Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Environment

GM and U.S. Navy Collaborating on Fuel Cell-Powered Underwater Unmanned Vehicles

Jun 23, 2016 1:05 PM ET

General Motors, the Office of Naval Research and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory are cooperating to incorporate automotive hydrogen fuel cell systems into the next generation of Navy unmanned undersea vehicles, or UUVs.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Timberland Announces Commitment to Restore and Create Green Spaces in Five Cities over the Next Five Years

Jun 23, 2016 1:05 PM ET

As an outdoor lifestyle brand, Timberland has a longstanding commitment to protecting and restoring the outdoors. Not only the great outdoors, but the city parks, community gardens and green spaces its consumers explore every day. As part of this commitment, Timberland announces a goal to double its footprint in five U.S. cities by 2020 -- but not in the way you might think. Each year for the next five years, the brand will choose a different city with a Timberland® store, and match its retail floor space with the creation or restoration of an equivalent amount of green space in that city.

Events, Media & Communications

USBG World Class Sponsored by Diageo Announce Andrew Meltzer as the 2016 U.S. Bartender of the Year

Jun 23, 2016 12:30 PM ET

After two challenging days of standout mixology showmanship, the United States Bartender’s Guild (USBG) World Class Sponsored by Diageo has named Andrew Meltzer as the 2016 U.S. Bartender of the Year.

Education

Whirlpool Corporation is Proud to Support FIRST Robotics

Jun 23, 2016 12:30 PM ET

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Only One Week Left for the Best BSR16 Rates

Jun 23, 2016 12:00 PM ET

To take advantage of the most discounted BSR Conference 2016 rates, register before June 30.

Diversity & Inclusion

Sanofi - Good Morning Sanofi - Meet Yukari from Japan

Jun 23, 2016 11:35 AM ET

Meet Yukari, a young employee illustrating intergenerational relationships in the Japanese culture.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Sappi North America on How It Evolves with Its Customers

Jun 23, 2016 11:30 AM ET

Given our strong record of capital investment to keep our machines modern and flexible, as well as our deep commit­ment to R&D, we are able to bring solutions to the market quickly in all four of our businesses. This year, the following business developments and improvements were made.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The UPS Foundation to Award More Than $ 7.4 Million to Promote Diversity & Inclusion in Communities Around the World

Jun 23, 2016 11:10 AM ET

Today, The UPS Foundation, which leads the global citizenship programs for UPS (NYSE: UPS), announced it will award more than $ 7.4 million in global diversity and inclusion grants to 36 different organizations.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Final Days to Nominate Volunteers for Louisiana’s 2016 Cox Conserves Heroes Awards Program

Jun 23, 2016 11:00 AM ET

Cox Communications, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, is seeking nominations for Louisiana’s 2016 Cox Conserves Heroes program.

Health & Healthcare

Global Health Corporate Champions Work to Make Health Services Accessible in Rural Ghana

Jun 23, 2016 11:00 AM ET

This week, I’m in Ghana catching up with the Global Health Corporate Champions (GHCC), a dynamic group of eight professionals working to improve the quality of public health in Accra. Drawing from their collective expertise in management, product sustainability, operations, and finance, the GHCC are providing pro bono consulting to three social sector health organizations. This month-long service learning adventure is an activity of the Global Health Fellows Program II (GHFP-II), a USAID program implemented by the Public Health Institute with support from PYXERA Global.

Environment

Healthcare Plastics and the Circular Economy

Jun 23, 2016 10:20 AM ET

Hospital plastics show great potential to be part of the Circular Economy movement, in which waste and pollution have been eliminated and products, components, and materials are kept at their highest and most effective use. Plastics in particular, have unique opportunities and challenges in what the Ellen MacArthur Foundation has dubbed the New Plastics Economy. However, it’s not quite as simple as it sounds. The challenges associated with recycling healthcare plastics are not just challenges at the hospital level; instead, barriers to recycling exist across the entire plastics value chain, from product design and manufacturing through product use and disposal.

Events, Media & Communications

Transcending Carbon Constraints

Jun 23, 2016 10:00 AM ET

The rapidly changing world around us is having a widespread impact on just about everything: global economies, industries, markets, consumer trends and our planet’s resources. As a company, we are embracing this reality with a focused strategy and some very clear objectives.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Final Days to Nominate Volunteers for Central Florida’s Cox Conserves Heroes Program

Jun 23, 2016 10:00 AM ET

WFTV Channel 9, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, is seeking nominations for Central Florida’s 2016 Cox Conserves Heroes program.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Environmental Leader Recognizes Ingersoll Rand with Three ‘Product of the Year’ Awards for Product Sustainability

Jun 23, 2016 9:20 AM ET

Ingersoll Rand accepted three “Product and Project of the Year” awards from Environmental Leader at the fifth annual Environmental Leader Conference in Denver, Colorado on Wednesday.

Research, Reports & Publications

Creating Compost with Less Energy

Jun 23, 2016 9:00 AM ET

In Yorkshire, U.K., our energy-efficient Flygt top-entry agitators — a propeller type of mixer that can handle thick, high-fiber sludge — are part of a new waste treatment facility that processes and recycles waste.

Research, Reports & Publications

3M’s 2016 Sustainability Report

Jun 23, 2016 9:00 AM ET

As the global population marches toward 9 billion people, it is creating an even more urgent need to address sustainability challenges –from air pollution and water shortages to food safety and clean energy.

Education

CITGO STEM Scholarship Puts College in Reach for Houston Students

Jun 23, 2016 9:00 AM ET

Twenty Houston-area students are one step closer to a college education thanks to financial aid provided by CITGO Petroleum Corporation through the new CITGO STEM Scholarship. In keeping with a long-term commitment from CITGO to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, the scholarship supports higher education opportunities for students pursuing degrees in these fields.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Wells Fargo Named #3 Most Generous Company of the Fortune 500

Jun 23, 2016 9:00 AM ET

Fortune magazine has named Wells Fargo No. 3 on its Top 20 Most Generous Companies in the Fortune 500 for 2015. It is also the highest ranked financial services company on the list of corporate donors.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

How (and Why) to Sponsor Your Nonprofit Partner to Attend VM Summit 16

Jun 23, 2016 9:00 AM ET

Your company’s volunteer program couldn’t exist without them.

I’m not talking about your employees — although that’s true, too. I’m talking about the nonprofits your employees dedicate their time to.

Health & Healthcare

Survivor Advocate Program Shapes Future Research

Jun 23, 2016 8:00 AM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

Profile of SuiteImpact Ambassador Sofia Brugnini

Jun 23, 2016 7:00 AM ET

Sofia Brugnini, a Project Manager with NetSuite, shares how she's spearheading volunteerism in NetSuite's Montevideo, Uruguay office and inspiring her fellow employees to give back.

Research, Reports & Publications

Sustainability: It's Personal at Kingfisher

Jun 23, 2016 5:00 AM ET

Kingfisher, the home improvement company, has published its Sustainability Report 2015/16 showing progress towards becoming a restorative Net Positive business.

Health & Healthcare

Preparing to Stop Drug-Resistant Malaria

Jun 23, 2016 4:20 AM ET

No child should ever die from a mosquito bite. Yet, today, in an era of extraordinary medical advancement, a child dies of mosquito-borne malaria every two minutes. Last year, this agonizing blood disease caused by the malaria parasite claimed nearly half a million lives—most of them children.

Still, there’s unprecedented cause for optimism. After 15 years of coordinated efforts to fight malaria, we’re seeing progress: Malaria deaths have declined 60 percent since 2000, meaning more than six million lives have been saved. During that same period, an analysis by the Roll Back Malaria initiative shows that 57 countries have reduced malaria cases by 75 percent or more.

Education

What Do the Conflict Minerals 2015 SEC Filings Show Us? Know the Insights

Jun 22, 2016 8:05 PM ET

Approximately 1,200 publicly traded companies filed Conflict Minerals Reports with the SEC this year, in accordance with Dodd-Frank Section 1502 (Conflict Minerals Rule).

Social Impact & Volunteering

The Walt Disney Company Launches Computer Science Summer Immersion Program for High School Students

Jun 22, 2016 7:25 PM ET

The Walt Disney Company announced today the start of its inaugural Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program, a seven-week coding program on the Disney campus for high school girls that will introduce them to computer science curriculum.