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Environment | International Paper

Celebrating the Role of the Gopher Tortoises in Our Forest

The best way to celebrate Gopher Tortoise Day is to ensure there are more gopher tortoises across their natural range in the southeast United States.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Leadership Spotlight: Q&A With Kim Frankovich, Global VP of Sustainability, Griffith Foods

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Subaru Ranked As Top Automaker in Forbes Best Brands for Social Impact for Third Consecutive Year

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Duke Energy Partners with Indiana Schoolchildren to Build Rain and Butterfly Gardens at Floyd County Park

About 30 volunteers from Duke Energy paired with Floyd County third- and fourth-graders to create rain and butterfly gardens at Kevin Hammersmith Memorial Park, Floyd County’s new 35-acre park.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Gearing Up for the Holiday Giving Season? Let Giving Tuesday and Taproot Foundation Help

This free webinar from Giving Tuesday and Taproot Foundation will teach you how to harness the expertise of marketing, graphic design, videography, and communications professionals who want to volunteer to help your cause. Register now to attend this free event and get prepared for #GivingTuesday!

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Timberland Volunteers Help First Grade Students Improve Reading Skills Through TutorMate’s Interactive Online Platform

Outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland recently offered employees at its corporate headquarters in Stratham, NH an innovative new way to serve -- from the convenience of their desks -- in partnership with TutorMate, a division of Innovations of Learning (a non-profit focused on teaching students to read).

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Latest UPS Sustainability Report Shares Stories of Innovation and Progress

UPS’s 16th annual Sustainability Report highlights the company’s sustainability challenges and accomplishments during 2017, including progress toward its 2020 and 2025 goals in support of the environment, global workforce, and communities around the world.

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Environment

Providing Perpetual Power in the Paradise of the Pacific

In Hawaii, the Hawaiian Electric Company and Verizon are helping build a future in which all the electricity comes from renewable sources, enabling the environment, society and the economy to thrive.

Sustainable Development Goals

Bechtel Partners with U.S. Agency to Deliver Infrastructure Solutions for Africa-led Development

Bechtel, a global leader in engineering, procurement and construction, will work with a leading U.S.-based development agency to accelerate the growth of local infrastructure across Africa.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

How Driscoll’s Is Creating Shared Value in Berry Supply Chains

The buyer-supplier relationship is changing in more ways than you might imagine. Consumers and retailers are increasingly demanding that suppliers demonstrate their sustainability: How are buyers and suppliers collectively adapting to changes in the market, as well as labor and environmental pressures?

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

AEG and BET Team Up to Mentor At-Risk Students for Annual BET Experience Service Day

AEG and BET joined forces for their annual employee service day to mentor at-risk high school students at Inner City Education Foundation’s (ICEF) View Park Prep High School on June 21, 2018. The annual service day was in conjunction with the BET Experience at L.A. LIVE and BET Awards at L.A. LIVE’s Microsoft Theater.

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Events, Media & Communications

How Sustainability Initiatives Can #MoveTheDate of Earth Overshoot Day

On August 1, humanity will have used nature’s resource budget for the entire year, according to Global Footprint Network, an international research organization that has pioneered the Ecological Footprint resource accounting metric. The Ecological Footprint adds up all of people’s competing demands for productive areas, including food, timber, fibers, carbon sequestration, and accommodation of infrastructure. Currently, carbon emissions make up 60 percent of humanity’s Ecological Footprint.

Environment

Four Million American Anglers Mobilized in Crowdsourced Effort to Collect Data and Trash from U.S. Waters This Independence Day

This Independence Day, Wednesday, July 4, 2018, Keep America Beautiful, the nonprofit steward of litter prevention for more than six decades, is partnering with Fishbrain, the world’s most popular mobile app and social network for people who love fishing, to ask the app’s over 4 million US users to undertake the largest-ever one-day crowdsourced audit of litter in the US.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Provides $15.5 Million in Total Financing for Construction of Affordable Housing in Rochester

KeyBank Community Development Lending & Investment (CDLI) has provided $15.5 million in total financing to Home Leasing, LLC for the construction of Charlotte Square on the Loop in Rochester, NY. Key provided a $6.6 million construction loan, plus $8.9 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity.

Sustainable Development Goals

The Quest for Handprints Over Footprints

At one time, the world was focused on leaving a smaller footprint on our planet; we were encouraged to change our lifestyles to take less from Mother Earth. Today companies such as Mohawk, dedicated to making business decisions rooted in corporate social responsibility, talk not just in terms of footprints but in terms of handprints — of giving back more than we take.

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Environment

Is Your Fridge Ready? Get Ready to Chill This Summer!

s your refrigerator ready for the busy summer season? Here are some simple tips to get your refrigerator in top shape for the summer months while saving food and energy costs.

Social Impact & Volunteering

VIDEO | Barclays Citizenship Awards: Team CXWorks - Access to Employment

Team CXWorks partnered with Tech Impact to develop a curriculum for a call centre training programme in Nevada to support unemployed young adults.

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Environment

13 Stunning Trees Around the World

Nature is full of wonder and beauty. The more time you spend outdoors, the greater your appreciation is for the natural world. Trees are some of the most fascinating natural phenomena, and these rare trees around the world prove it. How many of these trees do you recognize?

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Research, Reports & Publications

Carlson Wagonlit Travel Shows Significant Progress in Latest Annual Responsible Business Report

Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), the global digital travel management company, published its latest Annual Responsible Business Report on 26 June 2018, showing significant progress towards its 2020 objectives. This latest report has reached the UN Global Compact Advanced Level, recognizing the success of CWT’s Corporate Social Responsibility program.

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Bloomberg: Proving the Business Case for Sustainability

Bloomberg strives to decouple company growth from environmental impact, while increasing the efficiency and resiliency of our operations in a changing world. Finding innovative ways to power our business with renewable energy, lower our emissions and reduce waste, among other efforts to promote sustainability, has improved operating margins, minimized risk, lessened our environmental impact and saved money.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

A Spotlight on BET’s Aulston Taylor

Aulston Taylor exemplifies the true spirit of Viacom. On the job, he’s boosted BET Network’s roster of clients by a dozen or more advertisers in the last 24 months and was named 40 Under 40 by Texas Southern University’s Business School, his undergraduate alma mater. Off the job, he’s most recently doubled downed on his education by graduating from NYU with his Masters in Integrated Marketing focused on Brand Management.

Aulston has spent his entire life striving and demanding excellence for himself and while his job may require him to be in New York, Aulston has done anything but leave New Orleans, his hometown, behind. He is connected to the city in more ways than one; specifically, his commitment to the youth of New Orleans.

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Energy

National Grid is Working at the Pace of Innovation

It’s now hard to imagine a world without the Internet, social media, tablets, and smart phones – yet these technologies have all been around for less than 20 years. Society embraced these innovations and they are now part of our daily lives.

Events, Media & Communications

Sustainability at Scale: Q&A With P&G Chief Brand Officer Marc Pritchard

“What if P&G products were made in a way that recycles waste, water, and energy? We’re on it, with 85% of our production plants sending zero manufacturing waste to landfill and finding uses for 5 million tons of trash.”

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Hurricane Prep Tips from Dell Disaster Response Volunteers

The 2018 hurricane season – which kicked off June 1 – is expected to be “near-or above-normal,” according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. As those who have been in a hurricane will tell you, nobody affected by Harvey or Irma or any other event will look at an approaching storm without profound anxiety.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

iCause Launches Global Rewards Platform

iCause is proud to introduce an innovative rewards system, that lets you combine your weekend plans with earning rewards. The iCause rewards system consists of points that are accumulated with various activities tied to events and volunteering. The influence section provides you with a rating and an overview of all activities and earned reward points.

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Media & Communications

Is Business Doing Enough to Address “Environmental Degradation” –and Other Important Points-of-Debate at a Recent Harvard B-School Conference

Many people are fascinated with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with its wondrous 21st Century blend of modern and medieval elements – and the country appears to moving along with rapid and dramatic changes under new royal family leadership (Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman).

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whirlpool Wins Web Marketing Festival Award for Its Moments Not to Be Wasted Project

Whirlpool EMEA has won the Web Marketing Festival award in the category “Digital Food” for its Moments not to be Wasted, the edutainment program within primary schools in Europe raising awareness on the social and environmental value of food and the importance of not wasting it.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

[INFOGRAPHIC] Duke Energy In Action Month Volunteers Impact Communities in 2018

These are just a few of the numbers that showcase the impact of Duke Energy In Action Month. This year, we had a record-breaking month, with a 92% increase in the number of volunteers and a 95% increase in the number of hours logged.

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  1. 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...

  2. Climate Stabilization
    SCS is working to advance climate accounting and reporting based on the latest climate science to help stabilize climate below temperature thresholds...

  3. Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games
    The vision of Paris 2024 Paris 2024 will see a new vision of Olympism in action, delivered in a unique spirit of international celebration. We will...

  4. Carton Council
    Formed in 2009, the Carton Council is an industry organization committed to growing carton recycling in the U.S. By promoting both recycling...

  5. 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...

  6. Cascale Governance
    Cascale shares updates from its Board of Directors who serve as the principal governing body and are responsible for setting the strategic direction...

  7. First Responder Programming
    At Motorola Solutions, our customers are everyday heroes, and our philanthropic arm, the Motorola Solutions Foundation is dedicated to paying it...

  8. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...

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

  10. Fifth Third Day 2025
    Fifth Third Bank’s nearly 19,000 employees celebrate the annual “Fifth Third Day” by volunteering and donating to fight food insecurity within their...

  11. 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...

  12. Innovation & Sustainable Solutions
    Chemours chemistry is essential to our daily lives, global commerce, and the future. Our commitment to product sustainability drives us to innovate...

  13. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.

  14. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They're the people who build websites, run restaurants, and offer classes online. But their impact has gone largely unnoticed. Our mission is to...

  15. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They're the people who build websites, run restaurants, and offer classes online. But their impact has gone largely unnoticed. Our mission is to...