Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Environment

New Bike-Share Program Comes to Campus

Sep 6, 2017 1:00 PM ET

Maverick students will be able to cruise to classes when The University of Texas at Arlington’s Institute for Sustainability and Global Impact launches a new bike-sharing program Wednesday, Sept. 6. The program strengthens the University’s commitment to sustainability and enabling the modern megacity.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Keep America Beautiful Launches “Community Restoration and Resiliency Fund”

Sep 6, 2017 12:45 PM ET

Motivated by the need caused by the devastation from Hurricane Harvey and the threat of Hurricane Irma, Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s iconic community improvement nonprofit organization, today launched the Community Restoration and Resiliency Fund. Lowe’s, a long-time national sponsor of Keep America Beautiful, has agreed to become a founding member of the fund with a donation of more than $125,000. Individuals and businesses can donate now at act.kab.org/KABfund.

Environment

World Water Week Raises Critical Global Water Issues

Sep 6, 2017 12:35 PM ET

At Essity in North America, sustainability is about improving the lives and well- being of people in our communities, our employees, our friends, and our neighbors in ways that preserve our present-day resources and assures that these resources are available for our communities and children in future generations. We strive for this by understanding the pillars that support sustainability that include social, environmental and economic dimensions and execute on them to deliver results toward a circular society.

Energy

Beyond Rooftop Solar: How a 170-Year-Old Gas Company Stays Modern with Renewables

Sep 6, 2017 12:30 PM ET

The rooftop solar market has exploded in recent years, enabling individual homeowners and small businesses to claim their turf in the transition to renewable energy. However, rooftop solar is just one of a growing number of opportunities for electricity customers to wean themselves from fossil fuels.

Energy

Carnival Corporation Begins Construction of World’s First Fully LNG-Powered Cruise Ship

Sep 6, 2017 12:30 PM ET

Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world's largest leisure travel company, marked the official beginning of construction for the first of its seven next-generation cruise ships that will be fully-powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) with a keel laying ceremony at Seatrade Europe in Hamburg.

Diversity & Inclusion

Whirlpool Corporation Named Top Workplace for People with Disabilities

Sep 6, 2017 12:00 PM ET

Whirlpool Corporation has been recognized as one of the best places to work for people with disabilities on the 2017 Disability Equality Index® (DEI®) Best Places to Work, joining a small league of companies with a 100/100 score.

Environment

Baldcypress: King of the Swamp

Sep 6, 2017 12:00 PM ET

Nowhere is a tree species so intertwined with a place as the baldcypress is with swamps. Beginning with the art and literature of early America, images of baldcypress trees have been used to portray mystery and melancholy in the watery lowlands.

Responsible Production & Consumption

2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV Now Available Nationwide

Sep 6, 2017 11:55 AM ET

Chevrolet announced today that the Bolt EV, the first affordable long-range electric car, is now available by order or in stock at certified dealerships nationwide. Through Aug. 30, 2017, Chevrolet has sold 11,670 Bolt EVs this year and 12,249 since the start of sales in December 2016.

Environment

EHS Consulting: 5 Signs It's Time to Bring in "The Bobs"

Sep 6, 2017 11:20 AM ET

Using five parallels from the classic film Office Space, we describe the signs that indicate you need to call us, the EHS experts, and why.

Media & Communications

Time to Tie Exec Comp to Sustainability Performance? Some Folks Think it is Time -- and How to Do It

Sep 6, 2017 11:00 AM ET

For the past 25 and more years, the focus of the sustainable & responsible investment (SRI) community has been on matters related to corporate compensation, usually a corporate governance concern, as well as additional concerns on a range of other issues and topic areas (in environmental, social/societal, and other categories).

Environment

Schneider Electric se asocia con Global Footprint Network para mover la fecha del día mundial del sobregiro ecológico

Sep 6, 2017 10:55 AM ET

Schneider Electric y Global Footprint Network firmaron una alianza global para involucrar a personas de todo el mundo en el traslado de la fecha del sobregiro ecológico, la fecha en que la demanda anual de la humanidad sobre la naturaleza excede lo que la Tierra puede regenerar durante todo el año.

Environment

Schneider Electric devient partenaire du Global Footprint Network pour repousser la date du Jour du dépassement de la terre

Sep 6, 2017 10:55 AM ET

Schneider Electric et Global Footprint Network ont signé un accord global de partenariat pour encourager l’ensemble des habitants de la planète à faire reculer la date du Jour du Dépassement Mondiale- #movethedate du terme original en anglais - date à laquelle la demande de l'humanité pour les ressources naturelles annuelles dépasse la capacité de la planète les régénérer au long de l'année.

Environment

Schneider Electric anuncia parceria com Global Footprint Network para mover a data do Dia de sobrecarga da Terra.

Sep 6, 2017 10:55 AM ET

Schneider Electric e Global Footprint Network assinaram uma parceria global para envolver as pessoas em todo o mundo para prorrogar a data do Dia de Sobrecarga da Terra - #movethedate do original em inglês - a data em que a demanda anual de recursos naturais pela humanidade excede a capacidade do de se regenerar ao longo de todo o ano.

Environment

Schneider Electric Partners with Global Footprint Network to #MoveTheDate of Earth Overshoot Day

Sep 6, 2017 10:55 AM ET

Schneider Electric and Global Footprint Network signed a global partnership to engage people around the world in moving the date of Earth Overshoot Day—the date when humanity’s annual demand on nature exceeds what Earth can regenerate over the entire year.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

ATL Tech Gives Back Returns This October

Sep 6, 2017 10:30 AM ET

ATL Tech Gives Back, a quarterly event series that harnesses Atlanta’s passionate technology community for the greater good of the City, will hold its second edition on Thursday, Oct. 19. Hosted by social service platform Community Bucket and startup technology publication Hypepotamus, ATL Tech Gives Back is powered by Cox Enterprises and brings Atlanta’s tech and startup community together to volunteer in a fun, social setting.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: 23 Years

Sep 6, 2017 10:30 AM ET

I can confidently say that I wouldn’t be sitting in my local coffee shop writing this blog post if Ray hadn’t given that speech. My professional vocation might not have had anything to do with environmentalism if he hadn’t planted the “sustainability” flag that day in the heart of Interface’s business operations.

Research, Reports & Publications

States, Local Government Step Up to Play Increasingly Critical Role in a Smarter Clean Energy Future

Sep 6, 2017 10:00 AM ET

The federal government has long played a central role in shaping U.S. energy independence and security. Today, however, we stand at an inflection point where states, municipal governments and even corporations are stepping up to become the primary drivers of the future of clean energy.

Research, Reports & Publications

Brands Should Increasingly Target Connected ‘Super Leaders’ to Thrive in a Digital, Information-saturated World

Sep 6, 2017 10:00 AM ET

Super Leaders – a newly-defined digital community of early adopters and brand amplifiers – are now the most influential group in building, or eroding, brand preference, according to the Tetra Pak Index 2017. Companies that fail to engage with Super Leaders in the right way risk missing the opportunity to harness their influence and help them build their business.

Events, Media & Communications

New Speakers Announced for the BSR Conference 2017: Al Gore, Cecile Richards, and More

Sep 6, 2017 10:00 AM ET

New speakers have been added to the BSR17 lineup. Join the leading sustainability event October 24-26 in Huntington Beach, California.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

BLOG: The Latest on Hurricane Harvey Support and Response

Sep 6, 2017 9:30 AM ET

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Walmart associates all over the country are working around the clock to address the needs of those affected by the storm.

Research, Reports & Publications

A Changing Global Workforce

Sep 6, 2017 9:20 AM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

Skills-Based Volunteering: A Game Changer for Corporate Philanthropy

Sep 6, 2017 9:15 AM ET

New research from Common Impact, a nonprofit that pioneered corporate skills-based volunteering (SBV), demonstrates the sustained impact that SBV has on the social sector by creating transformational partnerships between nonprofits and companies.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

MetLife Foundation: Empowering Veterans Through Financial Inclusion

Sep 6, 2017 9:15 AM ET

Health & Healthcare

Sentinel Awards Recognize 21CF TV Projects for Outstanding Efforts to Engage Audiences on Mental and Physical Health

Sep 6, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Hollywood, Health & Society (HH&S) has named television projects from across 21st Century Fox businesses as honorees for this year’s Sentinel Awards, an annual ceremony recognizing TV storylines and movies that inform, educate, and motivate viewers to make choices for healthier and safer lives. FX Networks’ You’re the Worst, National Geographic’s documentary Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric, and the Twentieth Century Fox Television production This Is Us will all receive awards at a ceremony in Los Angeles on September 27.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Aflac | Doing Good for Our Communities and Our Planet

Sep 6, 2017 9:00 AM ET

As a member of the company’s employee-led Green Committee, Susan Goodsell applies her communications skills to help promote Aflac’s environmental sustainability initiatives and activities. This chapter showcases our commitment to reducing our carbon footprint through education, community activities and volunteerism.