Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Domtar Supports Summer Education with Project Exploration Station

Aug 4, 2016 12:05 PM ET

Domtar's Hawesville Mill and Owensboro Converting, in conjunction with Domtar's Sustainability Committee, made a financial donation to Project Exploration Station, a retired school bus that has been renovated into an educational center on wheels. The Foundation for Daviess County (Kentucky) Public Schools Board of Directors developed an exciting and unique educational platform for area students so that learning doesn't have to stop over the summer.

Education

Citi Foundation and America’s Promise Alliance Announce 2016 Youth Opportunity Fund Grant Recipients in 10 U.S. Cities

Aug 4, 2016 12:00 PM ET

The Citi Foundation and America’s Promise Alliance announced today the selection of 12 nonprofit organizations as 2016 Youth Opportunity Fund grant recipients. The Fund – now in its second year – awarded an additional $3 million in support of programs that connect youth to opportunities that increase their employability and prepare them to compete and thrive in a 21st century economy. To date, the Fund has provided $6 million to support 24 organizations, reaching more than 7,000 youth.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Wells Fargo Commits $5 million to Boost Austin-area Homeownership

Aug 4, 2016 12:00 PM ET

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC), NeighborWorks America® and its network member BCL of Texas, today announced the upcoming Austin, Texas-area NeighborhoodLIFT® program with a $5 million commitment by Wells Fargo to help boost local homeownership in Travis, Bastrop, and Hays counties.

Environment

Talk with Green Guy - Interview with Frank Fernandez, Arthur Blank Foundation

Aug 4, 2016 11:30 AM ET

Talk with Green Guy show host, Eric Moncrief interviews Frank Fernandez of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Education

T. Rowe Price Survey Finds that Kids Expect Parents to Cover the Cost of Whatever College They Want and Parents Are Unprepared

Aug 4, 2016 11:15 AM ET

T. Rowe Price’s 2016 Parents, Kids & Money Survey, which sampled 1,086 parents nationally and their 8 to 14 year old kids, found that many kids (62%) expect their parents to cover the cost of “whatever college I want to go to.” Yet most parents (65%) will only be able to contribute some to the cost of college. And the results suggest that student loans can lead to increased anxiety and financial stress. Parents with their own student loans are more likely to lose sleep over college costs (49% vs. 40%) and are significantly more likely to have credit card debt (67% vs. 54%) and payday loans (19% vs. 7%).

Environment

Mars' Principles in Action Report Shares Health and Sustainability Commitments

Aug 4, 2016 11:05 AM ET

Mars has caught the industry's attention more than once in recent memory with its commitments to issues ranging from environmental sustainability to women's empowerment and conscientious marketing.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Guest Blog: These Children are Our Responsibility

Aug 4, 2016 10:30 AM ET

Darcy Thachuk is a Wendy’s Wonderful Kids recruiter and works each day to find forever families for children in foster care at the Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society in Windsor, Ontario.

Research, Reports & Publications

Kimberly-Clark A&NZ Launches New Five Year Sustainability Strategy and Latest Sustainability Report

Aug 4, 2016 10:30 AM ET

Kimberly-Clark (K-C) Australia & New Zealand (A&NZ) released its new five-year sustainability strategy. Both globally and locally, K-C’s sustainability goals have transitioned from three pillars of sustainability (People, Planet and Product) to an evolution of five key priority areas - Social Impact, Forests and Fibre, Waste & Recycling, Energy & Climate, and Supply Chain.

Innovation & Technology

Thermal Hydrolysis Offers Multiple Benefits to Wastewater Treatment Facilities

Aug 4, 2016 10:00 AM ET

Thermal hydrolysis is an advanced wastewater solids conditioning process that boasts both financial and environmental advantages. With the process in wide usage across the UK, it is now starting to gain traction in the U.S., as wastewater utilities analyze whether their facilities would make a good candidate.

Events, Media & Communications

10th Annual Women’s Leadership Conference Sells Out Earlier Than Ever Due to Top National Speakers, Reaches Capacity with 1,000 Registrations

Aug 4, 2016 10:00 AM ET

Four women at the top of their fields will offer insights into leadership and advancing in the workplace during a featured panel at MGM Resorts Foundation’s Women’s Leadership Conference, to be held Aug. 8 & 9 at MGM Grand.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CBRE Extends Partnership with Shelter for Third Year and Pledges to Raise £1 Million to Help the UK’s Leading Housing and Homelessness Charity by 2018

Aug 4, 2016 9:40 AM ET

CBRE has achieved its initial two year UK fundraising target of £500,000 for Shelter, the UK’s leading housing and homelessness charity, in just 18 months. In the wake of this achievement, the global real estate advisor has now extended the UK-wide partnership for a third year and has set a new target to reach by 2018 of £1,000,000.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ingersoll Rand Listed on FTSE4Good Index Series for Second Consecutive Year

Aug 4, 2016 9:30 AM ET

Ingersoll Rand is again listed on the FTSE4Good Index Series, which measures the performance of companies demonstrating strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices.

Innovation & Technology

Exponential Good – Technology Empowerment and Inspiration Go Viral

Aug 4, 2016 9:00 AM ET

More than ten years ago, a small nonprofit and a Dutch company conspired to make a difference in the lives of impoverished Africans. The nonprofit, Close the Gap, collected usable IT equipment from major corporations in Europe

Social Impact & Volunteering

Arrow Electronics Employees Team with Denver Broncos Organization on Local Habitat for Humanity Project

Aug 4, 2016 9:00 AM ET

Centennial, Colo. - Employees from Arrow Electronics’ Colorado headquarters were invited to participate in the Denver Broncos’ staff day of service on a Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver project last week.

Research, Reports & Publications

Carnival Corporation Issues 2015 Sustainability Report, Continues Strong Commitment to Environment and Safety

Aug 4, 2016 9:00 AM ET

Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world’s largest leisure travel company, today released its 2015 sustainability report detailing the progress made in 2015 against its 2020 sustainability performance goals. The report’s details show the company is on track to meet its goals in the next four years, with sustainability efforts highlighted across its 10 cruise line brands.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Giving Time. Making a Difference.

Aug 4, 2016 9:00 AM ET

Our supporter of the month initiative is an opportunity to thank the special people who have shown incredible commitment to LIVESTRONG. It also serves as a chance to introduce LIVESTRONG staff, interns, clients and community to the powerful stories behind some of our biggest supporters.

Innovation & Technology

Mercedes-Benz at the 7th Silvretta eRallye

Aug 4, 2016 9:00 AM ET

Responsible Production & Consumption

Acting Ethically and with Integrity

Aug 4, 2016 9:00 AM ET

To achieve our purpose – to create value and improve lives through sustainable and responsible mining – everyone who works on Newmont’s behalf is expected to demonstrate integrity and ethical business practices that reflect the values, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that define our culture.

Environment

WWF and Toyota Form Global Partnership, Join Forces on Living Asian Forest Project and Climate Change

Aug 4, 2016 9:00 AM ET

Energy

Siemens Secures Follow-Up Onshore Wind Project in Australia

Aug 4, 2016 8:55 AM ET

Siemens has been awarded a contract to supply, install and commission 32 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 3.2 megawatts and a rotor diameter of 113 meters, for the Hornsdale Stage 2 onshore wind farm in South Australia. Stage 2 is an addition to the Hornsdale Stage 1 wind farm project, for which Siemens has signed a contract in August 2015.

Environment

Mars Restates Sustainability Pledge After Missing Packaging Target in 2015

Aug 3, 2016 5:55 PM ET

Health & Healthcare

Pfizer Partners with National Urban League, Anthem and City of Hope to Address Chronic Health Issues Facing African Americans

Aug 3, 2016 5:25 PM ET

Pfizer is proud to announce its partnership with National Urban League, Anthem and City of Hope to launch Take Action for Health, an awareness program aiming to address the greatest health issues facing African-Americans: heart disease, breast cancer and emotional well-being. This program seeks to increase mammograms, blood pressure screenings, and depression and anxiety-risk screenings in an effort to one day eliminate these health disparities in the African-American community.

Environment

GM Looks to Cars and Infrastructure to Mainstream EVs

Aug 3, 2016 5:10 PM ET

Chevrolet recently sold its 100,000th Volt – America’s first plug-in to reach the milestone. Owners have driven almost 1.5 billion miles in EV mode out of a total 2.5 billion cumulative miles, saving nearly 58 million gallons of fuel. That is enough gasoline to fill more than 87 competition-size swimming pools.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Asian Firms and Governments Demonstrate Need to Fortify Anti-Corruption Efforts

Aug 3, 2016 3:50 PM ET

A joint research project conducted by the ASEAN CSR (Association of Southeast Asian Nations Corporate Social Responsibility) Network and the National University of Singapore Business School’s Center for Governance, Institutions and Organization revealed that businesses in Southeast Asia are not doing enough to combat corruption.

Social Impact & Volunteering

4 Reasons to Attend VM Summit 16

Aug 3, 2016 3:45 PM ET

The folks at VolunteerMatch have hosted an annual Summit — all about corporate volunteerism — for over a decade. Throughout most of the Summit’s lifespan, however, it was called the “VolunteerMatch Client Summit.” That meant attendance was reserved exclusively for clients of our volunteer management platform, YourMatch™. Although the conference name changed, many of the reasons to attend VM Summit 16 remain the same.