Education

A Reminder From DSI

Dec 18, 2015 9:30 AM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

Holiday Roadway Safety Message from Republic Services

Dec 18, 2015 9:15 AM ET

Millions of Americans are expected to take a road trip this holiday season, according to AAA. With so many motorists out and about, to include waste collection trucks operating throughout the holidays, we can each do our part to keep roadways safe this season.

Research, Reports & Publications

Domtar on its Way to Achieving World Class Safety Performance

Dec 18, 2015 9:15 AM ET

Domtar ended 2014 with a record low incident rate.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

RSF Social Finance Reflects on NC’s Shared Gifting

Dec 18, 2015 9:15 AM ET

What is the best way to distribute money amongst a group a non-profits? This is a question that foundations and donors struggle with on a regular basis.

Research, Reports & Publications

Integrity at Northern Trust

Dec 18, 2015 9:05 AM ET

“Northern Trust has a heritage of acting with the highest ethics. The utmost honesty. And unfailing reliability. We have the wisdom earned through generations of relationships. The stability to weather change and uncertainty. And the insight to understand that diversity makes us stronger. For 125 years, our integrity has remained intact. And we have no intention of that changing."

Health & Healthcare

Novo Nordisk: The Five Most Popular Sustainability Stories of 2015!

Dec 18, 2015 9:00 AM ET

Throughout the year, Novo Nordisk shared stories and videos telling the actions and initiatives that demonstrate the company’s commitment to financial, environmental and social responsibility. Here is a recap of the five stores that received the most clicks!

Events, Media & Communications

Last Day to Save $500 | International Corporate Citizenship Conference

Dec 18, 2015 6:30 AM ET

Take advantage of the best rates on registration for the 2016 International Corporate Citizenship Conference, which expire at midnight tonight. Join 600+ of your corporate citizenship peers on March 20-22 in Atlanta, Georgia as we discuss the growing challenges facing our world today.

Events, Media & Communications

UC Davis–Mars Innovation Institute Holds “Solution Summit” in California

Dec 18, 2015 4:10 AM ET

With the population growing and the climate changing, our food, agriculture and health systems are facing increasing strain. To do something about this, Mars, Incorporated co-founded the Innovation Institute for Food and Health earlier this year with the University of California, Davis. On December 2 and 3, the Institute hosted the two-day Solution Summit—a series of events in California to explore ways to address these challenges.

Diversity & Inclusion

Girl Geek Dinner Serves up NetSuite's Commitment to Diversity

Dec 18, 2015 4:00 AM ET

When a colleague attended the Amazon Web Services conference in Las Vegas in 2012, he was struck when he looked around at a session entitled “AWS Security” and noticed that among the roughly 500 people in the room, there was not a single woman.

Education

Y Combinator's Sam Altman Dispenses Start Up Advice at Bloomberg's Cornell Tech Event

Dec 17, 2015 6:45 PM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

California Resources Corporation Teams Up With Nonprofit First Book to Distribute Books to Kern County Area Children In Need

Dec 17, 2015 6:00 PM ET

California Resources Corporation (NYSE: CRC), an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company, has joined nonprofit social enterprise First Book to deliver books to children in need across Kern County.

Events, Media & Communications

3BL Media Webinar to Share Trends and Best Practices in Sustainability Reporting

Dec 17, 2015 5:45 PM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Rates of Hunger in Our Nation Are Holding Steady at All-time Highs

Dec 17, 2015 5:30 PM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

Bloomberg BNA Supports DC Affordable Law Firm by Providing Access to Bloomberg Law Technology Platform At No Cost

Dec 17, 2015 5:30 PM ET

Bloomberg BNA today announced it will be providing complimentary access to Bloomberg Law to the DC Affordable Law Firm (DCALF). Bloomberg Law, a leading all-in-one technology platform for the legal industry, will provide its suite of products with no charge to DCALF, which offers affordable, high-quality legal services to Washington, D.C. residents who do not qualify for free legal aid, as well as small businesses and nonprofits in the District. An independent nonprofit with 501(c)(3) status, DCALF is a collaboration launched by Georgetown University Law Center, Arent Fox LLP, and DLA Piper LLP.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Freeport-McMoRan Receives Wildlife Habitat Council Award

Dec 17, 2015 4:45 PM ET

The Morenci Mine in Arizona received a Bat Conservation Action Award from the Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC), presented in partnership with Bat Conservation International for outstanding bat preservation and education efforts.

Innovation & Technology

Inaugural “Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg” Speaker Series Welcomes Y Combinator

Dec 17, 2015 4:35 PM ET

“Tech entrepreneurship is close to my heart,” said Michael R. Bloomberg as we welcomed more than 150 members of the NYC technology community for the inaugural Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg speaker series.

Health & Healthcare

BMS and The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute Enter Into a Collaboration Agreement as Part of U.S. Immuno-Oncology Rare Population Malignancy Program

Dec 17, 2015 4:30 PM ET

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Partnership Brings National Institutional Capital to Resident-Owned Manufactured Home Communities

Dec 17, 2015 4:30 PM ET

The country’s leading lender to resident-owned manufactured home communities has secured millions in national institutional capi,tal, a breakthrough in the history of CDFI-financed resident-owned community preservation.

Environment

Climate Change Labels On Gas Pumps Are a Low Cost Way to Inform Public

Dec 17, 2015 4:00 PM ET

A simple, low-cost way exists to raise the public’s awareness about climate change and its impacts. It’s a label on gas pumps; Robert Shirkey, a Canadian lawyer, came up with the idea. His goal is for people to understand the threat climate change poses.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Sanofi Pasteur Contributes Generously to United Way of Monroe Campaign

Dec 17, 2015 3:25 PM ET

At today’s December 2015 United Way of Monroe County community meeting, representatives of Sanofi Pasteur announced the highest company campaign total to date to a packed room of United Way volunteers, staff, partner agencies, and other supporters of the United Way.

Environment

VIDEO: Something About Energy

Dec 17, 2015 3:00 PM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CVS Health Charity Classic Awards $1.3 Million to 103 Southeastern New England Charities

Dec 17, 2015 3:00 PM ET

At a celebration today recognizing area non-profit organizations supported by the CVS Health Charity Classic, CVS Health President and CEO Larry Merlo announced that $1.3 million dollars will be donated from the 2015 tournament to support dozens of charities across Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Celebrating the First Year of Bloomberg Startup in London

Dec 17, 2015 3:00 PM ET

This week, the Bloomberg Philanthropy & Engagement team, Chairman Peter Grauer and 100 Best of Bloomberg volunteers took more than 1,000 students from 16 London schools to a special theater performance to celebrate the culmination of the first year of the Bloomberg Startup program in the UK.

Environment

Wells Fargo Adds Six Clean Technology Startups to Innovation Incubator

Dec 17, 2015 3:00 PM ET

Wells Fargo & Company selected six additional clean technology startups to join the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), a five-year, $10 million program which is helping accelerate innovative environmental technologies.

Environment

CITGO Employees Lead Volunteers at Record-Setting Environmental Restoration Event

Dec 17, 2015 2:45 PM ET

Nearly 300 volunteers recently gathered at the Rock Ponds, Tampa Bay’s largest wetland restoration site, to take part in the largest volunteer marsh planting in the history of Tampa Bay. Volunteers planted 40,000 plugs of salt marsh cordgrass to help to restore fish and coastal wildlife habitats and improve water quality in the area. This record-setting event was supported by CITGO Petroleum Corporation, Tampa Bay Watch, the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD), the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission and Hillsborough County.