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Innovation & Technology

Comcast and the U.S. Department Of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Announce National Initiative to Connect Low-Income Americans to the Internet at Home

Every Internet Essentials customer has a story to tell. Lisa, a mother of four and grandmother of two, is studying to get her GED. Lisa and her family live in public housing. Recently, they were connected to the Internet at home for the first time as part of Comcast’s Internet Essentials pilot program for public housing residents. Listen to her family’s story here.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Three Steps to Effectively Measure Philanthropic Impact

According to The Council on Foundations (COF) Report, Increasing Impact & Enhancing Value, corporate philanthropy is as vital as ever to business and society. And yet corporate leaders are under increasing pressure to connect the value of their programs with performance drivers that matter in the business. They must demonstrate that their philanthropic investment is both effective and aligned with business outcomes.

Environment

Need Support for Your EHS Data Management and Visualization?

CAVe is Antea Group’s bundled solution of industry-leading software tools for data management and visualization coupled with our consultants’ expertise. CAVe can increase the quality and precision of your data and provide spatial analysis and visualization to support project initiatives in a cost-effective/efficient way. Your data quality and the quality of your deliverables increases. There’s no black box here—our project teams have web-enabled access and full transparency into their data. CAVe can be applied across all portfolios and service lines. It’s a customizable, flexible, and robust enterprise solution.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Taking on the Back-Office with NetSuite in the Fight Against Cancer

When we think about the fight against cancer most of us probably think of cutting-edge research and clinical trials. Perhaps we think of running or cycling with Team in Training, or of someone close to us who fought a battle with cancer and won.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CSX N​amed ​a​ B​est P​lace to Work by Disability Equality Index

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Scotiabank Opens Innovative Advice Branch Designed to Meet Customers' Needs

Social Impact & Volunteering

Sears & Rebuilding Together: Heroes At Home - Denver VFW

Sears has launched its ninth annual Heroes at Home campaign with Rebuilding Together to raise funds and assist military families facing hardship by making necessary repairs, improvements or modifications to their homes.

Health & Healthcare

The Secret Work of Pets? A New Movie Has Us Wondering Whether to Bring Pets to the Office

The new animated film The Secret Life of Pets topped the box office for a second straight weekend with total earnings over $250 million globally and breaking box office records. The animated film follows New York City pets who wonder what their owners do all day at this mysterious place called “work.”

Events, Media & Communications

Top Story: Investors Should Drive Sustainability, SEC's White Says

Environment

Virgin Atlantic Partners With Employees on Sustainability, Gets Results

Companies have come up with all sorts of amazing innovations to reduce environmental impacts -- from dissolvable labels and bricks in toilets to packaging mimicking an armadillo. Yet sometimes, the solution is much simpler. Companies are learning that oftentimes the best way to reduce environmental impacts is to just ask employees to play a part.

Environment

Avista Creates Online River Recreation Map

Avista Utilities, an energy company located in Spokane, WA, just made it easier to plan for fun on and around the water this summer with new digital river recreation maps for segments of the Spokane River and the Clark Fork River. In addition to generating clean, renewable power from these scenic waterways, Avista maintains picnic, boating, camping and other recreational areas for all generations to enjoy.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption: Finding Forever Families for Children in Foster Care

Scott came into the foster care system when he was six years old and remained in foster care for 10 years. During that time he had seven placements and fell behind in school. His Wendy's Wonderful Kids recruiter saw his potential and his special story and knew she could find the right family

Diversity & Inclusion

KFC UK M​akes a D​ifference at S​unemployment R​oadshow

KFC UK added hope to more than 70 people at the 2016 Sunemployment Roadshow, a job fair campaign from one of the UK’s biggest newspapers created to place long-term unemployed people into jobs. The UK team has supported the roadshow for five years running and participated in the 2016 campaign’s three job fairs.

Events, Media & Communications

Republic Services Kicks Off "Music Mania Mondays" in Niagara, New York

Republic Services took part in a ribbon cutting ceremony in June to kick off the Town of Niagara New York “Music Mania Mondays.” This stage is used throughout the summer for all twelve events of the summer concert series, including the recent 4th of July at the Memorial Community Park.

Events, Media & Communications

How to Develop a Company Plan for Carbon Neutrality

The Arbor Day Foundation has partnered with SCS Global Services (SCS) to help companies work carbon neutrality into their climate action plans. This free webinar series will take an in-depth look at how to develop a great climate action plan for your company and reach carbon neutrality, and how you can work with the Arbor Day Foundation and SCS to get there.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Simple Ingredients: Designing a Recipe

Hershey’s transition to simple ingredients is anything but simple — so who better to explain some of the complexities than Jim St. John?

Environment

HP and World Wildlife Fund Partner to Achieve Zero Deforestation by 2020 Goal

HP's goals as a new company include achieving zero deforestation caused by paper-based products and packaging in our supply chain. We are proud to team up with World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Global Forest & Trade Network-North America (GFTN-NA) to work toward our new deforestation goal.

Innovation & Technology

New Anti-Waste Lining Prevents Soapy Liquids from Sticking to Plastic Packaging

Have you ever gotten frustrated over how much toothpaste is thrown away with the crumpled tube? Or how much shampoo is trapped inside a bottle that is all but finished? These may not be life’s most pressing questions, but it would be nice to get the full content of those containers we need for our personal hygiene.

Research, Reports & Publications

CA Technologies Achieves Ambitious Carbon Reduction Goal Four Years Ahead of Schedule

CA Technologies latest Sustainability Report marks a continued evolution of corporate social impact, from environmental stewardship to broader societal change. The report outlines how CA Technologies Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts are linked to their business, positively benefiting customers, employees and communities around the world.

Education

'He Named Me Malala' Earns Five Emmy Nominations, 21CF Backs Girls Education Through Malala Fund

Of 21st Century Fox's combined 103 nominations for the 68th Emmy Awards, five belong to He Named Me Malala, the powerful documentary from Fox Searchlight and National Geographic chronicling the life of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai. In February, the National Geographic Channel aired the global broadcast premiere of the film commercial-free and ran a social media campaign with 21CF to raise funds for Malala's work to ensure young women and girls have access to quality secondary education. 21CF and its employees donated more than $125,000 to Malala Fund to provide education for Syrian refugee girls living in Jordan and Lebanon.

Energy

Hornsdale Wind Farm

Research, Reports & Publications

7 Tips: M&S, GSK, Ericsson and Pearsons on The SDGs and Reporting

Ethical Corporation have just released their latest piece of complimentary analysis on how to integrate the sustainable development goals into your sustainability reporting and strategy.

Latest Campaigns

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