In an interview with Bonnie Marcus at Forbes.com, UN Global Compact CEO and Executive Director Lise Kingo explains how the new Women's Empowerment Principles Gender Gap Analysis Tool can help global business leaders identify strengths, gaps and opportunities to improve gender equality and women’s empowerment in the workplace and within the markets and communities they serve.

JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) today announced the latest round of grants provided by the JetBlue Foundation, an education-focused entity which furthers the airline’s effort to place aviation top-of-mind as a career choice for students. The JetBlue Foundation will help fuel six aviation programs with $162,000 in grants for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) based initiatives.

Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde’s Emprende program supports small and medium enterprises in the geographical regions surrounding the mining operations, which are located near Arequipa, Peru.

Xylem employees inspires students about water, the environment and science with practical hands-on field experience. As part of the Wold Water Monitoring Challange students learn about global water issues in the classroom and then apply new skills and knowledge in the field by testing a local water source.

JetBlue is set to revamp the way it discloses sustainability data to the global investment community and shares the airline’s corporate citizenship stories with a broader consumer audience.

Join 3BL Media for a free webinar featuring JetBlue Head of Sustainability Sophia Mendelsohn, April 19 at 11 a.m. ET. This event is appropriate for sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) practitioners, as well as corporate communications professionals.

The Dutch government has signed an agreement with AkzoNobel recognizing the company's latest contribution to meeting national sustainability targets resulting from investments at its chemicals complex in Rotterdam.

Whole Foods Market established and supports three nonprofit foundations: Whole Planet, Whole Kids & Whole Cities. Each organization grew from the company’s mission and core values.

For several years, Las Vegas Sands has partnered with Cornell University by sponsoring their award winning, internationally recognized Sustainable Global Enterprise (SGE) Immersion program, designed for graduate students attending the university.