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Social Impact & Volunteering

Wendy’s Franchise Owner Plans “Tour de Adoption”

Wendy’s Franchisee Ed Anderson is training day in and day out for a bike ride across America. He tells the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption exactly what is driving him to raise awareness about foster care adoption and how you can help.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Final Days to Nominate Volunteers for Arizona’s 5th Annual Cox Conserves Heroes Awards Program

Cox Communications, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, is seeking nominations for Arizona’s 5th annual Cox Conserves Heroes awards program. A total of $20,000 will be donated to local environmental nonprofits on behalf of the winner and finalists.

Innovation & Technology

Experiential Learning Offers Leaders a Pathway to Shared Value

“Rather than marketing solutions to build the coolest and newest applications, we need to help the telecommunications providers build and manage reliable networks.” In 2013, Matt Berry spent three weeks in Nigeria as part of IBM’s Smarter Cities Challenge. For Berry, who was Director of Marketing for IBM Mobile First at the time, he experienced a number of light bulb moments over the course of his assignment. “The company that can guarantee 24/7 coverage,” said Berry, “will blow away the competition.” This critical insight was sparked when he witnessed someone pull four mobile phones from their bag to make a call. All Nigerian network providers, they explained, were unreliable. When one provider went down, they would pick up the next phone.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Supporting the Future of UK Small Businesses

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Colors in our Lives: Changing Attitudes Toward People with Disabilities

In her first blog post, Bindu Sengar, administrative coordinator for Keystone Institute India, addresses the attitudes of society toward people with disabilities. She writes, "It was an emotional moment for me when I met with such beautiful people, families, teachers, and professionals, and realized the poor treatment they have received at the hands of our society. They helped me to feel the pain they were going through – a pain brought on not by disability, but instead by the feeling of shame society lays onto people, and by the limited sorts of help families can find in their communities."

Research, Reports & Publications

Lockheed Martin as a High-Trust Workplace

Research, Reports & Publications

MetLife Foundation | A Message from the President

Anyone who works in financial services comes to understand that financial well-being affects, and is affected by, virtually every other area of life—from health status to educational attainment to family formation and much more.

Diversity & Inclusion

Practitioner Spotlight--Tim Larson

Let's take a closer look at one of Antea Group's most valuable resources--its people! Next up is operational performance and assurance practitioner Tim Larson out of St. Paul, who talks to us about what solutions he's working on for the practice area, the coolest project he's ever worked on, and what TV show character he most identifies with.

Events, Media & Communications

Strength & Stability Focus of AGM

President & CEO Russ Girling presents solid financial results to shareholders at Annual General Meeting in Calgary and details how TransCanada’s low-risk strategy continues to bring stability and strong results.

Environment

Three National Parks Targeted for Zero Landfill Initiative, Subaru Sharing Its Expertise

Subaru, together with the National Park Service and the National Parks Conservation Association, is leveraging their environmental expertise to work toward a goal of significantly reducing waste going into landfills from all national parks.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Tapping Into the Inclusive Business Opportunity in Asia: Can the SDGs Fuel Inclusive Business?

According to a soon-to-be-launched report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on impact investing in Southeast Asia, the base of the economic pyramid (BoP) market in East and Southeast Asia is comprised of 1.3 billion people with a purchasing power of US$4.7 trillion. Inclusive businesses – commercially viable enterprises that provide livelihoods and essential goods and services to people at the BoP – can play a key role in responding to this market’s unmet needs.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Best Practice: February-March 2016

The Feb/March 2016 issue of Best Practice includes CSR and sustainability case studies from thought leaders across several industries

Social Impact & Volunteering

Corporate Giving & Engagement: Executive Leadership Support

One of the hallmarks of a strategic corporate giving and engagement program is genuine Executive Leadership Support.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

In Africa, #MarketsMatter for a Healthy Society

When it comes to improving access to healthcare in Africa, markets matter. From pharmaceutical companies to small clinics, an interconnected private market complements public sector services to help patients receive the healthcare they need, when and where they need it.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Arrow Electronics Wins PR Week 360 Global Award for Corporate Social Responsibility

Centennial, Colo., May 2, 2016 /3BL Media/ – Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) walked away with top honors in the Corporate Social Responsibility category at the PR Week 360 Global Awards on Thursday in London.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Sodexo Employees Celebrate 20 Years of Fighting Hunger in North America as 2016 Stop Hunger Servathon Concludes

Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Life Services, celebrated the successful 20th year of employees impacting hunger issues in communities across North America in April. Its annual Stop Hunger Servathon, a month-long, global effort, drew to a close last week. Every year during the month of April, Sodexo employees, clients, customers and local stakeholders join forces to fight hunger and raise awareness about related health and nutrition issues. Results for the worldwide effort will be announced in June.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Atlas Copco Rental: Safety Means A Lot to Us

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Outstanding Safety Record at Atlas Copco Chile

Social Impact & Volunteering

Diageo North America Employees Revitalize STAR Center in Norwalk to Benefit Neighbors with Disabilities

More than 100 employees from Diageo North America’s finance team undertook a transformational service project at the STAR, Inc. Lighting the Way center in Norwalk this week. STAR is a nonprofit organization that has provided services to individuals with developmental disabilities in mid-Fairfield County since 1952.

Diversity & Inclusion

Four Questions with PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi and Target’s Brian Cornell on Advancing Women in Leadership

​Indra Nooyi and Brian Cornell have a lot in common. They first met back in 1998, when Indra was leading strategy and business development for PepsiCo, and Brian was managing Tropicana’s North American business.

Social Impact & Volunteering

#GoingToBat Community Spotlight: Nelson Cruz

Nelson Cruz, a native of Las Matas de Santa Cruz, Dominican Republic, is an international superstar. Some of his best work, however, is not on a baseball diamond, but away from the spotlight supporting causes close to his heart.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Pizza Hut Harvest: Fighting Food Waste, Hunger and Greenhouse Emissions, One Slice of Pizza at a Time

Pizza Hut has a strong legacy with food donations, dating back to 1992 when we became the first company to create a national surplus food donation program.

Diversity & Inclusion

BMS Foundation Working to Improve Minorities’ Access to Healthcare

April is National Minority Health Month in the United States and this year the Department of Health and Human Services has chosen the theme, “Accelerating Health Equity for the Nation.” The goal is to raise awareness of the health disparities that continue to affect racial and ethnic minorities and to mobilize groups across the nation, like the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, to work with government and other partners to accelerate the realization of health equity – the attainment of the highest level of health for all people (Healthy People 2020).

Research, Reports & Publications

Transformative Technologies

Latest Campaigns

  1. Technology & Engineering Education
    We aim to inspire and cultivate the next generation of engineers and inventors by supporting organizations that foster innovation in education...
  2. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  3. 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...
  4. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  5. Southwire 2024 Sustainability Report
    Southwire was founded in 1950 with the goal of bringing electric light to people who needed it. In 2025, as we celebrate the 75-year history of our...
  6. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
    At Franklin Templeton, we are proud of our commitment to communities where we live and work. Each year, we engage with hundreds of organizations...
  7. 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...
  8. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  9. Social Progress
    Social engagement has always been an integral part of our sense of responsibility as a company. We care and we act to do our part to improve the...
  10. Greener Products and Solutions
    We actively integrate sustainability into the product development process and look at all phases of the product life cycle for opportunities to...
  11. Accelerating access to healthcare technology
    We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...
  12. Innovation Spotlight: Duke Energy
    At Duke Energy, we’re always improving operations and finding smart, safe and innovative ways to power the communities we serve. We’re embracing new...
  13. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  14. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  15. GoDaddy | Customers
    GoDaddy is the world’s largest services platform for entrepreneurs around the globe. We’re on a mission to empower our worldwide community of 20+...