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Corporate and nonprofit news distributed by 3BL, including press releases, op/eds, multimedia, and the full range of stories that shape reputation.

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Education & Workforce Development

#Education + #Innovation = #Changemakers

What does it really take to change education in the US and around the world? It’s part innovation & part replication. In just 3 weeks, you’ll hear from Intel and EY at #SDGforum how they are shaking up education to create the next generation workforce. Here are 5 tweets for you, as a VHC member, to spread the word!

Research & Reports

Total Water Use in Domtar's Pulp and Paper Mills since 2011

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

RSF Social Finance Clients in Conversation: Growing with Integrity

Kate Danaher, RSF Social Finance Lending Manager, talks with Chris Mann of Guayakí and Rob Everts of Equal Exchange.

Health & Healthcare

Millennials Make Moves to Advance Mobility for More People Everywhere

Today, we have more options for getting from one place to another than ever before. Innovations abound, but are we making the most of this progress to build a future where all people can move more freely?

Environment

The New Sustainability…

Earth Overshoot Day keeps coming earlier, and it’s not an occasion we want to celebrate. It’s the day our annual demand for ecosystem goods and services, like cropland, timber, fish stocks and carbon dioxide absorption, begin to exceed what ecosystems are able to renew in a year. Calculated by Global Footprint Network, Earth Overshoot Day reminds us that we are consistently borrowing from the future, and a more aggressive approach to sustainability isn’t an aspiration, it’s a need.

Research & Reports

Wynn Resorts Issues Annual Social Responsibility Report

Wynn Resorts released its annual Social Responsibility Report highlighting the company’s ongoing initiatives to enrich the lives of its employees and the betterment of its surrounding communities.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Big Data, Big Responsibility – Symantec CEO Mike Brown Featured Author in Ethisphere Magazine

Ethisphere Magazine’s recent issue – All Eyes on the CEO – features an article by Symantec President and CEO, Michael A. Brown. The magazine, published by the Ethisphere Institute, shares insights and offers guidance on topics that influence business ethics and corporate social responsibility.

AI & Technology

Philippines Nonprofits Fuel Their Mission With NetSuite

NetSuite Inc., the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP and omnichannel commerce software suites, today announced three new Philippine nonprofit customers that are managing mission critical operations like accounting, ERP, social impact reporting, grant management and nonprofit business processes unique to their organizations with NetSuite.

Energy & Infrastructure

GM’s Energy Stars: Brian Dohm and Steve Handlovits, Grand Rapids Operations

All this week, we will be recognizing employees from our U.S. facilities who have helped GM realize $435 million in energy savings by reducing energy intensity by 40 percent and carbon dioxide emissions by 41 percent over the last 20 years.

Research & Reports

MGM Resorts International is Committed to Social Responsibility

Volunteering & Community

6 Remarkable Scholars Who Have Big Plans for the Future

Awards & Rankings

Reconocen A Grupo Financiero Banorte Como Líder En Sustentabilidad

Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) reconoció a nivel mundial los esfuerzos de Grupo Financiero Banorte (GFNorte) por aminorar el impacto del cambio climático al seleccionarlo para ingresar al Carbon Performance Leadership Index, tras obtener una calificación de 100 A. convirtiéndose así en la primera institución de América Latina en pertenecer a la categoría “A”, máxima posición de este índice.

Awards & Rankings

Grupo Financiero Banorte Recognized as a Leader in Sustainability

Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) recognized worldwide efforts of Grupo Financiero Banorte (GFNorte) to lessen the impact of climate change by selecting it to join the Carbon Performance Leadership Index, after obtaining a rating of 100 A. thus becoming the first institution in Latin America belong to the category "A", the highest position in this index.

Events

Are You Maximizing the Talent Development Potential of Your CSR Program?

If you are considering pro bono service as a talent development strategy at your company, join the Taproot Foundation on November 11 at 2pm ET as we release a new resource for the field, Pro Bono + Talent Development: A Program Design Roadmap.

Philanthropy

Wells Fargo Nearly Doubled its Initial Goal to Support Service Members, Veterans; Donating $66 Million Over Past Three Years

Wells Fargo announced that it has donated more than $66 million to help service members, veterans, and their families over the past three years — well surpassing its $35 million goal.

Events

Global Goals in a Global Spotlight at Net Impact Conference with Laura Asiala

Laura Asiala, Vice President of Public Affairs at PYXERA Global, will speak about the Global Goals and sustainable development at this year’s Net Impact Conference on November 6 and 7. Students and professional leaders will come together at this landmark event to discuss the world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges. Ms. Asiala, who serves on Net Impact’s Board of Directors, will join in two sessions with other leaders in global engagement.

Environment

Delivering Value: Republic Services Opens New Wastewater Treatment Plant

Republic Services’ Conestoga Landfill in Morgantown, PA recently hosted a ribbon cutting grand opening event for the site’s newly completed $15-million waste water treatment plant. The plant is one of only three nationwide for Republic and took nearly four years to design and build. Fully in operation since April 2015, the plant utilizes cutting edge technology to provide the latest in environmental protection in the processing of waste water.

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The Ray

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

Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 6

Healthy Spaces, a podcast by Trane Technologies, brings together engineers, innovators and industry leaders for bold conversations at the frontier of...

Sustainability by Antea Group

At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...

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...

Health in Action

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

Rethinking EHS Podcast

Join us as we travel the world to uncover real stories of impact—from landfills and energy transition to workplace safety, emerging contaminants, and...

IWBI | Workplace Wellness

A WELL Certified™ project has the potential to add measurable value to the health, well-being and happiness of people in the buildings. It can also...

Collaboration and Partnership

Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...

Policy and Regulation

Cascale shares insights regarding policy and regulation impacting the consumer goods industry, and highlights how it's supporting members prepare for...

Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator

The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...