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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

What's the Secret to a Fun, Successful Workplace Giving Campaign? A Kick-off Party!

Apr 5, 2017 2:30 PM ET

One of the first rules when it comes to holding a successful workplace giving campaign or fundraiser is to make it fun. How do you do that? Host a kick-off party, charity fair, or similar type of networking event.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Digging into Social Sector Tech Challenges at Taproot's U.S. Pro Bono Summit

Apr 5, 2017 2:30 PM ET

In 2017, Taproot Foundation set out to deepen the impact of pro bono service. With the launch of our Campaigns, we’re now forging new directions in how to use pro bono service to address our most pressing global challenges, to purposefully develop our nonprofit and for-profit leaders, and to flexibly respond to the ever-changing needs of nonprofit organizations.

On April 26, as part of our annual U.S. Pro Bono Summit, we’re hosting Bridging the Technology Divide: Using Human Capital to Drive Nonprofit Technology Fluency, Adoption, and Use. Together we’ll dig into the complexity and nuances of technology challenges among social change organizations and co-design how we can better utilize technology expertise moving forward.

Diversity & Inclusion

Equal Pay Day: 50 Years in the Making

Apr 5, 2017 1:15 PM ET

Back in June, 1963 when President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act, there was a clear goal: Make it illegal to pay a woman less than a man for doing the same job, under the same conditions, with the same level of experience, requiring the same skill, effort, and responsibility. Despite its good intentions, the law still hasn’t solved the problem—even after 54 years.

Education

MilliporeSigma Announces First Stops in National Curiosity Cube™ Tour

Apr 5, 2017 12:35 PM ET

MilliporeSigma today announced nine stops for the first half of its national, year-long Curiosity Cube™ tour. Built on the company’s successful Curiosity Labs™ program, the Curiosity Cube™—a 22x10-foot, retrofitted shipping container that has been transformed into a mobile science lab—is sparking scientific curiosity through interactive, hands-on science experiments.

Education

In South Carolina, Duke Energy, Reading Is Fundamental Renew Partnership to Boost Childhood Reading Skills

Apr 5, 2017 12:00 PM ET

Following last year's successful pilot program, Duke Energy and Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), the nation's largest children's literacy organization, are partnering for a second consecutive year to minimize the summer slide and improve the reading proficiency of more than 3,000 current second graders in South Carolina.

Health & Healthcare

Cancer in the Community: Understanding and Addressing Cultural Forces

Apr 5, 2017 12:00 PM ET

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

A Message from our Chief Executive Officer Bill Demchak: Together, We Prosper

Apr 5, 2017 11:00 AM ET

The competitive landscape is changing. The regulatory environment is evolving. Confidence in the direction of the economy appears to be growing. Business leaders are cautiously optimistic about talk of pro-growth policies that may be advanced by the new administration in Washington. Yet each week seems to be defined by the dissent and demonstrations of citizens in communities all across our country who fear for our future.

Events, Media & Communications

The Importance of UN Sustainable Goals in Corporate Strategies and Reporting

Apr 5, 2017 10:45 AM ET

The importance of UN Sustainable Goals in Corporate Strategies and Reporting (CSE Certified Sustainability Practitioner Program)

Diversity & Inclusion

Volkswagen Employees Against Racism

Apr 5, 2017 10:30 AM ET

The Volkswagen Group has sent out a clear signal against xenophobia during the International Weeks Against Discrimination. Supported by the Board, about 40 locations, brands and subsidiaries worldwide participated in the "I am against racism" photo campaign.

Green Infrastructure

How Cities Prioritize Public Greening Initiatives

Apr 5, 2017 9:15 AM ET

How much of an impact can one million trees make? What about approximately $3.2 billion worth? According to a recent study from The Nature Conservancy, a global conservation organization, an investment in tree planting in 245 of the world’s largest cities could improve the health of millions by helping to reduce pollution-related deaths and lowering overall city temperatures.

Innovation & Technology

Barclays Helps Launch New Childline App

Apr 5, 2017 9:05 AM ET

Children and young people who need to talk to somebody about difficult experiences now have somewhere else to go – a brand new app, developed by the counselling service Childline in partnership with Barclays.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bacardi Named One of World’s Most Reputable Companies for Fifth Year in a Row

Apr 5, 2017 9:05 AM ET

Bacardi Limited, the world’s largest privately held spirits company, has once again been named among the most reputable companies in the world, per the annual Global RepTrak® 100 list compiled by the Reputation Institute (RI) and published in Forbes. Ranked at #84, up eight spots from the previous year, this is the fifth consecutive time family-owned Bacardi has made the annual global list.

Sustainable Development Goals

Cargill Video | Conserving Water to Nourish the World & Protect the Planet

Apr 5, 2017 9:05 AM ET

About 70 percent of the fresh water used today goes to produce the food we eat, which is why it's crucial that we use it more efficiently to preserve plentiful clean water for future generations.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

MetLife Foundation Announces Sponsorship Of “Multipliers of Prosperity” For A Third Year

Apr 5, 2017 9:05 AM ET

Health & Healthcare

Purdue Pharma, Project Lazarus and Safe Kids NC Partner to Improve Public Health Outcomes in North Carolina Through the North Carolina Disposal Initiative

Apr 5, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Purdue Pharma L.P., Project Lazarus and Safe Kids North Carolina, today announced a partnership to improve public health outcomes in North Carolina through the North Carolina Disposal Initiative (NCDI). The NCDI will support state-wide medicine disposal activities as well as conduct systematic research to evaluate the impact of community-based prevention programs on opioid-related overdoses, abuse and diversion.

Education

Consumers Energy Encourages Robotics in Local Schools

Apr 5, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Arrow Electronics Wins “Innovation of the Year” Award for Second Consecutive Year at Lean & Six Sigma World Conference

Apr 5, 2017 9:00 AM ET

For the second year in a row, Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) walked away with “Innovation of the Year” honors last night at the Lean & Six Sigma World Conference, the leading conference on business process improvement. Arrow won for its Lean Sigma Drones project, which combines drone technology, proprietary video technology and a rapid-improvement methodology to observe Arrow’s extensive warehouse operations from a birds-eye view and more effectively identify areas for continuous improvement.

Research, Reports & Publications

Making a Difference: Accenture’s 2016 Corporate Citizenship Report Features Progress on Skills Training, Sustainability and Closing the Gender Gap

Apr 5, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Accenture’s 2016 Corporate Citizenship Report “Making a Difference,” details its commitment to a more inclusive and sustainable world.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Akzonobel Supporting Education of Special Needs Children in Egypt

Apr 5, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

Five Nonprofits Receive National Award for Driving Positive Change in Underserved Communities from The Atlantic and Allstate

Apr 5, 2017 9:00 AM ET

At a social innovation summit in the nation’s capital last week, The Atlantic and Allstate honored five nonprofits with Renewal Awards for their innovative, grassroots approach to solving our nation’s most pressing challenges.

Innovation & Technology

Little Architects with Big Dreams are Building Sustainable Cities for the Future

Apr 5, 2017 8:35 AM ET

Young students all over the world are building sustainable solutions to the world's biggest challenges, and the technology they're using to express their ideas is quite outside the box.

Events, Media & Communications

Innovative Your CSR at this Workplace Giving Conference

Apr 5, 2017 7:10 AM ET

Amidst this time of political tumult, emotions are running high and companies are caught in the crossfire. For corporate social responsibility (CSR) and HR managers, it can be difficult to understand how to leverage volunteer and giving programs in ways that respond to current events without being overly reactive to them.

Health & Healthcare

Sodexo Delivers a Slice of Mindfulness to Pizza Lovers Seeking Flavorful, Healthy Pies

Apr 4, 2017 6:30 PM ET

Sodexo, world leader of Quality of Life services, today announces the launch of Make It Mindful, an interactive tool that invites consumers to create the next Mindful Pizzetta. With Make it Mindful, consumers can choose from more than 50 toppings and enter their creation for a chance to win free lunch for a year—plus see their dish featured at Sodexo cafés in September 2017.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Values-Aligned Collaboration Unleashing Financial Health

Apr 4, 2017 5:00 PM ET

Many organizations are throwing aside the “go-it-alone” mentality in favor of working together to address complex challenges and scale their innovations.

Environment

Time To Filibuster, Buster!

Apr 4, 2017 4:45 PM ET

his week on Sea Change Radio we speak with UC Irvine professor, Rick Hasen, about the fight over the appointment of Neil Gorsuch to the nation’s highest court. We delve into the intricacies of the filibuster, and wrestle a bit over whether this is the appropriate time for Democrats to use it.