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Health & Healthcare

Design for Wellness: Strategies to Unite Health & Design

Design can be about many things: beauty, symmetry, color - but one of the most powerful elements of building and space design is the opportunity to impact and improve the health and well-being of people. Through thoughtful design choices like strategic placement of drinking water stations, selection of non-toxic materials and lighting that aligns with the body’s circadian rhythms, designers can be ambassadors for public health, a mission that we wholeheartedly believe in.

Innovation & Technology

The Smart City Puzzle: The Role of Utilities in Next-Gen Communities

The term smart city has become ubiquitous in the technology world, and especially among the energy industry. But what does smart city really mean for utilities? Register for the free webinar.

Diversity & Inclusion

Inclusion Creates Ingenuity and Motivation

Our diverse workforce is essential to PNC’s success. Recruiting talent from diverse market segments provides PNC with a wealth of skills and ideas, increases employee engagement and ties us closer to the communities we serve.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Let's Get Circular

What if we lived in a world where we didn’t own anything? I’m not talking about giving away all of our possessions and living in a yurt. I mean what if we could still enjoy all of the latest gadgets and appliances we love, and the clothing and furniture we need, but we just paid to use them instead of bought and owned them outright? What if we didn’t have the hassle or expense of maintaining them or replacing them when they no longer served their purpose?

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Carnival Corporation's Carnival Cruise Line And Houston Texans Gear Up For 'Summer Kickoff' Event with The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston

Carnival Cruise Line and the Houston Texans teamed up to host the first-ever Summer Kickoff event recently with a variety of fun activities for kids at the Havard Boys & Girls Club in Houston.

Environment

Materials Testing: Focus on Healthcare Film Recycling

HPRC, in collaboration with Plastics Engineering Technology students at Penn State, conducted a study that analyzed the physical properties of various blends of recycled plastics and virgin resin found in hospital areas which generate the highest volumes of packaging waste - the operating room, general floor and loading dock.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Proud of Top Ranking

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is proud to share it has earned a 4-star rating on Charity Navigator. This means we consistently execute our mission in the most fiscally responsible way. In fact 90 percent of the funds donated to the Foundation go back into our programs.

Research, Reports & Publications

Sustainability at Kingfisher: Making It Easy for Customers, and Part of the Everyday for Colleagues

Kingfisher’s aim is to make sustainability an easy choice for customers. It’s this vision that sets the path for everything they do, and that will help them achieve their ambition to create good homes by making home improvement accessible for everyone.

Environment

Safe Tires a First Step on the Road to Zero

If our nation is to eliminate preventable deaths everywhere, it will need to eliminate preventable deaths on the roads. We hope this can begin by using creativity and awareness to eliminate deaths on a stretch of highway southwest of Atlanta.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Employees' Power to Drive Social Impact is Good for Business

Eileen Howard Boone is Senior Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility and Philanthropy for CVS Health, and President of the CVS Health Foundation. She is responsible for formulating the strategic positioning of the company’s corporate social responsibility platform and leading the company’s corporate philanthropic programs.

Environment

For Sustainable Business, Collaboration is the New Competition

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies often find themselves boxed in by customer demand. On one hand, more shoppers say they want to purchase more sustainable products, but many are not willing to pay a premium. And although most consumers still base their purchases largely on price and performance, the trends are clear: Environmental sustainability is expected. This applies to not only products, but also packaging.

Research, Reports & Publications

By the Numbers: CSR at BNY Mellon

Since our founding in 1784, BNY Mellon has been dedicated to delighting our clients and helping them succeed. We carry this principle through all our corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities to help enable prosperity and wellbeing for our stakeholders.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Timberland X Thread Partnership

The unbridled accumulation of single-use, post-consumer plastic bottles represents a social and environmental crisis affecting populations and landscapes the world over. While industrialized countries have evolved systems and customs that effectively displace this waste stream, the problem is glaringly evident in less-industrialized countries, ill-equipped to control the flow.

Environment

Elevating Water Services and Achieving Compliance through Integrated Planning

This year’s Strategic Directions: Water Industry Report survey shows that while early adopters are making progress with implementing an “Integrated Planning Approach,” opportunity exists to implement this approach on a larger scale, across the board.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Kids Foundation® Launches Free Organic Education App, Helping Kids Discover the Meaning of Organic

Today, Whole Kids Foundation launches Starting with Soil, a free tablet-based organic education app available via Google Play and the App Store, to provide a fun way for kids and parents to learn what it looks and feels like to grow food in harmony with nature.

Green Infrastructure

Corporate Sustainability Unfolding

Tam Nguyen is the global head of sustainability for Bechtel corporation, an international engineering and construction company. He directs the overall formulation and implementation of Bechtel’s sustainability strategy and integration process across the enterprise and into major projects. He also leads corporate initiatives, stakeholder and policy planning on a range of global issues, including climate change, human rights, and economic development.

Events, Media & Communications

Webinar: The Core Elements of an Engaging CSR Strategy with Samantha Mesrobian of Scotiabank and Guusje Bendeler of thinkPARALLAX

Discover how Canada’s largest international bank, Scotiabank, refreshed their approach to CSR communications and how it changed the way they engage with their stakeholders. In this one hour webinar Samantha Mesrobian, Director Corporate Social Responsibility at Scotiabank, and Guusje Bendeler, thinkPARALLAX Co-Founder and Chief Strategy and Creative, will discuss the launch of Scotiabank’s new CSR strategy — Better Future, Better Off — followed by a live question-and-answer session.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Challenge Accepted: Team Viacom Once Again Races Through J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge

J.P. Morgan has hosted the Corporate Challenge almost annually since 1977, when 200 runners showed up. Viacom has participated for many years. Entry fees benefit the Central Park Conservancy, a public-private partnership that manages the park’s 843 acres.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New Recommendations To Improve Climate-Related Financial Disclosures

New recommendations released today by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, or TCFD, will play a critical role in improving climate-related financial disclosures, providing investors with the important information they need to make better short-term and long-term investment decisions, Ceres CEO and President Mindy Lubber said in a statement today.

Research, Reports & Publications

Heathrow Publishes Its 2016 Sustainability Performance Report

Heathrow’s latest Sustainability Performance Report demonstrates continued progress on a range of sustainability issues.

Environment

Progressing Economic Growth and Environmental Conservation

In 2016, Newmont, the State of Nevada and the U.S. Department of the Interior established the Conservation Framework Agreement, a mutually agreed upon framework governing Newmont’s management of more than 1.5 million acres of sagebrush habitat in Nevada.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Points of Light Civic Accelerator Invests $100,000 in Two Startups Advancing Economic Mobility for Underserved Populations

The Points of Light Civic Accelerator announced today that it will invest $50,000 each in SpringFour (Chicago) and The Virtual Scholarship Center (Atlanta) – one for-profit and one nonprofit startup. Both ventures are focused on financial well-being and economic mobility to help more individuals and families succeed.

Environment

AEG Releases 2017 Sustainability Report

Furthering its industry leadership in sustainability, today at the Green Sports Alliance Summit, AEG, the world’s leading sports and live entertainment company, released its sixth annual sustainability report, a comprehensive publication that details the company’s global efforts toward reducing its environmental footprint.

Environment

5 Energy Efficiency, Emission Reduction Milestones | 10 Years of BIER

As stakeholder expectations evolve and sustainability awareness grows, the beverage sector is facing increasing pressure to be more productive while also consuming less energy.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Three Quality of Lifehacks for a More Sustainable Diet

Shrinking your food footprint isn’t as daunting as it may seem. By eating in a more sustainable way, you can lower your environmental impact, protect ecosystems and contribute to food security not just for us, but for future generations, according to The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization.

Latest Campaigns

  1. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  2. Collaboration and Partnership
    Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...
  3. AMD Environmental Sustainability
    Advancing sustainability across our operations, supply chain manufacturing and product stewardship
  4. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  5. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  6. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...
  7. Kingfisher Around the World
    The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...
  8. Impacting Today and Tomorrow
    What we do matters and our associates can expect opportunities to create real impact at work and in the community.
  9. International Paper | SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS
    Vision 2030 Goal: Improve our climate impact and advance water stewardship
  10. Shared Goodness Promise - Hershey's ESG Progress
    The Hershey Company is committed to publishing annual environment, social, and governance reports that give updates on our publicly stated goals and...
  11. 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...
  12. PSEG People & Communities
    PSEG is committed to improving the lives of our customers, our employees and the diverse communities we serve throughout New Jersey and Long Island...
  13. KeyBank Foundation: Helping Communities Thrive through Education, Workforce Development, and Service
    KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...
  14. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  15. Sustainability- Carnival Corporation's Way of Doing Business
    Carnival’s approach to sustainability is a full-time commitment; it is not a cost of doing business, it is a way of doing business. We at Carnival...