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Health & Healthcare

Creating a Pro Bono Dream Team

Over the past eight years, global pro bono programs have become an effective way for companies to build global leaders while also working to address pressing problems faced by communities around the world. Lessons learned on-the-ground help leaders develop the ability to manage in highly complex, rapidly changing, resource constrained environments. Typically, companies send teams of 8 to 12 high-performing employees to partner with local organizations on assignments that aim to enhance local capacity in emerging and frontier markets.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Days of Service: Unlocking a Key to Employee Engagement

Earlier this month, Cone hosted its own annual day of service, where our New York and Boston offices joined together at the Charles River Esplanade to beautify a stretch of land along the river in partnership with the Esplanade Association. When planning your organizations' day of service, keep in mind four lessons we learned at our own annual service event.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fill Hearts with Love through Wendy’s #Share4Adoption Social Media Campaign

You have the power to fill hearts with love through Wendy’s® #Share4Adoption campaign. The next time you and your family visits a Wendy’s restaurant, you can help children in foster care find their forever families. All you have to do is share your hearts!

Energy

Black & Veatch and Schneider Electric to Design and Build Microgrid at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar

Black & Veatch and Schneider Electric USA have formed a joint venture to design and construct an energy security microgrid at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar, in San Diego, California. The microgrid solution will allow operations at mission-critical facilities to continue uninterrupted if the utility power grid is compromised or damaged.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Revitalizing Mexico's Energy

TransCanada is emerging as the favourite foreign pipeline operator of the Mexican government and one of the biggest beneficiaries of the company’s energy reforms.

Diversity & Inclusion

Practitioner Spotlight--Rob Duffy

Let's take a closer look at one of Antea Group's most valuable resources--its people! Next up is operational performance and assurance senior project manager Rob Duffy, who talks to us about his biggest professional achievement to date, his favorite thing about being an OPA practitioner, and what's at the top of his bucket list.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CBRE Appoints John Ferguson Executive Sponsor of Asia Pacific American Forum

CBRE Group, Inc. has announced that John Ferguson, CBRE President of the Southeast Division, has taken a leadership role in the Asia Pacific American Forum (APAF). Mr. Ferguson will serve as the Executive Sponsor of the company’s newest employee network group.

Research, Reports & Publications

2015 Sands ECO360 Report | A Letter from our Chairman

Research, Reports & Publications

Investing Locally To Create A Healthier Massachusetts

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (Blue Cross) is again demonstrating its commitment to building healthy communities through two local events with The Trustees, Massachusetts' largest non-profit conservation and preservation organization.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Nomination Deadline Extended for Central Florida’s Cox Conserves Heroes Program

WFTV Channel 9, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, is extending the nominations deadline for Central Florida’s 2016 Cox Conserves Heroes program. The awards program celebrates volunteers who create, preserve or enhance shared outdoor spaces in the community.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Forest City Shares Highlights From Community Day 2016

Energy

National Grid on How Big is the Bridge

Innovation & Technology

The Future of the Diesel Engine

The new four-cylinder diesel unit OM 654 marks the debut of a ground-breaking family of engines from Mercedes-Benz. Exemplary efficiency and emissions ensure that the premium diesel is future-proof while underlining the key role to be played by the diesel engine in achieving the challenging global climate targets.

Energy

Siemens and Gamesa to Merge Wind Businesses to Create a Leading Wind Power Player

Siemens and Gamesa have signed binding agreements to merge Siemens' wind power business, including wind services, with Gamesa to create a leading global wind power player.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Official UN Global Compact 2016 #GCLeadersSummit Video

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

New Fortune Ranking: Nominate a Company That's Changing the World

Now seeking nominations: The Fortune "Change the World" List spotlights the top 50 companies who address major social problems as a core part of their business strategy and innovation.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

« Prix Hermès de l'innovation » for Novartis Access

Novartis Access is the 2016 winner of the "Prix Hermès de l'innovation" in the category “Improvement of the human condition”. Jürgen Brokatzky-Geiger, Head of Novartis Access, collected the award during the official ceremony in Paris on June 14.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Carnival Cruise Line Brings Its Signature Brand of Fun to the FedEx St. Jude Classic Golf Tournament

Carnival Cruise Line’s partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® extended to the links with the line’s sponsorship of the FedEx St. Jude Classic, an annual PGA-sanctioned golf tournament held in at the TPC Southwind course in Memphis, Tenn., the hospital’s hometown.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Honoring the Troops in a Very Sodexo Way

This weekend, we’ll be celebrating America by saluting the flag and honoring the troops. At Sodexo, we provide food service at many U.S. military installations, and for the past ten years, we’ve been honoring troops in a different way: with a culinary medal.

Diversity & Inclusion

Work is a Beautiful Thing

Diversity & Inclusion

MGM Resorts Offers Career Fair for Veterans and Their Families

Research, Reports & Publications

Principles in Action: Mars Shares Results on Far-Reaching Health & Sustainability Commitments in New Report

Mars, Incorporated released its sixth annual Principles in Action Summary, spotlighting progress the company has made on commitments in the areas of sustainability, health and wellbeing, food safety, responsible marketing, and workplace engagement. The company’s ‘report card’ reflects the cumulative efforts of its diverse business segments, including Petcare, Chocolate, Wrigley, Food, Drinks and Symbioscience.

Health & Healthcare

Have a Safe Independence Day and Canada Day

Latest Campaigns

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    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...
  2. Employee and Community Engagement
    At MilliporeSigma, we look for opportunities to use employee and community engagement to spark scientific curiosity and breakthroughs. We know that...
  3. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...
  4. Green Mountain Energy Sun Club
    Since its founding in 2002, the Green Mountain Energy Sun Club has donated more than $4 million to solar and sustainability projects focusing on...
  5. 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...
  6. Emergency Response
    Document rapid interventions when crises strike: delivering therapeutic food, water, hygiene kits, and deploying mobile med
  7. CARE Corporate Partnerships
    CARE works with corporate partners globally to invest in innovative, scalable, impactful, community-based solutions.
  8. LATAM Growth
    DP World is significantly expanding its operations in Latin America, focusing on enhancing port infrastructure and increasing cargo handling...
  9. Sustainability by Antea Group
    At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...
  10. IWBI | WELL Building Standard
    Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...
  11. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Whirlpool Corporation has several CSR partners including United Way, Habitat for Humanity International, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Consulada...
  12. Opportunity for All
    At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...
  13. Sustainability by Antea Group
    At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...
  14. CACI Celebrates Veterans and Military Families Month
    This Veterans and Military Families Month, we celebrate the strength, dedication, and sacrifices of former service members and their loved ones. CACI...
  15. CARE Corporate Partnerships
    CARE works with corporate partners globally to invest in innovative, scalable, impactful, community-based solutions.