Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Research, Reports & Publications

The Sands ECO360 Global Sustainability Strategy Revealed

Jul 22, 2016 4:00 PM ET

Innovation & Technology

Starlight Children's Foundation and Astellas USA Foundation Bring VGo Robots to MassGeneral Hospital for Children

Jul 22, 2016 4:00 PM ET

Starlight Children's Foundation and Astellas USA Foundation are partnering to advance children's health and education through technology with the placement of three VGo robots at MassGeneral Hospital for Children in Boston. Hospital staff and representatives from Astellas USA Foundation and Starlight gathered at the facility today to unveil and celebrate the new technology.

Social Impact & Volunteering

David Ortiz Helps Children in the Places He Calls Home

Jul 22, 2016 3:45 PM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

United Way and Northern Trust Host a Bingo Game for Residents of the South Chicago YMCA's Senior Housing

Jul 22, 2016 12:50 PM ET

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Investors Increasingly Use Their Dollars to Create Change

Jul 22, 2016 12:35 PM ET

Practitioners of ‘impact investing’ seek to generate not just long-term financial returns but also positive environmental, social or governmental results. Companies that are adjusting their business models will attract them.

Diversity & Inclusion

Training Camp: Team Building Activities Inspired by Football

Jul 22, 2016 12:30 PM ET

We are at the end of July and that means training camp for the National Football League (NFL) 2016 season is just around the corner. Before the teams officially take the field in the fall, they will spend copious amounts of time practicing and preparing this summer.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Timberland’s Victory Garden Enters Ninth Year of Benefitting the New Hampshire Food Bank

Jul 22, 2016 12:00 PM ET

Outside the main entrance of Timberland’s global headquarters in Stratham, N.H., a team of volunteers recently opened the company’s community Victory Garden for its ninth year of growing fresh fruits, vegetables and flowers. The Victory Garden gives employees a chance to get outside during the workday and use their community service hours provided through Timberland’s Path of Service™ program, which gives each employee up to 40 paid hours each year to volunteer in the community.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Costa Crociere Foundation Lanches 6 New Social Betterment and Marine Environmental Projects

Jul 22, 2016 11:30 AM ET

The Costa Crociere Foundation (www.costa-crociere-foundation.com) has concluded the annual selection process reserved for Italian non-profit organizations and has chosen six new social betterment and marine environmental protection projects for funding.

Energy

Incentives Draw New York GM Plant to Install Solar Array

Jul 22, 2016 11:25 AM ET

With 16 solar installations in the United States, General Motors takes the top spot among automakers for solar energy use in the nation. Its latest installation can be found at the company’s Rochester Operations plant in New York – a 466-kilowatt array expected to power 3 percent of the facility’s electricity.

Innovation & Technology

Data for Healthy Hearts: Measuring the Impact of the Wireless Heart Health Program in Rural China

Jul 22, 2016 11:05 AM ET

Doctors Ren Nianbao and Xie Guangguo have worked at the Lang Mao Shan Clinic in rural China for 20 years. Approximately one-fifth of their patients suffer from cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), one of the leading causes of death in China.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Collaborates on Goose Creek Cleanup

Jul 22, 2016 11:00 AM ET

Keep America Beautiful affiliate Keep Knoxville Beautiful (KKB) and the Tennessee Clean Water Network (TCWN), with a grant from the Aslan Foundation, are working in tandem to clean up Goose Creek, an impaired urban creek in and around Mary Vestal Park in South Knoxville.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Kimberly-Clark’s U By Kotex Brand And Dosomething.Org Introduce Power To The Period To Benefit People Experiencing Homelessness

Jul 22, 2016 10:15 AM ET

Green Infrastructure

7 Ways Hoteliers Can Operate A More Sustainable Property

Jul 22, 2016 10:15 AM ET

7 Ways Hoteliers Can Operate A More Sustainable Property While Achieving ROI

Innovation & Technology

Software Considerations Checklist for the Evolving World of Giving

Jul 22, 2016 10:10 AM ET

In today's ever-changing world of giving, more and more types of grantmaking software are emerging in the marketplace.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CITGO Teams Up with Boston Red Sox Foundation to Launch Spirit Pump Campaign

Jul 22, 2016 9:15 AM ET

This July through October, CITGO Petroleum Corporation, along with its local New England partners, SEI Fuels, H.A. Mapes, Global Partners and Tradewinds, will fuel good for the Red Sox Foundation through the installation of unique Red Sox-branded gas pumps at multiple CITGO stations throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine.

Diversity & Inclusion

Skills-Based Volunteering as Corporate Self-Care

Jul 22, 2016 8:35 AM ET

Companies are frequently likened to machines–departments chugging away in happy synchrony like a well-oiled machine. It’s easy to see why this analogy exists. It works most of the time, and it helps us to emphasize company necessities like efficiency and functionality. When we want to shift that focus towards the overall health of a company, however, we are better served by a more humanized approach.

Within our new analogy, we can reflect on how a person remains healthy.So, self-care is vital for the person, and by extension, is vital for the company. What, then, is the corporate equivalent of getting plenty of sleep, eating your veggies, and maintaining a constructive mindset? I suggest skills-based volunteering as a holistic approach to corporate health.

Responsible Production & Consumption

How One Las Vegas Hotel is Trying to Reduce Food Waste

Jul 21, 2016 7:10 PM ET

A new Consumer Reports study highlights the staggering amount of food wasted in America, with 40 percent of the food produced in the U.S. ending up in the trash.

Responsible Production & Consumption

The Global Approach to Supply Chain Transparency and Compliance

Jul 21, 2016 6:45 PM ET

As we move into the second half of 2016, it is important to reflect on the events that we have seen so far in 2016 for supply chain transparency. We saw the global modern day slavery movement enhanced by many regions of the world passing legislation. There have also been new approaches developed by NGO's to tackle slavery in supply chains. The same can be said for conflict minerals. More companies started to take an active approach to identifying the origin of 3TG.

Environment

Infographic: Alliance Data’s GHG Inventory

Jul 21, 2016 6:00 PM ET

In 2015, Alliance Data lowered our scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 53% from the previous year. We generated 1 million kilowatts of solar power at LoyaltyOne’s Mississauga, Ontario, customer care center. We got a score of 69 from the Carbon Disclosure Project, as compared to the CDP supply chain average of 60. Check out this infographic about our environmental efforts to learn more.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arrow Electronics Sponsors Denver Scholarship Foundation’s Golf Classic

Jul 21, 2016 4:00 PM ET

Arrow Electronics sponsored the Denver Scholarship Foundation (DSF) Third Annual Golf Classic on July 11, which raised $189,000 for Denver Public School students to achieve their postsecondary goals.

Environment

Uncovering a Smart City’s Impact: A Conversation with Chandana Vangapalli

Jul 21, 2016 3:40 PM ET

There’s a lot of talk about how smart cities of the future will benefit society and the world around us. Take the environment, for example. We believe that the technology enabling smart cities has the potential to reduce carbon emissions and other air pollution, and could help empower cities to better manage resources like water and energy.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Republic Services Helps Fight Wildfire in Oregon

Jul 21, 2016 3:00 PM ET

Republic Services employee Tim Tycer was on his way home from work when he got a call letting him know there was a wild fire burning near Republic’s Coffin Butte Landfill and Pacific Region Compost (PRC) in Oregon’s Willamette Valley

Responsible Production & Consumption

Conflict Minerals SEC Filings Benchmarking Insights Released

Jul 21, 2016 2:35 PM ET

Yesterday, Source Intelligence released a benchmarking analysis Conflict Minerals Reporting. A Deeper Look Into RY2015 SEC Filings.

Energy

Lancaster Choice Energy's Smart Choice Option Certified by Center for Resource Solutions' Green-e Energy Program

Jul 21, 2016 2:00 PM ET

Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) announced today that Lancaster Choice Energy (LCE)’s Smart Choice renewable power option is now certified by Green-e Energy – North America’s leading independent certification program for renewable energy. LCE’s Smart Choice program, powered by 100% wind power, offers LCE customers the ability to “opt-up” to 100% renewable energy.

Education

Qualcomm and IIE Expand Summer Program to Build K-12 Pipeline of Girls in Tech

Jul 21, 2016 1:55 PM ET

This summer, thirty middle school girls will graduate from Qcamp for Girls in STEM, developed and implemented by Qualcomm Incorporated and the Institute of International Education (IIE).