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Health & Healthcare

Study: Your Home’s Water Quality Could Vary by the Room – and the Season

Is the water in your home actually safe, given that water utility companies in the U.S. aren’t required by law to monitor the water that specifically enters a building at its service line?

Energy

Millennials and the Financial Impact of the Energy Transition

Millennials were born into a rapidly changing financial landscape which should inform us of the diligence required for the next economic revolution.

Environment

Using Shared Value for Climate Action

A look into FSG’s project with Swedish construction company OBOS.

Innovation & Technology

The Long and Short of 77 and 24 GHz Automotive Radar

Automotive radar developers continue to hold onto the tenet, that good technology truly can save lives as Keysight and Calterah work to create better radar detection for blind spot detection, lane change, parking assistance, and collision avoidance.

Environment

Cascade Comes Clean About Dishwashing Habit

P&G detergent brand, Cascade is launching “Do It Every Night,” a campaign to encourage water conservation in an unexpected way: by considering running the dishwasher every night, instead of washing dishes by hand.

Events, Media & Communications

What Nature Can Teach Business About Achieving Shared and Sustainable Value

Companies are recognizing that more inclusive business models and collaborations that include diverse actors can drive both economic growth and accelerate impact on addressing our UN Sustainable Development Goals. What’s behind this realization?

Events, Media & Communications

Goodyear Unveils New Brand Campaign That Champions the Power of Forward Movement

Goodyear’s newest campaign highlights the relationship between physical movement and unlocking human potential.

Sustainable Development Goals

Practical Help for Businesses to up the Pace of SDGs Progress

This year marks just ten years to go to the deadline for completing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arrow Electronics Employees Sponsor Donation Drive for REMAR Mexico Shelter

Employees in Arrow Electronics’ Guadalajara, Mexico operations sponsored a donation drive for the REMAR Occidente Shelter that provides essential services for women and children.

Innovation & Technology

Surprise! T-Mobile Announces Not Just One, But Three Grand Prize Winners of the Second-Annual Changemaker Challenge

Instead of just ONE team walking away with the Grand Prize, all three teams were selected to each receive a total of $10,000 in seed funding for their project.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

PayPal Funds Research Into Illegal Firearm Distribution

With the U.S. holding the title for more public mass shootings than any other country globally, increasingly, Americans are looking to all stakeholders to solve the gun violence epidemic.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Nevada Homeless Alliance Sponsor of the Year Sands Cares Helps the Organization Provide for Those in Need

The Nevada Homeless Alliance (NHA) organizes Project Homeless Connect, a series of service events bringing providers together in a single place to help those in need in the local Las Vegas community.

Events, Media & Communications

U. S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome M. Adams and CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta join Chef David Bouley and Dr. Mark Hyman at The WELL Conference

Two globally recognized physicians, a renowned integrative medicine expert, and one of the world’s leading restauranteurs will join the more than 50 leading designers, architects, business leaders, academicians and public health professionals...

Diversity & Inclusion

An Inspiring Visit to Empower Women in the Workplace

As a Company which aims to make diversity and inclusion a competitive advantage, CNH Industrial is strongly invested in the promotion and expansion of its female workforce. This starts at the very top with 40% of its Board of Directors being female.

Innovation & Technology

Projects in Chicago and St. Louis Show How Technology Can Support Inclusion

Imagine being able to find the most populated sidewalk for a late-night journey to the train station or knowing the air quality in your neighborhood, rather than your whole city.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Best Career Advice for Teens Takes the Unpredictable Into Account

The Young Women’s Leadership School of Astoria gathered in a JetBlue conference room at the airline’s command center in Long Island City listening with rapt attention to airline executives who traced the paths that brought them to JetBlue.

Health & Healthcare

No Shame, No Stigma: Ending the Mental Health Taboo

We want everyone to know that it’s okay to not be okay. Cisco is changing the conversation about mental health issues within our company.

Innovation & Technology

Meet the People Behind GM’s All-electric Future PART 3: Andy Oury on GM’s Next-Generation Batteries

GM understands that driver experience is paramount. When it comes to switching from an engine-powered to electric vehicle, GM has demonstrated that the driver experience is far from sacrificed.

Diversity & Inclusion

Scotiabank Hosts Women in Agriculture Event Highlighting Local Female Entrepreneurs

On Wednesday, February 12, Scotiabank held a Women in Agriculture networking lunch at Winchelsea Events in Winchester. Local women in agriculture were invited to enjoy the company of others and learn about the struggles and successes of other women.

Health & Healthcare

Covenant Health Community Spotlight: WIC Clinic Now in Lubbock Grocery Store

A WIC clinic is now in a Lubbock grocery store, the first kind of partnership like this in the state.

The clinic is inside the United Supermarket at 2630 Parkway Drive.

Social Impact & Volunteering

How T-Mobile Values Veterans

Giving back is in Scott White's blood; here's how he serves not only his community of customers, but his home community of Nashville as well.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Sysco, Non-Profit Partners Work to Drive Out Hunger During Sysco Gives Back Weeks 2020

Giving back to our community is at the core of who we are, which is why our Houston-based associates are dedicating every day for two weeks to support our non-profit partners in the area.

Innovation & Technology

How Aflac Found a Duck’s Purpose

While those two initiatives define the brand, they weren’t firmly connected until 2018, when Aflac debuted a companion robot called My Special Aflac Duck that the company donates to children undergoing cancer treatment.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Unilever, Patagonia, Ikea, BlackRock, and The Church of England Pension Board on Leading the Decade of Action

The Reuters Events Responsible Business Summit Europe will task 750 global leaders to share how they’re taking action now, to deliver against the 2030/2050 horizons.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Bechtel Recognizes Colleagues for Their Commitment to Local Communities

In 2019, Bechtel employees donated more than $5.6 million by fundraising for charities, toy and food drives, walks supporting a variety of causes and countless volunteer hours supporting their local communities across all projects.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Coach Foundation | Dream It Real
    To help break cycles of inequality, we empower the next generation to reach their full potential through higher education.
  2. Responsible Business
    We integrate responsible and sustainable practices in every aspect of our organization. Our products are created in ways that do not harm individuals...
  3. Subaru Love Promise: Health
    Subaru believes we all should have a chance to lead a healthy life. Through our partnership with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society® (LLS), Subaru and...
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...
  7. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...
  8. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  9. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Gilead Sciences Corporate Social Responsibility
  10. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Whirlpool Corporation has several CSR partners including United Way, Habitat for Humanity International, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Consulada...
  11. People: Belonging
    We have committed to making the next ten years the best yet for Bacardi, and part of that journey includes creating a unified global community of...
  12. Diversity & Inclusion
    Kimberly-Clark: Diversity & Inclusion
  13. Enriching Women's Lives
    60 years ago, Mary Kay Ash created an unparalleled opportunity for women to define their own successes and control their own futures. Her vision of...
  14. Drive for MPC
    At Marathon Petroleum, our professional truck drivers share one common vision: no accidents, no injuries, and no harm to the environment. We’re proud...
  15. 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...