Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Keep up with the latest news from 3BL’s clients.



Social Impact & Volunteering

From Olympic Glory to Community Impact: Sevran Will Welcome Paris 2024 Pool

International Olympic Committee

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Beyond the Code: Meet Rahul Jayaram

GoDaddy

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Circular Electronics Partnership Joins Forces With Global Electronics Council

Global Electronics Council

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Mastercard: How Entrepreneurs Are Finding Strength in Numbers

Mastercard

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Creating Pathways to Affordable Homeownership Through Community and Banking

US Bank





Editors Pick

Health & Healthcare

IBM Health Corps: New Ideas for Solving the World’s Health Problems

Through its new Health Corps program, IBM plans to dispatch interdisciplinary teams to six destinations around the world starting in 2016 -- and more in subsequent years.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Making Domestic Violence Shelters a Safe Haven for People and Pets

Our pets bring us comfort, companionship and a sense of safety. Many recent studies suggest that the bond between an owner and their pet is deeply emotional. Animals even display physical emotional responses depending on their proximity to a recognized human with whom they have an established relationship. Pets are very much a part of the family.

Diversity & Inclusion

Challenged to be our Very Best - Lisa Morden, Senior Director, Global Sustainability of Kimberly-Clark

We pushed ourselves to look beyond the responsibility of our operational footprint into other areas throughout the value chain. We’ve forged stronger partnerships across our own teams and with customers, suppliers, business partners and nongovernmental organizations to achieve our goals.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Timberland Unites Around the World to Serve the Elderly

Service knows no age or boundaries at Timberland, the global outdoor lifestyle brand with a demonstrated commitment to social responsibility. Employee volunteers, who receive up to 40 paid community service hours each year, are passionate about serving elderly citizens around the world.

Events, Media & Communications

Women Gather at Sold-out 2016 Women's Leadership Conference

For the 10th consecutive year, empowered women (and a few good men!) gathered for the MGM Resorts Foundation Women's Leadership Conference. They came from around the city and around the country.

Innovation & Technology

A Day of Data-Driven Inspiration at the HPE Living Progress Challenge

I had the privilege of being one of five judges for the HPE Living Progress Challenge, a program that issued a challenge – “Millions of people who can’t access the power of technology are being left behind, excluded from a world of opportunity. What software applications and digital services would you create to improve people’s lives?” This program made me proud to be an HPE employee and I expected to be impressed. I didn’t expect to cry.

Environment

Tech Industry Leaders Join Forces Against Illegal Wildlife Trafficking Online

On World Elephant Day, leading e-commerce and social media companies are implementing critical steps to stop the sale of illegal wildlife products online across the globe.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Xylem Sparking A Renaissance

With our original research, entitled Powering the Wastewater Renaissance, we outlined how the wastewater sector could cut energy consumption and reduce related harmful emissions with existing proven technologies.

Innovation & Technology

Cherie Blair and the Work of Her Foundation is Taking Full Advantage of Technology

The advent of the Internet has been a real game-changer, connecting people globally. The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women is taking full advantage of the Web by pioneering a new way of supporting women entrepreneurs, working across physical and cultural distances, by combining mentoring with technology.

Environment

Who We Are Is What We Leave Behind: The Joy of Dumpster Diving

You can't get rid of 100 million pounds of garbage until you know what the 100 million pounds of garbage is.

Research, Reports & Publications

Diageo Reports Good First Year Progress Against 2020 Sustainability and Responsibility Targets

Diageo, a global leader in beverage alcohol, this week reported strong progress against its 2020 sustainability and responsibility targets with the publication of the company's 2016 Annual Report. Diageo made notable gains in its improvement in water efficiency, reduction of carbon emissions and waste materials as well as taking new steps to promote responsible drinking and agreed strategic partnerships with development organisations.

Events, Media & Communications

My First RAGBRAI: An Incredible Experience

I was told that RAGBRAI was hard to put into words, that it was just something you needed to experience in order to understand. I don’t think you can fully grasp the magnitude of 35,000 people riding 420 miles on their bikes across the state of Iowa for 7 days until you see it in person.

Social Impact & Volunteering

A Good Neighbour in Bad Times

TransCanada provides immediate support to First Nation’s communities after a huge tornado rips a path through southern Manitoba.

Research, Reports & Publications

Telstra Releases Bigger Picture 2016 Sustainability Report

Telstra has released its Bigger Picture 2016 Sustainability Report, detailing the company’s progress in embedding its three strategic sustainability priorities – Everyone Connected, Environmental leadership and Employee involvement – and in responding to the issues that matter most to its operations and stakeholders.

Diversity & Inclusion

Fx Reshaping Hollywood with Big Push for Diversity Behind the Camera

FX CEO John Landgraf dedicated a sizable portion of his August 9 session at the TCA Summer Press Tour to this issue of diversity in Hollywood, announcing that the network has dramatically expanded opportunities for diverse directors. Currently, 51% of the directors hired to work on FX and FXX shows during the 2016-2017 season are women or people of color.

Environment

Accelerated Sustainable Resource Leadership Championed By Nestle Waters Sustainability Chief

Pointing out that many collaboration efforts today may be well intentioned, but create limited shared value for both corporations and communities, Nelson Switzer, chief sustainability officer for Nestlé Waters North America, today called for aggressive new leadership in collective action through partnership to solve shared water challenges. He outlined this thinking at the 2016 Global Sustainability Summit (http://www.fmi.org/sustainability2016/overview) of the Food Marketing Institute and the Grocery Manufacturers Association being held in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Events, Media & Communications

Enabling Greater Financial Capability

An astounding two billion people around the world still lack access to modern financial services. While the finance gap is most acute in the developing world, communities and businesses across the United States also lack adequate access to finance. In the meantime, there are still big gaps in financial literacy and capability even among those who have access to finance.

Environment

Europe Assesses Chemicals Legislation; REACH Moves Away from Animal Testing

The European Commission is currently implementing a fitness check as part of its broader goal for better regulation – “designing policies and laws so that they achieve their objectives in the most efficient and effective way possible.” Better regulation ensures that EU policies are relevant, policy-making is informed by evidence, and that stakeholders are a part of the process.

Events, Media & Communications

Join Us for "Good to Great--Building a Best-in-Class CSR Dept" CSR Certificate Program with The Institute for Ethical Leadership at Rutgers

Join Us for Our Second CSR Certificate Program with The Institute for Ethical Leadership at Rutgers Business School Newark Titled "Good to Great -- Building a Best-in-Class CSR Department" (September 28-29, 2016)

Responsible Production & Consumption

Farmers Markets Offer Benefits That Go Beyond Health

This is National Farmers Market week, and markets near you are probably ready to brim full of fruits and vegetables that local farmers will harvest through the fall. Famers Markets can be a lot of fun to visit—you might even discover a fruit or vegetable variety that you didn’t even know existed. But there are also health, environmental and community benefits that come from buying and eating fresh, local produce.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Importance of Connections in Customized Employment

If there was a theme of my work with Melissa to support her to find a job, it would be the importance of connections. Good connections are important, no matter who is looking for a job.

Innovation & Technology

Corporate Giving: How to Ease the Transition from a Manual to an Automated System

Dear Andy: We have a Corporate Giving Program but our process is totally manual (about 16 different spreadsheets, hundreds of emails) and things are falling through the cracks. I want to move to something automated but am nervous about the transition and losing critical data. What do you recommend to make the transition easier? - Trapped Under Paperwork

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Guest Blog: From Hopeless to Hopeful. Finding a Family for Paul

Courtney Angeles is a Wendy’s Wonderful Kids recruiter and works each day to find loving permanent homes for children in foster care.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Points of Light and The Walt Disney Company Call for Daily Point of Light Award Nominations for Families

Points of Light and The Walt Disney Company will celebrate the impact of family volunteering across the nation by honoring exemplary family volunteers with a Daily Point of Light Award. The award recognizes their commitment to volunteering as a family.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Republic Services Donates $1,500 to the Marlborough Labor Day Parade

Marlborough – Mayor Arthur Vigeant July 27 accepted a generous Marlborough Labor Day Parade sponsorship presented by Republic Services’ Municipal Services Manager Terry Grady. This year’s parade will be held Monday, Sept. 5, at 12 p.m.

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