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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Investing in Career Development Helps Companies Attract, Keep and Promote Top Talent

The cornerstone of JetBlue’s success is listening to employees from all walks of life—and responding to their concerns and aspirations in a concrete, effective way.

Environment

Keep America Beautiful Celebrates 2019 America Recycles Day: Focus on Innovation and Partnership

Recycling innovation and partnership are themes of this year’s America Recycles Day®, a Keep America Beautiful® national program that takes place on and surrounding Nov. 15.

Diversity & Inclusion

Johnson & Johnson Transforming Minds About Mental Health

Our employees are the heart, mind and soul of Johnson & Johnson. They power both the health of our organization, and their own healthy lives.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Gildan and World Vision Strengthen Partnership to Deliver Sustainable Education Intervention Program at 1,200 Schools in Honduras

Gildan and World Vision Honduras are enhancing their existing partnership and will collaborate to diligently strengthen World Vision’s sustainable education intervention program in 1,200 schools in Honduras

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whirlpool Brand: Helping Keep Kids in School

Education has a laundry problem and Whirlpool is fighting back. Did you know that according to teachers nationwide 1 in 5 students don’t have access to clean clothes?

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whirlpool Celebrates 20 Year Collaboration With Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity International CEO Jonathan Reckford joined our Vice President of Community and Public Affairs Jeff Noel today to celebrate 20 years of collaboration! #csr #collectiveimpact

Environment

There Is No Plan(et) B

Our planet is facing a lot of big challenges. It's more and more important to develop innovations that enhance peoples quality of life while consuming less resources.

Social Impact & Volunteering

PSEG’s Power of One Campaign Celebrates Acts of Community Service

We’ve awarded thousands of dollars’ worth of grants from the PSEG Foundation in employees’ names to the organizations to which they give their time.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

This Unlikely Partnership Drives Positive Change in the Food Sector

Over the past six years, Environmental Defense Fund has been working with Smithfield, the world’s largest pork processor and hog producer, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impacts from its operations and across its supply chain.

Environment

Ben Ehrenreich: PG&E and the Nasty Side of Capitalism

Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity & Inclusion Is A Team Effort

When I joined CBRE as general counsel in April 2004, our legal team was almost entirely U.S.-based and, like the company itself, significantly smaller than it is today.

Research, Reports & Publications

Sysco Announces 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report

The 2019 CSR Report details the progress made in the last year against Sysco’s 2025 goals, including a CSR scorecard that measures results from year-to-year, along with plans for the future.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Management Practices: The Key to Overcome Internal Barriers and Bring Inclusive Business to Scale?

All companies starting an inclusive business want to reach scale, but how often do they examine their own management practices as a means of attaining it? Two years ago, we started our journey into inclusive business management practices by asking...

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

A Farm Which Puts Families Back in Touch With Nature

In Baldissero Torinese, a small community nestled in the majestic hills surrounding the Northern Italian city of Turin, adults and young people are getting back in touch with nature.

Responsible Production & Consumption

All Stakeholders at the Table

The first-ever Small Change, Big Impact Food Summit brought together leaders from many areas of the food world to work together toward a better food system and a healthier planet.

Events, Media & Communications

Schneider Electric Partners with Web Summit to Reduce Carbon Footprint for One of World’s Largest Tech Events

Schneider Electric is bringing its collaborative approach to carbon and environmental solutions to this year’s Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal (Nov. 4-7) where it will facilitate progress towards the event’s carbon neutrality goal.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Common Impact Connections Newsletter: Pro Bono Week Edition

This Pro Bono Week, Common Impact's flash consulting projects delivered over $1.1M in pro bono services to nonprofits across the U.S. Read our newsletter for more on what we're up to, including job listings and insights into the future of pro bono.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Diabetes Awareness Month

Diabetes Awareness Month aims to raise awareness for both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes through education and advocacy. More than 100 million adults and children in the U.S. currently live with diabetes or prediabetes.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Plan for Tomorrow by Supporting Vulnerable Communities Today

Self-Help believes in investing in communities on the front lines of harm from climate change. Our mission: create and protect economic opportunity for all with a focus on the underserved, including people of color, women, and low-income families and communities.

Diversity & Inclusion

How Bacardi Is Developing a Pipeline of High-Performing Women Leaders

Paula Glickenhaus, lead for Global Reflections, talks about how the Women in Leadership initiative focuses on the next generation of female leaders.

Environment

CSRHub’s Cynthia Figge Speaking at Sustainable Brands New Metrics ‘19

CSRHub CEO and Co-founder, Cynthia Figge will be speaking at the Sustainable Brands New Metrics ’19 Conference, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, held November 18-20, 2019.

Research, Reports & Publications

Legg Mason Redefines Its Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility, Releases 2019 CSR Report

Legg Mason has redefined its approach to corporate social responsibility by focusing on six dimensions that are central to the company’s mission of Investing to Improve Lives™

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Call for Code 2019 Global Challenge Winning Team Prometeo Celebrated by Founding Partner IBM and Sponsor Arrow Electronics

IBM announced that Team Prometeo was the winner of the Call for Code 2019 Global Challenge for creating a personal safety hardware-software solution that will help protect firefighters.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Collaboration’s the Key for a Circular Economy

Collaboration is key for a successful circular economy. Read Renay Loper's recap of USCC Foundation's Corporate Citizenship Center Sustainability and Circular Economy Summit.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Sarasota Man Receives $20,000 Grant for Boys & Girls Clubs

Jim Martin has dedicated more than 15 years to volunteering for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County. As a result, he was recently named one of seven 2019 Maytag Dependable Leaders, and with the award came a $20,000 grant that will go toward the STAR program.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  2. Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator
    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...
  3. Fifth Third's Commitment to Small Businesses
    Fifth Third believes that small businesses form the foundation of our communities – and when they succeed, we all succeed. Supporting them through...
  4. FedEx | Volunteer Campaigns
    Giving back is part of the FedEx culture. Team members support our charitable investments and local community needs by dedicating their time where...
  5. Social Progress
    Social engagement has always been an integral part of our sense of responsibility as a company. We care and we act to do our part to improve the...
  6. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  7. 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...
  8. Digital Safety
    We provide tools and guidance so people can manage digital content in a way that’s right for them and their families. Learn more >>
  9. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...
  10. Nutrition and Health
    Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...
  11. 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...
  12. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  13. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  14. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  15. Retail Logistics
    DP World provides end-to-end retail logistics solutions including comprehensive Purchase Order management from origin consolidation to retailer PO...