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Turner Broadcasting: Switched on to Volunteering

Social Impact & Volunteering

Since 2009 employee volunteers at Turner Broadcasting, have helped build schools and school buildings in Mali, Rwanda, Malawi, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Mozambique.

Upgrading Citizenship to a Whole New Level

Research, Reports & Publications

In order to build a truly sustainable organisation, global companies these days acknowledge that the umbrella of their stakeholders extends further than ever before.

Upgrading Citizenship to a Whole New Level

Research, Reports & Publications

In order to build a truly sustainable organisation, global companies these days acknowledge that the umbrella of their stakeholders extends further than ever before.

FOX and EMPIRE to Build Free Music Studios for Youth Across the U.S.

Events, Media & Communications

As FOX prepares for the September 23 premiere of Empire's second season, the network is partnering with the nonprofit Notes for Notes for a new initiative entitled "FOX PRESENTS EMPIRE Behind the Beat." The campaign will raise money to build fully equipped music studios across the country for young people to have free access to instruments and audio equipment, as well as professional mentors to help them hone their talent. The program will inspire the next generation to create its own musical voice.

US Court of Appeals Decision on US SEC Conflict Minerals Regulation

Responsible Production & Consumption

Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reaffirmed its April 2014 decision regarding the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Conflict Minerals Rule: the requirement to describe products as having “not been found to be DRC conflict Free” violates the First Amendment.

Giving Back and Going Back...Prepping for School in NC

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Today in Durham NC, over 150 GSK volunteers handed out backpacks filled with school supplies to children at the Durham Rescue Mission’s 16th annual Back to School Party. GSK donates the supplies (over 3000 backpacks!) and helps at the event as a contribution to the health of the community where we are proud to live and work. The goal is to get kids excited about going back to school and getting a good start on the new school year. View the photos for more info or check out GSK's More than Medicine blog for other ways that we are helping in our communities.

The CSR Scoop - 8/19/15

Social Impact & Volunteering

This week, we’re talking about purpose. What is it? How do we channel and leverage it? Why bother? Read on to find out!

National Grid Submits Grid Modernization Plan to Mass. DPU

Energy

WALTHAM, MA. August 19, 2015 ​– National Grid today submitted its grid modernization proposal to the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities that represents the start of a conversation about how Massachusetts customers would benefit from a modern and more resilient electric grid.

Freight and Transport Companies Rapidly Investing in Biofuels

Energy

Biofuels are emerging as a credible alternative that can help reduce the dependence on fossil fuels. Biofuels are an important key to decelerating climate change and improving global fuel security. The U.S. currently leads the world in biofuel investments. More than 13.3 billion gallons of ethanol was produced in the U.S. in 2013, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Five Upstate South Carolina Businesses to Grow with Support from Michelin Development

Five upstate businesses will be growing and creating new jobs with financial help from Michelin Development, a subsidiary of Michelin North America.

Why Being Customer-Centric is a Supply Side Strategy

In recent years Human Centred Design (HCD) became a buzzword in the financial inclusion world. It focused financial service providers on the design of products and services based on customer insights. Design firms became part of the technical provider fraternity, servicing financial service providers in the quest to improve inclusion. At the same time, the network of financial service providers broadened to include mobile network operators and retail chains, in addition to microfinance institutions (MFIs), banks, cooperatives and a myriad of microfinance suppliers. With new entrants come new ideas – and repetition of old ones. One consistent, but underrated idea, is to focus on the customer.

GM’s Toledo Transmission Goes 3 for E3

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Our Toledo Transmission’s 2,200 employees are busy bees. Not only do they build 5,400 transmissions every day, they’re building them in an environmentally responsible manner. Just ask the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

Fostering Healthy Communities Makes for Healthy Businesses

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Businesses play a vital role in the welfare of the community, impacting the lives of employees, customers, investors and countless others. Conversely, the health of all these stakeholders has a direct impact on a company’s success. - See more at: http://3blmedia.com/News/Fostering-Healthy-Communities-Makes-Healthy-Businesses#sthash.rwaaQTBP.dpuf

Can Toilets Help Change Lives? Kimberly-Clark’s Commitment To Improving Access To Sanitation For Those Who Need It Most

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

2.5 billion people around the world are living without access to improved sanitation, and the impacts on quality of life are significant. Millions of girls miss school every month because menstruation becomes too hard to manage without proper facilities. And countless children are absent from school because of the spread of disease and infection from a lack of basic sanitation.

JetBlue Moves People Through Employee Engagement

Social Impact & Volunteering

The following member spotlight is excerpted from the most recent issue of The Corporate Citizen, the Center’s magazine, and illustrates the importance of strategic communication in effective corporate citizenship programs. To learn more about communicating effectively, join us in New York on Oct. 6-8 for our Communications 101 course.

MGM Resorts Employees Mark Educator Appreciation Day 2015 with Donated Supplies

Events, Media & Communications

Annual event provides support to Clark County School District teachers and students by filling the Mirage Grand Ballroom with free supplies that have been donated by MGM Resorts employees.

Domtar Reduces Waste to Landfill 23%

Research, Reports & Publications

Canada-based specialty paper manufacturer Domtar reduced the waste its pulp and paper mills sent to landfill by 23 percent from 2013 to 2014, according to its 2015 Sustainability Report. The company is now more than half way to its 2020 goal of decreasing waste to landfill by 40 percent against a 2013 baseline.

Asia Waits for No One

Throughout its modern history, Asia has labored under a perception problem. Most of the world saw it as the place that produced the goods and services that ran businesses and entertained consumers throughout the world.

GM Student Corps Paints the Town – And More

Social Impact & Volunteering

DETROIT, August 19, 2015 /3BL Media/ – Pontiac High School students returning to classes this week are being greeted by a new, massive “PHOENIX PRIDE” sign that represents more than the school’s mascot. Ten of their classmates helped refurbish several areas of Pontiac this summer as members of the GM Student Corps.

Guayaki’s Sustainable Mission to Save the Rainforest Gets a Boost from NetSuite.org

Environment

Take five college friends, a strong appreciation of yerba mate, a naturally caffeinated South American beverage, and a desire to make a difference in the world and you have the seeds for Guayaki, a natural products provider and a social enterprise.

Empowering a New Generation of Women Leaders in Cambodia

Education

In 2004, I met a courageous young woman who changed my life. Her name was Veasna Chea. She was about thirty years old at the time and working with the UN Commission on Human Rights in Cambodia. Like many Cambodians of her generation, some of Veasna’s family members had been killed in the Khmer Rouge genocide of the 1970s, and she had grown up poor. But her mother was determined that her daughter receive an education.

This Teen Captures the Imagination of Homeless Kids With His Favorite Childhood Toy

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Grant Mercer. Read his story and nominate an outstanding volunteer or organization as a Point of Light.

Monetizing Nature Is a Fool’s Errand

Environment

How will damage from the Gold King Mine spill of Silverton Colorado be valued? The lawsuits against the EPA for dislodging the toxic yellow sludge into the Animas River and beyond haven’t yet been filed, but injured parties are lining up.

Seabourn Legend Makes Special Delivery in Antigua

Social Impact & Volunteering

Members of Seabourn Legend’s Entertainment Team went ashore in St. John’s, Antigua, earlier this month with a breakspecial delivery for the Antigua Public Library: nearly 150 gently used books.

Cruise Director Aaron Syfert and Assistant Cruise Directors Meredith Tyler and David Delarre delivered the novels and non-fiction titles to Port Agent Mark Azille, who helped arrange the donation.