Volunteering & Community

Why Transformative Volunteering Is Good Citizenship

Frequently, volunteer experiences are episodic events that provide vital support to organizations, but what if more resources could be used to boost the impact we can have as volunteers, and forge sustainable relationships?

Corporate Responsibility

Benevity Data Highlights New Direction for 2018 Year-End Corporate Giving

Three emerging trends are likely to impact charitable giving during the biggest giving months of the year: September through December, when 50% of all donations are typically made to charities and nonprofits.

Corporate Responsibility

The UN Global Compact launches the Academy — a new digital learning platform to help companies become more sustainable

Today, the United Nations Global Compact launched a new digital learning platform to help companies become more sustainable.

AI & Technology

Hospitals Will Use Robot Ducks to Comfort Kids With Cancer

Environment

Anchorage Daily News | Denali National Park Tackles Trash with Zero-Landfill Initiative

A push to send less waste to the local landfill is working, officials say. Since 2016, Denali National Park has partnered with Subaru in a "zero-landfill" initiative aimed at turning trash into recycling.

Corporate Responsibility

Fast Track to Best Practice Sustainability Reporting

Over 90 percent of the world’s largest companies are already reporting on their sustainability impacts, and smaller companies are following suit. But many companies new to reporting are asking: where should we start?

Events

Common Impact Expands Leadership Team With Addition of Tara Cardone, Chief Operating Officer

Common Impact, a nonprofit recognized as a national leader in skills-based volunteerism, is expanding its leadership team with the appointment of Tara Cardone as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Tara will be a key partner to Common Impact’s leadership team and Board of Directors as the organization shepherds in the next phase of growth in corporate skills-based volunteerism. This growth will help the organization meet increasing corporate and nonprofit demand for effective skilled volunteer and employee engagement solutions that deliver on business and community goals.

Energy & Infrastructure

Enterprise Community Partners and International Living Future Institute Partner to Bring Healthy Buildings to Where They are Most Needed

As the first to address the unique needs of the affordable housing sector, Enterprise Community Partners Inc. (Enterprise) and the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) have partnered to scale programs for healthy, sustainable development into Enterprise’s Green Communities Criteria.

Energy & Infrastructure

Southern California Edison Proposes Grid Safety and Resiliency Program to Address the Growing Risk of Wildfires

As part of its ongoing efforts to protect customers and communities from the growing risk of wildfires, Southern California Edison proposed additional wildfire safety measures in a filing today with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).

Environment

Protecting Desert Tortoises in the Mojave Desert

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