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T. Rowe Price: Parents Who Stick to Their Holiday Spending Budgets Are More Likely to Shop Online

Education

T. Rowe Price’s 2017 Parents Kids & Money Survey, which sampled parents of 8 to 14 year olds nationally and their kids, found that 72% of the parents surveyed set a specific budget for holiday spending, yet 58% of the parents surveyed agree that they spend more money during the holidays than they intended.

LIXIL Marks World Toilet Day with Next Generation of SATO Products

Health & Healthcare

LIXIL Group Corporation, a global leader in the housing and building industry, is marking World Toilet Day (November 19) with the roll-out in multiple states in India of its new series of innovative SATO products. SATO is a first-of-its-kind line of innovative toilet and sanitation products designed to bring improved sanitation and comfort to rural and peri-urban communities around the world.

TransCanada Recognized as a Global Energy Leader

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

TransCanada recognized as a global energy leader by Thomson Reuters and by RE$EARCH Infosource Inc. as one of Canada’s Top 100 Corporate R&D Spenders 2017

Roadie Recap: Balancing the STEM Equation

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Hopefully by now, you’ve heard all about our latest women in STEM-themed series, A Balanced Equation! But what you might not know is that behind the scenes, an awesome bunch of Roadtrip Nation roadies—Mimi, Jen, Kelsey, and Ellen—have been visiting schools, Boys and Girls Clubs, and STEM-focused organizations across the country, screening clips from the series for over 2,000 students and young adults.

Chevrolet Offers Corvette Carbon 65 for Auction at Barrett-Jackson to Benefit Bush Center Military Service Initiative

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

GM and Chevrolet are teaming up with the George W. Bush Presidential Center to honor and support those who have served and sacrificed to protect the security and freedom of all Americans.

Atlanta McIlwraith From Timberland on How She Supports Innovative Approaches to Natural Restoration Around the World and in Her Own Hometown

Social Impact & Volunteering

We recently sat down with Atlanta McIlwraith (@timberland_ATL), Senior Manager of Community Engagement at Timberland, to learn about the exciting work Timberland is doing to re-introduce organic crops and support communities with urban greening projects.

How to Support Special Olympic Athletes Outside the Sports Arena

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Special Olympic hockey star Daniel Davila appears live on "GMA". Voya Financial is donating $1 to Special Olympics for every ”comment,” “like” and “share” — up to $500,000. The Invest In Something Special effort runs through Nov. 19, 2017 and is part of Voya’s broader effort to support the special needs community. Special Olympics will then distribute the donations to local Special Olympics programs.

U.S. Chamber Foundation Announces Winners of 18th Annual Corporate Citizenship Awards

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation last night named the winners of its annual Corporate Citizenship Awards, recognizing businesses for making a significant, positive impact on the communities and societies in which they operate.

CSD Learns Awarded $75,000 Grant From Wells Fargo

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD) Learns announced that the organization received a $75,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation to create a pilot American Sign Language (ASL) Financial Education Series. Content from Wells Fargo’s Hands On Banking® online financial learning center, such as Dealing with Debt and Getting Started with Investing, will be provided in ASL on the CSD Learns site.

CSD Learns recibió una subvención de $75,000 de

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD) Learns anunció que la organización recibió una subvención de $75,000 de Wells Fargo Foundation para crear una serie piloto de educación financiera en lenguaje de señas americano (ASL, por sus siglas en inglés). En el sitio de CSD Learns se ofrecerá contenido en ASL del centro de aprendizaje financiero por Internet El futuro en tus manos® de Wells Fargo, tal como ‘Enfrentar las deudas’ y ‘Empezar a invertir’.

BNY Mellon Earns Perfect Score in 2018 Corporate Equality Index

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

BNY Mellon received a perfect 100 percent score on the 2018 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. BNY Mellon joins the ranks of 609 major U.S. businesses which also earned top marks this year.

Beth Rattner's Biomimicry Podcast Featured on Episode 56 - Regen360

Environment

For much of our history, we’ve struggled against nature, even working to tame it as we built civilizations. However, the field of Biomimicry turns the issue around 180 degrees and shows us how to learn from nature as our best teacher. If we study nature and begin to embody its design laws into our creations, we can live in greater harmony and life flourish.

Businesses Commend Virginia for Leadership in Cutting Carbon Emissions and Promoting Clean Energy

Energy

Businesses across Virginia are commending Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s proposed rule that would cut carbon dioxide emissions from the Commonwealth’s electricity sector by 30 percent between 2020 and 2030.

The McAuliffe Administration will present their proposal to the State Air Pollution Control Board later today in Richmond.

Business Value of Pro Bono: Take Social Impact Further

Social Impact & Volunteering

Every part of the business is expected to provide a return on investment for the company, including corporate social responsibility (CSR) and philanthropy departments. That means CSR professionals need to demonstrate the impact of their programs for their community and for their business. Pro bono helps companies... align social impact with business KPIs, maximize the impact of existing initiatives, and enhance product donations.

The U.S. Is Tackling Global Warming, Even if Trump Isn’t

Environment

"American leaders from state capitols, city halls and businesses across the country have shown up in force, and we have delivered a unified message to the world: American society remains committed to our pledge under the agreement."

Subaru Debuts New Advertising Campaign for 2017 Share the Love® Event

Media & Communications

To mark the start of its annual Share the Love® event, Subaru of America has debuted a new advertising campaign featuring the heartwarming stories of real people whose lives have been touched by the program, as well as the automaker's national charity partners: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®), Make-A-Wish®, Meals on Wheels America and National Park Foundation. The new series of television commercials launches as the Subaru Share the Love event officially kicks off this year, marking the program’s tenth anniversary in the automaker’s 50th anniversary in the U.S.

Net Impact Awards "Chapter of the Year" Honors

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Net Impact, the leading global nonprofit that mobilizes the next generation to use their skills and careers to make a positive impact on the world, released the 2017 Chapter of the Year winners, a designation awarded to one outstanding Chapter in each of the undergraduate, graduate, international and professional Chapter segments. This year’s award went to the Net Impact Chapters at Texas State McCoy College (undergraduate), UCLA Anderson School of Business (graduate), IIT Kharagpur (international) and the New York City Professional Chapter.

GM Earns Perfect Score on Equality Index

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

GM scored a perfect 100 on the 2018 Corporate Equality Index conducted by the Human Rights Campaign, a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality. 2018 makes it six years in a row with a perfect score, and 10 out of the last 11 years with a perfect score.

Wells Fargo and NeighborWorks America Celebrate 15,000 NeighborhoodLIFT Homeowners Created at AtlanticLIVE's CSR Conference

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Every day at work, Natasha Jones teaches adults with mental disabilities daily life skills. But outside of work, she was unsatisfied with her home life. After almost 13 years of living in public housing in Jacksonville, Florida, she was ready to own her own home.

General Mills Signs on to World Cocoa Foundation's Joint Frameworks for Action to Combat Deforestation

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

General Mills joins leading companies in an agreement to end deforestation, protect national parks from illegal cocoa production and develop alternative livelihoods for affected smallholder farmers in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana. The two countries produce nearly two-thirds of the world’s annual supply of cocoa. The far-reaching joint Frameworks for Action, led by the World Cocoa Foundation, was announced today at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP23) in Bonn, Germany.

Domtar Sustainability: Simple Idea. Big Savings

Environment

How do you heat more with less? Reuse the heat you have.

That is what our Rothschild, Wisconsin, mill did by installing a heat exchanger to warm incoming process water with outgoing process water. The idea is simple. Instead of being lost to the wastewater treatment plant, some of the heat from the outgoing water is captured and sent back into the mill.

Ray C. Anderson Foundation Divests From Fossil Fuel Investments

“Fossil fuel divestment is both ethically and fiscally responsible,” said John A. Lanier, executive director of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation and one of Ray’s five grandchildren. “Investment has consequences, and we intend for our assets to grow by fueling renewable energy and other clean technologies that will combat climate change.”

Racing to Protect Forests and Local Jobs

Environment

Did you know that the forest products industry employs nearly 2.7 million workers in the U.S.? Or that large, uninterrupted forests are habitat to 60% of the U.S.’s at-risk wildlife? Did you know that the security of America’s forestland has undergone a dramatic shift in the last 30 years?

CLP Shares New Trends in Corporate Sustainability Reporting

Research, Reports & Publications

In the last two decades, there has been a manifold increase in the number of reporting requirements and guidance documents related to corporate reporting on ESG issues as governments, nonprofits, stock exchanges and others look to companies for transparency on their sustainability performance. As a result, an increasing robustness is now seen in non-financial reporting among companies worldwide.

The CLP Group highlighted the importance of tracking the trends that are changing the business landscape and the need for incorporating the trends into a company’s strategy to maintain a sustainable business in the latest edition of Reporting matters.