Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Humana Is No. 1 in “JUST 100 List” Health Care Providers Industry Sector

Dec 27, 2017 1:30 PM ET

Humana has again been named one of America’s most JUST companies, ranking No. 1 in the Health Care Providers industry on JUST Capital and Forbes magazine’s JUST 100 List.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Building Sustainable and Inclusive Economies in Indo-Pacific

Dec 27, 2017 1:00 PM ET

Working together with policymakers, regulators and enterprises, GRI raises awareness and enhances reporting capacity on key sustainability issues in the Indo-Pacific region. GRI’s programs with the Australian government contribute to building a more inclusive economy that ultimately creates a higher quality of life.

Media & Communications

Carnival Corporation's AIDA New Year’s Raffle: Donations for SOS Children’s Villages, Mercy Ships and Fly & Help

Dec 27, 2017 10:30 AM ET

The annual New Year’s Raffle is taking place aboard all of the ships in the AIDA Cruises fleet. The proceeds from the raffle will once again go to a number of different projects.

For more than ten years, AIDA Cruises has supported the work of SOS Children’s Village with its worldwide projects for disadvantaged children. Thanks to our guests, it has been possible to support various SOS Children’s Village measures in Germany, Africa and the Philippines with donations totaling over one million euros.

Environment

Peru’s Integrated Approach to Nationally Determined Contributions Can Boost Agroforestry’s Role in Fighting Climate Change

Dec 27, 2017 9:20 AM ET

Peru’s Minister of Environment, Elsa Galarza, at a side event co-hosted by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) at this year’s United Nations’ climate talks in Bonn, Germany, presented the country’s innovative, multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder approach to its NDCs supported by a Framework Law on Climate Change that is pending approval.

Environment

Dell, Lonely Whale Launch Collaborative to Eliminate Marine Plastic Pollution

Dec 27, 2017 9:10 AM ET

Health & Healthcare

Design for Wellness: Strategies to Unite Health & Design

Dec 27, 2017 8:35 AM ET

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.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Subaru Share the Love® Event Generously Supports Meals on Wheels and So Can You

Dec 27, 2017 8:00 AM ET

Through the 2017 Share the Love Event, from November 16, 2017, to January 2, 2018, Subaru will donate $250 for every new Subaru vehicle purchased or leased to the customer's choice of the four national charities, including Meals on Wheels America, with a minimum guarantee of $250,000. In addition to these partners, Subaru retailers have selected hundreds of hometown charities for their customers to support as well. By the end of this year, Subaru and its participating retailers will have donated over $115 million to help those in need.

Sustainable Development Goals

Energy-Saving Trees and Oncor Electric Delivery Celebrate Five Years of Providing Environmental Benefits to Texas

Dec 27, 2017 8:00 AM ET

Energy-Saving Trees, a program of the Arbor Day Foundation, and Oncor Electric Delivery are celebrating the completion of their fifth year of partnership resulting in valuable social and environmental impact to Oncor customers across the state of Texas.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Tetra Tech Helps Provide a Solar-powered Water Supply System

Dec 27, 2017 8:00 AM ET

Tetra Tech has been a longtime supporter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), helping communities around the world meet their basic human needs. Tetra Tech partnered with the EWB Boston Professional Chapter to help bring clean, reliable water to the 4,000 residents of Mapinduzi, Tanzania. Tetra Tech supported the project through its 2016 Charity of the Year employee giving campaign, which raised funds for system installation in 2017.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Urgent Needs for 2018

Dec 27, 2017 7:15 AM ET

Aligning the capital markets more directly with the urgent needs we face as a society to halt environmental destruction and reverse decades of worsening inequality must be our priority for 2018. Alignment needs to occur at every level, across the global markets. Despite the tremendous efforts behind the Paris Climate Accord, formalization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and a long history of other efforts to change the course of climate change and inequality, we are not making nearly the progress needed. The 1,700 signatories to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, which represent $70 trillion of assets and a wave of press about environmental, social and governance-oriented investing, have not gotten us on track.

Education

Amgen Scholars Alumni David Isaac Berrios Shares the Larger Significance of His Research

Dec 27, 2017 7:00 AM ET

"Moving forward, I am confident that obtaining a graduate education will empower me to improve the quality of life for others. My ultimate career goal is to become a scientist who inspires others to achieve their goals."

Media & Communications

Restoring Net Neutrality

Dec 26, 2017 12:05 PM ET

Who owns the internet? The answer in the USA is “We all do”! The internet research and invention was paid for by US taxpayers and then turned over to the private sector, becoming the basic platform today for our entire economy and society!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Your Gift Gives Teens in Foster Care the Chance to Succeed

Dec 26, 2017 10:00 AM ET

The first thing Jamie Honerlaw, a Wendy’s Wonderful Kids recruiter, noticed about De’Andre was his outgoing personality. She knew what kind of family De’Andre wanted — one with a mom and a dad and little siblings – and was determined to find it for him. He’d been in foster care for nearly four years when Jamie introduced him to the Fargasons. She knew their family was the perfect fit for De’Andre.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Flocking for 400 Turkeys

Dec 22, 2017 4:50 PM ET

Whirlpool Corporation, along with the PGA of America and the city of Benton Harbor, sponsored the third annual Holiday Food Sharing Program in Benton Harbor, Mich. to distribute food boxes and more than 400 turkeys to families in need.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Spreading Christmas Cheer

Dec 22, 2017 4:15 PM ET

Whirlpool Corporation employees in Benton Harbor, MI adopted five families as a way to give back during the holiday season.

Events, Media & Communications

CITGO Honors Local Partners at Annual Appreciation Breakfast

Dec 22, 2017 3:40 PM ET

The CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery recently hosted its Annual Partner Appreciation Breakfast to recognize local organizations making a positive difference in the Coastal Bend region. The annual breakfast event, held at the Art Museum of South Texas, hosted guests from local industry; businesses; educational institutions, including Foy H. Moody High School, home of the CITGO Innovation Academy; and non-profit organizations, such as the United Way of the Coastal Bend and the Coastal Bend Food Bank.

Innovation & Technology

Arrow Electronics Helps Guide Millennial Innovators in China Forward

Dec 22, 2017 12:15 PM ET

Global technology-solutions provider Arrow Electronics is collaborating with several top universities in China, including Beijing Jiaotong University, Shanghai University and Shenzhen University to organize its annual “Innovation Club” competition in China. The initiative aims to promote an innovative and stimulating environment for university students, challenging them to turn their creative ideas into innovative products that positively impact life.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Keep America Beautiful Recycling Tips for the Holiday!

Dec 22, 2017 11:00 AM ET

The holidays are filled with family gatherings, parties with friends, wrapping gifts and decorating, all of which can substantially increase the amount of waste we generate. But it doesn't have to be that way!

Environment

Schneider Electric Is Committed to Using 100% Renewable Electricity Across Its Global Operations by 2030

Dec 22, 2017 10:35 AM ET

“Our 144,000 employees come to work every day with a passion for green growth. Some of them work to design innovative low-carbon technologies, energy efficient architectures, or circular business models. Others meet customers each day, support their resource productivity ambitions, and enable their journey towards zero emissions. Given this, we could not do less than align with this passion in the way we power our own sites and operations.

Health & Healthcare

Top 5 Takeaways from the Water #WELLography

Dec 22, 2017 9:25 AM ET

The Institute of Medicine recommends adults consume 2.7 to 3.7 L of water (through a combination of beverages and food) to offset the amount of water that leaves the body through respiration, perspiration, and excretion, thereby preventing dehydration and its adverse health effects. However, it has been estimated that almost 30% of American adults are inadequately hydrated.

Sustainable Development Goals

Building Resilience in the Philippines Through Microinsurance

Dec 22, 2017 9:05 AM ET

Microensurer Cebuana Lhuillier Insurance Solutions (CLIS) has joined Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a commitment to increase the number of Filipinos covered by microinsurance from 6 million in 2016 to 8 million in 2020, expanding insurance coverage to 60 percent of the country’s population.

Events, Media & Communications

Infographic: 20 Years of Defining the Sustainability Reporting Landscape

Dec 22, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Two decades after pioneering the sustainability reporting process in 1997, GRI is now the world's established pre-eminent sustainability standard setter. Through 20 years of work that has defined the reporting landscape, we have evolved our reporting framework in line with the collective understanding of sustainability, to incorporate new topics and best practices as they emerge.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Living on One Dollar A Day

Dec 22, 2017 8:35 AM ET

What gift would you give for the holidays that costs $56? Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci lived on $56 for 56 days in Guatemala and filmed Living on One Dollar, a documentary that has raised over $300,000 for Whole Planet Foundation, funding 1,600 microloans for Guatemalans living in poverty.

Environment

Does Modern Agriculture Hold the Solution to Hunger, Poverty and Climate Change?

Dec 22, 2017 8:15 AM ET

Farming is part of who I am. I am passionate about advancing and advocating for modern agriculture. From my early days spent on our family farm in rural Tennessee and throughout a career devoted entirely to agriculture, the farm has played a major role in shaping how I view the world.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

VIDEO | How Dogs Share the Love

Dec 22, 2017 8:00 AM ET

When these three women rescued their dogs, they had no idea how much their lives would change. Dogs can change how we see the world. They have the power to make us happy, and they teach us to be grateful. Meet Amanda, Vanessa, and Sahar, just three of the many to take part in this year’s Subaru #ShareTheLove campaign.