StartRight: Helping New Immigrants Adjust to Financial Life in Canada
Karen Qiu, a Scotiabank financial advisor in Vancouver, knows firsthand what life is like for new immigrants in Canada. “I was born in China and came to Canada to finish my last year of high school,” she remembers. “Since my family believed that an education in Canada would give me a better future, they decided to send me here. But since they couldn’t just leave their jobs, I came alone.”
Albertsons’ Private Label Organic Brand Reaches $1 Billion in Sales
Albertsons’ private-label organic brand, O Organics, has reached $1 billion in sales. The chain has announced its plans to introduce approximately 500 new products to the 1,000-plus item line this year. The brand already encompasses selections in several categories including fresh produce, eggs, milk, milk alternatives, yogurt, meats, bread, coffee, snacks, and baby food. The organic brand is known for its competitive prices within the organic market.
Ahold Delhaize, Albertsons, Target Form Sustainable Palm Oil Network
A number of US retailers, including Ahold Delhaize, Albertsons and Target, have joined with global food manufacturers such as Kellogg and Kraft Heinz to form the North American Sustainable Palm Oil Network (NASPON). The aim of the group is to educate and assist North American companies in making and delivering on commitments to source sustainable palm oil.
This Big Data CEO Thinks There Is No Substitute for Personal Connections
Working at Alliance Data has many perks, but one of the best ones might be having an approachable CEO who loves meeting with associates. Fortune Live's Susie Gharib sat down with our CEO Ed Heffernan recently to talk about our success and the company's growth.

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Improve the Quality of Your CSR Report: Introducing GRI’s New Disclosure Review Service
Improving the quality of sustainability reporting is one of GRI's key focus areas. To this end, the organization has launched a new Disclosure Review Service, and is accepting applications as of today.
Novartis Foundation and Ghana Health Service Announce Successful Integration and Scale-up of Telemedicine Program
The Novartis Foundation and Ghana Health Service are highlighting the successful integration of the telemedicine program in national health services as a model for multisector working. National coverage of telemedicine services is expected to be possible by 2019.
Local Investing for Impact: A New Tool for Place-Focused Foundations
So, why create LOCUS now? We are living in times when more traditional public sources of community and economic development funding are challenged; many local governments are still struggling with revenue shortfalls and federal budget impasse seems like a perpetual state of affairs. In Don Macke’s words, “finding the financial resources necessary for community building is increasingly challenged; that is why I have come to believe that philanthropic impact investing represents such a promising solution”.
Baseball Player Nick Rickles Launches Blog to Share His Journey With the Fans
Getting to play baseball this long has been a blessing. Since the day I could walk, I had a baseball bat in one hand and a baseball in the other. To think 27 years later I'd still have a baseball bat in my hand and a baseball in the other is a dream come true, though the bat is a little bigger than the plastic one I had when I was little.
Dave Stangis, CSO Campbell's to Speak at Erb Institute | Business for Sustainability on Convergence of Technology and Sustainability
Dave Stangis has been in the sustainability business for over 20 years. As of last year, he quite literally wrote the book on sustainability—twice. The Campbell’s vice president of corporate responsibility and chief sustainability officer first co-authored 21st Century Corporate Citizenship:
The Ray: 18-mile Stretch of Road Is a Testbed for a "Regenerative Highway Ecosystem"
What will the highways of the near future look like? This road project aims to create "a corridor that reconnects and restores us."

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