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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

ON Semiconductor Gives Back To the Largest Turkey Drive in the Nation

ON Semiconductor had the pleasure of sponsoring the 2019 Turkey Tuesday month-long campaign turkeys to feed families in need this holiday season in Phoenix, Arizona.

Innovation & Technology

General Motors and LG Chem Team Up to Advance Toward an All-Electric Future, Add Jobs in Ohio

General Motors (NYSE: GM) and LG Chem has announced plans to mass-produce battery cells for future battery-electric vehicles. Together, the companies will invest up to a total of $2.3 billion through a new, equally owned joint venture company.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Power of Giving at Duke Energy

A little more than 10 years ago, Duke Energy employee Amber Cason adopted Ruby, a Staffordshire Dachshund mix with a dash of Weimaraner. Walking through rows of kennels at the Humane Society, Cason spotted the reddish six-month-old...

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Alexion Celebrates Family Day Across the Globe

At Alexion, we invest in and value people who believe in the importance of our purpose and understand what it takes to deliver on it. But we know that achieving our goals takes not only the dedication of our employees...

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Xylem Announces Partnership With The Chris Long Foundation

Xylem and Waterboys seek to raise awareness about domestic water issues, including that 1.5 million people in the U.S. lack access to clean, safe drinking water at home.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

PNC Makes Newsweek’s Inaugural List of America’s Most Responsible Companies

Newsweek just published its first list of America’s Most Responsible Companies, and PNC made the list at No. 71.

Environment

Logitech Commits to Ambitious 1.5°C Climate Pledge and 100% Renewable Electricity Goal

Logitech International, an award-winning design company and maker of cloud peripheral products, is extending its commitment to future generations by setting ambitious sustainability goals for its products, packaging, and operations.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

PayPal Surpasses $100 Million in Donations this GivingTuesday

GivingTuesday is a global giving movement empowering people and organizations to transform their communities and create the world they want to live in.

Energy

Geronimo Energy Announces Commercial Operation of 200 MW South Dakota Wind Farm

Geronimo Energy (Geronimo), a wholly owned subsidiary of National Grid Plc, announced today the start of commercial operations for its Crocker Wind Farm (Crocker), a 200 megawatt (MW) wind energy project located in Clark County, South Dakota.

Social Impact & Volunteering

The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 124: Making Pro-Bono Volunteering Work for Your Organization

What makes pro-bono relationships work for all partners, and how can your company or social good organization set up a pro bono program that has an impact? Danielle Holly and Rachel Hutchisson dive into the answer on the sgENGAGE Podcast.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Podcast | General Mills Celebrates World Soil Day With Soil Health Pioneer Gabe Brown

As part of the food industry, General Mills recognizes that agriculture contributes to some of our most pressing sustainability challenges. And we believe that the most promising solutions start with healthy soil.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Feast of Sharing Presented by Nickelodeon

More than 1,000 residents of the Pico Union area - all families - enjoyed a banquet dinner with a delicious Thanksgiving menu prepared by Food Inc, our longtime Kids Choice Awards caterer, and served by live action and voice talent from our shows.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Taproot Foundation Announces $200 Million in Pro Bono Services Provided to the Social Sector

Taproot Foundation announces today a significant milestone for the organization—surpassing $200 million worth of pro bono services provided to the social sector through its programs. These services are available to nonprofits and social good organizations around the world, free of charge.

Health & Healthcare

Specsavers Uses HPE Greenlake to Expand Eye Disease Diagnostics and Serve More Patients

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced its collaboration with Specsavers utilising the HPE GreenLake platform to support 385 retail stores across Australia and New Zealand.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Investing in a Sustainable Future

Demand for environmental, social and governance (ESG) data has accelerated as the demand for consistent and high quality data around sustainability issues goes mainstream.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Blockchain Through the Whole Supply Chain: Traceability at the Source Depends on Trust

BSR and Envisible describe their project to support a global brand and its supply chain partners to establish a blockchain-enabled traceable supply chain that delivers sustainability benefits to all the actors in the supply chain.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Aflac Brings 2019 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball to Pediatric Cancer Patients

Health & Healthcare

6 Things Every Donor Should Have the Day of Blood Stem Cell Donation

Peripheral Blood Stem Cell donation is a non-surgical, outpatient procedure that collects blood stem cells via the bloodstream. It’s also the procedure that's used in 75% of donations. Here are 6 things you will need for the day of your donation.

Environment

Ray C. Anderson Foundation's NextGen Committee Awards $100,000 Grant to Inga Foundation

The NextGen Committee of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to The Inga Foundation for their "Land for Life" program. Helping farmers in Honduras repair the soil and establish food security and cash crops.

Environment

Plate Waste in US Cafeterias Could Total 530,000 Tons per Year

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) released Food Waste Warriors: A Deep Dive Into Food Waste in US Schools. The report analyzed post-service food waste in 46 schools in nine U.S. cities across eight states.

Environment

Ecolab Joins the U.N. Global Compact's Business Ambition for 1.5⁰C

Ecolab, the leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services, will align its operations and supply chain to the U.N. Global Compact’s Business Ambition for 1.5⁰C, and work to cut its carbon emissions 50% by 2030 and to net-zero by 2050.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Points of Light Launches The Civic 50 Survey to Recognize Nation’s Top Corporate Citizens for 2020

Points of Light, a global nonprofit dedicated to accelerating people-powered change, today launched The Civic 50 survey for 2020. The survey will remain open through March 5, 2020, and the list of honorees will be publicly announced at the Points of Light Conference in Washington, D.C., on June 9, 2020.

Diversity & Inclusion

2020 Vision: Lausanne en Jeux ! Set to Bring Cultural Festival to the YOG

The upcoming Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Lausanne 2020 will not just be about sport.The Olympic Capital is also set to engage local people throughout the games with a special cultural programme and sports tasters.

Environment

SL Green Realty Corporation Awarded for Outstanding Energy Efficiency Commitments

A notable New York City building owner is setting a high bar in energy efficiency and sustainability upgrades.

Research, Reports & Publications

First Global Standard for Tax Transparency

The launch of a new tax reporting standard that seeks to ensure multinationals are much clearer about how much – and where – they pay their taxes has received widespread international support.

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