Timberland and the Smallholder Farmers Alliance Celebrate Haiti’s First Commercial Cotton Harvest in Three Decades

“Our work with the Smallholder Farmers Alliance to reintroduce cotton growing touches on each of Timberland’s key commitments – to create responsible products, protect the outdoors and serve communities around the world,” said Atlanta McIlwraith, Timberland’s senior manager community engagement and communication.

Keep America Beautiful Recognizes National Leaders and Community Organizations with Awards at 2019 National Conference

More than 80 individuals, including community leaders from national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful’s community-based affiliate network and other partner organizations, are being recognized today at Keep America Beautiful’s National Awards Ceremony, which is taking place during Keep America Beautiful’s National Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, Feb. 6-8.

Doing Goodr

Had you stopped by Atlanta’s Trinity Towers on the morning of Nov. 28, you’d have found precious little evidence of what was about to take place. Until noon, the senior residence’s activity room and adjoining kitchen were still, awaiting the arrival of a bevy of volunteers from Hormel Foods and Goodr.

Then the midday magic began to unfold. In came a truckload of food from Kroger and other purveyors, as well as can after can of Dinty Moore® beef stew. Workers began buzzing about, creating a popup grocery store of well-organized (and picture-perfect) presentations of fresh produce, bacon, roasts and other food items. Those in the kitchen went about the task of ladling beef stew into stockpots and slow-cookers, a treat for the seniors, not to mention the reason for the event.

Bridging the Data Gap in Environmental Reporting: GRI Releases Discussion Paper With Key Findings on Corporate Reporting on Water and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Bridging the data gap in environmental reporting: GRI releases discussion paper with key findings on corporate reporting on water and greenhouse gas emissions.

Hormel Foods Corporate Responsibility Efforts Featured in Film Festival

The Hormel Foods Our Food Journey™ video that showcases the company’s efforts to make the world a better place is featured in an international corporate citizenship film festival.

The inspirational piece was created as an anthem video to explain to stakeholders what Our Food Journey™ means to the company and to showcase all that Hormel Foods is doing. From hunger-relief efforts to animal welfare and environmental stewardship, Hormel Foods is inspired to make a difference.

Public voting determines which videos move into the top 10. The videos that receive enough votes to make it into the top 10 will be judged by a panel of corporate responsibility experts; winners will be announced at the Boston College International CSR Conference in April.

Viral Engagement Techniques Get Your Entire Workforce Fully Vested in Your Causes

We see it every single day. Both within our own company and those of our clients. The face of the workforce is changing. And so are the dynamics that motivate your employees to participate — or not — in corporate charitable giving programs.

eBay Partners With the International Fund for Animal Welfare in Honor of its 10-Year Anniversary on the Global Ban of Ivory Sales

eBay joins with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to mark the 10 year anniversary of banning ivory sales on their platform and highlight their ongoing efforts to combat illegal wildlife trafficking online.

5 Books That Every Leader Should Be Reading Now

The beginning of a new year is always a good time to be reconsidering one's reading list. With apologies to friends who have written terrific books on leadership and corporate social responsibility, the following are the five books (in alphabetical order) that I think leaders should be reading (or in some cases, re-reading) this year.

JetBlue Foundation E-Newsletter: A Glance at 2018

On November 8th, the JetBlue Foundation awarded $135,000 in grants to STEM education programs in Puerto Rico to aid long-term post-hurricane recovery in celebration of National STEM Day. The JetBlue Foundation, in its continued commitment to Puerto Rico, awarded grants to organizations that are investing in the island’s future and placing aviation and STEM top-of-mind as career choices for students. JetBlue started service 16 years ago, and is the largest carrier on the island with San Juan being one of JetBlue’s six Focus Cities.

The grant recipients included Ciencia Puerto Rico, EcoExploratorio, Inter American University of Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico Aviation Maintenance Institute.

Pro Bono Perspectives Podcast: Episode 14 - Daniel Horgan, MENTOR

Listen to Common Impact's new Pro Bono Perspectives podcast episode featuring Daniel Horgan, Senior Director of Corporate Engagement at MENTO and hear how he uses his experience in the private and social sector to develop unique and impactful partnerships that engage corporate volunteers as mentors and champions of the mentorship movement.

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