Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Events, Media & Communications

Six Reasons to Attend Opportunity Forward

Aug 23, 2017 10:00 AM ET

This year's Corporate Citizenship Conference, Opportunity Forward, will bring together business leaders across sectors to discuss how the business community – together with their partners – can take action in creating solutions that drive us forward.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Leadership Lessons Come from All Walks of Life at 2017 WLC

Aug 23, 2017 10:00 AM ET

Whether you are a student, entrepreneur, experienced manager or just embarking on a career path, there was a place for you at the 2017 Women’s Leadership Conference (WLC). Hosted by The MGM Resorts Foundation and held at the MGM Grand Conference Center on August 7-8, the sold-out 11th Annual WLC was open to women (and men) of all ethnicities, professions and social backgrounds, locally and nationally.

Media & Communications

Lunchbox Inspiration for Adding Fair Trade to Your Back to School Routine

Aug 23, 2017 10:00 AM ET

Check out these fun and inspiring lunchbox creations, featuring Fair Trade Certified products, from some of our friends!

Social Impact & Volunteering

Overcoming Barriers Together: The 2017 Warriors to Summits Team

Aug 23, 2017 10:00 AM ET

Meet some of the members of the 2017 No Barriers Warriors to Summits team. The team recently completed their second training expedition together.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

IBM and Citizen-Scientists Poised to Contribute Equivalent of up to $200 Million for Climate & Environmental Research

Aug 23, 2017 10:00 AM ET

As climate change accelerates, IBM is galvanizing the global science community with a massive infusion of computing resources, weather data, and cloud services to help researchers examine the effects of climate change, and explore strategies to mitigate its effects. IBM pledges to help direct the equivalent of up to $200 million for up to five climate-related projects judged to offer the greatest potential impact, and will then broadly share the experiments' results.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Provides $31.2 Million in Total Financing for Affordable Housing in Oregon

Aug 23, 2017 10:00 AM ET

Environment

Newfangled Retrofitting: BlocPower's Donnel Baird

Aug 23, 2017 10:00 AM ET

Responsible Production & Consumption

Cultivating a Future in Cocoa Communities

Aug 23, 2017 9:45 AM ET

CARE, with support from General Mills and other partners, is helping West African communities become food secure through the promotion of food crop farming and nutrition in 30 cocoa-growing communities: 20 in Ghana and 10 in neighboring Cote d’Ivoire.

The work is part of a broader multi-year program aimed at helping smallholder farmers who grow cocoa to increase their livelihoods and to improve the well-being of those in their households and communities.

Research, Reports & Publications

Embracing Change for a Better World

Aug 23, 2017 9:45 AM ET

For more than 230 years BNY Mellon has been innovating and evolving for the future, staying ahead of the trends shaping our world and leveraging them for the benefit of our company and our stakeholders.

Events, Media & Communications

Sands Academy Celebrates ESL Graduation

Aug 23, 2017 9:15 AM ET

At the end of May, Sands Academy held their annual English as a Second Language (ESL) graduation for Team Members at The Venetian and The Palazzo. Courses were conducted by Language Xpress, a company specializing in classes tailored to a specific company and industry.

Innovation & Technology

Gaming for Infrastructure

Aug 23, 2017 9:00 AM ET

On the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) blog, Tetra Tech’s Nilmini Rubin and Jennifer Hara discuss the benefits of practice sessions for public-private partnerships teams tasked with addressing complex infrastructure issues. Nilmini and Jennifer discuss the applications of multiplayer simulations across multiple sectors, allowing teams to try out approaches and see challenges from partners’ viewpoints.

Environment

The Kousa Dogwood

Aug 23, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Dogwood trees are well known for their delicate beauty in the landscape. Kousa dogwood not only meets the standard for attractiveness, it adds a hardiness that makes this species an excellent choice for home landscapes and urban areas.

Diversity & Inclusion

Four Lessons for Companies Investing in Gender Equity

Aug 23, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Many companies tread into gender-related investments without a data-informed perspective as to what it means for the entirety of their business—internally, in terms of corporate policies and practices, as well as externally, with customers, suppliers, distribution partners and stakeholders. But, there are steps companies can take to position their gender-related investments for success.

Research, Reports & Publications

Caterpillar's Product Stewardship

Aug 23, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Product stewardship covers the full lifespan of our equipment – from the supply chain to the customer’s job site to remanufacturing. This means taking active steps to reduce potential environmental, health and safety impacts, as well as optimizing operational quality and efficiency throughout the life of the product.

Education

Disney Campaigns Recognized at Halo Awards

Aug 23, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Disney's Hour of Code tutorials, created in close collaboration with code.org, aim to inspire children of all ages to learn the basics of coding in a fun and engaging way. Since 2014, more than 42 million students in over 180 countries have tried a Disney Hour of Code tutorial. In 2016, Disney and code.org's Moana Hour of Code tutorial was recognized with a Gold Halo Award for Best Education Campaign and a Silver Award in the category of Best Digital Campaign.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Becoming an Employer of "Choice"

Aug 23, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Thanks to today’s diverse and socially conscious workforce—and driven by the rise of Millennials—people are increasingly demanding more meaning and purpose in their workplace. This has led to a shift towards employee-centered and team-based volunteering programs, as companies capitalize on the powerful relationship between increased purpose at work, higher employee engagement and greater skills and leadership development.

Skills-based volunteering programs are picking up steam. In fact, according to the 2016 CECP Giving in Numbers report, they’re currently the fastest growing type of corporate volunteer program. Fifty-four percent of companies now encourage their people to offer their specialized skills and talents to charities on a pro bono basis.

Education

Insights Into NextGen, Weatherford's Leadership Development Program

Aug 23, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Meet one of our employees who has fulfilled his dream of following in his father's footsteps.

Diversity & Inclusion

LifeSkills Extends Business in the Community Partnership

Aug 23, 2017 8:55 AM ET

LifeSkills created with Barclays has signed new partnerships with Business in the Community (BITC) in Scotland and Northern Ireland, helping the employability programme to reach those young people who need it most. We talk to one school in South Wales – where a partnership with BITC Cymru has been running since 2015 – about the difference the initiative has made.

Diversity & Inclusion

Helping Employees Feel Connected in Large Organizations

Aug 22, 2017 6:40 PM ET

Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

Aug 22, 2017 6:10 PM ET

In May, members of Newmont’s Diversitas Business Resource Group (BRG) hosted an engaging networking event to celebrate the United Nations World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development.

Innovation & Technology

Sappi North America's Release Business Continues Innovation with First-of-its-Kind Microtexture

Aug 22, 2017 5:30 PM ET

Through a partnership with Sharklet Technologies Inc. we are taking Ultracast to an entirely new application space—instead of aesthetic textures, the patterns used are functional.

Events, Media & Communications

Get CSR-Certified in Just Five Days

Aug 22, 2017 5:30 PM ET

The Management Intensive is a five-day certificate program that will provide you with the strategic tools and skills to advance corporate responsibility performance across your company.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Balancing Employee Passions with a Central CSR Strategy

Aug 22, 2017 4:45 PM ET

Employees who are passionate and driven are a huge asset to any organization, but when so many employees are passionate about so many causes close to their hearts, how can CSR professionals manage this against their core objectives and corporate values?

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

NYU Law Launches New Center to Help State AGs Fight Environmental Rollbacks

Aug 22, 2017 2:50 PM ET

NYU School of Law will launch a new center, financed by Bloomberg Philanthropies, aimed at helping state attorneys general fight any federal moves to roll back renewable energy, environmental protections and climate policies.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Digital Workspace: A Platform for Engagement

Aug 22, 2017 1:40 PM ET

The metrics are clear: employee engagement is the key to success in the workplace of the future. And a digital workspace focused on the needs of employees is the platform that will drive that employee engagement.