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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Carnival Corporation Wins Environmental Award for Clean-Air Commitment

May 30, 2017 1:45 PM ET

Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world’s largest leisure travel company, has been named winner of the Lloyd's List Americas 2017 Cleaner Safer Seas Solutions award for its environmental commitment to improve the quality of air emissions through first-in-the-cruise-industry adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG), the world’s cleanest burning fossil fuel.

Diversity & Inclusion

Really Celebrate Older Americans Month

May 30, 2017 1:20 PM ET

As my colleague David Boyd Williams wrote in a recent blog on ageism – leveraging the wealth of experience that older adults offer is good for our society. And, when senior living communities highlight their residents’ vibrant contributions, they underscore the great things inspired age can bring.

Innovation & Technology

HP Labs Developed a New Rewritable Printing Technology Set to Impact Multiple Industries

May 30, 2017 12:15 PM ET

In March, HP Labs piloted a new writable, energy-free display technology that could impact a wide swathe of industries, including finance, hospitality, healthcare, security, retail, and transportation.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Ile de France: Sanofi Employees Support Migrants

May 30, 2017 11:40 AM ET

The Sanofi Espoir Foundation and the Sanofi France Communications Department launched a collection of hygiene products in early April among employees of Sanofi sites in the Ile-de-France area on behalf of migrants living in Paris.

Events, Media & Communications

Sodexo Supports Defense Commissary Agency in Celebrating Grand Opening of New Commissary at Fort Belvoir

May 30, 2017 10:50 AM ET

The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) recently held a grand opening in celebration of its new commissary at Fort Belvoir in Virginia and Sodexo, world leader in providing Quality of Life services, helped DeCA celebrate the big event. Sodexo is the Deli-Bakery Services operator at the new Fort Belvoir commissary and partner to 24 DeCA commissaries throughout the east coast.

Environment

Volkswagen Group – International Day of Biodiversity

May 30, 2017 10:30 AM ET

The promotion of biodiversity has been a declared corporate objective of the Volkswagen Group since 2007. In 'TOGETHER – Strategy 2025', the Volkswagen Group has set itself the ambitious target of becoming a role model in the topic of environment.

Research, Reports & Publications

UPS and BSR: How Global Materiality Can Help Shape Sustainability Strategy

May 30, 2017 10:20 AM ET

On Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 11 am ET, UPS will host a webinar with 3BL Media to discuss its Global Materiality Assessment. The webinar, featuring Patrick Browne, Director of Global Sustainability for UPS, and Nate Springer, Manager at Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), will cover UPS’s global materiality assessment methodology, and its role in driving UPS’s sustainability strategy, goals and reporting.

Health & Healthcare

Novartis Foundation and Fiocruz Convene Global Experts on Strategies for Leprosy Detection

May 30, 2017 10:20 AM ET

Together with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), a premier research institution in Brazil focused on public health, the Novartis Foundation is co-hosting an expert meeting entitled ‘Strategies to detect and interrupt the global transmission of leprosy’ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Energy

Republic Services Further Reduces Carbon Emissions Through Increased Usage of Renewable Natural Gas in its Fleet

May 30, 2017 10:00 AM ET

Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE:RSG) announced today that the Company will increase its usage of renewable natural gas (RNG) by three times what it used in 2016 through an expanded agreement with Clean Energy. This enables Republic to reduce its fleet emissions by approximately 110,000 metric tons of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) over a three-year period, which is equal to planting 2.8 million trees or removing 23,200 cars from the road1. RNG has the lowest carbon intensity of all commercially available transportation fuels.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Last Day to Apply!

May 30, 2017 10:00 AM ET

The 2017 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplace survey closes TOMORROW!

Media & Communications

Domtar Sustainability Monthly Minute | May 2017

May 30, 2017 10:00 AM ET

Environment

Unreasonable Impact | The Car Service of the Future: A Q&A with Riversimple

May 30, 2017 9:30 AM ET

Environment

New Global Metric Will Monitor Zero Emission Growth from 2020

May 30, 2017 9:15 AM ET

In October 2016, JetBlue and the aviation industry made history. Alongside the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), we collectively agreed to reduce GHG emissions from international flights.

Research, Reports & Publications

Consumers Energy Commitment to the Environment

May 30, 2017 9:10 AM ET

As featured in the Consumers Energy Sustainability Report 2017: We are the Great Lakes State. Here in Michigan, our lakes, rivers and streams define us. We’re beach-goers, anglers and stone-skippers. We must keep this precious resource thriving for centuries of Michigan summers to come.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Habitat for Humanity and Wells Fargo Team Up with Veterans to Improve 100 Homes

May 30, 2017 9:05 AM ET

Local Habitat organizations will identify home improvement opportunities in their communities and lead the work with veterans and Wells Fargo volunteers to beautify homes by landscaping, painting and other improvements.

Environment

Xylem Watermark & Project 24 : Nai Basti, Dadri, India

May 30, 2017 9:00 AM ET

The village of Nai Basti Dadri is located in a rural community where farming is the main source of livelihood and engages sixty percent of the economically active population.

Research, Reports & Publications

Just Issued: Saipem Sustainability 2016 - Creating Long-term Shared Value

May 30, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Saipem’s 11th Sustainability Report highlights the company’s constant effort to create value while detailing its efforts to go beyond expectations and, in particular, its achievements in the top areas identified by its managers and external stakeholders.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Colgate-Palmolive and the Mars Agency's Partnership Awarded Silver Effie For Sustainability-Focused Shopper Marketing Program

May 30, 2017 6:00 AM ET

Safeway joined forces with Colgate-Palmolive, the Mars Agency and the Nature Conservancy to create the "Turn Off the Water" campaign in drought-stricken California to encourage consumers to turn off their faucets when brushing their teeth.

Environment

TD Bank Group Releases 2016 Corporate Responsibility Report

May 29, 2017 3:30 PM ET

TD Bank Group released its 2016 Corporate Responsibility Report, showcasing the bank's commitment to building stronger communities and supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Events, Media & Communications

BLOG: Everything You Heard About Cotton is Wrong!

May 29, 2017 9:15 AM ET

Garry Bell, VP, Corporate Communications and Marketing at Gildan participated in a panel discussion during which many of the popular myths around the use of cotton where debunked. During the discussion, he shared with the audience Gildan’s experience as a vertically-integrated manufacturer that understands how to best ‘connect all the dots’ to achieve levels of sustainable performance that are not possible when operating in silos.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Prologis and Habitat for Humanity Partner During Global Day of Service

May 29, 2017 9:05 AM ET

With a donation of more than $190,000 to Habitat, Prologis employees volunteered on May 19 in more than 20 communities around the world with several Habitat projects that include neighborhood revitalization and construction.

Events, Media & Communications

Sustainable Brands Detroit Shares a New Vision for “The Good Life”

May 26, 2017 6:00 PM ET

This week, the Cone Communications team headed out to Sustainable Brands in Detroit for four days of conversation around "Redefining the Good Life." From inspirational plenaries to tours experiencing the resurgence of Detroit, the week focused on what a new “good life” could mean – a shift from “better, faster, more” to perhaps a new definition focused on authenticity and mindful simplicity.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Ashland Safeway Re-Opens and Gives Back

May 26, 2017 4:30 PM ET

As part of the celebration, the store’s director handed a thousand dollar check to the Ashland Emergency Food Bank.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Keep Virginia Beautiful Partners with Virginia DOT to Promote the Adopt-a-Highway Program

May 26, 2017 4:00 PM ET

Keep America Beautiful statewide affiliate Keep Virginia Beautiful (KVB) recently announced a partnership with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to help support the agency's Adopt-a-Highway program.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Booz Allen Ranks 3rd on Military Times’ 82 Best for Vets: Employers 2017 List

May 26, 2017 3:20 PM ET

As a former Marine Corps Cobra pilot, Kurt Scherer used his experiences to chart a different course after the military. Seeking employment at a place that builds on one’s internal moral compass, Kurt landed at Booz Allen Hamilton where he piloted and now leads the firm’s Innovation Center. With over a third of its workforce as veterans, the firm has developed a specialized outreach program that actively recruits integrity-grounded, mission-focused professionals. Given its commitment to hiring and retaining former military servicemen and women, it’s no surprise that the firm was once again named as an employer of choice for veterans.