Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Health & Healthcare

Novartis Foundation and Partners Launch Innovative Hypertension Program in Vietnam

On the occasion of World Hypertension Day 2016, the Novartis Foundation and its partners, including the international nonprofit organization PATH, are announcing the launch of the Ho Chi Minh City Communities for Healthy Hearts Program, which is designed to improve health outcomes of adults with hypertension living in low-income households in urban Vietnam.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Sodexo Supports Gonzaga University Students in Fight Against Hunger

240 people enjoyed a meal at the Salvation Army in Spokane, WA, on April 26, prepared and served by Gonzaga University students and the Sodexo management team. This is the third year that Sodexo and Gonzaga students have sponsored an event as part of the company’s Stop Hunger Servathon held every April and it is just the most recent example of how the company and campus community have partnered to combat hunger.

Research, Reports & Publications

Walmart 2016 Global Responsibility Report | Advocating for the Customer

Winning with customers means being actively on their side – making their daily lives better. As we share in our Annual Report, customers should be able to shop on their own terms – in a great store or club, with a quick pickup stop on the way home from work, or with items reliably arriving at the front door.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

JPMorgan Chase and Bloomberg Philanthropies Announce $7.5 Million to Prepare New Orleans Students for High-Demand Jobs

JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced $7.5 million to expand young people’s access to economic opportunity in New Orleans. As growing industries in Greater New Orleans require a more skilled workforce, these grants are designed to dramatically increase the number of young people graduating from the city’s public high schools with opportunities to secure well-paying, high-demand jobs.

Social Impact & Volunteering

TransCanada Stands Strong with Fort McMurray

From providing fuel to desperate evacuees, to shelter at work camps for displaced residents of Northern Alberta communities and fundraising for short- and long-term relief efforts, TransCanada is there.

Diversity & Inclusion

Inclusive Employment is a Team Effort

Inclusive employment is a team effort between the person, their parents, residential specialists, employment specialists, and businesses. In this blog post, we’re going to focus on teamwork between employment specialists and residential specialists.

Environment

Aramark Kicks Off Summer Travel Season with New Partnerships, Upgraded Amenities, Centennial Celebrations

With travelers finalizing their summer vacation plans, Aramark (NYSE: ARMK), the award winning food and hospitality partner for national and state parks and other leading leisure and cultural attractions across the country, is kicking off the travel season by celebrating new and continuing partnerships, debuting enhancements to its portfolio of properties and attractions, and introducing promotions to celebrate the National Park Service’s Centennial.

Events, Media & Communications

VM Summit 16 to Bring Good Companies and Causes Together in Chicago, IL

VolunteerMatch, the web’s largest volunteer engagement network, announced today that it has opened registration for VM Summit 16, which will be held on October 25, 2016 in Chicago, IL.

VolunteerMatch’s annual conference, officially known as VM Summit, brings companies and nonprofits together in one place to learn and collaborate on how to create better, more impactful partnerships, and harness the power of corporate volunteering for real community impact.

Diversity & Inclusion

Dare to Be Yourself: Lily Chang

No matter the role, level within the organization, or location in the world, our people are empowered to lead at VMware. And for Lily Chang, VP of R&D – Central Engineering, harnessing her platform as a leader is inspiring people across the globe to grow as leaders and is helping redefine how people view making an impact at work and in the broader community. Discover how a defining moment in Lily’s life sparked her drive to lead in life.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Businesses Expected to Excel and Grow in Infrastructure and Innovation (SDG 9)

This week, Global Sourcing Council's 17 Weeks for 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) explores SDG 9 with examples of corporate action for building resilient infrastructure, promoting sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation.

Green Infrastructure

The Charge Ready Program Pilot is Increasing the Availability of EV Charging

To encourage SCE customers to use electric cars, the company has launched Charge Ready, a program to expand the infrastructure for electric vehicle charging stations. The program targets locations where vehicles are parked for four hours or more.

Health & Healthcare

Achal Agarwal: Children can Move the Needle on Sanitation

Events, Media & Communications

TOMS and AT&T Help Consumers Take a “Walk in Their Shoes”

TOMS has given more than 60 million shoes to children in need, but as a consumer buying a pair of TOMS shoes, it can be hard to feel the real impact of each purchase. To solve for that, TOMS enlisted the help of AT&T to create "A Walk in Their Shoes," a story of a TOMS customer who travels from California to Colombia to meet the child who benefited from his purchase.

Events, Media & Communications

Can One Organization Democratize Design Thinking for Everyone?

Tyson Weinert is a lively and ingratiating veteran trainer, who after 18 years of service, separated from the U.S. Coast Guard last year. Since then, he has traveled the country training groups of people from all walks of life to embrace the application and benefits of human-centered design. He had come to D.C. with a simple mission: to induct our group of 18 wannabe designers into the discipline of developing solutions in the service of people.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

AIAG 2016 Quality Summit

The AIAG 2016 Quality Summit, "Surviving and Thriving Through Industry Transformation", will be focused on helping organizations - from global OEM's, to mega-sized system suppliers, to sub-tier parts, materials, and service providers - adapt their systems and prepare their personnel to not only survive, but thrive and excel, during the transformation of the automotive industry.

Environment

SCE Provides $450 Rebate for New and Used Electric Vehicles

Starting today, Southern California Edison is offering a $450 reward to customers who drive all-electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles.
The incentive, which is being offered through SCE’s Clean Fuel Rewards Program, applies to new, used and leased vehicles. Unlike most rebate programs, second and third owners of a vehicle are also eligible for the payment.

Events, Media & Communications

Two Weeks Left to Register for Youth Education Roundtable in Boston

Today’s business leaders are redefining business success by how their companies work and impact society, driving the need for a deeper understanding of the relationship between environmental, educational and economic demands.

Social Impact & Volunteering

CITGO and Artist Boat Restore Vital Coastal Heritage Preserve in Southeast Texas

As part of its ongoing commitment to environmental conservation and restoration, under its Caring for Our Coast program, CITGO Petroleum Corporation partnered with preservation organization Artist Boat to host a volunteer workday at the Coastal Heritage Preserve in Galveston. TeamCITGO volunteers helped Artist Boat staff plant native prairie vegetation, treated sections of the preserve for invasive fire ants and learned about the habitats and wildlife of the preserve.

Environment

4 Tech Companies are Making a Difference with Sustainability and Energy Efficiency Programs

Across the nation, companies large and small are realizing both the environmental and operational benefits of sustainability and energy efficiency programs. We’d like to take some time to recognize inspiring technology companies that are successfully using these programs to reduce their environmental impact and make the world a better place.

Social Impact & Volunteering

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Research, Reports & Publications

P&G Releases First-Ever Citizenship Report

Diversity & Inclusion

Decent Work (SDG 8) is Good for Business: Learn from the Leaders, Collaborate with a Partner

This week, Global Sourcing Council's 17 Weeks for 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) explores SDG 8 with examples of corporate action for inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all.

Research, Reports & Publications

Arizona State University Studies Economic Impact of Republic Services

We recently asked the Seidman Research Institute at Arizona State University to assess our economic impact. Researchers evaluated operations, payroll, purchases, and taxes, as well as secondary economic effects like consumer goods, services and the housing market.

Events, Media & Communications

Don’t Be A One-Hit Wonder: June 14 ‘Lunch and Learn’ Shares Formula CSR and Sustainability Communicators Follow for a Steady String of Hits

The phrase “one hit wonder” refers to pop musicians who manage to squeeze out a hit before fading into obscurity. There is a strong correlation to the fast-paced news environment faced by today’s corporate communications professionals.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Policy and Regulation
    Cascale shares insights regarding policy and regulation impacting the consumer goods industry, and highlights how it's supporting members prepare for...
  2. 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...
  3. FedEx | Delivering for Good
    Doing what we do best for those who need it most. When disaster strikes, and there’s not a moment to lose, our people mobilize the FedEx global fleet...
  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. 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. Forests
    Managing our forests sustainably and protecting water, wildlife, and species at risk.
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  10. KeyBank's Commitment to Diversity
    Promoting inclusive environments by employing systemic changes to improve the access of individuals of diverse backgrounds. Learn more about our...
  11. 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...
  12. Greener Products and Solutions
    We actively integrate sustainability into the product development process and look at all phases of the product life cycle for opportunities to...
  13. 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...
  14. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  15. Antea Group Webinars and Events
    Come learn from Antea Group experts on a variety of topics. We produce webinars monthly and attend events regularly to keep in touch with current and...