Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Environment

100-Million Pound Problem: The Subaru Zero Landfill Initiative to Make National Parks Zero-Landfill

Every year, visitors to the most pristine places on earth send over 100 million pounds of garbage to landfills. Subaru, recognized for having the first automotive assembly plant in Amerca designated as zero landfill, presents "Who We Are is What We Leave Behind," a new series documenting the National Parks zero landfill initiative.

Events, Media & Communications

UN Global Compact Bulletin (September 2015)

Responsible Production & Consumption

California's SB657 is an Awakening for Global Businesses

Education

Meet Angeline Marcks, Amgen Biotech Experience Alumni

"The hands-on components of ABE were much better than what was offered in other science courses I had taken. They are really what turned me on to science as a potential career."

Social Impact & Volunteering

Holland America Line Hosts Seattle Men’s and Women’s Choruses Director’s Circle Summer Luncheon on Board ms Amsterdam

Holland America Line hosted the annual Director’s Circle Summer Luncheon for the Seattle Men’s and Women’s choruses aboard ms Amsterdam Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, at the Port of Seattle.

Research, Reports & Publications

A Breakdown of Domtar's 2014 Community Investments

Diversity & Inclusion

Hello Singapore! All Aboard the Bloomberg Career Express

This year marks Bloomberg 25th years in Singapore and as part of our anniversary celebrations; we are launching a one-of-a kind recruitment drive targeted at students in local educational institutions.

Environment

KFC Scoots Responsibly in Malaysia

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

GFNorte es una Organización Responsablemente Saludable

Con gran entusiasmo compartimos que Grupo Financiero Banorte se ha hecho acreedor al Distintivo Organización Responsablemente Saludable (ORS) en Etapa Desarrollo y Crecimiento, fruto del esfuerzo diario por fomentar entre sus colaboradores una cultura en pro de la salud y de entornos favorables al bienestar en el lugar de trabajo.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

GFNorte is a Responsibly Healthy Organization

it is with great enthusiasm that we would like to announce that Grupo Financiero Banorte has been accredited by the distinctive Organización Responsablemente Saludable ORS (responsibly healthy organization in English), in the Development and Growth Stage, as a result of daily efforts to foster a culture in favor of health and environments conducive to well-being in the workplace among employees.

Environment

The Green Lantern: Kimberly-Clark’s Brand Story

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bloomberg Engages Young People at the Barbican in London

At Bloomberg, we believe engaging with arts and culture helps strengthen and enhance communities. Through Bloomberg Philanthropies, which encompasses all of our founder’s charitable giving, we look to develop innovative partnerships and take bold approaches to increase access to key cultural institutions.

Events, Media & Communications

GLAAD Commends FOX for "Excellent" LGBT Representation on TV

In its ninth annual Network Responsibility Report, the LGBT media advocacy organization GLAAD has commended FOX for its inclusion of LGBT characters in its programming, giving the network its highest grading of "Excellent." FOX had the highest percentage of LGBT-inclusive original programming hours out of all channels tracked, coming in at 45.4%. This is the highest percentage GLAAD has charted on a broadcast network since the NRI's inception.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Pro Bono Perspectives: Janelle Woods-McNish

Innovation & Technology

Open Data Can Support Sustainable Development: World Bank Report

Open Data refers to data that is freely available online for anyone to use and republish for any purpose – without any restriction from copyrights, patents and other mechanisms of control. Data is one of the most valuable and least-utilized assets of modern governments.

Energy

Beverage Industry Leaders Releases True Cost of Water Toolkit

The Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) has leveraged its expertise to develop an innovative, user-friendly tool to help facilities better estimate their “true cost” of water. This interactive tool can help facilities within the beverage industry and beyond better determine direct costs associated with their most water- and resource-intensive processes.

Environment

An Easy 1-2-3 for a Sustainable Back-to-School Lunch

Children soak up everything around them, including eating habits. School back in session, you will want to pack healthy and sustainable food for them. We understand that making a great meal can be a daunting task and we've got you covered with 3 easy steps for a sustainable school lunch.

Environment

Yellowstone Park Foundation and Michelin Help Build New Ecological Pathway at Old Faithful Geyser

Old Faithful, one of the world’s most iconic natural wonders, now has an even more ecofriendly surrounding thanks to the installation of a newly paved walkway that creates a porous, clean and flexible surface that uses recycled Michelin tires along with other materials.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

2015 Corporate Volunteer Awards: A Look at Finalist Independent Bank

At Independent Bank, we pride ourselves in being 24-hour bankers. Our employees embrace this and give their time to better their communities.

Diversity & Inclusion

How This Punk Rocker Plans to Woo Bloomberg Media's Sophisticated Audience

My job is to build our creative team. So the idea that we create these awesome brand experiences across our multitude of platforms, whether it's digital video, sponsored events, infographics—native content is sort of a big buzzword right now.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Volunteer Fire Department Gets Rare Gift

Education

Cracking the Code Keeping Girls Out of Computer Science

We have engaged nearly a million kids in STEM after-school education programs and persuaded another million adults to stand behind them. We have taught kids to hypothesize, to think and to invent.

In spite of many great outcomes, there is one code we have not cracked: the one keeping women out of computer science.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Iron Hill and CureSearch's 11-year Partnership Results in Nearly $200k for Children's Cancer Research

CureSearch for Children’s Cancer is a national non-profit foundation whose mission is to end childhood cancer by driving targeted and innovative research with measurable results in an accelerated time frame. One of the ways CureSearch is working to accomplish this mission is through partnerships with businesses like Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurants. We recently interviewed CureSearch about this partnership.

Latest Campaigns

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    Informed by Project Drawdown, the world’s leading resource for climate solutions, Drawdown Georgia is the first state-centered effort to crowdsolve...
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  5. Novata News
    Communicating key news and updates about Novata.
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    Promoting inclusive environments by employing systemic changes to improve the access of individuals of diverse backgrounds. Learn more about our...
  7. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  8. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Whirlpool Corporation has several CSR partners including United Way, Habitat for Humanity International, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Consulada...
  9. Local Communities
    The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...
  10. TCS | goIT
    Tata Consultancy Services is proud to bring you goIT In 2009, TCS North America launched goIT, its signature community engagement initiative.The...
  11. Kingfisher Around the World
    The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...
  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. Subaru Love Promise: Pets
    Subaru believes all pets deserve a loving home and we are the largest corporate donor to the ASPCA®. Subaru is proud to help make the world a better...
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    Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept – it’s already transforming supply chains end to end. In a new Playbook developed by DP...
  15. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.