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Entrepreneur Expands Her Thriving Tax Firm With Digital Innovation

Helen Mathis taught accounting as a vocational instructor for 30 years before facing a career-defining moment: The school where she worked closed and Mathis knew she needed a new plan

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Ecolab Provided 665 Tons of In-kind Product Donations in 2017 to Aid Global Disaster Relief

Ecolab Inc. continued its commitment to supporting communities in need throughout 2017 by providing 665 tons of cleaning, sanitizing and public health products, valued at more than $5 million, to support natural disaster relief efforts throughout the world. Through partnerships with non-profit organizations, Ecolab’s products supported relief efforts in areas affected by natural disasters in North and South America, Europe and Asia.

Education

New Study Offers Key Insights for Guiding Generation Z Talent From Campus to Corporate Life

Sodexo, a food services and facilities management company committed to improving Quality of Life, announced today the publication of a new white paper, Guiding Gen Z from Campus to Corporate Life: What College and University Administrators and Talent Recruiters Need to Know.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

BSR Welcomes Four Business Leaders to Its Board of Directors

BSR today announced the recent addition of four respected business leaders to its board of directors, bringing new depth and expertise to the organization’s mission to create a just and sustainable world.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

iCause Partners With the Recovery Center of Medina County

"We have many programs and events to support the recovery community and we are always looking for volunteers to help out at the center. iCause is the perfect fit for our organization because it allows us to manage events and volunteers in one place. iCause's concept of strengthening and building communities also ties in well with our mission to connect and empower those in recovery." Jessica Hazeltine, Administrative Manager

Innovation & Technology

Prórroga del Plazo de las Aplicaciones Anunciada para “El Poder de Crecer”, un Programa del Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos para Apoyar Micro Emprendimientos de Centroamérica.

El día de hoy, La Red de Innovación e Impacto anunció la prórroga del plazo de las aplicaciones para el Concurso El Poder de Crecer hasta el 14 de mayo del 2018.

Innovation & Technology

Application Extension Announced for “Power to Grow,” a U.S. Department of State Program to Support Micro-Enterprises in Central America

Today, the La Red de Innovacion e Impacto (the Innovation and Impact Network) announced the extension of the application deadline for the Power to Grow Innovation Challenge until May 14, 2018.

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Environment

Subaru Teams Up With TerraCycle for Zero-Waste Box Partnership

Subaru and participating Subaru retailers nationwide are launching our partnership with TerraCycle® to keep waste out of landfills and turn it into things like park benches, bike racks, and flower pots.

Environment

Xylem Shanghai Volunteers During 30 Day Challenge

As part of this year’s Make Your Mark 30 Day Challenge, 60 employees from Xylem’s Shanghai site visited Nanhui Kwai Yuen Farm for a tree planting activity. As a team, they successfully planted 35 holly saplings at the farm.

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Sustainable Development Goals

The Arbor Day Foundation Partners With Hershey in Reforestation Efforts

The Arbor Day Foundation and The Hershey Company are pleased to announce a reforestation partnership focusing on repairing national forests damaged by species invasions, resource extraction and forest fires in Kentucky, Florida and Virginia. The 133,333 trees planted benefit the Paul Van Booven Wildlife Area (KY), South Quay Sandhills Preserve (VA) and the Sansavilla Wildlife Management Area (GA).

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Research, Reports & Publications

Teck Reports 2017 Sustainability Performance

Teck Resources Limited ("Teck”) has released its 17th annual Sustainability Report, covering the company’s performance in 2017 and progress towards its short-term sustainability goals set for 2020.

Environment

EPIC’s ROAM Ranch: A Photo Journey

Perched on the hunting seat of a bright blue Kawasaki Mule, my tour through ROAM Ranch feels like a safari.

The 450-acre ranch outside of Austin, Texas, is the brainchild of Taylor Collins and Katie Forrest, the founders of EPIC Provisions, and it is the embodiment of their brand’s mission.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CBRE Achieves “Super Star” Status for Sustained Excellence, Innovation in Outsourcing

CBRE Group, Inc. achieved the highest possible score in IAOP®’s annual assessment of global outsourcing companies for the fourth consecutive year, and again earned its place atop the world’s elite outsourcing firms across all industries.

IAOP further recognized CBRE as a “Super Star” of the Global Outsourcing 100, based on top performance in all five judging categories: size and growth, customer references, awards and certifications, programs for innovation and corporate social responsibility.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

World Wildlife Fund Makes Waves With Inaugural Standup Paddle Boarding Event

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is making waves this fall with the organization’s first-ever athletic, peer-to-peer fundraising event, Panda Paddle. The standup paddle boarding event, sponsored by Target, will take place in San Diego’s Mission Bay on October 20, 2018.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Volkswagen’s “Crashed Cases” Forces Drivers to Rethink Texting While Driving

Volkswagen Stockholm is creating 153 phone cases made from the scratched and warped sheet metal of cars that have been in texting-and-driving accidents. Each case in the Crashed Cases series is handmade and engraved with a number that represents a serious car accident in Sweden during the first month of the new law.

Environment

Three Ways We’re Making Our Food Matter

Three focus areas are amplifying the legacies given to us by the founders of several of our brands. Katie Forrest and Taylor Collins (co-founders of EPIC), Lara Merriken (founder of LÄRABAR), Annie Withey (founder of Annie’s) and Gene Kahn (founder of Cascadian Farm and Small Planet Foods) had different paths, personalities and philosophies. However, they all shared a conviction – to be a rumble that shook the food system.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bloomberg Named Corporate Workplace of the Year at British Council for Offices (BCO) London Awards 2018

Bloomberg was yesterday awarded the ‘Corporate Workplace’ award at the annual British Council of Offices (BCO) Awards in London, which recognize excellence and innovation in workplace design. The award, which was accepted by Catriona Henderson, Head of Facilities for Bloomberg, EMEA and Simona Bencini, Partner & Architect, Foster + Partners, was judged by a panel of industry experts from the engineering, property, architecture, construction and design sectors who praised the Bloomberg project for “taking office building sustainability to unmatched levels of excellence.”

Events, Media & Communications

Walmart Sustainability Milestone Meeting

This week my @AveryDennison colleagues and I attended the @Walmart annual Sustainability Milestone meeting at Sam M. Walton auditorium in Bentonville Arkansas.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Pennsylvania Governor Wolf Administration Joins City of Chester in Park Beautification Event

The secretaries of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Department of Transportation (PennDOT) joined City of Chester officials, residents, and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful at Sun Village Park for beautification activities to celebrate the community’s Earth Day cleanup of the park and the positive impact of state partnership and investment.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Citi Releases 2017 Global Citizenship Report

Citi today released its 2017 Global Citizenship Report, highlighting efforts made in the last year to responsibly provide financial services that enable growth and progress. This report includes numerous examples of how, through our core business and with our philanthropic efforts, we are helping address complex and pressing issues such as global warming and social inequality.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Top Priorities in 2018? Supply Chain Visibility and Transparency

A common problem with supply chains is they become unwieldy beasts. Each individual element and component within the network knows what they are doing, but the big picture often becomes obscure.

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Events, Media & Communications

Being Strategic Is About More Than Quarterly Results, Say West Coast CEOs

Recognizing the importance of engaging stakeholders and sharing company information in a regular, transparent way, on April 19 the CEOs of Wells Fargo and PG&E Corporation shared their company’s long-term plans to an audience of more than 100 major institutional investors at the first CEO Investor Forum (CIF) held on the West Coast by CECP’s Strategic Investor Initiative (SII).

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

SC Johnson Canada Recognized for Workplace Excellence

SC Johnson Canada has been recognized as a 2018 Best Workplace by the Great Place to Work® Institute. The organization, which has been included on the list of Best Workplaces 11 times since 2006, ranked No. 45 on this year’s list of companies.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Subaru of America Celebrates New Headquarters in Camden, NJ with Grand Opening Ceremony

Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) today conducted a grand opening of its new home in Camden, NJ. Following several years of sustained business growth, Subaru of America announced plans in 2014 for a new headquarters campus to be located in Camden. Next month, more than 550 employees will begin to occupy the new building at a time when the company is celebrating nine consecutive years of record sales and 10 years of consecutive growth. The new facility, at 250,000 square feet, plus an adjacent new training center will more than double the size of the automaker’s previous headquarters and bring employees from four sites onto one campus.

Events, Media & Communications

Applications Now Open for eBay's 2018 SHINE Awards for Small Business

In the two years we’ve held the awards, we’ve received inspiring entries from eBay sellers across the nation who shared their small business stories and told us how eBay helped them pursue their dreams. Each year, we select a number of finalists and then ask the community to vote for the sellers they think are making a difference.

Sustainable Development Goals

Carnival Corporation's AIDA Cruises Expands Sustainable Cruise Tourism Partnership in Schleswig-Holstein

The Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein, the Federal State capital Kiel, the Seaport of Kiel and the Costa Group came together on Thursday, April 26, 2018, aboard AIDAluna to discuss the ways the ways to expand their current collaboration on sustainability initiatives. Their objective is to further develop the maritime infrastructure, the economy, and tourism in northern Germany sustainably and to make them “future-proof.”

Latest Campaigns

  1. 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...

  2. Southwire Giving Back
    Our neighbors depend on us, just as we depend on them, so we are committed to improving the quality of life in the communities in which we work. At...

  3. Carbon Footprint
    We are accelerating our efforts to help build a low-carbon economy and avert the worst impacts of climate change. Our goal to reduce our GHG emissions...

  4. Environmental Sustainability
    As sustainability leaders, we implement our sustainability strategy across all company activities along the entire value chain, from raw materials to...

  5. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Corporate Social Responsibility

  6. International Paper | HEALTHY & ABUNDANT FORESTS
    Vision 2030 Goal: Lead forest stewardship efforts globally

  7. Sustainability Report
    Our latest Sustainability Report highlights recent accomplishments and progress toward achieving goals in the environmental, social and governance...

  8. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.

  9. Kingfisher Around the World
    The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...

  10. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...

  11. IWBI | WELL Building Standard
    Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...

  12. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.

  13. Green Mountain Energy Commitment to Sustainability
    At Green Mountain Energy Company, we share our customers’ commitment to the environment and sustainability. We are inspired by the success that we...

  14. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...

  15. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...