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Environment

Arrowhead® Mountain Spring Water Saves Tens of Thousands of Tons of Carbon Dioxide through Plastic Recycling Efforts

Arrowhead® Mountain Spring Water announced today that it has dramatically increased the amount of recycled plastic used in its bottle production. Thanks to the high recycling rate of California residents, and with help from its strategic partner CarbonLITE, Arrowhead now ensures that 9 out of 10 of its Arrowhead bottles made in California incorporate 50% post-consumer recycled plastic content.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sodexo’s Aster Angagaw Named One of Black Enterprise Magazine’s Most Powerful Women in Business

Aster Angagaw, Sodexo’s CEO of Healthcare, North America, was selected by Black Enterprise Magazine as one of the “Most Powerful Women in Business.” This exclusive listing ranks the most influential African-American female executives from across the country.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

15 Companies with Great Paternity Leave Policies

These employers recognize new dads have a more important job than the one at the office.

Green Infrastructure

T-Mobile Arena Becomes First Sports & Entertainment Stadium in Las Vegas to Achieve Prestigious LEED® Green Building Certification

Joint venture partners AEG and MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) announced today that in 2016 the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design® (LEED) Gold certification to T-Mobile Arena, a 20,000-seat sports and entertainment venue that will host the NHL expansion team, Las Vegas Golden Knights.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Visa and Girl Starter Team Up to Empower Female-Led Startups

Today, in celebration of International Women’s Day, Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) is announcing the third annual Everywhere Initiative with a focus on female entrepreneurship and a sponsorship of Girl Starter, a technology company that provides platforms to amplify girls in entrepreneurship and business leadership.

Diversity & Inclusion

Changing the Face of Gender Diversity in Mining – From the Top Down and Bottom Up

Picture a woman in the mining industry. What do you see?

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Businesses Seek Policy Certainty as Ohio Legislators Consider Rolling Back Clean Energy Standards

Today, Ceres and members from the business community came out in opposition to House Bill 114, legislation that would make Ohio’s renewable standards voluntary, weaken energy efficiency standards and allow commercial and industrial customers who use more than 700,000 kWH per year to opt out of energy saving programs.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Role Women Play in Empowering Meaningful Change

At General Mills, women play a vital role in the success of our company and our communities – from the female farmers who supply honey for our Nature Valley granola line and Honey Nut Cheerios to our workforce (more than half are women) to our female consumers across the globe, of all ages and backgrounds.

Diversity & Inclusion

Curated Pathways™ Sets Women and Minorities on the Path to STEM Careers

In a turbulent economy with an uncertain job market, a career in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) remains one of the most reliable paths to a rich, rewarding career. In fact, computer and IT jobs in the US are projected to grow 12 percent by 2024, faster than the average for all other occupations. But, as hard as it may be to believe, the U.S. Department of Labor projects that there won’t be enough qualified students to meet the demand – with more than 1 million computing job openings alone projected by 2024.

Diversity & Inclusion

‘The Only Girl In My Engineering Class’

Carol Malnati believes organizations that leverage gender diversity out-perform and out-innovate. It was the 1980’s and few women ventured into the university’s engineering buildings – let alone declare it as a major. In fact, Carol was typically the only girl in her engineering classes. “That’s when it hit me,” she says. “I could either walk away and prove them right that I didn’t belong, or stick with it. At that point, I wanted to be someone that encouraged young women to get involved in math, science, and engineering.” Today, she’s doing just that.

Events, Media & Communications

Republic Truck ROAD-EO Championship Winners Announced

Republic Services is pleased to announce the winners of the first National Truck ROAD-EO Competition, which was held on March 2nd in Phoenix, Arizona. The ROAD-EO involved Republic’s 50 top drivers and technicians--among 15,000 nationwide--who earned the opportunity to compete in the national championship by winning their respective local and area competitions.

Events, Media & Communications

Together We Can Move Mountains

As we reflect on March 8--International Women’s Day--I am recollecting the sea of 100,000 participants at the Women’s March in Portland, OR this last January. It was deeply gratifying to be surrounded by a strong, courageous and passionate group of women.

Diversity & Inclusion

#BeBoldForChange: Empowering Women in the Workplace, Marketplace and Community

During March we observe Women’s History Month, an opportunity to celebrate the many contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. Today, March 8th, marks a focal point during this commemorative month — International Women’s Day (IWD). IWD is a global day dedicated to celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women.

Diversity & Inclusion

VMware Hosts Second Annual Women Transforming Technology Conference

How can women navigate—and break—organizational barriers to advance in tech companies? This was just one of the many topics discussed at the second annual Women Transforming Technology (WT2) Conference, which took place at VMware’s Palo Alto headquarters on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017.

Diversity & Inclusion

On International Women’s Day, Las Vegas Sands Recognizes Accomplishments of VP of Global Sustainability

Armed with her law degree from Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, as well as a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree with a concentration in Finance from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Katarina Tesarova leads Las Vegas Sands’ global sustainability efforts by developing and implementing Sands ECO360, the company’s comprehensive sustainability strategy focused on reducing the environmental impacts of the organization.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

LIVESTRONG Joining Sean Swarner’s ‘Mission of Hope’ to the North Pole

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Closing the Gender Data Gap: A Conversation with Emily Courey Pryor of Data2X

In this episode of the Champions for Social Good Podcast, Jamie Serino speaks with Emily Courey Pryor, Executive Director of Data2X, a collaborative technical and advocacy platform that works to improve the quality, availability and use of gender data in order to make a practical difference in the lives of women and girls.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Scotiabank Celebrates International Women’s Day with a $150,000 Donation to Girls Learning Code Programming

In recognition of International Women’s Day, Scotiabank is making a $150,000 donation to Ladies Learning Code, a national not-for-profit organization working with women and young people to help them become passionate builders - not just consumers - of technology.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

La Banque Scotia fait un don de 150 000 $ au programme Girls Learning Code pour souligner la Journée internationale de la femme

Pour souligner la Journée internationale de la femme, la Banque Scotia fait un don de 150 000 $ à l'organisme national sans but lucratif Ladies Learning Code. Cet organisme a pour mission d'aider les femmes et les jeunes à passer de simples consommateurs à créateurs de technologies passionnés.

Energy

Vestas Reclaims Top Spot in Annual Ranking of Wind Turbine Makers

Vestas leads a group of three major manufacturers, but a “big four” will emerge this year

Diversity & Inclusion

Arrow Electronics Salutes International Women’s Day 2017

Arrow sponsors the annual Colorado Technology Association (CTA) Women in Technology conference, which convenes women IT leaders to be a model to influence girls in STEM. In addition, Arrow’s financial contributions support the CTA’s Foundation program, STEMworks, a source for high-quality, independently vetted STEM education programs in Colorado.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Voorspoed Mine Salutes 75 Top Students

Seventy-five top achievers in South Africa’s Free State Province have been given new laptops by De Beers’ Voorspoed mine.

Environment

The Rater CSRHub is Rated

Yes, CSRHub LLC, the developer of the CSRHub sustainability ratings web site, now has a CSRHub rating!

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