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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

Environment

A Walk in the Park with David Vassar

In celebration of the National Park Centennial, the Environmental Film Festival presents a film Retrospective of Oscar®-nominated and Emmy®-winning writer and director, David Vassar.

Events, Media & Communications

Accelerate Your Shared Value Journey

The Shared Value Initiative believes that business has the power to change the world for the better and we're not alone. Join thought leaders, practitioners and intrapreneurs from around the world for the 2016 Shared Value Leadership Summit at the Conrad New York on May 10-11, 2016 to discuss how global companies are driving and enabling solutions to some of the world's most pressing problems.

Education

National Geographic Channel and 21st Century Fox Announce Girls Education Initiative Tied to the Exclusive Broadcast Premiere of He Named Me Malala, Monday, Feb. 29

Today, the National Geographic Channel (@NatGeoChannel) and 21st Century Fox (@21CF), in partnership with the Malala Fund (@MalalaFund), announced they would launch a social initiative to raise awareness for girls’ right to education and safe schools for every child. Timed to the exclusive global broadcast television premiere of Academy Award® winner Davis Guggenheim’s feature documentary HE NAMED ME MALALA, the initiative will engage audiences through social platforms and drive a charitable donation to the Malala Fund of up to $50,000 from 21st Century Fox.

Diversity & Inclusion

Atlas Copco Turkey Announces 2016 Mentorship Program

At Atlas Copco we believe that commitment to gender diversity at the highest level is crucial in order to be an attractive employer.

Diversity & Inclusion

2016 Yılı Atlas Copco Mentor-Mentee Eşleşmeleri Sonuçlandı

Biz Atlas Copco’da; etkili ve cazip bir işveren olmak için üst seviye pozisyonlarda cinsiyet çeşitliliği olmasının şart olduğuna inanıyoruz. Bunun için; kadın çalışanlara cazip bir işveren olmayı, onları geliştirmeyi, şirkete bağlılıklarını artırmayı, en önemlisi; onlara kendilerini gerçekleştirebilecekleri bir iş ortamı sağlamayı ve farklı vizyonlar kazandırmayı hedefliyoruz.

Environment

The Long, Hard Road to Becoming a Zero-Waste City

Innovation & Technology

Helping Cities Get Smarter

Health & Healthcare

Asda Launches U.K.'s First Ever 'Wonky Fruit And Veg Box'

Supermarket giant Asda has launched the U.K.'s first ever 'wonky veg box', giving shoppers the chance to buy imperfect vegetables to feed a family of four healthily for a week.

Research, Reports & Publications

Understanding Income Volatility and the Role of the Online Platform Economy

The newest report from the JPMorgan Chase Institute, “Paychecks, Paydays, and the Online Platform Economy: Big Data on Income Volatility,” analyzes an anonymized sample of 1 million Chase customers in an effort to determine the key sources of income volatility and provide the most in-depth look to date into the size and growth of the Online Platform Economy. The newest report from the JPMorgan Chase Institute, “Paychecks, Paydays, and the Online Platform Economy: Big Data on Income Volatility,” analyzes an anonymized sample of 1 million Chase customers in an effort to determine the key sources of income volatility and provide the most in-depth look to date into the size and growth of the Online Platform Economy.

Environment

Plastic Bags Being Recycled Right in County

Last year’s pilot study aimed at raising awareness of proper recycling of plastic bags, wraps and films had positive results, according to the city of Vancouver. Under the program, which launched in September, all 12 Safeway stores in Clark County began accepting clean, dry plastic polyethylene wrappers and bags.

Environment

Travel + Leisure Auction to Support Global Water Challenge and WaterHealth International

Travel + Leisure has formed a partnership with GWC to launch a Charitybuzz auction that will ultimately support WaterHealth International.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Honoring Mom at the Austin Marathon

I am always blown away by our phenomenal Team LIVESTRONG participants. This weekend’s team for the Austin Marathon was no exception. A crew of 31 team members raised $22,000 to support LIVESTRONG‘s programs and services. We are so grateful for all their efforts.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Global Refugee Crisis Support

As a part of its effort to deliver humanitarian relief around the world, The UPS Foundation has partnered with United Nations agencies and NGOs to support Syrian Refugee crisis aid.

Innovation & Technology

Giving You Time to Do Good Better

Gone are the times that an excel spreadsheet and never ending email chains were the only option for request management. It’s time to eliminate ad-hoc spreadsheets, emails & paper proposals and skip unnecessary steps. Bring your vision to life and get the most out of your grant programs with innovative technology.

Events, Media & Communications

Long-term Residential Treatment Provides Freedom from Addiction

“Volunteers of America saved my life.” “Volunteers of America gave me hope.” “Volunteers of America helped me be ‘me’ again.”
“Volunteers of America gave me my mom back.”

Environment

Alex Camacho: Supreme Court Climate

Energy

Trends to Watch in Alternative Energy

In recent years, there has been much discussion of alternative energy moving into the mainstream. While it hasn’t yet shed the “alternative” label, alternative energy’s shift to the mainstream is largely complete and likely irreversible.

Innovation & Technology

Technology Incubators -- Innovating Today

Good ideas are everywhere, but innovators are rare. Innovators punch through the status quo to deliver a solution that is both practical and provides exciting new opportunities.

Environment

Republic Services To Roll Out New Recycling Program

Gone are the days of Moapa Valley residents having to carefully separate out their recyclables and place them into way-too-small plastic red, white and blue bins. Gone are the days of second-guessing on which week is recycling pickup in a confusing every-other-week schedule.

Regional trash disposal company Republic Services is now bringing its Enhanced Recycling Program to the Moapa Valley communities.

Environment

Cial, Costa Cruises and Port Authority of Savona Present “Message In A Can”, a Model of Excellence for Aluminum Can Collection and Recycling

CIAL (Aluminum Packaging Consortium), Costa Cruises and the Port Authority of Savona presented, on board the Costa Diadema, “Message in a can”, a promotion and development project for the collection and recycling of aluminum beverage cans, under the auspices of the Ministry of the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea.

Environment

Take an Exclusive Look Behind the Scenes of 'The X-Files' and Learn How Fox Went Green

As FOX's iconic sci-fi series The X-Files returned to television in January 2016, the cast and creative team worked to ensure that the show remained as timely and ambitious as ever. The new six-episode event reunited David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, and continued to enrich its mythology, introducing new characters and conspiracies at every turn.

Environment

The Regenerative Generation - A Young Rockefeller Speaks

As I write this COP21 meetings are over, having culminated with a commitment to keep the planet’s temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit. However, the path to achieve this goal is still vague with many questions remaining about how to implement.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

What Do Electronic Waste, Shoes and Fettuccine Have in Common? Ask Domtar’s EarthChoice Ambassadors!

Research shows that employees who are passionate about sustainability at home would like to see those same practices valued at work. These folks are known as sustainability champions and in their case; leadership is a role, not a position. Sustainability champions lead by example, benefitting both themselves and the organization as a whole.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Corporate Volunteering Does Not Increase Employee Engagement

Eggs are great for dessert.

Sounds absurd, right? No chef lists “poached eggs” on the dessert menu. Here’s an equally absurd statement:

Corporate volunteering is great for employee engagement.

Employee volunteer managers should not state this. I’ve helped over a dozen companies measure the relationship between participation in volunteer activities and employee engagement, or willingness to do more than the job minimally requires. Evidently, most volunteering does not drive employee engagement.

Education

Award-winning MD/PhD Student Explains Impact of Amgen Scholars Program

Early on in his undergraduate career, Paras Minhas found a passion for science — and humanitarianism. Even before participating in the 2012 MIT Amgen Scholars Program, he began building experience in scientific research laboratories at Johns Hopkins University and the Mayo Clinic.

Latest Campaigns

  1. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  2. KeyBank Foundation: Helping Communities Thrive through Education, Workforce Development, and Service
    KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...
  3. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  4. 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...
  5. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  6. Community Impact
    Advancing our communities worldwide through philanthropic investments, partnerships, and employee volunteerism.
  7. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  8. EVP Campaign
    Driving awareness of DP World’s Employee Value Proposition across the Americas, showcasing the company’s purpose-driven mission, talent strategy, and...
  9. Emergency Response
    Document rapid interventions when crises strike: delivering therapeutic food, water, hygiene kits, and deploying mobile med
  10. 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...
  11. Opportunity for All
    At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...
  12. Purposeful Technology
    Keysight helps build a better planet through our sustainably developed electronic measurement solutions that accelerate innovations to change lives...
  13. Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator
    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...
  14. Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games
    Vision of Milano Cortina 2026 The Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 is the first Olympic winter Games planned and organised under Olympic...
  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...