National Grid Launches Energy eBook

How can consumers and local communities move to a clean energy supply chain while maintaining healthy local economies and solving for climate change? Today, National Grid's US President Dean Seavers launched, "The Democratization of Energy: Climate Change, Renewables, and Advancing the American Dream," an eBook that discusses the ways in which we can transition our nation to a decarbonized economy while ensuring delivery of reliable and affordable energy.

Reverse Logistics for Retail Gain Wider Regulatory Acceptance

Reverse logistics is a process within the retail community that describes the return of unwanted, damaged, unsold, or dated retail products back to the distribution center, warehouse, supplier or manufacturer, for the purpose of redistribution, recycling, reuse, or disposal. However, retailers can sometimes run afoul of long-standing regulations developed for industrial and manufacturing operations, if items considered hazardous are shipped. Retail employees preparing items for reverse distribution typically lack the extensive training and experience necessary to properly handle hazardous wastes and hazardous materials.

Five Public Schools Using STEM to Make a Difference in Their Communities are Named Winners of the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest

Comfortable cardboard classroom furniture for special needs students, prosthetic enhancements for veterans and a smartwatch app for pedestrian safety are among the winning projects of this year’s Solve for Tomorrow contest. Five groups of public school students from across the United States have been named Grand Prize Winners, taking home $120,000* in technology for their school.

4 Key Steps to Share Your Brand's Philanthropic Story [Infographic]

There are a plethora of simple ways to get started via (not only) social media but dedicated web pages, links, videos, and more. Check out the infographic we created to learn how to dive into the world of digital storytelling.

Banorte, Líder en Estrategias de Sustentabilidad

Debido a sus estrategias para la gestión de riesgos asociados al cambio climático y a su favorable desempeño ambiental, Grupo Financiero Banorte fue incluido en el Índice STOXX Global Climate Change Leaders, convirtiéndose en la única emisora de Latinoamérica en estar considerada en el mismo.

Banorte, Leader in Sustainability Strategies

Grupo Financiero Banorte was included in the STOXX Global Climate Change Leaders index as a result of its strategies for managing risks associated with climate change and its favourable environmental performance, becoming the only Latin America issuer in the index.

Call for Proposals to Conserve the Chesapeake Bay

As a supporter of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), CSX is encouraging organizations to apply for grants aimed to restore the habitats and water of the Chesapeake Bay.

Public Voting Period Opens for Hawaii Cleantech Pitch Competition

The voting period for the VERGE Hawaii Accelerate pitch competition opens today, giving the public the chance to weigh in on which innovative startups will be featured at VERGE Hawaii: Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit, June 21-23, at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu.

Bechtel Receives Community Service Business Leader Award

Bechtel, a leading global engineering, procurement and construction company, today announced that it received the 2016 Best of Reston Community Service Award yesterday evening from the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce and Cornerstones. Six individual and two corporate honorees were recognized for making a difference in the lives of others in the community.

5 Key Steps to Start an Employee Volunteer and Skills Giving Program

This week, April 10 through April 16, 2016, is National Volunteer Week, and employees all across the country will be taking a break from their work to give back to their community alongside work colleagues. Volunteerism is increasingly becoming the core around which companies are building employee engagement strategies and programs, and serving as a catalyst for deeper partnerships with nonprofit organizations (Source: America’s Charities Snapshot 2015 report, The New Corporate DNA).