In October, I was honored to accept the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) Corporate Equality Award. Today, I am proud to share news that PayPal has earned a perfect 100% score on HRC’s 2017 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for the second year in a row!
Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, announced today that its employees continued their 22-year tradition of collecting and hand-delivering gifts, non-perishable food items, and supermarket gift cards to the families of Monroe County Head Start at Pocono Services for Families and Children (PSFC).
The Seattle office provides services that support multiple segments and practice areas. Our typical projects include transaction support and due diligence, site assessment and remediation, permitting and compliance, OPA training, litigation support, and health and safety services. Our client companies include oil and gas, global high tech, railroads, insurance, law firms, manufacturing facilities, real estate, and retail locations.
An international oil & gas refiner and retailer engaged Antea Group to design a program to maximize cost recovery across its vast U.S. portfolio. Antea Group's program resulted in the recovery of over $350 Million of recovered funds, over $22 Million in historical costs previously missed, a 100% spend-to-submit ratio on eligible sites, and much more..
TD Economics has released a report that discusses the potential impacts of a national carbon price in Canada as the federal government continues to push towards one.
Depressed, sad and lonely, Jacob handed his mother a letter in 8th grade telling her that he wanted to kill himself. After several years of sending her son to counselors and psychiatrists, Jacob’s mother found hope for Jacob at Boys Town. Almost immediately there was a noticeable change in his demeanor. He was engaged and confident for the first time in years.
How can you avoid giving your friends and family the gift of a food-borne illness? When it comes to preparing your holiday meal – you aren’t necessarily thinking about food safety but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 6 Americans suffer from a food borne illness every year.
Subaru of America (Subaru) and Recycle Across America (RAA) today announce a donation of RAA’s standardized recycling label system to support the automaker’s zero landfill initiative currently being piloted at three national parks.
Last week the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation released the results of its annual Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for 2017, where National Grid was one of 11 energy companies, and about 500 companies across the US, to receive the top rating of 100%. This ranking categorizes National Grid as one of HRC’s ‘Best Places to Work for LGBT equality.’
Our agricultural suppliers, particularly those in California, are acutely aware of the importance of sound water management and innovating in the face of water scarcity. When it comes to growing feed for his cows, dairy farmer Mike De Jager was an early adopter of technology that reduces water consumption.
Mina Guli, CEO of Thirst and athlete who ran 40 marathons on seven continents to raise awareness of the water crisis, addresses the BSR Conference 2016.
Tetra Pak reached a significant milestone in early 2016, with the total number of FSC™-labelled packages delivered passing the 200 billion mark. The first Tetra Pak package to be labelled as made from Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC™)-certified paperboard – meaning that it comes from FSC-certified and controlled sources and is traceable back to its origins – was delivered in 2007.
On Monday morning Aflac Sr. Vice President Catherine Blades appeared live on Cheddar to discuss key findings in the 2016 Aflac CSR Survey. The company surveyed 2,000 consumers and investors to gain their perspective on the value of corporate social responsibility in terms of purchasing and investing decisions. For more information about the survey go to Aflac.com/acsr.
The Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog fishery has become the first clam fishery in the U.S. to achieve certification to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Fisheries Standard.
Millennials are leading the change toward a more organic agricultural system, with over 50 percent actively incorporating organic foods in their diet. More broadly, millennials identify sustainability as a priority in what they purchase; in fact, millennials are the most willing of any generation to spend more on items and causes that align with their values. Millennials are using their purchasing power to buy from companies they perceive as environmentally friendly, or committed to social values, or on organic products. Essentially, personal values are increasingly reflected in spending patterns. In 2014, millennials represented 36 percent of the workforce; it will be 46 percent by 2020. The millennial influence on food is evident in the increase in organic, specialty products and local,
For the second consecutive year, the Denver Broncos and Colorado Technology Association (CTA) joined forces to celebrate and recognize the state’s most innovative science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) educators.
DuPont Industrial Biosciences (DuPont) and Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) have been honored with the Breakthrough Solution of the Year Award from Platts Global Energy for their platform technology to produce a revolutionary biobased monomer, furan dicarboxylic methyl ester(FDME). The award was announced at the 18th Platts Global Energy Awards, held in New York on Thursday, Dec. 8.
The companies signing on for Paradigm for Parity will tackle goals like combating unconscious bias in the workplace, getting the number of women in top roles up to 30 percent in the near future as they work toward parity and providing regular progress reports to the coalition.
The UN announced at the start of this summer that the last time the world saw a refugee crisis of this level was during World War II. So why, amid wars, terrorism, and natural disasters, are we worried about children attending school?
