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Mohawk Group Takes Home HiP Award With Science-Backed Workplace Carpet

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Biophilia can be a part of a project in subtle, almost imperceptible ways and still have a huge impact on the holistic quality of that space. Take, for example, Mohawk Group’s latest workplace carpet offering, Relaxing Floors. It won a HiP award at NeoCon 2019 for its novel concept: that naturally occurring fractal patterns, which have been demonstrated to reduce stress, can be incorporated into contract spaces through flooring.

Aflac Reports on Effort to Give Children With Cancer Huggable Robots

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

A foundation affiliated with Aflac Inc. has given toy robots that look like the Aflac Duck to children who are facing cancer in about 200 U.S. hospitals and clinics, Aflac said today.

Bridging School and Workplace Experiences: Career Days Offer Learning Opportunities for Students and Associates

Education

Every year, T. Rowe Price provides hundreds of high school students across the globe an opportunity to participate in a Career Day, an event designed to provide them with insight into the professional workforce and help them develop workplace skills. The firm recently hosted events in Baltimore, Colorado Springs, Sydney, and London.

20 Years Later, Southern California Edison and Fire Agencies Still Work Together to Protect Communities

Environment

SCE also continues to expand its 2019 Wildfire Mitigation Plan to protect the public from wildfires in high fire risk areas by installing insulation around power lines. It’s meant to protect the lines from arcing and sparking during high-wind events.

JetBlue’s Soar with Reading Initiative Lands in New York City Placing Free Book Vending Machines in Each of the Five Boroughs

Education

JetBlue (Nasdaq: JBLU), New York’s Hometown Airline®, today launched its ninth annual Soar with Reading initiative in its hometown, marking the first time its innovative free book vending machines have touched down in New York City.

Duke Energy Prepares Vulnerable Residents for Storm Season

Social Impact & Volunteering

Duke Energy recently joined with local community groups to assemble and distribute storm preparedness kits to about 4,000 seniors, some of Florida’s most vulnerable residents. The program expanded across the state after a 2018 pilot in Pinellas County that reached 1,000 homebound seniors in the Meals on Wheels program.

Republic Services Touch-a-Truck Visits Bozeman, MT

Social Impact & Volunteering

Our Republic truck was a big hit at the touch-a-truck event at Little Tree Education Center in Bozeman, MT. The kids (and Driver) had a blast!

World Population Day 2019: Addressing the Environmental and Social Impacts of Rapid Population Growth

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

In the wake of the world’s population reaching 5 billion people, World Population Day was established in 1989 by the UN.

Science Experiments Inside the Curiosity Cube

Education

WMTV covered MilliporeSigma's Curiosity Cube at the Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison.

Sponsor, Volunteer, or Partner with YMCA of Metropolitan Washington for the 25th Annual THINGAMAJIG® Invention Convention, One of the Largest Local STEM-based Events for Youth

Events, Media & Communications

Twenty-five years ago, what started as a small science camp celebration with just 140 children has exploded into a multi-state STEM experience for more than 5,000 kids in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.

National Grid And Its Employees Make A Difference; Team Up With United Way To Assist Customers Most In Need

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

National Grid and its employees have once again joined forces to help support 35 United Way chapters throughout the company’s US service area. This year, more than 4,500 National Grid employees pledged more than $1.4 million to the United Way campaign.

Beth Rattner at Climate One: What Is Biomimicry?

Environment

Beth Rattner recently spoke at a Climate One panel and podcast, explaining what biomimicry is, and the role it can play in product design.

Hallmark 2018 Sustainability Progress

Research, Reports & Publications

“Overall, we are very pleased with the progress we have made,” said Craig McMonigle, vice president – supply chain innovation and product integrity, Hallmark. “We remain committed to better understanding our water footprint and the areas of biggest impact and risk along our broader supply chain.”

Mars Showcases Coral Restoration at Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings

Education

Mars has been in business since 1911 — and we want to be thriving in another hundred years. Our Associates take a scientific approach to the challenges that we face, working with the best and brightest around the world to solve the problems we encounter as a business and in society.

Crucial Contribution of Business to Paris Agreement

Sustainable Development Goals

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

Research, Reports & Publications

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 programs, environmental sustainability actions and corporate culture rooted in compliance and ethics.

Gildan Partners With World Vision to Deliver Its Teacher Training Program in Honduras

Education

As a pillar of Gildan’s community engagement program, the Company believes that investing in youth education can help change futures for individuals and communities grow and prosper in the longer term.

Join Schneider Electric for a Sustainability TweetChat: 2019 Earth Overshoot Day

Events, Media & Communications

2019 Earth Overshoot Day is earlier than ever. Let's #MoveTheDate.

Carnival Corporation to Significantly Reduce Single-Use Plastics by End of 2021

Sustainable Development Goals

Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world's largest leisure travel company, recently announced that it will significantly eliminate its purchase and consumption of non-essential single-use plastics by the end of 2021.

UN Global Compact to Engage Business at the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development Goals

At the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, the UN Global Compact will host the first Making Global Goals Local Business Week, providing an opportunity for business leaders to showcase their contributions towards the Sustainable Development Goals and share best practices for translating global strategies into local solutions in support of the 2030 Agenda.

Bridgestone to Attend the Program Presentation of 2019 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge

Events, Media & Communications

A total of 53 teams from 24 countries will take part in the 2019 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge from 13-20 October. Bridgestone has been the title sponsor of the event since 2013 and has continuously supplied teams with specially-developed solar car tires: ECOPIA with ologic.

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

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 concerns or struggles, before they quit.

Ecuadorian Plaintiffs End Fraudulent Litigation Against Chevron

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

GRI Chief Executive Tim Mohin testifies before US House Committee on Financial Services, on corporate reporting requirements for ESG information.

Aramark to Provide Full Tuition Coverage of College Degrees for Hourly Associates Across the U.S.

Aramark (ARMK), a global leader in food, facilities management and uniforms, announced today that it will provide the opportunity for eligible hourly associates in the U.S. to receive full tuition coverage for college degrees.