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The Smart City Puzzle: The Role of Utilities in Next-Gen Communities

Innovation & Technology

The term smart city has become ubiquitous in the technology world, and especially among the energy industry. But what does smart city really mean for utilities? Register for the free webinar.

Inclusion Creates Ingenuity and Motivation

Diversity & Inclusion

Our diverse workforce is essential to PNC’s success. Recruiting talent from diverse market segments provides PNC with a wealth of skills and ideas, increases employee engagement and ties us closer to the communities we serve.

Let's Get Circular

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

What if we lived in a world where we didn’t own anything? I’m not talking about giving away all of our possessions and living in a yurt. I mean what if we could still enjoy all of the latest gadgets and appliances we love, and the clothing and furniture we need, but we just paid to use them instead of bought and owned them outright? What if we didn’t have the hassle or expense of maintaining them or replacing them when they no longer served their purpose?

Carnival Corporation's Carnival Cruise Line And Houston Texans Gear Up For 'Summer Kickoff' Event with The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Carnival Cruise Line and the Houston Texans teamed up to host the first-ever Summer Kickoff event recently with a variety of fun activities for kids at the Havard Boys & Girls Club in Houston.

Materials Testing: Focus on Healthcare Film Recycling

Environment

HPRC, in collaboration with Plastics Engineering Technology students at Penn State, conducted a study that analyzed the physical properties of various blends of recycled plastics and virgin resin found in hospital areas which generate the highest volumes of packaging waste - the operating room, general floor and loading dock.

Safe Tires a First Step on the Road to Zero

Environment

If our nation is to eliminate preventable deaths everywhere, it will need to eliminate preventable deaths on the roads. We hope this can begin by using creativity and awareness to eliminate deaths on a stretch of highway southwest of Atlanta.

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Proud of Top Ranking

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is proud to share it has earned a 4-star rating on Charity Navigator. This means we consistently execute our mission in the most fiscally responsible way. In fact 90 percent of the funds donated to the Foundation go back into our programs.

Sustainability at Kingfisher: Making It Easy for Customers, and Part of the Everyday for Colleagues

Research, Reports & Publications

Kingfisher’s aim is to make sustainability an easy choice for customers. It’s this vision that sets the path for everything they do, and that will help them achieve their ambition to create good homes by making home improvement accessible for everyone.

Employees' Power to Drive Social Impact is Good for Business

Social Impact & Volunteering

Eileen Howard Boone is Senior Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility and Philanthropy for CVS Health, and President of the CVS Health Foundation. She is responsible for formulating the strategic positioning of the company’s corporate social responsibility platform and leading the company’s corporate philanthropic programs.

For Sustainable Business, Collaboration is the New Competition

Environment

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies often find themselves boxed in by customer demand. On one hand, more shoppers say they want to purchase more sustainable products, but many are not willing to pay a premium. And although most consumers still base their purchases largely on price and performance, the trends are clear: Environmental sustainability is expected. This applies to not only products, but also packaging.

By the Numbers: CSR at BNY Mellon

Research, Reports & Publications

Since our founding in 1784, BNY Mellon has been dedicated to delighting our clients and helping them succeed. We carry this principle through all our corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities to help enable prosperity and wellbeing for our stakeholders.

The Timberland X Thread Partnership

The unbridled accumulation of single-use, post-consumer plastic bottles represents a social and environmental crisis affecting populations and landscapes the world over. While industrialized countries have evolved systems and customs that effectively displace this waste stream, the problem is glaringly evident in less-industrialized countries, ill-equipped to control the flow.

Elevating Water Services and Achieving Compliance through Integrated Planning

Environment

This year’s Strategic Directions: Water Industry Report survey shows that while early adopters are making progress with implementing an “Integrated Planning Approach,” opportunity exists to implement this approach on a larger scale, across the board.

Whole Kids Foundation® Launches Free Organic Education App, Helping Kids Discover the Meaning of Organic

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Today, Whole Kids Foundation launches Starting with Soil, a free tablet-based organic education app available via Google Play and the App Store, to provide a fun way for kids and parents to learn what it looks and feels like to grow food in harmony with nature.

Corporate Sustainability Unfolding

Green Infrastructure

Tam Nguyen is the global head of sustainability for Bechtel corporation, an international engineering and construction company. He directs the overall formulation and implementation of Bechtel’s sustainability strategy and integration process across the enterprise and into major projects. He also leads corporate initiatives, stakeholder and policy planning on a range of global issues, including climate change, human rights, and economic development.

Webinar: The Core Elements of an Engaging CSR Strategy with Samantha Mesrobian of Scotiabank and Guusje Bendeler of thinkPARALLAX

Events, Media & Communications

Discover how Canada’s largest international bank, Scotiabank, refreshed their approach to CSR communications and how it changed the way they engage with their stakeholders. In this one hour webinar Samantha Mesrobian, Director Corporate Social Responsibility at Scotiabank, and Guusje Bendeler, thinkPARALLAX Co-Founder and Chief Strategy and Creative, will discuss the launch of Scotiabank’s new CSR strategy — Better Future, Better Off — followed by a live question-and-answer session.

Challenge Accepted: Team Viacom Once Again Races Through J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge

J.P. Morgan has hosted the Corporate Challenge almost annually since 1977, when 200 runners showed up. Viacom has participated for many years. Entry fees benefit the Central Park Conservancy, a public-private partnership that manages the park’s 843 acres.

New Recommendations To Improve Climate-Related Financial Disclosures

New recommendations released today by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, or TCFD, will play a critical role in improving climate-related financial disclosures, providing investors with the important information they need to make better short-term and long-term investment decisions, Ceres CEO and President Mindy Lubber said in a statement today.

Heathrow Publishes Its 2016 Sustainability Performance Report

Research, Reports & Publications

Heathrow’s latest Sustainability Performance Report demonstrates continued progress on a range of sustainability issues.

Progressing Economic Growth and Environmental Conservation

Environment

In 2016, Newmont, the State of Nevada and the U.S. Department of the Interior established the Conservation Framework Agreement, a mutually agreed upon framework governing Newmont’s management of more than 1.5 million acres of sagebrush habitat in Nevada.

Points of Light Civic Accelerator Invests $100,000 in Two Startups Advancing Economic Mobility for Underserved Populations

Social Impact & Volunteering

The Points of Light Civic Accelerator announced today that it will invest $50,000 each in SpringFour (Chicago) and The Virtual Scholarship Center (Atlanta) – one for-profit and one nonprofit startup. Both ventures are focused on financial well-being and economic mobility to help more individuals and families succeed.

AEG Releases 2017 Sustainability Report

Environment

Furthering its industry leadership in sustainability, today at the Green Sports Alliance Summit, AEG, the world’s leading sports and live entertainment company, released its sixth annual sustainability report, a comprehensive publication that details the company’s global efforts toward reducing its environmental footprint.

5 Energy Efficiency, Emission Reduction Milestones | 10 Years of BIER

Environment

As stakeholder expectations evolve and sustainability awareness grows, the beverage sector is facing increasing pressure to be more productive while also consuming less energy.

Three Quality of Lifehacks for a More Sustainable Diet

Responsible Production & Consumption

Shrinking your food footprint isn’t as daunting as it may seem. By eating in a more sustainable way, you can lower your environmental impact, protect ecosystems and contribute to food security not just for us, but for future generations, according to The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization.

Conejo Valley, California High Schoolers are on the Run for Local Kids

Social Impact & Volunteering

On Thursday, June 15, Westlake held its second annual “Action Run,” a 5K race at Conejo Creek Park to support youth from Area Housing of Ventura Country, a housing facility for low-income families that in addition to less expensive rent also provides activities and educational programs for their children.