Most conversations around proxy voting focus on shareholder proposals and executive compensation. Meanwhile, the most significant votes tend to fly under the radar: director elections.
Federal Express Corporation, one of the world’s largest express transportation companies, together with Junior Achievement (JA), announced the winners of the 2025 FedEx/JA International Trade Challenge Asia Pacific finals held at a live event in Singapore.
Four years ago, Taylor Brown received a bone marrow transplant at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta as treatment for severe aplastic anemia.
Aflac, working with sports broadcaster, fashion entrepreneur and cancer survivor Erin Andrews, today launched Check for Cancer, a national movement aimed at boosting U.S. cancer screening rates by 10% over the next decade.
In fall 2024, Hurricanes Helene (Category 4) and Milton (Category 3) struck Florida's Gulf Coast within weeks of each other, causing widespread flooding and power outages affecting over three million people across the Southeast.
The 10 finalists for the 2025 3M Young Scientist Challenge have spent the summer working with 3M scientist mentors to refine their projects ahead of the final contest at the 3M Innovation Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, Oct. 13-14.
Aflac employee Cyronn Herrington had a unique childhood, starting at birth. He was diagnosed with hemophilia B, a chronic bleeding disorder that keeps blood from clotting properly.
In Colombia, the fight against disease outbreaks is reaching a critical point—and the collaboration between Direct Relief and FedEx is helping make a tangible difference.
With three days left in their marathon negotiating sessions and 940 decisions still to be made, envoys at the United Nations climate summit are advancing toward a deal that would limit fossil fuel pollution everywhere.
Republic Services was recently honored with the “Spirit of Solano” award, a recognized selected by the Chamber of Commerce in cities throughout Solano County.
Support will help JAG reach more youth at risk of dropping out
Washington, D.C., December 3, 2015 – Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) and AT&T are working together to help raise the high school graduation rate by expanding academic support and providing mentoring opportunities for underserved students. JAG has received a $2.55 million contribution from AT&T to allow the national non-profit to add new schools and/or expand existing programs through their 32 JAG State Affiliates with proven records of success of keeping kids in school.
When the rooftop garden at the parking garage adjacent to GM’s world headquarters gets started each summer, tenants inside the Detroit skyscraper watch the transformation of a once-empty section of the garage blossom into an ever-growing green space. The addition of honeybee hives helped pollinate the gardens, and now GM manufacturing scrap is providing insulation in the bees’ winter homes.
Samsung Electronics America (SEA) today announced the 51 state winners of the 6th annual Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest (#SamsungSolve), the company’s $2 million* flagship program that supports its nationwide initiative to boost enthusiasm for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education among students in grades K-12 in partnership with BrainPOP, Adobe and the National Environmental Education Foundation.
MGM Resorts International expects to see healthier trees and more efficiency as water usage drops by about one third when a comprehensive irrigation upgrade now in progress at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas is finished in June.
“The change allows us to turn down the overhead sprinklers that water the grass in natural areas, while still getting enough water to the trees where it’s needed,” said Tim Cloninger, Shadow Creek Superintendent. “We’re a little more than half done and we’ve already reduced our water usage by about 25 percent.”
In 2015 the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) ranked Newmont as the mining industry’s leader in overall sustainability, marking the ninth consecutive year the company has been included on the index.
Getting a handle on environmental, social, and governance information has become more crucial for investor relations officers and other corporate executives.
The UPS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of UPS (NYSE: UPS), will award grants to 10 non-profit organizations as part of its focus to increase the global volunteer movement.
What’s next? What do you see the markets doing next year, and why? It is a question that those of us who work on Wall Street are used to, yet hate to answer.
TransCanada has been identified for the fourth year running as a leader for the quality of climate change related information it has disclosed to investors and the global marketplace. This recognition comes from CDP, the international not-for-profit that drives business and government action on climate change.
"The Nespresso AAA Sustainable Quality™ Program has shown me how a relationship based on trust can bring about positive changes on the farm and in my personal life."Luis Diego Aguilar Mora
More than 40,000 delegates from 195 countries are in Paris for COP21, the global climate change talks. General Mills played a prominent role in one of the side events that addressed agriculture’s role in greenhouse gas emissions.
The BSR COP21 Daily Dispatch highlights news and insights on the policy negotiations and their implications for business and a sustainable future for our climate.
Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...
Through our Goals That Inspire we strive to make a positive difference in our communities by relying on our ability to understand their needs and then...
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...
Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...
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This year marked the 20th anniversary of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Katrina, one of the worst, deadliest and most costly natural disasters to ever...
