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Environment

Trim Tab Magazine | The Craftsman's New Toolbox

What can designers and manufacturers do to merge social justice, environmental stewardship, and effective design?

Social Impact & Volunteering

From Boomers to Millennials: How to Design an Employee Giving Program that Engages All of Your People

Gone are the days of the top-down fundraising program using the same old tactics and tools. As participation in conventional company-led giving efforts declines, Benevity is aiming to help companies improve their giving programs with five practices that drive measurable engagement. When applied the right way, you may just find yourself transforming a stagnant program into a pillar of your employee engagement strategy.

Environment

Swimming with Salmon

A marine biologist, career fish conservationist and avid swimmer, Mark Powell may as well have been born with fins.

They would have come in handy on his latest adventure. The Puget Sound program director of the Washington Environmental Council recently completed a 55-mile swim of the Green-Duwamish River.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

A World Premiere: FCA US Kokomo Casting Plant Becomes First-Ever Casting Facility to Earn World Class Manufacturing Bronze Award

The FCA US Kokomo Casting Plant (Ind.) has been awarded bronze status for its efforts to improve in World Class Manufacturing (WCM), becoming the first casting facility to earn recognition in this global methodology that is practiced in industries beyond automotive.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Chemical Safety, Driving Profits and Good Publicity for Retailers

Social Impact & Volunteering

Shire Employees Participate in 2015 Global Day of Service

In 2015, Shire held its first annual Global Day of Service. Approximately 1,700 employees volunteered over 8,000 hours around the world, supporting children in need.

Events, Media & Communications

Student Vision for Singapore wins AECOM Urban SOS All Systems Go Competition

Education

Operation Riverboat Puts Emergency Response to the Test

The company’s ability to respond was recently tested during a day-and-a-half-long exercise, dubbed “Operation Riverboat,” that simulated an oil spill resulting from a third-party pipeline strike near water in Yankton, South Dakota.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arlington Southwest Little League Kicks Off New Season With Uniforms And Equipment From Chevrolet

Thanks to a unique partnership with the Arlington Southwest Little League through CBS EcoMedia’s WellnessAd program, Chevrolet is supplying brand-new uniforms and athletic equipment for more than 2,000 youth athlete players enrolled with the Arlington Southwest Little League.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Action Team Captains Throw “Prom” for Residents of Local Senior Community

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Kia Motors America and First Book to Distribute 40,000 Books to Southern California Educators

Kia Motors America (KMA), one of the fastest-growing car companies in the U.S., is bringing its “Books on Wheels” program to Southern California. Teaming up with nonprofit social enterprise First Book and CBS EcoMedia’s EducationAd program, Kia volunteers will distribute 40,000 books to area educators and teachers.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Absip Recognises Old Mutual For Driving Transformation In The Financial Services Sector

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

From Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City: MetLife Foundation Makes An Impact!

Vietnam is long and narrow hugging the South China Sea and I traversed the length of it on my recent trip to meet with MetLife Foundation partners and my colleagues from BIDV-MetLife. From Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City [formerly Saigon], Vietnam, like most emerging markets, is multi-faceted.

Environment

Four Projects Selected by the “Costa Crociere Foundation” are Underway to Support Social Solidarity and Marine Environmental Protection Initiatives

The initial activities involving the first four projects financed by the Costa Crociere Foundation that focus on social solidarity and marine environmental protection initiatives have now gotten underway. Approximately Euro 600,000 has been allocated to the non-profit organizations whose projects were selected by the Foundation to develop activities to raise awareness about marine waste and training programs for more than 1,500 needy young people.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Happiness by Design: Office Designs that Increase Employee Happiness

Responsible Production & Consumption

Bloomberg Philanthropies: Cities and Climate Change in Canada

Environment

On World Food Day, Seven Food & Beverage Giants Commit to Publicly Disclose Global Water Risks

Recognizing the growing threat that water risks pose to global food supplies, more than a half-dozen major food and beverage companies have agreed to publicly disclose information on how they are assessing and managing those risks.

Environment

Investors in Fossil Fuel Companies Boost Focus on Carbon Asset Risk in Warming World

In the past year, carbon asset risks in the fossil fuel industry have escalated from a fringe topic to a front-and-center concern driving key decision-making across all global energy companies and investors owning them. A new report by by Ceres, the Carbon Tracker Initiative, Energy Transition Advisors, and the 2° Investing Initiative cites climate change pressures, regulatory trends and market forces that have triggered a heightened investor focus on how energy companies are grappling with the transition to a low-carbon global economy.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Thousands of Employees Volunteer in October to Make a Difference to Millions

Innovation & Technology

Meet the Woman Who’s Singlehandedly Solving Peru’s Trash Problem

Albina Ruiz lived in an area of Lima, Peru, known as El Cono Norte, where she was studying to become an industrial engineer. Despite the classic beautiful images of Peru one might expect, El Cono Norte was littered with waste.

Environment

#FYPx Takes On Great Sand Dunes

Over the weekend, the Find Your Park Expedition (#FYPx) participants gathered from different corners of the U.S. and hit the road to embark on a trip to two national parks in Colorado. The first stop on the itinerary took the #FYPx crew to a unique high-altitude desert environment to experience a national park known for its beautiful extremes.

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