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Environment

Investors in Fossil Fuel Companies Boost Focus on Carbon Asset Risk in Warming World

In the past year, carbon asset risks in the fossil fuel industry have escalated from a fringe topic to a front-and-center concern driving key decision-making across all global energy companies and investors owning them. A new report by by Ceres, the Carbon Tracker Initiative, Energy Transition Advisors, and the 2° Investing Initiative cites climate change pressures, regulatory trends and market forces that have triggered a heightened investor focus on how energy companies are grappling with the transition to a low-carbon global economy.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Thousands of Employees Volunteer in October to Make a Difference to Millions

Innovation & Technology

Meet the Woman Who’s Singlehandedly Solving Peru’s Trash Problem

Albina Ruiz lived in an area of Lima, Peru, known as El Cono Norte, where she was studying to become an industrial engineer. Despite the classic beautiful images of Peru one might expect, El Cono Norte was littered with waste.

Environment

#FYPx Takes On Great Sand Dunes

Over the weekend, the Find Your Park Expedition (#FYPx) participants gathered from different corners of the U.S. and hit the road to embark on a trip to two national parks in Colorado. The first stop on the itinerary took the #FYPx crew to a unique high-altitude desert environment to experience a national park known for its beautiful extremes.

Research, Reports & Publications

Bar Chart: Self-Generated Electricity and Energy Use at Domtar's Pulp and Paper Mills

Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) designs, manufactures, markets and distributes a wide variety of fiber-based products, including communication papers, specialty and packaging papers, and absorbent hygiene products.

Events, Media & Communications

NetSuite Sponsors Grace Hopper Celebration

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Walking Off Wall Street

I have read the Wall Street Journal cover-to-cover nearly every business day for the last 20 years. It’s been a central part of my financial education, and has allowed me to research a myriad of topics that I did not immediately understand. Steadily, I have increased my knowledge of highly specialized financial structures and concepts.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Time Warner Cable Supports Our Troops With Operation Gratitude

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Partnering for Big Impact in the Lives of Youth

Social Impact & Volunteering

Subaru of America is First Company to Partner With NBCUniversal’s “The More You Know”

The first of five branded spots debuted October 15 in the first-ever national collaboration between “The More You Know" and Subaru, and will air across NBCUniversal’s vast portfolio of broadcast and cable networks and digital properties.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Major Leaguers, MLB Donate $250,000 to Help Flood Victims

The Major League Baseball Players Association and Major League Baseball are jointly contributing $250,000 to assist victims of the devastating floods that have ravaged parts of South Carolina.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Aramark Honors Cynthia Figueroa of Congreso de Latinos Unidos in Philadelphia for Dedication to Strengthening Philadelphia Neighborhoods

Cynthia Figueroa, president and CEO of Congreso de Latinos Unidos in Philadelphia, was honored today with the 2015 Peter B. Goldberg Aramark Building Community Executive Leadership Award in recognition of her innovative and inspirational work to create strong families and communities. The recognition includes a $40,000 Aramark grant to Congreso.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

RSF Social Finance Employee Profile: Tim Green

Meet Tim Green, Senior Counsel, Legal & Compliance. Tim provides legal and compliance support to all of RSF’s program areas and leads RSF’s Troubled Loan Committee (TLC).

Social Impact & Volunteering

Want to Use Your Business Skills to Fight Hunger?

Interested in making a meaningful impact in the fight against hunger without even leaving your desk? Your professional skills—in marketing, web development, business strategy, HR, IT and so many others—could provide a nonprofit organization with just the right expertise to help them better serve thousands of hungry Americans.Join ConAgra Foods Foundation and the Taproot Foundation on a free 50-minute webinar to learn how to put your professional skills to work in the fight against hunger. FREE WEBINAR: USE YOUR BUSINESS SKILLS TO FIGHT HUNGER

October 27, 3PM ET

REGISTER NOW

Events, Media & Communications

Bloomberg Philanthropies: “Ideas Camp”

Environment

Keep America Beautiful Brings Focus to “Bathrooms, Bags & Gadgets” for America Recycles Day 2015

“Bathrooms, Wraps & Gadgets” is the theme of the 2015 America Recycles Day, which takes place on and in the weeks leading into Nov. 15. America Recycles Day, a Keep America Beautiful initiative, is the only nationally recognized day dedicated to promoting and celebrating recycling in the U.S.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Aramark Transitions to 100% Sustainably Sourced Tuna

Health & Healthcare

19th Annual Team LIVESTRONG Austin Challenge Kicks off Sunday

Environment

Ingersoll Rand Marks Climate Commitment Achievement at White House HFC Reduction Roundtable

Ingersoll Rand announced at the White House HFC Reduction Roundtable, progress on its Climate Commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its products and operations by 2030.

Health & Healthcare

Kenya First Country to Launch ‘Novartis Access’, Expanding Affordable Treatment Options Against Chronic Diseases

Today, Novartis announced the launch of Novartis Access in Kenya, the first country to benefit from a portfolio of 15 affordable medicines to treat cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, respiratory illnesses, and breast cancer. The Novartis portfolio is being offered to the Kenyan government, non-governmental organizations and other public-sector healthcare providers for USD 1 per treatment, per month.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Benefit Corporation Governance is a Best Practice for Sustainability Leaders

Sustainability performance is critical for 21stCentury businesses. Employees and customers throughout the supply chain demand it. Investors do as well, and with good reason—one recent survey that looks at 200 academic studies found that 88% of sources found that “robust sustainable practices . . . translate into cash flows.” However, full integration of “robust sustainable practices” may require a governance change to endure over time, especially in the context of the public markets.

Health & Healthcare

Keeping the Magic Alive for Children With Life-Threatening Illnesses

We are all connected to a child with a life-threatening illness through six degrees or less. Whether you are impacted directly, or indirectly, these children touch our hearts with their immense bravery, strength and courage. Give Kids The World Village exists to ensure that these children and their families are given that extra bit of hope, happiness and love to confront the immense challenges of living with a life-threatening illness.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Canada’s Top Retailers Raising Funds and Consumer Engagement at the Till

Events, Media & Communications

Data-Driven Storytelling: Is Your Company Collecting the Right Data to tell its CSR Story

Join Good Done Great and CSRHub for a one-hour webinar discussing data-driven story-telling within the Corporate Social Responsibility space discussing topics such as how to collect the correct data, analyze it, and share it with both external and internal stakeholders. Tue, Oct 27, 2015 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT

Latest Campaigns

  1. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  2. ESG Recognition
    While our commitment to being a responsible corporation is not dependent on recognition, it is a great validation of our work when external...
  3. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  4. America's Charities Employee Engagement & Social Responsibility
    More than ever, retaining and recruiting employees is a top priority for companies. Aware of the link between workplace giving and employee engagement...
  5. KeyBank Foundation: Helping Communities Thrive through Education, Workforce Development, and Service
    KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...
  6. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  7. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  8. Growth Through Sustainability
    Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...
  9. Goals That Inspire: Environmental Stewardship
    Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...
  10. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  11. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  12. Recognition of our Company
    As the leading sports and live music company in the world, we recognize our responsibility to provide industry leadership and to conduct our business...
  13. Tork, an Essity brand
    Tork is an Essity brand. Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company. Wherever there is a need for wiping, drying, cleaning or polishing...
  14. Aflac Insights
    Learn more about Aflac’s survey findings to better understand workplace trends as well as consumer attitudes, habits and opinions toward health and...
  15. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...