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NatureVest Celebrates a Decade of Impact

For over a decade, TNC’s NatureVest team has mobilized private capital to drive large-scale conservation. Explore the 2024 NatureVest Impact Report: Investing in Nature, to learn more!

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Whirlpool Corporation and Habitat for Humanity Renew 2015 Partnership

Building on a 16-year partnership, Whirlpool Corporation today announced it will continue to provide a new range and refrigerator for every new Habitat for Humanity home in the U.S. in 2015, donating up to $5 million in products throughout the year. Whirlpool will also sponsor eight new home builds in partnership with families in need of affordable housing in the U.S.

Events, Media & Communications

Meghan Linsey To Serve As Santa Train Celebrity Guest

Rising pop star and “The Voice” Season 8 runner-up Meghan Linsey will be the celebrity guest on the Santa Train when it makes its 73rd journey to bring gifts to Appalachian families on Saturday, Nov. 21.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

IBM Impact Grants: Delivering Service Capabilities to Nonprofits

IBM helps advance the service efforts of educational and nonprofit organizations through grants of software and consulting expertise.

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Innovation & Technology

Red Dirt Road Empowers Women From Michigan to Phnom Penh

In rural Cambodia, on the edge of the Mekong River, a red dirt road barely accommodates the lone minivan as it winds its way over bumps and hairpin turns. Top-heavy palm trees sporadically interrupt the evenness of the grassy plains. Periodically, a cow stands alongside the occasional home. Once off the highway, there is not another vehicle to be seen.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Vote for Your Favorite Susquehanna Service Dogs' Calendar Photo

Vote for your favorite Susquehanna Service Dogs photo for the 2016 calendar.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Players Trust Ends Summer of ‘15 on a High Note

It was a banner summer for the Players Trust programs that engage kids in their communities when school is out.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

RobecoSAM Celebrates 20 Years in Sustainability Investing

RobecoSAM, the investment specialist focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing (SI), this month celebrates 20 years of pioneering efforts to advance the field of SI in the areas of ESG integration, Theme funds and Impact Investing. The Company was founded in August 1995 based on the conviction that integrating ESG factors into traditional financial analysis can generate long-term value. Just four years later it co-founded the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), the first global and most influential sustainability benchmarks, with S&P Dow Jones Indices.

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Events, Media & Communications

Legg Mason Inaugurates its Newest Veterans Affinity Group with Author Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Legg Mason recently held a launch event for their newest Employee Resource Group (ERG), Veterans Education, Training & Support (VETS).

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Per Scholas and United Way of New York City Selected as Grant Recipients of Youth Opportunity Fund to Connect Low-Income Youth in New York City to Career Opportunities

Per Scholas and United Way of New York City Selected as Grant Recipients of Youth Opportunity Fund to Connect Low-Income Youth in New York City to Career Opportunities

Innovation & Technology

Brad Pitt Makes it Right for Native Americans

How Brad Pitt's Foundation Makes It Right for Native Americans

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Creating a Better Future with Alternative Fibers

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Center for Powerful Public Schools and UNITE-LA Selected as Grant Recipients of Youth Opportunity Fund to Connect Low-Income Youth in Los Angeles to Career Opportunities

Center for Powerful Public Schools and UNITE-LA Selected as Grant Recipients of Youth Opportunity Fund to Connect Low-Income Youth in Los Angeles to Career Opportunities

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Citi Foundation and America’s Promise Alliance Announce Youth Opportunity Fund Grant Recipients in 10 U.S. Cities

Citi Foundation and America’s Promise Alliance Announce Youth Opportunity Fund Grant Recipients in 10 U.S. Cities

Diversity & Inclusion

Dream jobs with an ocean view – AIDA Diving Career Day on AIDAblu in Palma

On September 12, 2015, AIDA Cruises is inviting prospective Diving Instructors or Assistant Instructors (m/f) to an exclusive AIDA Career Day on the cruise ship AIDAblu in Palma de Mallorca.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Beyond the Basics in a Financial Inclusion Project

Environment

World Water Week and Beyond

This week marks 25 years of World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden. This annual international conference brings organizations together to focus on the planet’s water challenges. As part of this global water conversation effort, Newmont will be exploring water issues and strategies specific to mining over the coming months.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Video: How Do You Invest Directly In Green Assets For Sustainable Growth?

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Electronics Industry Pilots Factory Worker Protection Program in Malaysia

The Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), a nonprofit coalition of leading electronics companies dedicated to supply chain responsibility, today announced the launch of a foreign migrant worker protection pilot program that aims to improve communications in electronics factories by providing workers with more effective ways to report issues related to social, environmental and ethical responsibility. The name of the program is Suara Kita, which is Malay for "Our Voice."

Social Impact & Volunteering

10 Years After Katrina, A Roadmap For Disaster Relief

Where were they supposed to turn to get their lives back on track? Who would help?Hurricane Katrina had ripped through New Orleans, leaving in her wake thousands of devastated, distraught and confused residents of one of America’s great cities.

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Environment

Quenching The Thirsty Earth

This week on Sea Change Radio we are talking about the California drought – getting an update on weather-related aspects, and finding out about an innovation designed to help.

Energy

#CoolJobs: A Passion for Renewables

Rosie Vetter is an AECOM senior environmental consultant who manages onshore renewable energy development projects across the United Kingdom. In a recent AECOM Impact blog post, she discusses what makes her job "cool" and why she chose to work in the renewables industry.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ingersoll Rand Leader Awarded with Prestigious Women Worth Watching Honor

Sheila Tierney, vice president of product management for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) Parts & Supply Solutions at Ingersoll Rand was announced a winner of Diversity Journal’s 14th annual Women Worth Watching Award. Tierney is among 100 executives chosen for the esteemed honor and will be featured in Diversity Journal’s Summer 2015 issue.

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Environment

Papermaking: Doing More with Less

Sustainable production and consumption depends on using materials and energy efficiently so that there are ample resources available for future generations. Consideration must be given to the full life cycle of a service or product to fully understand its impact. At Sappi, we take a holistic view of papermaking and understand that our sphere of influence extends beyond our mill gates from responsible sourcing through to the end of life of our products.

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Environment

Coca-Cola on Track to Meet 100% Water Replenishment Goal

The Coca-Cola Company and its global bottling partners (the Coca-Cola system) today announced they are on track to meet their 2020 water replenishment goal by the end of 2015. Based on the Coca-Cola system’s global water replenishment projects to date, the system is balancing the equivalent of an estimated 94 percent of the water used in its finished beverages based on 2014 sales volume. Since 2004, Coca-Cola has replenished an estimated 153.6 billion liters of water back to communities and nature through 209 community water projects in 61 countries. The Coca-Cola system returned approximately 126.7 billion liters of water used in its manufacturing processes back to communities and nature through treated wastewater in 2014.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Money and Spirit: An Argument for Rediscovery

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