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Environment

MetLife 2025 Sustainability Report: Reducing Our Environmental Impact

MetLife

Corporate Responsibility

Behind the Doors of the Bacardi Archives: A Conversation With the Heritage Curator of the Iconic Rum Brand and Company

Bacardi-Martini, Inc.

Education & Workforce Development

Discovery Education Announces Availability of Mystery Writing for Grades K-5

Discovery Education

Energy & Infrastructure

SLB Selected As Strategic Reservoir Partner for the Havstjerne Carbon Storage Project

SLB

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Millipore Express® Ace Is Helping Push Sustainable Innovation Forward

MilliporeSigma

Environment

Extinguishing Remediation Liability: A Seven-Step Exit Strategy That Speaks Business

Antea Group

Philanthropy

Stories of Impact: A Conversation With Michele Gay, Co-founder of Safe and Sound Schools

Motorola Solutions

AI & Technology

AI Is Reshaping Data Center Infrastructure, and the Supply Chains Behind It

DP World

Featured Brands

CyberInspire-ing the Next Generation: Why the Future of Cybersecurity Starts Earlier Than We Think

Cybersecurity is often discussed as a problem to solve — a skills gap to close, a threat to mitigate, a workforce shortage to manage. From where I sit as a top information security officer at Aflac, a leader in supplemental insurance in the U.S. and Japan, I see it differently.

Guiding Stars - Berry Season: A Simple Way To Add More to Your Day

Nutrient-rich berries are bountiful in the summer months. High in powerful antioxidants (polyphenols), berries support brain health, disease prevention, and even improved mental health. They’re also a great source of fiber (a cup of raspberries, for example, offers 8 grams).

Wells Fargo Expands Affordable Senior Housing and Financial Education With $1.2 Million in North Dakota

Wells Fargo and the Wells Fargo Foundation are providing $1.2 million in North Dakota to support affordable senior housing and accessible financial education.

Take the Guesswork Out of Back-to-School Food Shopping

With so much information in the news and online about nutrition, it’s easy for caregivers to feel confused and overwhelmed about making the best choices for their kids.

For These Three Interns, the Medtronic Mission Is Personal

“It's so cool to imagine the countless lives that I'm helping to improve through my internship,” she said. “It's a very powerful feeling and it's one that I'm very grateful to have the opportunity for.”

Sustainability 101: Materials at the Center of Sustainability, Human Rights, and Business Resilience

Materials are at the center of the technology that keeps people, businesses, and communities connected. Every hardware product depends on a complex mix of inputs, including metals, plastics, packaging, and the minerals used in electronic components.

Wells Fargo Advances Affordable Housing and Workforce Development in Wyoming With $1 Million to Wyoming Housing Network

Wells Fargo today announced a $1 million grant to Wyoming Housing Network to support the Goodwill Landing Housing Innovation Project, a pioneering affordable housing development designed to expand housing supply, strengthen workforce development, and create a scalable model

Idealist Celebrates Thirty Years of Helping People Move From Intention to Action

idealist.org, the website behind nonprofit Idealist, launched thirty years ago today. To celebrate three decades of helping people move from intention to action, Idealist is reflecting on their history and the way forward.

Wells Fargo Foundation’s $1 Million Grant Expands Construction Education, Scholarships and Affordable Housing Partnerships at MCC

A $1 million grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation will expand access to construction education, increase student scholarships and strengthen affordable housing partnerships with Metropolitan Community College (MCC).

Wells Fargo Invests $1.5 Million With Habitat for Humanity To Scale Innovative Home Construction in Rural Communities

Wells Fargo announced today at the Iowa State Fair that it is making a $1.5 million investment to Habitat for Humanity to focus on innovative and affordable housing options in towns and rural communities across the country.

Recent Alerts

Education & Workforce Development

Durkan’s dscvr and the Future of Hospitality Design

Each year we look forward to highlighting the talent of designers in the hospitality field and supporting the education of future designers through the Durkan dscvr Student Design Competition. This year we are excited to showcase the stellar achievements of our 2018 grand prize winner, Brianne Brooks.

Brooks put her winnings to good use, applying the scholarship to pay for textbooks and other education expenses. In addition she was able to pursue LEED Green Associate certification and undertake an internship. Brooks plans to graduate in May with a degree in interior design and is now considering a career in hospitality design.

Philanthropy

Lockheed Pledges $1 Million to Coast Guard Museum Project

Lockheed Martin, which owns Stratford-based Sikorsky, has pledged $1 million to the National Coast Guard Museum, the largest donation to date from the defense industry.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Is Large-scale 3D Printing Sustainable?

With the introduction of its own 3D printing hardware line, dubbed Multi Jet Fusion (MJF), HP is expected to become a major player in the [Automated Manufacturing] ecosystem as well.

Environment

PFAS and Petroleum Fires: A Quandary for the Oil and Gas Industry

If you have manufactured and/or used PFAS-containing products, understand the implications of PFAS cleanup now.

Events

CSRHub’s Bahar Gidwani Speaking at Generating Alpha

CSRHub CTO and Co-Founder Bahar Gidwani will be speaking at Skytop Strategies Generating Alpha conference, in New York on February 13th. Bahar will join a panel discussing Alpha from Impact: Identifying Opportunities in ESG.

Research & Reports

Erb Institute ICYMI: How Can Academia and Business Collaborate for Sustainability?

The Erb Institute engaged with several speakers and participants around key questions that relate to business, academia and sustainability, during a partner event with Innovation Forum in Detroit.

Events

Hormel Foods Corporate Responsibility Efforts Featured in Film Festival

The Hormel Foods Our Food Journey™ video that showcases the company’s efforts to make the world a better place is featured in an international corporate citizenship film festival.

The inspirational piece was created as an anthem video to explain to stakeholders what Our Food Journey™ means to the company and to showcase all that Hormel Foods is doing. From hunger-relief efforts to animal welfare and environmental stewardship, Hormel Foods is inspired to make a difference.

Public voting determines which videos move into the top 10. The videos that receive enough votes to make it into the top 10 will be judged by a panel of corporate responsibility experts; winners will be announced at the Boston College International CSR Conference in April.

Education & Workforce Development

Lip Balm and Gumdrops are Inspiring Tomorrow’s Workforce

In 2000, Techbridge Girls (TBG) - a leader in supporting girls and marginalized communities in breaking into the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields - was launched at the Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, California. As STEM fields have historically been dominated by males, women and girls, especially those of color, are consistently and disproportionately left out and often lack information on the multitude of STEM career opportunities available to them. In 2015, Subaru began funding TBG’s after school programs in Seattle, WA, and has since become a national supporter of all three TBG direct service locations.

Environment

Lessons from a CDP Supplier Engagement Leader: Five Steps to Help Accelerate Climate Action

For the fifth consecutive year, HP has achieved a place on the CDP Climate Change A List for our actions to cut emissions, mitigate climate risks and develop the low-carbon economy.

Environment

General Mills Promotes Focus on Soil Health

The food company asks farmers to emphasize diverse crop rotations, minimal tillage and keeping soil covered in plants


Research & Reports

Ørsted Gets Closer to a Complete Green Transformation: 99% Renewable Energy Generation by 2025

The years 2015-2018 were the four warmest years on record for the world. To avoid runaway climate change, society must radically decarbonise the way it generates and consumes energy, and keep global temperature rise below 1.5° Celsius as compared with pre-industrial levels.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Moody's Diverse and Inclusive Culture

Corporate Responsibility

Saving the World One Paycheck at a Time

Workplace giving is a highly valued tradition offering benefits to employers, employees, nonprofits, and the people they help.

But what would happen if employee giving programs didn’t exist? On the flipside, what would the world be like with MORE employee giving?

Events

Lockheed Martin Looks to Fill 100+ STEM Jobs at BEYA STEM Conference

Are you looking for a job? Would you like to be offered a position on-the-spot? Lockheed Martin will be hiring at the 2019 Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) STEM Global Competitiveness Conference in Washington, D.C., February 9. Lockheed Martin is a world-renowned global security and aerospace company. We are looking for employees with all levels of experience in STEM fields who have fresh ideas to help continue our legacy of excellence.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Greensboro, North Carolina Joins eBay’s Retail Revival

The third partnership of its kind in the U.S., Retail Revival Greensboro is a 12-month program for local small business owners looking to leverage eBay’s global marketplace to reach new customers around the world.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

How IoT Could be Sustainability's Secret Ingredient

A new report by the World Economic Forum found that the value of keeping things “within” our economy, rather than letting items pass “through” our economy could unlock a global growth potential of $4.5 trillion and also address the global challenges we’re faced with today, ranging from resource depletion to climate change.

Corporate Responsibility

Viral Engagement Techniques Get Your Entire Workforce Fully Vested in Your Causes

We see it every single day. Both within our own company and those of our clients. The face of the workforce is changing. And so are the dynamics that motivate your employees to participate — or not — in corporate charitable giving programs.

AI & Technology

ISTE and Discovery Education Launch New Partnership Offering Members Innovative and Engaging Digital Resources that Bring STEM to Life in the Classroom

The International Society for Technology and Education (ISTE) a global education organization with a bold vision that technology can transform teaching and learning, accelerate innovation, and solve tough problems in education, today announced a new partnership with Discovery Education. Through this collaboration, Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital curriculum resources, digital content, and professional development for K-12 classrooms, is offering all ISTE members access to its newest service, STEM Connect, at no-cost through July 31, 2019.

Corporate Responsibility

A Deeper Look at CECP's Year-End Investing in Society: People

Investing in Society, CECP’s recently launched and updated compendium of data, research, and case studies illustrates innovations in corporate efforts to solve the world’s most pressing problems. Divided into five sections – Priorities, Performance, People, Planet, and Policies – the collection of insights offers a far-reaching assessment of what leading companies are doing in each of the five focus areas.

In the People section, CECP asks, “How can large corporations maximize societal impact through employee engagement and purpose?"

Events

Stella Artois Asks Consumers to “Pour It Forward” for a Cause

A deeply rooted tenant of cause marketing is that when given a choice between two brands of similar price and quality, consumers will switch brands to one that is associated with a good cause. In fact, our 2017 Cone Communications CSR Study found nearly nine-in-10 (89%) would make that switch, steadily rising from 66 percent of consumers in 1993.

Events

Brands Play It Safe With Super Bowl LIII

Around the country, millions of people tuned in to watch Super Bowl LIII, a day not only for the competition between two franchises, but also a time when brands pull out all the stops for advertising campaigns.

Philanthropy

5 Books That Every Leader Should Be Reading Now

The beginning of a new year is always a good time to be reconsidering one's reading list. With apologies to friends who have written terrific books on leadership and corporate social responsibility, the following are the five books (in alphabetical order) that I think leaders should be reading (or in some cases, re-reading) this year.

Research & Reports

Emerging Technologies Give Environmental, Health and Safety and Sustainability Leaders New Insights into Business Risk

Emerging technologies are rapidly changing how companies prevent pollution, keep employees safe and set sustainability goals, according to a report published today by the National Association for Environment, Health and Safety, and Sustainability (EHS&S) Management (NAEM).

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

2020 Commodity-Sourcing Goals? These Tools Can Help With Supply Chain Traceability

Amidst rising deforestation rates, many companies have committed to eliminating deforestation from key commodity supply chains. As of June 2018, 473 companies globally committed to curbing deforestation in supply chains linked to palm oil, soy, timber and pulp, and cattle.

Corporate Responsibility

People Are at the Heart of Sysco's Belief in a Better Tomorrow

People are the essential ingredient of our success. Fostering opportunity for our customers, associates, and suppliers, keeping our associates safe and healthy, and supporting the well-being of children, families, and the communities we call home, lie at the heart of our belief in what a better tomorrow can be.

Latest Campaigns

Aflac Stories

Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.

Sustainability Report

Our latest Sustainability Report highlights recent accomplishments and progress toward achieving goals in the environmental, social and governance...

Whirlpool Corporate Citizenship

This category covers areas that aren't our signature charities. Main topics can include Homes For Our Troops as well as smaller charity organizations...

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...

Health in Action

Our Prescription for a Better World framework is organized around three key pillars: building healthy communities (Health in Action), protecting the...

Key Supports Affordable Housing

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment helps fulfill Key’s purpose to help clients and communities thrive by financing projects that...

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...