Common Impact Launches Pro Bono Perspectives, a New Podcast to Inspire Social Impact

Common Impact, a nonprofit organization that pioneered corporate skills-based volunteering is launching a new podcast – Pro Bono Perspectives. Hosted by CEO Danielle Holly, Pro Bono Perspectives is the latest in a series of new Common Impact initiatives focused on showcasing the people, organizations and ideas that are shaping new models for purpose-driven work.

Aligning Community Support With Nonprofit Needs When Disaster Strikes

When natural disasters and inclement weather shut down entire cities and states, an outpouring of support in the form of financial donations and disaster relief supply drives from people far and wide never fails to follow.

Five Reasons to Attend the 2018 BCtA Annual Forum

The theme this year is on Technological Disruption in the World of Inclusive Business, with a focus digital solutions for the SDGs. We expect to bring more than 150 leading global innovators from multinationals to SMEs together to discuss impactful technological solutions that can be enacted in the near term. In the audience we will have business community representatives, as well as the UN, governments, civil society and the academia.

MilliporeSigma's Curiosity Cube Aims to Inspire Stem Workforce of the Future

MilliporeSigma is trying to spark interest in science careers this week with a traveling science lab that was once a shipping container.

WELL Tip: How to Create WELL Documentation

As a project administrator or WELL team member, you may be wondering how to create WELL compliant documentation, what constitutes a high-quality document and how to communicate this information to other team members. To help you start the process, we’ve compiled everything you need to know on generating and submitting WELL documentation.

Supporting the Hispanic Community in ‘The New Mainstream Economy’

From consumers and homeowners to small businesses, Wells Fargo will support the fast-growing Hispanic community at every level as a key engine of the emerging U.S. economy, CEO Tim Sloan said Sunday, Sept. 9, at a national Hispanic leadership conference in San Diego. Speaking at the first annual L’Attitude conference, which highlights the expanding impact of Hispanics in the U.S., Sloan noted Wells Fargo’s continued focus on this growing market in recent years. The company, he said, has made a 10-year, $125 billion commitment to Hispanic homeownership financing and set aside $100 million for investment in minority- and women-owned small businesses.

KFC Honors Founder’s 128th Birthday with First Global Community Outreach Project, Acts of Colonel-ness

KFC celebrated its first-ever global community outreach effort this September through a new, annual giving initiative called “Acts of Colonel-ness,” in honor of what would have been founder Colonel Harland Sander’s 128th birthday. To bring the campaign to life, KFC challenged 300,000 team members in more than 130 countries around the world to commit to doing a total of 128,000 acts of kindness in their communities during the month of September.

ScottsMiracle-Gro: Proudly Supporting Our Community and American Heart Association

We at ScottsMiracle-Gro believe strongly in giving back - as a company and as individual associates - to the communities where we live and work. This commitment came to life recently at the American Heart Association’s Central Ohio Heart Walk, where for the third consecutive year our associates propelled us to the leading corporate fundraiser spot.

Beyond Selfies: African Youth Vow to Restore the Continent’s Landscapes

On 27-28 August, over 60 youth from a dozen African countries gathered at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). Aged 18-35, they ranged from students to farmers to leaders of NGOs, small start-ups and rural enterprises. But they shared one goal – getting “restoration ready”.

Anchorage Daily News | Denali National Park Tackles Trash with Zero-Landfill Initiative

A push to send less waste to the local landfill is working, officials say. Since 2016, Denali National Park has partnered with Subaru in a "zero-landfill" initiative aimed at turning trash into recycling.