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NatureVest Celebrates a Decade of Impact

For over a decade, TNC’s NatureVest team has mobilized private capital to drive large-scale conservation. Explore the 2024 NatureVest Impact Report: Investing in Nature, to learn more!

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Comcast NBCUniversal Recognized for Tackling Social Challenges

Today, we are proud to be recognized for the fifth straight year as one of the country’s most community-minded companies by The Civic 50, an initiative of Points of Light, the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service. The Civic 50 highlights public and private companies that have demonstrated leadership in both their investment, as well as their measurable impact in communities across the United States.

Health & Healthcare

Aflac: Committed to Making a Difference in the Lives of Kids With Cancer

Since 1995, Aflac employees, agents and The Aflac Foundation, Inc., have donated more than $125 million toward pediatric cancer research and treatment. We are committed to helping make a difference in the lives of children facing cancer across the country, because every child deserves a lifetime.

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UN Global Compact Announces Refreshed Board Appointed by the UN Secretary-General

The United Nations Global Compact is pleased to announce today new Members to its Board, appointed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Seven new Board Members have been appointed alongside remaining Members and the previously announced Vice-Chairs Bola Adesola and Paul Polman. The Secretary-General will continue in his role as Chair.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Responsible Business Alliance Awards Open for Submissions

The Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) today announced the launch of its Compass Awards program and called for submissions from its members, their suppliers and factories. This awards program will recognize corporate social responsibility (CSR) excellence across three categories: Leadership, Innovation and Implementation.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

KFC Singapore to Stop Providing Plastic Caps and Straws for Drinks

The fast-food chain said that the move - part of its No Straws Initiative - will see a reduction of 17.8 metric tonnes of single-use plastics in a year.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Response to WSJ’s “Short-Termism is Harming the US Economy”

In “Short-Termism is Harming the US Economy,” Jamie Dimon and Warren Buffett argue that executives who target quarterly, short-term results often do so at the sacrifice of long-term strategy and results. This, in turn, harms the sustainable success of companies and the economy as a whole. As part of CECP’s Strategic Investor Initiative, a coalition of long-term oriented companies and institutional investors, the call to action is clear: It is time for short-termism to end. There is an alternative. Rather than race to attract fickle traders, executives should instead aim to woo “patient capital” by adopting long-termism.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Green Bond Opportunity

The global green bond market is growing, attracting new issuers and contributing to a low-carbon economy.

Sustainable Development Goals

VIDEO | P&G and National Geographic Documentary Raises Global Water Crisis Awareness as 844 Million People Still Lack Access to Clean Drinking Water

The documentary, titled “The Power of Clean Water,” follows the lives of three women and their families, providing a first-hand perspective on the daily challenges of accessing clean drinking water. As the film progresses, viewers witness how P&G’s Purifier of Water packets, distributed by partners ChildFund in Indonesia, CARE International in Kenya and World Vision in Mexico, have helped transform these communities.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Shaping the Future of Skills-Based Volunteerism

Last week, the Common Impact team gathered in our Brooklyn offices to connect as colleagues and plan for the work ahead of us. As a growing and geographically dispersed organization, it was the first time many of us had a chance to engage face-to-face in important conversations on the future of pro bono work, and it also provided an opportunity for the team to re-connect with our mission and each other.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Deloitte Employees Give Back On Impact Day

Deloitte employees spent a recent Friday out of the office, cleaning, organizing and applying fresh paint to the walls of classrooms and hallways at Covenant Preparatory School as part of their 19th annual Impact Day.

Events, Media & Communications

Forbes Women’s Summit: Pfizer Shares ‘The Way Forward’ to Driving Social Impact

In today’s increasingly complex world, businesses – and the visionary leaders behind them – are playing an important role in catalyzing the new, innovative and inclusive approaches needed to solve pressing global challenges and create more equitable, just and healthy communities.

Energy

FCA Windsor Assembly Plant Receives Energy Conservation Leadership Award

FCA’s Windsor Assembly Plant (WAP) has won a Canadian Industry Partnership for Energy Conservation (CIPEC) Leadership Award. The recognition comes for key Process and Technology Improvements from a plant initiative that resulted in an approximate 30 per cent annual energy savings of existing chilled water system and reduced Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions equivalent to almost 21 homes’ energy use per annum.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

No Barriers Youth, Wells Fargo Select 20 Teachers for Global Impact Challenge

No Barriers Youth and Wells Fargo announced the selection of 20 middle and high school educators to serve as project leaders for the second annual Global Impact Challenge, a diversity and inclusion competition designed to spark the best ideas from students for building a world free of barriers, stereotypes and discrimination.

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Education

A Growing Partnership Between Las Vegas Sands and Green Our Planet

Last year, The Venetian, The Palazzo, and Sands Expo Las Vegas partnered with Vegas based non-profit conservation organization Green Our Planet to build six garden beds, equipped with drip irrigation lines, composter bins, and a garden shed, for a local elementary school. This May, the partnership expanded, and more than 600 Team Members came together to build an additional 12 gardens for various schools throughout Las Vegas.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Barclays Encore! Programme Reboots Careers

After spending more than twenty years as a Senior Portfolio Manager on Wall Street, Maria Spinelli decided to take a break. She found herself reenergized after her professional sabbatical and desired to return to the workforce, but contemplated whether to pursue a new career path or leverage her asset management expertise.

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Education

10 Drought-Tolerant Trees That Will Throw Shade

The summer heat has arrived. With the unpredictable climate patterns, one can only plan strategically when it comes to keeping cool long-term (and lowering energy-costs). Rising temperatures and drought in many communities make planting even harder. But don’t worry, here are 10 shade trees with drought-tolerance that will keep you cool and add beauty to your yard.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Cigna Corporate Responsibility Report Highlights Key Environmental, Social, Governance Efforts

With the release today of its annual Cigna Connects Corporate Responsibility Report, global health service company Cigna (NYSE:CI) shares the specific initiatives through which its corporate responsibility platform empowers and guides the company in connecting its mission, expertise and resources to a broad range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts.

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Energy

Taking Action Toward Gender Equality in the Energy Sector

Despite an increasingly accepted business case for gender equality, women’s talents and insights remain under-utilized in the energy sector, where only a quarter of the workforce is female. What is behind this lack of representation and how can women’s participation, visibility, and leadership in the sector be enhanced?

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CSR’s Newest Metric

The total cost of losing an employee can range from tens of thousands of dollars to 1.5-2 times that person’s annual salary, which for U.S. companies totals more than $160 billion a year. Needless to say, one of the biggest investments for any company is their people. So, what does CSR have to do with employee turnover? A lot. Find out what a study of more than 2 million employees' giving and volunteering activity revealed.

Diversity & Inclusion

Republic Services Celebrates Employees with Diverse and Inclusive Culture

Republic earned a top score of 100% and the distinction of “Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality” on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2018 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices pertaining to LGBTQ workplace equality.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Astellas Employees at National Sales Forum Support Five Anaheim-Area Non-Profits

Approximately 1,400 Astellas employees gathered at the company's National Sales Forum to support non-profits in and around Anaheim as part of its annual day of service program, Changing Tomorrow Day, where the organization comes together to roll up its sleeves and help build brighter communities. Astellas is committed to addressing the unmet needs of communities where we live and work, such as aiding those impacted by the devastating wildfires in California, supporting underserved food banks, supporting health and wellness institutions and other activities that help communities when they need it most.

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Sustainable Development Goals

UN Global Compact Bulletin (June 2018)

The UN Global Compact Bulletin is designed to keep participants up to date on news, actions you can take, resources and events. Participants are encouraged to look to this monthly communication for important information. Please note that actions and events are intended for Global Compact stakeholders, unless otherwise indicated. The Bulletin is published in English, French, Spanish and Chinese.

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Energy

Colorado Businesses Applaud Governor’s Move to Adopt Advanced Clean Car Standards

Influential businesses praised Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s decision this week to reduce transportation emissions and adopt a program that would put more clean and efficient cars on the road. The program, known as Advanced Clean Cars (ACC), will boost Colorado’s economy by increasing fuel cost savings, reducing health costs, and curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Points of Light Announces 2018 Honorees of The Civic 50 at Service Unites

Points of Light, the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service announced The Civic 50 honorees of 2018, recognizing them as the most community-minded companies in the United States. Since 2011, The Civic 50 has provided a national standard for superior corporate citizenship and showcased how companies can use their time, skills and other resources to improve the quality of life in the communities where they do business.

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Education

Discovery Education and Arconic Foundation Launch ‘Manufacture Your Future Teacher Challenge’

Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms and Arconic Foundation, the independently endowed philanthropic arm of Arconic, announced today the first-ever Manufacture Your Future Teacher Challenge. The program calls upon educators to inspire students in grades 3-12 to take the first step toward exploring and pursuing modern manufacturing careers.

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