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Corporate Responsibility

Davos 2016: CSR Takes Mainstage to Address Major Global Issues

On the heels of COP21 in December is the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), taking place this week in Davos, Switzerland. As world leaders in business and government convene to discuss the most pressing global economic issues, social and environmental topics have taken center stage.

Health & Healthcare

Harlem First: Symposium

MFA Design for Social Innovation at the School for Visual Arts is bringing diverse voices together to understand why our neighborhoods are not as healthy as they should be, and what we can do about it.

On Monday February 1, join an extraordinary panel of speakers in a conversation that involves all the people involved in health in this community in finding solutions.

Environment

AIDA Cruises Achieves Positive Sustainability Result in 2015

AIDA Cruises, a pioneer in the German cruise industry when it comes to sustainability, successfully continued in its commitment to reduce emissions in 2015.

Events

3BL Media Lunch & Learn, Feb. 9: How Sustainability Communicators Distribute Content

Communications professionals responsible for telling their organizations’ CSR and sustainability stories are invited to a lunch-and-learn webinar Feb. 9 to hear how leading corporations are leveraging 3BL Media’s distribution platform to reach target audiences.

Events

5th GRI Global Conference 2016: 5 Days Left for Early Bird Registration

Join GRI and up to 1,500 sustainability leaders for frank and forward thinking discussions on the latest trends and innovations shaping sustainability: policy, standards and technology to name a few. 5 DAYS LEFT TO SECURE YOUR REDUCED RATE - REGISTER NOW!

Health & Healthcare

Closing the Gap on Health Inequality

Philanthropy

National Grid Foundation Helps Keep the Heat On

Health & Healthcare

Net Impact Announces Newman’s Own Foundation Challenge

Education & Workforce Development

HP LIFE 2.0: Free Online Learning for Entrepreneurs

Energy & Infrastructure

With Solar ITC Extended, Net Metering Battles Rage On

With the solar investment tax credit (ITC) recently extended for five years, it would seem that the coast is now clear for the solar boom to continue expanding at an ever-accelerating pace.

Education & Workforce Development

Apply to be an Amgen Scholar at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich

Education & Workforce Development

Solve for Tomorrow Students Discuss Vertical Farming on The Weather Channel

Awards & Rankings

Is a Perfect Pipeline Safety Record Possible?

After 20 years, Tuscarora Gas Transmission’s safety record remains unblemished.

Education & Workforce Development

JobTrain Creates Sustainable Employment Opportunities

Vocational training programs are typically viewed as a lesser option than universities.

Volunteering & Community

Time Warner Cable Employees Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.

At Time Warner Cable, diversity and inclusion are an integral part of our culture. We believe in an inclusive environment, where you can bring your whole self to work. This extends into our work in the communities that we live in and serve.

Volunteering & Community

Timberland Presidential Town Halls for Employees Continue This Week with Two Candidate Visits

This week, Timberland continued its tradition of hosting current presidential candidates during the lead-up to presidential elections, as part of its commitment to community engagement.

Corporate Responsibility

CSR Podcast with Shake Shack's Supply Chain Guru

This Q&A with Amoscato is an edited excerpt from a "Sustainable Business Fridays" conversation March 27 by the Bard MBA in Sustainability program, a graduate program at Bard College in New York. This twice-monthly dial-in conversation features sustainability leaders from across the globe.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Reaping the Rewards of Supporting Dairy Farmers More by Tetra Pak

There’s a Polish proverb that goes: “If the farmer is poor, then so is the whole country”. It’s a problem that Tetra Pak is highly aware of – it recognizes the link and knows that for it to succeed and grow, it needs the markets in which it operates, to do the same.

Environment

Trane Educates Industry on Refrigerant Advances at the 2016 ASHRAE Winter Conference

To help organizations positively impact their environmental footprint, leaders from Trane will present on refrigerant advances to lower greenhouse gas emissions at the 2016 American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Winter Conference, Jan. 23-27 in Orlando.

Corporate Responsibility

U.S. Manufacturers Find the Right Shore in Mexico

Check out this podcast on U.S. manufacturers moving to Mexico and recent trade reforms

Philanthropy

National Grid Donates $125G To United Way's 'Project Warmth'

National Grid has made a $125,000 donation to keep hundreds of Long Island homes warm this winter season.

Events

5th GRI Global Conference - Secure Your Early Bird Registration Today!

Friday 29 January is the early bird registration deadline - ending at midnight CET. Secure your place now at the leading global sustainability conference and save up to 20% on the fee!

Environment

The Elephant in the 10-K: Carbon Asset Risk

Large US oil and gas companies are not adequately disclosing to their investors the risk that a portion of their carbon-based assets could be left stranded. Ceres, in collaboration with CookESG Research, recently launched a new version of its SEC Sustainability Disclosure Search Tool, helping users to explore narrative disclosures relevant to assessing carbon asset risk by companies in high-emitting industries.

Education & Workforce Development

Helping Latino Students in STEM

Maria Medina-Alva, 22, is the president of Cal Poly Pomona’s Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. She’s also president of the Alpha Pi Mu Industrial Engineering Honors Society.

Awards & Rankings

Lockheed Martin Receives Silver Class Distinction in 2016 RobecoSAM Corporate Sustainability Yearbook

Lockheed Martin was recognized as the top U.S. aerospace and defense leader for economic, environmental and social sustainability in the latest RobecoSAM Corporate Sustainability Yearbook

Latest Campaigns

Sustainability- Carnival Corporation's Way of Doing Business

Carnival’s approach to sustainability is a full-time commitment; it is not a cost of doing business, it is a way of doing business. We at Carnival...

Thermal & Specialized Solutions

Chemours’ Thermal & Specialized Solutions (TSS) business sits at the intersection of chemistry, physics, and design, making it a leading provider of...

Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)

The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...

Collective Action

Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...

Sustainable Operations

ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)

GoDaddy Empower

GoDaddy Empower is our signature social impact program, designed to help emerging entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses online.

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...

GoDaddy Empower

GoDaddy Empower is our signature social impact program, designed to help emerging entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses online.

GoDaddy Empower

GoDaddy Empower is our signature social impact program, designed to help emerging entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses online.

GoDaddy | Customers

GoDaddy is the world’s largest services platform for entrepreneurs around the globe. We’re on a mission to empower our worldwide community of 20+...