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Social Impact & Volunteering

IU, Kelley School and Whirlpool Partnering on Habitat for Humanity Campus Build in Bloomington

For much of their 12-year marriage, Jeff and Carla Wyatt hadn’t entertained many thoughts of buying a home. But their life took a significant turn when they assumed custody of their two young granddaughters.

Diversity & Inclusion

Wema Hoover Aims to Weave D&I into Our Corporate Fabric

Energy

Twitter Chat on 9/21 at #GM100 with GM, WWF & The Climate Group

Join General Motors (GM)’s Director of Sustainability, David Tulauskas, GM’s Manager of Renewable Energy, Rob Threlkeld, WWF’s Director of U.S. Climate and Renewable Energy Policy, Marty Spitzer, and The Climate Group and TriplePundit on Wednesday, September 21st at 9am PT / Noon ET, to discuss GM’s recently released renewable energy goals amidst the backdrop of Climate Week NYC!

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Quest Diagnostics Sustainability Efforts Earn Place on DJSI World and National Indices for Over Twelve Years

Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, was named for the twelfth consecutive year in the North America Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) and for a thirteenth year in the World DJSI.

Energy

The Connection Between EVs, Batteries and a Clean Grid

The Chevrolet Bolt EV just received an EPA-estimated range rating of 238 miles per charge. And GM just committed to meet its entire electricity needs at all of its global operations using renewable energy by 2050.

Health & Healthcare

GOJO Industries Committed to Antibiotic Stewardship

GOJO Industries pledged our commitment to antibiotic stewardship. GOJO, along with more than 150 other organizations, gathered at the White House for the White House Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship, which brought together key Federal and private constituencies involved in the development, promotion and implementation of antibiotic stewardship activities to ensure the responsible use of antibiotics in the United States. I wanted to take this time to share with you why we have joined with the White House and are committed to advancing antibiotic stewardship.

Environment

The Importance of Local Knowledge When Preparing an Oil Spill Response Plan

Comprehensive Oil Spill Response Plans have been required for many years for containers with a capacity of 42,000 gallons or more. The goal of these comprehensive OSRPs was to detail specific response requirements in the event of a spill and ensure the transporter had plans and training in place to respond. Since a typical train tanker car only carries about 30,000 gallons, comprehensive OSRPs rarely applied to the rail industry until now.

While some routes and railroads may optionally comply with state and local regulations under the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act, many short line railways must be knowledgeable about local regulations that may affect their planning efforts.

Events, Media & Communications

RobecoSAM Makes Corporate Sustainability Rankings Public on Bloomberg Professional Service

RobecoSAM and Bloomberg published the percentile rankings of almost 2000 companies on the Bloomberg Professional service today. This move supports RobecoSAM’s mission to drive sustainable thinking in financial markets and to increase non-financial disclosure amongst corporates. The data will be available across a number of the Bloomberg Professional service’s investment tools, supporting company, industry and portfolio analysis, including ESG <GO> -- the new company ESG analysis page. RobecoSAM becomes the first company to offer a complete ESG company ranking dataset to mainstream investors through the Bloomberg Professional service.

Education

2016 Amgen Scholars by the Numbers

A decade ago, the Amgen Foundation announced its commitment to educating the next generation of scientists through the new Amgen Scholars Program. Since then, the program has grown in numerous ways, expanding to 17 host institutions in the U.S., Europe and Japan and opening doors for more undergraduates across the globe.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Diabetes Campaign Launched in Nigeria to Promote Early Diagnosis

Today, an extensive awareness campaign was launched in Lagos, Nigeria, to promote early diagnosis of diabetes through screening, especially among low income populations.

Environment

Big Problems. Big Thinkers. Episode 1: Climate Change

"Big Problems. Big Thinkers." features acclaimed journalist Terre Blair interviewing an extraordinary group of leaders to find solutions to some of the most urgent challenges facing humanity: global climate change, financial mayhem, nuclear attacks, cyber threats, political paralysis.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Importance of Supply Chain Traceability in Customer Confidence

Supply chain traceability is a critical element of risk management. At Sappi we record the town and state or province of origin of each load of wood received at our mills.

Innovation & Technology

Techstars Atlanta: Get to Know Drizzle

Techstars Atlanta, in partnership with Cox Enterprises, selected 10 companies to participate in the program's 2016 class. Applications for the 10 coveted spots came from around the globe, including 69 countries and six continents.

Drizzle is one of the 10 participants. Drizzle gives website owners an incredibly easy way to let their visitors pay for premium content. You can choose to charge a-la-carte for your content, or offer your visitors a subscription to access all of your content.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Aramark Employees Mobilize to Improve the Health of Families in Communities Around the World

PHILADELPHIA, PA (September 20, 2016) – As part of Aramark’s ongoing commitment to health and wellness, company associates are uniting today to inspire families worldwide to make healthy food, nutrition and lifestyle choices. Aramark Building Community Day (ABC Day), the company’s global day of service, which takes place each September, is one demonstration of the year-round dedication of Aramark employees to strengthening local communities. In the U.S., this year’s effort supports the company’s Healthy for Life® 20 by 20 commitment to improve the health of Americans by 20 percent by 2020 in partnership with the American Heart Association.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

World’s Largest Combined Sewer Reservoir Captures APWA Top Environment Project Award

The Thornton Composite Reservoir, part of a massive Chicago-area combined sewer tunnel collection system that helps protect against flooding and pollution resulting from storm-related sewer overflows, has been named an American Public Works Association (APWA) Public Works Project of the Year. Thornton’s reservoir capacity is up to 7.9 billion gallons of water, making it the largest combined sewer reservoir in the world.

Environment

HEINEKEN USA and the Recycling Partnership Challenged Soccer Fans to Kick Up Their Recycling Game at the International Champions Cup

HEINEKEN USA teamed up with The Recycling Partnership at the ICC to challenge consumers 21+ to represent their clubs by placing their recyclables in specially-marked bins. Sensors on each container tracked the total amount of items recycled and which team was in the lead. Supporters of A.C. Milan, Bayern Munich, Chelsea Football Club and Real Madrid had the opportunity to score points against their rival fans by recycling the most products on behalf of their team. By sharing the experience via their personal social channels using #HUSARecycling, fans had the chance to win a seat upgrade to that day’s match as well.

Energy

VMware Commits to Achieve Carbon Neutral Emissions by 2020

Thought leaders in the environmental sustainability world have long advanced the concept of resilience as a prerequisite to corporate or organizational sustainability. The concept of decoupling resource use from reliance on physical capacity is a concept very close to VMware’s DNA. VMware’s solutions have already enabled a level of “virtual decoupling” of physical IT infrastructure in the data center for its customers. The process of creating a software-based (or “virtual”) representation of something physical, which can apply to computers, data storage, and networks, is the single most effective way to reduce IT energy consumption while boosting efficiency and flexibility—core concepts in increasing resilience and hence sustainability.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Hershey Named to Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for Fourth Consecutive Year

Hershey is one of only 11 companies from the Food, Beverage and Tobacco Industry in the World Index and ranked in the 91 percentile overall on the 2016 Dow Jones Sustainability Index.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Mercedes-Benz Models with Environmental Certificates

"We strive to develop products that are highly responsible to the environment in their respective market segments – this is the second Environmental Guideline of the Daimler Group.“

Responsible Production & Consumption

Why We Trust Cork To Bottle Up Angel’s Envy® Bourbon

While the heart of ANGEL’S ENVY® is rooted in Kentucky bourbon, its taste is a bit more international. Specifically, Portugal. Portugal is the source of the port casks that give its whiskey its subtle and distinctive flavors. But ANGEL’S ENVY, a Bacardi-owned brand, as well as many other wines and spirits in the Bacardi portfolio including its line of single malts and blended Scotch whiskies, D’USEE® and BARON OTARD® cognacs, and MARTINI® sparkling wines, owe Portugal a debt of gratitude for another surprisingly important contribution: cork.

Events, Media & Communications

NetSuite Employees Log 37,000+ Miles in Charity Wellness Competition

Close to 1,000 NetSuite employees recently participated in “Get Moving for Charity”, a charity wellness competition that encouraged employees to walk and run on behalf of one of four charities.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Executive Appointments Advance MGM Resorts International’s Leadership Role in Environmental Sustainability

Further advancing its commitment to corporate social responsibility, MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) announced the appointments of two proven leaders in the field of environmental sustainability.

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