Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Health & Healthcare

Redefining the Patient and Resident Experience

Mar 1, 2016 9:00 AM ET

The patient experience doesn’t end at the hospital door. What happens next often defines the long-term outcome for the patient, especially for seniors—and the hospital’s financial outcome as well. Acute care hospitals and senior living providers are grappling with new realities: our elders are living longer and want to live healthier, while the government is challenging providers to do more with less.

Education

Governance & Accountability Institute and Rutgers Business School Announce a Partnership to Educate Corporate Professionals on Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability

Mar 1, 2016 9:00 AM ET

Rutgers Business School's Institute for Ethical Leadership (IEL) and Governance & Accountability Institute (G&A Institute) announced today a partnership to develop and offer a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Certificate Program with the purpose of providing a competitive advantage to CSR teams and corporate professionals expanding into this growing field.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Yum! Brands Feeds the World in 2015

Mar 1, 2016 8:05 AM ET

Research, Reports & Publications

Standard Chartered Launches Its 2015 Annual Report

Mar 1, 2016 8:00 AM ET

The Bank’s approach to sustainability is embedded across the Annual Report, reinforcing the Bank’s commitment to sustainability as the foundation of its business.

Events, Media & Communications

Technology Leaders Identify Imminent Threats to U.S. Water Security and Call for Comprehensive Strategy to Map a Secure Water Future for the Nation

Feb 29, 2016 6:00 PM ET

Today, a group of leading U.S. technology experts from across the corporate, government and academic sectors issued a joint “call to action” to develop a comprehensive water innovation strategy for the United States.

Diversity & Inclusion

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on Criminal Justice: The Past, Present, and Future

Feb 29, 2016 5:25 PM ET

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are campaigning passionately about criminal justice reform and in doing so are fiercely competing for the African-American vote. Let's look at their past record on this issue, where they stand now, and where they intend to take us.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Shifting Stakeholder Engagement to Stakeholder Trust

Feb 29, 2016 5:15 PM ET

The economic, social, and environmental effects of three massive projects on a small coastal city in Gladstone have been significant.

Events, Media & Communications

Versaic System Overview

Feb 29, 2016 4:30 PM ET

Gone are the times that an excel spreadsheet and never ending email chains were the only option for request management.

Events, Media & Communications

Leading Conversation of CEOs on Identifying Market Drivers for Long-Term Investments in Society

Feb 29, 2016 4:15 PM ET

Fifty CEOs from the world’s largest companies convened at CECP’s 11th annual Board of Boards to discuss the theme Competing for the Long Run and how leading companies are addressing societal challenges through business.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Chevrolet Spark EV and Volt Rank Among Top “Greenest” Vehicles

Feb 29, 2016 3:15 PM ET

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy released its annual comprehensive ranking of the nation’s “greenest” vehicles. This year, two Chevrolet vehicles made the top 12 list.

Events, Media & Communications

Limited Time Only! Early Bird Registration for 2016 Sustainability Forum Now Open

Feb 29, 2016 3:00 PM ET

On May 16 and 17, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center, in partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and PXYERA Global will host the 6th annual Sustainability Forum in Washington, DC.

Health & Healthcare

Leaky Roofs Matter: A Powerful Metaphor for Human Services Organizations to Remember

Feb 29, 2016 2:50 PM ET

Keystone Institute India, their partners, and other like-minded organizations are exploring the components of supporting people with disabilities to live full lives in the community in India. "Leaky Roofs Matter" is a powerful metaphor for the importance of addressing people's most pressing need first.

Environment

Making Supply Chain Sustainability in the Chemical Industry More Efficient

Feb 29, 2016 2:45 PM ET

Companies participating in the UN Global Compact often point to their supply chains as one of the most challenging areas to improve their sustainability performance. This makes sense. For multinational corporations operating in multiple industries, supply chains aren’t chains at all. They’re webs --- vast, complex, and frequently shifting networks upon which the company relies to power its business. Despite the challenges, the supply chain cannot be ignored in any mature, well-integrated corporate sustainability strategy. In fact, the purchasing power of a company can significantly amplify any environmental and social change it might drive in its own operations. The trick for a successful sustainability supply chain strategy is efficiency, prioritization, and balance.

Environment

Student Teams Honoured for Tackling Environmental Issues in the 2016 Scotiabank EcoLiving Green Challenge

Feb 29, 2016 2:30 PM ET

Events, Media & Communications

3BL Media Webinar to Focus on Innovation for Sustainable Development: The Role of Private Sector Collaboration

Feb 29, 2016 1:45 PM ET

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can only be realized with a strong commitment to global partnership and cooperation.

Diversity & Inclusion

Practitioner Spotlight--BobbiAnn Murphy

Feb 29, 2016 1:15 PM ET

Let's take a look at some of Antea Group's most valuable resources--its people! Next up is transaction support practitioner BobbiAnn Murphy, who talks to us about her greatest professional achievements, her ingredients for success, and the fictional character she'd most like to work with.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Living a Sustainable Life While on Vacation

Feb 29, 2016 12:45 PM ET

Enterprise Car Rental in the Orlando International Airport doubled the amount of its Chevrolet Volt plug-in electric vehicles last fall, for a total of 30 available to rent.

Health & Healthcare

Rare Diseases Are Not That Rare

Feb 29, 2016 12:00 PM ET

People affected by rare diseases often face extraordinary barriers. They can find it difficult to get the right diagnosis, expert advice or treatment and support. It’s challenging – especially when they are trying to cope with the uncertainty of an often progressive, devastating and debilitating disease. But the complexity of these conditions, and the small number of patients affected, means this area of research doesn’t always attract the greatest interest.

Events, Media & Communications

Detailed Agenda Released for 15th Annual Charities@Work Best Practices Summit Featuring “Next Great Ideas,” Recent Innovation in Employee Engagement and CSR

Feb 29, 2016 12:00 PM ET

Charities@Work—a network of organizations that bridges the corporate and nonprofit sectors in order to achieve greater social impact—today announced details of its full program for the 15th Annual Best Practices Summit on Employee Engagement in Corporate Citizenship, “Bridging Worlds to Scale Impact.”

Events, Media & Communications

Controlling What Happens: Legal Documents and Your Health

Feb 29, 2016 12:00 PM ET

This April, the largest gathering of the young adult cancer movement will take place in Denver, Colorado. CancerCon will bring together hundreds of survivors, caretakers, and industry professionals for three days of events, speakers, and socializing.

Health & Healthcare

How 15 Minutes Can Change a Life

Feb 29, 2016 11:05 AM ET

As someone who has been donating blood since 1976, I’m always excited to celebrate National Heart Month in February. It’s important to remember how we can do our part to help keep hearts beating around the world. Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. will need blood. And, one pint of blood donated can save up to three lives.

Health & Healthcare

10 Years Commitment to Fighting Childhood Cancer for the Sanofi Espoir Foundation

Feb 29, 2016 11:05 AM ET

Childhood Cancer is one of the main cause of death for the children, every year 175,000 children are confronted with cancer. The five-year survival rate of children with cancer varies from 10 to 80% depending on the level of resources available in their country. Yet, there are effective therapeutic solutions for the majority of these cancers, if the diagnosis is made early and if the child is correctly taken into care.

Innovation & Technology

KeyBank Provides $12 Million for Workforce and Affordable Housing Development in Niagara Falls, New York

Feb 29, 2016 11:00 AM ET

Today, KeyBank announced it will provide a total of $12 million in capital to help develop the Niagara City Lofts in Niagara Falls, New York. The adaptive reuse project will convert an existing, abandoned public school, built in 1923 and vacant since 1986, into 61 units of workforce housing, affordable housing, market rate apartments, and a new commercial community space. The building has been submitted to the National Register of Historic Places for designation as a historic building.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Alliance Data Associates Help Pick Up the Rubble for North Texas Tornado Victims

Feb 29, 2016 10:30 AM ET

The day after Christmas, a tornado three and a half miles wide tore through neighborhoods in North Texas, damaging or destroying 1,110 homes and 35 businesses. More than 40 volunteers from Alliance Data's Plano office spent two mornings the past month clearing the rubble in one of the hardest hit neighborhoods.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Responsible Index Investing: Reimagining How to Access Returns

Feb 29, 2016 10:30 AM ET