Events, Media & Communications

U.S. Chamber Foundation and Partners to Convene Leaders in Mexico City for Women’s Economic Empowerment Event

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation (USCCF), in conjunction with the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico and WEConnect International, will host a two-day event to explore how the private sector can empower women through initiatives to promote entrepreneurship, supply chain diversity, and workforce development. Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment in Mexico: Exploring Opportunities for Private Sector Engagement and Impact is supported by Walmart, EY, Dell, Reserveage Organics, Accenture, and McLarty Associates.

Innovation & Technology

Five Students Pave the Way for Women in STEM and Earn $20K in Tech

Environment

Symbiosis: Reverse Logistics and Sustainability as They Should Be

Reverse logistics done well will certainly keep much out of the landfill, but also represents the opportunity to recapture more value.

Events, Media & Communications

Scaling PeaceTech Industry to Partner with Fortune 500s at PeaceTech Summit

Amanda MacArthur, Vice President of Global Pro Bono and Engagement, PYXERA Global, spoke on the "Competitors or Contributors: How a Scaled-Up PeaceTech Industry Helps Fortune 500s” panel at PeaceTech Summit 2016 Thursday February 4.

“In any partnership the end goals do not need to be the same, but they cannot be mutually exclusive either,” said MacArthur. “Finding overlap in goals will uncover the mutual benefit, the motivation to partner, and the perspective to understand one another.”

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Global 100 Most Sustainable Companies in 2016

A growing number of companies around the world are aiming to get the most out of their capital, maximize employee performance, and make a judicious use of resources to make the world a better place.

Innovation & Technology

SEPHORA Helps Women Entrepreneurs Face Business and Gender Challenges

Starting a business has enough challenges in itself, but being female and starting a business in the U.S. has its own set of challenges.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FedEx to Invest $200 Million in More Than 200 Global Communities by 2020

FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX) today unveiled its new global giving platform, FedEx Cares. The company will invest $200 million in more than 200 communities by 2020 to create opportunities and deliver positive change around the world.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Making Employee Volunteers Matter

Each year, the importance of employee volunteering rises to the surface as an area of growing importance. But the anecdotal stories and real life case studies haven’t changed that much.

Environment

Diageo's Miami Office Awarded LEED Certification

Diageo, a global leader in beverage alcohol, announced that its Miami office has been awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The Miami location is Diageo’s fifth building in North America to receive LEED certification, joining the company’s Chicago, New York and Norwalk offices, and a facility in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The LEED rating system, developed by the USGBC, is the foremost program for buildings, homes and communities that are designed, constructed, maintained and operated for improved environmental and human health performance.

Innovation & Technology

What Does it Mean to Engage Tech Talent in Pro Bono?

During Pro Bono Week 2015, our team hosted a pop-up discussion with about 40 folks from both for-profit and nonprofit organizations in order to begin addressing what engaging ‘tech talent’ really means for the nonprofit sector.

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