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Environment

Timberland Marks a Milestone in its Reforestation Project by Planting its Two Millionth Tree in Horqin Desert

Timberland today marked the planting of a total of two million trees in the Horqin Desert, a significant milestone in its ongoing program to tackle desertification in Inner Mongolia.

Social Impact & Volunteering

VolunteerMatch and SUBWAY® Restaurants Team Up to Inspire Weekend Volunteerism with "You Share, We Share" Campaign

VolunteerMatch, the Web’s largest volunteer engagement network, and SUBWAY® restaurants have partnered for You Share, We Share, a campaign developed by Proof Advertising for SUBWAY® restaurants aimed at increasing engagement in local communities.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Innovation In ESG Index Investing

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Visiting Nurse Service of New York Supports Six Community Gardens Across New York City

The Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY), the largest not-for-profit home- and community-based healthcare organization in the country, has partnered with New York Restoration Project and CBS EcoMedia to support six community gardens across New York City.

Diversity & Inclusion

Workplace Strategies for Keeping Employees Engaged and Present

Social Impact & Volunteering

Points of Light Brings the Volunteering Experts to You

Do you wish you could hear from the experts as you manage and scale your employee engagement and citizenship programs? Now you can! The latest trends in corporate volunteering are now at your fingertips and on video with Points of Light’s Corporate Video Lecture Series.

Research, Reports & Publications

How Domtar Creates Economic Value in Local Communities

Events, Media & Communications

Community Investment Summit: Achieving Impact 2015

LBG Canada is a network of companies seeking to maximize the impact of community investment, employee volunteering and giving strategies.

Innovation & Technology

Searching for Heroes of Innovation

Sustainability is rife with innovation, so help us single out those advances that nobody has told us about. I am especially interested in innovations that help us reclaim more materials and in nontoxic materials that can replace toxic compounds in electronics manufacturing, like the electronics from milk created by heroine of innovation Anke Domaske.

Education

AT&T Kicks Off School Year with More Than $20 Million Investment in Students and Teachers

AT&T is kick starting the 2015-2016 school year with $20 million in contributions to education organizations through its AT&T Aspire program. Students and teachers in more than 26 states will benefit. This back to school investment is just one of the ways that AT&T is using the power of its network to build a better tomorrow.

Diversity & Inclusion

Top 5 Steps to Create Meaning and Purpose at Your Company

But social workers, teachers or philanthropists don’t corner the market on meaning. If you want to create meaning and a core purpose at your company, here are the top five inspiring — and practical — steps.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Ray C. Anderson's Collection Finds Permanent Home at the Georgia Historical Society

The collection of the late Ray C. Anderson, visionary industrialist, environmentalist, founder and Chairman of Interface® has been donated to the permanent collection of the Georgia Historical Society Research Center. This important collection was donated by the Ray C. Anderson Foundation with the support of Interface, Inc.

Health & Healthcare

30 Years Ago Michael Drummond Became the 1st Heart Failure Patient to be Successfully Bridged to a Donor Heart Transplant

›› See never-before published photos during and after Michael Drummond’s historic heart transplant.

Social Impact & Volunteering

How Are You Engaging on 9/11 Day?

9/11 Day of Service invites millions of people to do a good deed to honor 9/11 in a postive way. Your nonprofit can capture the enthusiasm of new volunteers by tapping into their business skills, not just their hands-on skills. Visit Taproot+, Taproot’s online service that connects nonprofit organizations to a curated group of skilled professionals in marketing, IT, finance, HR, and strategy management. Post a project before 9/11.

Environment

The Slow One

Education

Young Students Share Where They See Themselves in 20 Years, BJ’s & General Mills Respond

BJ’s Wholesale Club teamed up with General Mills in honor of the 20th anniversary of its Adopt-A-School program by awarding $10,000 grants to five public elementary schools as well as $2,500 grants to four additional schools. The schools were chosen from countless applications that shared where students see themselves in 20 years and how BJ’s & General Mills’ school support will help get them there.

Environment

General Motors Corporate Responsibility Newsletter - September 2015

GM Canada’s First Renewable Energy Project Uses Canal Water to Keep Cool

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

What Happened and Where Are We Today?

In the previous post “The Ebb and Flow of Customer-Centricity – Beyond the Basics” we discussed the details of building a customer-centric, or market-led financial service provider – and the intricate jigsaw puzzle of skills, processes, incentives, planning, and execution required to pull it off.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Bechtel Raises the Bar with Stakeholder Engagement

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Prince Fielder Event Supports At-Risk Kids In North Texas

Prince Fielder received big-time support from his Rangers teammates last week at his annual “Uncork for a Cause” wine-tasting benefit.

Elvis Andrus, Anthony Bass, Adiran Beltre, Delino DeShields, Jake Diekman, Sam Dyson, Sam Freeman, Yovani Gallardo, Chris Gimenez, Derek Holland, Colby Lewis, Keone Kela, Mitch Moreland, Mike Napoli, Ryan Strausborger and Bobby Wilson all helped the six-time All-Star raise funds for Promise House, which supports homeless kids and runaways, as well as the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation.

Social Impact & Volunteering

The CSR Scoop - 8/31/2015

This week’s news was buzzing with ideas and approaches to creating systemic change to better our lives and the lives of others. From Barry Schwartz’s Rethinking Work to the launch of Impact 2030, great ideas are being matched with practical ideas on how to make a measurable impact on making our communities more equitable and vibrant places to live. Dig in, and let us know what you think about the ideas percolating here.

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