Best Practice: February-March 2016

The Feb/March 2016 issue of Best Practice includes CSR and sustainability case studies from thought leaders across several industries

Corporate Giving & Engagement: Increasing Employee Participation

One of the hallmarks of a strategic CSR program is emphasis on Increasing Employee Participation.

Samsung and U.S. Government Officials Celebrate Students, Winners of National STEM Competition

A solar-powered charging station for electric cars, a smartwatch app for pedestrian safety and prosthetic devices for veterans were among the winning projects of this year’s Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest. Students from the public schools named National Winners earlier this month were honored at an annual awards luncheon attended by congressional leaders.

Ingersoll Rand Issues Extensive Update on Its Global Climate Commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative

Ingersoll Rand announced key milestones towards its climate commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative. To date, the company’s climate commitment has supported the avoidance of approximately 2 million metric tons of CO2e globally, which is equivalent to annual CO2 emissions from nearly 300,000 homes annual electricity use and more than 2.3 billion pounds of coal burned. By 2030, the company expects to reduce its carbon footprint by 50 million metric tons.

United Technologies Proves Sustainability Works

Water and food are two essential things that humans need to survive.

Latinos Use Smartphones While Driving More Than Most; AT&T Says “It Can Wait,” Launches Campaign

Half of Latinos admit to using their smartphones to social network while driving. More than a quarter (28%) snap selfies or take photos. And nearly 7-in-10 (68%) text behind the wheel.

LG Electronics And Best Buy Launch EPA’S ‘Flip Your Fridge’ Promotion With Rachael Ray Show

LG Electronics USA and Best Buy are wrapping up Earth Month by encouraging consumers to “Flip Your Fridge” with a nationwide awareness campaign and sweepstakes in cooperation with The Rachael Ray Show and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Bechtel-Sponsored Teams to Compete in FIRST® Robotics World Championship

Eleven high school teams sponsored by Bechtel are competing in the 2016 FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) World Championship in St. Louis, April 27-30. They are among more than 550 teams from around the world that qualified to compete in this event, considered the preeminent celebration of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

TexProtects Launches First Statewide ZipRisk Map to Help Direct Resources in Fight to Prevent and End Child Abuse

TexProtects, the Texas Association for the Protection of Children – in partnership with Plano-based Alliance Data and its Epsilon business and the University of Texas at Dallas School of Engineering and Computer Sciences UT Design program – today unveiled the ZipRisk Map, a groundbreaking, interactive data tool that will help advocates and policy-makers across Texas identify the highest-risk areas in the fight to prevent and end child abuse.

Students Show Off Their Coding Know-How At Samsung Developer Conference

Student developers will stand alongside professionals at the Samsung Developer Conference in San Francisco today. The students, chosen from the five winners of the 2015 Samsung Mobile App Academy, made apps to address issues in their local communities. Winning apps include an interactive pill chart to incentivize children with serious illness to take their medication, a system for diagnosing pulmonary illnesses and a game to teach kids coding.

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