Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Center for Resource Solutions Announces Bloomberg 2016 Green Power Leadership Award Winner

Nov 1, 2016 6:45 AM ET

Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) recognized six organizations and three individuals today for their role in building and shaping the market for renewable energy over the past year.

Education

21CF and National Geographic Take Bronx High-school Film Students from The Cinema School on a Field Trip to 'MARS'

Oct 31, 2016 8:25 PM ET

In the weeks leading up to the global premiere of National Geographic's six-part series "MARS" on Monday, Nov. 14, 21st Century Fox and National Geographic took 200 high-school students attending The Cinema School (TCS) in Bronx, N.Y., on a field trip to an immersive Mars experience featuring a virtual reality simulator and an anti-gravity treadmill this week. The students of The Cinema School, the nation's first film high school founded in 2009 by 21CF-supported Ghetto Film School (GFS) in partnership with the New York City Department of Education, also got a chance to hear about what it will take for humans to live on Mars.

Health & Healthcare

Zika, Ebola, and the Future of Other Public Health Diseases Discussed at Fortune Brainstorm Health Live Tomorrow

Oct 31, 2016 8:00 PM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

3BL Media Recognized by Springfield Chamber as Region’s Third Fastest Growing Company

Oct 31, 2016 5:20 PM ET

When 3BL Media advertises for talent on job boards in western Massachusetts, we’ve used the phrase, “Silicon Alley Meets the Pioneer Valley.”

Juxtaposing New York City’s bustling media tech scene against the beautiful backdrop of the Berkshires seems to be working for 3BL Media, which has just been honored by the Springfield Regional Chamber for being third in revenue growth among regional companies.

Events, Media & Communications

Data for Good Exchange 2016: Highlights

Oct 31, 2016 4:35 PM ET

Highlights from the 2016 Data for Good Exchange, hosted by Bloomberg, the theme of which was “better governance” or how data science can be applied to solve public interest problems.

Events, Media & Communications

Arizona Diversity Council to Discuss Cultural Competence at 2016 Healthcare Diversity Summit

Oct 31, 2016 4:30 PM ET

The Arizona Diversity Council will be hosting the 2016 Arizona Healthcare Diversity Summit on November 10, 2016 at Banner Health Corporation Center.

Diversity & Inclusion

CSX Employees Show How Tomorrow Moves with Wellness Tips

Oct 31, 2016 4:30 PM ET

We all know that work can require long periods of sitting and a need for mental focus to detail. In order to be your best self – and a productive, healthy employee – it’s important to stay active, remain alert, and keep moving!

Diversity & Inclusion

Bloomberg's Roy Bahat: Who Should a Startup Hire First?

Oct 31, 2016 4:20 PM ET

Avoid people whose skills complement yours! Consider the “cell division” approach instead.

Innovation & Technology

HPE | Living Progress News: Fall 2016

Oct 31, 2016 4:05 PM ET

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: A Sports Analogy

Oct 31, 2016 3:30 PM ET

When the players take the field, they’ll do so fully intending to win. They’ll build each other up. Encouragements of “let’s go” and “we’ve got this” will ring out from the dugouts. Everyone will be focused on the chance they have to succeed, not the long odds that they face.

Social Impact & Volunteering

3 Quality of Lifehacks to be a Good Listener

Oct 31, 2016 2:25 PM ET

In today’s constantly connected, multitasking world, listening is more important than ever. Unfortunately, it’s fallen to the bottom of our priority list.

Education

A Brighter Future for Human Trafficking Survivors

Oct 31, 2016 2:15 PM ET

Philippines based business process outsourcing company DataMotivate has joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a commitment to provide skills training and full-time jobs to 500 survivors of human trafficking and slavery by 2022 through its inclusive impact sourcing model. By that year, the company also commits to replicate its model in another Asian market.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

World Environment Center Appoints Three Global Sustainability Leaders to its Independent Gold Medal Jury

Oct 31, 2016 2:00 PM ET

The World Environment Center (WEC) is pleased to welcome three new jurors to its Gold Medal Award Jury. The WEC Gold Medal Award for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development, now in its 33rd year, is a prestigious global accolade that recognizes sustainability excellence in an international company. Companies must apply for the award as part of a global competition, which culminates in the Gold Medal jury’s rigorous selection process to select a recipient.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Charlie Vanek and Joel Martins on Nonprofit Coach Radio Show with Ted Hart

Oct 31, 2016 1:45 PM ET

In the most recent episode on the Nonprofit Coach Radio Show, Ted Hart interviewed MicroEdge + Blacbaud's Charlie Vanek, VP Product Management and Joel Martins, VP Product Development, live from bbcon 2016!

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

All the Ways to Follow Us at BSR16

Oct 31, 2016 1:30 PM ET

The BSR Conference 2016 kicks in New York tomorrow evening, November 1. Whether you’re joining us in person or online, here are the best ways to follow along with #BSR16.

Health & Healthcare

Iodine Deficiency: A Strain on Brain Health [Infographic]

Oct 31, 2016 12:50 PM ET

Innovation & Technology

The Future of Alternative Fuels

Oct 31, 2016 12:45 PM ET

As concerns grow over climate change, pollution and how much oil we actually have left, there’s clearly a need to develop alternative fuels.

The good news is that researchers have proven that vehicles can run on natural gas, electricity, hydrogen, nitrogen, biofuels like elephant grass – and even biodiesels based on restaurant grease or chicken waste.

Events, Media & Communications

#OptOutside Expands Beyond REI

Oct 31, 2016 11:15 AM ET

Black Friday: a day marked with early store openings, long lines and hefty discounts. It has long been known as the biggest shopping day of the year and according to ShopperTrak’s annual list, 2016 will be no different. Yet in recent years there have been rumblings of change in the retail world. Even USA Today pondered the trajectory of the shopping holiday in an article released this week, asking “Is Black Friday Dead?”

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Impact Investing: A Look Back to Pave a Path Forward

Oct 31, 2016 11:10 AM ET

Impact investing possesses enormous potential to direct much-needed capital to the most pressing issues our society faces, including education, affordable housing, job creation, and training – all of which are often more acutely felt in urban environments.

Events, Media & Communications

Harnessing the Power of Youth: Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit

Oct 31, 2016 10:45 AM ET

Teenagers everywhere have attitude.

This was the initial thought that crossed my mind as I approached this year’s Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit, the tenth annual conference presented by Making Cents International. However, these thoughts were quickly replaced by the acknowledgement that youth are more than the promise of the future. They are powerful individuals. Indeed, they are a force, and it is our collective challenge to ensure that they are a force for good.

Health & Healthcare

Building Partnerships to Meet the UN SDG Health Targets: The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation’s Experience

Oct 31, 2016 10:35 AM ET

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation has an unwavering commitment to promoting health equity around the globe. Through our grants and partnerships, we are helping many low and middle income countries build capacity to further progress toward prevention and control of cancer and other non-communicable diseases, ultimately helping them to drive progress toward the visionary global goal of reducing deaths from chronic disease in 25 percent by 2025.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Antea Group Releases TSCA Reform Update White Paper

Oct 31, 2016 10:35 AM ET

Enactment of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (LCSA) in June marked the first substantial change to United States chemical regulation since the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was passed in 1976.

As these new LCSA provisions are implemented by the EPA, chemical manufacturers will need to adjust internal standards and risk management guidelines regarding the way individual chemicals are manufactured, processed and used. Antea Group is committed to assisting our clients in evaluating LCSA reforms and meeting associated regulatory obligations, and we have prepared this white paper to help make sense of the true impact and import of the new regulations, and look at recent developments now that the dust has settled a bit.

Energy

Joining the North Carolina Solar Boom

Oct 31, 2016 10:05 AM ET

Today we’ve got Carolina on our minds.

Our solar team is pleased to announce that our first solar farm in the Tar Heel state — the MC-1 solar project in Williamston, North Carolina — is now online and operational.

Events, Media & Communications

Sodexo Sponsorship of Marine Corps Marathon Kids Run Bolsters Childhood Health and Wellness

Oct 31, 2016 9:55 AM ET

Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Life Services, partnered with the United States Marine Corps last weekend for its annual Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) Kids Run, an annual lead-up activity to the largest marathon in the world that doesn't offer prize money. Sodexo, which has a track record in improving the health and wellbeing of customers all ages, has sponsored the event since 2003.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Wells Fargo Donates $500,000 for San Antonio-area Revitalization Efforts

Oct 31, 2016 9:50 AM ET

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced a total of $500,000 in donations for seven local nonprofits will help revitalize San Antonio neighborhoods through the Wells Fargo NeighborhoodLIFT® program.