ESG News from Leading Brands

Research, Reports & Publications

Human Rights Challenges for Business in 2017 – Complementary Briefing

Dec 14, 2016 8:00 AM ET

Claiming ignorance is not an option anymore and Human rights standards and due diligence demand is just increasing. But how is the landscape evolving, and what does it mean for corporate risk?

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

How IBM and Stop the Traffik Are Taking on the Traffickers with Technology

Dec 14, 2016 8:00 AM ET

No matter their size, sector, location or scope, no business can ignore human rights. Their scope is wide, covering everything from the right to education to access to water, but one issue in particular is now the most pressing cause of human rights abuses across the world – human trafficking.

Environment

Public Partners From Atlanta to Chicago are Enthused About Norfolk Southern’s Emissions-Reduction Technology

Dec 14, 2016 6:30 AM ET

Across Norfolk Southern’s operating territory – from Kansas City and Atlanta to Chicago and Ohio – representatives from state and federal environmental agencies support the railroad’s efforts to reduce locomotive emissions.

Research, Reports & Publications

Macsween Highlights Commitment to Sustainability and Employee Welfare with publication of 2014/2015 Sustainability Report

Dec 14, 2016 4:00 AM ET

Macsween’s approach to business is influenced by a three generation, 60 year tradition of growth, responsibility and innovation. Over the past 10 years, as Managing Directors, James & Jo Macsween have developed this further; marrying family values with new products, progressive employment practices and environmental systems.

Environment

TD's Chief Environment Officer Karen Clarke-Whistler Discusses How a Healthier Environment Can Support a Healthier Economy With Spanish Media, Corresponcables.

Dec 13, 2016 6:00 PM ET

During the 2016 Business Social Responsibility (BSR) conference, Chief Environment Officer, Karen Clarke-Whistler, explains how TD Bank Group has made sustainability a core business strategy. Her interview provides insight into TD's environmental strategy and the sustainability challenges it faces.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Reaching Out, Building Character

Dec 13, 2016 3:55 PM ET

Environment

Chevrolet Debuts First Bolt EVs to Customers

Dec 13, 2016 3:15 PM ET

In the San Francisco Bay area today, Chevrolet delivered the first three Bolt EVs to customers, fulfilling the brand’s promise to offer a long-range electric vehicle at an affordable price.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Beyond the Lecture Hall: Residence Life Turns Campus into Community

Dec 13, 2016 2:35 PM ET

For today’s students, college is about more than just academics. When students select a college, they are increasingly likely to consider factors beyond the institution’s academic reputation, research facilities and faculty credentials. Students understand that the campus they select will be their home for the next few years, and they are interested in the quality of life they can expect there. For this reason, students are placing greater emphasis on residence life programs when contemplating their options for higher education.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Cargill Donates $3 Million Over Three Years to Feeding America to Support Nutrition Solutions

Dec 13, 2016 11:05 AM ET

Today, Feeding America, the largest domestic hunger-relief organization, announced a $3 million grant from Cargill to provide children and families with nutrition solutions. This three year gift will help food banks provide nourishing meals to people in need by increasing access to fruits and vegetables, providing nutrition education, investing in a diabetes prevention pilot program and funding food safety measures to ensure the highest qualities of food distribution.

Research, Reports & Publications

New Case Study Report Released - From Scarcity to Abundance: Business Solutions for a Water Constrained World

Dec 13, 2016 10:30 AM ET

The private sector has a critical role in developing water management strategies and initiatives to help fight water scarcity in the world. From Scarcity to Abundance: Business Solutions for a Water Constrained World showcases how businesses are implementing solutions in their communities to help fight this global issue.

Events, Media & Communications

Mark Kramer, Co-Founder of FSG, to Keynote the Global Engagement Forum Live

Dec 13, 2016 10:15 AM ET

Mark Kramer, co-founder of the prominent social impact firm, FSG, will keynote the Global Engagement Forum Live, taking place April 4 – 5 in Washington, DC. Kramer advocates for an ecosystem approach to create shared value—a concept that connects societal and economic progress.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Barclays Pioneers: Redefining the Sharing Economy

Dec 13, 2016 10:00 AM ET

'The sharing economy' is one of the hottest topics in the business world, but do we really understand what the term means? Ian Rand, CEO of Business Banking at Barclays, believes it’s time for a new definition based on mutual success and growth.

Banks have been on a long journey. It started more than 300 years ago in the coffee shops of Lombard Street when they began ‘matching’ suppliers with consumers, buyers with sellers, importers with exporters, and – crucially – those who had capital they wanted a return on, and those who wanted to use that capital.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

University Leaders Explore the Importance of Strong Resident Life Programs on Campus

Dec 13, 2016 9:45 AM ET

In the latest chapter of the President to President series, published today, Walter Kimbrough, Ph.D., president of Dillard University in New Orleans, describes the importance of developing a strong residence life program as the University works to recover from the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina.

Responsible Production & Consumption

HP Wins Asia's Best Supply Chain Reporting Award

Dec 13, 2016 9:45 AM ET

Global information technology major HP has won Asia’s Best Supply Chain Reporting award at the 2016 Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards at an exclusive event on 28 November in Singapore.

Responsible Production & Consumption

9 Health & Safety Statistics Food and Beverage Companies Need to Know

Dec 13, 2016 9:35 AM ET

The quality and safety of the food we eat is in the hands of millions of dedicated and skilled workers at food and beverage companies across the world. The key to maintaining that food quality and safety is ensuring workers have the EHS training, tools and support they need to feel and perform work safely.

To give workers this support, food and beverage companies need to understand the attitudes, motivations and workplace perceptions of their workers. This knowledge and understanding allow you to craft EHS processes and programs that workers can get on board with.

On the Antea Group blog, we share some interesting EHS statistics that food and beverage companies can use to guide their EHS program strategy.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Greater Impact Through Community and Collaboration

Dec 13, 2016 9:10 AM ET

Michelle Disabato, Impact Market Executive at MicroEdge + Blackbaud, shares how Blackbaud OutcomesTM is bringing people together and unifying them around a common language, providing people with the ability to collaborate through software to help organizations across the sector to have greater insight, and greater impact.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Canada’s Moving Towards a Circular Economy – Business Must Prepare Now

Dec 13, 2016 9:05 AM ET

Innovation & Technology

2017: Our Financial Interconnectedness is the Big Story

Dec 13, 2016 9:05 AM ET

Let’s get real – individual investors have no sway in the public markets. The place where individual investors can have the most impact – by far – is in providing direct growth capital to private companies and social enterprises.

Energy

Illuminating Ideas To Save Energy in Honda Manufacturing Facilities

Dec 13, 2016 9:00 AM ET

In the past year, Honda’s North American plants have undertaken a number of initiatives to reduce their energy usage and many of them are finding success through the usage of LED lighting.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Sappi’s Key Performance Indicators: Creative Uses for Solid Waste

Dec 13, 2016 9:00 AM ET

Managing our solid waste and finding ways to minimize it remains a focus at all Sappi’s North American mills.

Diversity & Inclusion

Meet the Antea Group Bettendorf Office!

Dec 13, 2016 9:00 AM ET

The Bettendorf office provides services within multiple segments and practice areas. Our projects span from traditional ELM support to due diligence and health and safety for global high tech companies.

We have particular depth of experience within the railroad segment, providing support with assessment and remediation, due diligence, emergency response, and compliance services. Additionally, primary providers of the CAVe data management and visualization team reside in our office and support projects, from small ELM to complex litigation projects across Antea Group’s global footprint. Bettendorf is also home to a core group that supports the EHS Passport solution, which aids companies as they grow and expand into new countries.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Are Millennials the Lost Generation? A Global Perspective

Dec 13, 2016 8:30 AM ET

Millennials are often portrayed in the media as lazy, narcissistic and entitled, but these harsh generalisations could not be further from the truth. According to the Rise of the Millennials survey conducted in October 2015 by Standard Life Investments, which seeks to find what motivates millennials, it was found that 61% of the millennials interviewed were worried about the state of the world and felt that they were personally responsible for making a difference.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Kimberly-Clark Employees Lend a Helping Hand to Families Affected by Tennessee Forest Fires

Dec 13, 2016 8:20 AM ET

More than 14,000 people were forced from their homes as a result of the recent Tennessee wildfires. While the flames have come to a halt, they have left boundless destruction in their wake.

Energy

Consumers Energy Helps Over 1,300 Nonprofit Organizations in Michigan to Lower Energy Costs

Dec 13, 2016 8:15 AM ET

Over 1,300 places of worship and nonprofit organizations across Michigan will save at least $1.5 million on their energy bills next year, benefitting from a 4-year-old campaign by Consumers Energy to help them put more money toward helping those in need.

Health & Healthcare

Redefining Vision: Renee’s Story

Dec 13, 2016 8:05 AM ET