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Innovation & Technology

Lyft and GM Launch Express Drive Program

Lyft and General Motors today announced the launch of their Express Drive short-term rental program exclusive to the Lyft platform. The program will make cars available to Lyft drivers at affordable rates with insurance and maintenance included.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comcast Employees Partner with Boys & Girls Club of Greater Flint to Make an Impact

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The UPS Foundation Commits $14 Million to Support Community Safety Programs

With the world refugee crisis growing and the risk of other humanitarian tragedy increasing, The UPS Foundation, which leads the global citizenship programs for UPS (NYSE: UPS), will award the highest amount of grant funding and in-kind support ever to advance humanitarian preparedness, response and recovery programs. In addition, it will expand its support and expertise to help make roads safer around the world for drivers, passengers and pedestrians. The combination of grants and in-kind services will go to more than 30 NGOs, non-profit organizations and United Nations (UN) agencies for a total of $14 million.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Westlake Action Team Spruces up Disc Golf Course

Environment

Major Companies Weigh in on Proposition 1 Water Storage Investment Plan

As the California Water Commission readies for a March 16 public hearing on implementation of California’s Proposition 1 Water Bond, six major businesses—General Mills, Symantec, Fetzer Vineyards, The North Face, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. and Dignity Health—urged the Commission to adopt regulations that would allow for the widest range of projects to strengthen California’s water system, including groundwater recharge projects, and initiatives of all sizes.

Health & Healthcare

Easy Steps to Tackling Your Nutrition and Fitness After a Cancer Diagnosis

Athan Schindler has been a health and wellness expert for over 10 years. He’s an Army Ranger, U.S. Army Master Fitness Trainer, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA), Licensed Master Social Worker, and Owner and Head Coach of Fortitude Fitness – CrossFit 78702 in Austin, TX. His first education in cancer came the hard way in 2005 when his father was diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiform (brain cancer). Athan spent several years working as a LIVESTRONG Emotional Support Counselor for people affected by cancer.

Diversity & Inclusion

Compromiso para Empoderar a Más Mujeres

En éste capítulo de nuestra serie de varias partes, compartiremos el Compromiso de los Directores Ejecutivos "el Rostro del Liderazgo", una de las más recientes iniciativas de Goldcorp para ayudar a aumentar la diversidad de género en los lugares de trabajo.

Diversity & Inclusion

Pledge to Empower More Women

In today’s installment of our multi-part Get To Know Us Better series, we share with you the Face of Leadership CEO Pledge, one of Goldcorp’s latest initiates in efforts to help increase gender diversity in the workplace.

Diversity & Inclusion

S’engager à aider plus de femmes à prendre leur place

Dans l’épisode d’aujourd’hui de notre série d’articles, nous vous présentons Face of Leadership, l’engagement du chef de la direction et la plus récente initiative de Goldcorp s’inscrivant dans les efforts à augmenter la diversité des genres en milieu de travail.

Environment

Talk with Green Guy Show - 3/13/2016 - Mayors Climate Summit Series - Mayor of Birmingham, AL

Talk with Green Guy weekly radio show features sustainability focused conversations, at home, in your business in the community.

Environment

Antea Group Case Study: Scenario Modeling For Responsible Sourcing

A client has a significant portion of a key raw material purchased on the open market, leaving the farm source unknown to the company. As a result, current labor and growing practices associated with most of the material purchased is also unknown. A leading competitor was recently exposed for promoting poor labor and pesticide management practices leading to the potential for NGOs to turn their attention to other similar companies.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Allstate Named as a 2016 World’s Most Ethical Company by the Ethisphere Institute for the Second Year

Allstate Insurance Company has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, as a 2016 World’s Most Ethical Company®.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Turning Corporate Goals into a Movement: Impact 2030 Gains Momentum

With the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in place, the call to action is to harness the collective action of the public and private sector to fully realize this potential.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bloomberg Sponsors FIRST Robotics: Meet Some of The Teams

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Huggies Brand Answers President Obama's Call to Help Fight Diaper Need

Today, Huggies is announcing the donation of 22 million free Huggies diapers to the National Diaper Bank Network (NDBN) in response to President Obama's call for companies to bring even more attention to diaper need in America.

Environment

The Challenge to Camp and Make No Trash

We live in a culture of throw-away this, throw-away that, and our initiative to live nearly trash-free on this quest will be a huge challenge.

Events, Media & Communications

Advancing CSR Leadership: G&A Institute Teams with Rutgers’ Institute for Ethical Leadership In New 2 Day Certificate Program -Classes Begin in April

The esteemed business teacher and author Peter Drucker had specific views on ethical leadership: He thought the ethics of personal responsibility stemmed from the advice of the ancient healer, Hippocrates: Primum Non Nocere – First Do No Harm. Today’s healthcare professionals live by the rule. And explains commentator William Cohen, PhD for us: Drucker thought the mirror test was a good test: look in the mirror and ask, what kind of person do I want to see this morning?

Education

The American Art Therapy Association Impacts School-Based Prevention and Intervention Services

Art Therapy Today provides readers with the most up-to-date information about The American Art Therapy Association's (AATA) activities, current news related to the art therapy profession, and announcements pertaining to events or opportunities provided by the AATA.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Watch Your Language!

What are the environmental “bad words” to which society has become desensitized? I think “disposable” is one. We need to replace it with “reusable.”

Environment

Antea Group White Paper on Hazardous Waste Management Services in the Healthcare Sector

To facilitate compliance and to respond to these concerns, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to establish regulations specifically directed at the management and disposal of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals at healthcare-related facilities. The proposed standards (40 CFR 261, 262, 266, 268, and 273) were published on September 25, 2015 (80 Federal Register 186, 58014). Virtually any pharmacy, supplier, manufacturer and distributor of pharmaceutical products in the United States may be subject to a portion of these regulations.

Events, Media & Communications

Brands Push for Gender Equality on International Women’s Day

International Women's Day marks another occasion to bring the conversation around gender equality to the forefront. Here's a roundup of the brands leading the charge.

Environment

New Survey Reveals Californians' Overwhelming Support for Recycled Water as a Long-term Drought Solution

California residents are overwhelmingly supportive of using treated wastewater, or recycled water, in their everyday lives, according to a statewide survey released today by Xylem Inc.

Environment

Making Homelessness Rare, Brief and One-Time

The homelessness crisis in Seattle, Washington, defies the city’s reputation as an economic engine of the Pacific Northwest.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Barclays Empowering Women in Business and Health in Zambia

Energy

Ingersoll Rand RS30 and RS37 Air Compressors Deliver up to 18 Percent Efficiency Improvement

Ingersoll Rand has introduced the new RS30 and RS37 models, the first in a series of next generation oil-flooded, rotary screw air compressors, to enhance reliability, shorten maintenance intervals and reduce life-cycle costs.

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