Energy

New Strategic Investment Firm to Focus on Innovation in Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Generation

Oct 14, 2015 5:30 PM ET

Energy

Whirlpool Corporation's RENEWW House Turns Existing Home Into Sustainable Living Showcase (VIDEO)

Oct 14, 2015 5:30 PM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Aramark Named One of Top 40 Companies for Diversity by BLACK ENTERPRISE

Oct 14, 2015 4:15 PM ET

Aramark (NYSE: ARMK), the $15 billion global provider of award winning services in food, facilities management, and uniforms, was once again named one of the Top 40 Best Companies for Diversity by BLACK ENTERPRISE.

Research, Reports & Publications

MGM Resorts Honors Veterans on its Workforce and in the Community

Oct 14, 2015 3:45 PM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

How The Bloomberg Terminal Made History—And Stays Ever Relevant

Oct 14, 2015 3:15 PM ET

By definition, any computing platform invented in the first half of the 1980s that has survived until 2015—and is an enormous business—has accomplished something remarkable.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Kimberly-Clark Receives U.S. EPA 2015 SmartWay® Excellence Award

Oct 14, 2015 3:00 PM ET

Environment

GM’s Clean-Streams Dream Team Adds Dealer to Roster

Oct 14, 2015 2:30 PM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

Do Good, For Goodness’ Sake… and Watch Your Company Thrive in the Afterglow!

Oct 14, 2015 1:20 PM ET

General wisdom - and the occasional ‘feel good’ stories covered by local news channels about corporations that went above and beyond to serve their local communities - tell us that a company garners a lot of goodwill when it champions local causes, fair business practices and responsible environmental stewardship… and now, a 2015 Community Involvement survey by Boston College’s Center for Corporate Citizenship shows that corporate philanthropy programs that include local community oriented development projects provide a huge boost to a corporation’s business goals.

Events, Media & Communications

9 Reasons to Attend the 2015 VolunteerMatch Summit

Oct 14, 2015 1:00 PM ET

In December 2015, CSR professionals, employee engagement enthusiasts, VolunteerMatch clients, and national nonprofits will come together at the 2015 VolunteerMatch Summit. If you haven’t registered yet, or you’re on the fence about attending, here are 9 reasons you absolutely should.

Environment

A Call For Climate Action In Paris

Oct 14, 2015 12:45 PM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MetLife Foundation's Financial Inclusion Challenge Winners and Projects Profiled in Video Essay

Oct 14, 2015 12:30 PM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Seabourn Honored with Nine 2015 Magellan Awards from Travel Weekly

Oct 14, 2015 11:35 AM ET

Seabourn, the leading small-ship, ultra-luxury cruise line, was honored with nine 2015 Magellan Awards from Travel Weekly. Judged by an expert industry panel, the annual awards celebrate the best in travel and salute outstanding travel professionals.

Education

Solving for Tomorrow: An Education Focused TweetChat on October 14

Oct 14, 2015 11:30 AM ET

Join @SamsungTweets, @PLTWorg, @EEWeek @USNewsEducation and @BrainPop for a discussion about how teachers and parents can help to engage students to use science, technology, engineering and math to improve their communities.

Environment

Secretary Kerry and UN Special Envoy Bloomberg Welcome International Mayors for Our Cities, Our Climate

Oct 14, 2015 11:25 AM ET

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Michael R. Bloomberg, U.N. Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change, will welcome mayors from major global cities to the State Department at 12:30 p.m. on October 8 for the “Our Cities, Our Climate” working sessions and luncheon.

Social Impact & Volunteering

To Thrive, Your Company Needs a Soul – Find It in Volunteer Service

Oct 14, 2015 11:15 AM ET

In my 25-plus-year career, one thing has become abundantly clear to me. Companies with an engaged employee base are the companies that tend to thrive.

Environment

Ascension Health Joins Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

Oct 14, 2015 11:10 AM ET

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ascension to its Healthcare Facility Advisory Board (HFAB), a role intended to help the council set priorities and steer the agenda towards its mission of inspiring and enabling sustainable, cost-effective recycling solutions for plastic products and materials used in the delivery of healthcare.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CITGO and PAPCO Inc. Give Back to Virginia Beach Community

Oct 14, 2015 11:05 AM ET

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Little Ideas are the Secret to Big Innovation

Oct 14, 2015 11:00 AM ET

Innovation. It’s one of those buzzy business words you hear in commercials for cars or even vacuum cleaners or perhaps read in full-page ads printed in the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. But what does it really mean to innovate in 2015?

Environment

All Climate Change is Local

Oct 14, 2015 11:00 AM ET

When world leaders gather in Paris in December to negotiate a global agreement on climate change, they will have a powerful ally standing behind them and urging them onward: mayors.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bacardi USA Receives U.S. EPA 2015 SmartWay® Excellence Award

Oct 14, 2015 10:40 AM ET

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Biomimicry: How Business Learns From Nature

Oct 14, 2015 10:10 AM ET

What does biomimicry have to do with Green Money? Well, everything. Biomimicry is the conscious emulation of nature’s wisdom, a methodology that is based not on harvesting nature but on learning from nature. This approach is beginning to shape our cities, our companies, and our social sphere, and has profound implications for investing and for life.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

“Banorte” y “Los 40 Principales” México donan 1.75 millones de pesos a causas sociales

Oct 14, 2015 10:00 AM ET

Grupo Financiero Banorte y Los 40 Principales México mantienen con éxito la alianza estratégica que iniciaron en mayo del 2013 y que dio origen a una tarjeta de crédito de marca compartida –Tarjeta 40-, tras incrementar en este año el número de organizaciones beneficiadas y el monto de los donativos otorgados.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

“Banorte” and “Los 40 Principales Mexico” Donate Ps 1.75 Million to Social Causes

Oct 14, 2015 10:00 AM ET

Grupo Financiero Banorte and the radio station Los 40 Principales Mexico successfully maintain the strategic alliance that began in May 2013 and which gave rise to the co-branded Tarjeta 40 credit card - after increasing the number of beneficiary organizations and the amount of donations granted this year.

Health & Healthcare

$25 Million Grant from James M. Cox Foundation Aims to Transform Patient Care at Emory

Oct 14, 2015 10:00 AM ET

A $25 million grant from the James M. Cox Foundation will launch new patient-centered care models at Emory designed to improve patient experiences and outcomes. Prostate cancer care will be the initial clinical focus of the model.

Innovation & Technology

Addressing the Youth Employment Crisis Needs Urgent Global Action

Oct 14, 2015 10:00 AM ET

One third of the world’s 1.8 billion young people are currently neither in employment, education or training. Of the one billion more youth that will enter the job market in the next decade, only 40 percent are expected to be able to get jobs that currently exist. The global economy will need to create 600 million jobs over the next 10 years – five million jobs each month -- simply to keep pace with projected youth employment rates.