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Bacardi-Owned BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® Announces ‘Electrifying’ Global Partnership With E1 Series

BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® is stepping into the world of sports entertainment, announcing a new global partnership with E1 Series – the world’s first all-electric race boat Championship that combines sports, entertainment and a respect for the world’s ‘natural blues.’

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Media & Communications

SB Launches Voyager Program to Accelerate Major Business Transformations Through Community Support

Sustainable Brands® (SB) launches SB Voyager today, a new program supporting businesses that face significant challenges related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance and reputation. This latest offering, a precursor to the SB Corporate Member Network, is designed to help companies, which do not yet meet the full qualifications for membership, overcome those challenges and fuel their transformation.

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Events, Media & Communications

The TriplePundit Flash: The 3 Stories You Need to Know, 3/5

Welcome to the weekly TriplePundit flash, for which every Monday we will offer up a quick rundown of the stories the editors at 3p think you need to know.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Women in Technology | Cisco to Broadcast Women of Impact Conference 2019

Cisco hosted a live chat about its Passion Project and culture of giving back. Our panel included Cisco executives, ambassadors from our Cisco Networking Academy, and representatives from Kiva; and we answered your questions live. View the #CiscoChat and register for our March 5th FREE live global broadcast of ‘Women Of Impact’ Conference.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Wave of New Fair Trade Certified Products Hits Grocery Store Shelves

More than 600 new Fair Trade Certified™ consumer packaged goods (CPG) products in 2018, many of which will be featured at the upcoming Natural Products Expo West trade show in Anaheim (March 5-9).

Diversity & Inclusion

Smithfield Foods Supports North Carolina State University Veteran Program

The Smithfield Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Smithfield Foods, Inc., announced today a $200,000 donation to North Carolina State University’s Soldier to Agriculture Program (STAP), an agricultural institute that provides in-depth career introductions and hands-on training to help veterans make the transition from military service to agricultural careers, North Carolina’s top industry.

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Diversity & Inclusion

MetLife Joins UN Women Global Innovation Coalition for Change

The Coalition is a dynamic partnership between UN Women and key representatives from the private sector, academia, and not-for-profit institutions focused on developing the innovation market to work better for women and to accelerate the achievement of gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Events, Media & Communications

The Next Wave of Employee Engagement: Takeaways from the Benevity Goodness Matters Conference

Last week, the Cone team headed to the Benevity Goodness Matters conference in Palm Springs, California for more than two days of conversation around imagining what’s next in the world of employee engagement.

Events, Media & Communications

Effective EHS Programs are Integrated Across Functions, Silos

This year, NAEM redesigned its EHS Operational Excellence conference to emphasize how companies are integrating EHS into business operations. Lissa Aquino, Corporate Compliance Assurance Manager with Stepan Co., has been contributing to the confernece planning committee. She shared insights about the changing role of EHS within companies and what to expect at the conference.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Leaders Should Engage In Principled Conflict

As widely reported, before John Dingell, the longest serving member of Congress, passed away recently, he shared some thoughts in his final statement to America.

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Research, Reports & Publications

AccountAbility Publishes Its ‘7 Sustainability Trends’ Facing the Global Business Community Over the Year Ahead

Automation. Urbanization. Impact. Supply chain intelligence. The shift to circular business models.

What do these trends have in common? They are all advancing the case for Corporate Sustainability and in turn, making it a core business issue within boardrooms and enterprises worldwide.

Diversity & Inclusion

No Barriers Warriors y Wells Fargo buscan exparticipantes para la expedición Warrior Strong: The Journey Continues de 2019

No Barriers Warriors (en inglés) y Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC [en inglés]) forman un equipo de exparticipantes de No Barriers Warriors para la expedición Warrior Strong: The Journey Continues de 2019 al monte Baker (en inglés), un volcán glaciar en la cordillera de las Cascadas en el estado de Washington. El épico viaje, diseñado con el fin de presentar desafíos mentales y físicos rigurosos, tiene como objetivo ayudar a los veteranos a reflexionar sobre su pasado, reconocer sus contribuciones a sus comunidades y desarrollar una visión para su servicio continuo.

Diversity & Inclusion

No Barriers, Wells Fargo Seek Alumni for the 2019 Warrior Strong: The Journey Continues Expedition

No Barriers and Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) are building a team of No Barriers Warriors alumni for the 2019 Warrior Strong: The Journey Continues expedition to Mt. Baker, a glaciated volcano in Washington State’s Cascade Mountain Range. This epic journey, designed to provide rigorous mental and physical challenges, aims to help the veterans reflect on their past, recognize their contributions to their communities, and develop a vision for their continued service.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Bacardi Bemoans Brand Greenwashing Stunts

Consumers are more sensitive to greenwashing as brands continue to ride the pro-environment bandwagon, according to 42BELOW global brand manager Kane Stanford. Speaking to AdNews on the subject, which is when brands use marketing to mislead consumers into thinking they are environmentally friendly, Stanford said greenwashing can have the opposite effect if done wrong.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

New Report Reveals 12 Proven Practices for Advancing Frontline Women, Making Retailers More Profitable

New research from FSG on how to advance women into management roles in the retail sector. In doing so, companies are able to improve retention rates, reduce the cost of turnover, improve customer loyalty, and strengthen retailers’ performance.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Medtronic Introduces New Family Leave Policy

The Medtronic Family Care Leave (FCL) Policy took effect May 1, 2018, for all full-time and part-time employees in the United States. It provides up to six additional weeks of paid time off for employees to care for sick family members or to support family impacted when a spouse, child or parent is called to active military duty. The benefit also covers mothers and fathers bonding with a new child (birth, adoptive or surrogate, and including non-birth parents). Combined with already existing parental benefits, mothers of newborns can now receive up to 14 weeks of paid time off and new fathers can receive up to 8 weeks.

Health & Healthcare

UPS’s Safest Drivers Log Enough Accident-Free Miles For 200 Round Trips To Mars

UPS is celebrating National Safety Week and our Circle of Honor inductees who have driven 14 billion accident-free miles. Learn more about the 10,364 men and women who have driven 25 years without an avoidable accident.

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Environment

Workplace Injuries Are Declining: Here’s How EHS Leaders Can Continue to Gain Momentum

Continue to gain momentum on declining workplace injuries with strategic and tactical advice from Antea Group.

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Media & Communications

Morgan Stanley Research Important Takeaway: Sustainable Investing Approaches Now Clearly Mainstream For Institutional and Retail Asset Owners

A 2018 survey by Morgan Stanley took the pulse of U.S. asset managers (with in-depth telephone interviews) to determine the level of adoption of sustainable investing approaches by asset managers in the United States.

Environment

General Mills to Advance Regenerative Agriculture Practices on One Million Acres of Farmland by 2030

General Mills today announced its commitment to advance regenerative agriculture practices on one million acres of farmland by 2030. The Company will partner with organic and conventional farmers, suppliers and trusted farm advisors in key growing regions to drive the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices. A contributor to climate change, it is estimated that the global food system accounts for roughly one-third of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and 70 percent of water consumption.

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Energy

How Electrical Distribution Networks Can Contribute to a Low-Carbon Future

Climate change is a rapidly growing global concern. Therefore, new, more stringent regulations to reduce CO2 emissions will be introduced to allow a massive deployment of distributed energy resources, including the incorporation of electric vehicles. Electrical distribution utilities will therefore face problems in managing their networks and will need to adopt new solutions. This paper offers modern strategies for leveraging smart grid and microgrid tools, as well as more environmentally-friendly switchgear, and a circular economy approach, in order to help electrical distribution utilities meet and exceed regulatory targets toward a low-carbon future.

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Innovation & Technology

Black & Veatch: With Their Surging Populaces More Technologically Savvy, Cities Must Start Planning Digitally Connected Communities

Urban centers are growing more congested. Digitalization takes deepening root in the American experience. Connected devices number into the billions, stoking the influence of consumers at the epicenter of this new on-demand, data-driven economy.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

A Smart Solution to Wasted Truck Journeys

Until 2009, double-deck trailers would deliver consignments of 20 tractor cabs built at CNH Industrial’s factory in Croix, north-eastern France, to the New Holland Agriculture plant in Basildon, UK, where the manufacture of tractors is completed. Because the trailers had top decks that were fixed in place and the finished tractors were too tall to fit, they would drive back to Croix empty.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Expert Interview with Dr. Catherine Courtney, Marine Environmental Science Expert

Dr. Catherine (Kitty) Courtney has more than 25 years of international and domestic experience in marine and coastal management, climate change adaptation, and coastal community resilience.

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Education

AEG Teams Up with Read to a Child to Host Read Across America Day Celebration at 10th Street Elementary in Los Angeles

AEG volunteers spent the day visiting the 1st-5th grade students of sister-school Tenth Street Elementary on Friday February 22nd, in honor of Dr. Seuss’s Birthday. The Read Across America Day celebration consisted of volunteers being paired with children in small groups to read, laugh, and connect.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Papyrus-Recycled Paper Greetings Is #FundingHer Future Through Whole Planet Foundation

In the spirit of #FundHerFuture, the generosity of David and the Papyrus-Recycled Paper Greetings generosity has created 43,000 opportunities for women entrepreneurs and their family members to live a better life through entrepreneurship.

Latest Campaigns

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  2. Subaru Love Promise: Environment
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  3. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
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  6. GoDaddy Sustainability News & Reports
    GoDaddy's ESG reporting shows our progress in building a more sustainable, equitable and inclusive society and outlines areas for future growth.

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  9. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...

  10. Principal Financial Group: Employee Engagement
    Talented employees are the heart and soul of our company. We believe development inspires individuals to engage, empower, and embrace a growth mindset...

  11. Environmental Sustainability
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    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...

  13. AMD Environmental Sustainability
    Advancing sustainability across our operations, supply chain manufacturing and product stewardship

  14. ESG Voices: Short Podcasts Addressing the Opportunities and Challenges of ESG
    This podcast series takes a deep dive into the opportunities and challenges of ESG and what it means for businesses and communities through interviews...

  15. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...