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Innovation & Technology

How HPE Living Progress Challenge Uses Technology to Better Lives

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

K-C New Zealand Celebrates 25 Year Anniversary

Kimberly-Clark New Zealand (KCNZ) recently celebrated 25 years of brand leadership and investment in long-term community partnerships and innovation in the New Zealand market.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Heineken® Reveals First Formula 1® Campaigns

Heineken® has officially launched its global Formula 1® (F1®) partnership with two new campaigns; “When You Drive, Never Drink” and “More than a Race”.

Environment

John Fleck: Colorado River Riddles

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Paper & Packaging: How Life Unfolds™

We are proud to share the warmth and creativity that paper and paper-based packaging offers us all through the Paper & Packaging – How Life Unfolds™ consumer campaign.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Get to Know NetSuite, Finalist for 2016 Employee Volunteer Program of the Year

NetSuite's, employee volunteer program is never "done". They are always improving it to make it more engaging for their employees and more impactful for their communities. Learn more about 2016 Employee Volunteer Program of the Year finalist NetSuite and what makes it so successful.

Education

What Will Future Classrooms Look Like For India’s Poor?

People living in economically disadvantaged areas of India now have access to vocational, business and IT skills training, thanks to HP’s new Future Classroom program. HP Future Classroom provides a platform for delivering world-class skills training to students and job seekers in India, all in a space the size of a shipping container.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Parisian Macao | A Luxurious Green Oasis on the Cotai Strip

When guests and visitors step inside The Parisian Macao for the first time on Sept. 13, the elegance and grandeur of an integrated resort delivering outstanding experiences for business, leisure and family travellers will be immediately noticeable.

Research, Reports & Publications

NS Ergonomics: Safety, Efficiency, and the Bottom Line

Research, Reports & Publications

Orange Publishes Its First Integrated Annual Report

Orange has chosen to issue an “Integrated Annual Report” for the first time, which invites shareholders but also any stakeholder to consider the CSR aspect of its strategy. It aims to show how Orange, a digital, efficient and responsible company, focuses on a sustainable business plan to benefit its customers and create value for the whole society by making digital technology a driver of progress for all.

Diversity & Inclusion

3 Lifehacks by Sodexo for Happiness at Work

We just celebrated Labor Day, when we take the day off to relax and honor the hard work we do all year ‘round. But you shouldn’t have to take a day off work to enjoy yourself. Making work your happy place can go a long way towards improving your health and well-being. In fact, happiness in the workplace has been proven to increase employee engagement, which boosts productivity. And who doesn’t want to be happier, more engaged and more productive?

Responsible Production & Consumption

The State of Ethical Sourcing

Forced Labor, in its most contemporary form, affects over 21 million people and spans across some of the most globalized industries in the world. From electronics to automobile manufacturing, forced labor has taken an increasing presence in supply chains, and is becoming a serious issue that companies need to be aware of.

Environment

CSX Joins Forces with National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to Restore Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay watershed extends more than 64,000 miles across six different states and the District of Columbia with thousands of miles of rivers and streams, and is home to hundreds of species.

Energy

Q&A with Jennifer Brunelle, Head of positiveNRG, NRG Energy’s Philanthropy Program

Jennifer Brunelle leads the philanthropy program for Princeton, NJ-based NRG Energy, the leading integrated power company in the U.S.

Innovation & Technology

5G Cellular Evolution: Why It Will be a Foundation for Smart Cities

The power of connectivity is transforming all industries and forward-thinking cities.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Beliefs That Limit Corporate Funding

What keeps nonprofits from approaching corporate funders for support? Is there a difference in cultivating relationships with corporate funders vs private foundations and individual donors? What can a nonprofit do to break into this consistent yet, often elusive funding stream?

Innovation & Technology

6 Tips for Building and Running a Successful Software Donation Program

Peggy Duvette, Director of Social Impact for NetSuite.org, shares best practices for launching and running a software donation program, based on lessons learned from overseeing NetSuite's work with close to 700 nonprofits and social enterprises.

Events, Media & Communications

Crude Oil Flows to U.S. Refiners in Texas

The Houston Lateral Pipeline and the associated Houston Tank Terminal is the latest phase of the pipeline system from Alberta to Texas to become operational, helping to further drive North American energy security.

Environment

Towards 9 Billion - Do We Face the Future With Hope or Fear?

Recent years have shown us, through economic uncertainty and growing inequality, that our current systems are far from perfect. With a clearer picture of the challenges of the next few decades evolving, and an emergent global movement for delivering shared goals such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we need to both address the instabilities of our current systems and re-engineer them to deliver better sustainable lives for humanity as a whole.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Inclusive Agriculture Bears Fruit in Laos

Ironbark Lao, a subsidiary of Australia-based Ironbark Citrus, has joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a commitment to engage 250 smallholder farming families in its value chain by 2021. Through its Vilabouly Citrus Project, the company pledges to increase household incomes six-fold and create entrepreneurship opportunities for local communities throughout the citrus supply chain.

Events, Media & Communications

Engaging Millennials Through Employee Volunteering Programs

Engaging Millennials Through Employee Volunteering Programs

Research, Reports & Publications

Caterpillar's Good Deed in the Badlands

Chanku Waste Ranch is a reservation in South Dakota with roughly 60% of the homes either severely substandard or without a basic necessity. Thanks to contributions from Caterpillar’s Building Construction Products Division and Cat dealer Butler Equipment, the camp received a new backhoe loader to repair homes and train young people on how to utilize and care for heavy machinery.

Energy

Smart Growth: Kimberly-Clark’s Commitment To Increase Energy Efficiency

At Kimberly-Clark, we can point to many innovations that have improved energy efficiency and introduced alternative, lower carbon solutions. But Stewart Van Horn, Global Director of Energy Solutions, points out that it wouldn’t be possible without our people.

Events, Media & Communications

Save 10% for Building a Best-in-Class CSR Department CSR Certificate Program This Fall (September 28-29)

Governance & Accountability Institute and The Institute for Ethical Leadership at Rutgers Business School Newark are joining forces for the Fall two-day CSR Certificate program.

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