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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Interview with Martha Herrera Gonzalez, Global Director of Corporate Social Responsibility at CEMEX

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Antea Group Case Study: Real Estate Portfolio Consolidation

Antea Group has been engaged to assist a major US print company with a decade-long consolidation of its real estate portfolio.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Fast Lane to Economic Opportunity

Education

RSF Social Finance Winter Quarterly: What is the Nature in Art?

In the latest RSF Quarterly, we explore the role of nature in education and the arts. Brad Miller, a teacher at High Mowing School, shares with us the life lessons his students gain through their study of biodynamic horticulture.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Q&A: Why Wrangler Joined The Sustainability Consortium

Wrangler’s new director of sustainability, Roian Atwood, and TSC CEO Sheila Bonini discuss what the new membership means for the two organizations.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Voting With Our Dollars and Investing in Change


Sustainable investing has the power to create change, says Morgan Stanley’s Audrey Choi in her TED@State Street talk.

Energy

Debunking the Myths Behind Concentrating Solar Power With Micro-CSP

Most people think that concentrating solar thermal (CSP) power plants must be large and expensive.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Points of Light, GE Volunteers and the Corporation for National and Community Service Bring Communities Together to Honor the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Through Volunteer Service

Points of Light, with support from GE Volunteers and the Corporation for National and Community Service; and in partnership with nonprofits and hundreds of local volunteer action centers, will mark the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, Jan. 18, by mobilizing more than 200,000 volunteers across the country in service projects and discussions of critical community issues.

Research, Reports & Publications

Diageo Fires Back at Latest Deceptive CAMY Report

The following statement is for attribution to Guy L. Smith, Executive Vice President, Diageo North America.

Innovation & Technology

7 Steps to a Successful Demo Process

So, you’ve done the RFP (Request for Proposal) process. You’ve figured out your top vendor choices to help manage your corporate volunteer and giving programs.

Energy

Law Firms Going Green to Support Resource-Efficiency

The EPA defines “green building” as the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle from site design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation and deconstruction.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

3BL Media and Governance & Accountability Institute Announce Partnership to Improve Distribution and Benchmarking of Corporate Sustainability Reports

3BL Media and Governance & Accountability Institute (G&A Institute) announced today a data analysis and distribution partnership to increase awareness of corporate sustainability reporting, and to better enable companies to benchmark their sustainability reporting versus their industry and investing peers.

Environment

Making the EPA Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule Work For You

The public comment period on the proposed revisions to the hazardous waste management program closed just before the end of 2015. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed these regulations to ”address gaps in the regulations, provide greater flexibility for hazardous waste generators to manage their hazardous waste in a cost-effective and protective manner, and reorganize the hazardous waste generator regulations to make them more user-friendly and thus improve their usability by the regulated community.” The regulations will likely have some impact on all regulated classes of hazardous waste generators.

Social Impact & Volunteering

2016 Outlook: Business and Purpose

The idea of double and triple bottom line has moved from concept to practice. Companies are recognizing that in order to remain competitive they need to invest in their workforce with more than just a fair paycheck, but by operating under a corporate mandate that has purpose and meaning outside of money making. They are recognizing that partnering with nonprofit organizations is not an act of charity - it's a way to tap into the expertise they need to maintain and strengthen the communities where their employees live and work.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Pentair: 50 Years of Winning Right

Pentair’s four CEOs reflect on the company’s history and its Win Right values.

Health & Healthcare

Atlas Copco Engages in Company-Wide SafeStart Program

Safety first. It’s a phrase commonly uttered by managers, splayed across colorful, eye-catching placards on production floors and posted on break room bulletin boards.

Research, Reports & Publications

More Than 1,000 Sustainability Reports Expected in Next Two Years in North America: CSE Research

Recent research by the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence focuses on the sustainability reporting trends of companies and organizations in North America, on the use of specific reporting standards and guidelines, and on the external assurance practices followed by these companies and organizations.

Health & Healthcare

Antea Group Case Study: Ensuring Safe Drinking Water State-Wide

A state environmental agency contracted with Antea®Group to assist in the execution of a state-wide clean drinking water program. Program objectives included the development of an efficient and standardized program to monitor for chemical and biological contaminants across more than 6,500 public water systems.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Talking Testing in the Fight Against AIDS

When you’re living with HIV, knowledge and action can mean the difference between a long and healthy life and a life cut tragically short. So we’re committed to making sure that those in the US who have the virus know it and are empowered to do something about it.

Environment

Sanofi – Transport of Medicine and Environmental Preservation

Sanofi has developed its supply chain of medicine towards a bigger environmental preservation for over 10 years.

Environment

Republic Services: #RecycleMore Tip #1

We all know we can recycle more ‪#‎recyclemore, but staying motivated can be a challenge. We're kicking off the new year with tips to help educate and promote sustainable resolutions ‪#‎SustainableResolutions. The first one is very important: Know HOW to Recycle…or clean, dry and empty.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

From Expectation to Business Imperative: A New Age of Corporate Communications on Human Rights

The subject of human rights has long been the black sheep of the corporate responsibility (CR) “family” of issues. Respecting and promoting human rights can be a challenge if companies don’t have insight into their human rights practices, impacts and policies. And yet, these rights are so very important to the way we work, the products and services we choose to support, and the opportunities we have in our lives and communities.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Community Development & Revitalization - How It's Done

Ron Phillips is the founding CEO of Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI), the Community Development Corporation (CDC) and Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) based in Maine. He will be stepping down from CEI in July 2016 after 38 years. Ellen Golden is the Senior Vice President for Corporate Development and Managing Director of CEI Investment Notes. She is stepping down this month after 37 years with CEI.

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...