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Bayer Expands Industry-leading Digital Farming Platform in Argentina

Crucial Contribution of Business to Paris Agreement

Jul 11, 2019 8:45 AM ET - Paper published giving analysis of how policy makers and businesses can work closer together to ramp up private sector engagement in the climate change commitments made under the Paris Agreement.

Teva Drives Progress to Address Pressing Global Health Challenges While Maintaining Focus on Compliance

Jul 11, 2019 8:00 AM ET - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) published today its 2018 Social Impact Report, highlighting how the world’s leading provider of generic medicines helped create a healthier world through its product portfolio, patient...

Intel Was Losing Employees. So It Created an Anonymous Hotline to Help Unhappy Workers

Jul 10, 2019 2:20 PM ET - In 2016, Intel realized it had a retention problem. A lot of workers were leaving, particularly women and minorities. So the company launched a confidential online hotline where employees are paired with case managers to resolve any workplace...

Ecuadorian Plaintiffs End Fraudulent Litigation Against Chevron

Jul 10, 2019 2:00 PM ET - A group of Ecuadorian plaintiffs whose litigation against Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) has been exposed as a fraud and bribery scheme by courts in the United States and elsewhere has ended its Canadian lawsuit against the company.

ESG Disclosure Reduces Risk and Informs Investors

Jul 10, 2019 2:00 PM ET - GRI Chief Executive Tim Mohin testifies before US House Committee on Financial Services, on corporate reporting requirements for ESG information.

National Grid Celebrates Lineworker Appreciation Day

Jul 10, 2019 11:35 AM ET - National Grid’s electricity field force is a special group of people who perform extraordinary work in some of the toughest conditions.

The Alliance to Save Energy Names Four Innovators as 2019 Stars of Energy Efficiency

Jul 10, 2019 11:30 AM ET - The Alliance to Save Energy on Wednesday announced it would be awarding Alabama Power, Ingersoll Rand, OhmConnect, and Pepco Holdings its 2019 Stars of Energy Efficiency, celebrating their accomplishments in pioneering new ways to use energy more...

VALVERT launches 100% recycled plastic bottle

Jul 10, 2019 11:30 AM ET - Nestlé Waters launches 100% rPET bottle for Valvert brand in Europe

Conservation Camp Celebrates Sustainable Forestry

Jul 10, 2019 11:10 AM ET - When Bonny Skene attended Conservation Camp in 10th grade, she wasn’t looking for a career in forestry. “My parents always encouraged me to try new and different things, and Conservation Camp was definitely new and different,” she says.

Lockheed Martin Releases 2018 Global Diversity and Inclusion Report

Jul 10, 2019 10:35 AM ET - Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], ranked among the ‘50 Best Companies for Diversity’ by Black Enterprise magazine in 2018, is releasing its 2018 Annual Report on Global Diversity and Inclusion. The 36-page report outlines Lockheed Martin’s current...

The Olympic Cauldron of the Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020 to Be Powered By Eco-Responsible Fuel

Jul 10, 2019 10:30 AM ET - Following the lighting ceremony in Athens, Greece, the Olympic flame will make its journey across Switzerland to light the Lausanne 2020 Olympic cauldron on 9 January 2020 during the Opening Ceremony of the 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne.

More and More Employees Want to Support Causes Across Borders—Here’s Why (and How!) Companies Are Getting Involved

Jul 10, 2019 9:00 AM ET - The demand for employee giving and volunteering programs that stretch across borders is growing. How do we know? Last year, we saw a whopping 85% increase in the adoption of the Benevity OneWorld™ international solution. It’s clear that employees...

Serving Our Tiniest Consumers: Meet Susan Ludwig

Jul 10, 2019 8:10 AM ET - Susan Ludwig and the team that developed diapers for preemie babies have kept these tiny consumers at the center of our diaper innovation since 2002. In heartbreak, she realized the company's unique ability to deliver hope. ...

ScottsMiracle-Gro’s Work to Repurpose 5 Billion Pounds of Green Waste Annually

Jul 10, 2019 8:00 AM ET - Every year, we work with communities to recycle 5 billion pounds of green waste into beneficial soil products for gardeners. This keeps it out of local waste streams and returns valuable, often local, nutrients back into the soil. It also makes...

Pro Bono Perspectives Episode 25: May Malik, NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs

Jul 10, 2019 6:00 AM ET - In this episode of Common Impact's Pro Bono Perspectives podcast, host Danielle Holly is joined by May Malik, Deputy Commissioner of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, to talk about how the city, local nonprofits and dedicated...

Act Locally: Israel’s Maala Shows How National Standards Can Move the Needle on Global CSR

Jul 9, 2019 5:15 PM ET - Global reporting systems have become a mainstay of major multinational companies seeking to track their progress on human rights and environmental impact.

SunTrust Foundation Awards $275,000 Grant to YMCA of East Tennessee for Youth Development

Jul 9, 2019 1:25 PM ET - The SunTrust Foundation announced today a $275,000 grant to the YMCA of East Tennessee to expand its youth development programs that focus on financial wellness, academics, leadership and well-being. On behalf of the SunTrust Foundation, Harry Gross...

How to Create a Balance Between Grants Management and Business Impact

Jul 9, 2019 12:35 PM ET - The win-win outcome is the most ideal situation in business, especially when it comes to corporate social responsibility, and particularly grants management.

Applegate Kicks Off National Hot Dog Month With Animal Welfare Certified Franks

Jul 9, 2019 12:15 PM ET - July is National Hot Dog Month and with Americans set to down 150 million of them on Independence Day alone, Applegate, the producer of the nation’s leading natural and organic meat brand, announced that its iconic The Cleaner Wiener™ hot dogs will...

3 Tips for Minorities in STEM: Booz Allen’s Tony Mitchell Talks to Fast Company

Jul 9, 2019 11:30 AM ET - Given the current lack of diversity in today’s workplace, how can minority STEM professionals play a role in increasing the ranks of diverse STEM talent?

Future Lineworkers Earn Scholarships

Jul 9, 2019 10:20 AM ET - MARSHALL — The Consumers Energy Foundation is assisting three individuals training to become electric lineworkers with scholarships honoring two fallen company linemen. The scholarship program, first announced in 2015, is in conjunction...

Why Businesses Need to Tackle the Education Gap

Jul 9, 2019 10:15 AM ET - Bill Gates once said that the first five years of a child’s life have a lot to do with how the next 80 will turn out. I couldn’t agree more. Early childhood education doesn’t drive cable news. It won’t appear in your Instagram feed. Yet it’s...

Creating Diverse & Inclusive Business: The Power of Employee Volunteer Networks

Jul 9, 2019 9:15 AM ET - Your employee volunteering program’s ability to help employees understand and bridge social and cultural divisions is a big indicator of the importance of your program. So how do you make inclusivity part of your approach to citizenship?

Driving Sustainability Standards Ever Higher

Jul 9, 2019 9:00 AM ET - GRI is raising its capacity to build on the success of the GRI Standards, following the recruitment of Marco van der Ree as Chief Development Officer.

Prudential Financial Sustainability Report Details Financial Resilience, Responsible Impact

Jul 9, 2019 8:00 AM ET - Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) released its 2018 sustainability report, detailing how the company supports its four building blocks of long-term vitality: financial sustainability, customer focus, investing in people and responsible impact.

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