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Research & Reports

CSX Highlights 2015 Accomplishments

In June, CSX released its sixth annual Corporate Social Responsibility Report, tracking the company’s performance against key goals and exploring the issues important to diverse stakeholders who work with, live near, and ultimately depend on this company.

Philanthropy

Sodexo Provides More than 13,000 Free Summer Meals in First 10 Days at Richland School District Two

Sodexo, the world leader in Quality of Life Services, announced today that the summer meal program at Richland School District Two kicked-off successfully this year, serving more than 13,000 meals to youth in the first 10 days. The district’s Food Service Program, operated by Sodexo, is again providing free meals to youth in the county where nearly 1 in 5 kids is at risk of hunger.

Research & Reports

Gildan Releases its 2015 Genuine Gildan® CSR Report

Gildan’s 2015 corporate, social and environmental responsibility (CSR) report was released on the Company’s CSR dedicated website genuinegildan.com. Among other information, this year’s report highlights the results of Gildan’s 2010-2015 efforts in the area of environmental sustainability.

Awards & Rankings

Call for Nominations for Jurors for World Environment Center Sustainability Award

The World Environment Center (WEC) is seeking recommendations for sustainability experts to serve as members of the independent jury to select its yearly Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development. The Gold Medal Award is presented annually to a global company that demonstrates systemic commitment to sustainability in business practice.

Events

Interview with Jennifer Risi, Managing Director at Ogilvy Media Influence

Jennifer Risi is a seasoned communications executive with more than 15 years of experience. She oversees global media relations at Ogilvy and serves as senior advisor to many of the firm’s clients. She is an expert in nation branding, CEO positioning, crisis communications, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business-to-business strategy development. She is a worldwide board member of Ogilvy Public Relations.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Choosing to Find Your Happy Place at Work

Sometimes finding happiness must be very intentional but simply knowing happiness is a choice is not enough. Experiencing it requires a conscious decision every day and it is not always easy.

Awards & Rankings

KIRO 7 and The Trust for Public Land Announce Finalists for Western Washington’s Cox Conserves Heroes Program

KIRO 7, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, today announced finalists for Western Washington’s 2016 Cox Conserves Heroes program. The public is being asked to vote now through August 19 at http://www.kiro7.com/heroes.

Awards & Rankings

Nominate Your Company for the 2017 WEC Gold Medal Award for Sustainability (due Sept. 7)

Nominations are now being accepted for the World Environment Center’s (WEC) 2017 Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development. The Gold Medal Award is presented annually to a global company that demonstrates systemic commitment to sustainability in business practice.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Investors See Strong Link Between Corporate Sustainability and Financial Performance

Up to 90% of professional investors measure a company’s sustainability performance before making investment decisions.

Research & Reports

HPE Releases Its First Living Progress Report

HPE announces first Living Progress Report as Hewlett Packard Enterprise. With our new company comes a new three part format intended to make relevant information more easily accessible to our many stakeholders.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Rubber Ducks and Water Neutrality

As part of the upcoming NAEM 2016 Corporate Sustainability Management Conference, Antea Group will be helping make participants water neutral for the day.

Research & Reports

Caterpillar is Shaving Weeks Off Delivery Time

Research & Reports

Sands ECO360 | New Technologies and Innovation

Volunteering & Community

VolunteerMatch and YourCause Now Partner to Connect Companies with Community Volunteer Needs

VolunteerMatch, the web’s largest volunteer engagement network, and YourCause LLC, provider of CSRconnect Employee Engagement and Enterprise Philanthropic Platform, announce today a partnership that will give YourCause clients the option to add the VolunteerMatch network to their existing suite of corporate social responsibility (CSR) management tools.

Education & Workforce Development

CITGO Awards Collegiate Scholarships to Local Students

Research & Reports

Annual Review of CR Reporting and Comms Summit Featuring Unilever, AkzoNobel, CocaCola Enterprises & ABN Amro

The Annual Review of CR Reporting and Sustainability Communications from Ethical Corporation has just been released.

Research & Reports

Pearson Launches 2015 Sustainability Report

Pearson, the world’s learning company, today launches its 2015 Sustainability Report, which aims to advance the conversation about what sustainability looks like in the education industry.

Volunteering & Community

Team LIVESTRONG Spotlight: Team BlaineRidesOn

We’re highlighting some of the amazing individuals and teams that have made our events so special, and who do incredible work fundraising to support LIVESTRONG’s cancer programs and services.

Volunteering & Community

How to Increase Your Employee Volunteer Rates Through Word of Mouth

For me, there’s nothing quite like the rush of recruiting a new volunteer! Having a conversation, chatting about my experience, and seeing someone take the leap to volunteer… I love it so much that I’ve made my career out of it! Here at VolunteerMatch, I help lead the effort on growing the base of our volunteer, nonprofit, and corporate ‘members.’

For some, however, this is a terrifying idea. That’s why I wanted to share some ways to enhance your word-of-mouth recruitment efforts to increase employee participation in your volunteer program!

Here are 3 reasons (and ways) to enhance your organic word-of-mouth efforts.

Awards & Rankings

Republic Services Earns Top Industry Award for Recycling Systems Excellence

Republic Services (NYSE: RSG) is pleased to announce that the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has named Republic’s Southern Nevada Recycling Center winner of the Gold Excellence Award in the Recycling Systems category. The award will be presented at SWANA’s annual conference, WASTECON®, on Tuesday, August 23, 2016, in Indianapolis, Ind.

Volunteering & Community

Jay Bruce of the Cincinnati Reds Takes a Swing for Those at Home

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Policy and Advocacy

Policy and Advocacy content from IWBI - International Well Building Institute

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...

GoDaddy Empower

GoDaddy Empower is our signature social impact program, designed to help emerging entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses online.

Sustainable Operations

As a global organization with more than 300,000 products and employing 20,000 people across more than 60 countries, we recognize the importance of...

GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...

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...

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...

Nutrition and Health

Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...

Social Progress

Social engagement has always been an integral part of our sense of responsibility as a company. We care and we act to do our part to improve the...

Subaru Share the Love® Event

Since the launch of the Subaru Share the Love Event in 2008, Subaru of America and our retailers have donated more than $256 million to charity, with...