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Corporate Responsibility

3BL Media Best Practices Webinar on July 20 Focuses on UN Global Goal 11: The Business Case for Sustainable Cities -- Making Urban Centers Inclusive, Safe and Resilient

3BL Media has partnered with the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business to hold a free webinar exploring the topic. The event, “The Business Case for Sustainable Cities – Making Urban Centers Inclusive, Safe and Resilient,” will be held on July 20 at 10 a.m. ET and is free to attend.

Environment

Electric Cars Take a Cue From the Sharing Economy

While electric cars represent just a small slice of the auto market today, such vehicles are, in the future, likely to give their gas-powered cohorts a run for their money.

Research & Reports

Royal Mail Group Publishes Its 2015-16 Corporate Responsibility Report

Royal Mail is the designated provider of the Universal Service in the UK, connecting millions of customers, businesses, organisations and communities – including those in the most remote rural areas. Its vision is to be recognised as the best delivery company in the UK and across Europe. Royal Mail recognises that conducting its business in a responsible way has a fundamental role in achieving this vision.

Philanthropy

Financial Solutions Lab Announces Winners of $3 Million Fintech Competition

Today the Financial Solutions Lab (“FinLab”) at the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) with founding partner JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) announced nine financial services innovators as the winners of its second competition, aimed at identifying solutions that help consumers prepare for – and weather – financial shocks. FinLab selected the winners based on their ability to improve consumers’ financial health. Each winner will receive $250,000 in capital and additional resources to test, enhance and scale the availability of their products and services. More information and graphics are available at bit.ly/FinLabInfo.

Research & Reports

Experian Demonstrates How It is Creating Shared Value in its 2016 Corporate Responsibility Report

As the world’s largest credit bureaux operator, Experian is helping millions of people make the most of their data to get fair and affordable access to essential, everyday services.

Health & Healthcare

Univision Presents Its Fourth Annual Award-Winning Health Week - “Mi Salud” (My Health)

Univision Communications Inc. (UCI), the leading media company serving Hispanic America, today announced the launch of “Health Week 2016 – Mi Salud,” the fourth annual health and wellness campaign that is part of the award-winning Univision Contigo empowerment platform.

Research & Reports

TransCanada Releases 2015 CSR Report

As a leading energy infrastructure company, the crux of our challenge in this changing energy landscape is to safely deliver the energy the world needs in an economically, environmentally and socially responsible manner.

Research & Reports

Innovative Energy Systems at Caterpillar

As a manufacturer of heavy equipment, some of Caterpillar’s operations are extremely energy-intensive. But even in our most energy-dense environments, Caterpillar employees have found ways to implement innovative energy systems that reduce our energy costs as well as our environmental impacts.

Education & Workforce Development

Okeo Institute Recommends Cadmium Exemption in Displays

Okeo Institute, the advisory organization to the EU on RoHS exemptions, released a report last week advising against granting an exemption for the usage of cadmium quantum dot (CdQD) technology in LED displays.

Energy & Infrastructure

Black & Veatch and Volta Expand Urban EV Charging Networks

Black & Veatch is working with Volta, an industry-leading provider of free sponsored electric vehicle charging stations. The two companies are working to significantly expand the Volta network and address the growing need for cost effective, commercially sustainable and scalable smart infrastructure.

Environment

Timberland’s KOMBIT Documentary: Beyond Philanthropy – Creating a Self-Sustaining Social Impact Model

Last week at the Sustainable Brands Conference in San Diego, Timberland screened “KOMBIT: The Cooperative,” a documentary film chronicling a five-year project to reforest Haiti in partnership with theSmallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA), a Haitian nonprofit farmer cooperative dedicated to reforesting the country.

Health & Healthcare

Quality-Assured Pharmacies Improving Healthcare for People with Low Incomes in Kenya

Pharmnet® joins BCtA with a commitment to increase number and reach of accredited pharmacies.

Volunteering & Community

Keep America Beautiful's Volunteer Spotlight

Abbey Carver, an inspiration, community activist and grassroots organizer, founded Cruceño Cleanup, an ad-hoc group of volunteers that picks up trash from in and around Las Cruces, New Mexico, at least once a week.

Volunteering & Community

Clay Buchholz of the Boston Red Sox Rocks Out to Raise Funds for Children

Clay Buchholz usually throws strikes to benefit the Red Sox, but on July 7 the two-time All-Star will try rolling them to benefit a host of children’s charities his foundation supports.

Environment

Georgia Department of Transportation Board Endorses Innovative, Safe and Sustainable Demonstrations on The Ray C. Anderson Memorial Highway Paving the Way for Sustainable Transportation Innovation

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) State Transportation Board yesterday passed a resolution endorsing a project of The Ray C. Anderson Foundation, The Ray, to re-imagine our highway system into one that is safer and more sustainable.

AI & Technology

Five Reasons to Tell Your Nonprofit Story Using Financial Data

As the nonprofit sector faces increasing donor expectations around transparency and impact, weaving financial data into stories will become increasingly important. Done right, infographics provide a compelling and easy-to-understand way to meet these expectations.

For more information on how a donation of NetSuite’s cloud-based business management solution is helping nonprofits and social enterprises manage their entire organization to gain visibility into financial health and measure impact, visit http://www.netsuite.org/apply-for-donation.

Environment

Design & Development: How Boeing Works to Design-in Environmental Improvements

The first step in the production process is design and development. This is when Boeing's team of talented employees explores fresh ideas to build environmental improvements into the process.

Awards & Rankings

Newark's Iconic Hahne Building Project Wins New Jersey Smart Growth Award

The Hahne & Co. building, a historic space in downtown Newark, New Jersey, is positioned to become a symbol of the city’s revival. With Prudential’s support, along with three additional partners, the once abandoned building is now being renovated, and the work done so far is already being recognized.

Philanthropy

Republic Services Driver Brightens a Child's Day

This is a letter written by a Republic Services customer to KTVU 2 News anchor Frank Somerville via Facebook in regards to her child and his weekly interaction with a Republic Services’ Residential Recycle Driver named Alfredo Cano.

Health & Healthcare

Innovative Franchising and a Market-Based Approach Makes Health Services Accessible in Rural Ghana

Business and operational skills prove to be a vital and diverse element in addressing health services and information challenges in Accra, Ghana. The US Agency for International Development (USAID) Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP) II brings this diverse element to bear through its Global Health Corporate Champions, a multi-company cohort of business professionals on the ground in Accra, Ghana, serving local clients like HealthKeepers Network (HKN).

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Pernod Ricard Recognized at the Deauville Green Awards 2016

At the fifth Deauville Green Awards 2016, an international festival of film productions promoting sustainable development and eco-innovations, Pernod Ricard received the silver award in the “Sustainable Production and Circular Economy” category for its film, “Bottled Hope Sabah”.

Awards & Rankings

2016 GBCHealth Business Action on Health Awards Open Round Two of Categories

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.

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2025 Performance Report

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Growth Through Sustainability

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