Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

MetLife Foundation Asks Where next?

Jun 28, 2017 12:40 PM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Journey Toward Impact and Outcomes: A Conversation with Michelle DiSabato, Impact Advisor at Blackbaud

Jun 28, 2017 12:15 PM ET

In this episode of the Champions for Social Good Podcast, Jamie Serino speaks with Michelle DiSabato, Impact Advisor for the Corporate and Foundation Solutions division of Blackbaud. Michelle explains how her passion for impact and measurement led her to a career centered on helping foundations and corporations more clearly understand the impact that their programs are having on the people and communities that they're serving.

Education

GM Intensifies Push to Train Young People for Jobs of the Future

Jun 28, 2017 11:15 AM ET

GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra and nonprofit leaders today introduced new, innovative programs designed to encourage young people to go into technology and engineering professions and improve teacher training in STEM-related subjects.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Cox Communications President Pat Esser Named to 2017 Highest-Rated CEOs List

Jun 28, 2017 11:00 AM ET

Congratulations to Cox Communications President Pat Esser who has been honored by Glassdoor as one of the top 100 Highest Rated CEOs in the large US Business category.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Students Help Build Hope for Victims of Hurricane Matthew

Jun 28, 2017 11:00 AM ET

Amid the sawdust and hum of power tools, students at East Columbus High School in Lake Waccamaw, N.C., are helping rebuild their community. Students built 50 wooden bed frames in their classroom workshop for Columbus County residents whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Matthew. The October 2016 storm started in Florida and moved up the coast, killing nearly 50 people and damaging more than 100,000 homes and businesses in North Carolina.

Education

Building a Toolkit for Becoming an Effective Mentor and Educator

Jun 28, 2017 10:40 AM ET

This summer, 1,100 student interns will be living, studying, and working on the sprawling campus of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD, just north of Washington, D.C. Among them will be five Amgen Scholar alumni who will serve as mentors to some of the high school student interns in a unique pilot program to teach scientists how to be educators.

Innovation & Technology

HPE and Tokyo Institute of Technology Build the World's Most Powerful Green Supercomputer

Jun 28, 2017 10:35 AM ET

The amount of energy required to fuel today’s supercomputers is enormous and can create an immense drain on resources. This is because traditional supercomputers consume massive amounts of electrical power and produce high amounts of heat, requiring larger cooling facilities to be built to ensure proper performance. To address this challenge, a new breed of innovation is required, purpose-built to maximize efficiency without sacrificing performance and scale.

Education

Why Microsoft and The Markle Foundation Are Working Together to Connect Workers with New Opportunities in the Digital Economy

Jun 28, 2017 10:20 AM ET

Today we announced a three-year partnership between The Markle Foundation and Microsoft Philanthropies. Microsoft is investing more than $25 million over three years in Markle and the expansion of its successful Skillful initiative, first across Colorado and then to other states. This is one of the single biggest philanthropic investments Microsoft Philanthropies has made, reflecting the importance of the work involved.

Sustainable Development Goals

Aligning Sustainability with Your Company's Long-Term Strategy

Jun 28, 2017 10:10 AM ET

Clare Connolly, a Sustainability Manager at Cabot Corp., explains how her team is working to align sustainability programs with the company's long-term vision and strategy. To learn more about how other EHS and sustainability leaders are making the business case for their programs, register for NAEM's 2017 Sustainability Management Conference or visit www.naem.org.-

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg is One of the Highest-Ranked CEOs in the U.S.

Jun 28, 2017 10:10 AM ET

Business leaders are often judged by the financial success of their company. But every year Glassdoor lets employees be the critics.

Events, Media & Communications

The Rise of Social Enterprise in New Zealand

Jun 28, 2017 10:05 AM ET

More and more, citizens and consumers are becoming socially and environmentally aware, and want their purchasing decisions to reflect their beliefs. In a capitalist society, social enterprise provides consumers with a form of activism as organizations with a social purpose open up an alternative for consumers to spend their money responsibly rather than on goods or services that ultimately perpetuate the growing global wealth disparity.

Sustainable Development Goals

Daimler Stakeholder Dialogs

Jun 28, 2017 9:45 AM ET

The Daimler Sustainability Dialogue has been a permanent platform for open and constructive discussions with a wide range of stakeholders for many years. Stakeholders are persons, groups or institutions which are directly or indirectly affected by a company's activities or who have an interest in these activities. Besides our employees stakeholders include customers, shareholders and investors as well as suppliers and other representatives from the worlds of politics, science and society.

Research, Reports & Publications

AT&T Releases 2016 Annual Sustainability Update: A Letter from our Chairman and CEO

Jun 28, 2017 9:45 AM ET

Since our start, AT&T has been about one thing: harnessing the power of our network to change lives and improve the world. And just as our network technology has gotten better over the years, so has our ability to address some of society’s toughest challenges.

Sustainable Development Goals

WBCSD Insider Perspective | Low-Carbon Technology Partnerships Initiative (LCTPi 7)

Jun 28, 2017 9:40 AM ET

Last week during Sustainable Energy Week in Brussels, 250 sustainability professionals and policymakers from across the world gathered at the seventh global meeting of the LCTPi 7.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Cities Fast Facts

Jun 28, 2017 9:35 AM ET

Whole Cities Foundation, a nonprofit established by Whole Foods Market in 2014, partners with U.S. neighborhood efforts to build thriving local food systems and grow community health. The foundation collaborates with community-led initiatives to broaden access to fresh, healthy food and high quality nutrition education.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women in Business Q&A: Tracy Skeans, Chief Transformation and People Officer, Yum! Brands

Jun 28, 2017 9:35 AM ET

Tracy Skeans is Chief Transformation and People Officer of Yum! Brands, Inc., one of the world’s largest restaurant companies with over 43,500 restaurants in more than 135 countries and territories with 1.5 million associates.

Diversity & Inclusion

De Beers' Emmarencia Shanglee Talks About Her Experiences as a Woman in Mining

Jun 28, 2017 9:30 AM ET

Metallurgist Emmarencia Shanglee predicts that more women will occupy top leadership positions in mining in the future.

Energy

NRG Energy’s Sustainable Customers Goals and Performance

Jun 28, 2017 9:30 AM ET

A key part of our business is enabling customers to achieve sustainable energy outcomes. In 2016,
 we provided more consumers and companies with access to cleaner, smarter energy choices through our Business Solutions team and our multi-brand retail business.

Health & Healthcare

Aflac was #ThereWhen | The Hollist Family

Jun 28, 2017 9:15 AM ET

When Aflac employee and policyholder Japen Hollist’s son, P.K., was hospitalized following a life-threatening injury, Aflac was #ThereWhen they needed it most.

Research, Reports & Publications

Consumers Energy Reports Out on Sustainable Energy Mix

Jun 28, 2017 9:15 AM ET

As featured in the Consumers Energy Sustainability Report 2017: We’re well into our second century of powering Michigan. And we’ve got plans to take care of your family for centuries to come. We’ve leaned mostly on fossil fuels in the past, but the future is looking more green.

Research, Reports & Publications

AkzoNobel – Creating Life’s Essentials

Jun 28, 2017 9:10 AM ET

As featured in the digital 2016 AkzoNobel Report: Our latest company film, highlighting how we create everyday essentials to make people’s lives more liveable and inspiring.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Sands for Singapore Assists in Deaf Awareness and Gift Preparation

Jun 28, 2017 9:05 AM ET

Since 2013, Sands for Singapore has been supporting the local deaf community by working closely with one of Marina Bay Sands’ designated charities, Singapore Association for the Deaf (SADeaf). The property has been privileged to support the association’s Sign Language Interpretation Fund, helping to triple the number of sign language interpreters that serve the deaf community.

Events, Media & Communications

Carter Work Project Twitter Party

Jun 28, 2017 9:05 AM ET

Please join us on Thursday, June 29, for a Twitter Party celebrating Habitat’s Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project, which will be held this year at sites throughout Canada in early July. President and Mrs. Carter and hundreds of volunteers will build alongside 150 future homeowners, all in celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary.

Energy

Barclays | Green Growth

Jun 28, 2017 9:05 AM ET

Barclays continues its commitment to the renewable energy sector with a refinancing package of £47m for Tirgwynt onshore wind farm in mid-Wales.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Showing Up Matters

Jun 28, 2017 9:05 AM ET

Job descriptions for corporate responsibility practitioners commonly include references to supply chain, community engagement and sustainability reporting. Now, add lobbying to the list.