ESG News from Leading Brands

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Innovation & Technology | SAP

3 Ways AI Accelerates Sustainability Efforts

While climate risk, social equity and ethical governance used to be peripheral concerns, they are now central to long-term business success.

Environment

How Leading Beverage Companies Are Tackling Climate Change Together

Climate change poses one of the greatest challenges to the continued prosperity of societies and businesses around the world, as well as the vitality of our natural resources and environment.

Since 2006, members of the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) have been working to advance environmental sustainability in the beverage sector and fight climate change through collaboration, data collection, standard setting and more.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

MGM Resorts Foundation Accepting Nonprofit Grant Proposals for the 2017 – 2018 Community Grant Fund Program

Beginning September 5, The MGM Resorts Foundation will accept nonprofit grant applications through its online portal until October 13, 2017. Funding will be awarded to local nonprofit agencies that provide services focused on strengthening neighborhoods, strengthening children and providing strength in difficult times.

Social Impact & Volunteering

The Walt Disney Company and KTRK-TV Houston Commit to $1 Million for Hurricane Harvey Relief

The Walt Disney Company and its owned ABC television station KTRK in Houston today jointly announced a $1 million cash commitment to the American Red Cross in support of recovery efforts for communities affected by Hurricane Harvey.

Events, Media & Communications

Mohawk Makes the Finish Line at Ironman® 70.3® World Championship

Mohawk will not just be providing the carpet. Employees have volunteered to spend a portion of their weekend to staff one of the aid stations along the race course. There they will distribute water and nutrition while cheering on athletes as they take on a 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike ride and 13.1-mile run.

Research, Reports & Publications

Ingersoll Rand CTO Sheds Light on Innovation and Global Macro Trends

As a global provider of energy-efficient technology solutions, Ingersoll Rand is positioned to pursue opportunities that arise from the nexus between energy efficiency and climate change mitigation. While energy resource demands and climate change represent great risks for society and the planet, we recognize that the innovation that addresses these issues is a potential growth driver for our business.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

10 Problems. 10 Solutions. 10 Awards. Classy.

Habitat has created a $100 million “MicroBuild Fund” to finance longer-term loans to people without access to traditional credit sources so they can afford to upgrade their housing.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Passion for Public Health and Commitment to Service Helps One Volunteer Find Her Fit

Sydney Lawrence was working as a scribe in the emergency department of a hospital and just about to begin graduate school to pursue a certificate in public health when, in a chance meeting, she heard about an organization called HOLA – a nonprofit dedicated to providing sustainable healthcare solutions to developing countries in Latin America.

Environment

Scotiabank CSR Perspectives: La Sabana Park Restoration Project in Costa Rica

Since 2008 Scotiabank Costa Rica has been in charge of an ecological restoration in La Sabana park in the middle of San Jose, Costa Rica, a place where people go to be active.

Environment

Manos al Agua is Finalist in 2017 Digital Transformation with Social Impact Awards

The recognition was for the work done during the last more than three years through the Manos al Agua app, which manages relevant information that enables to monitor and control activities. The app gets real-time information on training and implementation activities on farms and in coffee river basins.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

GM Executive Uses Experiences and Career to Promote Sustainability

For Mari Kay Scott, General Motors’ executive director of Global Environmental Compliance and Sustainability, advancing sustainability is not just a part of her job title. It’s a lifestyle.

Environment

3 Ways Cox Enterprises Improves Water Quality

Water is essential for life, and ensuring an adequate supply of this irreplaceable resource – for businesses, communities and people – is one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. Climate change and a growing population are worsening water challenges in many American regions and communities. Cox Enterprises is committed to doing its part to contribute to a sustainable water future.

Environment

Pfizer Progress on 2020 Environmental Sustainability Goals

Pfizer has had two successful Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction goals which resulted in reductions of GHG emissions by roughly half from 2000 to 2014. We are working hard to meet our third GHG reduction goal to reduce emissions 20 percent further by 2020 from a 2012 baseline.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

T. Rowe Price Names Maria Elena Drew Director of Research, Responsible Investing

T. Rowe Price today announced that Maria Elena Drew has joined the firm as director of research, responsible investing. In this role, Maria Elena will deepen the firm’s research on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations and focus on the continued incorporation of ESG analysis into the firm’s investment decisions. ESG considerations are increasingly important to many of the firm’s clients and prospects.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Human Rights Activist and Actress Julia Ormond to Keynote Responsible Electronics 2017

The Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), a nonprofit coalition of leading companies dedicated to improving social, environmental and ethical conditions in their global supply chains, today announced that human rights activist and actress Julia Ormond will provide the keynote address at EICC’s annual conference in Santa Clara, Calif. on Oct. 17, 2017.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Three Quality of Lifehacks to Build Office Camaraderie

The NFL season kicks-off on Thursday, September 7, when the Kansas City Chiefs face off against the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots. With the start of the NFL season comes fantasy football.

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Environment

Hazardous Waste Generator Improvement Rule Changes

Learn what hazardous waste generators need to do to comply with the EPA's Hazardous Waste Generator Improvement Rule which became effective on May 30, 2017.

Innovation & Technology

#TechstarsATL: Get to Know Collider

Collider, one of the participants, is building the next generation of manufacturing to enable the low-volume mass customization world, delivered as a new method of tooling in a fully automated production machine. Orchid 3D prints a hollow single-use mold and then injects that mold with off-the-shelf materials as part of one continuous process. Collider leases and sells Orchid and retails all the materials and consumables that are part of the process.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: Nature Is Calling

If you’ve been feeling disconnected from nature, I urge you to do something about it. Heck, come to RayDay! We’d love to have you.

Social Impact & Volunteering

After 11 Years in Foster Care, Teen Now Has Forever Family

Did you know that not all adoption finalizations happen in a courtroom? There are many circumstances that could lead to a finalization happening at home, over the phone! That’s exactly how it happened for the Buchanan family when they adopted Heather.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Michigan Governor Honors Whirlpool Corp. for Community Service

Whirlpool Corporation was among the winners of the 2017 Governor's Service Awards. The company was honored in the Corporate Community Leader category after being nominated by United Way of Southwest Michigan.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Aflac Tells the World How Much Good It Does

Aflac—the well-known insurance organization with the famous duck mascot—takes its corporate social responsibilities seriously. The organization recently passed the $110 million mark in support for childhood cancer treatment and research, and has appeared on Ethisphere’s “World’s Most Ethical Companies” list 11 years in a row. Yet a Reputation Institute report found that consumers weren’t aware of its good works. That revelation led to a multifaceted effort to raise awareness of Aflac’s CSR efforts. It also led to Aflac winning first place for “Campaign of the Year” in PR Daily’s 2017 Corporate Social Responsibility Awards.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

PNC Foundation Commits $250,000 To Hurricane Harvey Relief

The PNC Foundation today announced that it will donate $250,000 to the American Red Cross for relief efforts in areas affected by Hurricane Harvey. The foundation also will match PNC employee contributions to the American Red Cross that support the Hurricane Harvey relief effort, up to a total of $100,000.

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Innovation & Technology

Project SAM Gave a Paralyzed Racer His Wheels Back—and He Took Us for a Spin

We've been for rides in quite a few autonomous cars of late, but today was something a little more special. Today, we went for a ride in Project SAM—short for Semi Autonomous Motorcar.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Sustainability: Bombay's Answer

Bacardi’s Bombay Sapphire distillery in Hampshire, England is an example of how a big brand is pushing for a more sustainable and clean living agenda. Step one towards sustainability is controlling the population, and every drop of gin inside the iconic sapphire-tinted bottles, is distilled under one roof by three men.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Electric Industry Leaders Planning Capital Investments

While the White House’s plans for a $1 trillion federal infrastructure program continue to coalesce, one recent estimate puts the depreciated value of the American electric infrastructure—including power plants, transmission lines, distribution lines, substations and transformers—at around $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion, with a replacement value of $4.8 trillion.

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