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Timberland’s Global Stewards Engage Employees Worldwide in Service and Sustainability

Social Impact & Volunteering

Global outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland recently hosted the company’s team of Global Stewards at Timberland headquarters in Stratham, New Hampshire for their 12th annual week-long training meeting. The Global Stewards, a team of 30 dedicated and passionate employees from 20 different countries, volunteer above and beyond their regular job responsibility to serve as ambassadors of Corporate Social Responsibility to their location.

The Amgen Scholars Spring 2017 Travel Award Opens

Education

The Amgen Scholars Global Program Office is now accepting applications for Spring 2017 U.S. Alumni Travel Awards. The deadline for application submission is April 21, 2017.

How Global EHS Managers Can Improve The Reliability of Facility Compliance Data

Environment

Global EHS Managers use self-inspections and/or third-party compliance audits to gauge the EHS risk exposure of their facilities. Self-assessments may lean towards underreporting findings and underestimating risks. Third-party audits cost more. Is there a solution that can strike a compromise? Read more about this at the Antea Group website.

Twitter Chat | Preventing the Preventable, Treating the Treatable: Non-Communicable Diseases

Events, Media & Communications

Join GSK, PSI, the Public Health Institute, and IntraHealth International for the Twitter Chat, Preventing the Preventable, Treating the Treatable: Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), on Wednesday, 3/29 at 10 AM ET at #GEFlive.

James M. Cox Foundation Donates $1 Million to Support American Rivers

Environment

In celebration of World Water Day, the James M. Cox Foundation announced a $1 million grant to support the efforts of American Rivers to protect and restore the nation’s rivers.

Morgan Stanley Strategy Challenge to Benefit 14 Nonprofit Organizations in U.S. and UK

Social Impact & Volunteering

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) today announced the launch of the ninth annual Strategy Challenge, the Firm’s signature skills-based pro bono volunteer program. Over the course of the next ten weeks, teams of Morgan Stanley employees in New York and London will work with leadership teams at 14 nonprofit organizations to provide strategic recommendations to address their mission-critical challenges.

Inclusive Business Maturity Toolkit: How Inclusive is Your Business?

Following on from the successful launch of Uncharted Waters, a report jointly published by Business Call to Action (BCtA), UNDP and Deloitte in October 2016, BCtA has now launched its Inclusive Business Maturity Toolkit. While the report examines how the private sector can move beyond philanthropy and corporate social responsibility to more meaningfully contribute to the SDGs, the toolkit takes this concept a step further by helping companies identify both how well they’re including people at the base of the economic pyramid (BoP) as employees, consumers and more, and how they can do it better.

Ethical Corporation’s Social Impact Dividend Briefing

Research, Reports & Publications

This report outlines key strategies for companies to measure and quantify their social impact to give them a competitive edge.

Atlas Copco USA’s Water for All Organization Surpasses $1 Million in Donations

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Atlas Copco USA’s employee-run program Water for All has surpassed $1 million in donations. The milestone comes after making a $50,000 contribution to charity: water, a New York-based nonprofit organization dedicated to funding water projects across the globe.

Anonymous Engineer Discusses Gold Mining

Environment

Did you know that a metric ton of electronic waste can contain 8 to 16 ounces of gold? Whether we like it or not, precious metals show up in more than just that gold necklace or platinum ring we might have purchased - from the titanium used in our high-end mountain bikes, to platinum in our cellphones, to silver in our solar panels, precious metals are all around us.

PepsiCo: We Expect Suppliers to Share Our Values

Responsible Production & Consumption

PepsiCo’s 10-year-old sustainable business philosophy, Performance with Purpose, is embedded deeply into its workplace culture — so deeply, that it’s part of the "code of conduct" that must be signed and upheld by every employee.

Pentair Advances Sustainable Water Solutions

Pentair, a global leader in sustainable water solutions, is collaborating with the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science at UC-Davis to advance water stewardship and accelerate new innovations in dairy and beer processing.

The Value of Smart City Initiatives Offer New Twist on Old Question of Affordability

Black & Veatch’s 2017 Strategic Directions: Smart City/Smart Utility Report reinforces lessons learned in the past year—although governments and municipalities believe strongly in the smart city model, they continue to struggle to fund these efforts. According to survey data, only 16 percent of municipalities can self-fund a smart city initiative, a little over a third cannot.

AEG Celebrates World Water Day with Focus on Potable Water Conservation

Environment

Last year, AEG relaunched its 2020 Environmental Goals to include a new water target to reduce potable water use at water-stressed sites by 2.3 percent per year from 2010 to 2020. Through different water conservation projects like drought-tolerant landscaping and equipment retrofits, AEG reduced its 2015 potable water use by 27 million liters of water at its water-stressed sites compared base year consumption.

Pentair Announces $5 Million Project Safewater Commitment

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Pentair's next Project Safewater initiative with Water Mission will deliver clean, safe drinking water and sanitation to 150,000 people in Central America.

Whirlpool Corporation Celebrates World Water Day

Environment

At Whirlpool Corporation, we are passionate about improving our consumers’ quality of life while minimizing our environmental impact. We have been focused on sustainability since 1969, long before it became the norm, and we continue to integrate it into our everyday work. Join us in celebrating World Water Day!

Global Food in a 'Farm-to-Table' World

It has been estimated that by 2050 the world will need to feed more than 9 billion people, requiring at least 70 percent more food than we consume today. That's amid growing concerns over water depletion and threats to biodiversity worldwide caused by food production. So the question is, how can the agriculture industry produce food in ways that are environmentally sustainable?

PNC Meets 30 Percent Carbon Reduction Goal Ahead of Plan

Environment

The PNC Financial Services Group disclosed today that it has met its 30 percent carbon reduction goal four years ahead of plan. PNC set this goal, along with an energy reduction goal, in 2009 with plans to reduce its carbon emissions and energy consumption by 30 percent by 2020.

Make Your Mark on World Water Day

Environment

This year on World Water Day, March 22, Xylem will kick off the “Make Your Mark 30-Day Challenge,” which will run through Earth Day, April 22.

Eyeing New Technology for Pipeline Leak Detection

Energy

Not unlike speed skating, the pipeline business is a high-tech, high-performance industry. And thanks to one complex and evolving piece of equipment, the similarities don’t stop there.

21CF Campaigns “Hidden Figures” and “Stand with Malala” Recognized as 2017 Shorty Award Finalists in Multiple Categories for Social Impact and Digital Influence

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

21st Century Fox’s social media campaigns supporting young women in STEM and girls’ access to education were named as finalists for the 9th annual Shorty Awards, which are sponsored by AdWeek and celebrate the best in digital and content marketing on social media.

Infographic: Transportation Electrification

Environment

SCE is transforming the energy sector with bold ideas to accelerate vehicle electrification. Our Charge Ready pilot program is installing EV charging stations in parking lots where passenger vehicles are parked for extended periods of time. Now we want to do the same for public transportation, medium-and heavy-duty trucks and industrial vehicles.