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Corporate Responsibility

ON Semiconductor Makes Kindness The Norm!

Today, we celebrate World Kindness Day, an international holiday that was formed in 1998 to promote kindness throughout the world, and it’s our opportunity to reflect on the positive potential of both large and small acts of kindness.

Philanthropy

Smithfield Foods Donates More Than 40,000 Pounds of Protein to Palm Beach County Food Bank

The donation, equivalent to more than 160,000 servings of protein, will help families fight hunger across Palm Beach County to serve nearly 100,000 individuals in need.

AI & Technology

New Holland Agriculture Wins the Inaugural Sustainable Tractor of the Year® Award at Agritechnica 2019

New Holland Agriculture has won the inaugural ‘Sustainable Tractor of the Year 2020’ award at Agritechnica 2019, the world’s largest agricultural trade show, currently taking place in Hannover, Germany.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Hiring Our Heroes

Republic Services has a longstanding commitment to our military and to the men and women who serve our country. In honor of Veterans Day, we recognized our many employees who are veterans and active service members at a celebration...

Philanthropy

Changing Lives Through Skills

We are committed to empowering 10 million makers, creators and innovators by 2030. As part of this vision, we are continuing our long-standing partnership with WorldSkills International – one of the world’s largest vocational skills competitions.

Inclusion & Opportunity

P&G, Reese Witherspoon Team To Push Book About Home Gender Equality

Procter & Gamble is putting its marketing muscle behind a partnership with actor Reese Witherspoon centered on a new book that gives strategies for couples to amicably divide household chores.

Philanthropy

National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week

National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week is an annual program that brings people together to raise awareness for the problems of hunger and homelessness through educational, service, fundraising, and advocacy events.

Research & Reports

Leadership Built on Diversity of Experience

GRI, provider of the world’s leading sustainability reporting standards, will welcome four new members to its Board.

Corporate Responsibility

Driving Change: A Strategic CSR Journey

Toyota Financial Services' approach to strategic CSR enables the company to align its business goals with its social strategy. The team can now look at each strategy through a new lens, thinking beyond outputs to measurable, long-term outcomes.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Hiring Neurodiverse Employees Refuels Service Stations

Working with PathPoint, an employment agency specializing in helping people with disabilities and mental health diagnoses find employment, CSI developed the role of station support representative to provide opportunities for neurodiverse employees.

Philanthropy

Adam’s Corner

As a Gold Star mother, Telemundo's Cynthia Garcia honors her son Adam’s memory by bringing comfort to other military and veterans’ families.

Corporate Responsibility

Lifelong Advantages of a Career in Manufacturing

The speed at which manufacturing technology, people development and community stewardship has advanced is amazing. And now more than ever, manufacturing offers more career growth for anyone looking to succeed.

AI & Technology

ITA and RMI Demonstrate Assurance Leadership in Tin Due Diligence

The International Tin Association (ITA) and the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) have jointly developed and published new “Assessment Criteria for Tin Smelting Companies"

Volunteering & Community

Domtar EarthChoice Ambassadors in Action

Employees in Jesup, Georgia, partnered with first-grade teacher Kristyn May and James E. Bacon Elementary to develop an outdoor classroom for the school’s garden project.

Philanthropy

Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator Expands to Include Housing Affordability Solutions

The Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator today announced that it is expanding its focus to include clean technologies for residential buildings.

Environment

Better Business, Better World: Download the Antea Group 2018 Sustainability Report

Better Business, Better World: Download the Antea Group 2018 Sustainability Report

Events

LA Galaxy Teams up With Shoes That Fit to Provide 100 Elementary School Students With New Shoes

AEG’s LA Galaxy Foundation recently teamed up for the third consecutive year with the non-profit organization, Shoes That Fit, to provide 100 students at Catskill Elementary School in Carson, Calif. with brand new shoes on Friday, Nov. 1.

Research & Reports

BlackRock, JP Morgan, J&J on ESG Going Mainstream: Briefing

The economist Milton Friedman famously said that “the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits”.

Philanthropy

Keeping it Fresh: Following Food as Community Gives Back Throughout the Treasure Valley

"We take items that are fresh in the store, that are close to expiration date, close to their best by date and get those out to three big partner agencies within the community who can use them the same day, give them to the families who actually need them," Holland said.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Ecocentricity Blog: At Full Strength

Ellen MacArthur, Andrew Morlet, and their team are true visionaries in the circular economy movement. Spend some time digging into their work and I promise you’ll come away wiser for it.

Environment

Sammy Roth: Salton Sea Lithium

If you follow tech news, it’s pretty hard to miss stories reminding us of the tremendous potential that lithium-ion batteries have in store for the world

Corporate Responsibility

Novartis annonce une nouvelle stratégie pour fournir des traitements innovants à plus de patients en Afrique subsaharienne

Novartis a annoncé aujourd’hui une nouvelle stratégie visant à élargir l’accès des patients et la disponibilité de sa gamme de médicaments en Afrique subsaharienne, qui regroupe la plus vaste population au monde de patients mal desservis. Novartis souhaite également être le partenaire de choix des gouvernements et des ONG pour renforcer les systèmes de santé dans toute l’Afrique.

Corporate Responsibility

Novartis Announces New Strategy to Provide Innovative Medicines to More Patients in Sub-Saharan Africa

Basel, November 13, 2019 — Novartis announced today a new strategy to broaden patient reach and availability of its portfolio of medicines in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which is home to the largest underserved patient population in the world. Novartis also aspires to be the partner of choice for governments and NGOs to strengthen healthcare systems across Africa.

Awards & Rankings

Aurora Organic Dairy Commits to 100% Carbon-Neutral Energy in Its Fourth Sustainability Report

Aurora Organic Dairy, the leading producer of organic dairy products for the store brand market, today published its 2019 Sustainability Report.

Volunteering & Community

Biogen Celebrates Care Deeply Day

Over 3,000 Biogen employees give back to the global community for Care Deeply Day.

Latest Campaigns

Nutrition and Health

Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...

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...

Rethinking EHS Podcast

Join us as we travel the world to uncover real stories of impact—from landfills and energy transition to workplace safety, emerging contaminants, and...

PSEG People & Communities

PSEG is committed to improving the lives of our customers, our employees and the diverse communities we serve throughout New Jersey and Long Island...

Collective Action

Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...

Community Impact

Advancing our communities worldwide through philanthropic investments, partnerships, and employee volunteerism.

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance

Collaboration and Partnership

Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...

Corporate Responsibility

Webster Bank's Corporate Responsibility