Research, Reports & Publications

American Express Publishes The Service Effect: 2015 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

Today, American Express published its first comprehensive Corporate Social Responsibility Report since 2008. The report highlights the company’s efforts to create social, environmental and economic value for its stakeholders as well as operate ethically and responsibly.

Innovation & Technology

Bloomberg: Data Can Fuel Africa's Economic Growth

Responsible Production & Consumption

How Companies Must Approach Modern Day Slavery in 2017

Pressure on companies and suppliers to investigate their supply chains for the use of modern day slavery is only expected to increase in 2017.

Environment

Early Bird Pricing for Living Future 17

The Early Bird deadline for the 2017 Living Future UnConference is around the corner! Register before December 5th, 11:59 PM PST, and take $100 off your ticket for this year’s 3-day conference, featuring amazing keynote speakers: Van Jones​, Naomi Klein​ and Kirsti Luke.

Health & Healthcare

Pfizer Foundation Grantee Afya Research Africa Seeks to Improve “Health and Wealth” of Underserved Communities

Sam Gwer is the Executive Director of Afya Research Africa, which operates a network of clinics in Kenya that aim to improve primary care in underserved, rural areas. The organization currently operates 11 clinics in farming and fishing communities, serving 15,000 people.

Innovation & Technology

As Seen on The Guardian: University of Michigan's Mcity is Paving the Road for the Future of Transportation

In summer 2015, U-M opened a test center in Ann Arbor for connected and automated vehicle technology. Here’s what researchers have learned so far – and what their goals are for the years ahead.

Innovation & Technology

Creating Big Impacts with Small Farmers

Ecology Farming Corporation (Ecofarm) has joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) by pledging to transfer organic farming methodology to 5,000 Vietnamese chili farmers through the establishment of 100 demonstration farms by 2020 – helping them to improve their yields by 50 percent in just five years.

Innovation & Technology

Anti-Poaching Technology in Africa Leads to Dozens of Arrests

World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) new anti-poaching technology, a combination of thermal imaging cameras and human detection software, is resulting in poacher arrests in eastern Africa. Nine months after the tech’s installation, more than two dozen poachers have been arrested in the Maasai Mara and two poachers have been apprehended at another undisclosed national park in Kenya.

Education

HP Rolls Out Digital Inclusion and Learning Labs in India

HP today committed to deploy 48 IT-enabled digital inclusion and learning labs to isolated and disadvantaged villages across the country.
The HP World on Wheels initiative is expected to touch nearly 6,400 villages and help 15 million people over the next six years. The program targets primary, high school and college-aged students, with additional programming opportunities for adults and community members of all ages.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women In Tech - A Recap of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

About 150 employees from Qualcomm Technologies – engineers, program and product managers, IT administrators, programmers, a few VPs and our CIO – attended The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC) in Houston last month.

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Collective Action

Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...

Collaboration and Partnership

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SCS Consulting

Any news coming from SCS Consulting

Sustainable Operations

ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)

AEG Celebrates Inclusion

At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...

AMD Environmental Sustainability

Advancing sustainability across our operations, supply chain manufacturing and product stewardship

KeyBank's Community Investment

In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...

Collaboration and Partnership

Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...

LG Energy Efficiency

LG Electronics USA, Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a $45 billion global force and...

Environmental Sustainability

As sustainability leaders, we implement our sustainability strategy across all company activities along the entire value chain, from raw materials to...