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Strengthening Supply Chain Reporting

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

A leadership forum on strengthening supply chain sustainability reporting has been launched by the Global Reporting Initiative

Cultivating Student Scientists to Improve Water Quality of Indian River Lagoon

Environment

These students have helped raise over 2,000 native shoreline plants in schoolyard nurseries and filled hundreds of fossilized shell bags, all of which have been utilized in living shoreline restoration projects in the Indian River Lagoon.

Creating a Rain Forest in the Pacific Ocean

Environment

SCE’s Wheeler North Reef expansion project will build 374 acres of habitat for residential fish and marine life near San Clemente.

The New Climate for Business: Employee Activism as an Asset

Now, more than ever employees are using their voice to influence the companies they work for, regardless of sector, on issues as varied as climate change and sexual harassment.

Pro Bono Perspectives Episode 34: Gary Levante, Bershire Bank

Social Impact & Volunteering

This Pro Bono Week bonus episode returns to Danielle Holly's conversation with Gary Levante, Senior Vice President of Corporate Responsibility & Culture at Berkshire Bank and one of the collaborators behind Skills for Cities.

Freeport-McMoRan Employees Volunteer in Their Communities

Social Impact & Volunteering

Freeport-McMoRan employees volunteered over 3,000 hours during this year’s Global Volunteer Month, doing everything from planting trees to holding food and diaper drives.

Albertsons Companies and Albertsons Companies Foundation Hunger Is Results by the Numbers: 100 Million Breakfasts, 200,000 Kids and 1 Goal — Eradicate Childhood Hunger

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Hunger Is started in 2014 as a radical aspiration to eradicate childhood hunger – an issue far too common in countless communities across the country.

P&G Recruits Managers, Especially Women, who Paused Careers

Diversity & Inclusion

Procter & Gamble has launched an internship program for experienced professionals – especially women – who might have put a pause on their careers to raise children or care for an aging or ailing family member. The intent is to hire them for management positions.

Four Reasons Food Safety Is Not Just for World Food Day

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Abigail Stevenson, Mars Global Food Safety Center Director, on why food safety is a critical requirement for food security, and how Mars is proudly taking action to enable safe food for all on #WorldFoodDay and every day.

Council of Michigan Foundations Honors John Erb with 2019 Russell G. Mawby Award for Philanthropy

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

John Erb has been named the 2019 recipient of the Russell G. Mawby Award for Philanthropy by the Council of Michigan Foundations (CMF) and the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA).

Fight Breast Cancer While Specifying Flooring Products

Health & Healthcare

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women in the U.S., but early detection and effective treatment significantly reduce mortality rates. With that in mind, Specify for a Cure gives designers a chance to make each product purchase count.

The Top Ten Trends in CSR Reporting in 2019

Research, Reports & Publications

CSR reporting reached an all-time high this year with 86 percent of companies in the S&P 500 publishing report.

CNH Industrial Hosts Second Innovation Day in Curitiba, Brazil

Hot on the heels of its first successful innovation day, CNH Industrial hosted a second event at its plant in Curitiba, in Paraná State in Southern Brazil.

Chevron Sets New Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals

Energy

Chevron Corporation has established new goals to reduce net greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity from upstream oil and natural gas. Emission intensity is the emission rate of greenhouse gas per unit of energy produced.

Dominion Energy and Smithfield Foods Invest Half Billion Dollars to Become Largest Renewable Natural Gas Supplier in U.S.

Energy

Dominion Energy and Smithfield Foods announced today the companies are doubling their investment in renewable natural gas (RNG) projects across the U.S. to $500 million through 2028.

In the Homestretch: NPHY Closes in on Housing Expansion Campaign Goal

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

With the initial backing from Sands Cares and the JBJ Soul Foundation, NPHY has a goal of raising $500,000 through the Housing Expansion Campaign and will use funds to develop new multi-family property to flexibly house homeless and at-risk youth.

Carter Rubin: Traffic in Transition

Environment

Do you ever find yourself driving down a familiar street and suddenly encounter an unfamiliar right turn only sign that diverts all traffic off your intended route?

PNC Honored with Board Diversity Award

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

At its annual Sandra Day O'Connor Board Excellence Award luncheon this year, DirectWomen presented its 2019 Board Diversity Award to PNC for illustrating a strong commitment to diversity in our boardroom, C-suite and across the company.

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation, Hawthorne Gardening Company and National Farm to School Network Launch New Hydroponic School Garden Project

Environment

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation, Hawthorne Gardening Company and National Farm to School Network launched a new pilot project to integrate indoor growing systems into underserved schools across the country.

New Virtual Reality Training from Tork is a Game Changer for Improving Hand Hygiene Compliance

Health & Healthcare

Tork—a brand of leading global hygiene and health company Essity—is one of the first to launch an interactive virtual reality (VR) hand hygiene training simulation.

The Capacity Commons

Capacity Commons, a newly launched one-stop shop for skills-based volunteerism, is addressing both the lack of access to pro bono resources and the know-how to effectively deploy them.

CSRHub Metrics Included in Harvard Business Review Top CEO's List 2019

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Harvard Business Review (HBR) just released its prestigious ranking of the 100 best-performing CEOs in the world.

The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 118: How Companies Can Engage on #GivingTuesday

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

In this super-sized episode, Blackbaud’s Rachel Hutchisson talks to both Gary Levante, senior vice president of Corporate Responsibility & Culture at Berkshire Bank and Icema Gibbs, director of Corporate Social Responsibility at JetBlue.

Envisioning the Future at XPRIZE Visioneering: Why Not?

Innovation & Technology

Earlier this month, Intel helped the XPRIZE Foundation celebrate 25 years of solving massive problems at their annual Visioneering Summit.