Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Volunteering & Community

Maytag Providing Support for California HomeAid Project

Awards & Rankings

National Diversity Council Partner ADM Ranked No. 1 for Diversity Representation in Chicago

Archer Daniels Midland Company secured the top spot out of 50 public Chicago companies based on ethnic diversity within the company’s Board of Directors and in its leadership ranks.

Volunteering & Community

Why I Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity

Inclusion & Opportunity

As Seen on The Guardian: How Sustainability Can Help Companies Attract and Retain Young Employees

With the number of millennials in the workplace increasing each year, human resources departments are looking at what it takes to engage them.

Awards & Rankings

JetBlue Focuses on Inspiring Humanity with Huge Results

Socially Responsible Investing

Barclays Supporting Entrepreneurs to Tackle Global Challenges

A new set of Accelerator programmes is being launched by Barclays to support entrepreneurs that focus on solving social and environmental problems. Barclays has joined forces with Unreasonable Group, a leading platform for entrepreneurs solving global challenges with highly-scalable models, to launch a new partnership called Unreasonable Impact.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Finding Talent & Entrepreneurs Among 21 Million Global Refugees

Over the last few months, culminating with last week’s White House Summit on Refugees, several organizations have launched important efforts to humanize the refugee crisis and use capital and technology to help refugees take more control of their own lives. The most ambitious of these efforts seeks to identify entrepreneurs and those with unique skills within refugee camps and communities and connect them with the resources to re-launch their careers or businesses successfully. With over 2 million displaced Syrians, it is a safe bet that many of them are extremely talented and capable.

Corporate Responsibility

World’s Largest Companies Seeing Financial Performance Aligned with Social Responsibility

Giving in Numbers, the leading benchmark on corporate giving and employee engagement patterns.

Events

The Council for Corporate Responsibility Announces 2016 Texas Corporate Responsibility Summit

The Council for Corporate Responsibility, in partnership with Capgemini, is excited to host the 3rd Annual Texas Corporate Responsibility Summit at AT&T Inc. on November 15, 2016.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Meet the Antea Group St Paul Office!

The St Paul office serves a diverse client base, working within multiple segments and practice areas. Our projects span from traditional UST ELM support to retail health and safety for global high tech companies.

We have a particular depth of experience with petroleum release emergency response, having managed several large pipeline releases, and are well-regarded specialists in litigation support, having helped on diverse cases including brine production facilities, manufactured gas plants and electronics plants. St. Paul is also home to a core group that supports sustainability clients and is home base for two of the organization's segment leaders (food & beverage and healthcare.)

Awards & Rankings

Domtar Employee Dianne Loewen Nominated as a Domtar Difference Maker

In the 20 years that Dianne Loewen has lived and worked in Dryden, Ontario, she has seen time and again how the tight-knit community helps others. Loewen uses the words “wonderful,” “warm” and “family-oriented” to describe both her community and the employees of Domtar’s mill in Dryden, Ontario, where she has worked for the past two decades.

Environment

Sono Motors: On The Sunny Side Of The Street

Corporate Responsibility

What is the Future of Corporate Foundations? Share Your Views in New Survey

Are corporate foundations relevant in today’s world of sustainable business? What types of innovations are we seeing that could herald a revival of the model based around collaboration, impact and systemic change? Corporate Citizenship, a global management consultancy specialising in sustainability, is conducting research across the globe to gather valuable insight into the future of corporate foundations.

Energy & Infrastructure

Leading Green Building Consortium Expands on First Anniversary

Energy & Infrastructure

National Grid on Energy Awareness Month: The Transition Blueprint

Whether you call it a “balanced approach,” These shortages put New Englanders – including an “all-of-the-above strategy” or, as Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker put it, an energy “combo platter,” the bottom line is that New England needs everything: renewable energy, demand reduction, increased natural gas supplies, and electric transmission to connect us to remote resources.

Research & Reports

CBRE: “Market Forces at Work”

A high percentage of our clients not only expect sustainable space, they demand it. Especially when it comes to validating a property’s status as “green,” they continue to view LEED® certification as the industry standard. A lack of certification can actually become a disadvantage in the commercial real estate market.

Philanthropy

Bloomberg Beta's Roy Bahat: Yesterday, I Went to Prison

Research & Reports

NS Adopts Technology to Promote Safe Driving, Save Fuel

As owner of some 6,000 trucks, SUVs, and cars used in field operations across a sprawling 22-state system, Norfolk Southern ranks as a Top 100 commercial fleet. In 2015, the company piloted a test using telematics technology to enhance driver safety. NS saw improvements across a range of driving performance metrics, including benefits beyond safety – such as better fuel economy.

Research & Reports

New Report Shows Accelerated Growth in the Sustainable Seafood Supply Chain as MSC Certified Catch Nears 10 Million Tonnes

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) today published its 2015-16 Annual Report, highlighting market engagement and growth in MSC certified fisheries and supply chain. The report, From sustainable fishers to seafood lovers, showcases the organisations and individuals driving change from ocean to plate.

Philanthropy

Meet Donald | KFC Family Fund in Action

In June 2016, torrential rain caused flooding in West Virginia and parts of nearby Virginia. Twenty-three people lost their lives and thousands more were affected. KFC® Team Member Donald Blake was one of those people.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Darden for Life – Brian Hodge of Olive Garden

For some of Darden team members, creating great dining experiences for our guests is so fulfilling that it becomes their life’s work. Today we hear from one of our longtime team members whose years of achievement inspire us all.

AI & Technology

How MGM Resorts Started Its Own Healthcare Plan

With a workforce of 50,000 in Las Vegas, MGM Resorts saw a unique opportunity to improve the quality of healthcare for employees and their families as well as the entire population of Southern Nevada.

Philanthropy

Accelerating Biomedical Research to Improve Health

Research & Reports

Caterpillar's Sustainability Performance at a Glance

Latest Campaigns

Accelerating access to healthcare technology

We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...

KeyBank: Responsible Banking

Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...

Sustainability by Antea Group

At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...

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...

Special Economic Zones

Driving awareness of Special Economic Zones.

Integrated Tools

Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...

Kingfisher Around the World

The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...

Wells Fargo Social Impact and Sustainability

Wells Fargo & Company is a leading financial services company that has approximately $1.9 trillion in assets and proudly serves one in three U.S...

Small Business Growth

We strengthen communities and help create local jobs by investing in underserved small business owners. We fund nonprofits that are focused on...

PSEG Environmental Stewardship

PSEG’s environmental stewardship is evident in programs and strategies that reflect our commitment to clean air, clean water and waste management...