Education

Arrow Electronics Sponsors Student-led Formula-E Electric Race Car Projects in Norway, Germany

Jun 7, 2017 10:00 AM ET

In Europe, Arrow is working with universities that are participating in Formula Student, a global automotive engineering competition. Some 3,500 students across Europe participate in the program each year, producing more than 100 custom vehicles. Arrow sponsors the Formula-E Race Car Projects in Norway and Germany.

Sustainable Development Goals

National Geographic and Partner GSK Launch ‘Chasing Genius’, a Global Platform and Call for Transformational Ideas to Improve the Wellbeing of Our Planet and People

Jun 7, 2017 9:35 AM ET

21st Century Fox’s National Geographic is now accepting submissions for Chasing Genius, a new digital community developed in partnership with GSK Consumer Healthcare based on the idea that global change can come from anyone and anywhere. The platform is inspired by Genius, Nat Geo’s first scripted series produced by Academy Award winners Brain Grazer and Ron Howard, which premiered in April and chronicles Albert Einstein’s life through stories about his friends, lovers, enemies, and fellow scientific luminaries.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

HP Canada Listed as One of Canada’s Greenest Employers for the Tenth Year in a Row

Jun 7, 2017 9:35 AM ET

HP Canada is listed as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers for the tenth year in a row. Canada's Greenest Employers is an editorial competition organized by the Canada's Top 100 Employers project.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Unreasonable Impact | Creating the Jobs of Tomorrow

Jun 7, 2017 9:20 AM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Strengthening the World’s Largest School Meals Program

Jun 7, 2017 9:15 AM ET

The General Mills Foundation announced a two-year, $500,000 grant to the World Food Program last month to advance a pilot program to fortify rice and other staples served daily at the mid-day meal in India to nearly 140,000 school children.

Diversity & Inclusion

MetLife Foundation | Sharing What We Learn

Jun 7, 2017 9:05 AM ET

Multipliers of Prosperity is an award-winning thought leadership platform that features stories from MetLife Foundation’s grantees. It includes videos, infographics, and other content on the work of financial inclusion. This unique resource, developed in partnership with WSJ. Custom Studios, helps share best practices, insights, and information about financial inclusion issues. It is the Foundation’s contribution to sharing knowledge and raising awareness of financial inclusion around the world.

Social Impact & Volunteering

MyViacommunity Stories: Fostering Hope, By Design

Jun 7, 2017 9:05 AM ET

Katie Dominguez, senior art director at TV Land, talks about her volunteer work through Viacom’s pro-social branch, Viacommunity.

Environment

New White Paper on EU Pump Efficiency Regulations

Jun 7, 2017 9:05 AM ET

As the EU seeks to become the most climate friendly region in the world, it is continuously introducing new regulations that place ever-stricter demands on CO2 emissions and the environmental design of energy-using products. As a leading supplier of pumps for the construction sector, Xylem has created a new white paper to help customers understand the complex regulatory landscape.

Sustainable Development Goals

Walmart | A Message From Our Chief Sustainability Officer

Jun 7, 2017 9:05 AM ET

As featured in the Walmart Global Responsibility Report 2017 : Over the past 30 years, global prosperity has increased by many measures. Life expectancy, school enrollment and access to drinking water are up and technology has opened new doors for billions of people. Yet at the same time this progress occurs, growing population, globalization and technological disruption have created new social and environmental challenges.

Innovation & Technology

Pentair, Urban Organics Open Aquaponics Farm in Old Schmidt Brewery

Jun 7, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Urban Organics worker Lee Scoggins flicked a cup of powder into a large blue pool and watched as 50,000 tiny salmon, each the size of a paper clip, darted toward dinner inside the newly converted old Schmidt Brewery plant in St. Paul.

Education

Major League Baseball Players Association Shines Light on Michael Weiner Scholarship Recipients and Future Labor Leaders

Jun 6, 2017 7:30 PM ET

Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director Tony Clark told Michael Weiner Scholarship for Labor Studies recipients all about the man for whom the award is named during a luncheon in their honor at the union's Manhattan headquarters on Monday, June 5.

Environment

Michael Bloomberg: From Billionaire Businessman To Climate Change Activist

Jun 6, 2017 6:25 PM ET

I spoke to Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg LP and author of the new book Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet, about why he cares so much about climate change, the role companies have in protecting our planet, how he overcame a career challenge and his best piece of career advice.

Environment

On World Environment Day, Las Vegas Sands Announces Results of Sustainability Challenge

Jun 6, 2017 5:40 PM ET

During the month of May, Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) Team Members around the globe participated in the company's annual Sands ECO360 Clean Plate Challenge, a campaign aligned with the company's sustainability program to reduce food waste. The event was an engagement and educational initiative designed to encourage Team Members at all Las Vegas Sands' properties in both the United States and Asia to only take as much food as they'll consume when eating in the Team Member Dining Rooms.

Environment

CSRHub’s Bahar Gidwani Speaking at Intro to ESG Training at Baruch College/CUNY

Jun 6, 2017 4:45 PM ET

CSRHub CEO and Co-Founder, Bahar Gidwani, will be speaking at a One-Day Training Program presented by Governance & Accountability Institute and Global Change Associates, titled Into to ESG, Sustainable & Impact Investment Training. This training is hosted by Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College/CUNY on June 15, 2017.

Health & Healthcare

Infection Prevention: The New Standard of Clean

Jun 6, 2017 3:55 PM ET

Professional cleaning isn’t just about cleaning restrooms and mopping floors anymore; today’s Environmental Services teams must focus on preventing the spread of illness and infection.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Empowering Sustainable Decisions: Join GRI's Governance

Jun 6, 2017 3:30 PM ET

By joining one of GRI's governance bodies, you’ll have a solid platform in which to share your expertise and play a direct role in shaping the future of sustainability reporting.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Diageo Beer Company USA Names Peter Wiens Brewmaster for New Maryland-Based Brewery

Jun 6, 2017 3:15 PM ET

Marking a major milestone in the establishment of the Guinness brewery in Relay, Maryland, the Diageo Beer Company USA, is proud to announce the appointment of Peter Wiens as inaugural brewmaster. Boosting an impressive resume of brewing credentials, Wiens will lead the brewing team and brewing operations at the Guinness Open Gate Brewery & Barrel House – which represents an estimated $50MM investment to bring Guinness brewing back to U.S. soil after a six-decade absence. The new brewery coincides with the 200th anniversary of Guinness reaching American shores.

Environment

TD Forests Helps Protect 6,000 Hectares of Historic Kenauk Property in Quebec

Jun 6, 2017 2:35 PM ET

On the occasion of World Environment Day, June 5, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), with support from TD Bank Group through the TD Forests Program, announced the protection of 6,000 hectares (15,000 acres, representing a 3-kilometre wide and 20-kilometre long corridor) on the Kenauk property in Quebec.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

LA Galaxy Foundation to Host 5th Annual LA Galaxy 5K and Cozmo Family Fun Run Presented by Herbalife Nutrition at StubHub Center on June 10

Jun 6, 2017 2:30 PM ET

AEG’s LA Galaxy Foundation will host the 5th Annual LA Galaxy 5K and Cozmo Family Fun Run presented by Herbalife Nutrition at StubHub Center on Saturday, June 10. Cheering on participants will be LA Galaxy President Chris Klein and LA Galaxy players Joao Pedro Machado, Rafael Garcia, Jack McInerney, Bradley Diallo and Nathan Smith, who will also present runners with medals at the finish line.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Volunteer Group Serves the Denver Community

Jun 6, 2017 1:50 PM ET

Sustainability is one of Newmont’s core values, and this commits us to serve as a catalyst for local economic development through transparent and respectful stakeholder engagement and as responsible stewards of the environment. In Denver, Newmont’s Socially and Environmentally Responsible Volunteer Employees (S.E.R.V.E.) committee is one of the ways that we’re working to honor that commitment.

Environment

Five North American Companies Leading the Circular Economy Transition

Jun 6, 2017 1:30 PM ET

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center, a nonprofit organization driving the circular economy in the U.S., is releasing a new case study report in June featuring examples of how companies are translating circular economy aspiration into action that drives greater resource productivity improvements, eliminates waste and inefficiency, and contributes to a stronger competitive economy.

Environment

Protecting Worker Bees Around the World

Jun 6, 2017 12:45 PM ET

General Mills has worked to protect and restore pollinator habitat dating back to 2011 in the U.S., and most recently made a $2 million, five-year commitment to pollinators in partnership with the USDA and Xerces Society, which was matched by the USDA.

We didn’t stop there.

Diversity & Inclusion

PNC Sits for Women in Technology

Jun 6, 2017 12:25 PM ET

Sit With Me – a global advocacy campaign created by the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT). While women make up more than 50 percent of the U.S. workforce, they hold only 25 percent of all computing jobs. Sit With Me is designed to change those statistics by inviting more women to sit at the “technical design table.”

Responsible Production & Consumption

See How BACARDI Rum Barrels Are "Upcycled" to Find New Life

Jun 6, 2017 11:45 AM ET

Environment

3 Important Industry Trends that EHS Teams at Tech Companies Need to Know

Jun 6, 2017 11:30 AM ET

Antea Group's blog discusses some major trends shaping the tech industry, how EHS teams can show their strategic value, as well as tips and insights on how EHS teams can play a role in taking advantage of them.