QVC® and the Housewares Charity Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the home and housewares industry, are teaming up for the 5th year to present ‘Living for Giving’, a cross-platform shopping event that provides customers a meaningful opportunity to give back.
The LG x ShowerUp Program started from a simple yet powerful idea: outfit a truck with laundry services, mobile showers, and toiletries to provide critical relief to unhoused populations in Huntsville, Alabama, where LG has been leading corporate citizen since the 1970s.
The scholarship is a core part of Medtronic Spark, a global 10-year initiative to propel 1 million students from low-income households into health tech careers. By 2030, the global shortfall of health workers is predicted to reach 11 million.
“Bridges don’t hold unless they are supported.” This quote from Bob Dickerson, Executive Director of the Birmingham Business Resource Center, reflected many of the themes explored at the sixth Mastercard Strive USA Summit, convened in Alabama.
Winter can offer candy canes and hot chocolate, the holiday season, cozy coats and crackling fires, but it can also mean cold, gray days where it feels like the sun just doesn’t come out.
Yum! Brands’ lead sustainability executive, Jon Hixson, grew up on a Kansas farm and cultivated a career in agriculture before pivoting to 10 years on Capitol Hill then leaping to a private-sector role in public affairs at Cargill in 2005.
Federal Express Corporation (FedEx), the world’s largest express transportation company, continues to collaborate with The Akshaya Patra Foundation, reinforcing its commitment to enabling access to nutritious mid-day meals
About one in ten individuals in the US lives with diabetes. That’s more than 38 million Americans. Most have type 2 diabetes, likely diagnosed in middle age or older (though increasingly in younger adults as well).
Across Latin America, Cisco Networking Academy is forging partnerships that are unlocking opportunities and preparing the generation for a digital future.
In collaboration with bestselling children's book Author Sheri Fink and Research Astronaut Kellie Gerardi, Aflac Incorporated released today a new children's book highlighting the power of empathy, kindness and compassion for loved ones, especially children
The GBCHealth Business Action on Health Awards honor companies that exemplify a spirit of innovation and dedication to outstanding achievements in global health. GBCHealth is pleased to announce that the application process is now open for three additional categories of the 2016 Business Action on Health Awards.
Many of us in the hospitality industry manage a passionate team of people who make it a top priority to put your hotel, resort, or conference centre at the forefront of quality, and customer service. At the same time, there are several properties who have a green program of some sort, with one person responsible for ensuring that it is running smoothly.
Try to remember the most memorable moment from science class and you’ll probably think of the time your teacher had you build a rocket or make ice cream in a plastic bag. It’s these types of hands on “making” experiences that inspire creativity in students and spark interest in STEM careers.
Architecture can represent the perfect marriage of form and function, and you would be hard-pressed to find a better example of that than in the design of the geodesic dome home.
Earning a social license to operate is not something that happens automatically, said PepsiCo’s Executive Vice President, Government Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Tony West during an interview with Ethisphere’s CEO Tim Erblich.
Becoming a cooperatively owned enterprise rather than a traditional, privately owned one was something Sheila and Dylan had contemplated for their new generation mom and pop grocery when it was initially launched. However, they quickly ran into the usual startup financing obstacles. “No bank would fund us even though we had perfect credit and a good business plan,” Sheila reports, “They were uncomfortable lending into gentrifying areas, let alone to a cooperative.” The two ended up raising the needed funds through an Indiegogo campaign, from friends and family, and by assuming personal debt.
Locking your car doors. Walking through a scanner at the airport. Examining a package before you open it. Denying strangers access to your house. These actions may come to mind when you think about security. But there are other aspects of our lives that demand a different kind of security – water, for instance.
When the Closed Loop Foundation decided to determine the state of “circularity” in the world of electronics, its sights (and funding) landed on the National Center for Electronics Recycling (NCER) and the Sustainability Consortium (TSC) at Arizona State University, where leading sustainability research is front and center.
Women make up 40 percent of the global workforce. They hold their communities together as an integral part of the socio-economic fabric. According to the World Bank, investing in women is the ideal way to address a range of societal challenges, and is critical to all-round economic development.
Microfinance in India traditionally involves providing small loans to a group of women who are required to cross-guarantee each other, and to attend weekly group meetings to make cash repayments.
Johnson Matthey has published its 2016 Annual Report which is an integrated report covering all aspects of the company’s financial and non-financial performance. It is available online at www.matthey.com/AR16.
The Power of 5 Campaign has been operating in Zambia since 2011, working with established nongovernmental organizations to distribute Nutrilite Little Bits to children who need it, educating families on good nutrition and tracking each child’s progress. This video captures the program in action.
CapitaLand reaffirms its commitment to sustainability with the publication of its seventh Global Sustainability Report.
CapitaLand’s sustainability strategy is encapsulated in its credo of ‘Building People. Building Communities.’. It shares the United Nations Global Compact’s (UNGC) commitment to deliver lasting benefits to people, communities and markets, and became a signatory in 2015. Even before then, CapitaLand had been adopting universal principles on human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption, as well as taking strategic actions that advance the development of society.
With many environmental regulations undergoing landmark change and new ones being introduced, the regulatory landscape is becoming increasingly complex. China RoHS 2 is still a hot topic, and TSCA Reform is one step from being signed into law. Companies have a need to understand not only existing regulations, but how changes will impact their businesses and operations.
Washington, DC – Today Village Capital in collaboration with AT&T, as part of AT&T Aspire, announced the full cohort of entrepreneurs participating in Village Capital’s “Education: US 2016,” a venture development program to support early-stage entrepreneurs bridging the skills gap between education and employment. The full cohort is listed below.
The interest in drone technology by electric, water and natural gas utilities is growing at a rapid pace, and this relatively new application for utilities seems positioned to eventually become a best practice as the usage is woven into more projects.
Forest City Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: FCEA and FCEB) was recently recognized by the Department of Energy as part of the Better Building Alliance’s Interior Lighting Campaign.
More and more companies are offering employee engagement programs within their benefits package. It is a winning benefit for the employee, the company, the nonprofits and those the nonprofits serve. While there are multiple platform providers that support employee engagement programs there is only one that has always ensured that no portion of the donation is deducted to cover the platform providers’ operational expense…YourCause.
On Wednesday, June 15th, The European Union (EU) agreed to outline a deal to facilitate a focus on transparency in the supply chain. This legislation concerns the sourcing of conflict minerals, not just in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but from high-risk regions, worldwide.
On Tuesday at an intimate event for employees, Trane, a leading global provider of indoor comfort solutions and services and a brand of Ingersoll Rand, unveiled a revolutionary lineup of new products to assist customers in meeting their efficiency- and sustainability-related commitments. Yesterday, the company made its formal public announcement.
Hot off the press, Quest Diagnostics’ 2015 Global Inclusion and Corporate Social Responsibility (GI & CSR) Report provides a snapshot of the progress we made last year toward contributing to a healthier world—by providing critical diagnostic insights and advocating for better health, and through our commitment to being a responsible corporate citizen.
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