AT&T Named to Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index

AT&T* was named to the 2017 Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index (DJSI). The S&P Dow Jones Index recognizes companies for their economic, environmental and social disclosures and performance. We are 1 of only 2 companies – and the only U.S.-based company – in telecommunications to make the list.

Delos™ and NUS School of Design and Environment Collaborate to Promote Healthy Building Design

Delos™, a wellness real estate and technology firm, today announced a Memorandum of Understanding with the National University of Singapore (NUS) School of Design and Environment that will help accelerate the integration of health and wellness in the built environment. As part of the collaboration, the organisations will maintain an open exchange of knowledge and will collaborate on research to further the development of design elements that serve to transform indoor spaces into environments that actively promote occupant health.

Enroll Your Family in Healthy Habits With Aramark and the American Heart Association

Kicking off with healthy habits at the start of the school year encourages the whole family to achieve a smooth transition back-to-school, that can last the whole year. Aramark connected with the American Heart Association’s Linda Van Horn, a Registered Dietician and Professor of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, who recommended six simple strategies to help kids jump into back-to-school mode, with habits that will help them succeed both in and out of the classroom.

INFOGRAPHIC | How Schneider Electric Supports Its Customers to #MovetheDate

Schneider Electric is part of Global Footprint Network partners worldwide committed to encourage individuals to help #movethedate by making pledges. This includes learning more about sustainability levers and trying out new habits to lower one’s personal Ecological Footprint. The pledges focus on four solution areas: energy, cities, food, and population. Many of them, related to Schneider Electric’s values and capabilities related to energy and city solutions in particular.

CITGO Ambassadors Selected to Explore the Ocean Aboard Famed Exploration Vessel Nautilus

CITGO Petroleum Corporation and the Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) have selected four educators to participate in the 2017 CITGO Nautilus Ambassador Program, who will sail aboard the Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus during its summer expedition off the central California coast. CITGO Nautilus Ambassadors will spend five days aboard the E/V Nautilus during one-leg of a 6-month expedition alongside scientists and engineers, and interact with shore-based audiences via Nautilus Live, a web portal connecting future explorers onshore via telepresence technology at www.nautiluslive.org.

CMT to Air Hurricane Harvey Relief Telethon On September 12

Hand in Hand is, at its heart, about unity. CMT will team up with other broadcast networks, including ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC, to share the special with as many Americans as possible. The event will air from Los Angeles, with stages in New York, Nashville and San Antonio.

Caterpillar Again Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) has been named to the 2017 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), including both the World and North America indices. This marks the 18th time Caterpillar has been included in the DJSI.

The Transport Revolution: When Sci-fi Becomes Business Reality

The world is changing. Technological developments and the advance of the digital age fundamentally have shifted the way we experience day-to-day life. These new developments offer innovative ways to build sustainability into the world around us.

McDonald’s USA Named National Sponsor of Keep America Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup

Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s iconic community improvement nonprofit organization, today announced McDonald’s has become a National Sponsor of Keep America Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup (GAC), the largest year-round community improvement program in the country. Efforts will get underway on Sept. 9, 2017 with National Planting Day, a fall initiative of the GAC. McDonald’s is the exclusive Presenting Sponsor of National Planting Day.

GRESB Results Show New Trends in Global ESG

The GRESB survey is the leading means by which funds investing in Real Estate can be benchmarked for their Environment Social and Governance (ESG) performance. The 2017 assessment covered 77,000 assets across 62 countries on 6 continents, equating to $3.7 trillion GAV. This represents a 12% increase in overall participation and reflects the growing appetite from investors to understand the ESG impacts of their portfolios.