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Diversity & Inclusion

Global Businesses are Making a Difference on #SDG5 - Gender Equality

This week, Global Sourcing Council's 17 Weeks for 17 SDGs Intiative explores Goal 5 with examples of action from organizations and businesses to ensure gender equality and empower all women and girls.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

UPS Names Tamara Barker New Chief Sustainability Officer

UPS (NYSE: UPS) announced today that Tamara Barker has been named the company’s new Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) and Vice President of Environmental Affairs, effective immediately. Barker will succeed Rhonda Clark, a 26-year UPS veteran, who has been named Vice President of Corporate Plant Engineering for UPS.

Environment

A Banner Year for Sustainability: Translating the Results of 2015

2015 was a pivotal year for global sustainability. In September, the leaders of 193 United Nations (UN) Member States adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs, comprised of a set of 169 targets, are the heir to Millennium Development Goals and represent a shared vision for what needs to be achieved by 2030 to secure a sustainable future. A few months after the SDGs were announced, world leaders gathered in Paris and agreed in principle to a new global framework to address climate change.

While both the SDGs and Paris Agreement are public sector commitments, achieving them will require multi-stakeholder collaboration. Yet these landmark agreements also take center stage in a sustainability environment already ripe with a dizzying array of sustainability frameworks, g

Health & Healthcare

Baxter-Supported Community Partnership in India Launches Mobile Health Application to Expand Healthcare for Women and Children

Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) and the Baxter International Foundation, the company’s philanthropic arm, continued to advance access to healthcare through a recent collaboration with World Vision India to develop a mobile health application. In addition, Baxter and its foundation made financial and in-kind donations valued at nearly $25 million in 2015 to create lasting social, environmental and economic value for all stakeholders, including the communities in which its employees live and work.

Research, Reports & Publications

NAEM Fields Comprehensive Survey of EHS and Sustainability Organizations

Today NAEM initiated its latest benchmarking survey on how companies staff, structure and assign responsibilities to the environment, health and safety, and sustainability (EHS&S) function.

Events, Media & Communications

SROI Canada 2016 Training Dates Announced

SROI Canada 2016 Training dates announced for Calgary, Toronto and Vancouver

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

#NationalVolunteerWeek: Cox Conserves Heroes Celebrates Environmental Volunteers

It’s National Volunteer Week. Through the Cox Conserves Heroes program, we are honored to have recognized more than 150 environmental volunteers. Building trails, removing litter from rivers, generating environmental awareness, protecting aquifers, saving burrowing owls, leading interactive tours at farms, creating community gardens, removing invasive species and saving Hemlock trees are just a few of the projects led by Cox Conserves Heroes. And, it’s not their job. It’s their passion and commitment to the environment that spur this volunteerism and inspires others to act.

Education

Municipal Credit Union Brings Technology Upgrades To High School Students In The Flatlands

Thanks to a unique partnership with Generation Schools Network and CBS EcoMedia’s EducationAd program, Municipal Credit Union (MCU) is providing high school students at Brooklyn Generation School with important technology upgrades that will better prepare them for STEAM-focused fields, and enhance their educational experiences by bringing technology into classrooms.

Events, Media & Communications

Winds-of-Change Blowing Through Industry: The Fourth Industrial Revolution & The 21st Century Company in Focus…

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is upon us, writes Tim Nixon, managing editor at Greenbiz. He sees the important characteristics of the revolution including greater overall transparency and much more information made available in business and other walks of life; and, disruptive technology accelerating to send ripples of change throughout society. Imagine disruption on steroids. The major players in the revolution are investors, customers and regulators.

Education

The MFA Design for Social Innovation 2016 Thesis Show

Join is for the MFA DSI Thesis Show!

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Conundrum of Women and Investing

On Wall Street today, when Any Domini talks people listen and this article is why

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Amgen Scholars Travel Award Helps Carolyn Valdez Make Crucial Contacts

Carolyn Valdez was nervous, but ready. She was about to get up in front of 70 conference attendees, including prominent scientists in the field of proton-coupled electron transfer, and explain her research as a graduate student in chemistry. She came prepared, having rehearsed her 30-minute presentation many times before. Still, this felt like a big deal — and it was.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

SDG #2: Young Entrepreneurs are Key to Feeding the World

Innovation & Technology

Siemens and Airbus Sign Long-Term Cooperation Agreement in the Field of Hybrid Electric Propulsion Systems

Airbus Group and Siemens have signed a collaboration agreement in the field of hybrid electric propulsion. In doing so, the Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of both companies, Tom Enders and Joe Kaeser, have launched a major joint project towards the electrification of aviation with the goal of demonstrating the technical feasibility of various hybrid/electric propulsion systems by 2020.

Environment

Bacardi Wants You to "Hold the Straw" with Your Next Drink

Plastic disposable straws are a tremendous source of pollution, with the equivalent of 125 school buses being filled daily with trashed straws in the USA. Bacardi wants people to refuse straws outright and has made several of its venues straw-free.

Innovation & Technology

An Exclusive Interview with Amway’s Jeff Terry with Ideagen CEO George A. Sifakis

Ideagen CEO George Sifakis interviews Amway's Global Head for Corporate Responsibility, Jeff Terry regarding CSR work.

Diversity & Inclusion

Atlas Copco Builds the Most Competent Teams

Research, Reports & Publications

Panalpina Reports on Sustainability Progress During 2015

Panalpina has published its 2015 Corporate Sustainability Report, highlighting its approach to sustainability and corporate responsibility and the actions it took during 2015 to provide sustainable value for all stakeholders.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

LIVESTRONG Welcomes $1 Million Donation from Michigan Couple

When Jeri Mulder was just 20 years old, she went through an experience with cancer that she hoped nobody would ever have to face again. 28 years later, she and her husband Jeff will donate $1 million to the LIVESTRONG Foundation through their family’s Shine Foundation to ensure that cancer patients and survivors get the support and access to care she didn’t have.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Nearly Half of Youth Say They’re Interested in Volunteering More – As Long As Someone Shows Them the Way

Nearly half of America’s youth say a little coaching would encourage them to volunteer more, according to a new survey released today by The Allstate Foundation.

Innovation & Technology

Conservation of Complexity in the Age of Millennials

I’ll begin by rewinding back to my days at Apple, in the 1980s, where I learned about the Law of Conservation of Complexity. I had the privilege of working with and for Larry Tesler during my time there and he introduced me to this law...

Events, Media & Communications

Team LIVESTRONG Spotlight: Jill

It’s the people in our lives that make life more interesting, fun and ultimately meaningful.

Latest Campaigns

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    Come learn from Antea Group experts on a variety of topics. We produce webinars monthly and attend events regularly to keep in touch with current and...
  2. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
    Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is embedded in our company values. We actively promote it among our employees, raise awareness, and foster an...
  3. 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...
  4. Technology & Engineering Education
    We aim to inspire and cultivate the next generation of engineers and inventors by supporting organizations that foster innovation in education...
  5. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  6. 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...
  7. People
    Empowering Team Members, focusing on safety, and strengthening our communities.
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. Special Economic Zones
    Driving awareness of Special Economic Zones.
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  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. 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...
  15. 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...