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NatureVest Celebrates a Decade of Impact

For over a decade, TNC’s NatureVest team has mobilized private capital to drive large-scale conservation. Explore the 2024 NatureVest Impact Report: Investing in Nature, to learn more!

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Sustainable Development Goals

Sappi North America Continues to Lower Emissions

Our pulp and paper products are derived from renewable resources, made with high levels of renewable energy, and are designed to be reused or recycled. While it is difficult to identify a more sustainable industry than forest products, not all companies perform equally when it comes to operating safely and sustainably. We track our progress annually and offer an updated view of our performance in important areas of environmental and social responsibility.

Environment

Cargill Updates Sustainable Cocoa Plan with Zero Deforestation Aim

Cargill has published an update to its sustainable cocoa sourcing strategy to align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and include efforts to eliminate deforestation by 2030.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

100x35JetBlue: Join Us in Caring for Puerto Rico and the Caribbean

The stories of devastation and desperate need coming out of Puerto Rico are heartbreaking. With a massive emergency response urgently needed and recovery efforts expected to take months (if not years), JetBlue has established a new program to help our crewmembers, customers and neighbors in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean: 100x35JetBlue.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Impact of Volunteering: Beyond the Traditional Charity-Corporate Partnership

Since PULSE was created in 2009, GSK has sent over 100 employees to work with Save the Children in more than 35 offices across the world. GSK embarked on an ambitious global partnership with Save the Children to help save one million children’s lives. Since then, the collaboration has been voted the most admired partnership for two consecutive years by the C&E Corporate-NGO Partnerships Barometer.

Research, Reports & Publications

ACHIEVE GREATER | Northern Trust Releases 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

“At Northern Trust, we believe organizations with a demonstrated commitment to corporate social responsibility create greater value for shareholders and key stakeholders.” -

Green Infrastructure

Landsec Leads the Way with Science-Based Targets

The low-carbon fuel cell installed at 20 Fenchurch Street – London’s ‘Walkie Talkie’ building – cost £4 million, but contributes 7% of the entire building’s electricity needs. Landsec are also committed to improving the amount of onsite renewable technology with a new target to achieve 3 MW capacity by 2030. Current capacity has doubled to 1.4 MW this summer with their largest installation to date, a 785 kWp solar PV system at White Rose Shopping Centre in Leeds. The system provides 20% of all landlord power, reducing costs for customers and increasing the asset’s resilience, and has become the largest of its kind in the UK.

Research, Reports & Publications

The Reporting Exchange | What Are the Experts Saying About This New Global Resource for Corporate Sustainability Reporting?

World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) recently launched the Reporting Exchange - the single most up-to-date and comprehensive source of information on sustainability reporting requirements and resources currently available. RNFOead on to see what the experts are saying about this new resource.

Events, Media & Communications

Qualcomm Spotlights Exciting Tech Advances at Grace Hopper Event

Our largest contingent to date descended on the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, the world’s largest gathering of women technologists. This year, over 180 Qualcomm employees, across all levels, joined more than 20,000 attendees at the conference in Orlando, Florida. We raised awareness about our technologies, showcased our inventors working on those technologies, and the great opportunities available at Qualcomm.

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Environment

Top 5 Evergreens Sold Through the Arbor Day Tree Nursery

Evergreen trees offer numerous benefits when strategically planted around your home. They provide year-round color in the winter when other trees are bare. Additionally, evergreens can be used as a living snow fence, keeping cold winds out which results in lower energy costs.

Research, Reports & Publications

Caterpillar's Real-Time Energy Data Helps Drive Results

Seeing is believing. That maxim has proven to be true at Caterpillar China Machinery Components Co. Operator Station Facility in Wuxi, China.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

New Models of Corporate Citizenship

Many corporate citizenship programs involve initiatives that reflect immediate problems (such as apprenticeship programs to fill near-term openings), the nature of their company (such as financial literacy), or local community needs (arts, athletics, etc.). In addition, though, some business leaders and corporations are addressing a social goal that is outside their business expertise and far beyond next year’s workforce projections. They are also taking a set of actions that tap into the whole array of corporate assets to solve a pressing problem.

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Media & Communications

The National Geographic Can Have a Major Influence on Its Global Audience With Coverage Like This: Climate Change's Hidden Costs

The National Geographic Society made its debut as a publishing force in 1888, introducing the natural world and faraway places to generation-after-generation, at first through the familiar yellow cover magazine (the "journal"), then on through broadcast and cable television programming, a web site, and movies.

Diversity & Inclusion

Wells Fargo Invites Students to Apply for Disability Scholarships

In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) and Scholarship America announced the second annual People with Disabilities Scholarship Program. The program’s goal is to help people with disabilities obtain the education or training they need to succeed in the careers they choose.

Research, Reports & Publications

Case Study: Tackling Poverty in Developing Countries

Poverty and sustainable development are the prime focus of GRI’s program with the Swedish government, including raising awareness of companies' impacts and making use of the reported corporate data to stimulate action for positive change. Read more about the highlights and impact of this collaboration.

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Events, Media & Communications

Calling All Corporate Citizenship Thought Leaders

Are you looking to reach corporate citizenship professionals and share your knowledge? Submit an RFP to be considered as a speaker for ACCP’s 2018 digital events.

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Environment

A Flyover of Recent Drone Developments in EHS

Antea Group’s new blog provides a snapshot of drone developments in EHS as well as drone history, safety, and regulations that govern their commercial use.

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Education

World Wildlife Fund Launches Free Educational Resource for Teachers and Parents

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) connects educators and parents with the materials they need to help kids explore and understand the natural world around them with a new educational resource, Wild Classroom. Now available for free download, Wild Classroom is a growing library of species-focused toolkits that can be used to enhance children’s learning inside or outside of a traditional learning environment.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Carnival Corporation's Holland America Line Makes $25,000 Donation to Seattle Children’s Hospital as Part of K’s for Kids With the Seattle Mariners

Holland America Line Vice President, Public Relations, Sally Andrews presented a check for $25,000 to Seattle Children’s Hospital’s Uncompensated Care Fund Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017, at the Seattle Mariners’ home game at Safeco Field. The company made the donation as part of its partnership with the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team and the K’s for Kids program that debuted during the 2014 baseball season.

Diversity & Inclusion

FCA US “Women of Color” Gain Recognition at Annual STEM Event

FCA US LLC technical business leaders received honors for their career achievements at the annual Women of Color STEM Conference held October 5-7 in Detroit.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

National Business Group on Health Honors Aramark With Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles® Award

The National Business Group on Health, a non-profit association of 425 large U.S. employers, has honored Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) for having one of the best workforce health and well-being programs in the nation.

Innovation & Technology

Intelligent IoT Powers Purdue’s Digital Agriculture Initiative for Food Security Worldwide

With the global population estimated to top 9 billion people by 2050, researchers estimate agricultural output must double to meet the impending demands. A comprehensive, coordinated effort to address this challenge was recently announced by an Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) national commission, which included three Purdue University leaders. The commission also highlighted the importance of establishing various transdisciplinary efforts, such as the one being forged between Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Purdue University, home to one of the world’s leading Colleges of Agriculture.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

City of Hope and Voya Financial Chairman, CEO Rod Martin Raise over 775K to Support Cancer Research and Treatment Efforts

City of Hope’s National Life Insurance Council (NLIC) honored Rodney O. Martin, Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Voya Financial, at its inaugural Spirit of Life® Gala in September. The group raised $775,600, which will support cancer research and treatment efforts at City of Hope, the world-renowned medical, scientific research and treatment center.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Finalists Named for Atlanta’s 2017 Cox Conserves Heroes Program, Public Asked to Vote

Channel 2 WSB-TV and The Trust for Public Land are recognizing volunteers who are creating, preserving or enhancing shared outdoor spaces. Finalists for Atlanta’s 2017 Cox Conserves Heroes program were announced today, and the public is being asked to vote for the winner now through Oct. 30. To vote, visit wsbtv.com/coxconservesheroes. A total of $20,000 will be donated to local environmental nonprofits on behalf of the three finalists.

Health & Healthcare

A Wonderful Surprise Happened at a Wendy’s Restaurant

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, NBC’s Today show is spotlighting three women diagnosed with breast cancer and undergoing treatments as part of its Pink Power Series. Dahlia Clarke-Hanshaw, a general manager at a Wendy's restaurant in Norwalk, Connecticut, was nominated and chosen to be featured on #PinkPowerTODAY for her positive attitude, courage and persistence during this time.

Diversity & Inclusion

JetBlue Honors National Disability Awareness Month

In observance of National Disability Employment Awareness Month his October, JetBlue will continue to highlight its commitment to building and maintaining a culture of inclusion and diversity. JetBlue values diverse perspectives, and is committed to promoting disability awareness not only in October but all year through many nonprofit partnerships.

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