Are You Uniquely Better?
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of joining Stephanie Meeks, the president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, in a “fire side” chat at the Participate Social Capital 2018 Conference in Alexandria, Virginia. After our talk, which focused on the long-standing partnership between American Express and the National Trust, we listened to the Cause Keynote, which was delivered by Gary Haugen, the CEO and Founder of International Justice Mission, an organization focused on the eradication of modern day slavery.
Benevity Boosts Scale and Efficiency of Social Impact Programs With Acquisition of Versaic
Benevity today announced that it is acquiring Versaic, a leading grants, donation and sponsorship management solution provider to more than 100 of the world’s largest companies. The acquisition expands Benevity’s existing grants management offerings and furthers the company’s vision of providing a holistic technology platform that supports a broad array of corporate “Goodness” initiatives, including workplace giving, volunteering and community investment programs.

Environment

Ingersoll Rand Joins “We Are Still In” Panel Discussion

Holly Emerson, senior analyst, Center for Energy Efficacy and Sustainability at Ingersoll Rand, joined other North Carolina industry leaders in a “We Are Still In” regional panel discussion at the ClimateCon 2018, Business of Climate Forum. The discussion explored the importance of being “still in,” and how deep collaboration between stakeholders and the We Are Still In network helps everyone achieve their own climate goals through expertise and resources.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Building Your Scorecard or Raising Your Ranking?

The landscape of reporting standards, guidelines, ratings, rankings, indexes can become dizzying very quickly. The ecosystem of companies measuring and reporting on how they are a force for good in society is alive and well. The nuts and bolts of how companies accomplish reporting can be a major operational challenge, not to mention the resource investment. How will companies’ tough choices on where to focus their efforts change over the years? A counter-balance to ratings and rankings is improvements to how a company reports and measures itself, such as through a Strategic Scorecard.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Barclays Promotes Access to Green Finance

In 2017 Barclays was the first bank to issue a green bond using UK assets.

Environment

Review of GRI's Waste Disclosures - Get Involved!

GRI and the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) are excited to announce the review of the waste disclosures in the GRI 306 Effluents and Waste reporting standard. Stakeholders with expertise in the topic can now apply to join the multi-stakeholder Project Working Group, with initial work taking place between June 2018 and September 2019. Don't miss this opportunity to shape the future of sustainability reporting!



Energy

SCE and Other Power Companies Across the Country Transform

Electric utilities across the country are seeing an industry change, driven by evolving customer demands and technological advancements. This change looks different and is occurring at different paces in different states, but there are commonalities as new technologies such as battery storage, electric vehicles and smart meters become increasingly available and affordable.

Education

Edison Scholar Pursues Passion for Environment in Honor of His Dad

By the time Justin Hogenauer was 11 years old, he had already visited all 50 states with his dad, Alan, with whom he shared a passion for traveling, largely in their family car with the license plate “Allofem.”

Alan is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the first person to visit all U.S. national parks and Justin, a Junior Ranger, has himself visited more than 100 of them. Sadly, Alan passed away in 2013 and Justin, now 17, has continued their shared love of traveling. Seeing the beauty of America’s parks has also influenced Justin’s future career choice: environmental studies.

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