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Building a More Resilient, Agile, and Sustainable Future

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Research, Reports & Publications

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What We Learned (Or Didn’t) From Hurricane Katrina

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Sappi’s Jennifer Miller Dives Into its 2020Vision and the Importance of Continuing a Circular Economy

Jennifer Miller was named Chief Business Sustainability Officer for Sappi North America in August 2015. In this new role, she is focused on identifying strategic growth and diversification opportunities for the Company as well as continuing to lead the sustainability strategies for all four of Sappi North America’s businesses.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Meet Pocono Area Transitional Housing - 2016 Pocono Mountains Community Fundraiser Winner

Since its inception in 2004, the Pocono Mountains Community Fundraiser has grown to be the largest single fundraiser event in Monroe County, giving back more than $2 million to the community. More than 480 community enthusiasts attended this year’s event, titled “Keeping It Close to Home.” Event founder, Diamond Sponsor and host Sanofi Pasteur once again covered all event costs. As a result, 100 percent of ticket sales and sponsorships directly benefitted the non-profit recipients.

Green Infrastructure

WorldGBC and BEA Join Forces to Double the Rate of Energy Efficiency in Buildings

The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) and the World Resources Institute (WRI)-led Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) – a public-private partnership launched under the United Nations Secretary-General’s SE4All Initiative – have joined forces in an attempt to double the rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Green Affordable Housing Matters to Old Mutual

“Green affordable housing integrates social and environmental sustainability imperatives providing access to better quality homes with lower running costs for lower middle income groups” - Manie Annandale Head of Affordable Housing Development Finance, Nedbank.

Environment

Cod Willing: David Abel on the Cod’s Resurgence

Since 1992, fish ’n chips fans may have noticed that there was no cod in their classic fried dish. That’s the year that the Canadian government issued a moratorium on fishing the popular, tasty species.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Driving Employee Engagement Through Better Program Coordination

Learn best practices for getting your employees more involved in the planning and execution of employee volunteer events in order to increase participation in your programs.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Domtar Employee Heather Stowe Nominated as a Domtar Difference Maker

Domtar’s EarthChoice Ambassadors program is an employee engagement program that began in 2011 to promote sustainable principles throughout the company. Now going into its seventh year, this very successful program is on track to have chapters in place at all Domtar facilities by 2020. And, with more than 500 ambassadors, Domtar’s EarthChoice Ambassadors put in more than 2,000 hours of volunteer work last year.

Education

Subaru to Donate Thousands of Textbooks

Environment

Protecting the Future of Our National Parks

Our national parks have a big, big problem. It’s you.

Diversity & Inclusion

Las Vegas Sands’ Team Members complete over 19,000 sustainable actions globally as part of “I Will If You Will” challenge between 2012 and 2015

Team Members have played a very important role in the growth of our Sands ECO360 program. We continue to look for fun ways to engage them and make them feel informed and excited about sustainability.

Research, Reports & Publications

Ball Corporation Releases 2016 Sustainability Report, Sets Clear Path for the Future

Ball Corporation’s fifth biennial sustainability report details the company’s progress toward its updated priorities – product stewardship, operational excellence, talent management and community ambassadors – and sets a clear path for the future with 10 new ambitious goals to be achieved by 2020.

Social Impact & Volunteering

A Pilot with a Purpose: Meet NetSuite Employee Rick Gutlon

NetSuite believes that passionate employees build a thriving company, and our employee volunteer programs were designed to provide opportunities for our employees to give back locally and globally. To this end, every NetSuite employee receives 16 hours of VTO annually which can be used toward employee-organized activities or personal volunteering. In this blog, NetSuite employee Rick Gutlon shares how he gives back to his local community by using his pilot's license to transport rescue dogs.

Environment

‘Eco’ Locomotives, ‘Sleeper’ Plug-In Heaters, and ‘Slugs’ Add Up to Lower Emissions for Norfolk Southern

Norfolk Southern considers it a corporate responsibility to mitigate the environmental impacts of rail operations. Because the consumption of locomotive diesel fuel makes up about 90 percent of the company’s carbon emissions, NS has adopted strategic initiatives to reduce fuel use, which lower business costs and environmental impacts.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Get to Know Humana, Finalist for 2016 Employee Volunteer Program of the Year

In this Q&A series, get to know the finalists for VolunteerMatch’s 2016 Employee Volunteer Program of the Year Award. Winners will be revealed on October 25, 2016 at VM Summit 16. Get your VM Summit 16 ticket today. Today’s featured volunteer program: Humana.

Research, Reports & Publications

Kinross Gold Releases Corporate Responsibility Report

Kinross Gold Corporation released its Corporate Responsibility Report, a comprehensive account of the Company’s commitment to sustainable mining and transparency in 2014 and 2015.

Environment

GM Facilities Across the Globe Take Action on World Environment Day

General Motors’ commitment to sustainability is shared by its facilities around the world. To celebrate this collective mission to protect the earth and serve communities, GM rallied employees to take action to support World Environment Day, a global movement organized by the United Nations. Sixty-two GM manufacturing and non-manufacturing facilities organized environmental outreach activities.

Diversity & Inclusion

Stress in the Workplace is Relative, Suggests Deloitte Study

Health & Healthcare

Kenya Red Cross Society and Novartis Join Forces

The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) has announced a partnership with Novartis to improve access to prevention, treatment, and care of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Kenya. As part of the new partnership with Novartis, KRCS will train health workers, community volunteers and scale up screening at community and facility level for NCDs over the next three years.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Republic Services Southern Nevada Recycling Center Earns Top Industry Award for Recycling Systems Excellence

Republic Services (NYSE: RSG) is pleased to announce that the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has named Republic’s Southern Nevada Recycling Center winner of the Gold Excellence Award in the Recycling Systems category. The award was presented at SWANA’s annual conference, WASTECON®, on Tuesday, August 23, 2016, in Indianapolis, Ind.

Social Impact & Volunteering

For Astellas USA Foundation, Giving Back Means Living Smart™ Together, with Our Communities

t’s hard to encapsulate “giving back” in a single definition. That’s why my colleagues at Astellas USA Foundation and I like to refer to giving back as Living Smart. Living SmartTM means preparing communities today for what can happen tomorrow. Astellas USA Foundation and Astellas Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) align on this mission and collaborate to create positive impact to society. Our goal is to help the communities where we live and work access the resources they need to flourish and face the future with confidence.

Innovation & Technology

10 Million Pledges and Why It Matters

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

New Tools to Chart the Course toward the Climate North Star

The science-based goals set forth in the Paris Agreement can help companies make decisions on climate action. Here's how we navigate to those goals.

Research, Reports & Publications

T. Rowe Price Releases Video Summary of 2015 Corporate Social Responsibility Update

T. Rowe Price has released its 2015 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Summary, which updates the results of the firm’s efforts to promote financial education, reduce its environmental footprint, and empower associates to have an impact in their communities.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Henkel and BASF’s Industry Partnership with Solidaridad Demonstrate Manufacturer Commitment to Sustainable Palm Oil

Palm oil has become a high profile material as the ethical and environmental consequences of palm oil production have become clear. Widespread and rapid deforestation for palm oil plantations has destroyed endangered species habitat and spurred human rights abuses and social conflict.

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