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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Conservation Fund Announces Nine Recipients of Healthy Foods Grants in North Carolina

The Conservation Fund today announced the grant recipients for the On Track with Healthy Foods grants program, sponsored by CSX. Nine community- and faith-based groups will receive grants to increase access to healthy foods in vulnerable and underserved communities in the Twin Counties.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Scotiabank Impact Story: Responding to the Customer’s Voice in Peru

Digital tools are revolutionizing the way we bank. Computers, mobile phones and networks of ABMs have made it easier than ever for customers anywhere, anytime, to effectively manage their finances.

Environment

6 Environmental Leaders in the Beverage Industry Share Tips for Telling Your Sustainability Story

Get tips for telling your company’s sustainability story from environmental leaders running sustainability programs at global beverage companies. http://bit.ly/6SustyTips

Education

JetBlue Launching Flight Plans for High School Students

JetBlue recently we welcomed more than 40 high school students from across the U.S. to New York’s JFK Airport to learn what it takes to pursue a career in aviation. The event was part of the New York Student Aviation Expedition, an experiential learning trip organized by the Aviation Community Foundation to inspire students and launch their career paths.

Innovation & Technology

Duke Engineer Builds Robots that Protect & Serve

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

LinkedIn Top Companies 2017: Where the U.S. Wants to Work Now

Comcast NBCUniversal has spent $8 billion with minority and woman-owned suppliers since 2011, making it the only media and technology company in the Billion Dollar Roundtable.

Environment

Sustainable Brands ’17 Detroit - New Metrics

While societal actions are shifting to integrate sustainability with business value creation, the pace of change in the next 10 years will be far more rapid than in the previous decade.

Events, Media & Communications

Avnet Helps Guide Makers’ Technology Ideas to Production at Maker Faire

Avnet, a leading global technology distributor, today announced its activities as a presenting sponsor at Maker Faire Bay Area beginning tomorrow at the San Mateo County Event Center.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Future of Business is About Being Regenerative

In the conference halls, corporate boardrooms and corridors of power that I walk, I sense winds of change. There is a metamorphic shift unfolding in terms of how we view our organisations – in terms of ‘how’ they operate and in terms of ‘why’ they operation.

Diversity & Inclusion

Take the Chance - Opportunities Await Outside Your Comfort Zone

This month, we are featuring Peggy Abkemeier Alford as part of our Women Leaders of PayPal series. Peggy is PayPal’s Global Head of Cross-Border Trade and was recently named SVP, Human Resources – People Operations.

Health & Healthcare

Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Lyft Join Forces to Increase Access to Health Care in Communities with Transportation Deserts

In an effort to address the community effects of social determinants of health, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) today announced a first nationwide partnership with Lyft to ensure Americans are not missing vital health care appointments simply because they lack reliable transportation.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Transformative Employee Volunteering with Chris Jarvis & Angela Parker, Realized Worth Co-Founders

In this episode of the Champions for Social Good Podcast, Jamie Serino speaks with Chris Jarvis and Angela Parker, Co-Founders of Realized Worth, a consulting firm focused on the design and implementation of employee volunteering programs

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sustainability Reporting with the GRI Standards

What is sustainability reporting and how does the practice benefit organizations and stakeholders? This animation answers these questions and more. Visit the GRI website to download the first global Sustainability Reporting Standards, and make an important contribution towards a more sustainable world.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Artists Announced for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2017

New Contemporaries is pleased to announce this year's selected artists with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies. The panel of guest selectors comprising Caroline Achaintre, Elizabeth Price and George Shaw has chosen 47 artists for the annual open submission exhibition.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Inclusion Works — Opportunities for Those with Disabilities

Internally, we create job opportunities and promote inclusion through frameworks like the Reaching Blue Heights talent pipeline program, Disability Career Fairs, and Disability Mentoring Day (DMD). Out in the world, we show up and speak out.

Events, Media & Communications

3 Reasons to Say Yes to the Upcoming AIHce 2017 Conference and Expo in Seattle

This year's AIHce Conference and Expo is being held at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle on June 4-7, 2017. Antea Group offers 3 great reasons why you should attend the conference.

Innovation & Technology

FIRST Robotics & NRG Energy: Featuring the Brains Behind the Bots

The students of FIRST Robotics are creative, energetic, ambitious, and ready to take the #STEM world by storm. Learn more: nrg.com/first

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop Launch “Dream, Save, Do” in Egypt

MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educa- tional organization behind Alam Simsim, launched a new multimedia global initiative today called “Dream, Save, Do: Financial Empowerment for Families.”

Diversity & Inclusion

Voya Financial: A Culture of Inclusion and Giving

As a Senior IT Release Manager for Voya Financial, Erin Andrews coordinates and manages the work of business analysts, developers, and quality assurance analysts from start to implementation to delivery of technical changes across a range of applications for the company.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CITGO Lemont Refinery Receives Safety Award from Manufacturing Association

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Igniting Opportunity for Cape Town’s Youth

South Africa is home to some of the world’s best universities, but the average young South African likely won’t step foot on any of the country’s prestigious campuses. The legacy of apartheid has perpetuated an economic and education system inaccessible to the vast majority of youth. According to the Public Council of Higher Education in South Africa, only 16 percent of black South Africans go to college—the country is 80 percent black. Access to tertiary education has emerged as a common issue of discourse in South Africa’s political and social landscape as students across the country protest rising tuition costs and unequal access.

Green Infrastructure

Infrastructure Week 2017: Keys to Digital Grid Strategy

Infrastructure Week allows us to reflect on the modernization needed to drive the new digital grid. A comprehensive view of the infrastructure elements needed to create a more efficient and sustainable energy landscape should include communications networks and embedded computing. Utilities, technology vendors and community leaders will need to work in collaboration to ensure all elements are considered for the digital grid to thrive.

Environment

PepsiCo Embraces Science-based Targets in the Fight Against Climate Change

PepsiCo has confirmed that its ambitious new target for greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction has been verified and approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative as being in line with what climate science says is necessary to keep global warming below two degrees Celsius. The global food and beverage company has committed to work to reduce absolute GHG emissions across its value chain by at least 20 percent by 2030.

Energy

Colorado Dam Expansion to Substantially Improve Water Supply, Reliability

Black & Veatch has been selected to provide program management services to Denver Water on the Gross Reservoir Expansion Project.

The project is a major component of the utility’s comprehensive strategy to deliver safe, reliable water service and provide resilience to its system in the face of future threats including floods, wildfires and the potential impacts of climate change. The expansion will more than double current reservoir capacity and improve water supply dependability for the 1.4 million people Denver Water serves in the metro area.

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