustainability Report

Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) released today its latest Sustainability Report for the 2015 Fiscal Year. The Report depicts the Company’s efforts to further improve its environmental and social impacts through decreased vehicle emissions, innovative landfill technologies, use of renewable energy, community engagement, and employee growth opportunities.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Avista Supports Area Youth Through Backpacks For Kids

Responsible Production & Consumption

In Pursuit of Transparency: The Case for Leveraging Supply Chain Management Platforms

After interviewing 70 leading companies, the UN Global Compact and EY found that companies are overcoming supply chain transparency challenges by leveraging supply chain platforms.

Health & Healthcare

Action for Healthy Kids® and CSX Provide Grants to 295 Schools for 2016-2017 School Year

Action for Healthy Kids® (AFHK) announces the 295 recipients of School Grants for Healthy Kids for the 2016-2017 school year, provided through funding from CSX Transportation. Awarded in 13 states, the Game On grants aim to expand student access to in-school physical activity and healthy foods, improve knowledge and behaviors around exercise and nutrition, and engage parents in activities that reinforce healthy habits at home. Since 2013, CSX-supported School Grants for Healthy Kids have helped 1,074 schools implement health and wellness initiatives, impacting more than 546,000 students.

Environment

An Origin Story

Understood this way, humility is about being lowly and close to the ground. Which makes it the perfect word for environmentalists.

Environment

PepsiCo Exceeds Water Stewardship Goals - With a Local Approach Worldwide

PepsiCo, Inc. [NYSE: PEP] today announced continued progress against the company's strategy to help protect and conserve global water supplies and provide people access to clean, safe water to communities around the world.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Taking Sustainability From the Home Kitchen to the Cambodian Slums

Jean Gong, Senior Manager – Internal Communications and Administration for Kohler Co.’s Asia Pacific region helps to oversee Kohler Co.’s donation of squat toilets to the Habitat for Humanity homes. This simple gesture makes a great impact in an area where 54 percent of the population is practicing open defecation.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Subaru's Environment Activities Exceed The Norm

It’s rare to find an automaker or other brand that doesn’t have a pet project, charity or cause they donate to and maybe give some lip service. But in Subaru of America’s case, their commitment to environmental causes is authentically deep.

Innovation & Technology

Techstars Atlanta: Get to Know Splitty

Splitty is one of the 10 participants. Choose travel destination and dates, and Splitty's "split and match" technology combines different reservation types to find the cheapest hotel stays for the dates provided.

Diversity & Inclusion

Emerging Leaders of Olive Garden | Sean Wallin

I’ve just celebrated my 10-year anniversary. I started at the Olive Garden in Boise, ID, as a busser, and I was still working at that same restaurant until days ago. Now I’m headed to the Kennewick, WA, Olive Garden to work as a service manager.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

JPMorgan Chase and Employees to Donate up to $200,000 to Aid Italy Earthquake Relief Efforts

JPMorgan Chase & Co. will donate up to $200,000 from the firm and its employees to support earthquake relief efforts in Italy, the firm announced today. The grant and employee donations will go to the Italian Red Cross.

Health & Healthcare

Swinging for the Fences - a Doctor's Take on Volunteering

I recently volunteered at a Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy event, supported by VSP Global. My most memorable patient was a fifth-grade girl who never had an eye exam. She was uncorrected at 20/200 in each eye. After the exam, I witnessed her seeing clearly for the first time. Her reaction? An ear-to-ear smile.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Community Impact
    The communities where Chemours operates are also where we live, work, and play, and our mutual success is one and the same. We have a vested interest...
  2. Sustainability by Antea Group
    At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...
  3. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  4. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
    Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...
  5. Growth Through Sustainability
    Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...
  6. 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...
  7. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. 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...