ESG News from Leading Brands

Social Impact & Volunteering

If It’s in Your Life, It’s Probably on Our Trains

Feb 23, 2016 3:15 PM ET

The joys of everyday life are often experienced in the moment, with little, if any, thought put towards how they were made possible. That’s the logic behind CSX’s latest digital partnership.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Dutch Approach to the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation

Feb 23, 2016 2:30 PM ET

The “Dutch Approach,” is a multi-stakeholder partnership approach that would facilitate a platform for cooperation between EU governments, third party compliance firms and civil societies. Susanne continued to outline that the PPP would be an institution built for knowledge, leadership, downstream customer networking, traceability and compliance reporting, and a platform to accurately identify conflict-affected and high risk regions.

Social Impact & Volunteering

SiMPACT Strategy Group CEO & Founder, Stephanie Robertson, in Financial Post Magazine

Feb 23, 2016 2:30 PM ET

SiMPACT Strategy Group Founder & CEO, Stephanie Robertson, was featured in the February issue of Financial Post Magazine and spoke to the importance of the three questions all companies should be asking before diving into community investment.

Environment

The Recycling Partnership adds Kimberly-Clark as a Sponsor

Feb 23, 2016 2:15 PM ET

The Recycling Partnership, Falls Church, Virginia, has announced that Kimberly-Clark is its newest sponsoring member. The organization says Kimberly-Clark relies on a steady stream of recycled and recyclable materials to support the packaging associated with its well-known global brands.

Diversity & Inclusion

Life in the Data Center: Recognizing Common Hazards for Data Center Workers

Feb 23, 2016 2:15 PM ET

Data centers contain critical company infrastructure and private customer information. These assets must be kept secure and functional 24/7 to maintain and enhance company business and brand reputation.

But it is not just the data and equipment that is essential to data center functionality—how do companies put worker safety and well-being, along with environmental health and safety (EHS) compliance as a top priority, while meeting the rigorous demands of business objectives?

Environment

Bard CEP to Host Webinar on Public Health Impacts of the Clean Power Plan

Feb 23, 2016 2:10 PM ET

On February 24th, the Bard Center for Environmental Policy hosts the National Climate Webinar featuring Kathy Fallon Lambert, Science & Policy Integration Director of Harvard Forest at Harvard University. Kathy will join us to discuss public health impacts of the EPA's Clean Power Plan.

Environment

Environment -- Innovating Our World

Feb 23, 2016 1:10 PM ET

Close the Gap, a Brussels-based nonprofit, helps Arrow Electronics bridge the digital divide in developing nations by distributing refurbished computers and other equipment to schools, clinics and micro-finance organizations, as well as establishing environmentally responsible e-waste facilities.

Environment

UPS Completes Clean Diesel Projects Supported by EPA Grant Awarded to Leonardo Academy

Feb 23, 2016 1:00 PM ET

United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) recently completed the diesel emissions reduction improvements of six trucks supported by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2014-2015 Region 6 Grant. The grant was facilitated by Leonardo Academy, a Wisconsin nonprofit organization that supports Clean Diesel improvement projects, among other sustainability initiatives.

Diversity & Inclusion

Thomson Reuters Understands CR&I is Key to Performance

Feb 23, 2016 12:30 PM ET

Thomson Reuters wants investors to know that corporate responsibility, sustainability, diversity, and inclusion are drivers that support strong financial performance. Combining these function areas into one global department has allowed the team to strengthen its purpose and work closer with business units to achieve measurable objectives and drive financial growth.

Innovation & Technology

Akzonobel Announces First Issue of Carbon Credits from Intersleek Technology

Feb 23, 2016 12:00 PM ET

Diversity & Inclusion

Sanofi - Good Morning Sanofi - Meet Jeff from Taiwan

Feb 23, 2016 11:25 AM ET

Sanofi – Good Morning Sanofi - Meet Jeff, Y generation Taiwanese

Education

CITGO and Harris County Sheriff’s Office Unite to Promote Attendance in County’s Schools

Feb 23, 2016 10:50 AM ET

Nearly 10 percent of Houston Independent School District (ISD) students missed 18 or more days of school during the 2014 through 2015 school year, according to the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation – a problem compounded by the direct correlation between chronic absenteeism and low academic performance. To motivate students to stay in school, CITGO Petroleum Corporation and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO), as part of the “Kindling Young Minds” program, provided students from seven Houston-area schools with Kindle Fire tablets to recognize their outstanding attendance records and encourage them to continue their educations.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Talbots and The Oprah Magazine Join Forces to Support Dress for Success in Effort to Empower More Women in the Workforce

Feb 23, 2016 10:45 AM ET

There is growing importance that corporations and nonprofits align strategically, work to identify mutually beneficial goals, and work in partnership to deliver transformational experiences [i.e. to employees, customers, other stakeholders] while meeting real nonprofit needs (Source:America’s Charities Snapshot 2015 – The Corporate DNA).

Innovation & Technology

Lockheed Martin's Hybrid Airship: No Roads, No Problem

Feb 23, 2016 10:15 AM ET

Health & Healthcare

Sabrina's Story: Working with Cancer Patients Inspires Sabrina to Live Life at ‘Full Speed’

Feb 23, 2016 10:00 AM ET

Sabrina’s cottage on a lake in Quebec is always full of people. While she’s busy living in the city, working at Bristol-Myers Squibb and traveling for her job, she makes sure to spend as many weekends as possible cooking for her large extended family and friends at a getaway she has treasured for years.

Environment

An Unrealistic Hypothetical

Feb 23, 2016 10:00 AM ET

This is why it’s so important that we increase fuel efficiency in our vehicles. Driving-as-usual is horribly wasteful. It’s harmful to our environment and it forces us to spend money on things we don’t really care about.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Four Inspiring Innovations Which Help Reduce Child Deaths in Developing Countries Share $1 Million Prize from GSK and Save the Children

Feb 23, 2016 10:00 AM ET

GSK and Save the Children today revealed the winners of their third annual US$1 million Healthcare Innovation Award, which recognises innovations from developing countries that are helping to reduce deaths among children under five. A paperless immunisation records system in Vietnam won the largest share of the award, followed by a foil pouch for accurately giving HIV medicines to newborns in Ecuador; an integrated care package for mothers and newborns in Kenya; and a tool for better understanding child deaths in South Africa.

Innovation & Technology

Announcing Data for Good Exchange 2016 (#D4GX): Better Governance

Feb 23, 2016 10:00 AM ET

On Sunday September 25th 2016, we will once again convene our growing community around the topic of “Data for Social Good” at our Data for Good Exchange 2016. The overall theme for this year’s event will be “better governance” – how data science can be applied to solve public interest problems.

Events, Media & Communications

FOX Sports, National Geographic Channels Nominated for Cynopsis Social Good Awards

Feb 23, 2016 10:00 AM ET

FOX Sports and the National Geographic Channels are among the nominees for the Second Annual Cynopsis Social Good Awards, which honor the entertainment industry's outstanding social responsibility initiatives. Nominees include FOX Sports Supports "We Are BGCA" spot, Nat Geo WILD's "Big Cat Week," and National Geographic Channel's "Warlords of Ivory" Explorer special.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CBRE Group, Inc. Ranked Among Fortune Magazine's Most Admired Companies for Fourth Consecutive Year

Feb 23, 2016 9:10 AM ET

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New Resource Bank Thrives By Returning to Its Values Mission

Feb 23, 2016 9:00 AM ET

The story of a formerly financially troubled California bank that saved itself and thrived by returing to its original values-based mission.

Health & Healthcare

WellNS: A Norfolk Southern Prescription for Healthy Employees

Feb 23, 2016 8:05 AM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wicklund Key to Boys & Girls Club Funding

Feb 23, 2016 8:00 AM ET

Few people at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Green Bay have worked longer for the organization than Johanna Wicklund.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Luxury Brands Putting More Weight into Sustainability

Feb 23, 2016 8:00 AM ET

Luxury product consumers have increasingly become vocal about social and environmental causes, and more importantly, are willing to make a difference through their buying choices.

Environment

MillerCoors Cuts Brewery Waste Down to Zero

Feb 22, 2016 4:00 PM ET

There are a number of strands in the sustainability story: different approaches, if you will, towards achieving a more sustainable economy.