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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Atlas Copco Rental: Safety Means A Lot to Us

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Outstanding Safety Record at Atlas Copco Chile

Social Impact & Volunteering

Diageo North America Employees Revitalize STAR Center in Norwalk to Benefit Neighbors with Disabilities

More than 100 employees from Diageo North America’s finance team undertook a transformational service project at the STAR, Inc. Lighting the Way center in Norwalk this week. STAR is a nonprofit organization that has provided services to individuals with developmental disabilities in mid-Fairfield County since 1952.

Diversity & Inclusion

Four Questions with PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi and Target’s Brian Cornell on Advancing Women in Leadership

​Indra Nooyi and Brian Cornell have a lot in common. They first met back in 1998, when Indra was leading strategy and business development for PepsiCo, and Brian was managing Tropicana’s North American business.

Social Impact & Volunteering

#GoingToBat Community Spotlight: Nelson Cruz

Nelson Cruz, a native of Las Matas de Santa Cruz, Dominican Republic, is an international superstar. Some of his best work, however, is not on a baseball diamond, but away from the spotlight supporting causes close to his heart.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Pizza Hut Harvest: Fighting Food Waste, Hunger and Greenhouse Emissions, One Slice of Pizza at a Time

Pizza Hut has a strong legacy with food donations, dating back to 1992 when we became the first company to create a national surplus food donation program.

Diversity & Inclusion

BMS Foundation Working to Improve Minorities’ Access to Healthcare

April is National Minority Health Month in the United States and this year the Department of Health and Human Services has chosen the theme, “Accelerating Health Equity for the Nation.” The goal is to raise awareness of the health disparities that continue to affect racial and ethnic minorities and to mobilize groups across the nation, like the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, to work with government and other partners to accelerate the realization of health equity – the attainment of the highest level of health for all people (Healthy People 2020).

Research, Reports & Publications

Transformative Technologies

Education

21CF Supports Education for Syrian Refugee Children with $125,000 Donation to Malala Fund

21st Century Fox has announced a contribution of more than $125,000 to Malala Fund, an organization advocating for secondary girls' education around the world. The gift consists of funds raised through a company-wide employee matching program, as well as a social media campaign led by 21CF and the National Geographic Channel, and will help provide education for Syrian refugee children. The donation is the culmination of the company's year-long global campaign to support "He Named Me Malala," Fox Searchlight and National Geographic Channel's documentary about 18-year-old activist Malala Yousafzai, and raise awareness of the more than 60 million young women who are out of school around the globe.

Events, Media & Communications

Ecovadis Conference 2016: Calling All Brands

Two weeks ago in Paris, EcoVadis held its annual conference, providing content to both its customers and its global staff of analysts, those ultimately responsible for scoring companies across a spectrum of corporate social responsibility and sustainability criteria.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Avnet Employees Jazz up Arizona School

Social Impact & Volunteering

Susquehanna Service Dogs: A Grassroots Effort that Took Seed and Blossomed

“Each person who volunteers their time in any capacity,” Pam Foreman, director of Susquehanna Service Dogs, says, “each person partnered with an SSD dog, each employee and each person who provides a monetary or in-kind donation of any amount makes this program what it is.” Harrisburg Magazine provides a "behind the scenes" look at Susquehanna Service Dogs and how little puppies become working service dogs.

Environment

Corporate Action That’s Making a Difference on SDG 6-Water and Sanitation

This week, Global Sourcing Council's 17 Weeks for 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) explores SDG 6 with examples of corporate action to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

Environment

How Prepared are Businesses for a Sustainable Future? Ingersoll Rand Leader Discusses Findings from New Survey

The urgency to address climate change and other environmental challenges has never been greater. And encouragingly, there seems to be a constant and increasing beat of corporate commitments that range from pledging to use more renewable energy to making products that are more environmentally responsible.

Environment

Bathurst - The Centre of the Universe

Environment

Bechtel Joins Peers on Shared Commitment to Sustainability

Bechtel is among the 133 organizations featured in 2016 Business Roundtable report, “Create. Grow. Sustain: People and Technology,” which details how companies are pursuing innovative strategies to sustain and enhance the quality of life in the United States and around the world.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Avista Employees March for Babies

A dedicated group of Avista employees and families supported March of Dimes in the March for Babies in Spokane, Wash

Research, Reports & Publications

TransCanada Reports Solid First Quarter 2016 Financial Results

Transformational changes position company for near- and long-term growth

Social Impact & Volunteering

Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day

Environment

Republic Celebrates Earth Day in Anaheim with Major Enhancements to Commercial Recycling Capabilities

Republic Services announced today a new highly advanced, commercial sorting system at its Anaheim Recycling Center. The new system is capable of processing more than 1,000 tons of recyclable material per day, or 100-tons per hour, and is expected to double capacity in the marketplace.

Education

Ghana is Only the Beginning of New IBM and Peace Corps Collaboration

“I achieved so much because most of the people who came to speak to us were ladies and that also means that ladies can also do something,” said a high school student from the eastern region of Ghana about a recent project with the Peace Corps and IBM.

Ghana has long been a launch pad for groundbreaking international collaboration. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy sent the very first group of Peace Corps volunteers to Ghana. Eight years ago, the inaugural IBM Corporate Service Corps team, which brings IBM consultants, services, and talent to the world pro bono, also traveled to Ghana. For both organizations, it seemed logical to launch the first IBM Corporate Service Corps partnership project with the Peace Corps in Ghana.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Timberland and Lindt USA Join Forces on Community Supported Agriculture Program

What do a leading global outdoor lifestyle brand and a premium chocolate company have in common? Their commitment to community. Timberland and premium chocolatier Lindt USA may seem like an unlikely pair, but the Stratham, New Hampshire neighbors have joined forces to provide their employees access to a Community Supporter Agriculture (CSA) program that will deliver all-natural pasture-raised, antibiotic- and hormone-free meat to their headquarters.

Environment

Sappi North America: A Thriving, Sustainable Company With Vision

Each year, in our annual sustainability report, we look forward to reporting our progress against goals we set to ensure that Sappi North America continues as a thriving, sustainable, re-investable company. We’re committed to keeping you informed on how we’re doing in terms of employee training and safety, key environmental metrics and, of course, financial returns.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Three Ways to Scale Climate-Smart Agriculture in the United States

Large-scale climate action in U.S. agriculture will require a massive, coordinated approach of organizations able to address different regions, commodities, and layers of the value chain. Here are three ways to approach it.

Social Impact & Volunteering

2016 Sodexo Future Chefs Competition - Featured Chef Rivka Guzman

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