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Social Impact & Volunteering

Alexion Volunteers Help Run Local Special Olympics

More than two dozen Alexion employees from our New Haven, CT office and their family members volunteered with the Special Olympics of Connecticut to help run a bowling competition for athletes with disabilities.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Farm That’s a Community Hub for Buffalo-Area Refugees

In 2018, the newly christened Somali Bantu Community Farm received a $74,000 grant from General Mills, which it used to buy a passenger van, a pick-up truck and a walk-behind tractor.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Diversity, Inclusion, & Equity Initiatives Elevating Women Leaders

In 2018, Mariana Cestau, a Medtronic senior business unit manager, led a successful effort to close a gender pay equity gap in Chile. Today, women working at Medtronic in Chile earn the same as their male counterparts for equal work.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

COVID-19 and Corporate Purpose—Four Ways Businesses Can Respond Now

What is the role of business in a time of crisis? Every company is having internal conversations about how to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Research, Reports & Publications

Teck Announces 33% Carbon Reduction Target and Updated Sustainability Strategy

Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TECK.A and TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) ("Teck”) today announced a target to reduce carbon intensity by 33% by 2030 as part of its new sustainability strategy and goals.

Innovation & Technology

Minimizing Construction’s Carbon Footprint: CNH Industrial Solving the Emissions Problem With Technology

CNH Industrial (NYSE: CNHI/MI: CNHI) unveiled the industry’s first electric backhoe loader at this week’s CONEXPO in Las Vegas, North America’s largest construction trade show and innovation showcase.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Gildan Helps Australian Fund-raising Efforts for Bush Fire Charity Thanks to T-shirt Donation

Over the last three months, bushfires in Australia have ravaged the country, destroying homes and millions of acres of land. Throughout the nation, people and businesses are coming together to support those impacted.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women's Empowerment Principles: Turning a Decade of Lessons into Ambitious Business Action

A new report from BSR and the United Nations Global Compact presents aggregate findings of the WEPs Gender Gap Analysis Tool, an online platform used by more than 2,000 companies to anonymously assess their gender equality performance.

Sustainable Development Goals

Bayer to Advance More Sustainable Agricultural Solutions Utilizing New Innovative Greenhouses in Marana, Arizona

To further its global commitment of providing growers with the most innovative, sustainable and technically-advanced agricultural solutions, Bayer has opened its new smart, state-of-the-art, automated greenhouse facility in Marana, Ariz.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

eBay for Charity Announces Another Record-Breaking Year With $112 Million Raised for Non-Profits in 2019

eBay for Charity has announced a record-breaking year of fundraising for the 2nd year in a row. eBay’s buyers & sellers raised more than $112 million for charity organizations globally last year — an increase of 10 percent compared to the year prior

Education

Connect to Learn: Aiming to Improve Learning Outcomes of Underprivileged Girls in Myanmar

Qualcomm strives to bring mobile technology and 3G/4G-based Internet access to underserved schools in Myanmar, offering students the opportunity to leapfrog to a 21st century education through Connect to Learn.

Environment

Is Covid-19 the Silver Bullet for a Stable Climate?

Something changed recently when I saw a map comparing the air over China before and after the country went into lockdown in an attempt to contain the Covid-19 Coronavirus.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Hydro Gardening Increases Students' Interest in STEM: An Update on Our Pilot Project

To connect more students to indoor gardening opportunities, the Scotts-Miracle Gro Foundation, Hawthorne Gardening Company and National Farm to School Network launched a project to integrate hydroponic growing systems into classrooms.

Innovation & Technology

Goodyear First to Achieve Key Labeling Mark for Fuel Efficiency and Extreme Traction

Goodyear is excited to announce that the results of their upcoming tire is their greatest opportunity to reduce GHG emissions and is rated Rolling Resistance "A" in the European Tire Labeling Regulation.

Health & Healthcare

Pampers' Baby Care Program

In Turkey, one out of 10 babies are born premature and struggle at the start of life. Prima (Pampers in Turkey) donates premature diapers to hospitals, and we collaborated with a foundation for parents of preemies, El Bebek Gül Bebek Charity, to help.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Happy International School Meals Day

In Russia, the milk and dairy products consumption level is decreasing. In 1989, the milk consumption level was 396 kg/capita/year. By 2016 it had decreased to 236 kg. Many children do not get the nutrition that they need.

Research, Reports & Publications

Education Is Key to Effectively Financing Small Business Growth, Finds Scotiabank Survey

The Scotiabank Women Initiative released Financial Knowledge & Financial Confidence, Closing Gender Gaps in Financing Canadian Small Businesses that outlines unique insights into how women entrepreneurs approach the financing and growth of a business

Research, Reports & Publications

The Case for the Social Board (and How to Build One)

For many company boards, tackling the unmet needs of society is an aspiration that can be delegated to Corporate Social Responsibility teams.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

2019 Subaru Share the Love® Event Reaches $30.4 Million in Charitable Donations

Subaru of America announced its donation of more than $24 million to national and local charities resulting from the 2019 Subaru Share the Love® Event. Combined with participating Subaru retailer donations, the total climbed to $30.4 million in 2019

Energy

The Microgrid Solution

As Californians confront the challenges of increased wildfire risk and both planned and unplanned electricity outages, Southern California Edison is exploring whether microgrids can provide relief to customers.

Diversity & Inclusion

From Program to Possibility: Favia Marisol Consoro, Knitting Mechanic at Gildan

Favia reveals how her experiences in Gildan's initiatives have supported her career-development while empowering her as the only woman working in Mechanics at her facility.

Events, Media & Communications

UPS Longitudes | Why Telling Your Sustainability Story Matters — and How to Get Started

Now more than ever, businesses have the opportunity to grow their bottom line by doing good.

Research, Reports & Publications

Newly Released: NN Group Published Integrated 2019 Annual Report

NN Group, a financial services company active in several European countries and Japan, today published its 2019 Annual Report.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Whole Planet Foundation Top Supplier Donors are Helping to Alleviate Poverty in the United States and Abroad

On Wednesday, March 11, Whole Planet Foundation launches its Annual Prosperity Campaign to alleviate poverty around the globe for the world’s poorest people – mostly women – living in communities where Whole Foods Market sources products.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Common Impact Connections: Skills-Based Volunteering in Times of Crisis

In light of coronavirus, we're encouraging companies to continue their service efforts virtually and to consider how they can use skilled volunteering to prepare for and mitigate the effects of outbreaks and other man-made and natural disasters.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  2. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
    Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...
  3. Growth Through Sustainability
    Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...
  4. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  5. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  6. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  7. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  8. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  9. Local Communities
    The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...
  10. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  11. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...
  12. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  13. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  14. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  15. Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator
    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...