ESG News from Leading Brands

Sustainable Development Goals

Walmart | A Message From Our Chief Sustainability Officer

Jun 7, 2017 9:05 AM ET

As featured in the Walmart Global Responsibility Report 2017 : Over the past 30 years, global prosperity has increased by many measures. Life expectancy, school enrollment and access to drinking water are up and technology has opened new doors for billions of people. Yet at the same time this progress occurs, growing population, globalization and technological disruption have created new social and environmental challenges.

Diversity & Inclusion

MetLife Foundation | Sharing What We Learn

Jun 7, 2017 9:05 AM ET

Multipliers of Prosperity is an award-winning thought leadership platform that features stories from MetLife Foundation’s grantees. It includes videos, infographics, and other content on the work of financial inclusion. This unique resource, developed in partnership with WSJ. Custom Studios, helps share best practices, insights, and information about financial inclusion issues. It is the Foundation’s contribution to sharing knowledge and raising awareness of financial inclusion around the world.

Innovation & Technology

Pentair, Urban Organics Open Aquaponics Farm in Old Schmidt Brewery

Jun 7, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Urban Organics worker Lee Scoggins flicked a cup of powder into a large blue pool and watched as 50,000 tiny salmon, each the size of a paper clip, darted toward dinner inside the newly converted old Schmidt Brewery plant in St. Paul.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Fair Trade USA Calls on Shoppers to Choose Fair Trade Seafood This World Oceans Day

Jun 7, 2017 6:00 AM ET

Education

Major League Baseball Players Association Shines Light on Michael Weiner Scholarship Recipients and Future Labor Leaders

Jun 6, 2017 7:30 PM ET

Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director Tony Clark told Michael Weiner Scholarship for Labor Studies recipients all about the man for whom the award is named during a luncheon in their honor at the union's Manhattan headquarters on Monday, June 5.

Environment

Michael Bloomberg: From Billionaire Businessman To Climate Change Activist

Jun 6, 2017 6:25 PM ET

I spoke to Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg LP and author of the new book Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet, about why he cares so much about climate change, the role companies have in protecting our planet, how he overcame a career challenge and his best piece of career advice.

Environment

On World Environment Day, Las Vegas Sands Announces Results of Sustainability Challenge

Jun 6, 2017 5:40 PM ET

During the month of May, Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) Team Members around the globe participated in the company's annual Sands ECO360 Clean Plate Challenge, a campaign aligned with the company's sustainability program to reduce food waste. The event was an engagement and educational initiative designed to encourage Team Members at all Las Vegas Sands' properties in both the United States and Asia to only take as much food as they'll consume when eating in the Team Member Dining Rooms.

Environment

CSRHub’s Bahar Gidwani Speaking at Intro to ESG Training at Baruch College/CUNY

Jun 6, 2017 4:45 PM ET

CSRHub CEO and Co-Founder, Bahar Gidwani, will be speaking at a One-Day Training Program presented by Governance & Accountability Institute and Global Change Associates, titled Into to ESG, Sustainable & Impact Investment Training. This training is hosted by Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College/CUNY on June 15, 2017.

Health & Healthcare

Infection Prevention: The New Standard of Clean

Jun 6, 2017 3:55 PM ET

Professional cleaning isn’t just about cleaning restrooms and mopping floors anymore; today’s Environmental Services teams must focus on preventing the spread of illness and infection.

Events, Media & Communications

Booz Allen’s Angie Messer Joins 100 Executive Women at First-Ever “Cybersecurity Women on Capitol Hill"

Jun 6, 2017 3:35 PM ET

From talking toys to internet-connected cameras, there is no shortage of ways the Internet of Things (IoT) can be applied to enrich consumers’ lives—and expose users to new cyberattacks. To educate congressional members and staff on some of the most pressing cybersecurity issues, the Executive Women’s Forum brought top cybersecurity thought leaders to the Hill for the first-ever “Cybersecurity Women on Capitol Hill” event.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Empowering Sustainable Decisions: Join GRI's Governance

Jun 6, 2017 3:30 PM ET

By joining one of GRI's governance bodies, you’ll have a solid platform in which to share your expertise and play a direct role in shaping the future of sustainability reporting.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Diageo Beer Company USA Names Peter Wiens Brewmaster for New Maryland-Based Brewery

Jun 6, 2017 3:15 PM ET

Marking a major milestone in the establishment of the Guinness brewery in Relay, Maryland, the Diageo Beer Company USA, is proud to announce the appointment of Peter Wiens as inaugural brewmaster. Boosting an impressive resume of brewing credentials, Wiens will lead the brewing team and brewing operations at the Guinness Open Gate Brewery & Barrel House – which represents an estimated $50MM investment to bring Guinness brewing back to U.S. soil after a six-decade absence. The new brewery coincides with the 200th anniversary of Guinness reaching American shores.

Environment

TD Forests Helps Protect 6,000 Hectares of Historic Kenauk Property in Quebec

Jun 6, 2017 2:35 PM ET

On the occasion of World Environment Day, June 5, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), with support from TD Bank Group through the TD Forests Program, announced the protection of 6,000 hectares (15,000 acres, representing a 3-kilometre wide and 20-kilometre long corridor) on the Kenauk property in Quebec.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

LA Galaxy Foundation to Host 5th Annual LA Galaxy 5K and Cozmo Family Fun Run Presented by Herbalife Nutrition at StubHub Center on June 10

Jun 6, 2017 2:30 PM ET

AEG’s LA Galaxy Foundation will host the 5th Annual LA Galaxy 5K and Cozmo Family Fun Run presented by Herbalife Nutrition at StubHub Center on Saturday, June 10. Cheering on participants will be LA Galaxy President Chris Klein and LA Galaxy players Joao Pedro Machado, Rafael Garcia, Jack McInerney, Bradley Diallo and Nathan Smith, who will also present runners with medals at the finish line.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Volunteer Group Serves the Denver Community

Jun 6, 2017 1:50 PM ET

Sustainability is one of Newmont’s core values, and this commits us to serve as a catalyst for local economic development through transparent and respectful stakeholder engagement and as responsible stewards of the environment. In Denver, Newmont’s Socially and Environmentally Responsible Volunteer Employees (S.E.R.V.E.) committee is one of the ways that we’re working to honor that commitment.

Environment

Five North American Companies Leading the Circular Economy Transition

Jun 6, 2017 1:30 PM ET

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center, a nonprofit organization driving the circular economy in the U.S., is releasing a new case study report in June featuring examples of how companies are translating circular economy aspiration into action that drives greater resource productivity improvements, eliminates waste and inefficiency, and contributes to a stronger competitive economy.

Environment

Protecting Worker Bees Around the World

Jun 6, 2017 12:45 PM ET

General Mills has worked to protect and restore pollinator habitat dating back to 2011 in the U.S., and most recently made a $2 million, five-year commitment to pollinators in partnership with the USDA and Xerces Society, which was matched by the USDA.

We didn’t stop there.

Diversity & Inclusion

PNC Sits for Women in Technology

Jun 6, 2017 12:25 PM ET

Sit With Me – a global advocacy campaign created by the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT). While women make up more than 50 percent of the U.S. workforce, they hold only 25 percent of all computing jobs. Sit With Me is designed to change those statistics by inviting more women to sit at the “technical design table.”

Responsible Production & Consumption

See How BACARDI Rum Barrels Are "Upcycled" to Find New Life

Jun 6, 2017 11:45 AM ET

Environment

3 Important Industry Trends that EHS Teams at Tech Companies Need to Know

Jun 6, 2017 11:30 AM ET

Antea Group's blog discusses some major trends shaping the tech industry, how EHS teams can show their strategic value, as well as tips and insights on how EHS teams can play a role in taking advantage of them.

Education

What Your Kids Need to Know About Money at Ages 5, 10, and 15

Jun 6, 2017 11:30 AM ET

One of the most important tasks for parents to tackle while raising kids is ensuring that they have a proper understanding of how money works—how to earn it, save it, spend it, borrow it, and invest it. Teaching kids about money sets them on the right path to be responsible with it when they grow into adults.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Always On My Mind

Jun 6, 2017 11:00 AM ET

In August 2016, my husband of 20 years passed away. I was 47 years old and it was my mother who held my hand when I laid him to rest. It was my cousin who said, “You know you can’t live alone right now. You’re coming to stay with me.”

Environment

Tips to Help Your Clothes Last Longer and Reduce Your Footprint

Jun 6, 2017 11:00 AM ET

Did you know that the consumer use of products is the largest contributor to the environmental footprint of almost all the products you buy? A recent study by researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's Industrial Ecology Program1 found that consumer’s impact on the environment after the purchase of products such as clothing was responsible for more than 60 percent of that product’s greenhouse gas emissions and up to 80 percent of water use.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Green Builder Names Trane 4MXW38 Ductless Indoor High Wall Unit as a Hot 50 Green Product for 2017

Jun 6, 2017 11:00 AM ET

This annual list identifies the most innovative, creative and all-around sustainable products available to U.S. builders and architects.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CBRE Receives Vancouver’s First WELL Certification for New and Existing Interiors

Jun 6, 2017 10:45 AM ET

CBRE’s office space is the first to receive the prestigious distinction in Vancouver, awarded based on IWBI’s WELL Building Standard™ (WELL), the premier building standard to focus on enhancing employees’ health and wellness through the built environment.