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Beyond Financial Inclusion: What Drives Financial Health for Women Entrepreneurs?

CARE’s new Strive Women report finds digital divide, financial stress and household responsibilities limit business success in emerging markets.

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Tapestry Career Spotlight: Eric Chavous, Senior Manager, Counsel

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Innovation & Technology

Innovating for Impact: Trane Technologies Helps Geely Bring Efficiency to Their Electric Car Manufacturing

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Think Differently: The Shifting Landscape of Value for Emerging Brands and Successful ICOs

We’ve seen a massive shift towards values-based leadership over the last several years, particularly within the ranks of established corporate leadership teams. But what role do values and operationalizing the creation of shared value play for the emerging entrepreneur, for whom it can be a matter of business life-or-death if funds aren’t quickly raised and partners don’t come alongside to support their urgent growth? Is there a role for social impact as an entrepreneur or ICO leader?

Education

VIDEO | Barclays Citizenship Awards: Beginning with Children Mentoring Program

The Beginning with Children Mentoring programme is designed to support the personal, social, academic and career growth of high school students. Mentoring relationships with Barclays volunteers have been successfully established, dedicated to helping students achieve their full potential.

Environment

Keep America Beautiful Applauds Passage of Save Our Seas Act

National community improvement nonprofit Keep America Beautiful, as a founding member of the Ocean Conservancy’s Trash Free Seas Alliance, applauds the passage of the S. 756 Save Our Seas (SOS) Act in a bipartisan vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on July 25.

Innovation & Technology

Voya Financial Paves Path to Financial Wellness with New Digital Experience

Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), announced today the launch of its new Financial Wellness Experience, the latest addition to the company’s suite of financial wellness offerings that includes access to guidance and personal financial planning services. The experience is another example of Voya’s focus on purposeful innovation, with the goal of developing meaningful tools and resources that support individuals on their journey to and through retirement.

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Transformation Towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies: The Role of Business

Businesses are key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, and this was highlighted during the high-level political forum on sustainable development in New York. We collected key takeaways about how the private sector is helping advance the achievement of the SDGs.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

2018 Top Latino Leaders to be Honored at 4th Annual Latino Leadership Conference

The Council for Latino Workplace Equity (CLWE), an initiative under the National Diversity Council, will host its Fourth Annual National Latino Leadership Conference on October 10 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Los Angeles Downtown. This year’s theme is “Latino Leadership: Power of the Past, Force of the Future.”

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Comcast NBCUniversal Named One of PEOPLE’S '50 Companies That Care'

We’re excited to be named among the top companies for our culture of giving back.

Thanks to the feedback of our employees, for the first time Comcast NBCUniversal was ranked #4 in the country by PEOPLE magazine and Great Place to Work for our ongoing commitment to create real and lasting impact in the communities where we live and work.

The 2018 Companies That Care list highlights the top US companies that demonstrate outstanding respect, care and concern for their employees, their communities and the environment.

Education

Last Day for Early Pricing on 2018 IMDS Conference! (Plus Get Free IMDS Training With Your Registration!)

How do you design for environmental compliance? To learn the answers, plan to attend the 2018 IMDS & Product Chemical Compliance Conference on September 26–27, 2018, at Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. Early registration ends Thursday, July 26, so register today to save!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Walmart and the Walmart Foundation Announce Over $50,000 for Iowa Tornado Relief

Walmart and the Walmart Foundation have made a commitment to provide support through cash and product donations of $50,000 to organizations in response to the severe weather that impacted Marshalltown, Iowa. As a part of this commitment, Walmart is working closely with local officials and governmental entities to help meet the needs of those affected.

Education

VIDEO: Timberland Contributes to Kids in Need Through NBC/Universal’s Supporting Our Schools Campaign

A team of Timberland employees joined NBC10 Boston’s Matt Noyes at Hampton Beach to contribute to NBC/Universal’s Supporting Our Schools Campaign. The global outdoor lifestyle brand provided 50 Timberland backpacks filled with over 1,500 school supplies, mostly contributed by employees.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Smithfield Foods Honored with Employer of the Year Award for Veteran Initiatives

Smithfield Foods, Inc. is pleased to announce that its Monmouth, Illinois facility has been honored with the Veterans Employment & Education Commission 2018 Employer of the Year Award. The statewide award is presented by The American Legion-Department of Illinois to recognize employers for outstanding achievements in the hiring and retention of veterans.

Sustainable Development Goals

UNICEF and LIXIL to “Make a Splash” and Help Bring Sanitation to Children Around the World

UNICEF, the world’s leading children’s organization, and LIXIL, a maker of pioneering water and housing products, are coming together in a new partnership to help vulnerable children gain access to safe and clean toilets.

The partnership, named “Make a Splash! Toilets for All”, will leverage the two organizations’ complementary strengths to support progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal of achieving access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all, and end open defecation by 2030.

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Media & Communications

Taproot's Field-Building Resources at Your Fingertips

Exploring Taproot Foundation's field-building resources, research, and tools has never been easier.

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Events, Media & Communications

Sustainable Brands Releases Program Details for New Metrics ‘18 Conference

Sustainable Brands® recently unveiled program details for New Metrics '18: The ROI of Sustainable Business, scheduled for October 29-31 in Philadelphia, PA. Gathering together more than 400 business executives, sustainability strategists and financial leaders from across the globe, New Metrics focuses on cutting-edge ideas and tools for quantifying previously-ignored risks, costs and revenue potential associated with sustainability impacts.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bloomberg’s European Headquarters Shortlisted for Prestigious RIBA Stirling Prize

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) announced that Bloomberg London is on its shortlist for the 2018 Stirling Prize, the UK's highest architectural accolade.

Education

AIAG Offers Free Conflict Minerals Web Training Videos

Whether you’re new to the issue, or the go-to person in your organization for conflict minerals reporting, AIAG’s eight new FREE web training videos are for you!

Events, Media & Communications

Announcing the 2018 Shine Awards for Small Business Winners

Our community of sellers make eBay one of the most diverse marketplaces in the world. Nowhere is this more evident than in our SHINE Awards for Small Business contest, which recognizes some of our most inspirational sellers across the U.S..

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Environment

7 Tactics to Create a People First Workplace

How and why should you create a people first workplace? Increasing EHS program development and deployment by fostering a safe work environment (and minimizing impacts on the environment) helps to facilitate the growth and sustainability of your business.

Innovation & Technology

Beyond the Smart City

The bright lights of the big city aren’t as bright as they used to be, because they’re getting smarter. Street lights in cities like San Diego are turning off, and conserving energy, when vehicles and pedestrians aren’t nearby.

Events, Media & Communications

Reporting 3.0 Tells the Story of its 5th International Conference with Summary Report, Videos, Blueprints, Speaker Presentations, and More

Maintaining a tradition that distinguishes its conferences, Reporting 3.0 is releasing a comprehensive yet concise summary report and video distilling the 5th International Reporting 3.0 Conference that gathered the r3.0 community of Positive Mavericks on June 12-13 at KPMG Headquarters in Amsterdam. The report and video complement a host of other multimedia materials to “tell the story” of the Conference, as outlined below.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Adoption-Friendly Benefits In The Workplace – It Is The Right Thing To Do

From simple education activities to implementing a robust adoption benefits program, workplace support of adoption not only increases awareness about the issues confronting our most vulnerable children, but also provides critical support for families formed through adoption. Employers have the power to make a crucial difference in the lives of waiting children.

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Environment

Expanding Safe Water Access – An Urgent Global Need

Perhaps it goes without saying: no resource is more vital to humanity than water. And yet, 844 million people—one in ten worldwide—do not have access to #cleanwater. And demand for water is on the rise.

Sustainable Development Goals

Doing More With Less: Three Trends Shaping the Future of Packaging

One of the most rewarding things about working for Avery Dennison is being part of a company that has, for over eight decades, created many of the label and packaging industry’s landmark innovations. To be sure, our inventiveness has been driven by a love of materials science that started with Stan Avery and persists to this day. But it also stems from our equally longstanding commitment to anticipating and meeting our customers’ needs.

Social Impact & Volunteering

PHOTO GALLERY | Epsilon and Conversant Associates Give Back at Chicago Cares Serve-A-Thon

On June 23, Epsilon and Conversant associates helped spruce up Chicago Public Schools buildings as part of the 25th annual Chicago Cares Serve-A-Thon, the city’s largest day of community service.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KOMIDA: Investing in a Future Without Poverty in Indonesia

As part of Whole Planet Foundation’s annual due diligence visits to our microfinance partners around the globe, we observe the presence or absence of “responsible finance indicators” which shed light on how our partners are serving the world’s poorest people. Many of our microfinance partners use or develop strategies to inform their work, ensuring they are reaching their target populations with the services they need most.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Diversity & Inclusion
    Kimberly-Clark: Diversity & Inclusion

  2. Enriching Women's Lives
    60 years ago, Mary Kay Ash created an unparalleled opportunity for women to define their own successes and control their own futures. Her vision of...

  3. Drive for MPC
    At Marathon Petroleum, our professional truck drivers share one common vision: no accidents, no injuries, and no harm to the environment. We’re proud...

  4. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...

  5. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.

  6. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...

  7. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...

  8. 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...

  9. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Corporate Social Responsibility

  10. AEG's Commitment to Sustainable Operations
    AEG's sustainability initiatives are designed to reduce our consumption of the planet’s limited resources. Through our comprehensive sustainability...

  11. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
    Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...

  12. Tapestry I The Power of Our People
    We aim to foster a culture of purpose and fulfillment at Tapestry by embedding equity, inclusion and diversity throughout our organization, and...

  13. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...

  14. Kingfisher Around the World
    The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...

  15. GoDaddy Sustainability News & Reports
    GoDaddy's ESG reporting shows our progress in building a more sustainable, equitable and inclusive society and outlines areas for future growth.