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Infographic: 2026 Grant impact at a glance: Strengthening communities globally.

Education & Workforce Development | Motorola Solutions

Supporting Today’s Heroes and Tomorrow’s Innovators

Behind every siren is a first responder facing the emotional toll of protecting their community. In classrooms worldwide, students are facing a different hurdle: a lack of the technology and mentorship required to succeed. These disparate challenges share a common solution.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Cascale Explores Sustainable Finance Enablers at Climate Bonds Initiative Connect Hong Kong

Cascale

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Strong by Form Closes €5.8M To Make Wood as Strong as Steel and Concrete

Ray C. Anderson Foundation

Education & Workforce Development

Entergy, Ampirical Invest $1.5M in LSU New Orleans Energy Lab

Entergy Corporation

Volunteering & Community

From Lumber to Lifelines: Aflac Employees Help Ensure No Child Sleeps on the Floor

Aflac Incorporated

Awards & Rankings

Industry Safety Organizations Recognize Georgia-Pacific for Excellence and Innovation

Georgia-Pacific Corporation

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Biopharma Circular Systems Will Move Beyond Park Benches

MilliporeSigma

Health & Healthcare

Guiding Stars: The Most Underrated & Simple Balanced Meal? A Sandwich

Guiding Stars Licensing Company LLC

AI & Technology

You Don’t Need $1,000 to Start a Business. You Might Not Even Need $100.

GoDaddy

Featured Brands

Guiding Stars: Cooking With Limited Equipment

There are many reasons why you may need to cook with limited equipment or without a full kitchen. Maybe you have a very small space, or it doesn’t make sense to heat up a large oven.

From Lumber to Lifelines: Aflac Employees Help Ensure No Child Sleeps on the Floor

On a Friday afternoon, when many people were looking ahead to weekend plans, 31 Aflac employees gathered in a Columbus, Georgia, warehouse with a different purpose in mind.

Guiding Stars: The Most Underrated & Simple Balanced Meal? A Sandwich

It’s time to stop sleeping on sandwiches—these lunchtime staples have a lot going for them. You have to appreciate the efficiency of packing all the food groups between two slices of bread.

Boutique Optician Uses AI To Save Time and Keep Clients Coming Back

Destynee Turner became an optician because she loves helping people see. But growing The Optical Experience, her boutique optical shop in West Palm Beach, Florida, demanded business skills no opticianry program taught her.

AI for Small Business: How Mannequin Madness Found a New Partner in AI

Judi Henderson has “always been curious about the next, newest thing.” That’s how she found herself buying a single mannequin in 1999 for an art project—and ended up an entrepreneur.

Guiding Stars: An Easy Protein for Low-Effort Meals: Tinned Fish

The American Heart Association recommends consuming fish at least twice per week to lower risk of heart disease. Tinned fish can help you meet this goal. It’s a shelf-stable, cost-effective protein that makes quick meals more accessible.

Idealist Awarded $220,000 From the Andrew Carnegie Foundation for Volunteering and Community Service

Idealist has received a $220,000 philanthropic grant from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation to strengthen participation in volunteering and community service throughout the United States. This investment comes at a pivotal time, following the 2025 merger of Idealist and VolunteerMat

Idealist Hosts Annual New York City Graduate School Fair for Social-Impact on September 29

Idealist will once again host an in-person graduate school fair in New York City on September 29th at the Metropolitan Pavilion for all those interested in social-impact careers.

T-Mobile Supports Indiana Communities Following Severe Weather and Prolonged Power Outages

Following destructive storms across the Midwest, T-Mobile teams helped support impacted customers and communities, including offering unlimited talk, text and data to customers in affected areas who don’t already have it, through Tuesday, September 15.

Verizon Combines Tech, Readiness and Grants for Complete Disaster Relief

As natural disasters become more frequent, evidenced by recent weather across the country, communities are left increasingly vulnerable. Verizon is meeting this challenge holistically by combining long-term resilience investments with immediate aid.

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Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: Taking a Bite Out of Designed Obsolescence

Apple is a massive company with global influence. If they set ambitious goals, and then achieve them, the impact will be immense and go beyond their own balance sheet and impact report.

Corporate Responsibility

Morgan Stanley Announces New Goal of Carbon Neutrality for Global Operations by 2022

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) today announced a new goal to achieve carbon neutrality for global operations by 2022. Underpinning this goal is a long-standing commitment to reducing energy consumption, improving energy efficiency and procuring renewable energy.

Education & Workforce Development

PayPal Hosts Kids in Tech Coding Camp

Every year, PayPal hosts a four-week long coding camp across five campuses in the U.S. that is open to kids of PayPal employees, introducing them to coding in fun and creative ways. This year, with nearly 90 employee volunteers and 190 kid participants across San Jose, Omaha, Scottsdale, Austin and Timonium, it resulted in our most successful program yet.

Environment

Our Disposable Society: From Plastics to Prisons

Plastic and prisons: two of America’s most toxic habits. Happily there are people working to create alternatives. This week on Sea Change Radio we learn about a new type of flexible compostable packaging, developed by Israeli entrepreneur, Daphna Nissenbaum, who hopes this new polymer will take a bite out of the enormous problem of plastic waste. Next, we speak to Zoe Loftus-Farren about her Earth Island Journal piece that exposes the multitude of environmental hazards created by the prison industrial complex and America’s unhealthy addiction to locking people up.

Philanthropy

Walmart and the Coalition for Veteran Owned Business Host VetSource Event to Boost Business Opportunities for Veteran Entrepreneurs

Philanthropy

Carnival Cruise Line Helping International Coastal Cleanup With Local Community at Lifou in New Caledonia

Carnival Cruise Line’s Captain Vittorio Marchi and other volunteers from Carnival Spirit worked shoulder to shoulder with the local community at Lifou in New Caledonia playing their part in an international movement to clean up the world's coast lines.

AI & Technology

Searching for the Next Facebook or Google: Bloomberg Helps Launch Tech Incubator

Michael Bloomberg likes to say that being fired from his high perch at Salomon Brothers in the summer of 1981 was one of the best things that happened to him. Freed from the golden shackles of one of Wall Street’s most iconic investment firms, the future mayor of New York City wasted little time.

Philanthropy

Xylem Commits $1 Million in Expanded Support for Relief Efforts in Response to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and Flooding in South Asia

Xylem announced plans to expand its support to $1 million in contributions and volunteer time to the recovery and rebuild efforts underway in response to some of the most devastating weather events on record: Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and the severe flooding in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. The Company’s actions include monetary contributions from the Company and its corporate citizenship initiative Xylem Watermark, employee plus matching gift donations and an expansion of its ongoing employee volunteer initiatives in the affected areas.

Corporate Responsibility

Amway Open Meeting Video | Trendspotting: CSR with the Power of 5

Education & Workforce Development

HP Reinvents Learning in the Developing World

Today, HP Inc. (NYSE:HPQ) announced the new HP School Cloud featuring the HP Open Learning Platform during Global Citizen Week. HP School Cloud will provide access to educational materials and apps to students, teachers and adult learners in rural and poor communities around the world.

Energy & Infrastructure

Resiliency is Preparedness

In addition to addressing the demands of urbanization growth, cities must also prepare for climate-related challenges via developing a resiliency strategy.

Philanthropy

CITGO Corpus Christi Sponsors Ready or Not Foundation’s Luncheon in Support of Pediatric Cancer Research

CITGO Corpus Christi is supporting Ready or Not Foundation’s efforts in pediatric cancer research by sponsoring this year’s Best Dressed Luncheon on Sept. 21 at the Solomon P. Ortiz International Center. Childhood brain tumors are the leading cause of death in pediatric cancer patients under the age of 19, and the Ready or Not Foundation aims to increase awareness and raise funds for vital research.

Awards & Rankings

Comcast NBCUniversal Receives Top Awards at USBLN Annual Gala

Comcast NBCUniversal is honored to be named one of the 2017 Best Places to Work by the US Business Leadership Network (USBLN) and American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), after receiving a score of 100 out of 100 on their annual Disability Equality Index (DEI) survey.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Consumers Energy Helps 10,000 Small Businesses Through Program that Rewards Energy Efficiency

Consumers Energy has helped 10,000 small businesses across Michigan lower their costs through an eight-year-old program that rewards them financially for taking steps to use less energy.

Philanthropy

Aliko Dangote Foundation and GBCHealth Join Forces to Build African Business Coalition for Health

Building on the leadership, reputation and convening power of the Aliko Dangote Foundation and the experience, reputation and global reach of GBCHealth, the African-led coalition of companies and philanthropists, will seek to improve the health and wellbeing of Africans, both within the workplace and within the broader communities. The partnership will develop and scale impactful health programs across Africa, deepening knowledge, building evidence for future investment and strengthening coordination among African philanthropists, business leaders, companies and local business networks.

Research & Reports

Trends in Integrated LNG and Gas Generation: A Timely Consideration for Indonesia and the Philippines

For growing maritime nations like Indonesia and the Philippines, integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminals and gas-fired gen can help balance the power mix. Although coal remains the No. 1 fuel choice, LNG and gas-to-power development could gain momentum, according to this year’s Electric Industry Report.

Awards & Rankings

Points of Light Releases The 2017 Civic 50 Report

Points of Light, the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service, has released a new report, “Inspiring and Leading in Times of Change: Insights and Best Practices from The 2017 Civic 50.” The Civic 50 provides a national standard for superior corporate citizenship and showcases how companies can use their time, skills and other resources to improve the quality of life in the communities where they do business.

Philanthropy

Tupperware Celebrates Extraordinary Youth

Tupperware Brands has a long history of supporting youth at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Canada. Here, the crème de la crème (Youths of the Year) share their achievements with over 3,000 Tupperware independent Sales Force Members.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Introducing the 42BELOW® Lemon Soap Science Series

The “Lemon Ladies” are back! Check out the latest episodes of our planet saving, recycled cocktail lemons soapy scheme including the one where the Lemon Ladies reveal what's in our secret soap recipe.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Advancing Gender Equality

Philanthropy

Online Home Furnishings Retailer The Mine Makes a Commitment to Habitat for Humanity ReStores Valued at $1 Million

Habitat ReStores are nonprofit home improvement stores and donation centers that sell building materials, appliances, new and gently used furniture, and home accessories at a fraction of the retail price. With nearly 900 Habitat ReStores across the U.S., proceeds allow Habitat to help more families build and improve their homes.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

VIDEO | Behind-the-Scenes: Mohawk Group’s Lichen Collection

Mohawk Group’s award-winning Lichen Collection is the world’s first floor covering to achieve Living Product Challenge Petal Certification from the International Living Future Institute.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

INTERVIEW: Yosemite Has A Trash Problem. What's Being Done About It?

Yosemite National Park has a trash problem. The more than 4 million people who visit every year and those that live in Yosemite leave 2,200 tons of garbage there annually.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

The Next Quarter Century’s Organic Marketplace: Insights from Stonyfield Farm's Gary Hirshberg

The overall organic sector has followed the same impressive trajectory. According to the "Natural Foods Merchandiser", in 1992 organic sector sales were $1.54B. Organic food sales have enjoyed double-digit growth every year since the 1990’s, topping out at $47B in 2016 and on pace for another roughly 10 percent growth this year, when they will likely cross the $50B mark. The organic sector now makes up about 5 percent of US retail food sales and Growing.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Sands ECO360 | Hosting Green Meetings and Events

With a few simple steps, we can help transform an event into a sustainable gathering. Many of our facilities have been awarded third-party environmental certification, providing a robust foundation for a successful sustainable meeting.

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Drive for MPC

At Marathon Petroleum, our professional truck drivers share one common vision: no accidents, no injuries, and no harm to the environment. We’re proud...

SCS Consulting

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Collective Action

Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...

Rethinking EHS Podcast

Join us as we travel the world to uncover real stories of impact—from landfills and energy transition to workplace safety, emerging contaminants, and...

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...

Cascale Events

Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...

Collaboration and Partnership

Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...

Greener Products and Solutions

We actively integrate sustainability into the product development process and look at all phases of the product life cycle for opportunities to...

GoDaddy | Customers

GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain name registrar, helps millions of entrepreneurs globally start, grow, and scale their businesses. People come to...

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...