Last week, the Cone team headed to the Benevity Goodness Matters conference in Palm Springs, California for more than two days of conversation around imagining what’s next in the world of employee engagement.

This year, NAEM redesigned its EHS Operational Excellence conference to emphasize how companies are integrating EHS into business operations. Lissa Aquino, Corporate Compliance Assurance Manager with Stepan Co., has been contributing to the confernece planning committee. She shared insights about the changing role of EHS within companies and what to expect at the conference.

As widely reported, before John Dingell, the longest serving member of Congress, passed away recently, he shared some thoughts in his final statement to America.

Automation. Urbanization. Impact. Supply chain intelligence. The shift to circular business models.

What do these trends have in common? They are all advancing the case for Corporate Sustainability and in turn, making it a core business issue within boardrooms and enterprises worldwide.

No Barriers Warriors (en inglés) y Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC [en inglés]) forman un equipo de exparticipantes de No Barriers Warriors para la expedición Warrior Strong: The Journey Continues de 2019 al monte Baker (en inglés), un volcán glaciar en la cordillera de las Cascadas en el estado de Washington. El épico viaje, diseñado con el fin de presentar desafíos mentales y físicos rigurosos, tiene como objetivo ayudar a los veteranos a reflexionar sobre su pasado, reconocer sus contribuciones a sus comunidades y desarrollar una visión para su servicio continuo.

No Barriers and Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) are building a team of No Barriers Warriors alumni for the 2019 Warrior Strong: The Journey Continues expedition to Mt. Baker, a glaciated volcano in Washington State’s Cascade Mountain Range. This epic journey, designed to provide rigorous mental and physical challenges, aims to help the veterans reflect on their past, recognize their contributions to their communities, and develop a vision for their continued service.

New research from FSG on how to advance women into management roles in the retail sector. In doing so, companies are able to improve retention rates, reduce the cost of turnover, improve customer loyalty, and strengthen retailers’ performance.

The Medtronic Family Care Leave (FCL) Policy took effect May 1, 2018, for all full-time and part-time employees in the United States. It provides up to six additional weeks of paid time off for employees to care for sick family members or to support family impacted when a spouse, child or parent is called to active military duty. The benefit also covers mothers and fathers bonding with a new child (birth, adoptive or surrogate, and including non-birth parents). Combined with already existing parental benefits, mothers of newborns can now receive up to 14 weeks of paid time off and new fathers can receive up to 8 weeks.

UPS is celebrating National Safety Week and our Circle of Honor inductees who have driven 14 billion accident-free miles. Learn more about the 10,364 men and women who have driven 25 years without an avoidable accident.

Continue to gain momentum on declining workplace injuries with strategic and tactical advice from Antea Group.