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Environment | International Paper

Celebrating the Role of the Gopher Tortoises in Our Forest

The best way to celebrate Gopher Tortoise Day is to ensure there are more gopher tortoises across their natural range in the southeast United States.

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Earth Week Spring Cleaning

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Leadership Spotlight: Q&A With Kim Frankovich, Global VP of Sustainability, Griffith Foods

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Subaru Ranked As Top Automaker in Forbes Best Brands for Social Impact for Third Consecutive Year

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Mr. John Fraser, Former Australian Treasury Secretary, Rejoins AccountAbility Advisory Board

Mr. John Fraser, former Australian Treasury Secretary and Chairman and CEO of UBS Global Asset Management, has rejoined the Advisory Board of AccountAbility.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

I Am A...Chevron Lab Manager

When you think of Chevron, possibly a lab isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But, imagine a lab designed to blend fuel, run vehicles, build and tear down engines, and facilitate experiments by fuels engineers.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

What Mainstream Means for Sustainable Investing

Responsible Investing has grown from a cottage industry, born from values-based investing, to one that truly is becoming mainstreamed based on material ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) factors that impact value, risk, and return.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Alliance for Community Trees Groups are United in an Effort to Plant Trees for a Better Tomorrow

Local impact happens when community-based tree planting organizations create projects that involve citizens, schools, churches, and government. This is the work of the more than 150 members of the Alliance for Community Trees program.

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Education

Tetra Tech, USAID, and Government of Malawi Increase Access to Secondary Schools

Tetra Tech joined Malawi President Peter Mutharika, U.S. Ambassador Robert Scott, representatives from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Kawale Community to launch the USAID SEED project.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Help Meals on Wheels with the Subaru Share the Love Event

For the 12th year running, the Meals on Wheels network is participating in the 2019 Subaru Share the Love Event. Over the past eleven years, Subaru and its retailers have helped Meals on Wheels to deliver more than 2.2 million meals nationwide to seniors in need.

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Environment

Tzeporah Berman on COP25

Those who attended the 25th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP25 in Madrid this past week were hopeful that it would deepen the commitment of the world’s largest greenhouse gas-emitting nations to fighting climate change.

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Environment

Regional Pact to Tackle Transportation Emissions Presents a Bold Vision for a Clean Transportation Future

Influential companies from across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are praising governors today for advancing plans to modernize the region’s transportation system while reducing pollution from cars and trucks.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Aflac: How to Help Your Business Stay Relevant in Social Media

Two leading experts on corporate responsibility join us this morning to tell us what businesses should be doing to address the findings.

Innovation & Technology

A Human Rights Review of the Facebook Oversight Board

BSR has released a human rights review to inform the governance and operations of the Facebook Oversight Board so that it is consistent with human rights-based approaches, principles, standards, and methodologies.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Xylem Watermark Provides Funds to Address Urgent Water Needs of Refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

This funding has enabled Mercy Corps to address ongoing and urgent longer-term water and sanitation needs in Cox’s Bazaar going in to the most recent monsoon season, helping more than 20,000 people with improved water and hygiene access.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Why Social Indicators are an Important Part of Sappi North America's Sustainability Strategy

Sappi takes a very active approach to social responsibility, both regionally and globally. Our three primary stakeholder groups are our employees, our customers, and the communities in which we operate.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Duke Energy Provides Nearly $300,000 in Grants to Support Species Protection, Water Resources, Pollinator Programs in Florida

The Duke Energy Foundation has awarded more than a quarter-million dollars to 16 nonprofit organizations committed to protecting and restoring Florida’s vital natural resources.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Carnival Corporation Recognized for Corporate Social Responsibility by Newsweek

Carnival Corporation & plc, the world's largest leisure travel company, yesterday announced it was recently named by Newsweek and analytics firm Statista to the inaugural list of America's Most Responsible Companies for 2020.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

How General Mills' Hometown Heroes Help Those Facing Hunger in Their Communities

From the Food Bank of Iowa to Northwest Arkansas Food Bank, a total of $125,000 was provided across the country to help those facing hunger in General Mills’ hometown communities through the C&F Hometown Heroes program.

Health & Healthcare

Giving Tuesday Gave Me the Gift of a Lifetime

I joined the bone marrow registry thinking maybe one day I could help someone else, not knowing the impact that it would have on my own life.

Health & Healthcare

Allied Against Cancer: Leveraging Technology and Multi-Sector Collaboration to Help Improve the Quality of Cancer Care in Sub-Saharan Africa

Allied Against Cancer is focused on helping to improve access to quality cancer care, leveraging the expertise and networks of all of our organizations to change the perception that surviving cancer is hopeless in low-resource settings.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Bridgestone Americas Drives Positive Community Impact through Inaugural Volunteer Week

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. today announced the results of its inaugural Bridgestone Americas Volunteer Week, a concentrated, network-wide volunteerism campaign intended to promote the greater good in its communities.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Responsible Business Alliance and New Kinpo Group Help 10,570 Migrant Factory Workers in Thailand With Nearly $5M in Recruitment-Fee Reimbursements

The Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) today announced that it and some of its members have identified and facilitated the return of nearly US$5M to 10,570 migrant factory workers in Thailand for recruitment fees and other costs they paid

Innovation & Technology

Intel, Apple Tout Circular, Carbon-Free Manufacturing

The progress made by Intel relates to its decades of operational focus on reducing waste across its manufacturing operations: since the mid-1990s, it has increased its recycling rate from 25 percent to 90 percent.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FCA Aims to Keep Dreams of Homeownership Alive: Funds $1.8 Million Home Repair Grant Program for Detroit’s Eastsiders

FCA has completed the transfer of $900,000 to the City of Detroit’s Housing & Revitalization Department (HRD) — the first tranche of a $1.8 million commitment — to fund a home repair grant program for homeowners on the City’s east side.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

6 Lessons Learned Over a Century of Advancing a Circular Economy

We’re excited to see a growing recognition of the consequences of the take-make-waste model of production and use; and an increased desire for products that are responsible, recyclable and made from renewable resources.

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Environment

Written Program Support for a Janitorial Services Company

Antea Group had only four weeks to help a janitorial services client save a contract by developing written health and safety programs. And we did!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Small Actions Can Make a Big Difference on Climate Change

As world leaders meet in Madrid for the COP25 climate change conference, a new Bloomberg-commissioned public artwork is lighting up Bloomberg Arcade in London to inspire climate action.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

When Is a Coat More Than Just a Coat?

With Operation Warm our team has delivered nearly 500,000 new coats across North America.

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  10. Innovation & Sustainable Solutions
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  11. Social Impact at Mastercard
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  12. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They're the people who build websites, run restaurants, and offer classes online. But their impact has gone largely unnoticed. Our mission is to...

  13. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
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    Informed by Project Drawdown, the world’s leading resource for climate solutions, Drawdown Georgia is the first state-centered effort to crowdsolve...

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