Ideagen Global Challenge - Empowering Women & Girls
On May 19, 2016, Ideagen launched the Ideagen Global Ideation Challenge with the vital premise centered on health, education, and the empowerment of women and girls. "We have been enthusiastic supporters of Ideagen from its inception", Dr Kiko Suarez, vice president of Lumina Foundation, said. "Using crowdsourcing platforms like InnoCentive allows our foundation to contribute to the success of our partners in an innovative way".
Norfolk Southern rolled out a strategic plan in 2015 that sets targets for the company’s economic performance over five years. Developed by CEO Jim Squires, his senior management team, and the company’s board of directors, the dynamic plan is based on the core competencies of NS’ business: safety and service; revenue growth; and stewardship of resources through productivity and operating efficiencies.
In 2015, Norfolk Southern completed a five-year community partnership to reforest 10,000 acres in the Mississippi Delta, a “Trees and Trains” initiative to mitigate carbon emissions the natural way. Partnering with GreenTrees, a reforestation program, NS invested $5.6 million to plant more than 6 million cottonwood and native hardwood trees on land cleared for farming years ago but that had become marginally productive as cropland.
Antea Group, an international engineering and environmental consulting firm, ranked #4 among the Top Environmental Management Firms, #16 among Top Environmental Firms Working in Non-US Locations, and #32 overall among the nation’s Top 200 Environmental Firms according to Engineering News-Record magazine.
As part of Ethical Corporation’s latest free analysis on sustainability reporting, they have just released a pack of report reviews featuring Unilever, Nestle & Marks and Spencer
The correlation between responsible business practices and profitability has become increasingly apparent as communities, governments and employees hold companies accountable for generating mutual value. Defining that value in relevant terms is equally important – and accomplished through long-term relationships with stakeholders.
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