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HP Sets Industry-leading Recycled Content Target, Drives Progress to Create Lasting Sustainable Impact

Research, Reports & Publications

Sustainable Impact is at the heart of HP’s reinvention journey, fueling the company’s innovation and growth, strengthening HP’s business for the long-term, and enabling the company to develop and deliver the best solutions for its customers.

The Lion King Protect The Pride with Cast Video

Environment

Join the cast of The Lion King in an effort to double the lion population by 2050 as part of Disney's The Lion King Protect the Pride campaign.​ Learn more at Disney.com/LionKingProtectThePride

Takeda Selects Five New Partnerships for Annual Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Program, Supporting Disease Prevention to Improve Health in Developing and Emerging Countries

Health & Healthcare

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (“Takeda”) announced the addition of five partners to its Global CSR Program for 2019, which contributes to the long-term health of people through disease prevention and capacity building in developing and...

Why the DNC Doesn’t Want a Climate Debate — It Actually Makes Perfect Sense.

Environment

The Democratic party and the nominees are highly intelligent people, they know what’s happening to the climate, they know that climate change will have devastating consequences for their constituents, their country, and the planet as a whole. So why don’t they welcome the chance to showcase their candidates progressive ideas and further distinguish themselves as the party of the future?

477 Investors With USD $34 Trillion in Assets Urge G20 Leaders to Keep Global Temperature Rise to 1.5 Degrees Celsius

Investors from around the globe are urging world government leaders to step up ambition on climate change and enact strong policies by 2020 to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, including phasing out thermal coal power and pricing carbon. 477 investors with $34 trillion (USD) in assets, a record number of signatories, are behind the urgent call-to-action to limit average global temperature rise to no more than 1.5-degrees Celsius.

Making Changes Heard Around the Pilbara

Health & Healthcare

Through our partnership with Telethon Speech & Hearing, we’ve helped to significantly reduce the number of harmful ear conditions among Aboriginal children, improving school readiness and engagement across the West Pilbara. Since our partnership began in 2011, the number of Aboriginal children under the age of seven affected by middle ear diseases in the Pilbara has dropped from 51% to 33%, an outstanding milestone that has produced meaningful impact. Almost 9,000 screenings have been conducted through the Chevron Pilbara Ear Health Program...

Electric Vehicles And The Need For Public Charging Infrastructure

Green Infrastructure

Electric vehicles (EV) have been available for some time, but adoption has always been too low to attract significant investment and displace the internal combustion engines (ICE) in a meaningful way. This time is different, though, as EVs are in the process of displacing a significant portion of the traditional ICE vehicle market, which presents interesting opportunities for Bechtel. There are several reasons why we think this time is different, and the intent of this post is to lay out a brief summary of our views of the EV market, the infrastructure needed to support that market, and the opportunities for Bechtel in this space. Finally, we’ll talk about what we’re doing to address the lack of EV charging infrastructure in North America.

Arrow Electronics Hosts Robotics Workshop for Local Girl Scouts

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arrow Electronics hosted a robotics workshop at its Centennial, Colo. headquarters to help local Girl Scouts in 4th and 5th grade earn their “Designing Robots” badge.

FPT Industrial: Cleaning the Seas and Fishing for Plastic

Environment

Raising public awareness of environmental protection and protecting our seas is essential. And the project "Fishing for Plastic" tries to give a concrete answer.

The light at the ‘Center’ of LA’s LGBTQ community

Diversity & Inclusion

As the U.S. marks the 50th anniversary of New York City’s Stonewall riots this June — and its role as a catalyst for the LGBTQ rights movement in America — it’s important to remember the significant place in LGBTQ history for another city located across the country: Los Angeles.

Ecocentricity Blog: That's One Classy Cephalopod

Environment

You would be smart to consider octopi for inspiration if you were a practicing biomimic – especially if the design question you are asking is “how would nature efficiently navigate confined aqueous spaces like the piping in municipal water systems?”

Bridgestone Group’s Sustainability Report Details Environmental Success and Reports on Strengthened Sustainable Procurement Practices, Including Human Rights Protection

Research, Reports & Publications

Today the Bridgestone Group published its Sustainability Report 2018-2019 highlighting strong progress toward its global commitment to help achieve a more sustainable society.

Carnival Corporation Named Among America's 100 Best Corporate Citizens

Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world's largest leisure travel company, was recently named among Corporate Responsibility Magazine's (CR Magazine) 100 Best Corporate Citizens for 2019.

LA Galaxy Foundation Partners With Surfrider Foundation for Beach Cleanup

Environment

As part of AEG’s LA Galaxy Protect the Pitch sustainability program, more than 250 LA Galaxy fans, supporters and Herbalife24 Triathlon L.A. participants traveled to Venice Beach to partake in a beach cleanup with Surfrider Foundation, a global nonprofit organization whose mission is to protect and enjoy the world’s oceans and beaches, on Saturday, June 22.

An Investor's Perspective on the Proposed Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance

Can stakeholders (regulators, policymakers and market participants) deliver a sustainable finance framework that serves the end-client well?

Theresa Haywood-McCarley Shared How ON Semiconductor Built Out Their Award-Winning CSR Site Champion Program

For ON Semiconductor’s Senior Director of Quality Systems and Corporate Social Responsibility, Theresa Haywood-McCarley, and her team, making sure that their different manufacturing sites across the globe are compliant and ethically in line with their corporate social responsibility (CSR) priorities is a critical task.

Sesame Street Has a New Way to Teach Kids About Money

The next time you’re looking for financial tips, forget about Warren Buffett or Jeff Bezos. Try Elmo, Cookie Monster and Big Bird. That’s because the iconic Sesame Street characters are part of a program to bring financial smarts to kids around the world. Developed by Sesame Workshop and the MetLife Foundation, the program uses videos, comics, games and activities to make money seem … well, a little less boring, and a little more meaningful to kids’ daily lives.

Device for the Visually Impaired Wins 2019 Koch Innovation Challenge

Innovation & Technology

The votes have been tallied, the judges have spoken, and there’s a new Koch Innovation Challenge Grand Champion for 2019.

In Friday’s final pitch competition (May 10) at Wichita State University, members of Team Water Level Sensor Buddy (Cierra O’Neill, Edie Reese, Jedidiah Borchard and Tyler Thompson) managed to claim the title of Grand Champion over four other finalist teams with their invention – an all-mechanical, magnet-based tool for the visually impaired to help measure fluid levels when filling up water bottles or drinking glasses.

Parkway School District Continues Sustainability Leadership with an Investment in Geothermal Energy

Energy

Trane®, a brand of Ingersoll Rand® and global provider of indoor comfort and energy services solutions, and Parkway School District, one of the largest school districts in Missouri, partnered to install the Greater St. Louis area's first on-campus centralized geothermal energy plant, guaranteeing at least $123,000 in total energy savings annually.

Tetra Tech’s Leadership Academy Class of 2019 Hones Their Risk and Financial Management Skills

Diversity & Inclusion

Participants in Tetra Tech’s 2019 Leadership Academy class recently spent four days in Denver, Colorado, focused on financial and risk management tools, contract negotiations, and strategic planning to optimize performance in their operations.

PSEG Power Has Agreed to Sell Its Interest in Keystone and Conemaugh Coal Plants

Energy

PSEG Power has agreed to sell its 776-megawatt (MW) interest in the Keystone and Conemaugh generation facilities in western Pennsylvania and related assets, including the assumption of related liabilities.

Top Things to Know about Sustainable Innovation at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today released its annual Living Progress Report, demonstrating that leveraging technology to tackle our world’s major social and environmental challenges drives business value and can open new long-term economic opportunities.

Singtel Group Publishes Its Fifth Group Sustainability Report 2019

Research, Reports & Publications

The Singtel Group Sustainability Report 2019 is the company’s fifth Group report which covers the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and sustainability strategies, initiatives and performance of its operations in Singapore and Australia for the financial year ended 31 March 2019 (FY2019).

“You Punch Way Above Your Weight” – Global Climate Leader Christiana Figueres Addresses IOC Session

Events, Media & Communications

A former Costa Rican diplomat, Christiana Figueres was Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change from 2010 to 2016. In 2015, she successfully delivered the UN Climate Summit in Paris, leading to the adoption of the historic Paris Agreement.

HP's New Consumer Contract: A Bold Pledge for Sustainability, One Cartridge at A Time

Responsible Production & Consumption

Every day brings a new headline about a plastic bag ban or a movement to eradicate single-use plastics. Yet, while such efforts are noble, they are not likely to inspire the kinds of sweeping global changes we’ll need in order to create a healthier planet that thrives long into the future.