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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

5 Ways Tech Companies Can Attract Top Millennial Talent

The fundamentals for workplace satisfaction are undergoing a dramatic shift as more millennials enter the workforce. Five years ago, salary was expected to be the number one driver of career satisfaction, but a recent PayScale study on millennials in the technology and software industries reveals something quite different.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Caterpillar Foundation President Michele Sullivan Joins ONE’s Board of Directors

The ONE Campaign is delighted to welcome Caterpillar Foundation President Michele Sullivan to its Board of Directors. Joining ONE co-founder Bono and a distinguished group of more than a dozen leaders from business, government, and the non-profit community, Sullivan will help ONE in its mission to end extreme poverty and stop the spread of preventable disease.

Events, Media & Communications

Sustainability 20 Years On: Are We Making a Difference?

We are all part of a pioneering movement that has transformed the way organizations around the world identify, communicate and act on their sustainability impacts. Much has been achieved over the past 20 years, but as we enter a new era of sustainability, we must tackle the big challenges and the urgency needed to create a more sustainable economy and world in a fundamentally different way.

Health & Healthcare

Public-Private Partnerships: The Key to Wellness Programs That Work

Health isn’t something that begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. The benefits of healthy living don’t come to an end when an employee leaves work. So why should wellness programs stop at the office door?

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CH2M to Receive World Environment Center 2016 Gold Medal Award on May 19

Research, Reports & Publications

Walmart | A Letter From our Chief Sustainability Officer

Last August, Walmart leaders joined the mayor of New Orleans and many others to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina – a devastating event that affected the entire U.S. Gulf Coast, including hundreds of thousands of Walmart customers and associates. We remembered the heroes and the victims, sponsored a citywide day of service and led a disaster resilience symposium with the United Nations RISE (Research Initiative for Social Equity) initiative.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Good Governance Matters – Now More Than Ever

Innovation & Technology

Help Wanted: Older Adults Keep Up with Newer Technology

“I don’t even know how to turn this thing on.”

It’s not unusual to hear comments like that from some of the people we work with at Oasis. They are just beginning to learn about the benefits of online activities. It might be hard to believe, but a recent study by Pew Research concluded that 33% of Americans don’t currently have internet at home. Thirty nine percent of these non-adopters are over the age of 65.

Social Impact & Volunteering

[Free eBook] Today's Guide to Workplace Giving Success

To help you navigate the path to growing a modern, engagement-focused workplace giving program, download Benevity's eBook, "Today's Guide to Workplace Giving Success." In here, you will find 6 proven strategies to grow participation in your giving program all year round, based on real data from our Fortune 1000 clients.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) Issues World’s First Certified Green Bond for Water Infrastructure

In a world first, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) has become the first entity to issue a green bond certified under the Water Climate Bonds Standard, a screening tool that specifies the criteria that must be met for bonds labelled as “green” or earmarked for funding water-related, low carbon initiatives.

Health & Healthcare

Starlight Children's Foundation and Astellas USA Foundation Bring VGo Robots to Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center

Starlight Children's Foundation and Astellas USA Foundation are partnering to advance children's health and education through technology with the placement of a new VGo robot at Los Angeles Country + USC Medical Center in Los Angeles. Patients, staff and representatives from Astellas USA Foundation and Starlight gathered at the facility today to officially unveil and demonstrate the new technology.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Do You Recognize These Wheels?

As a long-time community partner, we’re proud to co-sponsor The 14 th Annual Cub Scout Pushcart Derby with the City of Garden Grove. On Saturday, April 23, 2016 the city closed several of its streets for this popular event where more than 100 Cub Scouts build and race a pushcart downhill.

Events, Media & Communications

Registration Now Open for the BSR Conference 2016: Will You Help Us Reach the High Bar?

Registration is now open for the BSR Conference 2016: Be Bold. Join us November 1-3 in New York.

Innovation & Technology

HPE News Insights on Innovation: Sylvain Filippi, DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the Official IT Partner of DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team, one of the sport’s premier teams. HPE delivers big data analytics to power strategic race decisions and improved car performance in near real-time. Sylvain Filippi, Chief Technical Officer at DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team, shares his views on innovation with HPE Living Progress News.

Environment

Food Waste Reduction Alliance Briefs U.S. House of Representatives Staffers

Members of the Food Waste Reduction Alliance (FWRA) – representing the nation’s grocers, food manufacturers and restaurants – briefed staff from the U.S. House of Representatives on the alliance’s mission and progress to mitigate food waste in the U.S.

Innovation & Technology

Getting Life-Saving Medicines . . . from a Drone

The Rwandan government will soon use drones to deliver life-saving blood supplies and rabies vaccine to health workers in the western half of the East African country. The effort is part of an innovative collaboration between Zipline, a California-based robotics company; Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; and UPS. The partnership could help save lives around the world.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Nestlé Supports Legislation to Standardize Date Labels to Reduce Food Waste

Education

Amgen Scholars Gather in New York

Amgen Scholars hailing from programs across the globe gathered in New York this month for an alumni reunion at Columbia University. There, they got a chance to connect with one another as well as with a few incoming 2016 Amgen Scholars, program leaders and faculty mentors.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Citi Foundation’s Community Progress Makers Fund Awards $20 Million in Grants to Accelerate Economic Opportunity in Six U.S. Cities

The Citi Foundation announced today that 40 nonprofit organizations have been selected as inaugural recipients of the Community Progress Makers Fund, a $20 million grant initiative to support visionary nonprofit organizations in their efforts to establish new approaches to long-standing urban economic challenges in the United States – including economic development, environment sustainability, urban infrastructure, and affordable housing.

Environment

Companies Corroding Communities

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

"Health Affairs" Founding Editor John K. Iglehart, Named 2016 Recipient of the William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research

John K. Iglehart has been named the 2016 recipient of the William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research. The Prize, awarded by The Baxter International Foundation and the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA), will be presented on Thursday, June 23, 2016, during the AUPHA Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri.

Environment

Solving Water Together: The Xylem Way

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Two Years in, JPMorgan Chase’s $100 Million Commitment Continues to Help Fuel Detroit’s Comeback

JPMorgan Chase & Co. today announced a series of new investments from the firm’s $100 million, five-year commitment to Detroit’s economic recovery. The firm is also marking the second anniversary of its Detroit investment by sponsoring the first-ever Detroit Startup Week, a week of free activities to support area entrepreneurs.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...
  2. Community Impact
    The communities where Chemours operates are also where we live, work, and play, and our mutual success is one and the same. We have a vested interest...
  3. Sustainability by Antea Group
    At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...
  4. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  5. 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...
  6. Growth Through Sustainability
    Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...
  7. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  8. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  9. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  10. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  11. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  12. Local Communities
    The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...
  13. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  14. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...
  15. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...