Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Events, Media & Communications

The Rise of Social Enterprise in New Zealand

Jul 13, 2017 10:00 AM ET

More and more, citizens and consumers are becoming socially and environmentally aware, and want their purchasing decisions to reflect their beliefs. In a capitalist society, social enterprise provides consumers with a form of activism as organizations with a social purpose open up an alternative for consumers to spend their money responsibly rather than on goods or services that ultimately perpetuate the growing global wealth disparity.

Innovation & Technology

Smart Metering Enables Smarter Utility Management

Jul 13, 2017 10:00 AM ET

Among the most notable findings from this year’s Strategic Directions: Water Industry Report is the velocity of planning throughout the industry for implementing more advanced operational technologies, such as advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and enterprise asset management. More than 30 percent of utilities have indicated plans to implement these technologies, indicating the industry’s evolution and response to perennial issues of tightening budgets, rising costs and providing enhanced customer service.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Looking Sharp

Jul 13, 2017 10:00 AM ET

The Sharps brothers were looking sharp on Adoption Day! After 496 days in foster care, Braeden, 9, Koda, 8, and Tyler, 6, were adopted on May 23, 2017. Welcome home, boys!

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Best Rates for the BSR Conference 2017 End Tomorrow

Jul 13, 2017 10:00 AM ET

Register for the BSR Conference 2017 by tomorrow July 14, to save up to US$550 with our early registration rates. This year's Conference will explore how business leads during a time when technology, economics, and politics are rewriting the sustainability agenda.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Coconut Oil Supply Chain Slides Toward Sustainability via P&G, BASF, Cargill Partnership

Jul 13, 2017 9:55 AM ET

Procter & Gamble, Cargill and BASF are working together with German development agency GIZ to solve the problems by creating a sustainable certified and transparent supply chain of coconut oil in that area of the world.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Aflac to Unveil 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

Jul 13, 2017 9:45 AM ET

Aflac is excited about unveiling its 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report on July 25, where we’ll honor several Aflac CSR Heroes. One of them is Aflac Regional Sales Coordinator Tanya Winchester from Orlando, Florida. She and her team volunteer at the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children organizing parties for the kids, participating in fundraising walks and more. Watch the video, take a look at what she says would make her do “the happy dance.”

Events, Media & Communications

Early Bird Registration Open for 2017 Corporate Citizenship Conference!

Jul 13, 2017 9:30 AM ET

Early Bird registration is now open for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s 2017 Corporate Citizenship Conference, Opportunity Forward! Join us on November 14-15 to learn how the business community – together with their partners – are taking action and creating solutions today for some of the most pressing social issues of our time that build greater opportunities and prosperity for all.

Health & Healthcare

When Global Health Benefits From a Breath of Fresh Air

Jul 13, 2017 9:30 AM ET

With an open approach and a commitment to share knowledge, we are in a good position to make positive progress on the biggest global health challenges of our time.

Diversity & Inclusion

Tunisia's Fresh Female Face of Entrepreneurship

Jul 13, 2017 9:25 AM ET

Despite its agricultural richness, the diversity of its craft products, and the existence of three industrial zones, the Kairouan region in Tunisia has experienced limited economic growth. This is one of the reasons that led Ben Fraj to focus Go Market on Marketing and Social Entrepreneurship to meet the expectations of the various entrepreneurs in the region. “There were potential markets—from hair accessories to wholesale agricultural equipment,” she stated.

Innovation & Technology

Globally Crowdsourced Innovation: 3 Steps to Accelerating Impact and Success

Jul 13, 2017 9:15 AM ET

Businesses must adapt and innovate now more than ever – and in order to truly be successful, it cannot be done in a vacuum. As we all know, business can be immensely successful when it listens to its audience and has the ability to quickly turn ideas into action. It’s these ideas that in turn can change lives.

Events, Media & Communications

Soap in Schools Program Launches in Las Vegas

Jul 13, 2017 9:15 AM ET

Clean the World recently launched Soap in Schools in Las Vegas, a program in partnership with Sands Cares. Started in January 2016, the program has run domestically in Orlando, Florida and internationally in Kenya and Tanzania, expanding to India and Haiti 2017.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Meet Larry Baner: Designing Packaging That is Better for the Environment

Jul 13, 2017 9:15 AM ET

I’ve worked at Nestlé for 22 years, and I like to remind people that I’ve been working in sustainability since ‘before it was cool!’

Green Infrastructure

CBRE Green Conversations: Sustainability in Property Management

Jul 13, 2017 9:05 AM ET

As part of a new interview series, Green Conversations, we will be exploring the role of green initiatives in real estate.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Marlin’s Socio-Economic Legacy Lives On

Jul 13, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Goldcorp believes that local opportunities for community members near our mining operations should create benefits that extend beyond economic participation in mining activities.

Research, Reports & Publications

MetLife Global Impact 2016 | A Message from the Chairman, President & CEO

Jul 13, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Great companies survive and thrive by continually adapting to the world around them. MetLife grew to be one of the world’s greatest insurance companies over the last 149 years by evolving to meet the changing needs of our customers.

Environment

TD Bank Group Joins as One of 11 Banks in a United Nations Pilot to Test Climate Transparency in Financial Markets

Jul 13, 2017 8:55 AM ET

Research, Reports & Publications

Launching the Natural Capital Protocol Toolkit, Helping Business Understand Its Relationship with Nature

Jul 13, 2017 8:45 AM ET

the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the Natural Capital Coalition launched the Natural Capital Protocol Toolkit, a brand new resource to help companies implement the Natural Capital Protocol - the first-ever standardized framework for measuring business impacts and dependencies on nature. The Protocol and Toolkit will help businesses address natural capital depletion by improving understanding, measurement and decision-making.

Research, Reports & Publications

Marshalls Plc: 8th Annual UNGC Communication on Progress Report

Jul 13, 2017 5:00 AM ET

Marshalls knows that sustainability counts and that it can be levered for competitive advantage by those organisations which are innovative, fully engaged, trustworthy and there for the long haul. Guided by our brand values of leadership, excellence, trust and sustainability Marshalls’ team is empowered to make the right sustainable choices for our business day-in and day-out.

Education

Preparing Students for Future Success

Jul 13, 2017 2:55 AM ET

Health & Healthcare

To Improve Global Health, Bloomberg Looks to Cities to Lead

Jul 12, 2017 5:00 PM ET

Innovation & Technology

Facilitating the Human Connection Where it Matters Most

Jul 12, 2017 4:10 PM ET

I recently returned from a trip to Japan to see first-hand the role robotics play in senior living communities. While robots are a growing topic throughout the North American seniors’ industry, Japan’s rapidly expanding elderly population and corresponding caregiver shortage has accelerated the technology.

Sustainable Development Goals

Costa Cruises Presents the New Edition of the Sustainability Report

Jul 12, 2017 4:00 PM ET

Costa Cruises publishes the new edition of the Sustainability Report “Sea You Tomorrow – Rotta verso il futuro [On course for the future]”, available to download at www.costacrociere.it/sostenibilita.

Research, Reports & Publications

CA Technologies Releases Latest Sustainability Report

Jul 12, 2017 3:00 PM ET

CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) announced its commitment to reduce absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 40% by 2030, from a 2015 baseline, in its 8th annual Sustainability Report. The report highlights the company’s continued evolution of corporate social impact, from environmental stewardship to broader societal change.

Innovation & Technology

Bloomberg's Julia Stoyanovich on the Importance of Many Perspectives at the Data for Good Exchange

Jul 12, 2017 2:55 PM ET

Stoyanovich’s diversity of experience makes her a perfect fit to be a member of the Program Committee for the fourth annual Data for Good Exchange (D4GX), to be held Sunday, September 24, 2017 at Bloomberg’s New York headquarters. The conference explores the use of data science for social good, and brings together data scientists from industry and academia with not-for-profits and government entities seeking to use modern machine learning and data science methods to address challenges in the public and non-profit sectors.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Closing Critical Gaps in Family Planning: What I Learned from Three Youth Champions

Jul 12, 2017 2:55 PM ET

Family planning is widely cited as one of the “best buys” in global development, a relatively low-cost, high-impact intervention offering transformational benefits to individuals, their families and communities. In low- and middle-income countries, where pregnancy is the leading cause of death among girls aged 15 to 19, increasing access to and uptake of modern contraceptive methods among adolescents can save lives. And yet meeting the reproductive health needs of young people remains a persistent challenge.