The United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) need governments, businesses and civil society to work in tandem to battle poverty, hunger, poor health and education, climate change, inequality, and sustainability. Businesses especially have provided much-needed resources to move the needle since the goals were ratified in early 2015.

People aren’t the only ones with weight loss goals for the new year. To increase fuel efficiency and minimize their carbon footprints, transportation companies are making an effort to shed pounds, too.

Curiosity, in my view, is one of the driving forces behind everything we do—and everything we are capable of doing. Through curiosity in science, I believe we are given a unique way to help make a difference. Or, as we like to say at MilliporeSigma, science enables us to help solve the world’s toughest problems.

Throughout history, there have been many courageous women who stepped forward – against all odds – to champion efforts to better serve their communities.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Brigham Young University (BYU) are collaborating to apply gaming technology for engineering purposes, allowing users to interact with, record and share engineering designs in virtual reality.

Pharmagen Healthcare Limited has joined the Business Call to Action (BctA) with a pledge to provide 112,000 urban poor people in Pakistan with affordable purified drinking water each day by 2020 – reducing the incidence of water-borne diseases among the country’s most vulnerable populations.

The aviation industry still lacks women in technical and analytical positions, a trend that is seen throughout the aviation sector.

After almost 12 years in foster care, Bella is now with her forever family! Bella’s mom, Sandy, tells us her favorite things to do are to play board games with Mommy or play on her tablet. She also loves animals. Welcome home Bella!!

The Wendy's Company today announced the expansion of its Supplier Code of Conduct which now includes all U.S. and Canadian contracts managed by Quality Supply Chain Cooperative (QSCC) and suppliers that provide a significant stream of goods or services to The Wendy’s Company on an annual basis. The Code also includes new requirements for certain suppliers of whole, fresh produce, and identifies future aspirations to encourage continuous improvement in a meaningful way.

In the days following the U.S. election and the inauguration on January 20, 2017, site traffic to VolunteerMatch.org skyrocketed to unprecedented highs. When interest in volunteering reaches record levels on both sides of the aisle, the need for safety and security becomes a heightened concern. That’s why the web’s largest volunteer engagement network supporting more than 110,000 nonprofits and five million volunteers is partnering with the nation’s leader in high-assurance identity solutions, SureID, Inc.