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Health & Healthcare

International WELL Building Institute Launches WELL Health-Safety Rating for Facility Operations and Management of Sports and Entertainment Venues

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), the world’s leading certification body for healthy buildings, today announced the launch of the WELL Health-Safety Rating for Facility Operations and Management, an evidence-based, third-party verified rating focusing on operational policies, cleaning protocols and design strategies to address a post COVID-19 environment.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Leaders' Insights: Keeping The Lights On With Caspar Herzberg, CEO Of Schneider Electric, Middle East & Africa

As the world continues to respond to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Caspar Herzberg, CEO of Schneider Electric for the Middle East & Africa, says that the best response to the crisis is to stay calm, make efforts to understand the situation, and playout and prepare for different scenarios.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

NFCC Receives $400,000 Grant From the Wells Fargo Foundation to Keep Americans Housed in Response to COVID-19

The National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) today announced a $400,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation which will enable the organization to provide services to support housing preservation for renters and homeowners who are struggling with the financial impact of the current coronavirus pandemic.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CNH Industrial Helps Local Communities in India With Essential COVID-19 Supplies

As part of CNH Industrial’s N.V. ongoing corporate social responsibility actions in India, local teams have been hard at work deploying sanitary supplies for municipal distribution and to healthcare providers.

Environment

Can Air Pollution Exacerbate COVID-19?

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues, scientists are tirelessly investigating what factors might make people more vulnerable to infection. One intriguing possibility is air pollution, specifically inhalable particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter (PM2.5).

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Call for Mandatory Non-Financial Reporting in EU – Built on GRI

This week there has been an insightful contribution to the debate about sustainability disclosure in the EU, provided by Carol Adams, Professor of Accounting at Durham University Business School.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Connect With Marketing, IT, and Finance Volunteers…Virtually!

The past few weeks have been overwhelming for nonprofits as community needs have risen and fundraising opportunities have shifted.

Education

5 Ways to Learn About Electricity at Home

You flip the light switch and, like magic, your lights come on and the ceiling fan starts to spin. But, it’s not magic – it’s a complex system of power plants, people and technology that runs every day to make sure we have reliable electricity.

Diversity & Inclusion

A Love of Farming and a Passion for Research

Koryne Carlson puts to work both her passion for farming and agricultural degree in Agronomy in her role as an Oat Agronomy Technician at our Oat Breeding and Agronomy Research Lab in Brookings, South Dakota.

Events, Media & Communications

Virtually Experience the Porter Novelli Purpose Summit

The COVID‐19 crisis is accelerating the transformation of business – one that solidifies the private sector mandate of a stakeholder‐first, rather than shareholder‐only, mentality.

Events, Media & Communications

Achieving a 4.0 for Sustainability in Higher Education

Sustainability is at the forefront of higher institutional change; initiatives are made to not only reduce operating costs, but work to also attract and retain talent.

Health & Healthcare

World Community Grid Joins in the Fight Against COVID-19

One easy way to help join the fight against COVID-19 is through IBM’s World Community Grid, which crowdsources the surplus computing power that volunteers like you and me have, and uses it for scientific research.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Colleagues Making a Difference: Alberta Brown

Bechtel’s Alberta Brown has transitioned her 140-mile round-trip commute into crafting sessions for those in need at her home. She has been sewing masks and crafting cards continuously in her basement for family members, nursing homes, and others.

Health & Healthcare

Preventing the Next Pandemic: mRNA Vaccines and siRNA oligo Therapies

Investing in promising new pharmaceutical platforms like oligonucleotide therapies could reduce the gap between first detection and total eradication in future pandemics.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Join Social Value Canada for the Social Value Certification Webinar

Social Value is of private, public and social-sector importance. Social Value Canada is a network bringing social value skills and knowledge to our work.

Diversity & Inclusion

Cisco Helps Military Veterans Find Paths to Meaningful Employment through Partnership with Onward to Opportunity

We’re all navigating this fast-changing environment, doing our best to adjust to the rapid shift to remote working and online learning. This can feel even more uncertain for our military and veteran community as they transition to civilian careers.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

IVECO Supports the Red Cross in Northern Italy

Conscious of its social responsibility as one of the world’s largest producers of trucks and buses, IVECO is supporting various local initiatives across Europe to address the challenges raised by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Education

Curiosity Labs™ at Home: Chromatography

How do scientists separate mixtures? Check out MilliporeSigma's Curiosity Labs™ at Home video to learn how through a fun chromatography experiment.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Wells Fargo Announces Efforts to Keep People Housed in Response to COVID-19

Wells Fargo & Company today announced additional efforts to help people stay in their homes with funding for more than 500 nonprofits across the U.S., as part of the Wells Fargo Foundation’s $175 million commitment to assist people and communities in response to COVID-19.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Everything You Need to Know About the COVID-19 Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund

It has been two months since the first case of coronavirus was reported in Nigeria. From the onset, the government put measures in place to slow the pandemic, including 5-week lockdowns in Lagos and Abuja.

Research, Reports & Publications

Announcing eBay's 2019 Impact Report

Today, we’re releasing our 2019 Impact Report, which encompasses our environmental, social and governance work throughout the past year and explores our progress to-date on our impact goals.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Olympic Games Offer Young People Key Skills to Enter Job Market, Says IOC Guide

The publication, entitled The Olympic Games: A Springboard for Young Professionals, offers suggestions for future and potential Olympic Games organisers on how to put in place even greater youth employment and development opportunities.

Education

U.S. High School Students Compete Virtually in 2020 Euro Challenge

On May 12, 14 and 18, following regional contests, 25 teams from across the country compete virtually in the semi-final round of the annual Euro Challenge competition for American high-school students.

Education

Georgia Teen Selected as Grand Prize Winner in National Teen Safe Driving PSA Competition

Toyota and Discovery Education announced the winners of the TeenDrive365 Video Challenge, a national safe-driving public service announcement competition for high school students.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How to Create Value through Impact Management in 5 steps

As there is plenty of information on each step of the entrepreneurial journey, the idea is not to repeat these teachings, but rather, to establish parallels and show how the adoption of impact management tools and techniques can be crucial

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