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Green Infrastructure

Making Global Impact with Environmentally Friendly Infrastructure

Whether created to save humans, animals or the environment, recent infrastructure developments from around the globe highlight how builders and architects are making environmentally friendly design a priority.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Unreasonable Impact | Democratizing Manufacturing by 3D Printing From Trash: Q&A with re:3D

Hundreds of millions of people still live in poverty without access to resources that would improve their livelihoods. Often, they have no choice but to rely on sporadic donations from aid agencies that may or may not actually address their needs. What if every household could act as its own factory and personally manufacture exactly what it needed to thrive?

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Nestlé’s Parent Support Spotlight on Allison: Finding a Place that Values Families

My family and I live in Cleveland — my son Grant is now six months old. When I was first considering Nestlé, I knew that the company was family-friendly and that was top-of-mind for me. It was a priority for me to find a place that valued families and valued their employees. When I learned that the parental support policy offered up to six months of leave, I thought ‘I can’t take off that much time!’ But as I was in the thick of it, I was extremely grateful for the extra time.

Sustainable Development Goals

New Report Highlights the Need for Companies to Prioritize Water and Sanitation Across Global Supply Chains

A new report jointly commissioned by WBCSD, WaterAid and the UN Global Compact’s CEO Water Mandate, uncovers key areas where businesses can drive substantial progress on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) across supply chains.

Education

Hands-on Scientific Learning Goes Global with Amgen Biotech Experience Expansion

It's no surprise that when students become fascinated by science, that enthusiasm can be contagious. From our survey with Change the Equation, we know students crave hands-on biology experiences that are often lacking in the classroom.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Why a Mission-Driven Company Culture Leads to Employee Engagement

Prospective employees today are able to learn more about companies than ever before - a position that gives them a lot of power when considering their next career move. This knowledge shift is dramatic, especially when you consider that trust, loyalty, and belief in a company’s mission has outpaced salary and perks in the workplace.

Education

August is #SubaruLovesLearning Month

This August, Subaru of America, our retailers, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) are teaming up for the Subaru Loves Learning initiative. Through this initiative, Subaru and our retailers are supporting the AAAS by donating over 40,000 award-winning science books to schools across the country. You can show your support too!

Social Impact & Volunteering

Xylem Watermark Volunteers Clean Floodgate Near Bridgeport, New Jersey

By participating in a hands-on experience where they were able to see the amount of trash at the floodgate, these Xylem volunteers realized the importance of keeping water sources clean. Through their participation in this event, they helped to protect the water quality of the Delaware River and surrounding water sources.

Environment

Arbor Day Foundation Member Story: Larry Hobart

Meet Larry. Poet, philosopher, gentleman, and Foundation member. His passion for life and making a difference in the world can be felt through his poems.

Research, Reports & Publications

PANDORA | Building for a Greener Future

2016 was exciting for PANDORA. It was another record-breaking year, with 122 million pieces of jewellery crafted and revenue exceeding DKK 20 billion. We opened our 17th eSTORE, our 2000th concept store and welcomed more than 4,800 new colleagues to the PANDORA pride. It was also a year of building for the future, underlining our commitment to nurturing and safeguarding our environment, both within our company and in the world around us.The improvements we made in 2016 have left us well placed to push on towards our goal of becoming the world’s most loved jewellery brand.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Safeway Raises Funds for AIDS Walk San Francisco

For nearly a decade, employees at Albertsons Companies’ Northern California Safeway office have participated in and raised money for the AIDS Walk San Francisco. This year, the team of Albertsons Companies’ corporate office and Safeway employees again supported the important caus

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Nat Geo Reporters Win 2017 Society of Environmental Journalists Awards for Beat Reporting on Effects of Climate Change and Illegal Wildlife Trading

From a pool of nearly 400 submissions, the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) recently announced the winners of the 2016-17 Awards for Reporting on the Environment, and two awards went to 21st Century Fox’s National Geographic reporters, Craig Welch and Rachel Nuwer, for their important work in illuminating pressing issues of climate change and the human impact of wild animal welfare around the world.

Health & Healthcare

Panera Uses Cups to Curb Sugar Cravings

Many fast food companies have started to address consumers’ desires to eat more consciously – and Panera has been on the frontlines of helping consumers make better dining choices. What started with the “No No List” has evolved into a series of commitments to take ‘clean eating’ mainstream. And the café chain isn’t stopping anytime soon. The next step in the menu cleanup process is focused on informing consumers about Panera’s beverage options with each sip they take.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whirlpool Corporation and Habitat - Building a Brand, New Home and a Stronger Community

Executive Dir. of Habitat for Humanity in Cleveland, Tenn., Chip Willis, celebrates a years-long relationship with Whirlpool Corporation, recalling the visible impact that the company has made on the local community.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Kris Bryant to Shine Light on Wings for Life Foundation During #PlayersWeekend

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

LA Galaxy Foundation Hosts Special Olympics Southern California Young Athletes Festival at StubHub Center

Earlier today, AEG’s LA Galaxy Foundation hosted the Special Olympics Southern California Young Athletes Festival for more than 100 athletes ages 5-8, with and without intellectual disabilities, at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. Throughout the morning LA Galaxy Unified players helped lead activities alongside LA Galaxy staff, in conjunction with the team’s LA Galaxy Foundation Fridays volunteer program.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Q & A: Sands Cares Fresh Start Mobile Showers Powered by Clean the World Shawn Seipler, Clean the World Founder and CEO

Las Vegas Sands and Clean the World have announced a first-of-its-kind service in Las Vegas to help homeless people. The Sands Cares Fresh Start Mobile Showers Powered by Clean the World is a traveling hygiene unit that visits locations serving the homeless to provide showers, hygiene supplies and other resources.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

More than 110,000 Children Need a Family Right Now

In the United States, right now, there are more than 110,000 children in foster care waiting to be adopted. President & CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Rita Soronen talks about the Foundation’s strategies to get these children their forever families and the changing attitudes of Americans towards children in foster care. “For 20,000 children in this country, year over year over year, they turn 18 and leave foster care without a family,” Soronen told host Tom Hodson of WOUB during the Spectrum podcast. The Foundation focuses specifically on finding families for those children most at risk of aging out of care.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CEOs Respond to Charlottesville

Along with so many across the nation, CECP was shocked by the events in Charlottesville earlier this month and yet encouraged by the actions of the CEOs of many of world’s largest corporations – most affiliated with this CECP network – that demonstrated that the courage and conviction of business can and should be a force for good.

Education

VIDEO: HP World on Wheels | Digital Inclusion and Learning Labs

Remote regions of emerging countries are often left behind in the connected global economy. HP is committed to build and deploy 48 mobile, self-contained, Internet-enabled digital inclusion and learning labs to help bridge this gap in rural India.

Innovation & Technology

#TechstarsATL: Get to Know Fraudmarc

Techstars Atlanta is presented in partnership with Cox Enterprises and is part of a worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. Applications for the 2017 program’s 10 coveted spots came from 41 countries around the globe.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CITGO Employees Invited to the Annual Muscular Dystrophy Association Summer Camp

The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) has invited CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery employees to attend “Sponsor Day” at the annual MDA Summer Camp in Camp Aranzazu near Rockport. During their time there, they will be free to tour the camp, participate in a camp activity and meet the campers that they have helped send to camp.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arrow Employees and Suppliers Raise Funds for Operation Help a Hero

Innovation & Technology

MealConnect Is Making A Difference

Preventing food waste and feeding people facing hunger is proving to be easier than ever thanks to Feeding America’s MealConnect application.

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