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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

History Wins: Partners in Preservation Awards $2 Million in Grants for Main Street Projects

American Express, The National Trust for Historic Preservation and Main Street America announced today the winners of the Partners in Preservation: Main Streets. The 11 winning historic sites, determined by popular vote, will receive a total of $1.5 million in grants to fund their respective preservation projects. An additional $500,000 in grants was provided to the nonprofit partners of the 25 main street communities that participated in the program at the outset of the campaign to help raise awareness about their preservation needs.

Diversity & Inclusion

LGBT Neighborhoods: Finding Community in Suburbia

Historically speaking, finding an LGBT-friendly neighborhood was easier to do in a city than it was in the suburbs. The Castro in San Francisco, Chelsea in New York City, and Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C., are three of the most recognizable LGBT neighborhoods in the United States. Elsewhere in the world, there’s Chueca in Madrid, Nollendorfplatz in Berlin, and Le Marais in Paris, to name a few.

Today, the “gayborhood” is slowly making the move away from cities and into the suburbs.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Protecting Our Food Supply

Most people don't know that food packaging plays a vital role in reducing food waste. By embracing better food packaging best practices, we can help take action against hunger.

Research, Reports & Publications

Merck Publishes Annual Corporate Responsibility Report

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today published its 2016/2017 Corporate Responsibility Report. The report reflects the company’s performance in the areas of Access to Health, Employees, Environmental Sustainability and Ethics & Transparency.

Environment

Domtar Sustainability: How Work Actually Gets Done

To make our facilities safer, we must understand how our employees actually do their work, not just how our written procedures state they should do their work.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Changing Lives, One Teenager at a Time

“You’re never too old for family” is a sentiment the Harris family takes to heart as they focus on fostering and adopting older youth. Dallas had been in foster care for five years, and joined her forever family at age 11. Soon after, The Harris family opened their home to another teen, Paula, who was in and out of foster care for nine years. She was adopted at age 14. Paula and Dallas are thriving with their forever family, and the Harris family continues to foster teens!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Boeing Announces More Than $50 Million in Grants to Support Nonprofits Worldwide

Boeing today announced more than $50 million in grants to more than 500 nonprofit organizations across 50 countries globally. The annual contributions include a three-year commitment of more than $25 million in support of veterans’ recovery and rehabilitation programs and transition services. The charitable grants package will fund programs through 2018 and supplement an anticipated $117 million in company-wide business and employee contributions to similar causes—bringing Boeing’s total community investments to approximately $167 million this year alone.

Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity — A Business Imperative for Arrow Electronics

Last month, Arrow Electronics hosted several dozen undergraduate and graduate students from five Colorado universities to learn more about careers at the global technology-solutions provider.

Events, Media & Communications

Morgan Stanley's Audrey Choi Talks Inclusive Growth at the BSR Conference 2017

In a plenary address at the BSR Conference 2017, Morgan Stanley Chief Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer Audrey Choi explored inclusive growth. Watch the full video here.

Education

PANDORA’S My School Project

In some areas of Thailand, especially rural areas, school buildings can still be run-down and filled with old equipment, which may lower the quality of education. PANDORA’s ‘My School Project’ gives its employees in Thailand a chance to give back to their local communities.

Environment

VIDEO | HP Boise Reinvents Landscape for Sustainability

HP Boise’s landscaping project conserves water and wildlife, taking into consideration the local ecosystem and using local materials and plants. It is the first large corporate campus to earn a SITES certification in the state of Idaho, and the first corporate campus in the world to be certified using the SITES v2 rating system.This project is another example of how HP is reinventing for a more sustainable world.

Innovation & Technology

New Technology Adds Another Layer to Pipeline Leak Detection

From the highly-trained operators who work in our computerized control centres around the clock, to our detailed maintenance and inspection programs and the regular patrols we do on the ground and from the air, it's safe to say that there are a lot of eyes on our pipelines as they deliver the natural gas and oil that fuels our society.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Wells Fargo Invests $9.7 Million to Boost Bay Area Homeownership

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), NeighborWorks® America and its network member, Community Housing Development Corporation (CHDC), today announced the NeighborhoodLIFT® program is coming to the San Francisco Bay Area with a $9.7 million commitment by Wells Fargo to boost homeownership in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, and Solano counties.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

VIDEO: How Alliance Data's $1 Million Nationwide Children's Gift Impacts Its Associates

Alliance Data's card services business builds on nearly two decades of Nationwide Children's Hospital support with $1 million gift to foundation. The hospital is nesteled in the heart Ohio near Alliance Data's card services business Columbus headquarters and has been a beacon of hope to many associates. Hear what those associates have to say about this Nationwide Hospital and the importance of this investment.

Research, Reports & Publications

Announcing 2017 Global Pro Bono State of the Practice Benchmarking Survey, Released by PYXERA Global

Following the closing of Pro Bono Week 2017 (#celebrateprobono), PYXERA Global is pleased to announce the release of the 7th Global Pro Bono State of the Practice Benchmarking Survey, co-authored by Key Client Manager, Husna Ali-Khan and Program Coordinator, Marieka Walsh. The purpose of this survey is to help assess the state of the rapidly evolving Global Pro Bono practice across participating companies.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Whirlpool Corporation Receives Third Consecutive EPA SmartWay Award, Named High Performer

For the third year in a row, Whirlpool Corporation's Integrated Supply Chain organization has received the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay® Excellence Award. The SmartWay Excellence Award represents the EPA's highest recognition for demonstrated leadership in freight supply-chain energy and environmental performance.

Energy

Pathway to a Clean Energy Future

Imagine a California just over a decade from now. It’s the year 2030 and more than 7 million electric cars are traversing along busy freeways and crowded streets. Most of your electricity is from solar and wind. The air you are breathing is now cleaner than it’s been in more than 10 years.

Diversity & Inclusion

Ready & Able: a Different Perspective on Disability, a Catalyst for Innovation

At Bloomberg, we focus on the unique abilities people bring to our team. It means putting the right programs and accommodations for people with disabilities in place. Every day, we strive to provide a supportive and inclusive environment, so that every employee can deliver on his or her potential.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Connecting Our Strategy to Sustainability

In a recent survey, Bain & Company found that just 2% of companies are successful in achieving their sustainability goals. While this can be disheartening, it doesn’t have to be this way.

Environment

EHS & Sustainability News Roundup November 2017

Antea Group brings you the latest trends, regulatory news, and innovations in the world of environment, health and safety (EHS), and sustainability.

Environment

Where There’s Smoke: California Wildfires

Most of us associate Napa and Sonoma counties with delicious wine and rolling hills. But this year those hills were ablaze. Dozens lost their lives, thousands were displaced, and millions of people suffered from the fire’s noxious fumes. This week on Sea Change Radio our guests are journalist Jeremy Miller whose recent article about the fires appeared in the New Yorker magazine, and Ed Struzik who just published a book chronicling the connection between wildfires and climate change.

Environment

Navigating Troubled Waters: A Primer for Managers on Water Challenges and Opportunities

The water crisis and its resulting challenges have also impacted business and industry around the world, and will continue to do so. The expanding global industry in water-related products and services includes bottled water, water purification, desalination, and recovery technologies in addition to dam and pipeline construction, urban water and sewage infrastructure, irrigation technologies, and agribusiness. In addition, numerous other sectors are deemed to be particularly vulnerable to water stresses including waterintensive sectors such as clothing, automobiles, food and beverage, biotech and pharmaceutical, electronics, mining, refining, and electric utilities (Pacific Institute, 2007).

Energy

Duke Energy Plans Solar, Energy Storage Projects to Advance Reliability, Cleaner Energy for Indiana

As part of a commitment to advance cleaner energy for its customers, Duke Energy is planning to install battery storage equipment and solar panels that will operate as a microgrid at the Indiana National Guard's Camp Atterbury training operation in Johnson County, Ind. The company will also install battery storage equipment at a substation in Nabb, Ind., in Clark County.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

BBMG Names Samantha Wilson as Managing Partner

Wilson joins BBMG after 23-years at Wolff Olins, where she most recently served as a Global Principal and was responsible for helping multinational clients create category defining brands, including AOL, Fidelity, GE, Google Fiber, Product (RED), Spotify, Target, Turner Broadcasting, Unilever and USA Today. Wilson will lead BBMG’s brand strategy, design and social innovation practices across offices in Brooklyn and San Francisco.

Events, Media & Communications

Bloomberg London Building Opening Highlights: Video & News Round Up

The opening of Bloomberg's new European headquarter is making media waves. Watch highlights from the building opening here.

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