Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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HPRC Impact Report

Health & Healthcare | Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

HPRC Publishes Inaugural Impact Report: Paving the Way for Sustainable Healthcare Plastics

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) is thrilled to announce the publication of its inaugural Impact Report for 2024.
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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Europe Leads the Way on Scope 3 Emissions: What Investors and Companies Need To Know

CSRHub

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Cocoa Market Turmoil: How Hershey Is Innovating Through Unprecedented Challenges

The Hershey Company

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sustainable Strategies for Grocery Growth

Tetra Pak

Energy

Stop Buying Energy Infrastructure. Start Buying Results.

Veolia North America

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Why Sustainability Is the Smartest Investment in an Uncertain Trade Landscape

DP World

Energy

Energy for a Better Future: Entergy’s Growth and Resiliency Strategy

Entergy Corporation

Energy

AllianceBernstein: Power Play: How To Invest Smarter in the Race for Electrification

AllianceBernstein

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sysco 2024 Sustainability Report: At the Heart of One Planet One Table

Sysco Corporation

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Viacom and NYC Service Help the Disadvantaged Pack for College

On Monday, June 11, Viacom interns and employees gathered in a pop music-filled conference room at the company’s Times Square headquarters. They had come to join Viacommunity – Viacom’s social-responsibility arm – to assemble duffle bags full of towels, sheet sets, laundry bags, comforters, backpacks and other items for disadvantaged college-bound students.

The two-hour event was part of Project Move-In Day, a collaboration between the Mayor’s Office of New York City’s NYC Service program, the New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS), and corporations such as Viacom that aims to provide 150 homeless or disadvantaged students with a packaged bag of dorm necessities at a summer send-off reception honoring their hard work and dedication.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The KFC Youth Foundation and StreetWork Partner to Help High Risk Youth in Australia

Learn more about StreetWork, a partner of The KFC Youth Foundation, and the incredible work they do to help high risk youth in Australia.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Smithfield Foods Donates More Than 400,000 Pounds of Protein to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

Smithfield Foods, Inc. donated more than 400,000 pounds of protein to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank as part of the company’s 2018 Helping Hungry Homes® tour. Now in its 10th year, Helping Hungry Homes® is Smithfield’s signature hunger-relief initiative focused on helping Americans become more food secure. This donation, the largest in Helping Hungry Homes® history and equivalent to more than 1.6 million servings, will help support the estimated 1.2 million people in Los Angeles County who live with food insecurity.

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Innovation & Technology

Metro Atlanta Teachers Participate In Groundbreaking Education Program Promoting Critical Thinking In Students

Tata Consultancy Services, (TCS), (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital education content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, today announced the metro Atlanta launch of their Ignite My Future in School initiative.

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Innovation & Technology

Metro Atlanta Teachers Participate In Groundbreaking Education Program Promoting Critical Thinking In Students

On a national level, Ignite My Future in School has a goal of engaging 20,000 teachers and one million U.S. students by 2021. As a first step towards this objective, TCS and Discovery Education have partnered with U.S. school districts in the D.C area, Georgia, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin as early adopters and launch sites of this transdisciplinary approach. Since its debut, the program has engaged educators from every state, over 3,300 in total, while impacting more than 185,000 students.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

New York Times: Walmart Says It Will Pay for Its Workers to Earn College Degrees

Walmart announced plans to offer subsidized college tuition for its 1.4 million workers in the United States, joining a growing list of companies that are helping employees pay for higher education as a perk in a tight labor market.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Las Vegas Sands Cares for Communities in the Face of Disaster

In 2017, our global properties were called on many times to step up in the face of tragedy. From Typhoon Hato in Macao to the Las Vegas shooting massacre and other U.S. natural disasters, Las Vegas Sands and its Team Members rose to the challenges.

Green Infrastructure

Solar Highways for the 21st Century

Revenue from highway solar could provide a steady revenue stream instead of the doomed gas tax, unpopular tolling, and unreliable congressional appropriations.

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Events, Media & Communications

Video: Purpose and Corporate Social Responsibility

On Tuesday, June 26th at 2pm ET/ 11am PT, VolunteerMatch hosted a free webinar about how purpose and corporate social responsibility are different, and where they overlap. Attendees learned how to create a purpose-driven CSR and volunteer program, and heard examples of companies already doing it successfully. Miss the webinar? Watch the recording here.

Research, Reports & Publications

Sustainability Reporting: Switch from GRI G4 to Standards Due

On 1 July 2018, the transition from GRI’s G4 Guidelines to the GRI Standards will be complete. Read more about what this means for your organization's sustainability reporting.

Diversity & Inclusion

Moving Beyond Pride Month: How Brands Can Authentically Celebrate & Support The LGBTQ + Community Year-Round

June is a meaningful time for the LGBTQ+ community. What started as a day to honor a significant catalyst for the gay rights movement — the 1969 Stonewall Riots — has expanded to a whole month of reflection, education and celebration. With rainbow-adorned cities around the world hosting a number of events and parades to celebrate the community, Pride Month is an important moment in time to recognize progress made and acknowledge work that still needs to be done.

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Health & Healthcare

Summer Food Safety Tips

Summer eating is wonderful – from grilling in your backyard to picking fresh vegetables at the farmers’ market to camping cookouts – there’s so much to enjoy. Don’t ruin your summer fun with a foodborne illness. Here are five tips from Dr. Ruth Petran, Ecolab food safety expert, to keep your food safe this summer.

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Diversity & Inclusion

The Girl Rising Creative Challenge, Powered by HP Call for Submissions Is Now Open

HP and Girl Rising are now accepting submissions for the Girl Rising Creative Challenge, Powered by HP. This global challenge is designed to encourage individuals to share stories of how they or people within their own communities are making the world a better place for girls and young women through technology. Submissions, in the form of video, audio, essays and artwork, will be accepted through Girl Rising’s website from May 22 through August 15, 2018.

Energy

Cypress Creek Renewables and NRG Innovate the Future of Solar Power for Texas Commercial and Industrial Customers

Cypress Creek Renewables, one of the largest integrated solar energy companies in the U.S., and NRG Energy, Inc. announced a joint project where Cypress Creek will develop and operate 25 megawatts of solar projects for NRG to support commercial and industrial customers. The environmentally friendly solar installations will be the foundation of a new type of simplified fixed-price renewable energy plan for large businesses, adding an innovative dimension to a proven product structure.

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Energy

VIDEO | Sustainability and Circular Economy Everywhere at Schneider Electric

With more than 168,000 tons of C02 already avoided through maintenance, retrofit and end-of-life services, Schneider Electric is deeply committed to UN’s SDG 12 efforts. The company’s services help to return equipment to its optimum performance thus extending its lifespan.

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Innovation & Technology

Six Educators Share How They Are Using 3D Printing to Teach Their Students

Not only is 3D printing radically impacting the manufacturing and industrial sectors, but it is also changing how educators are teaching their students as well. 3D printing is offering educators new ways to explain, teach, and experience different concepts. And, the technology is already being used by teachers all over the world to enhance their lesson plans.

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Events, Media & Communications

Global Problem Solving Comes to Life at Cisco Live US 2018

Cisco Live US 2018 may be over, but it was only the continuation of our collective efforts to positively impact people, society, and the planet. Thanks to the more than 26,000 attendees and 350,000 online viewers who took part in Cisco Live this year, we saw global problem solvers come to life in Orlando, Florida.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Business Aligns with SDGs: How Pfizer Takes Action to Support SDG 3

Improving the health and well-being for a worldwide population expected to swell to 8.5 billion people by 2030 is integral to each of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Pfizer Inc. will talk about its support of the SDGs in the second of 3BL Media’s new webcast series, “Aligning Business With the Global Goals,” July 26 at 2 p.m. ET. Attendance is free and open to corporate responsibility and sustainability professionals

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Research, Reports & Publications

On Track to Meet 2020 Goal to Invest $20 Million in Data-Driven Initiatives, Leveraging Company’s Expertise in Data and Technology

Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS), a leading global provider of data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions, today released its annual Corporate Responsibility Report for 2017, which reviews accomplishments over the past year and sets new goals for 2020 across all three of the company’s lines of business – Alliance Data’s card services business, Epsilon and LoyaltyOne – as well as the parent company. This year’s report presents an updated corporate responsibility strategy that provides a blueprint for activities over the next three years, with a focus on leveraging the company’s expertise in technology and data analytics to benefit the social good – a purpose-driven approach the company calls “data for good.”

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Events, Media & Communications

Tetra Tech International Development Services Launches #TtInspires Campaign

At Tetra Tech, our people are our strength. Their passion and expertise enable Tetra Tech to provide the best solutions for clients around the world.

Innovation & Technology

Planet Water Foundation and Xylem Further Improve Clean Water Access with Innovative Home-Based Solution

Planet Water Foundation, a leading non-profit organization that addresses global water poverty by delivering clean water access and hygiene education programs and Xylem (XYL), a leading global water technology company committed to developing innovative technology solutions to the world’s water challenges, have devised a unique application for Xylem’s FlowJet advanced pumping technology to provide clean water access in homes located in some of the world’s most impoverished communities.

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Events, Media & Communications

Tech Companies Push Back on Immigration Practices

The administration’s “no tolerance” policy puts “something fundamental at stake: whether our nation’s policies will reflect values or run in direct contradiction to them,” Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia, in a statement typical of many.

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Research, Reports & Publications

CBRE Releases Eleventh Annual Corporate Responsibility Report

CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, has released its eleventh annual Corporate Responsibility Report. The 2017 report – themed “Sharing the Responsibility” -- highlights CBRE’s many accomplishments as a leader in responsible business practices within the commercial real estate industry.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Regenerative Manufacturing, the Circular Economy and Engineering for Ecology at the Living Product EXPO in September

(Pittsburgh, PA- June 28, 2018) Healthy Materials for Everyone is the promise of regenerative manufacturing – and the International Living Future Institute’s Living Product Expo is ground zero for manufacturers, product designers and the people who specify those products to connect and craft the future of materials. Registration is open for the 2018 Living Product EXPO September 11-13, 2018, in Pittsburgh.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Employee Giving: An Engagement Opportunity

Since 2006, employees of LBG Canada companies have contributed almost $400 million to communities, approximately 1/3 of the total $1.2 billion leveraged from stakeholders.

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