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Two years ago, while awaiting surgery to address a unique medical condition, 12-year-old Daire Gorman desperately needed to find a new way to game.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

AIM2Flourish: business Education Meets Business for Good

A new generation of business students is becoming aware of the opportunity to do good and still be profitable in their current and future careers. Overwhelmingly, millennials say that they are looking for careers that provide good work-life balance and give them a sense of purpose over simply making money.

Research, Reports & Publications

Define Your North Star: Brand Purpose Beyond Products

The new opportunity for brands is not only marketing incremental product benefits, but embodying a higher purpose that serves your consumers’ aspirations for a good life by directly addressing the barriers to it.

As capitalism shifts to unite profits and purpose, most brands know how to design a great product or a reliable service. Yet many struggle when their company’s deeper mission has become muddy or even irrelevant. Brand purpose lives at the intersection of a company’s authentic reason for being and the unmet human needs that it can uniquely fulfill in the marketplace and the world. Revealing this harmonic is the key to defining your north star.

Energy

Here’s More Proof that at Nestlé #WeAreStillIn

Last year, Nestlé joined state and local governments, universities, and other companies to say that #WeAreStillIn to fight climate change and support the Paris Agreement. We pledged to continue to take real steps to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate our transition to a clean energy economy, reaffirming our commitment to caring for the planet for future generations.

Though global efforts on climate change are often shaped in places like Paris, Bonn, and Toronto, much of the important work in this space is happening in places like Benton County, Indiana, and Allentown, Pennsylvania — two places Nestlé knows quite well and will know even better in the years ahead.

Research, Reports & Publications

Is China Stepping Up? Celebrate Chinese New Year by Diving Into the Country’s Sustainability Reporting Trends

oday, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) release the second case study in a series designed to provide insights into the sustainability reporting trends across various countries covered by the Reporting Exchange.

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Perspectives from World Economic Forum

This year, I had the opportunity to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, which brought together over 3,000 leaders from business, government, international organizations, civil society, academia, media and the arts. I’ve attended the gathering in the past, and can say that this meeting was my favorite experience for a few reasons.

Innovation & Technology

Here’s How To Turn Your Passion For STEM Into An Exciting Career

Leaving women out of the equation when it comes to science, math and innovation fields isn’t just unfair — it can deprive the economy of valuable insights, opinions and the potential for productivity growth. That’s why companies who cultivate an inclusive, female-empowered environment are vital to making STEM more accessible for women, thus creating a better, more productive world for everyone. One company that is stepping up to the plate in this department in a big way is Mars, Incorporated, a family-owned global pet care, confectionery and food business. Currently, women represent 42 percent of Mars’ talent pipeline globally, and their goal is to increase this by two percent each year.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Ferrero Releases 8th Corporate Social Responsibility Report

The Ferrero Group releases its 8th Corporate Social Responsibility Report, marking 70 years of glocal care for the People and the Planet that play a role in Ferrero’s every day activities.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Greater Supply Chain Transparency through Vertical Integration (Infographic)

Follow the path from cotton to end consumer, to see how owning its supply chain helps Gildan take care of the employees who make its apparel, positively contribute to local communities and reduce its environmental footprint.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Veriflora® Sustainably Grown Flowers Protect People and the Planet This Valentine's Day

Veriflora® Sustainably Grown flowers are the best way to celebrate Valentine’s day and every day.

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Events, Media & Communications

CEO and Executive Director of UN Global Compact to Give the Opening Keynote at #RBSEU 2018

The Responsible Business Summit Europe, taking place in London from the 13th-14th of June, will bring together 600+ CEOs and business leaders to discuss how businesses can respond and transform in line with increasing social, environmental and technological opportunities and pressures. Ethical Corporation is delighted to confirm that Lise Kingo, CEO and executive director of the United Nations Global Compact will be delivering the opening address for the Summit. As well, Kingo will be joined by Pedro Ortún, Active Senior Advisor CSR/SDGs at the European Commission in a later session to discuss the how businesses can use the Sustainable Development Goals as a core driver for future strategy and success.

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Media & Communications

The Year 2018: Significant Developments Moving Sustainable Investment and Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility Forward – The Pace is Exciting!

We are just past one month into the year 2018 and there have already been significant advances that directly affect the lives of professionals and organizations in the fields of corporate sustainability and sustainable investing – the two vital halves of the capital markets – and in related fields.

We’ve been bringing you the news and commentaries related to many of these advances in this, our weekly newsletter focused on many aspects of sustainability. We’ve been preparing in-depth management briefs as well for professionals and delivering these through our new web-based platform, “G&A Institute’s To the Point!”™

Here’s a quick look at some of these briefs – the in-depth background is available for you in the links provided here.

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Innovation & Technology

Cisco and CARE Invest in Tomorrow’s Global Problem Solvers

Innovative ideas are everywhere, from Silicon Valley’s corporate offices to dorm rooms across the United States. They can be small or large; local or global; old or new. Incubators, classrooms, and garages around the world house what could be the “next big thing.” But without an initial investment to fund the design — and the ability to scale — many of these products and solutions never become a reality.

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Education

Empowering Kids to Learn About Money

With pen and paper in hand, 10-year-old Brycen Carter eagerly awaits customers to approach him during lunch hour. Perched atop a stage in his school cafeteria, Carter sits behind a table draped with a PNC- branded tablecloth alongside two fellow fifth graders from Eastside Elementary in Anderson, Ind.

Diversity & Inclusion

FCA US Engineer Earns 2018 Black Engineer of the Year Edward Welburn Legacy Award

U.S. Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine awarded its 2018 Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) Edward Welburn Legacy Award to Eric Burnett, Automatic Transmission Chief Engineer, FCA US LLC. Burnett joins a long list of FCA US technical business leaders recognized over the years for their technical achievements, management skill, leadership and community service.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

ExxonMobil Invests in Helping Build Women’s Economic Opportunity

Research shows that when women have control over their incomes, they invest in the health, education and well-being of their families. They also tend to reach out to propel other women forward, creating a powerful multiplier effect that benefits all of society.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

National Grid Named One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute

National Grid has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, as one of the 2018 World’s Most Ethical Companies. National Grid received this award for the eighth time and is one of only six honorees in the Energy and Utilities industry, underscoring commitment to leading with integrity and prioritizing ethical business practices.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Power of Corporations Doing Good

In the third installment of our series 10 Leaders on Business for Good, NationSwell founder and CEO Greg Behrman chats with Dalila Wilson-Scott, SVP of community investment for Comcast NBCUniversal, about her social-impact work and the changing nature of corporate civic engagement.

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Education

Milwaukee Students Brew Innovation at goIT

Recently, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) teamed up with The Boy Scouts of America’s Three Harbors Council to lead a five-day goIT seminar in Milwaukee, WI. Three dozen 7th and 8th grade students from St. Anthony and St. Vincent Pallotti attended the event. goIT, TCS’ signature

Social Impact & Volunteering

Serving ‘Those Who Have No One Else’ in India

Pooja Naidu will never forget the moment, in the spring of 2015, when she first stepped foot in Maruthi Orphanage, a home for girls in Hyderabad, India. “How difficult it is for them to survive a life without their parents,” she thought, overcome with compassion for the orphans, semi-orphans, and abandoned and needy children living there. Wanting to help, Naidu began volunteering — and has been a regular volunteer ever since.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CBRE Group, Inc. Named a World’s Most Ethical Company for Fifth Straight Year

CBRE Group, Inc. has been recognized as a 2018 World’s Most Ethical Company® by the Ethisphere Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. This is the fifth year in a row CBRE has achieved this recognition.

“Our clients trust CBRE to not only deliver exceptional client outcomes but to act with integrity in all areas of our business, which our people do day-in and day-out,” said Bob Sulentic, president and chief executive officer of CBRE.

Ethisphere honors companies that influence and drive positive change, consider the impact of their actions on their employees, investors, customers and other key stakeholders and use their values and culture to underpin the decisions they make every day.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Deloitte’s Bersin Announces Impact 2018: The Rise of the Individual in the Future of Work

Talent, HR, and leadership are all being disrupted by the need to give each individual in the workforce the autonomy and energy to succeed. This shift is forcing fundamental change in the workplace — making Bersin’s IMPACT 2018 conference, “The rise of the individual in the future of work,” an essential industry event for senior HR executives and their teams. A highlight of IMPACT 2018, April 3-6 at the Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Florida, will be the exclusive global launch of Deloitte’s sixth annual Global Human Capital Trends research.

Research, Reports & Publications

Going Green May Be More Effective Than Swiping Right This Valentine’s Day

It’s well-known that practicing green behaviors is good for the environment, but new survey findings from Timberland reveal that it could also spark romance. With a longstanding love for the environment, the outdoor lifestyle brand today released its 2018 Eco-Love Survey results, revealing four-in-five Americans find it attractive when someone practices eco-conscious behaviors. This Valentine’s Day, put down the phone, pull on your boots and head outdoors (or hop in a ride share) – it just may increase your chances of finding your bae.

Environment

Harnessing the Power of Wind

As one of the world’s largest companies, we know that how we source our energy is important. That’s why AT&T has been working across our company and the industry on renewable energy projects that deliver for both our business and the environment. This week, we announced our purchase of 520 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy, through 2 agreements with subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources. 220 MW of power will come from the Minco V Wind Farm located in Caddo County, Oklahoma. 300 MW will come from a wind farm in Webb and Duval Counties in Texas.

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Environment

EHS and Sustainability Support in Mexico

Antea Group teams up with local experts to extend EHS and sustainability support services to Mexico.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Domtar’s 2017 Sustainability Report Named Finalist for Two Corporate Responsibility Awards

Domtar, a leading provider of pulp, paper and personal care products, is pleased to announce that the company’s 2017 Sustainability Report, “Working Smart for the Long Term,” has been short-listed as a finalist for the Corporate Register Reporting Awards 2018 (CRRA’18). This honor indicates the piece stands as an example of one of the most significant Corporate Responsibility reports published over the past year. Domtar’s creative approach to sustainability reporting was named a finalist in not one, but two categories: Creativity in Communication and Openness & Honesty.

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