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Research, Reports & Publications

Daimler Sustainability Report 2016

Digitisation, electrification, autonomous driving and new mobility concepts represent the greatest changes in mobility for more than 130 years. Daimler's goal is to drive these changes in a sustainable manner to achieve a permanently viable level of success for the company.

Sustainable Development Goals

VIDEO | Cargill CEO: Why Global Trade Matters

Cargill CEO David MacLennan discusses why global trade matters to everyone. Open, responsible trade ensures that food gets from where it's grown to where it's needed most. We need to stand up for the benefits of trade that keeps us connected, creates jobs and helps to nourish the world.

Media & Communications

NH Liquor Commission & Jack Daniel’s to Launch Third Annual Live Free & Host Responsibly Campaign

The New Hampshire Liquor Commission (NHLC) and Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey are teaming up for the third straight year on the award-winning Live Free & Host Responsibly campaign, which encourages responsible alcohol service and consumption.

Energy

Consumers Energy | Charting a Future for Clean Energy

President Trump made headlines this week by following through on his campaign promise to start rolling back the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan and related rules.

Energy

National Grid on The Most Important Clean Energy Technology

As I talk to experts inside and outside of National Grid about the developments that will shape our industry over the coming years, one technology always stands out: energy storage. Batteries have more potential to accelerate the transformation to a clean energy supply chain than almost any other innovation.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

California Diversity Council Announces 2017 Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology

The California Diversity Council is proud to announce the 2017 Top 50 Most Powerful Women Technology, a definitive list of female executives, influencers and achievers impacting the technology industry.

Research, Reports & Publications

Coca-Cola HBC AG 2016 Integrated Annual Report, "Entering the Growth Era"

Coca-Cola HBC AG published on March 17, 2017 its fifth integrated annual report, “Entering the growth era”, which demonstrates the progress made on all aspects of business, governance and sustainability performance during 2016.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

21st Century Fox Announces Winners of “Hidden Figures” Free Screening Contest

In celebration of February’s Black History Month and March’s Women’s History Month, 21st Century Fox and AMC Theatres invited schools, community groups, and non-profit organizations to apply for special screenings of Academy Award-nominated Hidden Figures. Over 7,000 groups applied for free screenings, resulting in approximately 3,500 free tickets distributed across the U.S.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Ten Ways to Celebrate Keep America Beautiful Month!

Since the 1970s, Keep America Beautiful Month in April has celebrated the work led by our 620 state and community-based affiliates, local partners, businesses, public officials and millions of passionate volunteers to advance our fight to End Littering, Improve Recycling and Beautify America’s Communities.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Piedmont Natural Gas Honored for Support of Employee Military Roles

Piedmont Natural Gas, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, announced it has been recognized for its support of employees who are military veterans or serve in the National Guard and Reserve.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Timberland Employees Discuss ‘Delivering Purpose’ at Ethical Corporation’s 5th Responsible Business Summit in New York

Last week, global outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland shared insights, best practices, and lessons learned at Ethical Corporation’s 5th Responsible Business Summit in New York. The annual industry-leading summit brings together over 400 senior business leaders to discuss how brands are ‘Delivering Purpose’ for people, the environment and commercial success.

Media & Communications

How to Create Social Impact Through Media

Last week, GOOD partnered with Comcast NBCUniversal’s Social Innovation Team to host a GOOD Lab at 30 Rock.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

From Disney World With Love

BENTON HARBOR — Jasper Huff smiled when he was brought into a room where everyone was wearing Mickey Mouse ears.

The 3-year-old and his family were taken to the upstairs cafeteria at Whirlpool Corp.’s Riverview Campus on Thursday, where he was treated to a send-off party courtesy of the home appliance maker and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Health & Healthcare

CVS Health Foundation Awards Over $1 Million in Grants to Improve Americans’ Access to Quality Health Care

The CVS Health Foundation today announced more than $1 million in grants to 33 Free and Charitable Clinics as part of a multi-year grant program with the National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics (NAFC). Over the past four years, the Foundation has donated nearly $5 million to NAFC to increase access to quality care and support the management of chronic disease.

Education

Samsung emPOWER Tomorrow Program Concludes with Awards and Showcase in Miami to Shine Spotlight on STEM Projects

Samsung Electronics America (KRX:005930) (“Samsung”) today unveiled the projects from the Samsung emPOWER Tomorrow program at Lakeview Elementary School in Miami, Fla.

Education

Inspiring Young Women to “Fly Like a Girl”

To conclude Women’s History Month, JetBlue took some time to recognize our JetBlue crewmembers (both male and female!) who help to inspire young women to pursue a career in aviation.

Health & Healthcare

Mission: Not Impossible

Since 2008, Mick Ebeling’s Not Impossible Labs has engineered, programmed, hacked and crowd-solved some of the world’s most vexing problems and provided low-cost solutions for some of the most vulnerable people around the globe.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Breaking Down the Borders of Education

We take our mobile devices for granted. Always on. Always connected. NGO Télécoms Sans Frontières, with support of AT&T Foundation and AT&T, is using this technology to deliver education to young refugees in Syria.

Because when trouble strikes, connectivity can be tricky. And it’s not just natural disasters. For some, their homes, neighborhoods or entire cities may be a war zone – weeks, months or years of conflict reducing the local infrastructure to piles of smoking rubbl

Diversity & Inclusion

Cox Enterprises Announces $25,000 Grant to Support the League of United Latin American Citizens

Cox Enterprises announced a $25,000 grant to the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) to expand its Empower Hispanic America with Technology (EHAT) network to Georgia. The program serves to empower the Hispanic community by increasing access to and utilization of key telecommunication technologies.

Social Impact & Volunteering

From Lonely Lunches to Anti-Bullying App, How One Teen Helps Others Create Kindness in Schools

In 7th and 8th grade, Natalie Hampton faced a terrible bullying experience. Every day, she ate lunch by herself and dealt with the pain and isolation that comes from being the outsider. She decided she wanted to give bullied kids an ally – not just in her Sherman Oakes, California, school, but in schools around the country.

Diversity & Inclusion

PayPal's Jayashree Sundaresan Channels Energy Into Positive Work

It's not in her job title, but PayPal's Jayashree Sundaresan is a technology leader as well as a people person. Personal success, she says, is to help others succeed – from guiding her engineers as Director of Global Operations Product Development, to mentoring women re-entering the tech world. It all starts with her relentless energy, which she applies to leading successful projects at work to exercising (she has a mean badminton game), to event planning in her community and even singing.

Responsible Production & Consumption

More Dirt on General Mills’ Sustainable Agriculture Goals

General Mills publicly has stated that climate change has long-term effects on its business: Drought and flood decrease access to raw materials, and changing weather disrupts deliveries. But overall, agriculture still accounts for 9 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and farming is the world’s second-largest industrial emitter.

Environment

Water: Our Shared Challenge, Our Shared Opportunity

Last Wednesday, we took a moment to pause and consider the challenges and opportunities of our greatest natural resource: water.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

U.S. Chamber Foundation Seeks Nominations to Recognize Top Corporate Citizens

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation today began the nomination process for its annual Citizens Awards, which recognize businesses for their positive impact on society.

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    We are consistently ranked among the world’s most admired brands and employers. Read more about honors and recognition for FedEx’s ongoing effort to...
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    Doing what we do best for those who need it most. When disaster strikes, and there’s not a moment to lose, our people mobilize the FedEx global fleet...