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Health & Healthcare

An Intervention That Can Significantly Improve Child Health

The New England Journal of Medicine has published results from a new study showing that the use of an antibiotic significantly reduced mortality among children living in three low-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Sustainable Development Goals

Philippines Coastal Protection: A Green-Grey Approach to Resilience

Bechtel and Conservation International are collaborating on a three-year coastal protection project in the Philippines to demonstrate the potential for natural systems to adapt to the consequences of changes in climate and extreme weather events, and the relevance of setting up grey (engineering) and green (ecosystem conservation) infrastructures in order to build resilience into coastal territories and communities especially following typhoons.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Planet Foundation Annual Campaign Will Alleviate Poverty for 93,800 People

Thanks Whole Foods Market shoppers, employees, and generous supplier partners, the Whole Planet Foundation 2018 Prosperity Campaign during March raised over $3 million to alleviate global poverty for the world's poorest people through microcredit loans.

Health & Healthcare

Novartis Foundation Announces Implementation Partners for Better Hearts Better Cities Urban Health Initiative in São Paulo, Brazil

Less than three months after the selection of São Paulo, Brazil as the third city of the urban health initiative Better Hearts Better Cities, the Novartis Foundation announced the creation of a network of global and local implementation partners. They will co-design interventions to address São Paulo’s urban priorities to improve local cardiovascular health, including health education, lifestyle community programs, care coordination and standardization according to up-to-date clinical guidelines, and incorporating digital health tools into screening and care for high blood pressure.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Citi Foundation Announces Recipients of National $20 Million Community Progress Makers Fund

The Citi Foundation announced today that 40 nonprofit organizations have been selected as recipients of the 2018 Community Progress Makers Fund. The $20 million grant initiative supports visionary nonprofit organizations to help them roll out new approaches to long-standing urban economic challenges in six U.S. cities – Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, San Francisco Bay Area and Washington, D.C. Each Community Progress Maker will receive $500,000 in core operating support and access to technical assistance and a learning community.

Research, Reports & Publications

Schneider Electric: Sustainability Is at the Center of Everything We Do

Each quarter, Schneider Electric publishes 21 indicators from the 2018- 2020 Schneider Sustainability Impact, which replaces the Planet & Society barometer, measuring progress towards its ambitious sustainability commitments. With a total score of 3.56 out of 10 at end-March 2018, the Group has exceeded its Schneider Sustainability Impact target of 3.50 out of 10 for the quarter. The end-2018 target is 5 out of 10.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

HP Earns 2018 Energy Star® Partner of the Year Award

HP is proud to receive the 2018 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award for Product Brand Owner, for our environmental leadership in IT equipment.

Research, Reports & Publications

How Barclays is Helping to Create the Jobs of Tomorrow

Barclays partnership with Unreasonable Impact has created more than 5,000 new jobs to date.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Investment Decisions That Impact Your Career

Someone asked me recently if they should focus on making a lot of money early in their career and then do something impact-focused later. That is essentially an investment decision about how to spend your time and resources along your career path. Every person’s path is different, but from my experience, earning enough to have your own seed capital is helpful – particularly for being an entrepreneur in the investment industry and starting a new venture fund. I seeded Pique Fund with my own capital. It wasn’t a lot, but it was necessary because investors wanted to see that I was putting my own money where my mouth is. What I lacked in capital, I made up for in terms of expertise and network. c

Diversity & Inclusion

21CF Partners with Girls Who Code to Help Cultivate the Next Generation of Female Tech Talent

In line with its commitments to reflect the diversity of its audiences and to support the next generation of creatives and technologists, 21st Century Fox has made a multi-year commitment to back the groundbreaking organization, Girls Who Code (GWC), with financial and in-kind resources.

This support will go toward two significant initiatives: GWC’s new College Loops program, which will drive retention and community among female computer science majors by connecting and engaging Girls Who Code alumni at colleges and universities, and the development of the organization’s international presence. Both efforts will help the organization move closer to its goal of closing the gender gap in technology.

Research, Reports & Publications

BAE Systems Publishes 2017 Annual Report and Corporate Responsibility Summary

At BAE Systems we are proud of what we do and how we do it – from developing innovative products and services and investing in our people and future workforce, to giving our customers the best possible service. We report on our Corporate Responsibility (CR) performance in our Annual Report with more detail in our CR Summary.

Events, Media & Communications

Companies to Discuss Community Investment as Key to Achieving Inclusion - June 5th, 2018 in Calgary

June 5th, 2018 in Calgary, join LBG Canada companies for a full day discussion on how community investment can enable companies to achieve their vision for diversity and inclusion.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Black & Veatch Retains Engineering News-Record Top Ranking in Telecommunications

Fueled by growth across its networked infrastructure, smart city applications, and grid modernization services, Black & Veatch has retained the top global telecommunications ranking among U.S.-based engineering companies – the eighth time in the past nine years the company has held that distinction in the Engineering News-Record’s “Top 500 Design Firms” report.

Green Infrastructure

5 Eco-Friendly Features at Bloomberg’s Sustainable New European Headquarters

Innovations in sustainability are at the heart of Bloomberg’s office designs, from engineering to construction to building operations. But our new European headquarters in London is our greatest achievement in sustainability yet — in fact, it’s the world’s most sustainable office building. It scored a 98.5 percent BREEAM sustainability rating, the highest design-stage score of any major office development.

Events, Media & Communications

VolunteerMatch Celebrates 20 Years of Connecting Good People With Good Causes

VolunteerMatch, the web’s largest volunteer engagement network, reached an exciting milestone today: 20 years of connecting good people with good causes. April 25, 2018 marks 20 years since the release of VolunteerMatch 1.0.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Q&A With Munich Airport: Sustainability Reporting Helps to Remove Silos

Munich Airport has an ambitious target to become the first carbon neutral airport in Germany. We spoke to Bernd Schönhofer, Strategic Sustainability Manager at Munich Airport, who told us about the company’s ambitious sustainability programs and how reporting has helped them remove silos in the organization.

Health & Healthcare

Creating Long-Term Success in Long-Term Care

Some of the biggest upside potential in long-term care lies in remembering that it’s not only health care – it’s life care. Successful LTC organizations can create healthier environments that are more liveable in the long-term by creating a “comprehensive culture of caring,” one that is patient-centered and encompasses the concerns, and input, of residents, their families, and the staff that hopefully seeks to serve them like family.

Energy

Crypto-Carbon: Nori's Paul Gambill

If you ask most people what they think of blockchain applications or cryptocurrency, the response is usually a blank stare of utter bafflement. Well, this week on Sea Change Radio, we are going to try to make some sense of this arcane concept because our guest today, Paul Gambill, has devised a carbon dioxide removal marketplace which incorporates blockchain applications. Gambill explains how his new startup, Nori, uses blockchain applications, how it plans to ramp up into a vibrant marketplace of buyers and sellers, and why he believes this could actually help reverse the effects of climate change.

Sustainable Development Goals

Footsteps Across the World

“Work hard, run hard” is the motto of many sports lovers at the CLP Group. To the power company, the benefits of a healthy workforce are clear. Running has over the years changed the lives of some of CLP’s employees in different parts of the world.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Does Your Employer Offer Adoption Benefits? Get Recognized.

Each year the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption highlights the nation’s Top 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplace employers. The survey is based on financial reimbursement for adoption costs and paid leave after an adoption.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

EPA Recognizes SC Johnson as Top User of Green Power

SC Johnson announced today that it is ranked No. 71 on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) National Top 100 List of the largest green power users from the Green Power Partnership. SC Johnson is using nearly 117 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually, which represents almost 63 percent of its total power needs.

Environment

Cisco Podcast | Making Meaningful Progress on GHG Emissions Reduction

At Cisco, corporate social responsibility is at the core of our business, our culture, and how we invest our resources. It’s why GHG emissions reduction is one of our most material environmental issues and a core component of our overall CSR strategy to accelerate global problem solving, through our technology and expertise, to positively impact people, society, and the planet.

Health & Healthcare

Giving Millions a Shot

We are proud to work with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the United Nation’s (UN) Shot@Life campaign to ensure Pfizer’s life-saving vaccines reach those who need them most.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Volunteerism: The Journey I Didn’t Expect

Everyone remembers where they were the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. With 2,996 lives lost in the attacks, and millions more affected, this moment in American history united the nation and awoke in me — and many others — a dormant feeling of patriotism and a desire to serve.

Events, Media & Communications

HanesBrands and National Park Foundation Launch Exclusive New Apparel Collection During National Park Week

To celebrate National Park Week, HanesBrands and the National Park Foundation (NPF) have launched the inaugural designs in a first-of-its-kind apparel collection, initially available online at hanes.com/nationalparks.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Coach Foundation | Dream It Real
    To help break cycles of inequality, we empower the next generation to reach their full potential through higher education.
  2. Accelerating access to healthcare technology
    We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...
  3. IWBI | Workplace Wellness
    A WELL Certified™ project has the potential to add measurable value to the health, well-being and happiness of people in the buildings. It can also...
  4. Cascale Events
    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...
  5. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  6. 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...
  7. AMD Environmental Sustainability
    Advancing sustainability across our operations, supply chain manufacturing and product stewardship
  8. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  9. Innovation & Sustainable Solutions
    Chemours chemistry is essential to our daily lives, global commerce, and the future. Our commitment to product sustainability drives us to innovate...
  10. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  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. Kingfisher Around the World
    The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...
  13. Impacting Today and Tomorrow
    What we do matters and our associates can expect opportunities to create real impact at work and in the community.
  14. International Paper | SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS
    Vision 2030 Goal: Improve our climate impact and advance water stewardship
  15. Shared Goodness Promise - Hershey's ESG Progress
    The Hershey Company is committed to publishing annual environment, social, and governance reports that give updates on our publicly stated goals and...