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Research, Reports & Publications

Botswana Businesses Benefit from De Beers Investment

De Beers Group strengthened Botswana communities in 2016 through major investment in local goods and services, according to its latest Report to Society.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Nine Investor Insights on Transparency and Disclosure

We've accumulated investor insights regarding sustainability transparency and disclosure in our new report, Nine Top Investor Takeaways from BIER. Key areas of emphasis include the importance of materiality, the future of reporting, and potential reporting fatigue. To learn more, download the full report.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Building Opportunities for All Through Comcast Cares Day

On Saturday, April 22, more than 150 Comcast NBCUniversal and community volunteers banded together to build a fence around the site of a future three-acre park that will be available to kids of all abilities.

Environment

Mike Bloomberg & Carl Pope Talk Climate Change on Morning Joe

Mike Bloomberg and Carl Pope talk about the significant advances made to address climate change on MSNBC's Morning Joe.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

General Motors Sustainability Newsletter - May 2017

GM earned the 2017 EPA ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year — Sustained Excellence award for continued leadership in protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency.

Health & Healthcare

Bringing Global Awareness to the Importance of Hand Hygiene on World Hand Hygiene Day

May 5, 2017, marks the day that hospitals around the globe join the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to raise awareness for the importance of hand hygiene.

Innovation & Technology

March for Science — Really?

How is it possible that in America, on the 47th anniversary of Earth Day, it was concluded that our situation was so dire that what was needed was not just a march for aggressive climate policies, but rather a “March for Science” itself?

One cannot help but notice history repeating itself as we enter a new era: a Second Scientific Revolution.

Innovation & Technology

DuPont Tate & Lyle: A Blueprint for Successful Innovation in Industrial Biotech

Welcome to DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products, where our mission is to provide customers with a competitive advantage by offering improved, higher-performing ingredients from a petroleum-free, sustainable and renewable source. Our 1,3-propanediol serves as the building block for ingredients that enhance people’s lives, protect the environment, and reduce the world’s dependence on petroleum.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Muskegon Food Hub Pilot Is Step Toward Cross-lake Agriculture Shipping

Muskegon is taking the first bite out of its plans for a food hub that uses rail, highways and the Muskegon Lake deep water port. The Muskegon Food Hub pilot was launched on Tuesday, May 2.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Fatherly Names VMware One of the 50 Best Places to Work for New Dads

At VMware, we believe that family comes first. So, we’re proud to announce that our organization has been named one of the 50 Best Places to Work for New Dads by Fatherly, a digital lifestyle guide for young parents.

Research, Reports & Publications

Cox Enterprises Releases 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

Sustainable Development Goals

Keeping Bees Warm in Winter

We are dependent on even the smallest of creatures such as butterflies, wasps, and flies – and particularly bees, to pollinate the crops which provide us with a third of all our food, and a world without them would be devastating. Bees also play an important role in Goldcorp’s reclamation process, as they are able to pollinate and improve our replanting efforts.

Education

Above and Beyond: How to Differentiate from your Competitors

The business realm can be frustrating. Trends fluctuate, consumer demands vary, and competition is fierce. Proven success is cultivated based on how well a business plans strategically, analyzes trends, and, most importantly, differentiates from their competitors.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Employee Exemplifies Caring Value by Saving a Life

Some extraordinarily good things happen on airplanes. Originally trained as a nurse, Gursharan (Sharan) Kaur Sidhu took action when a fellow passenger was in distress. Sharan, Kimberly-Clark Professional Business Capability Manager for Malaysia and Indonesia, was traveling from Jakarta, Indonesia to Kuala Lumpur after a distributor conference.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Crowdsourcing Helps Teachers Make a Difference

Duke Energy is partnering with DonorsChoose.org to help teachers in Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina and South Carolina fund projects that support literacy programs and foster a growing interest in science and technology fields.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Major League Baseball Players Continue to Provide Releif in Haiti

Hurricane Matthew devastated Haiti last October and left thousands of families in dire circumstances, but the Major League Baseball Players Trust’s efforts to bring medical aid to the hardest hit areas of the impoverished country are continuing this spring.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CSX Again Named a Best Corporate Citizen

CSX Corporation (Nasdaq:CSX) recently was named to Corporate Responsibility Magazine's list of Best Corporate Citizens for 2017. The company ranked 55th in its fifth appearance on the list and was the only railroad within the top 100.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AccountAbility CEO, Sunny Misser, Honored as the 2017 Distinguished Alumni for Excellence in Industry by Lehigh University

AccountAbility CEO, Sunil (Sunny) Misser, was honored as the 2017 Distinguished Alumni for Excellence in Industry by Lehigh University. Mr. Misser was invited to deliver the keynote public lecture, Responsible Business – Rebuilding Trust and Creating Value, on Thursday, April 20, 2017 as part of the Lehigh Industrial and System Engineering’s annual Spencer C. Schantz Distinguished Lecture Series.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Honor Great CSR Work - Nominate for the 2017 Citizens Awards!

Recognize an outstanding corporate citizenship program by nominating them for our 2017 Corporate Citizenship Awards. The deadline to submit applications is June 23.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Personal Protective Equipment: A Primer

Antea Group takes a closer look at four significant requirements, including what the standards actually require and what a plant safety manager needs to know to be compliant.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

How a Passat Parked Inside a Hospital Helps People Get Moving Again

The mint-green sedan was the first thing you noticed inside the inpatient therapy gym at the Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation. Parked facing a window, with its engine compartment chopped off, the 1978 Pontiac with matching-green vinyl interior looked a bit alien next to the treadmill and staircases – but all are tools that help patients reacquaint themselves with the outside world.

While that car served Siskin Hospital for the past 26 years, Volkswagen Chattanooga thought it could help patients work with a more modern vehicle, by donating a 2016 Chattanooga-built Passat sedan to replace the old sedan in Siskin Hospital’s gym.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

It's National Foster Care Month

Did you know there are more than 425,000 children in foster care right now? And that more than 130,000 of them are in need of loving, adoptive homes?

Health & Healthcare

Avnet Success Story | The Story of Braster

Social Impact & Volunteering

Amgen Volunteer Uses Impact Day to Give Back

Deb, an Exec. Biopharmaceutical Rep. in Washington, D.C., used her Impact Day to help homeless families at a local nonprofit organization, For Kids.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Investing in Employee Experience - Engagement Through Volunteering

While more and more studies are being published that link employee engagement to volunteer experiences, Chris Jarvis of Realized Worth will tell you that too many companies are missing opportunities to truly engage their employees. Why? Because they are thinking about transaction rather than transformation.

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