General Mills is a part of coalition of leading food makers, retailers and foodservice operators that have committed to minimize food waste within their own operations and also help society cut food waste levels in half by the year 2030.
Forty nine percent of American consumers believe it is more important for a company to make the world a better place than to make money for its shareholders, according to a new report.
Over the past fifty years, around 17% of the Amazon rainforest has been destroyed, according to the World Wildlife Fund, but as this week’s guest on Sea Change Radio explains, with fires and deforestation out of control, the situation could get even worse before we see any significant improvement.
PNC has always believed our company will thrive when our communities thrive. Sally McCrady leads the charge to bring our commitment to our communities to life – and American Banker recently honored her efforts with its 2019 Community Impact Award.
Common Impact is collaborating with Fidelity Investments® to expand Impact Week, its 4th annual wide-scale flash consulting event where Fidelity Investments volunteers utilize their business expertise to support local nonprofit organizations in building capacity to serve their communities
The World Bank estimates that 60% of the world’s populations remains excluded from the digital economy. Corporations are in a unique position to contribute to the solution. Learn how SAP is helping.
If you work at a nonprofit, you may find yourself putting off projects & plans due to shortages in budget or in-house expertise. With the support of Taproot volunteers donating their professional skills, you can make those blue-sky plans a reality
The National Diversity Council (NDC) will kick off Legal Diversity Week, announcing the 2019 Top 50 Women Lawyers on Tuesday, October 29 from 8:30-10:30 a.m. at the Marriott Marquis Houston.
Thousands of Black & Veatch professionals across the company’s global operations are marking the 20th anniversary of its shift to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
As the generational transition in our workforce continues, Domtar embraces those who can bring their diverse background, experiences and skills to the table.
Detroit Dirt makes waste into a commodity. It takes food waste, green waste, spent grains and herbivore manure and uses an aerobic process to make it into high-quality compost for local urban farmers and gardeners.
Funded through a $1-million investment from General Mills, United Way will launch six Community Food System Grants in Mississauga and promote community education in a two-year food security initiative.
GRI has signed a collaboration agreement with the Indonesian Government that commits to support and provide the reporting frameworks for the country’s commitments to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This was a country with 30% forest cover in 1900, but only 4% today. They will benefit tremendously from restoring their natural ecosystems, and we all benefit from the carbon dioxide that these trees will sequester.
It was women wielding the wrenches, fixing airplane engines and sitting in the captain’s chair in the cockpit of the 190-seat airplane inside JetBlue’s hangar at Logan International Airport on Saturday — a rare sight in an industry dominated by men.
VolunteerPro and VolunteerMatch have teamed up to bring a new podcast into the field of volunteer administration: Time + Talent. Subscribe now on iTunes, Spotify, or Stitcher and listen to the first two episodes of Season 1 at any time.
As regulators and consumers appeal for enterprises to adopt fleets that cut emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause climate change and make our world more breathable, those pressed to do so grapple with whether the considerable investment makes financial sense or inflicts the least financial pains.
The Connect To Learn program is a public-private partnership that brings mobile technology and 3G/4G-based Internet access to underserved schools in Myanmar, offering students the opportunity to leapfrog to a 21st century education.
In Asia, ESG investing encompasses large, transformational changes. It focuses on companies that can potentially deliver profits and growth from improving the quality of life across the region. Within this context, Matthews Asia launched the ESG Fund more than four years ago. The Fund seeks to capitalize on the growth of the region by investing with an ESG lens.
In the peaceful Midwestern town of Ottawa, Ohio lies a Whirlpool Corporation plant where freezers have been manufactured since the early 90's. More than 400 employees produce products there. Read about them and watch their video here.
