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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Urgency of a New Social Contract

The COVID-19 crisis makes one thing abundantly clear: the social contract between government, business, employees, and people is not working as it should. What steps can businesses take to remake the social contract and build for a better future?

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

BCtA Companies at the Forefront of Response to COVID-19

COVID-19 has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), with over 250,000 infected across the globe. UNDP will support countries to set up a multisectoral whole-of-society approach to face the challenges beyond the health sector

Environment

Chinese Air Quality + Ekoru Search Engine

Looking for some good news as we enter yet another week of sheltering-in-place? Perhaps you feel like doing a Google search to discover an upside to the slow down?

Environment

Announcing Ceres 2020 Digital Program for April and May!

Earlier in March, we announced that the Ceres 2020 in New York in-person event was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Since then, we’ve been working hard to reimagine how we can deliver the content we planned that aims to address the challenges investors, companies and policymakers alike face when it comes to sustainability.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

SCE Helps Fairplex Sheraton Open to Quarantined COVID-19 Patients

On March 15, as COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles County began to mount, Southern California Edison learned that the Sheraton Fairplex Hotel & Conference Center at the LA County Fairgrounds in Pomona was under consideration as a possible quarantine site.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Here for Our Employees, Our Customers, Our Communities – and the Broader Economy – in These Unprecedented Times

Unprecedented is a word we hear every day as the pandemic continues to evolve. At this time of stress and uncertainty, many are looking to the government for help, but I firmly believe that businesses also have to rise to the occasion.

Health & Healthcare

An Open Letter from our Chairman and CEO

When the news of the coronavirus first emerged, Gilead immediately began to investigate the potential of remdesivir, a medicine we had been studying for many years as part of our extensive research in antivirals.

Health & Healthcare

Bayer Employees Volunteer to Conduct SARS-CoV-2 Tests in Newly Established Berlin Laboratory

Our newly established testing laboratory in Berlin which supports the fight against the Corona virus is already running: In the lab, our employees – more than 140 have volunteered – are able to conduct up to 1,000 additional SARS-CoV-2 tests per day.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

General Mills Supports Employees and Communities in Response to COVID-19

General Mills announced a series of actions to support employees and communities in response to COVID-19, including
$5 million in charitable grants to support food access in our key global markets and support for our manufacturing communities.

Health & Healthcare

International Medical Corps Prepares for COVID-19 Surge

As part of its global response to the Covid-19 pandemic, International Medical Corps is deploying two medical shelters and equipment to Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital (MLKCH), which serves an area of high medical need in South Los Angeles

Environment

A Commitment That’s About More Than Chocolate -- It’s About Saving Our Forests

The world loves chocolate. But the world needs trees – now more than ever. The challenge is that trees are disappearing at alarming rates and sometimes that is due to the production of cocoa to make chocolate.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

International Paper's Kentucky Mill Donates to the Mason County Food Bank to Help Support Its Increased Need Due to COVID-19

The International Paper mill in Maysville, Kentucky has donated 2,500 corrugated boxes to the Mason County Food Bank to help the nonprofit address increased need due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Health & Healthcare

Johnson & Johnson Announces a Lead Vaccine Candidate for COVID-19; Landmark New Partnership with U.S. Department of Health & Human Services; and Commitment to Supply One Billion Vaccines Worldwide for Emergency Pandemic Use

Johnson & Johnson today announced the selection of a lead COVID-19 vaccine candidate from constructs it has been working on since January 2020

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fair Trade USA Awarded $1.4 Million Grant From the Walmart Foundation to Deepen Impact for Farmers

Fair Trade USA®, the leading certifier of fair trade products in North America, has received a grant from the Walmart Foundation to strengthen support for producer-led community development projects along fair trade supply chains.

Innovation & Technology

CLP’s Sustainable Path to Build a Utility of the Future

The CLP Group’s latest Sustainability Report highlights the Company’s strategies to navigate transformative global megatrends and chart a sustainable path to build a Utility of the Future.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

MetLife Foundation Donates $100,000 to North Carolina Food Bank to Help Those Impacted by Coronavirus

MetLife Foundation announced today that it is donating $100,000 to Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina to help deal with increased demand for their services as a result of coronavirus.

Innovation & Technology

How TalkingPoints Is Helping Teachers and Parents Stay Connected to Enhance Student Success and Well-Being

With more students learning from home, it is even more crucial for teachers and parents to stay connected to each other. TalkingPoints has received cash grant support from the Cisco Foundation to develop its mobile platform that automatically...

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

IWBI Membership Program Welcomes New Organizations

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) is pleased to announce the continued growth of its membership program, and with it, a growing impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe.

Education

T. Rowe Price Offers Engaging Activities for Parents and Kids at Home With Its Money Confident Kids Program

T. Rowe Price offers fun and informative in-home learning with its Money Confident Kids® program.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Common Impact Announces Four New Board Members as Organization Expands Its National Presence and Models

Common Impact, a national nonprofit leader for corporate skills-based volunteerism, has announced the appointment of four new executives to its Board of Directors: Janelle Woods-McNish, Anne Ames, Rachel Hutchisson and Lauren Banks.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Join Us to #InspireACTION

In the period of a few short weeks, the way we live and work has been upended. The length of time this “new normal” will last is not yet clear.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator Awards $20 Million in Initial Grants to Fund Clinical Trials

The partners in the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator have announced grants of $20 million to three institutions—the University of Washington, University of Oxford, and La Jolla Institute for Immunology—to fund clinical trials

Diversity & Inclusion

Keysight Technologies Celebrates Patti Key, Vice President of Network Applications and Security Sales for Women's History Month

In honor of Women’s History Month, Keysight Technologies celebrates its women leaders who do so much for our technology, our business, and our culture.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Quakes and Tremors: What Foundations Can Do to Safeguard Childhood Wellbeing in the Wake of a Pandemic

Research shows that childhood wellbeing can be severely impacted by traumatic events like those associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Read FSG's latest blog by managing director Ursula Wright for ideas on how foundations can help.

Latest Campaigns

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  2. 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...
  3. Growth Through Sustainability
    Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...
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    Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...
  5. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
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    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  7. Recognition of our Company
    As the leading sports and live music company in the world, we recognize our responsibility to provide industry leadership and to conduct our business...
  8. Aflac Insights
    Learn more about Aflac’s survey findings to better understand workplace trends as well as consumer attitudes, habits and opinions toward health and...
  9. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...
  10. Technology for Good
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  11. EVP Campaign
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  12. Aflac Voices
    Hear from Aflac’s senior leaders and subject matter experts about industry trends and more.
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    We aspire to be a leader in driving innovative solutions that address the problem of plastic pollution and enable a circular economy. We are committed...
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    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...
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    Be the leading nutritious and sustainable product development partner for our customers, developing industry leading solutions that enable the...