Starting the New Year With a Fresh Coat of Paint

There’s often much more below the surface. If you look beyond the wall color at Rebuilding Together projects, you’ll see that we remove lead paint and mold which can have long lasting effect on the lives of children and other residents. We install drywall, waterproof interior masonry walls, prep and paint rooms and install dehumidifiers to give our neighbors a dry place to live.

Christmas Eve Feast: Salvation Army and Safeway Serve Holiday Dinner

Hundreds of people came together to enjoy a hot meal on Christmas Eve – that they may not otherwise have had this holiday. The Christmas Eve feast was meant to warm the hearts of those in need. This meal is provided by the Salvation Army and Safeway.

GRI Rings Bell at Nasdaq: Highlighting Growing Investor Demand for Non-financial Reporting

GRI CEO, Tim Mohin, rang the closing bell at Nasdaq last month, showing that non-financial reporting with the GRI Standards is becoming more relevant to investors in tech and beyond.

Argentinian Agribusiness Leader Ledesma Announces Verified Carbon Footprint for Its Office Paper

SCS Global Services (SCS), a global third-party certification body, announced today that Ledesma SAAI, an Argentinian agribusiness company that produces 40% of the nation’s printing and writing paper has earned Carbon Footprint Verification for its Office Ream paper product. This internationally recognized verification demonstrates Ledesma’s strong commitment to product transparency as part of its overall leadership in product stewardship and environmental sustainability.

DNA Testing Is Popular, But Many Are Unaware of Privacy Concerns

The rapid rise of home DNA testing services like 23andMe and Ancestry.com present new questions about privacy and security, as these DNA results are increasingly leveraged for applications that go far beyond customer curiosity.

The Circular Economy: Enabling Sustainability, for Business and Planet

With a finite amount of resources available to us, it’s essential for both individuals and businesses to make a greater commitment to sustainability. By addressing the full product lifecycle, companies can help reach the ultimate goal of net-zero environmental impact

The Year Wall Street Got Sustainable Investing

Jeremy Grantham, the co-founder of Grantham Mayo Van Oterloo, only one of the largest asset managers in the world recently stated, “We are racing to protect more than our portfolios from stranded assets and other climate change impact…But for those portfolio managers who happen to be human, we have a much more important job. We are racing to protect not just our portfolios, not just our grandchildren, but our species. So get to it.”

Our Child Is Perfect, Even When He Isn’t

Sadie and her husband, Cody, adopted their son, Latrell, through the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s Wendy’s Wonderful Kids program. The Corleys, who live in Louisiana, want to raise awareness about the importance of foster care adoption, and specifically, the critical need to find permanent, loving homes for teenagers in foster care.

Indian Tech Start Up Transforms Rural Health Care Through the Power of Technology

iKure is a rapidly growing tech start up, providing primary healthcare across rural, semi urban and urban populations in India. The company’s business model is composed of a unique combination of health outreach initiatives, skills development and technology-based interventions, promising to empower 5000 health entrepreneurs and deliver affordable health care to 25 million people across 11 Indian States.

Holiday Purchases Power Her Potential: Gifts that Give Part II

Here are 7 more brands you can find at Whole Foods Market giving to support microloans for women entrepreneurs this holiday season.