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Recognizing Those in Our Industry Who Give Back

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

In the November 2015 issue of MarketWatch, FIA features DRW College Prep, giving a glimpse inside the school and sharing its success despite the challenges faced by its students.

100+ Companies Salute the Signing of the Paris Agreement and Call For Swift Action On Clean Power Plan

Environment

More than 100 companies, including leading global giants, expressed their support today for the Paris Agreement on climate change and called for swift action on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, a proposal aimed at significantly cutting carbon pollution in the United States.

Antea Group Case Study: VCU Testing for a Major Pipeline Company

Environment

Antea Group was contracted by a major pipeline company to complete a performance test of two marine VCUs and a VOC leak quantification of components during loading of marine vessels.

Putting the Circular Economy in Motion

Environment

Dell created a closed-loop recycled plastics supply chain to recycle computers back into new computers. Philips sells lighting as a service instead of a product that a consumer would otherwise purchase and own. The Dow Chemical Company recovers non-recycled plastics to convert into a usable energy source.

Talk with Green Guy Show - Georgia State University's Sustainable Energy Tribe and MARTA

Environment

Interviews with Georgia State University's Sustainable Energy Tribe and MARTA on Talk With Green Guy Show

Water Management in Automotive Supply Chain

AIAG's Greenhouse Gas Workgroup has developed a training session to increase suppliers awareness in water management and how to report via CDP Water Supply Chain.

Ask the Expert: What’s the Amgen Biotech Experience and How I Can Volunteer?

Social Impact & Volunteering

Learn how you, as an Amgen Scholar, can make a difference in high school biology classrooms.

Run for a Cause with Bottled Hope Run

Social Impact & Volunteering

Families, running enthusiasts and even those who are environmentally conscious are encouraged to participate in the 2016 Bottled Hope Run as every entry will help to make a difference to someone else’s life.

From E-Waste to New Life: Behind the Scenes with Arrow’s Value Recovery Business

Responsible Production & Consumption

Reduce, reuse, recycle. These are the “three R’s” of protecting our environment, a mantra taught in schools and repeated in brochures.

The Water We Eat

Responsible Production & Consumption

I expect most of us believe that the greatest amount of water we consume comes in the form of showers, baths, and drinks. Nope, and it’s not close.

KeyBank Ranked #44 of Top 50 Companies for Diversity by DiversityInc

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

KeyBank (NYSE: KEY) has earned the #44 place on the 2016 Top 50 Companies for Diversity list, which DiversityInc announced at a keystone event at Cipriani Wall Street on Tuesday, April 19. KeyBank was also ranked #2 of 10 on the “Best Companies for Opportunity” list and #7 of 12 on the “Diversity Council” list.

Dow Enters Sponsorship Deal With The Recycling Partnership

Environment

The Dow Chemical Company has announced its financial support for The Recycling Partnership in its latest bid to advance the circular economy, the one in which all production systems are part of no-waste loop.

2015 Progress Report: L’Oréal’s Sustainability Program is Accelerating

Research, Reports & Publications

L’Oréal unveils the 2015 results of Sharing Beauty With All, the Group’s sustainability program that sets ambitious commitments for 2020.

Earth Week Guest Post: Our Future Flies on the Wings of Pollinators

Environment

For the second post in our annual Earth Week guest series, we invited Laurie Davies Adams, the executive director of the Pollinator Partnership to discuss the importance of pollinators.

SCA Named Among the World’s Most Sustainable Companies

Environment

In 2015, the world’s focus shifted on sustainability.

The Sustainability Consortium Set to Release Impact Report on April 21

Events, Media & Communications

The Sustainability Consortium’s first-ever impact report, Greening Global Supply Chains: From Blind Spots to Hotspots to Action, identifies and quantifies the impact of the consumer goods supply chain and explores TSC tools that identify and reduce these risks around the products we love and the retailers we love to buy them from.

S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM the First to Launch Indices

LONDON, NEW YORK, ZURICH, APRIL 19, 2016 /3BL Media/- S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), one of the world’s largest providers of financial market indices, and RobecoSAM, the investment specialist focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing, today announced the launch of the S&P ESG Index Series.

Sodexo Listens to Colby College Students to Create Fast, Affordable Smoothies

Health & Healthcare

What’s fast and easy, affordable, full of your favorite things and spins at the speed of tens of thousands RPM? The students of Colby College in Waterville, ME, would say it’s their new self-serve smoothie bar. The students are thankful to have a food service company like Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Life Services, who is willing to try their ideas to improve the dining hall experience and deliver healthy alternatives.

Volunteering Could Be the Missing Component to Your Workplace Success

Social Impact & Volunteering

Giving back to our communities and to those in need makes our lives more meaningful. Not only do we encourage our kids to do community service while they’re in school, but many people spend weekends doing volunteer work, often through an organized group or a religious institution.

The Power of an Education

Education

When it comes to donating time and financial resources, I've always been most interested in projects that truly have a long-term impact on improving the community where we live and work, reducing future poverty and creating sustainable opportunity. I think it's an approach that many of us in the industry share. Nothing comes closer to that than education.

State of Edtech: How Money Shapes Tools and Schools

Research, Reports & Publications

Since 2010, the U.S. K-12 edtech industry has seen a boom of venture investing in education technology. EdSurge has been “following the money” behind venture investments in U.S. K-12 edtech companies to understand the dollars--and their implications. Those investments are redefining the tools and curriculum available to schools, and will have an effect on teaching and learning -- eventually. Measurable “exits” and demonstrated outcomes for schools have been scarce so far. But here’s what we’re seeing: