Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Diversity & Inclusion

Employee Engagement: A Darn Good Reason to Volunteer

Jun 8, 2016 5:00 PM ET

Let’s stop calling non-altruistic giving “selfish” and call it what it really is: Pretty darn good for everyone involved, companies included.

Research, Reports & Publications

Challenges and Opportunities of The Urban Transition: A DuPont Advisory Committee Report

Jun 8, 2016 4:30 PM ET

A recently released white paper from the DuPont Advisory Committee on Agricultural Innovation & Productivity, “The Urban Transition: Implications for Global Food Security,” explores the urban growth landscape, the opportunities and challenges of global urbanization, and the implications of urbanization on food and nutrition security.

Research, Reports & Publications

MetLife Foundation | 'Fair Finance' Finding Alternatives to Subprime

Jun 8, 2016 4:00 PM ET

Diversity & Inclusion

MGMThink Video: Hockey's Take on Teamwork

Jun 8, 2016 3:30 PM ET

Ever wonder what makes a successful team? Michelle DiTondo, Senior VP of Human Resources for MGM Resorts International, discusses how good hockey teams show teamwork at its best.

Social Impact & Volunteering

10 Reasons to Attend the 2016 Conference on Volunteering and Service

Jun 8, 2016 3:00 PM ET

Each year, thousands of people who really care about the future of volunteer service convene at the Points of Light Conference on Volunteering and Service – to learn from, share with and get inspired by one another, and to work together to increase the number of volunteers in the world and the impact of the work they do.

Environment

Paul Ricard Oceanography Institute 50 Years Supporting the Ocean: Tomorrow Starts Now

Jun 8, 2016 2:45 PM ET

Innovation & Technology

Corporate Philanthropy Software is Not Client Focused, and Vendors Want It that Way

Jun 8, 2016 2:05 PM ET

While I may not have anticipated that an article written by a design ethicist and magician would be relevant to the corporate philanthropy software business, the lessons are certainly there.

Social Impact & Volunteering

What Social Impact Is and How to Measure It Effectively

Jun 8, 2016 1:30 PM ET

Impact. What a loaded word. It means so many things to so many people. In my career in nonprofit communications, I have used “impact” so much that I all but want to throw it out the window.

Environment

How Companies Can Create ‘Net Positive’ Products, Services and Environmental Impacts

Jun 8, 2016 1:15 PM ET

The Net Positive Project, a coalition of companies that aim to go beyond reducing their negative sustainability impacts to contribute in a “net positive” way to society, the environment and the global economy, launched yesterday. Founding company members are: Advanced Micro Devices, AT&T, Capgemini UK, The Crown Estate, Dell, Dow Chemical, Eaton, Fetzer Vineyards, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, Humanscale, Kimberly-Clark, Kingfisher, Kohler and Owens Corning.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Belmont University Receives Trane Energy Efficiency Leader Award

Jun 8, 2016 12:30 PM ET

Environment

Cleaner, Safer, Stronger Cities

Jun 8, 2016 12:15 PM ET

AT&T has been in the Internet of Things (IoT) business for more than 8 years. We’re already connecting automobiles, homes and “things.” Now, we’re putting it all together in the places where 60-80% of global greenhouse gases will be generated, and where 66% of world’s population will live by 2050: Cities.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Open Call for Nominations: AA1000APS Working Group

Jun 8, 2016 12:00 PM ET

The AccountAbility AA1000 Standards Board has issued an open invitation to interested stakeholders to serve on the Working Group for the revised AccountAbility Principles Standard (AA1000APS), to be released with the latest AccountAbility Assurance Standard (AA1000AS) in late-2016. The Working Group will operate under the mandate laid out in its Terms of Reference and will commence its duties in July 2016.

Health & Healthcare

Global Health Corporate Champions Land in Accra, Ghana

Jun 8, 2016 12:00 PM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bedford High Seniors Win Environmental Scholarship

Jun 8, 2016 11:10 AM ET

Bedford High seniors Trenton Sanders and Avery Kaplan are this year's recipients of the 2016 Environmental Scholarship.

The scholarship is sponsored by the Department of Public Works and Republic Services...

Environment

TransCanada Celebrates Environment Week

Jun 8, 2016 10:35 AM ET

With TransCanada’s support, Wildlife Haven will now be able to care for a larger number of injured, sick and orphaned wildlife with a greater number of successful releases back to the wild.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bill Meyer Inducted into the National Waste & Recycling Hall of Fame

Jun 8, 2016 10:15 AM ET

Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) announced that industry pillar and one of the Company’s foundational leaders, Bill Meyer, has been inducted into the National Waste & Recycling Association’s (NWRA) Hall of Fame. He was honored earlier this week in Las Vegas at Waste Expo, North America’s largest annual industry tradeshow.

Health & Healthcare

EHSxTech Conference Tackles Risks, Trends and the Value of EHS

Jun 8, 2016 10:15 AM ET

Recently, Antea Group presented the fourth annual EHSxTech conference, hosted by Adobe in the United Kingdom on Thursday, April 14. This exclusive event offered a unique opportunity for tech industry EHS professionals to explore regulatory updates from around the globe, talk through specific environmental, health and safety needs and challenges, and discuss leading industry trends in a friendly, noncompetitive forum.

Drawing from some of the most pressing EHS and sustainability challenges facing the tech industry today, this full-day event focused on “EHS Leadership in a Changing World.”

Environment

Happier Campers

Jun 8, 2016 10:10 AM ET

Responsible Production & Consumption

Exploring the Top Three Barriers to Healthcare Plastics Recycling

Jun 8, 2016 10:10 AM ET

HPRC recently held our spring 2016 meeting, which was graciously hosted by Johnson & Johnson in New York City. The meeting was a valuable opportunity to focus in on the HPRC mission and our projects in flight, and to redouble our efforts to enact change in the industry.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Facts About Global Poverty and Education

Jun 8, 2016 10:05 AM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

Social Impact Through Employee Engagement

Jun 8, 2016 10:05 AM ET

As one recent Fortune 500 client said in describing their one-off volunteer events, “How much engagement can you expect to build through a once-a-year volunteer event?”

Research, Reports & Publications

Some of the Ways Old Mutual Added Value Across Africa in 2015

Jun 8, 2016 10:00 AM ET

The Plan is already embedding into the business. Since its launch in August 2015, we have grown strong partnerships to drive it forward and implemented key initiatives. The case studies that follow demonstrate the tangible positive impacts that we have made to date.

Innovation & Technology

Invested in: Rorus

Jun 8, 2016 10:00 AM ET

As the recipient of BNY Mellon’s Social Finance Global Innovation Award, Rorus is moving forward with its mission to enable affordable, safe drinking water throughout the world.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: The Quotes that Stay with Us

Jun 8, 2016 10:00 AM ET

It’s not just in our words, however, that we offer an example to others. Our actions do so as well, and often with greater impact.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Provides $16.2MM for 50 Units of Permanent Supportive Housing at Drexel House in Olympia, Washington

Jun 8, 2016 9:30 AM ET

KeyBank announced it will provide a total of $16.2MM to help develop 50 units of permanent supportive housing for veterans and homeless individuals at Devoe II Housing. Living options will be provided for individuals making at or below between 30 and 50 percent of the area median income. The $16.2MM total is comprised of a $6.9MM construction loan and a $9.3MM equity investment. Aubre Dickson and Jennifer Seamons of Key’s Community Development Lending & Investing (CDLI) team arranged the financing.