Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Social Impact & Volunteering

VIDEO | Barclays Citizenship Awards: Sabrina Boanu-Williams Works with the Thameside Prison Initiative

Oct 11, 2018 1:05 PM ET

Through her work with the Thameside Prison Initiative, Sabrina is successfully helping prisoners gain the skills they need to find meaningful employment after release.

Health & Healthcare

New Nonprofit Tool: Pro Bono + The Food Value Chain

Oct 11, 2018 12:30 PM ET

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Marina Bay Sands Introduces Learning Leave

Oct 11, 2018 12:10 PM ET

Marina Bay Sands has implemented an innovative two-day Learning Leave incentive for its over 9,700 Team Members to enroll in SkillsFuture courses. Believed to be the first such initiative in the hospitality industry, the two-day program allows all full-time staff to take paid leave to attend courses related to language and communication, service excellence and information technology.

Energy

Pollinate Energy Bringing Affordable Light, Energy and Clean Water to Low Income Areas in India and Nepal

Oct 11, 2018 11:50 AM ET

Pollinate Energy is improving the lives of India’s urban and Nepal’s rural poor by giving them access to sustainable everyday household products and empowering local entrepreneurs.

Education

Sustainability Academy Readying Practitioners for Climate Change

Oct 11, 2018 11:45 AM ET

The Sustainability Academy is CSE’s global initiative to offer affordable, specialized, online education in the field of Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility.

Of particular relevance today is the Certificate on Carbon Reduction Strategy. The IPCC’s latest report finds that if greenhouse gas emissions increase by 1.5C by 2040 (down from the previous fear of 2C), the world can expect inundating coastlines and intensifying droughts and poverty.

Education

HP and Girl Rising Celebrate International Day of the Girl with 12 Stories of Empowerment from Around the Globe

Oct 11, 2018 11:30 AM ET

New York, NY, October 11, 2018 /3BL Media/ - Today, in honor of International Day of the Girl, HP (NYSE: HPQ) and Girl Rising, a nonprofit dedicated to eradicating poverty by providing education to girls, are celebrating 12 stories of female empowerment gathered from around the globe as part of the first ever Girl Rising Creative Challenge. Introduced on International Women’s Day in March, the challenge was a call-to-action to highlight storytelling that has the power to change the world. More than 880 stories were submitted from people in 110 countries who entered essays, videos, art and more about how they, or people in their communities, are working to make the world a better place for girls.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Celebrating 10 Years of Comcast NBCUniversal’s Beyond School Walls

Oct 11, 2018 11:30 AM ET

In 2008, eight-year-old Alize Delgado had spent almost no time outside of his North Philadelphia neighborhood. That changed as he stepped off his yellow school bus and into the Comcast Center as a member of the first “class” of students matched to Comcast employee mentors through the John Alchin Big Brothers Big Sisters Beyond School Walls program.

Education

VIDEO | The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation to Connect One Million Children to Fresh Food in Partnership with The National Head Start Association

Oct 11, 2018 11:15 AM ET

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation is partnering with The National Head Start Association to bring the life-enhancing benefits of gardens to one million of America’s most vulnerable children and their families.

Environment

Download the Antea Group 2017 Sustainability Report

Oct 11, 2018 11:10 AM ET

Download Antea Group’s Sustainability Report for 2017 to see how we demonstrate our belief in “Better Business, Better World”.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Creating Long-Term Partnerships that Stick

Oct 11, 2018 11:05 AM ET

If you’ve been following our content this year, you’ve likely heard us mention a concept called “The Knitting Factor,” which brings together three key conditions that enable skills-based engagements between the private and nonprofit sectors to create strengthened, sustainable solutions that don’t come undone when partners part ways. There are three key characteristics that make up The Knitting Factor, but for skills-based volunteering to become truly transformative, organizations need to find the “sticky” relationships that enable companies and nonprofits to drive progress on both mission and business-related goals.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

KeyBank Expands Corporate Responsibility Leadership Team

Oct 11, 2018 11:00 AM ET

KeyBank has expanded its Corporate Responsibility leadership team to further drive KeyBank’s commitment to helping communities thrive. As part of the expansion, Kelli Arnold has been named director of Corporate Responsibility and Community Engagement and Eric Fiala has been appointed Director of Corporate Community Initiatives & Relations.

Responsible Production & Consumption

ISO-22000 Food Safety Management Certification Now Offered by SCS

Oct 11, 2018 11:00 AM ET

SCS Global Services (SCS), a trusted third-party certification body and pioneer in the fields of food safety, quality, and sustainability, is pleased to announce that it has been accredited as a certifier under the ISO 22000:2005 international standard for food safety management. The standard provides robust food safety management requirements for growers, food manufacturers, processors, packers, retailers, and other entities across the human food and animal feed supply chains.

Environment

Freeport-McMoRan’s Morenci Mine Receives Award for Bat Preservation Program

Oct 11, 2018 11:00 AM ET

Freeport-McMoRan’s Morenci copper mining operations were recently honored by the Arizona Mining Association with the 2018 Sustainability, Preservation and Diversity in Environment award in recognition of environmental excellence.

Environment

5 Ways Companies Can Act on the Latest Dire Climate Warnings

Oct 11, 2018 10:30 AM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Owens-Illinois Honored as 2018 Recipient of Keep America Beautiful’s Vision for America Award

Oct 11, 2018 10:30 AM ET

Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s iconic community improvement nonprofit organization, honored Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI) as the 2018 Vision for America Award recipient at the organization’s annual gala award dinner on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at the Grand Hyatt in New York City.

Environment

Beverage Sector Taking the Lead on Carbon Management

Oct 11, 2018 10:00 AM ET

The beverage sector is facing increasing stakeholder pressure to be more productive while also consuming less energy and reducing carbon emissions. The good news is that there are considerable opportunities to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions—if we come together to tackle the challenges standing in the way.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Strengthening Clean Energy with a Diverse Workforce

Oct 11, 2018 9:35 AM ET

As the global renewable energy workforce grows to 24 million in 2030, diversity and inclusion will play a central role in the success of this industry. It is the mission of Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE) to achieve a strong diversified workforce and support a robust renewable energy economy.

Research, Reports & Publications

Symantec Hits GHG Target, Increases Employee Engagement and Adds Diverse Talent to the Tech Workforce

Oct 11, 2018 9:00 AM ET

As part of its commitment to climate action, Symantec set a goal in 2016 to reduce Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30 percent over a 10-year period (FY16 to FY25 with a FY15 baseline). Through investments in energy conservation and more efficient use of space the company has achieved a 32 percent reduction in GHG emissions in just three years. Its Mountain View Headquarters now has a zero-carbon electricity contract as it moves to further reduce emissions by choosing cleaner sources of energy to power offices, labs and data centers.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Private Sector Can Play Critical Role in Easing World Hunger

Oct 11, 2018 9:00 AM ET

One of every nine people in the world is hungry. Globally, hunger trend lines are moving in the wrong direction for the third consecutive year, with new evidence indicating a rise in world hunger to an estimated 821 million people, up from approximately 804 million last year. This latest assessment confirms the ongoing threat to food security and development gains across much of the planet.

Education

Goldcorp Funding Enables Indigenous Business Talent to Thrive at UBC Sauder

Oct 11, 2018 7:55 AM ET

As 2017 drew to a close, James Hobart recalls that his days felt routine, with few new challenges. But that was about to change when, along with 11 other participants, Hobart was accepted into the 2018 cohort of the Aboriginal Management Program (AMP) at the UBC Sauder School of Business.

The AMP is proudly supported by Goldcorp and is a rigorous five-month-long certificate program aimed at identifying promising Indigenous entrepreneurs then putting them on a fast track aimed at developing their leadership, project management, finance, and business planning skills.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Take the LBG Canada Mini Survey - Executive Spend

Oct 10, 2018 7:00 PM ET

Take the LBG Canada Mini Survey and tell us how your company acknowledges Executive interest in community! The LBG Canada program provides community investment professionals with data analytics to inform long term strategy, daily work, impact measurement and corporate reporting.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Barbara Mason, Group Head & Chief Human Resources Officer at Scotiabank Receives First Canadian Employment Equity Champion Award

Oct 10, 2018 4:45 PM ET

Congratulations Barbara Mason, Group Head & Chief Human Resources Officer at Scotiabank, for receiving the first Canadian Employment Equity Champion Award! This award recognizes an executive leader for their proven track record of championing employment equity within their organization, as well as their overall contribution to diversity in the workplace.

Health & Healthcare

Shire Says 'Thank You' to Clinical Research Patient Volunteers

Oct 10, 2018 4:10 PM ET

Shire conveys our gratitude to clinical research study participants, very important people who are directly responsible for helping potential new medicines become available to patients in need.

Energy

Duke Energy to Invest $500 Million in Battery Storage in the Carolinas Over the Next 15 Years

Oct 10, 2018 3:35 PM ET

Duke Energy's advancement of battery energy storage technologies in the Carolinas includes $500 million of projects in the company's 15-year forecast – continuing the company's industry-leading deployment of the technology.

Environment

Steve Seeger + Doniece Sandoval: Power of One

Oct 10, 2018 2:40 PM ET