Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Innovation & Technology

Pfizer to Showcase Support of Global Goals at Devex World 2016

Jun 9, 2016 8:40 PM ET

Pfizer is proud to join sustainable development leaders from around the world as an Innovation Partner for the inaugural Devex World 2016 conference, taking place Tuesday, June 14 in Washington D.C

Education

Higher Education Recognizes Conflict Minerals & the Issues Surrounding It. Source Intelligence Interviews Liz Cooper of Edinburgh University

Jun 9, 2016 6:45 PM ET

Environment

Keystone Policy Center Honors National Leaders in Sustainability, Public Policy, Energy, Environment

Jun 9, 2016 6:15 PM ET

The Keystone Policy Center honored national leaders and businesses at its 23rd Annual Leadership Awards Dinner today for finding common ground and working collaboratively to protect the rights of Native Americans, promote responsible business practices, enhance biodiversity, develop better regulatory frameworks, and support bipartisan solutions.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sodexo’s Jazzmans Brew & Bakery Focuses on the Customer Experience

Jun 9, 2016 5:45 PM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Suppliers Share Our Commitment for a Sustainable Future

Jun 9, 2016 5:35 PM ET

Our suppliers play an important role in sustainable operations. Since 2011, we’ve awarded vendors who excel in responsible business practices.

At AT&T, we strive for sustainable operations. Our suppliers play an important role in this. Since 2011, we’ve awarded vendors who excel in responsible business practices.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

GM Earns Keystone Leadership Award for its Partnership with the Wildlife Habitat Council

Jun 9, 2016 5:05 PM ET

General Motors earned a Keystone Leadership Award for its efforts to expand wildlife habitats, support pollinator health and enhance biodiversity at manufacturing locations around the world. The award honors exemplary leaders who embody Keystone’s belief that lasting results are crafted by considering diverse perspectives and building consensus.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Innovation within Corporate Shared Value

Jun 9, 2016 4:40 PM ET

Traditional corporate philanthropy’s methodology of simply giving funds to worthy causes is increasingly seen as unsustainable and fading into the past. Companies are now moving beyond their bottom lines to make a measurable difference in their communities by connecting CSR efforts with their core mission, products and branding shared value.

Events, Media & Communications

Meet the VM Summit 16 Keynote Speakers

Jun 9, 2016 3:25 PM ET

VolunteerMatch’s annual conference — VM Summit 16 — brings together nonprofits and companies to work toward a common goal: More impactful partnerships. For more information, check out this press release which announces the upcoming event.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

YUM! Named to Newsweek’s 2016 Green Rankings

Jun 9, 2016 3:10 PM ET

Yum! has been named to Newsweek’s 2016 Green Rankings, one of the world’s most recognized assessments of corporate environmental performance.

Education

Global Alliance Institute Unveils Its Girls Truth Seekers Education Project For Syrian Refugee Girls

Jun 9, 2016 3:10 PM ET

Global Alliance Institute, in partnership with the Girl Scouts Nation's Capital, today announced a special project to help young Syrian refugee girls. With support from AMIDEAST and HP, The Girls Truth Seekers Education Project will connect Girl Scouts in the greater Washington area with young Syrian refugee girls currently living in the countries bordering Syria.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

General Mills Honored with Keystone Founders Award

Jun 9, 2016 2:00 PM ET

Last night, the Keystone Policy Center hosted its 23rd annual awards dinner in Washington, D.C. The event honors leaders in government, business and civil society who exemplify Keystone’s mission “to inspire leaders to rise above entrenched positions to reach common higher ground.”

Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity and Inclusion are Key to Authentic Sustainability Leadership

Jun 9, 2016 1:30 PM ET

As our talent pool ages, Millennials will comprise 75% of the global workforce by 2025. They want to work for organizations that make a positive contribution to society by addressing global challenges of resource scarcity, climate change, and income equality. Millennials also want to work for companies on the forefront of change, yet a lack of diversity and inclusion remains one of the largest barriers to innovation.

Events, Media & Communications

To Thrive in Tomorrow’s Economy, Businesses Must Engage Gen Z Now

Jun 9, 2016 1:15 PM ET

For a long time the primary focus of marketers has been on reaching Millennials. But, to get ahead of current trends, companies need to turn their attention to the next generation on the horizon—Generation Z (Gen Z). Although Gen Z is relatively young – Demographers place its beginning anywhere from the early ’90s to the mid-2000s according to a 2015 article in the New York Times, they already have nearly $44 billion in spending power and make up over a quarter of the U.S.’s population. This new wave of tech savvy, responsible and authentic individuals calls for a different style of marketing to catch their attention.

Innovation & Technology

Expanding Access to Energy Through Innovation

Jun 9, 2016 12:20 PM ET

Boond, a social enterprise that strives to bring “energy to all” through renewable solutions, joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a commitment to install 4,000 solar micro-grids across rural India by 2022, reaching 1 million underserved people in rural areas with its inclusive clean-energy initiative.

Social Impact & Volunteering

KitchenAid Volunteers Clean Up Benton Harbor

Jun 9, 2016 12:00 PM ET

BENTON HARBOR — Union Park was flooded with people Tuesday.

There wasn’t a pickup game or a picnic. Instead more than 30 volunteers from KitchenAid and Kinexus’ YouthBuild program were out cleaning and maintaining the Benton Harbor park.

Research, Reports & Publications

2016 Global Food Security Index Released

Jun 9, 2016 12:00 PM ET

On June 9th, 2016 the Economist Intelligence Unit released its 2016 Global Food Security Index (GFSI). The GFSI, sponsored by DuPont, is an annual benchmarking index that provides a common framework for understanding the root causes of food insecurity by examining the dynamics of food systems around the world. Through this framework, the GFSI has created a unique country-level food-security measurement tool that addresses the issues of affordability, availability and utilization in 113 countries.

Environment

Zero-Waste Part of Sustainability Journey at Trane Facility in Waco, Texas

Jun 9, 2016 11:30 AM ET

In 2008, the team at Ingersoll Rand’s Trane facility in Waco, Texas, committed to the goals of zero waste by 2016 and grid neutrality by 2020, as well as a significant reduction in water usage. The facility, which manufactures the Ingersoll Rand water source heat pump product portfolio, is well on its way toward achieving these targets.

Education

CITGO Awards Scholarships to Corpus Christi Students Poised to Become First-Generation College Graduates

Jun 9, 2016 11:20 AM ET

Fifteen college-bound students attending high schools in the Corpus Christi Independent School District (CCISD) were awarded the CITGO First in Family Scholarship, thanks to support from CITGO Petroleum Corporation and the Corpus Christi Education Fund (CCEF).

Social Impact & Volunteering

Day in the Life of a Comcast Cares Day Volunteer

Jun 9, 2016 11:10 AM ET

He is one of tens of thousands of Comcast NBCUniversal employees who roll up their sleeves each year to give back during one of our company’s greatest traditions, Comcast Cares Day. Watch as Julian shares his experience volunteering at Camp Hope, a Houston facility operated by the PTSD Foundation of America that provides veterans and their families a place to find healing, help and hope.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Facts About Global Poverty and Empowerment

Jun 9, 2016 11:05 AM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Holland America Line Celebrates Grand Opening of Denali Square Complex in Alaska with $20,000 Donation to Local School District

Jun 9, 2016 11:00 AM ET

Guests on Holland America Line’s award-winning Alaska Land+Sea Journeys can now experience new dining, entertainment and amenities at the Denali Square complex located in the heart of the company’s McKinley Chalet Resort at the gates of Denali National Park.

Research, Reports & Publications

Hershey Shares Progress on Social Responsibility Commitments

Jun 9, 2016 10:45 AM ET

The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) today issued its latest Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report – titled “Shared Goodness” – showcasing progress made in 2015 against a variety of priority issues.

Diversity & Inclusion

Olive Garden Helps Lift Team Members from Homelessness

Jun 9, 2016 10:40 AM ET

Two formerly homeless Orlando men now have good jobs at Olive Garden and roofs over their heads, and they could not be more grateful.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Frostys (and Your Phone!) for a Cause

Jun 9, 2016 10:30 AM ET

Free Wendy’s® Frostys® are adding up to a half a million dollar donation to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption and we couldn’t be more grateful. From June through December, T-Mobile customers who download the company’s app will receive T-Mobile alerts each week, which includes a coupon for a free Wendy’s Frosty.

Events, Media & Communications

The U.S. Government Celebrates Partnerships that Advance Diplomacy and Development

Jun 9, 2016 10:25 AM ET

In my office’s public-private partnerships trainings, we often open with an ice-breaker in which we challenge groups of participants to complete a puzzle as a team, without the box top as a guide. As the groups attempt to finish the puzzle, they eventually realize that they are missing one crucial puzzle piece—and have an extra piece that doesn’t fit. Entrepreneurial team members are able to figure out that one puzzle piece has been switched with another group’s puzzle, and it’s only by trading those pieces that each puzzle can be completed.