Environment

A Plastic Bench as a Lesson in Recycling

A bench created from 500 pounds of recycled plastic caps collected by Essity and Fairview 4H Club members, and sorted by the 4H Club, was recently dedicated to Outagamie County Parks (placed next to the Newton Blackmour State Trail) and in the Village of Black Creek, Wisconsin.

Research & Reports

Caesars Entertainment Publishes 2017 Citizenship Report with New Strategic Framework

In 2016, Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ:CZR) introduced the gaming and entertainment industry’s most aggressive carbon reduction targets, secured Triple A scores in three CDP rankings and, with its related entities, delivered $5.7m of contributed societal value for every $10m in gross revenue, almost triple the estimated average of U.S. corporations.

Health & Healthcare

How a Cross-Sector Coalition is Reducing Childhood Asthma in Texas

Dallas Children’s Medical Center, a 100-year-old nonprofit hospital serving North Texas, identified the need to reduce disparities in childhood asthma outcomes across racial, socioeconomic, and geographic boundaries. Asthma is the most common chronic condition for children living in Dallas and was the top cause for admission to the Children’s Health emergency department in 2013.

Awards & Rankings

Frontline Families AmeriCorps Member Serves Veterans, Local Community

Wendy Samples may have been the only Frontline Families AmeriCorps member in the entire state of Mississippi over the last year, but her friend and colleague, Heath Dearman, said she has been the perfect fit for this role.

Philanthropy

GM Helps Accelerate Resident-Led Community Transformation Plan

General Motors, The Skillman Foundation and the Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance are collaborating to revitalize and strengthen the Cody Rouge community in Detroit. The groups will amplify collective strengths and capital – both human and financial – to achieve measureable positive change in the neighborhood, which recently announced a strategic, resident-led transformation plan.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Creating the Conditions for Inclusive Markets

Inclusive markets not only are possible, but can be made more possible. Find out how in new FSG report.

Awards & Rankings

UPS’s Myron Gray Receives National Urban League Award

UPS (NYSE:UPS) announced that Myron Gray, President, U.S. Operations, is the recipient of the Charles Collins Distinguished Trustee award from the National Urban League for his service and mentorship upholding the work and ideals of the National Urban League.

Research & Reports

Interface and PayPal make the Social Purpose Business Case

Ethical Corporation released a new report with case studies from Interface and PayPal on making the social purpose business case.

Philanthropy

Reflections on a Smarter City: Memphis, USA

Philanthropy

Why IBM Pays Its Employees To Take Time Off To Tackle The World’s Problems

Currently, only about 10% of cancer patients in sub-Sahara Africa receive chemotherapy treatment. More than a half million people are diagnosed with cancer in the region annually, while nearly the same number die from it each year, too. Without intervention, that toll is expected to double by 2030, partly because as people are otherwise living longer, thanks to better malaria and HIV treatments and prevention. But chemotherapy and related drugs are both expensive and tricky to use because there are so many types and stages of the disease.

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