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Social Impact & Volunteering

Getting to Know SuiteImpact Ambassador Nicole LaPenta

NetSuite.org’s SuiteImpact initiative, where NetSuite employeees give back to the local community through hands-on volunteer activities, has taken off, gaining participants from every NetSuite office from all over the world. SuiteImpact Ambassadors are NetSuite employees who spearhead volunteer activities in their local office. Here, we are taking the time to get to know one of our SuiteImpact Ambassadors in our Toronto office, Nicole LaPenta.

Innovation & Technology

Infographic: VSD Technology Provides up to 50 Percent Energy Savings

Education

Wells Fargo Supports Veterans With $2 Million to Scholarship America

Wells Fargo has committed $2 million over the next four years to Scholarship America to develop and implement the Wells Fargo Veterans Scholarship Program and the Wells Fargo Veterans Emergency Grant Program.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Waste-to-Energy Solutions

Diversity & Inclusion

How I became a techie: Susie Armstrong

"You can make a living out of having fun." -Susie Armstrong

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

GOJO Announces Its 2020 Sustainability Goals

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Top Mars News Stories of 2015

2015 marked another banner year for Mars, Incorporated and our many brands. From new production facilities to achieving sustainability goals, we achieved a lot this year. We’ve pulled together our 10 most exciting stories from the past 12 months so you can find everything all in one spot.

Social Impact & Volunteering

CITGO Fuels Holiday Spirit Among Underserved Community at MorningStar Mission

CITGO Petroleum Corporation fueled good this holiday season by bringing together employees from its Arlington Heights and Lemont Terminals, as well as its Lemont Refinery, on Christmas Day to volunteer and make a difference with local homeless shelter and support organization MorningStar Mission.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Arby’s Named Among Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the U.S. for 2015

The National Association for Business Resources has named Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc. (ARG) among the Best and Brightest Companies To Work For® in the country.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Donate a Scarf from the Heart

The Southern Nevada division of Republic Services hosted a scarf collection drive to support the Catholic Charities shelter program during the holidays. Local Republic employees filled three large bags with more than 100 scarves. The theme for the scarf drive was Donate a Scarf from the Heart.

Social Impact & Volunteering

#20StoriesOfStrength: Prudential Celebrates Today’s Newark

For more than 140 years, Prudential and Newark have brought out the best in each other. That’s never been more true than today. See how stories of innovation and inspiration are changing lives here—and changing minds about Newark everywhere else.

Diversity & Inclusion

Are You Losing Your CSR Talent to Social Enterprise?

In my 10 years of working in talent recruiting and development in the nonprofit and social enterprise sectors, I often find myself in conversations with private sector professionals looking for a change.

Responsible Production & Consumption

European Chemical Agency Adds Five Substances to The Candidate List

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) recently appended The Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Mall at Robinson Wins Pittsburgh Green Workplace Challenge

Forest City’s The Mall at Robinson was recently recognized as a Pittsburgh Green Workplace Challenge winner by Sustainable Pittsburgh, a local organization that promotes economic prosperity, social equity and environmental quality.

Environment

Top 15 GM Sustainability Stories of 2015

From electrifying vehicles and finding a second useful life for waste to protecting threatened species and engaging colleges in a vision for a clean energy future, we’ve had plenty of great stories to tell this year. Here are our 15 favorites from 2015.

Environment

Turning (Less) Water into Wine

In 2014, a small winery in the central coast of California experienced a dramatic reduction in the flow of its groundwater wells, severely limiting the amount of water available for production, and threatening the viability of the entire operation.

Environment

California is One of the Greenest States

“As California goes, so goes the nation,” declares an old political saying. If that is true than the U.S. will eventually have much more ambitious laws to address climate change and the majority of Americans will support them.

Environment

Carbon Action Helps Companies Cut Emissions by 640M Tons in 2015

Companies around the world increasingly recognize that a reduction in GHG emissions is not only good for global climate but also for their bottom line. Carbon reduction by companies comes from the adoption of low-carbon energy infrastructure, improved transportation use, and increase in energy efficiency.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Recognition for Goldcorp’s Environmental and Community Work in Concurrent Reclamation at Marlin

At the end of 2011, Goldcorp’s Marlin mine’s open pit closed. Well, technically the pit ceased operations, but this wasn’t the end of the Goldcorp story for the mine’s Guatemalan neighbours. In some ways, it was a beginning.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Goldcorp recibe reconocimiento por el Trabajo Medioambiental y Comunitario por el Saneamiento Simultáneo de Marlin

A finales del 2011, cerró la mina a cielo abierto de Marlin de Goldcorp. Es decir, cesaron las operaciones a cielo abierto; sin embargo, este no fue el final de la historia de Goldcorp para los vecinos guatemaltecos de la mina. En cierta forma, era un comienzo.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Reconnaissance du travail environnemental et communautaire de Goldcorp dans le cadre des activités de réhabilitation concomitante de la mine Marlin

À la fin de 2011, la mine à ciel ouvert Marlin de Goldcorp a fermé. Plus précisément, les activités d’exploitation minière ont cessé, mais non les activités liées à Goldcorp pour les voisins guatémaltèques de la mine. Il s’agissait plutôt d’un début d’une certaine manière.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Women Around the World Face Hurdles to Financial Inclusion

Imagine carrying all of your money on your arms. The gold jewelry circling your wrists and forearms is your retirement, collateral for a loan or a rainy-day fund.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Mexico’s Thriving Automotive Electronics Industry Needs Parallel EHS Boom

Antea Group senior consultant and Technology Forecasters CEO Pamela Gordon recently wrote a piece for EBN about the need for EHS expansion in the rapidly expanding automotive electronics industry in Mexico.

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