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Corporate Responsibility

This is How Partnerships Fuel Schneider Electric's Sustainable Success

Organizations need to digitize their business processes to be competitive; and at Schneider Electric, we see 4 global transformations impacting the world and businesses: Electrification, Decentralization, Decarbonization, Digitization.

Philanthropy

National Neighborhood Promise Year in Review: 23 Projects, $2 Million in Grants

It’s been said that charity starts at home, and for Republic Services, that means helping make a difference in the neighborhoods where our employees live and work.

Research & Reports

Arrow Electronics Promotes Year-Round Giving Through Arrow Charitable Platform

While charitable contributions typically rise during the holidays, Arrow Electronics encourages year-round giving through its Arrow Charitable platform.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

In Focus: Intel and Responsible Mineral Sourcing

Intel is recognized for its achievements on supply chain sustainability. The company has manufactured microprocessors that are conflict-free since 2013 and has been a leader in eradicating forced labor practices.

Philanthropy

Three Ways Funders Can Be Co-Strategists

Don't just fund the work. Three opportunities for philanthropic funders to be co-strategists.

Environment

The Glass Isn’t Half Empty: Reasons To Be Optimistic About Water Issues

Solving the water scarcity problem, especially as the impacts from climate change mount, can feel like a Herculean task. Despite our close connection to water, most people do not know how it gets to our taps or what is involved in that process.

Corporate Responsibility

Ecolab's Douglas Baker is the First Recipient of the Dayton Award

Douglas M. Baker, Jr., chairman and CEO of Ecolab Inc., has received the Dayton Award for Distinction in Moral Capitalism from the Caux Round Table for Moral Capitalism. The award, presented Nov. 22, recognizes Minnesota business leaders for corporate responsibility and celebrates big picture thinking about how business improves lives and societies.

Volunteering & Community

Common Impact Connections Newsletter: Giving Tuesday Edition

This holiday season, support your favorite causes not just by donating, but also by sharing your skills and expertise! Learn how skills-based volunteering can have lasting effects on social impact organizations, plus other news from Common Impact.

Philanthropy

How Albertsons Is Redefining Flower Power

The retailer is adding a philanthropic component to its Debi Lilly Design line of floral and home décor. Now, when customers purchase one of the grocer's new Debi Lilly Design Extending Smiles floral designs at participating stores, $1 of the proceeds will be used to provide a pair of shoes, clean water or food to someone in need.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Embraces Sustainability as a “Fresh Start” and Profit Generator

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has found that sustainability isn’t just good for public relations. Along with a growing number of leading companies, the IT giant is discovering it’s also a profit generator.

Awards & Rankings

Grohe Is One of Germany’s Top Three Most Sustainable Big Companies

At the German Sustainability Award ceremony, GROHE secured a placement among the top 3 in the category "Germany's Most Sustainable Big Companies 2020” thanks to its 360-degree sustainability approach and, above all, its progress in saving resources.

Volunteering & Community

Comerica Volunteers Make Big Impact With Tiny Home

Volunteering & Community

Look Who's Joined The Billion Dollar Social Impact Club

There are many ways that PayPal supports good causes, from enabling nonprofits to raise money using online tools to powering corporate initiatives that encourage their customers to do the same. In 2018, 55.1 million people from over...

Philanthropy

AEG’s ASCSC Community Foundation and LA Galaxy Foundation Host 16th Annual Thanksgiving Foundations’ Feast

AEG’s ASCSC Community Foundation and the LA Galaxy Foundation recently hosted the 16th Annual Thanksgiving Foundations’ Feast at Dignity Health Sports Park’s American Express Club on Friday, Nov. 22.

Awards & Rankings

GM is a 2019 Global Energy Awards Finalist

S&P Global Platts recently named GM a finalist in the 21st annual Global Energy Awards. GM is a finalist in the Corporate Award – Green Initiatives category. The 2019 winners will be announced at a ceremony December 12 in New York City.

Awards & Rankings

Bechtel’s Peggy Mccullough to Receive the 2019 ASME Henry Laurence Gantt Medal

Bechtel senior vice president Peggy McCullough has been awarded the 2019 American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) Henry Laurence Gantt Medal.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Northern Trust Asset Management Selects Eleven Firms for Minority Broker Program

Northern Trust Asset Management, consistent with its long-standing commitment to ensuring diversity and inclusion within the investment industry, has selected eleven minority-owned broker-dealers for its Minority Broker Program.

Volunteering & Community

Keep America Beautiful Selects 2019/2020 National Youth Advisory Council

Keep America Beautiful®, the nation’s leading community improvement nonprofit organization, has selected 17 high school students from across the country to serve on its eighth national Youth Advisory Council (YAC) over the course of the 2019/2020 school year.

Philanthropy

United Employees Prepare for a Holiday Tradition

United Airlines employees turned the top of Willis Tower into Santa's Workshop, preparing toys for the holiday season for kids across the country.

Awards & Rankings

U.S. Department of Labor Presents Sodexo With Platinum HIRE Vets Medallion

Sodexo, a leading food services and facilities management company, announced today that its United States Marine Corps (USMC) East Coast operations earned a Platinum Award through the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Program.

Philanthropy

T-Mobile to Deliver up to 5M Meals for Giving Tuesday by Inviting Everyone to Do Their #GivingOnUs

This Giving Tuesday, December 3, and throughout the holiday season, T-Mobile is serving up multiple ways for customers, employees and fans to give up to 5 million meals to communities in need.

Research & Reports

Schneider Electric's Sustainability Progress and 2020 Goals: Climate, Circular Economy, Health & Equity, Ethics, and Development

The 2018 – 2020 Schneider Sustainability Impact (SSI) is a collection of the organization’s sustainability goals, grouped under five megatrends. Schneider Electric uses the SSI to share and measure progress toward their sustainability goals.

Volunteering & Community

Pro Bono Perspectives Episode 37: Robert Lee, Rescuing Leftover Cuisine

In celebration of Thanksgiving, this week's episode of Common Impact's Pro Bono Perspectives features Robert Lee, Co-Founder & CEO of food rescue and hunger relief organization Rescuing Leftover Cuisine.

Corporate Responsibility

Mind the Gap: Business Impact

For data-lovers, too many metrics is still not enough. That said, no matter how many ways you run the numbers, each day has 24 hours, each week 7 days, each year 12 months.

Volunteering & Community

The Big Book of Goodness: Benevity's Holiday Giving Catalog

The holiday season is the perfect time to harness your people’s generosity and amplify their impact through your corporate purpose initiatives. Get 25 festive ideas to engage your people!

Latest Campaigns

Subaru Love Promise: Community

Subaru is dedicated to supporting those who need it the most in our communities. From donating food to Feeding America, providing essential items to...

Sustainable Products and Innovation

Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...

GoDaddy | Microbusiness

They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...

Heritage

For more than 160 years, Bacardi has been a family-owned company guided by its heritage. From the revolutionary introduction of BACARDÍ rum, the birth...

Wesco Cares

Life-changing events can happen to any of us, often when we least expect them. Employees in need can turn to the Wesco Cares. Its mission is to be an...

Leadership

Cascale demonstrates industry leadership and collaboration to drive collective action, by sharing insight into key sustainability topics inside and...

Enriching Women's Lives

60 years ago, Mary Kay Ash created an unparalleled opportunity for women to define their own successes and control their own futures. Her vision of...

KeyBank Foundation: Helping Communities Thrive through Education, Workforce Development, and Service

KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...

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...

The Ray

News and information about The Ray, Georgia's restorative, sustainable highway of the future.