Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Employee Exemplifies Caring Value by Saving a Life

May 4, 2017 1:20 PM ET

Some extraordinarily good things happen on airplanes. Originally trained as a nurse, Gursharan (Sharan) Kaur Sidhu took action when a fellow passenger was in distress. Sharan, Kimberly-Clark Professional Business Capability Manager for Malaysia and Indonesia, was traveling from Jakarta, Indonesia to Kuala Lumpur after a distributor conference.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Crowdsourcing Helps Teachers Make a Difference

May 4, 2017 1:05 PM ET

Duke Energy is partnering with DonorsChoose.org to help teachers in Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina and South Carolina fund projects that support literacy programs and foster a growing interest in science and technology fields.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Major League Baseball Players Continue to Provide Releif in Haiti

May 4, 2017 12:30 PM ET

Hurricane Matthew devastated Haiti last October and left thousands of families in dire circumstances, but the Major League Baseball Players Trust’s efforts to bring medical aid to the hardest hit areas of the impoverished country are continuing this spring.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CSX Again Named a Best Corporate Citizen

May 4, 2017 12:00 PM ET

CSX Corporation (Nasdaq:CSX) recently was named to Corporate Responsibility Magazine's list of Best Corporate Citizens for 2017. The company ranked 55th in its fifth appearance on the list and was the only railroad within the top 100.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AccountAbility CEO, Sunny Misser, Honored as the 2017 Distinguished Alumni for Excellence in Industry by Lehigh University

May 4, 2017 12:00 PM ET

AccountAbility CEO, Sunil (Sunny) Misser, was honored as the 2017 Distinguished Alumni for Excellence in Industry by Lehigh University. Mr. Misser was invited to deliver the keynote public lecture, Responsible Business – Rebuilding Trust and Creating Value, on Thursday, April 20, 2017 as part of the Lehigh Industrial and System Engineering’s annual Spencer C. Schantz Distinguished Lecture Series.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Honor Great CSR Work - Nominate for the 2017 Citizens Awards!

May 4, 2017 11:30 AM ET

Recognize an outstanding corporate citizenship program by nominating them for our 2017 Corporate Citizenship Awards. The deadline to submit applications is June 23.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Personal Protective Equipment: A Primer

May 4, 2017 11:30 AM ET

Antea Group takes a closer look at four significant requirements, including what the standards actually require and what a plant safety manager needs to know to be compliant.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

How a Passat Parked Inside a Hospital Helps People Get Moving Again

May 4, 2017 11:10 AM ET

The mint-green sedan was the first thing you noticed inside the inpatient therapy gym at the Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation. Parked facing a window, with its engine compartment chopped off, the 1978 Pontiac with matching-green vinyl interior looked a bit alien next to the treadmill and staircases – but all are tools that help patients reacquaint themselves with the outside world.

While that car served Siskin Hospital for the past 26 years, Volkswagen Chattanooga thought it could help patients work with a more modern vehicle, by donating a 2016 Chattanooga-built Passat sedan to replace the old sedan in Siskin Hospital’s gym.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

It's National Foster Care Month

May 4, 2017 11:00 AM ET

Did you know there are more than 425,000 children in foster care right now? And that more than 130,000 of them are in need of loving, adoptive homes?

Health & Healthcare

Avnet Success Story | The Story of Braster

May 4, 2017 10:50 AM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

Amgen Volunteer Uses Impact Day to Give Back

May 4, 2017 10:30 AM ET

Deb, an Exec. Biopharmaceutical Rep. in Washington, D.C., used her Impact Day to help homeless families at a local nonprofit organization, For Kids.

Environment

What's Your EarthChoice

May 4, 2017 10:15 AM ET

During Earth Week 2017 Domtar employees took part in numerous events promoting care for the natural environment, from holding recycling drives to educating about home gardening.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Alliance Data Makes $500k Corporate Challenge Grant to My Possibilities

May 4, 2017 10:15 AM ET

Alliance Data announced a $500,000 corporate challenge grant for a new higher-education campus for My Possibilities, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Investing in Employee Experience - Engagement Through Volunteering

May 4, 2017 10:15 AM ET

While more and more studies are being published that link employee engagement to volunteer experiences, Chris Jarvis of Realized Worth will tell you that too many companies are missing opportunities to truly engage their employees. Why? Because they are thinking about transaction rather than transformation.

Sustainable Development Goals

“Miracle Packets” Saved 5 Million Lives Since 2010

May 4, 2017 10:05 AM ET

As a supplier of key ingredients for its life-saving products, Cargill helps Edesia treat and prevent malnutrition around the world.

Health & Healthcare

Pricing Our Medicines to Help Ensure Patient Access

May 4, 2017 10:00 AM ET

“I’m proud to work for the #1 most access-oriented company in the world, and here in the US we never launch a product without considering affordability for the patients who need it.” (Nick, Director, US Pricing)

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Wells Fargo Ranks No. 9 for Diversity and Inclusion

May 4, 2017 10:00 AM ET

For the 17th straight year, DiversityInc magazine has ranked Wells Fargo among the top-rated companies for diversity and inclusion — and this year the company enters the top 10.

Events, Media & Communications

De Beers Group Report to Society 2016

May 4, 2017 10:00 AM ET

De Beers Group has launched its 11th Report to Society, showcasing its progress on ‘doing the right thing’ in its worldwide operations.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Congratulations to the International Winners of the Scotiabank Youth Awards

May 4, 2017 9:55 AM ET

If you enjoy building your future and enriching the lives of others along the way, you’re a great candidate to be recognized as a Scotiabank Youth Awards winner.

Diversity & Inclusion

Reinventing Mindsets to Guarantee an Inventive Future at HP

May 4, 2017 9:50 AM ET

At HP, we believe in the power and promise of committing to a more diverse and inclusive workplace. And we’re proud of the progress we’ve made, with the most diverse board of directors of any technology company, among other things, and the awards and recognition we’ve won because of it. But we are far from satisfied.

Education

Introducing the 2017 AT&T Aspire Accelerator Class

May 4, 2017 9:45 AM ET

“How can I help students in new and lasting ways?” That’s a question all innovators in education ask… daily.

“How can the program, platform or product I’m working on make a difference in learners’ lives? Does it connect teachers to new, untapped resources? Does it help engage caregivers in a child’s learning? Does it allow students to see things in a different light? Does it help?”

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo Announces Small Business Neighborhood Renovation Program Contest

May 4, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) is introducing the Wells Fargo Works for Small Business®: Neighborhood Renovation Program Contest, designed to help improve eligible small businesses in designated neighborhoods in five cities – Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami and Minneapolis – through a physical location or storefront makeover. Wells Fargo is launching the program in collaboration with Rebuilding Together, a premier nonprofit organization focused on rebuilding communities.

Research, Reports & Publications

New Report Highlights Benefits of De Beers’ Partnerships

May 4, 2017 5:00 AM ET

The 56-page sustainability report, published today, stresses that doing the right thing has long been an imperative for De Beers Group, not least because being a good corporate citizen brings all-round socio-economic benefits.

Environment

Fox’s ‘Salem’ Donates More Than $200,000 in Set Materials Toward the Construction of New Lousiana Aquarium

May 3, 2017 8:00 PM ET

Fox 21 Television Studios and the production crew on the horror thriller series Salem recently donated more than $200,000 worth of set materials to the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, where the series has filmed each of its three seasons. The donation will go toward the city’s efforts to repurpose an abandoned community center into an environmentally sustainable aquarium. The new building is set to become the first in the state’s history to achieve LEED Platinum certification and will receive $166,000 worth of lumber used to construct Salem’s sets, as well as individual set pieces such as water wells, foam trees, and foam rocks that can be used in the aquarium’s exhibits.

Social Impact & Volunteering

In Indiana, Vigo Volunteers, Duke Energy Come Through for the Hungry

May 3, 2017 6:05 PM ET

Tears of joy streamed down Anita Cheeks’ face as Duke Energy volunteers took box after box of canned foods and other non-perishable items into the basement of St. Joseph’s Church parish offices.