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Join Leaders From Google, Microsoft, REI & More at GreenBiz 26

Trellis Group

Events, Media & Communications

sustainability: 2025 Report - Rockwell Automation
Building a More Resilient, Agile, and Sustainable Future

Rockwell Automation

Research, Reports & Publications

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What We Learned (Or Didn’t) From Hurricane Katrina

TriplePundit

Social Impact & Volunteering

Responsible Production & Consumption

When OSHA Comes Knocking

As a new plant safety manager, it is your responsibility to ensure management is prepared for the next OSHA visit by implementing a pre-inspection procedure. This marks the all-important step three in your journey to excel as a new plant safety person, so let’s make sure you’re ready.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Cox Enterprises Recognized for Waste Management Program

Through its Cox Conserves sustainability program, Cox Enterprises has a goal to send zero waste to landfill by 2024.

Environment

AkzoNobel Human Cities Coalition

AkzoNobel Human Cities initiative highlights our commitment to improving, energizing and regenerating urban communities across the world.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

We’re in Great Company with Adoption-Friendly Workplaces

I’ve written here before about Wendy’s long-time commitment to foster care adoption. It’s a passion that flows throughout our system of restaurants around the world, and a cause we work to elevate in the minds of the public every chance we get. With more than 6,000 restaurants in North America alone, we touch millions of customers every day with the message from our founder Dave Thomas: Unadoptable is Unacceptable.

Innovation & Technology

Japanese Companies Improve ESG Performance: MSCI Report

Following decades of recession and slow growth, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe introduced a revitalization plan in 2012 – dubbed Abenomics – to address the key barriers of economic growth. One of the initiatives impacting corporations and capital markets was the establishment of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Corporate Governance Code. Implementation of these codes has led to greater attention among Japanese companies and investors on sustainable corporate earning capabilities.

Events, Media & Communications

Meet Our Tetra Tech Family

Providing excellent service and smart solutions for projects around the world for the past 50 years

Events, Media & Communications

How Does CEO Dan Batrack Define Tetra Tech’s DNA?

Discussing Tetra Tech’s entrepreneurial spirit, technical leadership, and the other values that make up our company’s common culture

Energy

Lockheed Martin and CoGen to Build Energy-from-Waste Plant in Wales

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has signed a teaming agreement with CoGen Limited to develop energy-from-waste projects in the United Kingdom, starting with a new plant in Cardiff, Wales.

Events, Media & Communications

Over $2,700,000 Raised at the 2016 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon

Events, Media & Communications

Tetra Tech Releases 50th Anniversary History Booklet

Commemorating 50 years of leadership in engineering and consulting services

Diversity & Inclusion

21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch Honored at Ghetto Film School's First Annual Fall Benefit

At Ghetto Film School's first annual Fall Benefit in Los Angeles on Thursday, Oct. 6, 21st Century Fox CEO and GFS board member James Murdoch was honored for his involvement in the nonprofit, which gives young, aspiring storytellers in historically underrepresented communities an immersive film education and hands-on industry experience.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Walt Disney Company Commits One Million Dollars in Humanitarian Aid to Support Communities Impacted by Hurricane Matthew

The Walt Disney Company has dedicated $1 million to help the people and communities impacted by Hurricane Matthew’s devastation. The funds will support our neighbors in Florida, as well as families across the storm’s path — from Georgia and the Carolinas to the Bahamas and the Caribbean.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Rob Refsnyder of the New York Yankees Goes Above and Beyond for Foster Children

Rob Refsnyder of the New York Yankees knows a thing or two about standing out from the rest.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

JPMorgan Chase to Donate $150,000 to Aid Hurricane Matthew Relief Efforts

JPMorgan Chase & Co. will donate $150,000 from its foundation to support the response to Hurricane Matthew. The grants will assist the American Red Cross and the International Medical Corps in providing immediate relief to those affected by the hurricane in the United States, Haiti and Bahamas.

Diversity & Inclusion

Honored for Excellence: Lockheed Martin and Sandia Employees Receive Hispanic National Achievement Award

Celebrating excellence through diversity, a pair of Lockheed Martin executives and two from Sandia National Laboratories were honored at the annual Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference (HENAAC) for their commitment to enriching their communities.

Health & Healthcare

Disney and Dole to Launch New Co-Branded Produce Assortment Featuring Iconic Disney, Pixar, Star Wars and Marvel Characters

Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media (DCPI) and Dole Food Company today announced plans to launch a new co-branded assortment of fresh produce featuring iconic Disney, Pixar, Star Wars, and Marvel characters at grocery and retail stores nationwide beginning this fall.

Social Impact & Volunteering

How to Plan a Service Day You and Your Nonprofit Partner Will Love

Despite new trends in corporate volunteering, the classic “Day of Service” remains popular among companies. How do you ensure the planning of your company’s day of service goes smoothly, and that it’s equally as beneficial to your nonprofit partner?

Social Impact & Volunteering

Atlanta Area Emergency Responders Hone Their Skills on Norfolk Southern Safety Train

Norfolk Southern Corporation’s safety train rolled into Atlanta this week, hosting 92 area emergency responders who received advanced training in safely handling potential rail incidents involving hazardous materials.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Keep Columbus Beautiful and the Columbus Blue Jackets Make ‘Miss Marie’ Proud

A number of Keep America Beautiful affiliates partner with major league and minor league sports franchises. Keep America Beautiful affiliate Keep Columbus Beautiful (KCB), for example, has long-standing partnerships with its local NHL franchise, the Columbus Blue Jackets, as well as MSL’s Columbus Crew SC.

Social Impact & Volunteering

CSX CEO Announces Major Employee Support Action Following Hurricane Matthew

Railroaders are often among the first to mobilize in response to a disaster, as the rail network provides a lifeline to affected communities. In the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, CSX employees have gone back to work quickly with enhanced efforts to restore much-needed transportation services to quickly get customers and communities what they need.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Supplier Diversity from the Inside Out

Diversity helps businesses and communities thrive. It’s that simple. When there are more options, more voices and more ideas, there are more opportunities for business excellence.

Energy

City of Birmingham Joins Trane in Launching Energy Saving Upgrades at Sustainability Commitment Signing Ceremony

In partnership with Trane, the city of Birmingham, Alabama, formalized its commitment to sustainability and launched energy saving upgrades to 125 city buildings at an Oct. 5 event at Titusville Public Library.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Play a Key Role in Developing Global Reporting Standards: Join the GSSB

Interested in playing a key role in developing the world’s most widely used standards for sustainability reporting? The GRI Independent Appointments Committee is looking to appoint a Chair and five new members for the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB).

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  1. Opportunity for All
    At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...
  2. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  3. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Whirlpool Corporation has several CSR partners including United Way, Habitat for Humanity International, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Consulada...
  4. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  5. SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights
    Highlighting the top news, commentary, and research for the week coming from SHQ. The highlights newsletter also spotlights one profiled organization...
  6. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  7. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  8. IWBI | WELL Building Standard
    Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...
  9. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  10. Wesco Cares
    Life-changing events can happen to any of us, often when we least expect them. Employees in need can turn to the Wesco Cares. Its mission is to be an...
  11. People
    As a family-owned business, Bacardi values the importance of creating a warm and welcoming workplace. We do so by fostering an environment where...
  12. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  13. Community Investment
    all community engagement efforts (e.g., Teach for All, volunteerism, etc.)
  14. Advocacy
    Position Action Against Hunger as a leading advocate for policy change and investment—calling for increased public health spending, improved nutrition...
  15. IWBI | Community News
    We believe that people's health and wellness should be at the center of design. That’s why we’re working with industry professionals in real estate...