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Social Impact & Volunteering

Points of Light Marks April 2020 As First-Ever “Global Volunteer Month”

Points of Light, the world’s largest nonprofit dedicated to accelerating people-powered change, announced today it would make April 2020 the first-ever “Global Volunteer Month.”

Innovation & Technology

Innovating Incredible: CyberGrants Worksheets Facilitating Data Driven Decision Making for Complex Strategic Grants

Complex strategic grantmaking can often require collecting in-depth information to help you, and your team, make initial funding decisions or track a recipient’s progress towards a goal. Housing this vital data in multiple locations...

Environment

Safe Water: Indispensable in the Fight Against Coronavirus

World Water Day occurs every year on March 22. It’s an opportunity to pause and acknowledge what we believe all year long––safe, unpolluted water is a cause worth fighting for.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Message from VMware CEO on COVID-19

This is an extraordinary time, and we are all concerned about the health and safety of family and friends, as we navigate a rapidly-evolving situation. Our hearts go out to everyone around the world impacted, either directly or indirectly...

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arrow Electronics Sponsors Record-Setting Fundraiser for Craig Hospital

Arrow Electronics was the presenting sponsor for the 2020 Craig Hospital PUSH gala, which raised a record-setting amount for the hospital’s programs, research and patients.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Fifth Third Announces Special Payment to Customer Service Employees

Fifth Third Bank announced that it is giving a special payment to employees who are providing essential banking services to customers during the coronavirus pandemic.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Ray C. Anderson Foundation Awards $2500 Grant to University of New Hampshire’s Sustainability Institute, Honoring Wendell Hadden, winner of the 2020 Ray C. Anderson Sustainability Award

Ray C. Anderson Foundation honors Interface's Wendell Hadden with $2500 grant to the University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute, and Interface has matched the grant, bringing it to $5000.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

25 Badass Women Shaking up the Climate Movement in 2020

Even the most courageous leaders have moments of doubt. Eunice Heath, Corporate Director of Sustainability at Dow, has been recognized for developing STEM programs, Project Lead the Way and being instrumental in weaving diversity into ESG strategies.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Albertsons Plans Plexiglass Barriers, ‘Appreciation Pay’ in COVID-19 Response

With coronavirus (COVID-19) spreading rapidly nationwide, Albertsons Cos. plans to install plexiglass barriers in its checkout lanes to safeguard shoppers and cashiers.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Don't Throw Out That Food!

Through MealConnect™, General Mills and Feeding America have made it easier than ever to connect donors with surplus food to their local Feeding America member food banks and their partners.

Health & Healthcare

Bayer Partners with U.S. Government on Major Product Donation to Fight Coronavirus

Bayer has announced it is joining the U.S. Government's fight against COVID-19 with a donation of 3 million tablets of the drug Resochin (chloroquine phosphate).

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fifth Third Commits $8.75 Million to Address Effects of COVID-19

The funds from the Fifth Third Foundation and the Fifth Third Chicagoland Foundation will be deployed to meet the immediate and long-term needs of the communities served by Fifth Third Bank.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Novartis Commits to Donate up to 130 Million Doses of Hydroxychloroquine to Support the Global COVID-19 Pandemic Response

Novartis announced today its commitment to donate up to 130 million doses of generic hydroxychloroquine to support the global COVID-19 pandemic response.

Health & Healthcare

Chinese Community Supports Its IVECO Family During COVID-19 Crisis

As China continues to heal from the effects of the coronavirus with significantly diminished numbers of infected patients, they are looking to pay forward the support they received with a gesture of good will for their Italian ‘neighbors’.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Navigate the Changing Landscape of Workplace Giving: Insights on Engaging a Dynamic and Diverse Workforce

Workplace giving has evolved significantly over the past few years, becoming an expectation among employees across all industries. Nearly 6 in 10 employees stated it was imperative, or very important, to have a workplace culture that is supportive...

Education

Discovery Education Announces New Parent Toolkit Supporting Homebound Students

To help parents and guardians provide homebound students meaningful educational experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, Discovery Education today announced the launch of Daily DE.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Alliant Energy Donates $100,000 to COVID-19 Relief Efforts

Alliant Energy is donating $100,000 to the coronavirus relief efforts in Iowa and Wisconsin through its foundation. These efforts support Alliant’s core value of safety and assures the well-being of customers, employees and communities.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Collaborative Action to Combat COVID-19

In CECP’s 2020 Look Ahead blog, our annual examination the corporate social engagement field, Collaborative Action was one of five themes for the upcoming year.

Environment

Ahead of World Water Day, Ceres Launches New Effort to Catalyze Capital Markets to Value Water As a Financial Risk

Ceres launches the Valuing Water Finance Task Force made up of some of the largest and most influential pension funds and banks to drive corporate action on water-related financial risks.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

ON Semiconductor Advances STEM Education Through Local Partnerships

ON Semiconductor is proud to support and take part in the fourth annual Arizona State University Innovation Open (ASUio) pitch competition.

Energy

Climate Leadership Builds on Technology and Empowering People: Together We Go Further

Founded during the First Industrial Revolution, Schneider is eager to lead the global push to put sustainability at the heart of what the Word Economic Forum recently dubbed the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Top 5 Ways Your Company Can Help Nonprofits Right Now Through Pro Bono

Social good organizations everywhere have suddenly lost primary sources of funding and access to volunteer support, all while they’re working nonstop to sustain their services and scrambling to serve increased needs.

Education

CITGO Donates Kindles to Support E-Learning During COVID-19 School Closures

CITGO, in partnership with HCSO, donated 150 Kindle tablets to the Houston and Alief Independent School Districts to help support low-income students' e-learning needs during the COVID-19 school closures & subsequent move to remote learning platforms

Green Infrastructure

The Detroit Water Crisis and Unexpected Coalitions

Detroit’s water crisis offers broader lessons on the ways that many different parties can build support for institutions that are in decline.

Diversity & Inclusion

Keysight Technologies Celebrates CMO Marie Hattar 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.

Latest Campaigns

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    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  6. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  7. Kids to College Powered by Entergy
    Entergy believes in the dreams of the families we serve. Everyone deserves the opportunity to continue their education and, as a corporate leader and...
  8. Financial health
    At Wells Fargo, we're opening pathways to economic advancement for racially and ethnically diverse and low- and moderate-income individuals and...
  9. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
    Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...
  10. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  11. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  12. Health and Safety by Antea Group
    Antea Group's health and safety consultants understand what it takes to help make a positive impact on safety culture. Read blogs, insights, and more...
  13. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Whirlpool Corporation has several CSR partners including United Way, Habitat for Humanity International, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Consulada...
  14. Arbor Day Foundation News
    Stay up to date on the latest news and events from the Arbor Day Foundation. Subscribe to the Arbor Day e-news arborday.org/accounts/optin.cfm
  15. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...