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Announcing the PYXERA Global Engagement Forum New, Online Platform and In-Person Event

Events, Media & Communications

Engagement is central to the work of PYXERA Global—a thoughtful, animated, energetic exchange of ideas, perspectives, and value. This is why PYXERA Global has chosen this word as central to its new publication platform: the PYXERA Global Engagement Forum: Online, which will replace its previous publication, The New Global Citizen.

Barclays Hackathon: Fighting for the Future of Banking

Innovation & Technology

More than 1,000 fintech pioneers from two continents took part in a ground-breaking hackathon, organised by Barclays, to develop innovative technologies with the potential to revolutionise the banking sector.

HEINEKEN USA Awards Harbor Distributing, L.L.C and High Country Beverage with Ninth Annual 1864 Award for Responsibility and Sustainability

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

White Plains, NY, (October 24 2016) – HEINEKEN USA (HUSA) is proud to announce Harbor Distributing, L.L.C of California and High Country Beverage of Colorado have been selected as this year’s recipients of the company’s 1864 Award for Responsibility and Sustainability.

WATCH | Cargill Employees Volunteer with Feeding America in Wisconsin

Social Impact & Volunteering

Cargill employees volunteered with Feeding America to package 53,740 meals for those in need in Eastern Wisconsin.

New #GRIStandards: Upcoming Twitter Chat with GRI and Northern Trust Explores the Recently Launched Reporting Standards

Mark Your Calendars!

Join us for a LIVE Twitter chat with GRI and Northern Trust to talk about the new GRI Standards. GRI will share insights regarding the new standards and the evolution of reporting, while Northern Trust will share their experience of following past standards and implications for future reporting.

Wednesday, November 16th at 12PM EST

Eating, Living and Working in a Fast Food World

Health & Healthcare

How many times have you rolled out of bed in the morning and said to yourself…you know what, today I’m going to eat incredibly healthy – I’ll do the no-fat, low-cal, no-sodium, only-clean, raw-food, all-protein, no-wine, cleanse-thing. And then 9 AM hits. You walk into your office and right there, starting back at you, are the most gorgeous-looking doughnuts.

Wal-Mart to Invest $25 Million in China Food Safety Research

Health & Healthcare

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and its foundation are investing $25 million over five years in food safety research in China, as the world’s largest retailer seeks to strengthen its foothold in the country more than two years after it was hit by high-profile product scandals.

VMware Releases Global Impact Report

Research, Reports & Publications

Through the collective impact of their employees, customers and partners, VMware strives to be a Force for Good in the world. Their shared mission is to leave ahead a better future – to put back more into the environment, society and global economy than they take.

Tetra Tech's DNA | Collaboration

Events, Media & Communications

Collaborating across the company to provide our clients with innovative, cost-effective solutions to their complex problems

Tata Steel and Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures Organise Outreach Programme

Mumbai: Tata Steel in collaboration with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) organised an outreach programme today with industry experts to discuss and deliberate on how to manage risks and opportunities related to climate change. The event, held in Mumbai, was attended by eminent people across industry, finance, government and senior members from the Task Force Secretariat.

A Winning Duo: Abbott Recognized for Two Breakthrough Tech Innovations

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Innovation. It's been our thing since Dr. Abbott set up shop in a Chicago neighborhood more than a century ago. It’s still our thing. But don’t take our word for it.Ask Popular Science, which named our Absorb disappearing stent and FreeStyle Libre* glucose monitoring system – the one that saves you a routine stick of the finger – as two of its "Best of What's New" innovations in 2016. PopSci's bottom line on these medical breakthroughs: They "transform their category, solve an unsolvable problem, and incorporate entirely new ideas and functions." Sounds like a pretty good description to us.

Black & Veatch: Low prices, Security Concerns Push Natural Gas Industry to Look Inward

Research, Reports & Publications

Emerging global markets, liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects and increased coal plant retirements represent growing opportunities for the natural gas industry even as low-price conditions hinder capital investments. This outlook, found in Black & Veatch’s just-released 2016 Strategic Directions: Natural Gas Industry Report, reflects widely varying market outlooks for the upstream, midstream and downstream segments.

Soil Restoration Innovation Wins $100,000 Biomimicry Global Design Challenge “Ray of Hope” Prize

Environment

A Chilean team has won the first-ever $100,000 Ray C. Anderson Foundation “Ray of Hope” Prize in the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge, an international design competition and accelerator program that crowdsources nature-inspired solutions to big sustainability challenges, such as climate change, food system issues, water management, and alternative energy.

The Business of Corporate Responsibility

Events, Media & Communications

The fact is the business of corporate responsibility is complex. Not only is there the issue of the mechanics of how you get it done, there is also the issue of how you relate it back to your organization. Both sides of the equation are equally important. And from what you told us when we asked, both can be vexing.

Nature Comes Indoors

Social Impact & Volunteering

Over the lunch hour on Monday, October 17, pliers, safety goggles, gloves and mesh panels were on the menu for TransCanada head office employees volunteering with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) to help build range cages.

Bloomberg Nominated for The 2016 International Content Marketing Awards

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The International Content Marketing Awards have become the single most competitive awards in the world with more entries per category from more agencies battling to win across 24 prestigious categories.

30 Days of Pink

Social Impact & Volunteering

Anthony Cobb and R.J. Corning’s workplace attire has become more noticeably pink the past few weeks.
That’s because the two Whirlpool Corp. employees are among the 13 West Michigan participants in the Real Men Wear Pink campaign.

Achieving Nutritional Autonomy for All

Health & Healthcare

Nutriset, the world leader in research and manufacturing of products for the prevention and treatment of malnutrition, has joined the Business Call to Action (BctA) with a commitment to reach 79 million malnourished children by 2026. To achieve this, it will empower local partners in its PlumpyField® network to procure 6,900 tons of raw materials for nutrition products each year.

Transformational Thought II Book Release

Education

Transformational Thought II: More Radical Ideas to Remake the Built Environment is Jason F. McLennan's second book of dynamic essays critically challenging prevalent contemporary thinking and conventional design modalities related to the built and natural environments.

Calculating and Conserving the Natural Capital Benefits of Canada's Forests

Environment

Forests have traditionally been viewed as a resource to be used for timber and fiber, beautiful natural spaces to be enjoyed, and, where ecologically significant forest areas exist, protected.

Keep Prince William Beautiful Helps Bring Serenity to Adult Day Healthcare Center

Social Impact & Volunteering

Keep America Beautiful affiliate Keep Prince William Beautiful, area businesses, and a civic organization recently partnered with the Prince William Area Agency on Aging to create a “Serenity Garden” in the circle in front of the Adult Day Healthcare Center in Woodbridge, Virginia.