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Pollinator Habitats Are Declining Worldwide, But Business Can Help

Jun 17, 2019 4:00 PM ET - Bees are necessary to pollinate plants, including crops we use for food, but bee populations are in decline worldwide. For well over a decade, colony collapse disorder (CCD) has shaken the agricultural sector and challenged scientists. This...

My Special Aflac Duck® to Share Spotlight With Famous Directors, Producers and Creatives

Jun 17, 2019 2:05 PM ET - More than just humans will grace the speaker dais of the annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity in France this year. Aflac today announced that My Special Aflac Duck®, an innovative robotic version of the well-known U.S. insurance company's...

Mental Health America Recognizes Booz Allen for Corporate Excellence

Jun 17, 2019 11:20 AM ET - What do an Instagram egg, a critically acclaimed film with Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet, and Booz Allen have in common? All were recognized at the 2019 Mental Health America (MHA) awards for their contributions to educating, advocating, and...

Battling the Baby Blues: Meet 3 Researchers Whose Innovative Work Is All About Boosting the Mental Health of Moms

Jun 17, 2019 8:30 AM ET - Worldwide, 13% of women who've just given birth experience a mental disorder—most commonly postpartum depression, which can leave new moms with feelings of sadness, hopelessness and emptiness that can last for more than two weeks after delivery...

Mobile Solutions to Improve Access to Healthcare

Jun 17, 2019 8:30 AM ET - Health inequality is a growing concern in Canada and the United States.1 Where you live can play a big part, especially for those living in remote communities, but so can employment status, income level, gender and ethnicity. And in turn, there is a...

Smithfield Foods Donates Nearly 40,000 Pounds of Protein to FeedMore WNY

Jun 13, 2019 4:30 PM ET - Today, Smithfield Foods, Inc. and Tops Friendly Markets joined forces to donate nearly 40,000 pounds of protein to FeedMore WNY. Smithfield’s contribution was part of the company’s 2019 Helping Hungry Homes® donation tour.

Shoot for the Stars and You’ll Get to the Moon

Jun 13, 2019 12:00 PM ET - Each of us has the power to make a difference through our actions as employees, consumers, parents, and members of our communities. How do we make a difference? How do we contribute and create sustainable value for all our stakeholders? What I’ve...

“They Needed to Feel Loved”: How One Nurse Revolutionized Patient Care During the AIDS Crisis

Jun 13, 2019 8:35 AM ET - In the early 1980s, Cliff Morrison did what no other San Francisco General Hospital staff member had the guts to do: come up with a humane way to treat and care for AIDS patients. We sat down with him to learn more about the life-changing initiative...

Viacom Employees Raise Approximately $20,000 for AIDS Walk New York

Jun 13, 2019 8:05 AM ET - On May 19th, Viacom talent and employees participated in the annual AIDS Walk New York. AIDS Walk NYC is the largest single-day AIDS fundraising event in the world. Viacom has been a long-standing champion in the fight against HIV/AIDS through its...

My Special Aflac Duck® joins Beads of Courage to Award Employee Supporters

Jun 13, 2019 8:00 AM ET - Aflac has been a supporter of Beads of Courage, a nonprofit international organization helping children chronicle their unique stories using beads during their cancer treatment. Each one represents a specific treatment that a child received or a...

People-centricity: Connecting the Employee Experience to the Patient Experience

Jun 12, 2019 1:00 PM ET - At Alexion, people with rare and devastating diseases are our inspiration. We know that beginning with their first symptoms through an often long path to diagnosis and treatment, living with a rare disease is a sobering new normal to navigate while...

LIXIL's SATO Achieves New Milestone with First Profitable Market in Bangladesh

Jun 12, 2019 12:05 PM ET - Today, 2.3 billion people – or one in three people worldwide - still do not have access to basic sanitation. As a leading company in sanitary ware, LIXIL has incorporated design and technology to solve real consumer needs in all of its bathroom...

Circadian Rhythms

Jun 12, 2019 12:00 PM ET - Circadian rhythm is a 24-hour pattern that is found in all life, generally mediated by a central clock. Plants use their clocks to coevolve with their predators and their pollinators. Rodents use their clocks to determine food availability, safety...

My Special Aflac Duck® Makes Landing at CHOC Children's Hospital, Patients Receive Robotic Duck Designed to Help Them Cope with Cancer

Jun 12, 2019 11:00 AM ET - At the delivery event, attendees were treated to a demonstration of My Special Aflac Duck, highlighting how it will help comfort children and serve as a tool for health care professionals to use with their patients. After the demonstration, children...

Our Commitment to Patients and Beyond: Amgen 2018 Responsibility Highlights Report

Jun 12, 2019 8:00 AM ET - Beyond our work to discover, develop and manufacture vital medicines, we are focused on contributing to the greater good in society in numerous ways, which we share in our 2018 Responsibility Highlights Report. We continue to build our Access to...

EHS Global Moments: U.S. Emergency Exits

Jun 11, 2019 10:35 AM ET - Antea Group’s blog discusses emergency exit requirements in the U.S.

Bacardi Limited's Rick Wilson Appointed Vice Chairman of Responsibility.org Board

Jun 11, 2019 9:30 AM ET - Rick Wilson, Senior Vice President of Corporate Responsibility at Bacardi Limited, will serve as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors at Responsibility.org. Responsibility.org...

The Movement Towards Natural & Organic Food and Healthy Lifestyles

Jun 11, 2019 8:05 AM ET - Consumer demand for healthier products continues to grow. With concerns ranging from the cost of healthcare to the effects of food and agriculture on climate change, consumers of all ages are opting for natural, organic and functional foods and...

VIDEO: June is #SubaruLovestoCare Month

Jun 10, 2019 11:45 AM ET - This June, Subaru, our retailers, and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society are working together through the Subaru Loves to Care initiative to spread hope, love, and warmth to those fighting cancer through gestures of caring.

Mohawk Group’s NeoCon Introductions Show How Innovation Is Second Nature for Flooring Leader

Jun 10, 2019 11:20 AM ET - Mohawk Group, a leading commercial flooring company known for innovative flooring solutions and its ongoing commitment to believe in better, will showcase its latest carpet and hard surface collections at NeoCon 2019. Beginning today and continuing...

Wells Fargo to Donate $1 Billion to Address Housing Affordability Crisis

Jun 8, 2019 8:00 AM ET - The Company, through its business and the Wells Fargo Foundation, will use its resources and expertise to develop new ideas and implement solutions in communities of need in collaboration with public- and private-sector organizations. In particular...

Do Patients Care About Sustainability?

Jun 7, 2019 11:00 AM ET - Today’s hospital patients care about sustainability in a big way. They are much like consumers in all categories, three quarters of whom are more likely to buy a product or service if the organization behind it is committed to sustainable practices.

Exploring the Third Track at the Reporting 3.0 Conference: The Sherpas

Jun 7, 2019 9:00 AM ET - Following up on the previous two releases (here on The Village track, and here on The Journey track), this release focuses on laying out the third track, The Sherpas, at the 6th International Reporting 3.0 Conference. The Sherpas track, so-named in...

Why Sustainability Makes Business Sense

Jun 7, 2019 8:00 AM ET - For a company like Philip Morris International to have a conversation about sustainability may seem almost inappropriate to some people. How can a tobacco company—which sells products that are harmful to the health of its consumers—talk in a...

VIDEO | Worker Safety

Jun 6, 2019 10:00 AM ET - The health and safety of Smithfield Foods’ employees is a core value, and the company is constantly working to better its safety performance by engaging all employees in its safety management programs.

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