Philanthropy

4 Ways Digital is Accelerating Real-Time Giving

Digital is making it even easier to give in the moment. Here are four organizations advancing the real-time giving movement.

Philanthropy

Making the Holidays Happier: How Avnet Employees and The Salvation Army Impact Children’s Lives

Employees at Avnet’s Global Solutions Center in Chandler, Ariz., raised more than $26,000 to help the Salvation Army’s Christmas Angel program, an effort that supports more than 50,000 people in the Phoenix metro area. The employee-led effort dates back to 2007 and has resulted in $282,000 in donations.

Philanthropy

Corporate Responsibility: A 2017 Outlook

When it comes to the social sector, we are seeing clear, positive trends. Last year, charitable donations hit a record for a second year in a row at an estimated $373.25 billion, corporate giving reached $18.45 billion, and employee participation in their companies’ community efforts continues to rise. How will this story continue to unfold? Read the MicroEdge + Blackbaud 2017 CSR predictions!

Health & Healthcare

Well Living Lab | Powering Pioneering Health Research with IBM Cloud and IBM Watson Technologies

To provide Well Living Lab researchers with advanced analytics and cognitive tools, Delos and Mayo Clinic sought cloud-based technology and guidance from an IT leader. Tapping in to IBM® Bluemix® and IBM Watson™ services, the Lab will analyze vast amounts of structured and unstructured data to deliver invaluable insight into the effects of indoor environments on human health.

Energy & Infrastructure

Food Waste + Tech = Reducing Emissions + Renewable Energy

Forty percent of the food produced in the U.S. ends up in landfills.* We know it means wasted food, but it also leads to excessive production of methane gas – a major contributor to the shrinking ozone layer.

Energy & Infrastructure

Green Charge: How Energy Storage Can Support Your Sustainability Efforts

Commercial and industrial organizations can benefit from adding energy storage to their sustainability plans, from increasing the use of renewables and adding resilience to cutting demand charges and supporting the grid.

Corporate Responsibility

11 Expert CSR Predictions for 2017

As millennials begin to dominate the workforce and consumer market, the way our world looks at the products and services we buy has changed for the better. Today’s consumers are more careful, cautious and educated about where and with whom they spend their hard-earned money.

Environment

4 Steps Toward Sustainability

As consumers increasingly seek sustainable products and services, many businesses are making sustainable improvements to operations, reducing costs and inefficiencies while proving what’s good for the planet can be rewarding for business.

AI & Technology

FCA US Debuts Chrysler Portal Concept at CES 2017: Next-generation Family Transportation Designed by Millennials for Millennials

When it came to thinking about the future of family transportation, FCA US called upon the people who will own and live with such a vehicle – millennials working inside the company’s design and engineering functions – to collaborate on ideas.

Events

The Power of the Individual

Have you heard of Sybil?

In 1777, in the dark of night, a sixteen-year old Sybil Ludington mounted her horse, Star, and raced furiously across forty miles of rocky terrain to warn her community of an imminent threat.
It was the time of the Revolutionary War when British citizens were fighting tooth and nail for the place I now call home—the United States of America. Sybil, the age of a high schooler, travelled a distance significantly farther than that of Paul Revere to alert militia forces of the British army’s approach.

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GoDaddy | Customers

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The Ray

News and information about The Ray, Georgia's restorative, sustainable highway of the future.

Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 6

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Sustainability by Antea Group

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AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism

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Health in Action

Our Prescription for a Better World framework is organized around three key pillars: building healthy communities (Health in Action), protecting the...

Rethinking EHS Podcast

Join us as we travel the world to uncover real stories of impact—from landfills and energy transition to workplace safety, emerging contaminants, and...

SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights

Highlighting the top news, commentary, and research for the week coming from SHQ. The highlights newsletter also spotlights one profiled organization...