Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Events, Media & Communications

National Geographic Partners Closes Deal, Announces Senior Leadership Team

21st Century Fox and the National Geographic Society have completed the transaction to form National Geographic Partners, a new media company combining the National Geographic television channels with the remainder of the Society's commercial assets, including National Geographic magazine, National Geographic Studios, and more. The new company will have a shared governance structure, and both entities will have equal representation on the board of directors. On November 16, the company announced the appointment of its senior leadership team.

Diversity & Inclusion

NS: Gains In Workforce Diversity

“There is a concentrated outreach effort around increasing recruitment of females, especially in operations. Having women in our workforce who are successful helps, because that makes it easier for us to recruit and retain more women. It doesn’t matter where you are in a company, if you can’t look around and see people like yourself, you’re going to ask, ‘Is this the place for me?’” ~ Cindy Earhart
Executive Vice President, Administration, Norfolk Southern http://nssustainability.com/culture/diversity.php

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Symantec Wins ICARUS Award for Outstanding Event Sustainability Work!

Symantec received the ICARUS Outstanding Achievement Award from the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the world’s premier business travel and corporate meetings organization.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Antea Group Consultant Among First to Receive Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting Credential

Antea Group is excited to announce that consultant Anna Blitz has earned the Sustainable Accounting Standard Board (SASB) Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) Level One Credential.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Guide to Employee Fundraising and Crowdfunding

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Millennials and Scaling Social Finance

Environment

Is There an Overlooked Link Between Renewable Materials and Climate Change Mitigation?

As we sharpen our lens on climate in advance of the COP21 Summit in Paris, we all await whether or not agreements reached will result in transformative changes and ultimately in how businesses operate.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Reflections from a Waypoint in First Green Bank's Regenerative Journey

First Green Bank (FGB) CEO Ken LaRoe reflects on the midpoint of the bank's collaboration with Capital Institute on the Year in the Life of a Regenerative Bank project, acknowledging both the progress FGB has made and the inevitable setbacks it has encountered as its values bump up against real-world constraints.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Community Involvement Study Contributes to Key Business Goals, New Study Finds

The Carroll School of Management Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College is pleased to release its 2015 Community Involvement Study, a unique research report that explores how companies are investing in communities and how these efforts connect to their businesses. Conducted for the eleventh time since 1995, the study finds that the majority of companies today report that community involvement contributes to key business goals including improved reputation and the attraction and retention of employees.

Environment

GM Gets Perfect Climate Change Disclosure Score from @CDP

We know addressing climate change makes business sense. Further proof can be found in CDP rankings. Each year CDP scores companies for the quality of climate change-related information they disclose to investors and the global marketplace. If the company is a leader, they get on the S&P Climate Disclosure Leadership Index.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sustainability Commission Honors Four 2015 Winners

Two local companies, a City of Greencastle official and a DePauw University senior were honored Tuesday evening when the Greencastle Commission on Sustainability unveiled its annual awards. At the outset of Tuesday night's City Council meeting, Sustainability Chairman Anthony Baratta announced the winners of the Business of the Year, Best Practices of the Year, Outstanding Citizen of the Year and Young Leader of the Year, presenting them or their representatives with plaques detailing the honor.

Research, Reports & Publications

New Report Features Private Sector Leadership in Financial Inclusion

2 billion people around the world still lack access to modern financial services. Today, we're releasing Private Sector Leadership in Financial Inclusion , a report detailing ways the business community is addressing the critical finance gap worldwide.

Diversity & Inclusion

Trim Tab Magazine | Maori Carving Culture

Intricate carvings and art have resulted in beautiful pieces of history now preserved in chiseled sculptures and decorations. Bernard Makoare, a Maori artist, explains the significance and beauty of this craft and culture.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Carnival Cruise Line Kicks Off the St. Jude Thanks and Giving® Campaign

Events, Media & Communications

Lessons from Movember: How to Motivate Millennial Men with Cause Marketing

Men across America are chucking their razors during the month of November, but it's more than just a fashion statement, it's a declaration in support of men's health. Movember is now firmly established as a cause marketing effort with "oomph," and is turning heads as it targets one of the most overlooked segments of shoppers: Millennial men.

Events, Media & Communications

Good Advice for Corporate Boards on Sustainability From Bob Eccles - Prominent Harvard Business School Voice

Professor Bob Eccles of Harvard Business School is out front and very vocal on key corporate sustainability issues (like the global Integrated Reporting movement and continued expansion of sustainable investing). In a Forbes commentary he offers advice for corporate leadership on “how to show corporate leadership [in sustainability], posing the question to boards and C-suite: “What progress are we seeing in how boards of directors of public companies demonstrate leadership in sustainability?”

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ingersoll Rand in Top 10 Percent of Companies on CDP Climate Change Report, Named to Climate Disclosure Leadership Index

Ingersoll Rand has been awarded a position on the S&P Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI), released today in the S&P edition of CDP’s annual global climate change report. The company earned a score of 99 out of a possible 100, a 6-point increase over 2014.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Deloitte Announces 'Team Deloitte,' Its Roster of U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Veterans and Hopefuls

Deloitte is proud to announce its sponsorship of 15 U.S. athletes on their journey to the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Whether it be overcoming adversity, leading their teammates, gaining a new perspective, or defying the odds, each athlete demonstrates values that resonate at Deloitte, including leadership, confidence, purpose, and dedication to making an impact that matters.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Yum! Employees Fight Global Hunger and #FeedtheWorld

Innovation & Technology

Wells Fargo Invests $1,000,000 in Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers

Wells Fargo, a leading supporter and investor in Community Development Financial Institutions, has provided a $1 million Equity Equivalent (EQ2) Investment to Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers to support entrepreneurs in the Twin Cities.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

GRI Launches Resource to Enable Greater Transparency on Human Rights

GRI, pioneer of the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting standards, today launched its latest Linkage Document at the Fourth United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights.

Latest Campaigns

Nutrition and Health

Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...

Accelerating access to healthcare technology

We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...

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...

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance

Halo Awards

The Halo Awards are the social impact sector’s longest-running recognition of excellence in corporate–nonprofit partnerships. For more than two...

GoDaddy Global Stakeholder Impact News & Reports

GoDaddy is committed to embedding sustainable practices across our business. Our approach focuses on creating long-term value for our customers...

License to Operate

Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...

IWBI | WELL Building Standard

Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...

AEG's Commitment to Sustainable Operations

AEG's sustainability initiatives are designed to reduce our consumption of the planet’s limited resources. Through our comprehensive sustainability...

Collective Action

Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...