Caterpillar Turns on Hybrid Solar-diesel 'Microgrid'

Caterpillar Inc. has run its Tucson proving ground near Green Valley since 1990, putting mining trucks and other massive machines through their paces in the shadow of Freeport-McMoRan’s Sierrita mine.

Wells Fargo Supports Diverse-Owned Small Businesses, Distributes $22.3 Million

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced it is providing $22.3 million in lending capital and grants to 15 Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) selected for round one of the Wells Fargo Works for Small Business®: Diverse Community Capital program. CDFIs are private, nonprofit financial institutions that assist underserved populations. The three-year Diverse Community Capital (DCC) program will provide a total of $75 million in lending and grant capital over six selection rounds to CDFIs that support diverse-owned small businesses. CDFIs interested in the program’s second round can submit an interest form through June 1.

How VSP Innovates Employee Involvement

VSP Global’s innovation lab (“The Shop”) was created in December, 2012, to innovate with external entrepreneurs and partners. When the company announced it would solicit ideas and involvement from employees, it got a surprising response.

Keeping Up with the Customers (Sustainably)

A few years ago, “showrooming” – in which a customer checks out a product at a physical store and then buys it from a different business online – looked like the harbinger of doom for brick-and-mortar retailers. Then shoppers flip-flopped that behavior, engaging in what’s dubbed “webrooming.”

Harnessing Big Data for Big Change

If someone told me when I first joined UPS as an engineer that I would one day be discussing the role of data in sustainability, I would have been taken aback. Now, after decades of working in sustainability across various functions at UPS, I see how an engineer’s obsession with data is helpful in addressing today’s biggest sustainability challenges.

Sustainable Brands Announces 2016 Innovation Open Semi-finalists

Sustainable Brands® recently announced 11 semi-finalists to compete at the Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) startup competition presented by Target. The competition, culminating at SB’16 San Diego, June 6-9th, attracts world-changing entrepreneurial teams with unique ideas to solving some of the world’s pressing environmental and social concerns.

Benevity Launches OneWorld, the Only Complete International Giving and Volunteering Solution

Benevity, Inc., the global leader in online workplace giving, matching, volunteering and grant management solutions, released Benevity OneWorldTM, the only complete international giving and volunteering product available for deploying corporate and employee engagement programs across borders. Benevity OneWorld allows companies and their people fast, localized and cost-effective access to over 2 million global causes spanning more than 200 countries.

Sustainability in a Connected World: ARM Delivers its Biggest Corporate Responsibility Program

In 2015 ARM delivered its biggest corporate responsibility (CR) program ever to provide positive change to over 300,000 people around the world. Its 2015 CR report ‘Sustainability in a connected world’ highlights how the company is making an impact in education, sustainability and health to achieve its aim of helping 10 million people by 2020.

AT&T Helps Adults with Autism Succeed in Tech Workforce

AT&T, software consulting firm Meticulon and technology service provider MindSparks Technologies are the primary drivers behind a new initiative to train and employ people with autism in technology positions. The program, called The 5,000 Initiative, has a goal to secure 5,000 jobs for individuals with autism by 2020.

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