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Events, Media & Communications

Big Stories of 2015 - What Were Your Choices? Lots of Headlines About Sustainability Last Year

What’s on your list of the top stories of the year just behind us – 2015? Our Top Story this week is a look back at the Top 10 Business Stories of 2015 by Andrew Winston.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CECP Launches 2016 Survey

CECP, a nonprofit that believes business can and should be a force for good in society, is pleased to announce the opening of the 2016 Giving in Numbers Survey, in association with The Conference Board. The survey is open online January 15, 2016 to March 31, 2016 to companies with revenue of US $2 billion or more, including companies not yet affiliated with CECP.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston Receives Prestigious Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service

In honor of its broad-based efforts to partner with underserved local communities to improve health, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is the recipient of the 2015 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service, one of the most esteemed community service honors in healthcare.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Republic Services: MLK Community Service Award

Events, Media & Communications

NRG Ex-CEO David Crane Named Editor at Large at GreenBiz Group

David Crane, until recently CEO of NRG Energy, has been named Editor at Large at GreenBiz Group, the media and events company focusing at the intersection of business, technology and innovation.

Events, Media & Communications

American Standard Features an Expanded Lineup of Home Comfort Systems and Technologies at IBS 2016

American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning, a leader in home comfort products and a brand of Ingersoll Rand (NYSE: IR), brings to the International Builders Show (IBS) an expanded lineup of heating and cooling systems and technologies, including its new Gold S9VS family of furnaces, the most advanced line of furnaces it has ever designed.

Events, Media & Communications

Trane Showcases its Industry Leadership in Heating and Cooling Products and Technologies at IBS 2016

Trane, a leading global provider of indoor comfort systems and services and a brand of Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR), showcases its most highly advanced furnace platform in a quarter century - the new S-Series Furnace - along with a range of reliable and efficient products for residential replacement and builder applications at the International Builders’ Show (IBS), booth C6531, today through Jan. 21.

Health & Healthcare

Diageo Arms Consumers with Comprehensive Nutritional and Alcohol Information About its Brands

With the launch of its newly revised DRINKiQ.com, Diageo is advancing its commitment to give consumers greater transparency and help them to make more informed choices about alcohol as part of a balanced lifestyle.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

JPMorgan Chase Announces $75 Million Global Initiative to Address Economic Opportunity Crisis Facing Young People

JPMorgan Chase & Co. today announced a new $75 million, five-year global initiative to address the youth unemployment crisis and expand young people’s access to economic opportunity. With the global economy requiring a more skilled workforce, New Skills for Youth is designed to increase dramatically the number of young people who complete career pathways that begin in high school and end with postsecondary degrees or credentials aligned with good-paying, high-demand jobs.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Pocono Environmental Education Center Receives Donation from Sanofi Pasteur for STEM-based Educational Programming

The Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) was awarded $24,000 by Sanofi Pasteur -- the vaccines division of the Sanofi Group with US Headquarters in Swiftwater, Pa. -- to conduct the “Sci-Q” Project in 2016.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Norfolk Southern: Economic Impact in Operating States

Energy

The Effects Solar Energy is Having on Micro Farming

Almost by definition, farmland tends to be away from the city and thus far from the infrastructure of the urban environment.

Health & Healthcare

FOX Sports Supports Announces New Non-Profit Partnerships to be Represented in 2016 & 2017

FOX Sports Supports, the charitable branch of FOX Sports, proudly announces its 2016 initiatives, including its continued support of our U.S. military, along with two-year partnerships with National Alliance on Mental Illness and Positive Coaching Alliance, extending through the 2017 calendar year. During this time, FOX Sports focuses its charitable resources toward these two organizations in campaigns that span all FOX Sports assets and premier events, beginning with the NFL playoffs this weekend and including coverage of next season’s Super Bowl LI. The two organizations were selected by a vote of FOX Sports employees in December 2015.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

How Business Can Contribute to Sustainable Development Goals: SDG Fund Report

To harness the expertise of the private sector in the pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), global development agencies must learn more about companies’ perspectives on creating development initiatives.

Events, Media & Communications

Five Recommendations for Meeting Employee Demands and Social Impact Goals

America’s Charities, the leader in workplace giving and philanthropy, just released a new report on top corporate employee engagement and workplace giving trends.

Education

Apply to be an Amgen Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis

The Amgen Scholars Program at Washington University in St. Louis is a 10-week intensive summer laboratory experience in biomedical research for undergraduate students.

Environment

Recycle, Reuse, Support

The FCA US Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois is teaming up with PepsiCo Recycling to launch a new program that will not only make recycling more convenient for its employees, but also help support disabled U.S. veterans.

Energy

Antea Group Case Study: Creating an Energy Conservation Program

Our client is a leading global supplier of tooling, engineered components and advanced materials consumed in production processes, and is represented in more than 60 countries. Antea Group was engaged to assist the company with the development and implementation of its global sustainability program and pursuit of its energy reduction goals.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Fighting Cancer with National and Local Partners

Diagnostic insights, and the timing of them, can change our outcomes when we’re facing cancer. But there’s still so much we need to learn about cancer, and there are still too many people who remain unaware of their ability to detect their risks early. Over the years, we’ve supported research and patient advocacy in the fight against cancer, with millions of dollars of corporate and employee giving and fundraising.

Environment

Working on What Matters: 6 Lessons in Corporate Water Stewardship

Over the past two decades, companies have taken a limited view on water stewardship programs by largely focusing their efforts on water use reduction within their manufacturing operations. Impactful corporate water stewardship must focus on operations in water-scarce or stressed locations because water is a shared resource, vital to the local communities that support the company’s operations.

DuPont’s water stewardship journey began over 15 years ago, and there are 6 key lessons we learned along the way.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Atlas Copco Aids in Stopping Hunger on World Food Day

The math doesn’t quite add up. There’s enough food produced each year to feed every person on the planet, yet one out of nine people continue to live with chronic hunger.

Education

Apply to be an Amgen Scholar at University of California, San Francisco

The UCSF Amgen Scholars Program provides undergraduate students with the opportunity to conduct research in the basic sciences with an emphasis on health-related research including Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bioengineering, Biological and Medical Informatics, Biomedical Sciences, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Genetics, Neuroscience, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenics.

Social Impact & Volunteering

VMware Foundation Good Gigs Program: Service Learning in Cape Town

Through the VMware Foundation’s Good Gigs program, VMware people have a unique leadership development opportunity to learn and grow through immersive service. Discover how this Service Learning Trek to Cape Town, South Africa sparked personal and professional development through service in our global community.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Fifth Third's Commitment to Small Businesses
    Fifth Third believes that small businesses form the foundation of our communities – and when they succeed, we all succeed. Supporting them through...
  2. Social Progress
    Social engagement has always been an integral part of our sense of responsibility as a company. We care and we act to do our part to improve the...
  3. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  4. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  5. Digital Safety
    We provide tools and guidance so people can manage digital content in a way that’s right for them and their families. Learn more >>
  6. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...
  7. Nutrition and Health
    Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...
  8. Health and Safety by Antea Group
    Antea Group's health and safety consultants understand what it takes to help make a positive impact on safety culture. Read blogs, insights, and more...
  9. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  10. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  11. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  12. Retail Logistics
    DP World provides end-to-end retail logistics solutions including comprehensive Purchase Order management from origin consolidation to retailer PO...
  13. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  14. KeyBank Foundation: Helping Communities Thrive through Education, Workforce Development, and Service
    KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...
  15. Accelerating access to healthcare technology
    We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...