The Shared Value Initiative is thrilled to share that the 2016 Shared Value Leadership Summit landed the #3 spot on Inc.com’s 10 Most Innovative Conferences of 2016.
Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s leading nonprofit that envisions a country in which every community is a green, clean and beautiful place to live, today announced the organization has opened the grant application period for the 2017 Cigarette Litter Prevention Program to help communities combat the most commonly littered item in America.
On December 22nd, Atlas Copco Mining Technique was invited to the opening ceremony of Istanbul Technical University Mining and Applications Center, which is established in a stone building located in Akdağlar aggregate mine and renovated by the donations of mining industry.
The organization Humanitas has named the screenwriters of two films and one television series from 21st Century Fox as finalists for its 42nd Annual Humanitas Prize, a prestigious award honoring projects that contain effective social messaging and inspire compassion, hope and understanding. Among this year’s nominees are Nate Parker for Fox Searchlight’s The Birth of a Nation, Theodore Melfi & Allison Schroeder for Fox 2000’s Hidden Figures and Dan Fogelman for the pilot episode of This Is Us, produced by 20th Century Fox Television.
There are two federally recognized National Days of Service. One is on September 11th. The other is on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (in 2017, it falls on Monday, January 16th).
Die US-amerikanische Umweltbehörde EPA hat die Innenraumluft- und Schadstoffemissionsgütesiegelprogramme von SCS Global Services (SCS) in die Richtlinien und Empfehlungen der Anforderungen für die öffentliche Beschaffung auf US Bundesebene aufgenommen (Recommendations of Specifications, Standards and Ecolabels to federal purchasers).
Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship extended the deadline a call for entries for its 9th annual International Corporate Citizenship Film Festival, the largest film festival devoted exclusively to celebrating the work of corporate social responsibility (CSR) professionals, their companies, and programs to Friday, January 13.
The deadline is fast-approaching for the opportunity to bid on Keep America Beautiful’s #DoBeautifulThings – Sports Auctions,” featuring three of the most popular sports events in America – Super Bowl LI, the NBA All-Star Game and the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Bidding closes on Wednesday, Jan. 11, at 3:00 p.m. (EST).
General Motors Corporate Responsibility Newsletter - January 2017
Thinking of going gluten-free for the New Year? What problem are you trying to solve? Does the December deluge of cookies, cupcakes, pies, hot rolls and stuffing have you feeling sluggish and pudgy? Excess sugar, fat, and calories are more likely to blame than gluten. Lean proteins, steamed vegetables, fruit, whole grains, and some exercise will help to get your waistline and digestive system back on track.