Bristol-Myers Squibb Again Named Top Corporation Citizen
For the eighth consecutive year, Bristol-Myers Squibb ranks in the top 10, ranking sixth of the 100 BestCorporate Citizens, a leading benchmark for socially responsible investors and other stakeholders published by Corporate Responsibility magazine. The company has achieved the No. 1 ranking three times, including 2009, 2012 and 2014.
New Barclays Study – Scale-up UK: Growing Businesses, Growing our Economy
Barclays has launched a new report on the future of business scale-ups in the UK. This is the culmination of a partnership, established in January last year, with the business schools of both the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.
In Special Earth Day Promo, Fox Offers "Independence Day" for Only $0.99 to Benefit Earth Day Network's Conservation Efforts
In honor of Earth Day, and to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Fox's "Independence Day," Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has partnered with Earth Day Network and Google Play to offer fans a Digital HD download of the sci-fi classic for only $.99 between Friday, April 22, and Monday, April 25. Fox's proceeds will benefit Earth Day Network's Trees for the Earth initiative, which aims to plant 7.8 billion trees over the next five years. "Independence Day: Resurgence," the sequel to "Independence Day," will arrive in theaters June 24.
Volunteer Projects Engage Employees and the Community
In corporate volunteerism, a company’s employees and retirees work together with local young students and residents to revitalize a community in need. Schools are cleaned up, fresh flowerbeds are planted in parks and colorful murals are painted in children’s play areas.
Etsy to Make Their Decentralized E-Commerce Model 100% Renewable by 2020
Chelsea Mozen joined the inaugural class of Bard’s MBA in Sustainability program in the fall of 2012 because she wanted to help rewire the world with clean energy. Today, one year after graduation, Chelsea joined Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson and other team members at the company headquarters to announce a bold, near-term commitment to achieve “carbon neutrality.”
More than 750 Million Anti Malaria Treatments for Adults and Children Provided Without Profit
Today is World Malaria Day. Malaria is preventable and curable, yet it is still one of the most deadly diseases in developing countries. Despite extraordinary progress in the fight against malaria over the last 15 years, the disease still claims the life of a child every two minutes. Since 2001, working with a range of organizations, the Novartis Malaria Initiative – one of the pharmaceutical industry’s largest access-to-medicine programs – has provided more than 750 million treatments for adults and children, without profit, to more than 60 countries, contributing to a dramatic reduction of malaria deaths in Africa.
Business Statement Welcoming the Paris Climate Agreement
The Paris Agreement on climate change is a landmark achievement – it establishes an inclusive, pragmatic and, hopefully, durable framework for progressively strengthening efforts globally to address the causes and consequences of climate change.
What the Paris Climate Deal Means For the U.S. Utilities Industry
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GRI Urges Businesses to go Beyond Carbon as World Leaders Sign the Paris Climate Change Agreement in New York
The Paris Climate Change Agreement opens for signatures today during a high-level ceremony convened by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York. All Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN FCCC) are invited to sign the agreement. GRI’s Chief Executive, Michael Meehan is attending, together with some 60 world leaders, among them, President Francois Hollande of France, and China’s President, Xi Jinping. The attendance by China is seen as a major step, with the country dubbed as the world’s manufacturing powerhouse and largest carbon emitter. Over 150 countries will be present at the event.

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