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Sustainable Brands Reveals Snapshot of SB’16 Copenhagen with Premier Networking Event

Events, Media & Communications

Sustainable Brands® officially launches into the Northern European business community today with an exclusive networking event in Copenhagen designed to capture attention among brand leaders who view sustainability-led initiatives as an essential driver of business success and value creation.

How the Commodities Market is Pummeling Sugar Rights Holders

Responsible Production & Consumption

Sugar. It’s such a labor-intensive crop that it drove the slave industry in the Caribbean for decades.

FOX's 'Empire' Wins Big at the 2016 NAACP Image Awards, Takes Home 5 Awards

Diversity & Inclusion

FOX was well-represented at the 47th NAACP Image Awards on February 5, which celebrated the year in "outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts, as well as those individuals or groups who promote social justice through their creative endeavors," according to the NAACP's website. The blockbuster drama Empire, which was recently renewed for a third season, won five Image awards.

Modern Day Slavery: The Scope May Be Larger Than You Think

Responsible Production & Consumption

a company that provides goods and services to a larger company above the £36 million threshold may be asked to provide due diligence reports on their respective anti-slavery efforts.

Wells Fargo Commissions Original Art Depicting the African American Experience

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) recently commissioned Atlanta-based artist Keith Rosemond II to create six original illustrations depicting the African American experience.

CSX Announces Availability of “Game On” School Grants for Healthy Kids

Social Impact & Volunteering

CSX and Action for Healthy Kids have again partnered to offer “Game On” School Grants for Healthy Kids to support increasing physical activity and promote nutrition initiatives.

Behind Domtar's Landowners: Donna Janssen

Responsible Production & Consumption

Last year, Domtar made the decision to be more vocal about the importance of purchasing paper made in North America with customers, prospects, media and environmental groups.

Antea Group Segment Showcase Pages Now on LinkedIn

Events, Media & Communications

Antea Group is excited to roll out our brand-new segment showcase pages on LinkedIn. Hopefully you are already connected with Antea Group's company page, and now these showcase pages will allow you to dig deeper into the industries you care about with content and links specificially geared toward the field.

Penn. Students Develop Low-Cost Water Filtration System, Earn State-Wide Recognition

Innovation & Technology

An engineering class from Burrell High School in Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania was recently recognized for their efforts using STEM education to treat contaminated water in their community.

Viacom and Second Chance Toys Partner for Kids and the Environment

Social Impact & Volunteering

Viacom, one of the world’s largest media corporations, and Second Chance Toys, an East Coast nonprofit, have partnered to reduce the amount of plastic toys that enter landfills and to put smiles on the faces of kids living below the poverty level by collecting and distributing toys to those in need.

Amy Springsteel Appointed to AccountAbility AA1000 Standards Board

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AccountAbility is pleased to announce that Ms. Amy Springsteel, Assistant Vice President of Corporate Responsibility for Voya Financial, has been appointed to the AccountAbility AA1000 Standards Board. Ms.Springsteel is currently the Director of Corporate Responsibility for Voya Financial, which rebranded from ING U.S. in 2014, a leading provider of retirement, investment management and insurance products and services. AccountAbility CEO, Sunny Misser, stated, “Amy is a very valuable addition to our Standards Board – she brings strong subject matter expertise, a sound understanding of the business world and an impressive network within the US, and globally. We look forward to working with Amy and the rest of the Standards Board.”

Shire Marks 30th Anniversary with Innovative Global Program to Benefit Children with Rare Diseases

Health & Healthcare

To mark the company’s founding 30 years ago this year, Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG) is announcing a new initiative designed to positively affect the lives of children born with rare diseases, as well as the future of rare disease care.

Further, Together: Medtronic Employee Efforts Support Business Sustainability

Research, Reports & Publications

At Medtronic our approach to sustainable growth involves careful management of key issues such as access to healthcare, product quality, ethics in sales and marketing, responsible sourcing, and environmental stewardship. Our performance related to these important issues is detailed in the Company’s FY2015 integrated performance report, “Further Together.”

First Fully Renewable Gable Top Package Produced and Filled in the U.S.

Tetra Pak, the world's leading food processing and packaging equipment company, announces the successful production of the first fully renewable Gable Top package in the United States. Tetra Pak Gable Top Bio-based packages are made solely from renewable materials, defined as natural resources that can be replenished over time. The innovative new cartons are developed from a combination of paperboard and sugar cane derived plastics.

Partnerships Amplify Efforts Toward Inclusion in India

Health & Healthcare

Partnership is an amplifier. It multiplies possibilities, stirs creativity, pools talents, and makes us able to accomplish more than any of us ever could on our own.

Sanofi and Positive Planet Partnership Promote Access to Care and Quality of Health in Madagascar

Health & Healthcare

Sanofi – Positive Planet partnership with Sanofi, again rewarded for its Zina project which promotes access to care and quality of health for Malagasy

Meet Biff: A Cancer Clinical Trial Patient

Health & Healthcare

Meet Frederick (also known as Biff), a cancer patient who has gone through a Bristol-Myers Squibb clinical trial.

BJ’s Wholesale Club to Source 100% Cage-Free Eggs by 2022

Responsible Production & Consumption

BJ’s Wholesale Club announces today that the company will transition its entire supply of whole, shell eggs from cage-free farms sold at its more than 210 warehouses by 2022 or as quickly as the infrastructure will support. Additionally, BJ’s plans to source its pre-cracked, liquid eggs from cage-free farms by 2025.

Helping America’s Employers Empower Better Health with Blueprint for Wellness

Health & Healthcare

We’re proud to be leading the way in customizing and personalizing health data in the workplace. Our award-winning and industry-leading Blueprint for Wellness health risk-assessment tool—offered annually to our own employees and commercially to other employers—has been enhanced to allow for greater customization and population health management by employers.

Four Seconds of Inspiration

Environment

Despite our best efforts, separating ourselves from nature is a fruitless endeavor. So long as we are made primarily of carbon, we are nature. So long as we breathe in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide, we are nature.

Alumni in Action: Jack Bulat

Education

Jack Bulat says his experience at the Amgen Scholars US Symposium opened his eyes to the possibility of careers in biomedical research and health care.

Arrow Electronics Releases Corporate Social Impact Report

Research, Reports & Publications

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) today released a recap of its 2015 corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability initiatives. The global technology-solutions provider’s dedicated CSR program helps guide today’s innovators to a better tomorrow.

Leonardo Academy President to Present at MiaGreen

Events, Media & Communications

Presentation information for MiaGreen Expo & Conference Attendees.