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Health & Healthcare

Curing Blindness in Dogs Gives Us Insight into Helping Blind Children

Sep 22, 2016 11:00 AM ET

When Dr. Gustavo Aguirre set out to find a cure for night blindness in dogs, a disease related to Progressive Retinal Atrophy, he knew it was going to require a lot of patience. When he started studying this disease, there was no map for the canine genome. He was able to find the mutated gene that caused the disease, and, by saving his genetic samples, he made a significant contribution to the mapping of the canine genome, which was completed in 2004.

Health & Healthcare

Data For Good: Predictive Analytics to Personalize Health Care

Sep 22, 2016 10:45 AM ET

As part of National Volunteer Week this month, we are profiling our DataCorps volunteers of projects past, present and future. These volunteers donate a whopping 5-10 hours a week over the course of several months to apply data science techniques that can help advance a social change organization's mission.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Addressing Women’s Empowerment Is Key to Sustainability: BSR’s Strategy for Business Action

Sep 22, 2016 10:30 AM ET

With the publication of the first UN High-Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment report, BSR is pleased to launch a new practice to catalyze effective and ambitious business action on women's empowerment.

Research, Reports & Publications

BCtA and GRI Release Publication Measuring Business Impact on the SDGs

Sep 22, 2016 10:30 AM ET

Today, Business Call to Action (BCtA) and GRI are launching a report that finds that governments are increasingly interested in accounting for private sector contributions to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a trend that has evolved from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Responsible Production & Consumption

Domtar EarthChoice Monthly Minute | September 2016

Sep 22, 2016 10:25 AM ET

Education

An Ambassador For Digital Literacy

Sep 22, 2016 10:10 AM ET

One year ago, Comcast employee Trinity Thorpe-Lubneuski walked into the offices of a Philadelphia organization that provides physical and speech therapy for young children. She was there because two of her triplets needed help.

Education

Meet Petr Distler from the Czech Republic

Sep 22, 2016 10:00 AM ET

Peter is a Chemistry teacher from Prague (Czech Republic) that has participated in all the different types of Amgen Teach activities since his enrolment in the programme last year.

Health & Healthcare

Harnessing the Power of Partnerships to Transform

Sep 22, 2016 9:15 AM ET

Education

VIDEO | Pizza Hut: The Literacy Project

Sep 22, 2016 9:15 AM ET

Research, Reports & Publications

BD Releases 2015 Sustainability Performance Update Report

Sep 22, 2016 9:00 AM ET

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, has published its 2015 Sustainability Performance Update report.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

BCtA and GRI Release Findings on Measuring Business Impact on the SDGs

Sep 22, 2016 9:00 AM ET

September 22, 2016 /3BL Media/ -- Today, Business Call to Action (BCtA) and GRI are launching a report that finds that governments are increasingly interested in accounting for private sector contributions to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a trend that has evolved from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Alternative Water Supply Expansion for Southern California Earns Top Industry Honor

Sep 22, 2016 9:00 AM ET

The Orange County Water District’s Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) Initial Expansion project, a Black & Veatch-designed alternative water supply system that bolsters water security for a large portion of Southern California, has been chosen to receive the prestigious Water Environment Federation (WEF) Project Excellence Award.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Las Vegas Sands and Sands Cares Increases Aid to Homeless in Las Vegas

Sep 22, 2016 9:00 AM ET

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS), the world's leading developer and operator of integrated resorts, today announced an expansion to its corporate citizenship commitment to address homelessness in the Las Vegas area.

Innovation & Technology

Twitter Chat Recap: How to Tackle Your Nonprofit's Website Design or Redesign

Sep 22, 2016 8:00 AM ET

NetSuite.org, TechImpact & LightCMS co-hosted a fast-paced Twitter conversation to help nonprofits navigate their website design and development projects - including how to start your project, what to include and where to access free and low-cost resources.

Health & Healthcare

Time to Talk about Partnerships for Access to Medicines

Sep 22, 2016 2:00 AM ET

Access to healthcare is making controversial headlines these days as the report of the High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines set up by the Secretary-General of the United Nations was just released. We need to move away from ideological disputes about intellectual property and focus on how we can help patients receive the treatments they need now.


Any solution to the access challenge needs to consider the complex factors that affect access in developing countries. It would indeed be misleading and counter-productive to focus the access debate on patents.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Smiles and Hope in Fraser Lake

Sep 21, 2016 6:40 PM ET

Residents of Fraser Lake, B.C. — a village along the Coastal GasLink pipeline project route — say TransCanada and its employees have become friends and partners, breathing new life into the community and providing hope for better days ahead after being impacted by job losses in early 2015.

Health & Healthcare

Novel Novartis Compound Shows Potential as Effective Therapy for Treating Drug Resistant Malaria

Sep 21, 2016 6:00 PM ET

Today Novartis published proof of concept study results in the New England Journal of Medicine showing that its new antimalarial compound, KAF156, demonstrated activity against both vivax and falciparum malaria, including artemisinin-resistant parasites.

Education

Back to School Activities to Jumpstart Young Innovator’s School Year

Sep 21, 2016 4:50 PM ET

As summer draws to an end it can be a challenge to get kids excited to head back to school. Boeing’s 100 Days of Learning content is the perfect way to get kids ready to jump back into the classroom. With hands-on activities that will get kids thinking creatively while building rocket ships and airplane wings from everyday household materials, preparing to strap on a backpack and hit the books has never been more thrilling.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sharing Sustainability Success: From Selling to Showing

Sep 21, 2016 4:45 PM ET

Kimberly-Clark's head of sustainability for EMEA Tom Berry explores how some of the world's most intractable development issues, such as increasing access to education and improving sanitation, require effective behaviour change programmes to create real progress.

Energy

National Grid Amps Up Solar Program in Massachusetts

Sep 21, 2016 4:30 PM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Major Leaguers Provide Funds From Players Trust to Help Houston Area Little Leaguers Return to the Diamond

Sep 21, 2016 4:30 PM ET

When floods ravaged the Houston, TX area this past spring, the Players Trust stepped to the plate with an $18,000 grant to help get two area Little Leagues back on the field.

Research, Reports & Publications

Caterpillar At-A-Glance

Sep 21, 2016 4:00 PM ET

With 2015 sales and revenues of $47.011 billion, Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives.

Education

For Students, a 21st Century World Means 21st Century Questions

Sep 21, 2016 3:45 PM ET

As the new school year begins across the country, it’s hard not to reminisce about the questions I always had in the back of my mind at the beginning of a new school year. They ranged from the immediate and critical: Will I fall from these platform shoes? What wasSaturday Night Fever really trying to tell me? To the really-important-but-abstract: How do I study for the SAT? What is the college application process like? Am I prepared to compete academically with the other students?

Health & Healthcare

Amway and EWEC | Ensuring Access to Early Childhood Nutrition

Sep 21, 2016 3:20 PM ET

Environment

HP Partners with Thread International, Timberland to Help Haitian Children, Families

Sep 21, 2016 3:05 PM ET

Today, at the 2016 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting in New York, HP and key partners announced a three-year program to assist Haitian children and their families by providing educational opportunities, including more than 200 scholarships, as well as physical exams and health and safety training for Haitians working at the Truitier landfill near Port-au-Prince .