In recognition of World Youth Skills Day and Chronic Illness Awareness Month, FedEx celebrates Calm Canvas, a team of young entrepreneurs from Ohio who earned the 2025 Global Possibilities Award, presented by FedEx during Future Bound™ by Junior Achievement.
Kimberly-Clark UK & Ireland, manufacturer of leading household name brands including Andrex® and Kleenex®, becomes the first major consumer products company in the UK to make a significant commitment to green hydrogen, signalling its commitment to a more sustainable future.
I come from a big, close-knit family and always dreamed of having one of my own someday. What was in store is even more than I could have ever expected.
For the first time in over a century, Parisians are once again swimming in the River Seine. What once seemed impossible is now a reality – thanks in large part to the vision, momentum and partnership inspired by the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
The increasing consumer demand for sustainable packaging is being driven by growing environmental awareness and the desire to reduce waste. Consumers are increasingly seeking products with packaging that is recyclable, biodegradable, compostable or made from renewable or circular
Federal Express Corporation (FedEx), one of the world’s largest express transportation companies, participated in a plogging initiative with the Korea Green Foundation to combat plastic waste pollution and promote environmental responsibility.
In June 1981, news of a mysterious disease first began making headlines out of San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. People who were impacted developed unusual infections and grew sick as their immune systems failed.
Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world’s largest cruise company, today announced that Vicky Rey, vice president of government affairs for Latin America, has been appointed to the Champions 12.3 coalition.
A year ago, beneath a stormy summer sky, history unfolded along the River Seine. For the first time ever, the Opening Ceremony broke free from stadium walls and embraced the city itself.
We’ve been working for years to reduce the levels of waste from our operations. We continue to sharpen our focus on food waste, engaging in initiatives aiming to avoid it.
They come from Syria, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Nigeria, Gambia, Pakistan, and Iraq. Some of them fled their homeland only recently, while others applied for asylum in Germany quite some time ago.
The international community committed in 2015 to the most ambitious global agenda to date – the Sustainable Development Agenda – aiming to end poverty and ensure prosperity, peace and a sustainable planet for all by 2030.
In 2015, Xylem created enterprise-wide Safety Excellence Awards to recognize sites across all our businesses that achieved excellent safety performance.
Leading an active lifestyle is essential to maintaining everyday wellness. While staying healthy can seem hard during those early morning swims or late night jogs, sometimes a change of scenery provides the extra inspiration you need to power through, be it a stroll through a beautiful park, an organized walk or passing a bike stand on your way to work. When communities have access to resources that encourage activity, they have the opportunity to become healthier together.
An electrically-powered aerobatic aircraft manufactured by Extra Aircraft has successfully undergone its maiden flight. Its record-setting motor was developed by Siemens.
This year our Kimberly-Clark business in Russia celebrates its 20 year anniversary after opening their doors in 1996 in Moscow! They started with a small team of four people, and has since grown into a successful business with over 550 employees.
In 2015, Alliance Data expanded our focus on children's health by donating over $1 million to children's hospitals across the United States. Additionally, more than 9.7 million miles - the equivalent of $1 million - were donated to children's charities through the Canadian AIR MILES reward miles program. These community efforts, in addition to our responsible use of data, are outlined in our 2015 Corporate Responsibility report.
When Anthony Verona, a chef for Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Life Services, heard how cooking helped 16-year-old Chef Jack Witherspoon cope with battling leukemia three times, he was inspired to invite him to share his experiences with patients and families at University Hospitals Case Medical Center. Now in full remission, Jack often uses his personal story and his cooking skills to connect with other cancer patients and survivors and raise money for cancer research.
You may have already heard of VM Summit 16. This unique conference, brought to you by VolunteerMatch, brings companies and nonprofits together in one place to collaborate on how to create better, more impactful partnerships, while harnessing the power of corporate volunteering.
But you may still be wondering, “Is VM Summit 16 right for me?”
Today Jeff Terry, global manager for Amway corporate social responsibility, will be presenting at the U.N. during the Ideagen U.N. Empowering Women & Girls 2030 Summit.
From Alberta to Quebec to New Brunswick, Energy East connects Western Canada’s abundant resources with industry centres in the east, creating thousands of jobs and investments in local communities along the way and reducing our reliance on foreign oil.
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC), NeighborWorks® America and its network member Origin today announced the NeighborhoodLIFT® program with a $4.1 million commitment by Wells Fargo to help boost homeownership in Richland and Lexington counties.
As a global investments company, BNY Mellon is invested in market integrity, our people and our world. In the 35 countries and more than 100 markets where we do business, corporate social responsibility enables us to drive lasting impact.
Today we are celebrating World Facilities Management Day (World FM Day), dedicated to recognizing the men and women across the globe who take on the challenging responsibility of maintaining the safety, efficiency and usability of our workplaces.
Republic recently hosted a group of high school students enrolled in the Harris-Stowe University Science Summer Camp. The students are from the Jennings and Riverview Gardens school districts in St. Louis, Missouri and were invited to tour the Bridgeton Landfill and Republic’s St. Louis Recycling Center.
The fossil fuel divestiture campaign GoFossilFree equates the end of oil, gas and coal to the great moral crusades of our time — Apartheid and tobacco — while hoping to reduce demand for fossil fuel stocks and thereby threaten their stock prices.
The recent mass shooting at Pulse—a popular Orlando Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) nightclub and safe space—killed and wounded more than 100 people, and left our nation in shock. This tragedy is a stark reminder of the terrifying violence LGBT communities can face on a daily basis.
“I don’t like my job.” That's how many employees may feel according to a Gallup survey that states less than one-third (31.5%) of U.S. workers were engaged in their jobs in 2014. Gallup defines engaged employees as those who are involved in, enthusiastic about and committed to their work and workplace. It’s easy to say that the average employee has felt apathy about his job at one time or another. Personally I don’t believe that I fall within the 68.5% of un-engaged workers. That would make me average – and I’m not. Frankly, your employees aren’t average either. What does “average” really mean anyway? Merriam-Webster states it is a ratio expressing the average performance especially of an athletic team or an athlete computed according to the number of opportunities for successful performan
The nation’s largest electric producers continue to substantially reduce emissions of key air pollutants, the latest comprehensive analysis of U.S. power plant emissions shows.
Channel 2 WSB-TV, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, today launched Atlanta’s 2016 Cox Conserves Heroes to honor local environmental volunteers. Nominations are being accepted now through August 26 at wsbtv.com/coxconservesheroes for volunteers who are creating, preserving or enhancing outdoor spaces. Nominee activities must be performed on a volunteer basis and may not be part of one’s paid job.
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