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Social Impact & Volunteering

The Costa Crociere Foundation Starts Its Selection Process for Projects Aimed at Social Betterment and Protection of the Marine Environment

The Costa Crociere Foundation (www.costa-crociere-foundation.com) has started the annual selection process reserved for Italian non-profit organizations engaged in the development of social betterment and marine environmental protection projects.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Self-Help Credit Union’s Green Impact Capital

View the GreenMoney Journal article: Self Help Credit Union’s Green Impact Capital.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Avista Supports Youth Through Heroes at School Program

As part of the Avista Heroes at School program, Avista was at Stevens Elementary in Spokane with the Spokane Chiefs Hockey Club, where they discussed goal setting and achievement with the students.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Millennials Who? Why You Need to Get to Know Generation Z

The days of appealing to Millennials is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. With approximately 60 million, native-born Americans, Generation Z (Gen Z) is destined to be the next disruptive force in business. Companies have already started targeting Gen Z.

Energy

Siemens Secures 53MW Scotland Wind Order

Environment

Courtney White and Michael Townsend

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Getting an Early Start on Health Literacy

Today’s students trust their peers. So we partnered with the Philadelphia area’s Healthy NewsWorks, an organization founded more than a decade ago by a second grade teacher and former Philadelphia Inquirer health reporter Marian Uhlman. Healthy NewsWorks partners with elementary and middle schools to teach children health literacy while also developing their leadership, critical thinking and communications skills through journalism.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The James M. Cox Foundation Donates $5 Million to Woodruff Arts Center’s Transformation Campaign

The Woodruff Arts Center announced today that it has received a $5 million gift from the James M. Cox Foundation, the latest major contribution to the Arts Center’s Transformation Campaign.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

RobecoSAM Publishes the Annual Sustainability Yearbook 2016

RobecoSAM today announced the publication of The Sustainability Yearbook 2016. The Yearbook looks back at companies’ sustainability performance in 2015, includes the best 15% per industry and ranks them Gold, Silver or Bronze. The top performing company from each of the 59 industries analyzed is awarded RobecoSAM Industry Leader status.

Education

Apply to be an Amgen Scholar at Kyoto University

Environment

MIT Creates Plan for a Sustainable Campus

A university campus offers a great environment in which to implement sustainability. Particularly, an innovation-driven university can create a durable system where new and promising ideas can be continually incorporated.

Events, Media & Communications

Whirlpool Corporation Arms Builders with Millennial Insights, Innovative Products at International Builders Show 2016

The world’s leading global manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances will showcase some of its most innovative products at the International Builders Show from Jan. 19-21, and provide builders with exclusive insights into the vital role millennials play in the home building market.

Responsible Production & Consumption

UK Ethical Spending Increasing Despite Retail Brands' ‘Disappointing’ Trading Performances

One source of optimism today comes from confirmation that the U.K. economic downturn has not dented people's desire to reduce their impact on the environment or spend on ethical products, in spite of some big U.K. retail brands recently announcing ‘disappointing’ trading performances.

Environment

Reducing the Use of Petroleum-Based Plastics Is Closer Than You Might Think

Today, science and agricultural leaders DuPont Industrial Biosciences (DuPont) and Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) announced a new breakthrough process with the potential to expand the materials landscape in the 21st century with exciting and truly novel, high-performance renewable materials. The technology has applications in packaging, textiles, engineering plastics and many other industries.

Environment

Happy, Sustainable 2016! Let Us Be a Part of Your Strategy

The signing of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) agreement in Paris last month is a victory for many who have been laboring for decades. It is miraculous that the world, as represented by 154 nations, has committed to address what is threatening us all – the devastating effects of global warming

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bombarded by Grant Requests? Here’s How You Can Simplify the Process and Stay Organized

Discover the secrets that the grant managers of top corporate philanthropy programs already know

Education

SASB Announces New Sustainability Accounting Credentials

SASB has announced a new educational program focused on teaching professionals how to identify, manage, and evaluate sustainability topics relevant to the company’s bottom line. Read the interview with Nicolai Lundy, the Director of Education for the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

JPMorgan Chase Releases Detroit Workforce System Map to Examine Barriers to and Opportunities for Job Growth

JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW) today released the first report of a two-part series on the current state of Detroit’s workforce systems that further informs investments and helps aligns resources to support job growth in the city.

Innovation & Technology

Consumer Insights Influence Whirlpool Corporation Design and Technology at 2016 International Builders Show

Whirlpool Corporation, the world’s leading global manufacturer of home appliances, will share its outlook on the future of appliance design and display products that make an impact on the daily lives of consumers at the International Builders Show from Jan. 19-21.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Caesars Foundation Solves for Soap, Engages Employees with Clean the World

The hospitality industry has long been under the CSR microscope due to the sheer volume of operations, energy use and waste creation. Although towel and linen reuse programs may be the hallmark consumer-facing program of the industry, new efforts have emerged that make a huge impact not only on sustainability issues within the industry but also leave a social impact mark on the world.

Events, Media & Communications

CRA Webinar Part 2 - Using Your Sustainability/CSR Report for Real Market Advantage

Register today for CRA Webinar Part 2 – Using Your Sustainability/CSR Report for Real Market Advantage

Events, Media & Communications

The American Art Therapy Association Endorses the Use of Dover Coloring & Activity Books in a Self-Care Regimen

Dover Publications is proud to announce that the American Art Therapy Association (AATA) supports the idea that coloring is beneficial as a self-care activity.

Diversity & Inclusion

Good Morning Sanofi - Elena

Meet Elena, a personal approach of career and work life balance among women in Russia.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

RSF Social Finance Fellows Follow-up: Nakul Kadaba

The RSF Social Impact Fellowship is missioned with growing the field of social finance, one cohort of thought leaders at a time. During their time at RSF, fellows work closely with the lending team to identify prospective borrowers, conduct due diligence, and structure loans.

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  2. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  3. Scotts Miracle-Gro | Environment Improvement
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  4. Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games
    Vision of Milano Cortina 2026 The Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 is the first Olympic winter Games planned and organised under Olympic...
  5. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...
  6. Environmental Sustainability
    Cisco is working not only for a more inclusive future, but a more environmentally sustainable one as well. Environmental issues like climate change...
  7. Employee and Community Engagement
    At MilliporeSigma, we look for opportunities to use employee and community engagement to spark scientific curiosity and breakthroughs. We know that...
  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. Green Mountain Energy Sun Club
    Since its founding in 2002, the Green Mountain Energy Sun Club has donated more than $4 million to solar and sustainability projects focusing on...
  10. 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...
  11. Emergency Response
    Document rapid interventions when crises strike: delivering therapeutic food, water, hygiene kits, and deploying mobile med
  12. CARE Corporate Partnerships
    CARE works with corporate partners globally to invest in innovative, scalable, impactful, community-based solutions.
  13. LATAM Growth
    DP World is significantly expanding its operations in Latin America, focusing on enhancing port infrastructure and increasing cargo handling...
  14. 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...
  15. IWBI | WELL Building Standard
    Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...