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Building a More Resilient, Agile, and Sustainable Future

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What We Learned (Or Didn’t) From Hurricane Katrina

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Barclays Supports UK Living Wage Week

Social Impact & Volunteering

Let's Draft Solutions for #OurLivingFuture

What will you do to make your community inclusive and robust for everyone? Please join us in conversation around #OurLivingFuture, at our events and online. We want to hear your voice. The future is not just yours or mine, it’s ours.

Events, Media & Communications

Bloomberg LP to Host 2015 RI Americas Conference at New York Headquarters

Environment

Metlife is First U.S. Insurer to Adopt Carbon Neutrality

MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) said today that it will achieve carbon neutrality by the end of 2016, becoming the first U.S.-based insurer to do so.

Education

Meet the Amgen Scholars of 2015

When most undergrads think back on ‘summer vacations’, they may associate them with sleeping in late, heading to the beach and spending free time watching Netflix.

But, there are some students who want to use those summers to do something more.

Environment

PT Freeport Indonesia, a Freeport-McMoRan company, provides relief to region battling smoke from forest fires

Since mid-October, the archipelago of Indonesia has been under a haze of smoke from fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan. Mimika Regency in Papua, located east of where the fires rage, has smog thick enough to close the local airport.
In response to the smoke and haze damage, PT Freeport Indonesia has provided 6 tons of food as well as supplies for response teams dealing with the smoke and fire devastation.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Food Giants Commit to Testing World’s First Sustainable Rice Standard

Rice is a food staple to more than half of the world’s seven billion people. A large part of rice consumption occurs in Asia, where it is a staple for a majority of the population, including the region’s 560 million hungry people. At the current global population growth rate, the world will have to grow 50 percent more rice by 2050.

Events, Media & Communications

Code.org, Disney and Lucasfilm Broaden Participation in Science with Star Wars™ Hour of Code Tutorial

This week, Code.org, Disney and Lucasfilm unveiled a Star Wars™-themed computer science tutorial featuring Princess Leia, C-3PO and R2-D2, as well as Rey and BB-8 from the upcoming film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The online lesson kicks off the third-annual Hour of Code campaign, a worldwide effort to broaden participation in computer science during Computer Science Education Week, December 7–13.

Education

A Conversation with Amy Bird, Lending Manager for the Education Portfolio at RSF Social Finance

Amy Bird joined RSF Social Finance in June of this year, and is responsible for cultivating strong relationships with education borrowers. RSF’s communications manager, Enrique Perez, recently interviewed Amy about her journey from student to globetrotter to move-and-shaker in the Waldorf education movement.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Help Us Support Local Heroes at Your Neighborhood Albertsons, Safeway, Jewel-Osco, and Vons

In honor of Veterans Day, Albertsons Companies would like to express our sincerest gratitude to all who have served our country, both active military as well as veterans. There are nearly 22 million veterans in the U.S.; these brave individuals are our friends, neighbors, relativ

Innovation & Technology

NS: Innovative Service Solutions

Environment

Goldcorp’s Role in Helping Conserve Pacific Salmon

In western Canada, vibrant salmon populations have long been considered an important bellwether of the health of the surrounding ecosystem.

Environment

Le rôle de Goldcorp pour aider à la conservation du saumon du Pacifique

Dans l’ouest du Canada, les populations vibrantes de saumons ont longtemps été considérées comme un important indicateur de la santé de l’écosystème environnant.

Social Impact & Volunteering

A Walk in the Woods Leads to an Unexpected Journey for This Veteran

This week, in honor of Veterans Day, we celebrate the men and women who have served our country, who today are channeling that impulse to serve to make a difference in their communities. Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree, Sean Gobin.

Environment

Indonesia Fires: What Can Be Done About Them

Indonesia has become the site of the greatest environmental disaster of the 21st century. Since August, raging fires have enveloped the country in a film of smoke. Wildlife, including the iconic orangutan, has been displaced or burned alive, and one third of them are in serious danger in the islands of Sumatra and Borneo.

Social Impact & Volunteering

SCE Employees Rally to Help Syrian Refugees

Southern California Edison employees recently rallied to collect donations to help refugees.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog - November 9, 2015

Social Impact & Volunteering

Electric Lights Parade

Social Impact & Volunteering

Benevity Acquires GrantStream, Offering Single, Integrated Solution that Delivers Greater Engagement and Impact

Benevity Inc., the leading global supplier of workplace giving and volunteer management software, announced the acquisition of GrantStream, a long-recognized leader in grants management software. The partnership provides a single solution that seamlessly integrates employee giving, volunteering and grantmaking for all Benevity and GrantStream clients, which include some of the most iconic companies in the world.

Environment

Corporate Philanthropy is More Than Writing Checks

Health & Healthcare

Student Farmers Growing Veggies, Engaging Community and Raising Academic Performance

On behalf of the children, families and community of the South Bronx, I thank you for opportunity to share my story, my passion and my mission with you. One might wonder what a teacher from the South Bronx – the poorest Congressional District in America – would have to say? The answer is simple; Green Bronx Machine!

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Power of Sustainable Business

Innovation & Technology

Villa Vassilieff: Launch of the Pernod Ricard Fellowship

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    In the U.S. and around the world, Mary Kay remains steadfast in its commitment to ending the cycle of domestic violence and finding cures for cancers...
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    We believe that people can only live their healthiest lives on a healthy planet. That’s why we reduce our environmental footprint by finding...
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    Informed by Project Drawdown, the world’s leading resource for climate solutions, Drawdown Georgia is the first state-centered effort to crowdsolve...
  11. 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...
  12. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
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    KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...
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