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More Than a Mascot: Aflac Duck Robot Comforts Kid Cancer Patients—and Sets an Example for Pharma

Innovation & Technology

From advertising icon to pediatric cancer pal, the Aflac duck has transformed from a TV commercial attention-getter to a trusted friend for children with cancer.

2018 Sustainability Report Details GM’s Drive for Safer, Better, More Sustainable Personal Mobility

General Motors Co. released its ninth annual sustainability report to update employees, investors, policymakers, advocacy groups and customers on the aggressive moves the company made in 2018 to achieve its vision of a world with zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion. The report extensively covers GM’s drive to build a world-class, inclusive and customer-focused culture with strong corporate governance and transparency.

PSEG Holds One of Lowest Carbon Emissions Rates Among Largest U.S. Power Producers

Energy

PSEG has one of the lowest carbon emissions rates of the nation’s largest power producers, according to a new analysis released today.

Deciphering Local EHS Paradigms (All Over the World)

Environment

Antea Group’s global EHS registers & protocols collect the local regulations and the real-world information to help a global company stay compliant.

MilliporeSigma Employee Spotlight: Ettigounder Ponnusamy

Responsible Production & Consumption

As part of our employee spotlight series, we’re sitting down with Ettigounder (Samy) Ponnusamy, fellow and global manager, green chemistry at MilliporeSigma, to learn more about the work he’s doing to move the needle. The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada.

Beijing 2022 Ice Venue Cooling System to Reduce Carbon Footprint of Olympic Games

Green Infrastructure

This will be the first time the technology is used in China and at the Olympic Games. It signifies a reduction of carbon emissions equal to the yearly footprint of almost 3,900 cars (more than 26,000,000 kg). A similar carbon reduction could also be achieved by planting more than 1,200,000 trees.

The Ongoing Fight for LGBTQ Civil Rights

Diversity & Inclusion

The riots at New York City’s Stonewall Inn in June 1969 are generally cited as a catalyst for the LGBTQ rights movement, but efforts had been growing steadily during the previous two decades. This was a time in U.S. history when homosexuality was still listed as a mental disorder, and gay behavior was illegal in 49 states. People could be arrested for having a physical relationship with a member of the same sex. The act of wearing clothes resembling the opposite gender was outlawed. In major cities, raids of gay bars were common.

T. Rowe Price Foundation Grants $2.7 Million to Promote Social Good in Baltimore

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The T. Rowe Price Foundation announced today it will be granting $2.7 million over four years to address some of Baltimore’s most critical needs.

Bending the Line: How Better Design Can Transition a Linear Economy to a Circular One

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

John A. Lanier shares an excerpt from his book: Mid-Course Correction Revisited: The Story and Legacy of a Radical Industrialist and his Quest for Authentic Change, by Ray C. Anderson and John A. Lanier (Chelsea Green Publishing 2019)

CIT Provides $55 Million to Jumpstart Two Affordable Housing Developments for Homeless Vets and Families

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CIT Bank, N.A., the banking subsidiary of CIT Group Inc., today announced a total community investment of $55 Million in support of two East LA Community Corporation (ELACC) affordable housing developments, El Nuevo Amanecer and Rosa de Castilla.1

CSRHub Launches on the Open:FactSet Marketplace

CSRHub, one of the world’s broadest and most consistent sets of Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) ratings, is pleased to offer ESG Business Intelligence data via the Open:FactSet Marketplace. It will be available for evaluation via FactSet’s cloud-based Data Evaluation platform on June 27, 2019.

Bridgestone to be Included in Euronext Vigeo World 120 ESG Investment Stock Index

Bridgestone Corporation today announced it has been included in the Euronext Vigeo World 120 index, a leading stock investment index focused on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, for the first time in company history.

Big Brands, Industry Leaders, Seasoned Experts, One Conference

Events, Media & Communications

The days of remaining on the sidelines in a rapidly changing business environment are over for companies large and small.

Alliance Data Releases 2018 Sustainability Report Including Updated, Balanced Scorecard

Research, Reports & Publications

Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS), a leading global provider of data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions, today released its 2018 Sustainability Report, which presents progress made over the past year and highlights connections to the Company’s current transformational business strategy.

Legg Mason Celebrates Pride Month

Diversity & Inclusion

This year, Legg Mason celebrated its achievement of a 100% score on the Human Rights Coalition’s Corporate Equality Index and showcased its efforts to encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace, including participating in multiple Pride month activities.

Creating Diverse & Inclusive Business: The Evolution of Employee Resource Groups

Diversity & Inclusion

How do companies integrate employee activism with day-to-day business? The simple answer is – collaboration. But, if companies want to focus on collaboration, they must think bigger about the concept and about how the work of employee activist networks can help guide the culture of the company.

P&G Film, ‘THE LOOK’ Highlights Bias As Experienced by Many Black Men in America.

Diversity & Inclusion

Bias is human but often results in unfair, unequal treatment that impacts us all.

Infographic: HP Inc.'s 2018 Sustainable Impact Report Results

Research, Reports & Publications

HP announces 2018 Sustainable Impact Report results that seek to create lasting, positive change for the planet, its people, and communities.

Try, Try Again: Failure as a Building Block of STEM Success

Education

I help teach my students, especially girls, not to give up if their first attempt doesn’t go as planned. Computational thinking teaches them that mistakes are not failures—it means there is room for growth and improvement in their work.

Records Set at Annual Comerica Shred Day in Southeast Michigan

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Residents participating in the annual Comerica Bank Shred Day in Southeast Michigan securely shredded approximately 111,000 pounds of documents, which was the largest total collected at a single site by Iron Mountain over the 12-year history of Comerica’s metro Detroit Shred Day.

FCA Community: Creating a Strong Flow of ‘Stream Leaders’ in Michigan

Social Impact & Volunteering

Decked out in waders with a mission of finding macroinvertebrates and minnows in the Clinton River, FCA Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Lead Dave Jump gets knee deep with Bowers Academy high school students to create the next generation of “stream leaders.”

Schneider Electric: It's Time for Climate Impact Disclosure

Our ambition is to help customers move faster towards a low-carbon economy. Increasingly, we believe that this is possible through demonstrating the positive impact of Schneider Electric’s offers on climate, and profit. This is why we have developed a conservative, robust and forward-looking methodology to calculate CO2 savings of offers over their lifetime.

Freeport-McMoRan’s Climax-Area Community Investment Fund Awards over $300,000 in Grants

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Climax Molybdenum recently awarded $300,400 to area nonprofits through the Freeport-McMoRan Foundation's 2019 Climax-Area Community Investment Fund.

BLOG | Tomorrow’s Water Stewards

Environment

Water is by far our world’s most precious natural resource. It’s critical to all living things, and while many people treat water like it is an endless supply, it’s not. Today, the world’s fresh water bodies are under pressure like never before, and pollution caused by nutrient runoff is an environmental crisis crippling our world’s most important waterways.

How Timberland’s President Jim Pisani Is Putting Sustainability at the Top of His Agenda

Responsible Production & Consumption

It didn’t take long for Jim Pisani to understand Timberland’s vital role in nurturing the environment. Just two weeks into his stint at the Stratham, N.H.-based company in 2016, the global brand president was knee deep in the company’s eco-friendly initiative — getting his hands dirty transforming a vacant Bronx, N.Y., lot into a lush garden.