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Environment | International Paper

Celebrating the Role of the Gopher Tortoises in Our Forest

The best way to celebrate Gopher Tortoise Day is to ensure there are more gopher tortoises across their natural range in the southeast United States.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Leadership Spotlight: Q&A With Kim Frankovich, Global VP of Sustainability, Griffith Foods

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Subaru Ranked As Top Automaker in Forbes Best Brands for Social Impact for Third Consecutive Year

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Research, Reports & Publications

Cat Electrified Equipment

As the technology capability and the power density of power electronics, motors, generators and energy storage solutions have advanced, so, too, has the value proposition of electrification for Caterpillar’s customers.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: There Is No "Away"

John Lanier and his family have made great strides in reducing their waste stream at home. Organics go in the compost bin. Recyclables go in the blue bin, and other recyclables are regularly taken to Atlanta’s Center for Hard to Recycle Materials. Now they've discovered the TerraCycle Zero Waste Box.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Domtar Volunteers Make a Difference at Camp Blue Skies

We proudly partnered with Camp Blue Skies again this year to help make camp a reality for adults with disabilities. Many Domtar volunteers worked with the camp several times over the past few months to help set up activities for campers, including zip lines, ropes courses, Frisbee games and post-lunch singalongs in the cafeteria.

Events, Media & Communications

Reflections from the BSR Conference 2018 (Plus Five Ways to Review Highlights)

Here's how to re-live the BSR Conference 2018—or catch up on what you missed.

Black & Veatch

Research, Reports & Publications

Gaps Persist in Asset Management Planning, Funding, and Customer Education Effectiveness

Stormwater management is gaining greater attention with climate change, infrastructure capacity challenges and financial pressures pushing systems to their limits. As utility managers and other decision makers take longer, more programmatic views of stormwater management and cost recovery, Black & Veatch today released the 2018 Stormwater Utility Survey to help utilities better understand program planning, best practices and regulatory requirements to meet these challenges.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo Launches Second Annual Food Bank Program to Fight HungerDuring the Holidays

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today launched its second annual Holiday Food Bank program to help feed people and families in need this holiday season.

Black & Veatch

Research, Reports & Publications

Old Capital Allocation Strategies Require New Thinking

The electric utility industry is in the middle of a transformation that has no precedent. Historically speaking, delivering electricity was relatively simple; utilities generated power and provided it to customers over a one-way delivery system. Companies requested, and utility regulators granted, periodic rate hikes to cover infrastructure upgrades while providing a reasonable rate of return on that investment.

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Innovation & Technology

Girls With Impact: Equipping 10,000 Girls as Tomorrow’s CEOs

A host of STEM and coding programs already exist for girls, Girls With Impact fills a critical void in the Future of Work and the timely focus on women: providing real business and entrepreneurship training, equipping the next generation to innovate and lead, whether they work for a corporate or for themselves.

Responsible Production & Consumption

How the Diestel Family Does Thanksgiving

Editor’s note: This is the latest post in our “You Grow, Girl!” series highlighting female farmers – from the northern reaches of Canada to the heartland of the U.S. From the western coast of Africa to the rolling hills of France and beyond. The series amplifies the voices of female farmers, who play vital roles in agriculture worldwide.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Cisco Connects Veterans to Partner Ecosystem through Talent Bridge for Veterans

The value of military veterans extends well beyond our communities; as mission-driven leaders, they’re critical to employers like Cisco in today’s digital economy. And this week, as we celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Armistice Day and Veterans Day, it is an especially important time to recognize their contributions while serving in the military and as part of the civilian workforce.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Famed Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Stems the Tide of Glove Waste Through The RightCycle Program

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is the world’s leading independent non-profit organization dedicated to ocean research, exploration, and education. Its researchers teamed up with French scientists in 1985 to discover the Titanic, and the organization remains at the forefront of providing essential knowledge about our oceans and atmosphere that helps guide global environmental stewardship.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Sodexo Encourages College Students to Support Vermont’s Local Food Economy

Sodexo, a food services and facilities management company committed to Quality of Life, organized and hosted the first-ever Taking Root Student Symposium to demonstrate the organization’s commitment to buying locally-sourced products in Vermont and to teach college students in the state what it means to chart a career in food.

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Green Infrastructure

Sustainable Design: Advanced Planning Is Essential to Resilience in Hawaiʻi

Increased climate variability and surging population growth are placing greater demands on limited resources such as water, energy, and physical space. Our teams are considering how buildings and infrastructure can be designed to more effectively cope with these stresses and perform well into the future. Facilities need to be built not only to operate in greater harmony with nature but also to withstand the forces it may unleash.

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Events, Media & Communications

RBSEU 2019 – First-look Agenda and Speaker Line-up Now Available

I’m excited to announce that we have just released the agenda for Ethical Corporation’s 18th Responsible Business Summit Europe (10-12 June 2019). Download your newly released brochure here: http://1.ethicalcorp.com/LP=21639

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

New Health Leaders Awards Announced for 2019

Recognizing leadership in places and spaces that advance people’s health and well-being is the goal of a new awards program for 2019 announced today at Greenbuild in Chicago.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

PNC Financial Services Group Recognized Among Working Mother’s 2018 Best Companies for Dads

Working Mother’s first annual Best Companies for Dads recognizes the companies that help dads succeed at home and work, with paternity leave, adoption leave, surrogacy and fertility benefits, phase-back-to-work programs, childcare options and employee-resource groups for men.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Pro Bono as a People Strategy in Action: Prudential

A look at Prudential's approach to tying social impact into key HR goals through their range of PruBono programs. Read the full case study in Taproot Foundation's new resource for the CSR field: Pro Bono as a People Strategy.

Innovation & Technology

Lockheed Martin Opens “AlphaPilot Innovation Challenge” to Applicants

Lockheed Martin is now accepting applications for its “AlphaPilot Innovation Challenge” through February 28, 2019 on the HeroX platform. Lockheed Martin launched the challenge in September in partnership with The Drone Racing League (DRL), the global professional circuit for drone racing.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Walmart and the Walmart Foundation Announce a Commitment of $500,000 for California Wildfire Relief

Walmart and the Walmart Foundation have made a commitment to provide support through cash and product donations of $500,000 to organizations in response to the severe wildfires that are impacting California. As part of this commitment, Walmart is working closely with local officials and governmental entities to help meet the needs of those affected.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Holiday Food Bank Is Back for 2018

Wells Fargo is doubling as a food bank this holiday season in a joint effort with Feeding America to fight hunger. The Wells Fargo Holiday Food Bank program, now in its second year, allows people to donate both food and money to local food banks nationwide through Wells Fargo. Visit Wells Fargo Stories (https://stories.wf.com/holiday-food-bank-is-back-for-2018) to watch the video.

Research, Reports & Publications

P&G Tackles Clean Water, Gender Equality and Plastic Waste in 2018 CSR Report

P&G issued its 2018 Citizenship Report, which highlights the Company's progress in its Citizenship priority areas of Community Impact, Diversity & Inclusion, Gender Equality and Environmental Sustainability, all of which are based in a foundation of Ethics and Corporate Responsibility.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AHRI Honors Trane’s Darryl Denton and Stephen Lind With 2018 Richard C. Schulze Award

Product certification expert Darryl Denton and Acoustics expert Stephen Lind took home the 2018 Richard C. Schulze Award at the Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) leadership forum in Tucson, AZ, yesterday. Both seasoned engineers have made a mark on their respective fields, and both work for Trane®, a brand of Ingersoll Rand.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

With Winter on the Way, Consumers Energy Provides $2 Million to Help Michigan Families Stay Safe and Warm

As Michigan gears up for winter, Consumers Energy announced today that it is contributing $2 million to help Michigan residents stay safe and warm. The $2 million contribution will help as many as 2,500 households in Consumers Energy’s CARE program.

Health & Healthcare

Behind the Scenes VIDEO | Healthy Environments Flooring Collection for Healthcare Interiors

Mohawk Group's award-winning Healthy Environments collection is inspired by the alluring, soothing colors and textures of species native to the desert Southwest. In addition to their natural beauty, the innate hardiness of these plants provides a paradigm for perseverance through difficult challenges and environments. Drawing inspiration from these plants and biophilic design, the Healthy Environments collection was created to advance healing and productivity in healthcare interiors.

Mohawk Group believes healthy environments nurture the positive connections that allow patients and care providers to thrive, and we are committed to innovating flooring solutions for optimum health and wellness.

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Media & Communications

How Viral Engagement is Revolutionizing CSR

The millennial generation is quickly becoming the dominant group in our workforce, and they’re turning traditional corporate philanthropy upside down. They care deeply about their own causes, and top-down directives from the corner offices alone won’t move them to action. In fact, millennials care more about the opinions of their peers than those of their bosses. Is this workforce shift an obstacle? On the contrary – it is actually a tremendous opportunity for you to drive deeper engagement with your company’s giving and volunteer programs.

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