Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Editors Pick

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Insurance Company CEO Highlights Resilience at the BSR Conference 2015

Environment

Imitations: On GMOs and Concrete

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Massachusetts Communities Rewarded for Energy Efficiency Efforts

Environment

World Wildlife Fund Opens Kenya Safari Sweepstakes

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced today a sweepstakes for a seven-day/six-night safari to the famed Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. This experience is custom-designed by Natural Habitat Adventures for the sweepstakes and not available anywhere else.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Adam Ottavino Shares Community Service Thoughts With Action Team Captains

Adam Ottavino, pitcher for the Colorado Rockies, recently joined the first Action Team conference call of the 2015-2016 school-year. He spoke about the importance of leadership and community to more than 30 Action Team Captains from high schools across the country. The Greenwood High School Action Team of Bowling Green, Kentucky joined Adam as the featured high school on the call.

Energy

GM's Energy Stars: Lorenzo Blagrove, Baltimore Operations

All this week, we will be recognizing employees from our U.S. facilities who have helped GM realize $435 million in energy savings by reducing energy intensity by 40 percent and carbon dioxide emissions by 41 percent over the last 20 years.

Health & Healthcare

Whirlpool Corporation’s HealthWorks Offers Employees a Better Chance at Success Through Engagement and Support

Whirlpool Corporation has always valued the health of its employees. When we talk about health, we don’t just mean the numbers on the scale or the hours spent being active – although those numbers matter. Physical, emotional and spiritual health also matters.

Environment

Ceres President Mindy Lubber Statement, in Response to the World Federation of Exchanges' Sustainability Reporting Guidance Launch

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) issued new guidance on sustainability disclosures. Thirty-three specific KPI's are included in the recommendations. Mindy Lubber, President of the advocacy organization Ceres, issued a statement on the WFE launch.

Environment

Reducing Environmental Impact

T. Rowe Price’s 2014 Corporate Social Responsibility Report describes the firm’s progress on its commitment to reduce environmental impact. Between 2010 and 2014, the firm cut landfill waste by 49%, expanded recycling by 79%, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 3%, all while the associate population grew 30%.

Events, Media & Communications

Is CSR Dead? Barclays Debates

Innovation & Technology

IBM Bringing Analytic Capability to Non-profits in Italy

When CSVNet approached IBM we were already aware of IBM’s On Demand Community program and of the company’s long tradition of commitment to addressing societal issues. So it was quite simple to start a conversation with IBM’s Corporate Citizenship team in Italy in order to set a common framework on which to build a partnership.

Research, Reports & Publications

Domtar's 2014 Water Sources: Surface Water vs. Groundwater

Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) designs, manufactures, markets and distributes a wide variety of fiber-based products, including communication papers, specialty and packaging papers, and absorbent hygiene products.

Environment

Old Habits Slow Progress in Sustainability

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) just announced a new credential for accountants charged with analyzing sustainability issues that impact the bottom line. “More and more companies are disclosing sustainability information. In 2011, only about 20 percent of S&P 500 companies produced a sustainability report, while in 2014 that number jumped to 75 percent.”

Events, Media & Communications

Empower Women, Change the World

On Friday, September 25, 193 world leaders joined in endorsing the Sustainable Development Goals (the SDGs), also known as the #GlobalGoals. Including goal number five: achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

BJ’s Charitable Foundation Distributes 70 Grants to Support Children and Families Throughout its 15-State Footprint

BJ’s Charitable Foundation announced today the donation of 70 grants to nonprofits that will impact the lives of more than two million residents across its 15-state footprint. As part of its quarterly grant cycle, the Foundation contributed $249,900 to benefit the underprivileged in the areas of education and hunger prevention.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Novo Nordisk Receives Perfect Score on Climate Change Transparency

Today, Novo Nordisk was recognised as a Nordic leader for the quality of climate change related information that it has disclosed to investors and the global marketplace through CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project).

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Baxter Recognized as a Sustainability Leader, Develops Future Leaders and Launches New Environmental Initiatives

Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) has been recognized as a corporate sustainability leader for the 16th consecutive year as part of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. The company also has advanced a variety of newly initiated corporate programs to provide young environmental scholars with practical experience, support crisis intervention and suicide prevention for young people, and offset greenhouse gas emissions associated with its air travel.

Innovation & Technology

Investing 'With' Her and Her $28 Trillion of Wealth

Investing With Her - an insightful article from a financial powerhouse Gloria Nelund

Events, Media & Communications

GreenBiz Group and WBCSD to Bring COP 21 Event to a Global Audience

GreenBiz Group and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) are partnering to bring the WBCSD Council Meeting during COP21 to a global online audience for the first time.

Environment

Conserving Water in North American Mills

Sappi's North American mills use only surface water sources (rivers and lakes) and return treated water to the same primary source. (At Cloquet, we return the water to a publicly owned treatment facility, where it goes through additional purification and is then returned to Lake Superior.) We returned almost 93 percent of the water we used, creating a minimal water footprint.

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