Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Research, Reports & Publications

New Report Reveals: Business a Key Activist in Turning Global Risks into Opportunities

Jan 26, 2016 7:00 AM ET

From all corners of the world, business leaders echo the same message: societal risks need urgent action. However, some of the most pressing risks – such as youth unemployment and the global food crisis – are also where leaders see the greatest business opportunities.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Companies Blind to Climate Risks in Half Their Supply Chains

Jan 26, 2016 12:00 AM ET

A new report, launched today by CDP and BSR, highlights the largest ever study of climate data from suppliers and their corporate customers.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

SASB Announces New Sustainability Accounting Standards

Jan 25, 2016 4:00 PM ET

SASB has announced a new educational program focused on teaching professionals how to identify, manage, and evaluate sustainability topics relevant to the company’s bottom line. This new program is called the Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) Credential.

Health & Healthcare

Continuing our Safety Risk Reduction Trend

Jan 25, 2016 2:05 PM ET

Workplace safety is a critical business objective. That’s why we train for safety, constantly assess and refine our safety procedures and select the best-rated equipment.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Medtronic FY2015 Integrated Report Showcases Economic, Social and Environmental Performance

Jan 25, 2016 2:00 PM ET

Medtronic’s FY2015 Integrated Performance Report, “Further, Together” provides a comprehensive view of how Medtronic creates value over time through responsible management of our financial resources, social investments, and environmental impacts.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Culture Still Eats Strategy for Breakfast: And It's Not as Hard to Shape as You Think

Jan 25, 2016 1:45 PM ET

An oft-quoted statement from acclaimed management consultant Peter Drucker asserts that "culture eats strategy for breakfast." Yet even today, many companies pay more attention to their strategies than their underlying culture, often at the expense of success. That's because many business leaders think that changing corporate culture is near impossible, while shifting a strategy is only a productive whiteboarding session and a new scorecard away.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Corporate Grantmaker's Guide to Data

Jan 25, 2016 1:25 PM ET

Data is how you measure your impact, but access and interpretation are the only way you can make those measurements. The options to put this data to work are growing. What do you need? Here’s the corporate grantmaker’s guide to data.

Environment

Arrow Value Recovery in the Circular Economy

Jan 25, 2016 1:15 PM ET

There’s lots of talk about the “circular economy” without a lot of explanation of why we call it circular. We get the idea that we’re closing a loop (a decidedly circular image) and that we’re bringing things back (full circle, as it were). But first it’s important to understand the departure from our current linear economy, which is decidedly one directional.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Causecast and VolunteerMatch Launch Groundbreaking Partnership To Make the Most Comprehensive Volunteer Engagement Network Available to Corporate Employees

Jan 25, 2016 12:25 PM ET

Environment

Carnival Corporation to Host The Nature Conservancy’s Mapping Ocean Wealth Annual Meeting

Jan 25, 2016 11:30 AM ET

Carnival Corporation & plc, the world's largest travel and leisure company, will welcome representatives from leading conservation, science and sustainability organizations Jan. 26-27 to its Miami headquarters for The Nature Conservancy’s Mapping Ocean Wealth annual forum. Carnival Corporation, in partnership with the Carnival Foundation, awarded a $2.5 million gift over five years in 2014 to support The Nature Conservancy’s work on Mapping Ocean Wealth and global marine protection priorities, and hosting this week’s summit at the company’s headquarters underscores its commitment to a healthy and sustainable environment.

Health & Healthcare

Harlem First: Symposium

Jan 25, 2016 10:30 AM ET

MFA Design for Social Innovation at the School for Visual Arts is bringing diverse voices together to understand why our neighborhoods are not as healthy as they should be, and what we can do about it.

On Monday February 1, join an extraordinary panel of speakers in a conversation that involves all the people involved in health in this community in finding solutions.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Davos 2016: CSR Takes Mainstage to Address Major Global Issues

Jan 25, 2016 10:30 AM ET

On the heels of COP21 in December is the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), taking place this week in Davos, Switzerland. As world leaders in business and government convene to discuss the most pressing global economic issues, social and environmental topics have taken center stage.

Environment

AIDA Cruises Achieves Positive Sustainability Result in 2015

Jan 25, 2016 10:25 AM ET

AIDA Cruises, a pioneer in the German cruise industry when it comes to sustainability, successfully continued in its commitment to reduce emissions in 2015.

Events, Media & Communications

3BL Media Lunch & Learn, Feb. 9: How Sustainability Communicators Distribute Content

Jan 25, 2016 10:00 AM ET

Communications professionals responsible for telling their organizations’ CSR and sustainability stories are invited to a lunch-and-learn webinar Feb. 9 to hear how leading corporations are leveraging 3BL Media’s distribution platform to reach target audiences.

Events, Media & Communications

5th GRI Global Conference 2016: 5 Days Left for Early Bird Registration

Jan 25, 2016 10:00 AM ET

Join GRI and up to 1,500 sustainability leaders for frank and forward thinking discussions on the latest trends and innovations shaping sustainability: policy, standards and technology to name a few. 5 DAYS LEFT TO SECURE YOUR REDUCED RATE - REGISTER NOW!

Health & Healthcare

Closing the Gap on Health Inequality

Jan 25, 2016 8:35 AM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

National Grid Foundation Helps Keep the Heat On

Jan 25, 2016 8:30 AM ET

Health & Healthcare

Net Impact Announces Newman’s Own Foundation Challenge

Jan 25, 2016 8:20 AM ET

Education

HP LIFE 2.0: Free Online Learning for Entrepreneurs

Jan 25, 2016 8:05 AM ET

Energy

With Solar ITC Extended, Net Metering Battles Rage On

Jan 25, 2016 8:00 AM ET

With the solar investment tax credit (ITC) recently extended for five years, it would seem that the coast is now clear for the solar boom to continue expanding at an ever-accelerating pace.

Education

Apply to be an Amgen Scholar at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich

Jan 24, 2016 8:40 AM ET

Education

Solve for Tomorrow Students Discuss Vertical Farming on The Weather Channel

Jan 22, 2016 7:30 PM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Is a Perfect Pipeline Safety Record Possible?

Jan 22, 2016 6:05 PM ET

After 20 years, Tuscarora Gas Transmission’s safety record remains unblemished.

Education

JobTrain Creates Sustainable Employment Opportunities

Jan 22, 2016 4:00 PM ET

Vocational training programs are typically viewed as a lesser option than universities.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Time Warner Cable Employees Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.

Jan 22, 2016 3:25 PM ET

At Time Warner Cable, diversity and inclusion are an integral part of our culture. We believe in an inclusive environment, where you can bring your whole self to work. This extends into our work in the communities that we live in and serve.