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Education

Shining the Spotlight on Electrical Safety

Even at 9 a.m., every kid’s face in the room shined with excitement at Eastman Avenue Elementary School in East Los Angeles. Sparky the Wonderbug was about to buzz in for a performance of “A Bug’s Light!”, an interactive show designed to teach children how to stay safe around electricity.

Events, Media & Communications

GreenBiz 16 Brings Sustainable Business Trends, Tools and Techniques Back to Phoenix

GreenBiz 16, the eighth annual convening of the acclaimed corporate sustainability forum, is returning to Phoenix in February in partnership with The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) and Arizona State University, recently named the most innovative university in America. The three-day forum, February 23-25, will convene more than 600 sustainability leaders to define the trends, challenges, and opportunities facing sustainable business today.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Comcast, NASCAR Start Award To Honor Charitable Work

Education

DSI Communications and Marketing Coordinator Position

DSI Communications and Marketing Coordinator Position

Health & Healthcare

SynCardia Provides Update Regarding Voluntary Recall of Potentially Affected Freedom® Portable Drivers

SynCardia Systems, Inc. today provided an update regarding the resolution of a recent voluntary recall of a limited number of its Freedom® portable drivers, following a related U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) September 18, 2015 recall announcement.

Education

Design For Social Innovation Applications Are Open

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bloomberg Supports Major Homeless Veterans’ Facility Transformation

Veterans Aid today announced that the £6.5 million refurbishment project to transform its East London hostel into a world-class facility has had major support from Bloomberg.

Events, Media & Communications

CSRHub Special Offer for the NAEM 2015 EHS Management Forum

Register for NAEM’s EHS Management Forum to receive a complimentary copy of CSRHub’s Company Diagnostic that includes your company’s green metrics and ratings. After registering, you will receive an email to sign up for your free report, which will be delivered shortly after in PDF format.

Social Impact & Volunteering

AIDA and Costa Support Refugee Relief with 200,000 Euros in Germany and Italy

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

New Cone Communications Research Confirms Millennials as America's Most Ardent CSR Supporters, But Marked Differences Revealed Among this Diverse Generation

From buying products associated with a cause they care about to using their online networks to amplify social and environmental messages, Millennials are universally more engaged in corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts, according to the newly released 2015 Cone Communications Millennial CSR Study. The study, the most comprehensive snapshot of how Millennials engage with CSR efforts in the U.S., reveals more than nine-in-10 Millennials would switch brands to one associated with a cause (91% vs. 85% U.S. average) and two-thirds use social media to engage around CSR (66% vs. 53% U.S. average).

Research, Reports & Publications

Trends Take Center Stage in the 10th Anniversary Giving in Numbers: 2015 Edition

Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating the Women of Kimberly-Clark

Social Impact & Volunteering

KFC South Africa ‘Spins’ for Add Hope Initiative

Environment

Ingersoll Rand Leader to Share Insight on Integrating Sustainability into Business Planning for Emerging Markets at WEC Roundtable

Randy Newton of Ingersoll Rand will join other industry experts at a roundtable hosted by the World Environment Center (WEC) on September 24, to discuss Integrating Sustainability Knowledge into Business Planning and Implementation.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Astellas Changing Tomorrow Day 2015

Astellas Pharma recently marked the company’s sixth annual Changing Tomorrow Day— a global volunteer service initiative — with employees lending their time to community-based organizations around Chicagoland.

Environment

Reaching the Fullest Potential in the Workforce Through Safety, Well-Being and Expertise

Through our innovative safety culture, health and wellness programs and ongoing training, we are able to attract and retain highly skilled people and help them realize their fullest potential in the organization.

Education

Meet Kimberly Piper, Amgen Biotech Experience Alumni

With nearly 15 years of dancing under her belt, Kimberly Piper had hopes of one day joining the Boston Ballet – that is, until she took ABE during a high school AP biology class.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

BNY Mellon: Invested in Our Communities

Innovation & Technology

Businesses Can Adopt Sustainable Patent Strategies to Foster Innovation

Incentivizing businesses for their sustainable innovations begins with their intellectual property. The intangible nature of intellectual property makes it well-suited for sharing.

Energy

Pioneers of Solar Technology: Tom Werner and SunPower are Busting Myths and Changing the World

They have the world’s most efficient solar technology, and they’ve just finished building the largest solar farm on the planet. SunPower is planning to give their customers total control over their energy bill and, while doing that, change the way the world is powered…

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

From Transactions to Relationships: Thich Nhat Hanh & the Principle of Interbeing

We see clear signs that more people want their values and money to be aligned. They are beginning to shift what they purchase, where they bank, and how they invest. They yearn to connect directly with the producers of their food, for example, and seek to know that their financial decisions are beneficial, not harmful, for both people and the Earth.

Latest Campaigns

  1. 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...
  2. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Whirlpool Corporation has several CSR partners including United Way, Habitat for Humanity International, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Consulada...
  3. Opportunity for All
    At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...
  4. 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...
  5. CACI Celebrates Veterans and Military Families Month
    This Veterans and Military Families Month, we celebrate the strength, dedication, and sacrifices of former service members and their loved ones. CACI...
  6. CARE Corporate Partnerships
    CARE works with corporate partners globally to invest in innovative, scalable, impactful, community-based solutions.
  7. Southwire Giving Back
    Our neighbors depend on us, just as we depend on them, so we are committed to improving the quality of life in the communities in which we work. At...
  8. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...
  9. Community Impact
    The communities where Chemours operates are also where we live, work, and play, and our mutual success is one and the same. We have a vested interest...
  10. 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...
  11. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  12. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
    Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...
  13. GoDaddy | Customers
    GoDaddy is the world’s largest services platform for entrepreneurs around the globe. We’re on a mission to empower our worldwide community of 20+...
  14. Growth Through Sustainability
    Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...
  15. 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...