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sustainability: 2025 Report - Rockwell Automation
Building a More Resilient, Agile, and Sustainable Future

Rockwell Automation

Research, Reports & Publications

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What We Learned (Or Didn’t) From Hurricane Katrina

TriplePundit

Social Impact & Volunteering

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Remediation Portfolio Environmental Liability Transfer for an Integrated Oil Company

Antea Group’s major integrated oil company client was divesting its Western Region retail fuel outlet portfolio of 591 properties in 15 states. As part of this process, they desired to transfer the associated environmental remediation related liabilities to a third party under a guaranteed fixed cost agreement.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Republic Services Volunteers at Mary’s Place in Seattle

Republic Services of Seattle, WA took time to volunteer their time at Mary’s Place, a resource/housing center for homeless woman and children in the Seattle, WA area. Mary’s Place was in need of remodeling of the rooms of a building, a former Travel Lodge, that was donated to them. The center houses 200 family members at any given time.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Leaders' Quest Founder and Partner Explores Being Bold at BSR Conference 2016

At the BSR Conference 2016, Lindsay Levin, founder and partner of Leaders' Quest, shared her thoughts on what makes a bold leader in today's (and tomorrow's) world.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Vicki gives back to communities, volunteering more than just time and energy

At the heart of every Bloomberg volunteer is a commitment to helping those most in need.

Environment

Collegiate GameDay Recycling Challenge Reaches Midway Point

The GameDay Recycling Challenge (GDRC), managed by national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful, is a friendly competition that encourages sustainability in collegiate athletics by promoting waste reduction and recycling practices in football stadiums and at tailgating areas. Many of the GDRC events coincide with America Recycles Day, a Keep America Beautiful national initiative.

Events, Media & Communications

Important Sustainability Events & Trainings

An important part of the G&A Institute mission since our founding a decade ago is to help educate, inform and share critical information related to the above topics and positions. As an example we work closely with Skytop Strategies on many events such as the ESG Summit, 21st Century Company, and Future of Corporate Reporting that educate and inform on these subjects. We'd like to tell you about a few of our most recent initiatives in these areas.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Carnival Corporation to Expand the Fathom Experience to Additional Company Cruise Line Brands

Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world’s largest leisure travel company, announced Wednesday plans to expand its Fathom brand’s Dominican Republic social impact experiences to its other cruise line brands sailing to its Amber Cove port of call.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Kumquat is the New S-word

If there’s any one topic that people working in sustainability can agree, it’s that their sector has an identity problem.

Acronyms abound. EHS, ESG, CSR and CR are just a few. There are professionals who feel that Social Purpose or Shared Value address both human rights and environmental issues. But just as many execs are solidly in the Sustainability camp.

Diversity & Inclusion

Meet the Antea Group San Jose Office!

In the heart of Silicon Valley, Antea Group’s San Jose team serves clients primarily in the technology (from electronics hardware to software and social media) and transportation industries (property and fuel from rail to roads). We help these clients to enable healthier, safer, and more environmentally responsible facilities, as well as design and produce more environmentally and financially efficient products.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Walmart Offers New Vision for the Company’s Role in Society

At today’s Net Impact Conference, Walmart president and CEO Doug McMillon will outline a roadmap that will guide the company’s role in society on critical issues over the next several years, pointing to a “new era of trust and transparency.” The roadmap adds fresh detail to Walmart’s sustainability agenda and contains new commitments that reflect a wider recognition of the company’s impact on communities and the planet.

Innovation & Technology

Social Innovation Summit Gathers Leading Decision-Makers to Catalyze Dynamic Partnerships That Maximize Social Impact

Social Innovation Summit, an invitation-only gathering of social impact leaders and world-changers, has announced a roster of powerful voices that will anchor two days of collaborative discourse to shape a more positive future.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Are Companies in Denial About the Growing Importance of ESG?

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Jaden Smith Receives an EMA Futures Award for his Contributions to the Environment with JUST Water Tetra Top Carton Bottle

Jaden Smith honoured with an EMA talks about how he's working to save our planet's resources through his work with JUST Water and Tetra Top® carton bottle package.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

BSR Conference 2016: Lord Browne of Madingley, L1 Energy

In a plenary address at the BSR Conference 2016, L1 Energy Executive Chairman Lord Browne of Madingley explored bold leadership.

Environment

New 2015 Sustainability Report Highlights Whirlpool Corporation’s Environmental Commitment

Whirlpool Corporation on Friday released its 2015 Sustainability Report, which highlights how the appliance manufacturer continues to build upon its 46 year commitment to sustainability. Whirlpool Corp.

Education

10 Years in, Amgen Scholars Program Continues its Commitment to Student Scientists

This summer marks the tenth anniversary of the Amgen Scholars Program, which aims to provide young scientists access to cutting-edge research experiences and biotech industry exposure. The program is hosted by 17 premier institutions in the U.S., Europe and Japan, with more than 3,100 students participating to date. Just this year alone, over 350 talented undergraduates spent their summer conducting hands-on research under leading academic scientists through the program.

Research, Reports & Publications

Microsoft Releases 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

VolunteerMatch Recognizes Eight Companies and Organizations for Exemplary Volunteer Programs

Last week, VolunteerMatch recognized eight companies and organizations for their transformational work related to volunteerism and cross-sector collaboration at an awards ceremony.

Responsible Production & Consumption

RSN Reveals Annual Conflict Minerals Rankings in Highly Anticipated Webinar Hosted by Source Intelligence & Ropes & Gray

On Friday Nov 4th, Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN), a project of As You Sow, will release their annual Mining the Disclosures report, an in-depth analysis of conflict minerals reporting which ranks 200+ individual companies across 25+ industries in risk mitigation, human rights impact, and reporting quality.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

National Diversity Council Announces Top 25 Companies for Diversity in Texas

The National Diversity Council is proud to announce the Top 25 Companies for Diversity in Texas based on women and minority representation in executive leadership and on boards of directors.

Environment

How a Beer Maker and a Bottled Water Company Want to Save Sierra Forests

In an op-ed for the Sacramento Bee, Jonah Smith, Sustainability Manager at MillerCoors and Nelson Switzer, Chief Sustainability Officer at Nestlé Waters North America share how they are working with 20 leading environmental organizations and food and beverage companies to protect California’s water supply.

Education

Notre Dame Welcomes AT&T for MBA Challenge Aimed at Engaging Millennial Employees

What, exactly, do millennials want out of a future employer? Which social issues mean the most to them? And how do they want to spend their volunteer time?

AT&T recently wrapped up a first-of-its-kind Masters of Business Administration (MBA) challenge with the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business that tackled these kinds of questions – and then some.

Research, Reports & Publications

Factories Ask Their Workers the Honest Question, “How Do You Feel About Your Job at This Factory?”

The Walt Disney Company and nine leading brands (including American Eagle, C&A, J. Crew, M&S, and Mattel) partnered with Good World Solutions and its Laborlink platform to survey nearly 119,000 factory workers across 70 factories to better understand what factors drive positive worker satisfaction and retention in China.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Boy, LongHorn Steakhouse Turn Lemonade into 9/11 Meals

Oliver Perry is a budding lemonade-stand mogul with the heart of a philanthropist. All this and he’s only 7.

Environment

America Recycles Day Encourages Americans to #BeRecycled Every Day

America Recycles Day, a Keep America Beautiful national initiative, takes place on and in the weeks leading into Nov. 15, and is designed to help communities spotlight their recycling efforts with thousands of local events focused on how and what to recycle.

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    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
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