Let’s get real – individual investors have no sway in the public markets. The place where individual investors can have the most impact – by far – is in providing direct growth capital to private companies and social enterprises.
The Bettendorf office provides services within multiple segments and practice areas. Our projects span from traditional ELM support to due diligence and health and safety for global high tech companies.
We have particular depth of experience within the railroad segment, providing support with assessment and remediation, due diligence, emergency response, and compliance services. Additionally, primary providers of the CAVe data management and visualization team reside in our office and support projects, from small ELM to complex litigation projects across Antea Group’s global footprint. Bettendorf is also home to a core group that supports the EHS Passport solution, which aids companies as they grow and expand into new countries.
In the past year, Honda’s North American plants have undertaken a number of initiatives to reduce their energy usage and many of them are finding success through the usage of LED lighting.
Millennials are often portrayed in the media as lazy, narcissistic and entitled, but these harsh generalisations could not be further from the truth. According to the Rise of the Millennials survey conducted in October 2015 by Standard Life Investments, which seeks to find what motivates millennials, it was found that 61% of the millennials interviewed were worried about the state of the world and felt that they were personally responsible for making a difference.
More than 14,000 people were forced from their homes as a result of the recent Tennessee wildfires. While the flames have come to a halt, they have left boundless destruction in their wake.
Over 1,300 places of worship and nonprofit organizations across Michigan will save at least $1.5 million on their energy bills next year, benefitting from a 4-year-old campaign by Consumers Energy to help them put more money toward helping those in need.
SC Johnson, maker of trusted consumer brands like Glade®, Raid®, Scrubbing Bubbles® and Ziploc®, today released “Going Beyond,” its 2016 Sustainability Report. This issue marks the company’s 25th annual report on its environmental and social efforts.
Nearly 200 New York City high school students gathered at the Paley Center for Media on December 10 to celebrate Hidden Figures, the highly anticipated feature from 20th Century Fox revealing the untold story of three African American women who played major roles in the Space Race of the 1960s. The students were treated to an exclusive advance screening of the film and heard from members of the cast and crew, as well as female leaders in STEM fields, during a panel discussion about why it's critical that stories like these are told. Hidden Figures opens in select theaters across the U.S. on Christmas Day.
A prominent benchmarking organization has rated MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) as among the nation’s leading companies for workplace equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently recognized the accomplishments of 13 organizations and businesses participating in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge. Sodexo, world leader of Quality of Life services, was recognized for its leadership in reducing food waste through strategic food recovery efforts and its ability to leverage best practices in support of such efforts at its client sites.
Do you find the holidays stressful? It may be dealing with last minute holiday shopping, meeting end-of-year work obligations, or putting up with zany in-laws. It’s no surprise that December has been named National Stress-Free Family Holidays Month. Stress can impact concentration, motivation and productivity. It can also impact health and wellbeing.
CBRE Group, Inc. has earned the 2017 Military Friendly® Employer designation by Victory Media, publisher of G.I. Jobs® and Military Spouse. This is the sixth year in a row CBRE has been recognized by Victory Media for its military friendly practices.
Jes Staley, Barclays CEO, is among six employees honoured in a ‘power list’ that celebrates pioneers promoting workplace equality for the LGBT community.
The rankings, compiled by professional diversity network OUTstanding and the Financial Times, are divided into three categories: Leading LGBT Executives, Leading Ally Executives and Future Leaders.
Today, Cisco released its 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, which highlights Cisco’s progress delivering on the company’s CSR mission to accelerate global problem solving to positively impact people, society and the planet.
We are completely reliant upon healthy natural systems. Unfortunately, not all natural systems are healthy, and only 3% of annual U.S. charitable giving goes to environmental and animal causes.
The influence of sports and the platform that athletes and coaches have is tremendous in our society. We are captivated by sports! Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) uses this influence to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ and to encourage positive character traits such as integrity, serving, teamwork and excellence.
The investment community -- especially fiduciaries -- continues to have a flow of more "green" products being made available from a growing number of issuers and their intermediaries; these include "green bonds." Charting this trend, a team of Barclays managers and researchers issued a report as part of the "Barclays Impact Series." Their findings: ESG investing can have a positive effect on portfolios for institutional and individual investors. There are small-but-steady performance benefits and no evidence of a negative impact for such investing.
What I found heartening in this year’s COP experience is the continued resilience of climate negotiators, especially those from developing and small island states as well as the ongoing tenacity of NGOs that work valiantly on mitigation and adaptation efforts around the world. Even more so, I was proud of the business engagement.
Tim Smith is among a growing number of innovative farmers who are managing their croplands with practices that promote conservation of land and waters while increasing crop yields. On November 1, 2016, Tim joined experts from The Nature Conservancy, General Mills and the Soil Health Institute at the annual BSR Conference in New York City to launch the reThink Soil initiative.
The T. Rowe Price Foundation, in partnership with the Maryland Association of Nonprofits, held a series of five capacity-building workshops during the past several months. The sessions focused on key capacities: leadership, adaptability, management, and technical skills (marketing and communication, fundraising, and development).
