IWBI Joins the United Nations Global Compact

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) today announced that it has signed on to the United Nations Global Compact, a voluntary leadership platform for the development, implementation and disclosure of responsible business practices.

A Train Ride to Perris, CA: Investing in a Sustainable Future Now

The 2028 Olympics in LA will occur as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development approaches. What might a train ride to Perris, CA look like through a lens of sustainable urban agriculture? Will passing neighborhoods display small-lot gardens, homes with grey water and rain catchment systems? Will large open spaces be organized into working landscapes, blooming with ecosystem benefits?

The Growing Organics Market Presents a Natural Investment Opportunity

As Americans become more aware of the environmental and health benefits of organics, we are presented with an increasing number of opportunities to align our investments with our lifestyle choices – by investing in the companies and agricultural operations that are driving organic innovation and bringing natural products to the marketplace.

How Intel Is Advancing Respect for Human Rights

Intel’s Global Human Rights Principles formalize our commitment to respecting human rights; embody common principles laid out in multiple frameworks; and apply to all employees and contingent workers, including those in our subsidiaries.

Merck for Mothers Launches New All for Mothers Report: The Mom Effect

When we invest in maternal health, we ensure that hundreds of thousands of women survive pregnancy and childbirth. When that happens, newborns are more likely to survive, children are more likely to stay in school, women are able to make invaluable contributions to their communities and the workforce, health systems are stronger, and nations’ economies grow.

Leesman and Delos Launch Workplace Wellbeing Benchmark

Leesman, a global leader in assessing employee experience, and Delos, a wellness real estate and technology company, are collaborating to investigate how real estate strategy can better support wellbeing at work. With a wide variety of strategies being promoted as a secret to ‘wellness at work’, this collaboration aims to test and validate the impact of leading real estate strategies on worker wellbeing on an ongoing basis, not only when the office is new.

Local Engineering Students Design For The Future

The first-place team, “Suds & Studs + Mia” also won the sustainability award, having designed a human-powered washing machine designed for Ugandan refugee camps. The other two winning projects consisted of devices to assist people with limited joint mobility to easily don compression socks and an electromechanical device designed to counteract the tremors caused by Parkinson’s Disease and stabilize the user’s handwriting.

WELL Project Profile: Metropole Head Office in Taipei, Taiwan

Metropole Industrial Co. Ltd., an innovative leader of the HVAC industry, is the company behind Taiwan’s first WELL Certified interiors project at the Gold level. Their new 6,867 sq ft (638 sq m) head office in Neihu District, Taipei City was designed to advance wellness throughout the workspace.

Healthcare Diversity Council to Host Inaugural National Diversity Conference Promoting Equity and Inclusion in the Healthcare Industry

The Healthcare Diversity Council, an initiative of the National Diversity Council, will host an inaugural conference focused on equity in the healthcare system on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 from 7:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. at MD Anderson Cancer Center. The 2019 National Healthcare Diversity Conference will engage participants in conversations focused on equitable practices in the healthcare space on the theme, “Diversity Transcending: Many Faces in the Mission of Inclusion.”

CVS Health Announces Aggressive New Plans to Combat the Significant Rise in E-Cigarette Use Among Youth

Given the significant increase in the number of teens using e-cigarettes, CVS Health today announced that it and its charitable foundations will award a total of more than $10 million in 2019 to support youth smoking and e-cigarette prevention strategies and education delivered in classrooms, by clinicians and in communities across the United States.

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