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Take a Dive Into the GRI Conference Marketplace!

The 5th GRI Conference opens its doors tomorrow, in eager anticipation of the 1,150 registrants looking to sharpen their knowledge on the cutting-edge tools and techniques that will carry us forward into the new era of digital, responsive and interactive corporate disclosure.

JetBlue Releases Annual Responsibility Report

JetBlue (Nasdaq: JBLU) recently released its annual responsibility report outlining progress the airline made in environmental, social and business responsibility in 2015. This report highlights major developments including a 3.7 percent reduction in standardized emissions since 2009 and carbon offsets totaling more than 1.1 billion pounds of CO2e emissions.

Walmart Performance Highlights

Walmart provides food, apparel and household products to hundreds of millions of customers in 28 countries around the world. We are committed to doing so in a way that creates economic opportunity for associates, suppliers and others in retail supply chains; enhances the environmental and social sustainability of supply chains; and strengthens the communities where we live and work.

Walmart | A Letter From our Chief Sustainability Officer

Last August, Walmart leaders joined the mayor of New Orleans and many others to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina โ€“ a devastating event that affected the entire U.S. Gulf Coast, including hundreds of thousands of Walmart customers and associates. We remembered the heroes and the victims, sponsored a citywide day of service and led a disaster resilience symposium with the United Nations RISE (Research Initiative for Social Equity) initiative.

Investors Care More About Sustainability Than Many Executives Believe

Sustainability is increasingly important for investors, as evidence mounts that companies' environmental, social, and governance performance has an impact on long-term financial success.

BCGโ€™s seventh sustainability report in collaboration with MIT Sloan Management Review found that 75% of senior executives in investment firms see a companyโ€™s sustainability performance as materially important to their investment decisionsโ€”and nearly half would not invest in a company with a poor sustainability track record.

Walmart 2016 Global Responsibility Report | Advocating for the Customer

Winning with customers means being actively on their side โ€“ making their daily lives better. As we share in our Annual Report, customers should be able to shop on their own terms โ€“ in a great store or club, with a quick pickup stop on the way home from work, or with items reliably arriving at the front door.

Donโ€™t Be A One-Hit Wonder: June 14 โ€˜Lunch and Learnโ€™ Shares Formula CSR and Sustainability Communicators Follow for a Steady String of Hits

The phrase โ€œone hit wonderโ€ refers to pop musicians who manage to squeeze out a hit before fading into obscurity. There is a strong correlation to the fast-paced news environment faced by todayโ€™s corporate communications professionals.

Vancityโ€™s 2015 Annual Report Outlines How Strong Foundations Can Lead to a Sustainable Future

Vancityโ€™s 2015 Annual Report, Strong foundations for a sustainable future, documents the credit unionโ€™s sound financial position and unique relationships with local communities. The integrated annual report can be viewed at annualreport.vancity.com.

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