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A Wave of Tweets Turns the Tide to Stop Ocean Plastic

Environment

After more than 20,000 tweets and retweets from people sharing their support for reducing ocean plastic, SC Johnson has announced it will build an additional recycling center in Indonesia. SC Johnson last week challenged social media users around the world, including attendees at the GreenBiz 2019 sustainability conference, to tag #SocialPlastic or #SCJRecycles in their social media posts. The challenge engaged over 150 million people, raising awareness of the rapidly growing ocean plastic crisis.

FedEx Helps Oprah Winfrey Deliver Possibilities to Girls in South Africa

Education

“I lost it. I mean, I couldn’t believe it.” That’s how 24 year-old Slee (short for Slindokuhle Accurate Mathebula) says she felt the moment she got the news that she had been accepted into the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (OWLAG). Competition is keen for admission to the prestigious school which opened its doors in 2007 and offers an enviable academic curriculum to students from nearby communities in South Africa.

Hear Her Story: Q&A with Lourdes Caballero, Senior Manager of Product Performance at Gildan

Diversity & Inclusion

Gildan caught up with Lourdes Caballero, Senior Manager of Product Performance to hear about her career journey. From witnessing the company’s sudden growth to adapting to a larger team, Lourdes shares some of her cherished moments at Gildan.

Vegan Soul Food: Improving Health “One Chew at a Time”

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

If it looks like steak and tastes like steak, it must be steak, right?

Nope.

Freeport-McMoRan’s Greenlee County, Arizona Community Investment Fund Awards $300,000 in Grants

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Greenlee County Community Investment Fund (CIF) recently selected the recipients and awarded grants totaling $300,000 to local communities and non-profit organizations.

Wireless Blasting at Musselwhite Signals Improved Safety

Innovation & Technology

The mining industry is adopting automation in many areas to improve the safety of workers and increase efficiencies.

At Goldcorp’s Musselwhite mine, new applications have been tested underground in the blasting process, which indicates a decisive step on the path towards full automation of drill and blast operations in the future.

Leading by Example: Viacom Hosts Inspiring Career Day with Figure Skating in Harlem

Social Impact & Volunteering

Viacom, in partnership with The BEAT (the African American Employee Resource Group), hosted a career day for over a dozen girls from Figure Skating in Harlem (FSH). The girls, grades 7-11, were exposed to the world of media and entertainment and a peek into Viacom’s culture. The event was all part of Viacommunity’s (Viacom’s corporate social responsibility arm) All Good, All Year Initiative. All Good, All Year aims to engage employees each month with at least one volunteer event. In honor of black history month, February’s event aimed to show FSH girls what a career in the media industry looks like.

VIDEO | Aflac Cancer Center: Ethan's Story

Health & Healthcare

Kids like Ethan are why Aflac has been a corporate ally for the childhood cancer community for 24 years. Through innovative research and helping provide peace of mind to patients and their families, Aflac’s commitment to helping find a cure for pediatric cancer holds strong. Every child deserves a lifetime.

Caterpillar Foundation Names New President

Media & Communications

The Caterpillar Foundation, the philanthropic organization of Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), today announced Asha Varghese as its new president.

Women, Energy, and Economic Prosperity: The Linkage Between Sustainability and Equality

Diversity & Inclusion

Globally, women play a powerful role in sustainability. Across countries, organizations and communities, women make a substantial, positive contribution to growth and innovation, while also impacting environmental and social crises.

Gildan Launches the “Hear Her Story” Series to Highlight Some of Their 23,000 Women

Diversity & Inclusion

In honor of International Women’s Day, Gildan is launching a new blog series entitled “Hear Her Story” which will allow readers to meet women behind the scenes of Gildan’s success and get a glimpse of their #LifeatGildan.

Walmart, P&G Collaborate For Clean Drinking Water Campaign

Environment

Walmart and Procter & Gamble have announced a partnership that will help provide clean drinking water to children and their families through the P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water Programme.

Healing Nora: How Johnson & Johnson Helped an Injured Polar Bear

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Nora the polar bear is just 3 years old, but she has already faced a host of challenges.

Six days after she was born at Ohio’s Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in November 2015, Nora was abandoned by her mother and had to be hand-raised by zookeepers. Cubs in human care only have a 50% survival rate in their first few weeks of life, but Nora pulled through—and even gained an impressive fan base along the way.

Smithfield Foods Unveils New Career Building at Smithfield High School

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Today, Smithfield Foods, Inc., Isle of Wight County Schools, and Isle of Wight County unveiled a new Career Building at Smithfield High School, consisting of classroom space and resources for five Career and Technology programs including manufacturing, engineering, welding, nursing, and the culinary arts.

Working Together Toward More Sustainable, Livable Cities

Green Infrastructure

Alex Keros, Smart Cities Chief at GM Urban Mobility/Maven, recently published a LinkedIn post around our commitment to sustainable and livable cities, further emphasized by Maven’s signing of the Shared Mobility Principles.

MilliporeSigma Brings Science Education to Students Across North America With Curiosity Cube® Mobile Science Lab

Education

The Curiosity Cube® mobile science lab is a 22x15-foot retrofitted shipping container that features interactive, hands-on science experiments designed to prime students for STEM careers. This year’s experiments will take STEM learning to a new level —celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Periodic Table of Elements.

Bridgeport Classroom Turned Into Secret Lab

Education

Students at one shoreline high school got a big surprise this morning. Sikorsky Aircraft, and parent company Lockheed Martin, took over a classroom with high-tech science gear.

Benevity Helps #BalanceforBetter by Matching up to $50,000 in Donations for Local Women's Causes

Diversity & Inclusion

As a small gesture toward positive change, Benevity is matching donations on a 1-to-1 basis up to $50,000 to three local organizations that are making meaningful efforts to address some of the unique challenges facing women: YWCA Calgary, Canada Learning Code and the Women's Centre of Calgary.

Women in I.T., Providing Diversity, Looking to the Future

Diversity & Inclusion

Women across Medtronic are helping to lead the company’s information technology group as it looks to help transform the future of healthcare

Forests, Cocoa and Farmers - Getting the Balance Right

Responsible Production & Consumption

Read the blog by Darrell High, Head of Nestlé Cocoa Plan, on Forests, cocoa and farmers.

São Paulo Fire Department is “International Firefighting Team of the Year 2018”

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

This year’s prestigious Conrad Dietrich Magirus Awards Ceremony for outstanding firefighting operations was held last Friday evening, March 1, 2019 in front of a packed Congress Centre in Ulm, Germany. Fire departments and distinguished guests from all over the world were invited to attend the 6th edition of the high profile event.

Subaru of America Helps Save Lives of Pets in Need Through 2019 Twin Cities Auto Show Event

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Subaru of America, Inc. today announced it will be hosting a pet adoption event during the 2019 Twin Cities Auto Show through a partnership with local animal shelter, Midwest Animal Rescue and Services (MARS). The 501(c)3 non-profit organization is committed to helping pets in need whenever possible, including all breeds and ages. The first-of-its-kind event will be held at the Subaru exhibit inside the Minneapolis Convention Center, where attendees will have the opportunity to adopt a dog or puppy. The adoption event is aimed at finding forever homes for pets in the Twin Cities.

Planting Seeds of Inspiration

Environment

Growing up in the bayside city of Manila, Philippines, Marge Cabasagan learned the power of helping others from her grandfather when she was just a little girl. On Sundays after church, she would often accompany Severino De Vega Cabasagan on his visits to Hospicio de San Jose, a 200-year-old institution in Manila that cares for more than 225 people, including orphans, survivors of domestic violence, and the elderly.