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Social Impact & Volunteering

IVECO Is Helping One of the Largest UK Police Forces Get to Grips With Sustainable Transport

IVECO UK, the commercial vehicles brand of CNH Industrial N.V., welcomed members of Essex Police’s Commercial Vehicle Unit to its Basildon head office for an in-depth training day on the latest generation of commercial vehicles running on liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Health & Healthcare

Qualcomm Partners with KidzAlive to Enhance HIV Prevention

The KidzAlive Mobilized program aims to help fill the gap in adolescent HIV testing by using wireless technologies. The program trains healthcare workers and empowers HIV-exposed and -infected children and adolescents, and their primary caregivers.

Energy

Marina Bay Sands: Energy Conservation with EcoStruxure

Marina Bay Sands drive energy conservation with EcoStruxure Asset Advisor & other solutions with the help from Schneider Electric. Upgrading this property meant increasing efficiency & lowering energy costs.

Diversity & Inclusion

One Woman’s Amazing Journey From Refugee To Most Imaginative Bartender Finalist

Looking around the room I see an intriguing and eclectic group that includes everything from former ballerinas to high school valedictorians but only one, Atlanta-based Keyatta Mincey-Parker, is a mother of two, former model, and a Liberian refugee.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Lockhart ISD Updates Free Breakfast Options With $8K Grant

The grant was given to the district by the Food Research and Action Center Breakfast Expansion Effort via General Mills. It paid for new breakfast carts for Lockhart High School and new breakfast rolling coolers for the elementary schools.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

How Leading With Values Helped Medtronic Respond to Hurricane Maria

Puerto Rico has been a central part of Medtronic’s manufacturing and product development operations since 1974. Our company has five major manufacturing centers and employs more than 5,000 people on the island.

Research, Reports & Publications

Launching Investing in Society 2019: The Current State of Corporate Purpose

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of CECP. Corporate Purpose became part of our name over the past year, marking how more than ever CECP believes companies can create a better world through business

Research, Reports & Publications

Caterpillar's Job Site Efficiency

Caterpillar customers want to realize the full value of their assets on the job. Caterpillar's solutions business model goes “beyond the iron” to increase asset utilization and optimize the return on customers’ site investments.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Xylem Watermark Volunteers Participate in Rewards Trips in Cambodia and Costa Rica

In recognition of their outstanding volunteer service with Xylem Watermark in 2018, employees were invited to attend the 2019 Volunteer Rewards Trips in Siem Reap, Cambodia and Tamarindo, Costa Rica in November.

Diversity & Inclusion

“Military Makeover” Series From Lifetime TV Visits Kingsport Mill

Domtar’s support for and appreciation of military veterans extends from corporate headquarters to our pulp and paper mills. Now we have an opportunity to highlight some of our veteran colleagues on The “Military Makeover”

Research, Reports & Publications

G&A Institute Releases Analysis of The Business Roundtable Companies’ ESG Reporting Practices

Governance & Accountability Institute’s research team examined the ESG / sustainability reporting practices of the BRT signatory corporations to examine trends and create a baseline for tracking progress and actions going forward.

Energy

Battery Project Will Stabilize Solar Power

A new 650-kilowatt, 2.7-megawatt-hour battery works as a buffer to level out power fluctuations caused by changes in the sun’s intensity, and provides stabile electricity for Alliant Energy customers.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Literacy is Priceless

Teaching adults in Côte d’Ivoire how to read and write helps them gain an income and reduces child labor. Read Béatrice's story:

Social Impact & Volunteering

VIDEO | A Child's Life Was on the Line

When two-year-old Brooklyn needed a lifesaving liver transplant, her parents fought against time and a blizzard to get from Memphis to Chicago. They almost didn’t make it — until a phone call to FedEx sparked a chain of events that cleared the way.

Innovation & Technology

Experts Are Curbing Pollution by Crunching Numbers

As technology evolves, more sensors on fast networks will help to track contaminants in near-real time. Learn how the big data from those sensors is being put to use to improve quality of life and reduce pollution.

Research, Reports & Publications

Tree City USA: Celebrating the Importance of Urban Tree Canopies

The Tree City USA program has strengthened and sustained urban forests across the country thanks to support of Foundation members and partners. From the Gulf of Alaska to the Gulf Coast, more than 155 million Americans are living in Tree City USA towns and cities that pay particular attention to tree planting, management, and care.

Research, Reports & Publications

Advancing Corporate Sustainability in the Philippines

The Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been acknowledged for their efforts to raise the sustainability reporting capacity of businesses, for which GRI has provided wide-ranging support.

Research, Reports & Publications

New BCG Report: Sustainably Securing the Future of Agriculture

Across the world, agriculture plays a crucial role not only in supplying food, but in shaping rural areas, preserving landscapes and cultural practices and heritage.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

ASPCA® Participates In The Subaru Share the Love® Event For Twelfth Year In A Row

For the twelfth year in a row, the ASPCA® is participating as a national charity partner in the 2019 Subaru Share the Love® Event, which will benefit thousands of animals across the country through animal welfare events in local communities.

Social Impact & Volunteering

ON Semiconductor Holds First CSR Day

To showcase and educate employees on local and global efforts, we held our first-ever CSR day during our annual Responsibility Week in early November, with CSR activities taking place around the world.

Green Infrastructure

Carnival Corporation Pilots Food Waste Bio-Digester Technology to Improve Environmental Compliance

Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world's largest leisure travel company, recently announced it is pilot-testing food waste bio-digester technology to improve environmental compliance and the food waste disposal process

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Mohawk Veterans Haul Load for Wreaths Across America

For Ronald and Lea Eppich, Wreaths Across America is personal.

The Eppichs, who are Mohawk truck drivers and Calhoun residents, know firsthand how much it means to the families of fallen soldiers when a wreath is placed at their graves each year.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Getting Corporate Human Rights Regulations Right Means Finding a “Smart Mix”

We’re in an age where anyone with a cell phone can break a story. And when it comes to human rights violations, we’ve seen time and again how one video, even one tweet, can make a public relations team struggle to respond.

Sustainable Development Goals

Moving Away from Landfills

Total solid waste to landfill (kg/admta) Beneficial use of solid waste (tonne/yr) and Intensity metrics reflect the impact per air-dried metric ton of saleable product (including market pulp).

Responsible Production & Consumption

‘Tis the Season for Giving, Receiving, and Recycling

According to estimates, Americans produce about 25 percent more waste between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day compared with the rest of the year.

Latest Campaigns

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    Fifth Third has a proven track record of success in community development through its neighborhood program, which creates and implements innovative...
  2. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  3. Employee and Community Engagement
    At MilliporeSigma, we look for opportunities to use employee and community engagement to spark scientific curiosity and breakthroughs. We know that...
  4. Drawdown Georgia
    Informed by Project Drawdown, the world’s leading resource for climate solutions, Drawdown Georgia is the first state-centered effort to crowdsolve...
  5. Communities and People
    Employees are our most valued resource and are at the center of everything we do. Their talent, diversity, and commitment are crucial to our...
  6. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  7. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  8. Forests
    Managing our forests sustainably and protecting water, wildlife, and species at risk.
  9. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...
  10. KeyBank Foundation: Helping Communities Thrive through Education, Workforce Development, and Service
    KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...
  11. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...
  12. Subaru Love Promise: Community
    Subaru is dedicated to supporting those who need it the most in our communities. From donating food to Feeding America, providing essential items to...
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    Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...
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    Earth's beauty and resources should be appreciated now and preserved for generations to come. Discover the stewardship initiatives underway to protect...
  15. Opportunity for All
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