Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Young Minds, Inventing Change

Apr 14, 2016 2:35 PM ET

Old fashioned play and tomorrow’s technology are connected – the most advanced technologies and machinery are often created by literally tinkering with them, taking them apart and putting them back together again. That is why AT&T supports programs like Imagination Foundation – an organization dedicated to finding, fostering and funding creativity and entrepreneurship. Together, we can raise a new generation of innovators and problem solvers who have the tools they need to build the world they imagine.

Education

Employees Take Charge of Learning: Deloitte's Global Human Capital Trends 2016 Report

Apr 14, 2016 2:05 PM ET

The pressure on organizations to improve learning and development continues to intensify. Advances in technology, shifts in demographics, and the constant competitive necessity to upgrade workforce skills are disrupting corporate learning.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Cornerstones of Care and Aramark Unite to Provide Career Opportunities for Youth

Apr 14, 2016 2:00 PM ET

Cornerstones of Care and volunteers from Aramark hosted a two-hour training for approximately 25 teens and young adults in the Cornerstones’ Pathways, Youth Educational Success and/or foster care services.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Shopping for Responsibility in Home Furnishings

Apr 14, 2016 1:30 PM ET

IKEA Sustainability Officer Steve Howard practically shook the earth when he announced early this year that the home furniture market had reached “peak stuff.” New product sales, he said, had already seen their heyday and were now entering a decline. And he wasn’t just speaking off the cuff—IKEA is currently positioning their business towards a circular economy while still hoping to double sales by 2020.

Diversity & Inclusion

Global Businesses are Making a Difference on #SDG5 - Gender Equality

Apr 14, 2016 1:30 PM ET

This week, Global Sourcing Council's 17 Weeks for 17 SDGs Intiative explores Goal 5 with examples of action from organizations and businesses to ensure gender equality and empower all women and girls.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

UPS Names Tamara Barker New Chief Sustainability Officer

Apr 14, 2016 1:30 PM ET

UPS (NYSE: UPS) announced today that Tamara Barker has been named the company’s new Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) and Vice President of Environmental Affairs, effective immediately. Barker will succeed Rhonda Clark, a 26-year UPS veteran, who has been named Vice President of Corporate Plant Engineering for UPS.

Environment

Over 20 Percent of Nestlé Purina Factories in North America Achieve Zero Waste to Landfill Status

Apr 14, 2016 12:50 PM ET

Environment

A Banner Year for Sustainability: Translating the Results of 2015

Apr 14, 2016 12:25 PM ET

2015 was a pivotal year for global sustainability. In September, the leaders of 193 United Nations (UN) Member States adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs, comprised of a set of 169 targets, are the heir to Millennium Development Goals and represent a shared vision for what needs to be achieved by 2030 to secure a sustainable future. A few months after the SDGs were announced, world leaders gathered in Paris and agreed in principle to a new global framework to address climate change.

While both the SDGs and Paris Agreement are public sector commitments, achieving them will require multi-stakeholder collaboration. Yet these landmark agreements also take center stage in a sustainability environment already ripe with a dizzying array of sustainability frameworks, g

Health & Healthcare

Baxter-Supported Community Partnership in India Launches Mobile Health Application to Expand Healthcare for Women and Children

Apr 14, 2016 12:20 PM ET

Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) and the Baxter International Foundation, the company’s philanthropic arm, continued to advance access to healthcare through a recent collaboration with World Vision India to develop a mobile health application. In addition, Baxter and its foundation made financial and in-kind donations valued at nearly $25 million in 2015 to create lasting social, environmental and economic value for all stakeholders, including the communities in which its employees live and work.

Research, Reports & Publications

NAEM Fields Comprehensive Survey of EHS and Sustainability Organizations

Apr 14, 2016 12:15 PM ET

Today NAEM initiated its latest benchmarking survey on how companies staff, structure and assign responsibilities to the environment, health and safety, and sustainability (EHS&S) function.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Penn State's Smeal College of Business Awarded Prestigious LEED® Gold Certification

Apr 14, 2016 12:05 PM ET

Innovation & Technology

Streamlining the Farm-to-Buyer Process to Improve the Livelihoods of Ecuador’s Corn Farmers

Apr 14, 2016 11:55 AM ET

Events, Media & Communications

SROI Canada 2016 Training Dates Announced

Apr 14, 2016 11:40 AM ET

SROI Canada 2016 Training dates announced for Calgary, Toronto and Vancouver

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

#NationalVolunteerWeek: Cox Conserves Heroes Celebrates Environmental Volunteers

Apr 14, 2016 11:30 AM ET

It’s National Volunteer Week. Through the Cox Conserves Heroes program, we are honored to have recognized more than 150 environmental volunteers. Building trails, removing litter from rivers, generating environmental awareness, protecting aquifers, saving burrowing owls, leading interactive tours at farms, creating community gardens, removing invasive species and saving Hemlock trees are just a few of the projects led by Cox Conserves Heroes. And, it’s not their job. It’s their passion and commitment to the environment that spur this volunteerism and inspires others to act.

Education

Municipal Credit Union Brings Technology Upgrades To High School Students In The Flatlands

Apr 14, 2016 11:00 AM ET

Thanks to a unique partnership with Generation Schools Network and CBS EcoMedia’s EducationAd program, Municipal Credit Union (MCU) is providing high school students at Brooklyn Generation School with important technology upgrades that will better prepare them for STEAM-focused fields, and enhance their educational experiences by bringing technology into classrooms.

Events, Media & Communications

Winds-of-Change Blowing Through Industry: The Fourth Industrial Revolution & The 21st Century Company in Focus…

Apr 14, 2016 11:00 AM ET

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is upon us, writes Tim Nixon, managing editor at Greenbiz. He sees the important characteristics of the revolution including greater overall transparency and much more information made available in business and other walks of life; and, disruptive technology accelerating to send ripples of change throughout society. Imagine disruption on steroids. The major players in the revolution are investors, customers and regulators.

Education

The MFA Design for Social Innovation 2016 Thesis Show

Apr 14, 2016 11:00 AM ET

Join is for the MFA DSI Thesis Show!

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Conundrum of Women and Investing

Apr 14, 2016 10:45 AM ET

On Wall Street today, when Any Domini talks people listen and this article is why

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Amgen Scholars Travel Award Helps Carolyn Valdez Make Crucial Contacts

Apr 14, 2016 10:10 AM ET

Carolyn Valdez was nervous, but ready. She was about to get up in front of 70 conference attendees, including prominent scientists in the field of proton-coupled electron transfer, and explain her research as a graduate student in chemistry. She came prepared, having rehearsed her 30-minute presentation many times before. Still, this felt like a big deal — and it was.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

SDG #2: Young Entrepreneurs are Key to Feeding the World

Apr 14, 2016 10:00 AM ET

Innovation & Technology

Siemens and Airbus Sign Long-Term Cooperation Agreement in the Field of Hybrid Electric Propulsion Systems

Apr 14, 2016 9:05 AM ET

Airbus Group and Siemens have signed a collaboration agreement in the field of hybrid electric propulsion. In doing so, the Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of both companies, Tom Enders and Joe Kaeser, have launched a major joint project towards the electrification of aviation with the goal of demonstrating the technical feasibility of various hybrid/electric propulsion systems by 2020.

Environment

Bacardi Wants You to "Hold the Straw" with Your Next Drink

Apr 14, 2016 9:05 AM ET

Plastic disposable straws are a tremendous source of pollution, with the equivalent of 125 school buses being filled daily with trashed straws in the USA. Bacardi wants people to refuse straws outright and has made several of its venues straw-free.

Innovation & Technology

An Exclusive Interview with Amway’s Jeff Terry with Ideagen CEO George A. Sifakis

Apr 14, 2016 9:05 AM ET

Ideagen CEO George Sifakis interviews Amway's Global Head for Corporate Responsibility, Jeff Terry regarding CSR work.

Diversity & Inclusion

Atlas Copco Builds the Most Competent Teams

Apr 14, 2016 9:05 AM ET

Research, Reports & Publications

Panalpina Reports on Sustainability Progress During 2015

Apr 14, 2016 9:00 AM ET

Panalpina has published its 2015 Corporate Sustainability Report, highlighting its approach to sustainability and corporate responsibility and the actions it took during 2015 to provide sustainable value for all stakeholders.