Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Social Impact & Volunteering

Run for a Cause with Bottled Hope Run

Apr 20, 2016 10:35 AM ET

Families, running enthusiasts and even those who are environmentally conscious are encouraged to participate in the 2016 Bottled Hope Run as every entry will help to make a difference to someone else’s life.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Ask the Expert: What’s the Amgen Biotech Experience and How I Can Volunteer?

Apr 20, 2016 10:35 AM ET

Learn how you, as an Amgen Scholar, can make a difference in high school biology classrooms.

Responsible Production & Consumption

From E-Waste to New Life: Behind the Scenes with Arrow’s Value Recovery Business

Apr 20, 2016 10:05 AM ET

Reduce, reuse, recycle. These are the “three R’s” of protecting our environment, a mantra taught in schools and repeated in brochures.

Responsible Production & Consumption

The Water We Eat

Apr 20, 2016 10:00 AM ET

I expect most of us believe that the greatest amount of water we consume comes in the form of showers, baths, and drinks. Nope, and it’s not close.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

KeyBank Ranked #44 of Top 50 Companies for Diversity by DiversityInc

Apr 20, 2016 10:00 AM ET

KeyBank (NYSE: KEY) has earned the #44 place on the 2016 Top 50 Companies for Diversity list, which DiversityInc announced at a keystone event at Cipriani Wall Street on Tuesday, April 19. KeyBank was also ranked #2 of 10 on the “Best Companies for Opportunity” list and #7 of 12 on the “Diversity Council” list.

Research, Reports & Publications

Old Mutual Publishes Positive Futures Plan: Partnering With You to Do Good Things

Apr 20, 2016 9:30 AM ET

Innovation & Technology

Reconstruction After a Tsunami

Apr 20, 2016 9:05 AM ET

Environment

Dow Enters Sponsorship Deal With The Recycling Partnership

Apr 20, 2016 9:00 AM ET

The Dow Chemical Company has announced its financial support for The Recycling Partnership in its latest bid to advance the circular economy, the one in which all production systems are part of no-waste loop.

Research, Reports & Publications

2015 Progress Report: L’Oréal’s Sustainability Program is Accelerating

Apr 20, 2016 5:00 AM ET

L’Oréal unveils the 2015 results of Sharing Beauty With All, the Group’s sustainability program that sets ambitious commitments for 2020.

Environment

Earth Week Guest Post: Our Future Flies on the Wings of Pollinators

Apr 19, 2016 5:15 PM ET

For the second post in our annual Earth Week guest series, we invited Laurie Davies Adams, the executive director of the Pollinator Partnership to discuss the importance of pollinators.

Environment

SCA Named Among the World’s Most Sustainable Companies

Apr 19, 2016 5:00 PM ET

In 2015, the world’s focus shifted on sustainability.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM the First to Launch Indices

Apr 19, 2016 5:00 PM ET

LONDON, NEW YORK, ZURICH, APRIL 19, 2016 /3BL Media/- S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), one of the world’s largest providers of financial market indices, and RobecoSAM, the investment specialist focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing, today announced the launch of the S&P ESG Index Series.

Events, Media & Communications

The Sustainability Consortium Set to Release Impact Report on April 21

Apr 19, 2016 5:00 PM ET

The Sustainability Consortium’s first-ever impact report, Greening Global Supply Chains: From Blind Spots to Hotspots to Action, identifies and quantifies the impact of the consumer goods supply chain and explores TSC tools that identify and reduce these risks around the products we love and the retailers we love to buy them from.

Health & Healthcare

Sodexo Listens to Colby College Students to Create Fast, Affordable Smoothies

Apr 19, 2016 4:30 PM ET

What’s fast and easy, affordable, full of your favorite things and spins at the speed of tens of thousands RPM? The students of Colby College in Waterville, ME, would say it’s their new self-serve smoothie bar. The students are thankful to have a food service company like Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Life Services, who is willing to try their ideas to improve the dining hall experience and deliver healthy alternatives.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Volunteering Could Be the Missing Component to Your Workplace Success

Apr 19, 2016 4:10 PM ET

Giving back to our communities and to those in need makes our lives more meaningful. Not only do we encourage our kids to do community service while they’re in school, but many people spend weekends doing volunteer work, often through an organized group or a religious institution.

Education

The Power of an Education

Apr 19, 2016 4:05 PM ET

When it comes to donating time and financial resources, I've always been most interested in projects that truly have a long-term impact on improving the community where we live and work, reducing future poverty and creating sustainable opportunity. I think it's an approach that many of us in the industry share. Nothing comes closer to that than education.

Research, Reports & Publications

State of Edtech: How Money Shapes Tools and Schools

Apr 19, 2016 4:05 PM ET

Since 2010, the U.S. K-12 edtech industry has seen a boom of venture investing in education technology. EdSurge has been “following the money” behind venture investments in U.S. K-12 edtech companies to understand the dollars--and their implications. Those investments are redefining the tools and curriculum available to schools, and will have an effect on teaching and learning -- eventually. Measurable “exits” and demonstrated outcomes for schools have been scarce so far. But here’s what we’re seeing:

Events, Media & Communications

Welcome to the EHS & Sustainability Forum

Apr 19, 2016 4:00 PM ET

Research, Reports & Publications

CSX Affirms its Commitment to Sustainability in Business Roundtable Report

Apr 19, 2016 3:45 PM ET

In the recent Business Roundtable report, “Create, Grow, Sustain: People and Technology at Work,” CSX Chairman and CEO Michael Ward describes how the company has focused on innovative technology and systems, environmental efficiency, and community involvement in order to continue to drive sustainable business results for the long term.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Arrow Electronics Innovating Communities: Colorado Symphony

Apr 19, 2016 3:15 PM ET

In 2015, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra (CSO) performed the entire Arrow “Five Years Out” overture. This original musical composition reflects Arrow’s commitment to innovation and represents the orchestra’s expansion into creating original music. Arrow is the Symphony’s presenting sponsor for the 2016 season.

Environment

Disney Conservation Fund Celebrates 20-Year Anniversary by Unveiling New Initiative to Protect the Planet

Apr 19, 2016 3:15 PM ET

In honor of its 20th anniversary, the Disney Conservation Fund (DCF) announced today a targeted philanthropic strategy to help protect the planet through collaborating with leading nonprofit organizations that will help threatened wildlife and inspire a lifelong love for nature in young people. The new initiative, called “Reverse the Decline, Increase the Time,” is aimed at reversing the decline of 10 threatened species through scientific research, community collaboration, and increasing the time kids spend in nature.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

BJ's Charitable Foundation Grants $10,000 to Cardinal Cushing Centers

Apr 19, 2016 3:00 PM ET

Cardinal Cushing Centers recently received a $10,000 grant from the BJ’s Charitable Foundation. This grant was used to purchase a SMART Table and accompanying technology for South Shore Industries, Cushing’s employment training program for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Health & Healthcare

You Don’t Have to Walk the Journey Alone

Apr 19, 2016 2:20 PM ET

Stories like Melissa’s are why it’s more important than ever for LIVESTRONG to continue providing free programs and services to people facing cancer. Your generous support makes it all possible. And, when you make a gift today, your dollars will DOUBLE thanks to a matching gift challenge from the Shine Foundation.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Anthony Guerrero Appointed to International Living Future Institute Board of Directors

Apr 19, 2016 2:00 PM ET

The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) announced today that Anthony Guerrero, Director of Sustainability at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), will join the ILFI’s Board of Directors. Guerrero leads the development of sustainability strategies for NRDC’s core operations, and has already instituted Living Building Challenge (LBC) principles into his projects. Under his leadership, NRDC achieved LBC Petal Certifications for its Chicago and Beijing offices, and is pursuing certification for its newest expansions in Chicago and San Francisco.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Why Being Socially Responsible Is More Important Than Ever

Apr 19, 2016 1:30 PM ET

Your company needs to be socially responsible because people are starting to value socially responsible companies more than ever.