Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Carolinas' Waterways to Benefit from More than $900,000 in Grants from Duke Energy

Thirteen organizations spanning 42 counties in North Carolina and South Carolina will receive more than $900,000 in new grants from Duke Energy's Water Resources Fund to support environmental and wildlife programs.

Research, Reports & Publications

GRI Standards Now Available in Simplified Chinese

Sustainability reporting has been a growing trend in China for at least a decade. To support seasoned and first-time reporters alike, GRI has launched the Simplified Chinese translation of the GRI Standards.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

VIDEO | Meet the Consumers Energy Green Team

By reducing their environmental footprint and increasing awareness of recycling and other "green" initiatives, Consumers Energy is bettering the communities in which they live, work and play.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Astellas USA Foundation in 2017 - A Year of Making a Difference

From the young girl who gets to attend a science camp for free, to the family stranded in a shelter after a hurricane, to the sick child and his family aboard a Miracle Flight, on their way to receive specialized medical care. These are just some of the people Astellas USA Foundation helped in 2017 through partnerships and grants – and there are many more. Behind every grant, volunteer activity or funded event are people, all of whom were helped by Astellas USA Foundation.

Education

MilliporeSigma Announces 2018 North American Curiosity Cube™ Mobile Science Lab Tour

Building on its commitment to enhance science education, MilliporeSigma today announced plans for its second annual Curiosity Cube™ mobile science lab tour, which will kick off in February and visit more than 100 communities in the U.S. and Canada. The 22x10-foot Curiosity Cube™ retrofitted shipping container has been transformed into a solar-powered mobile science lab that engages students and sparks scientific curiosity through interactive, hands-on science experiments.

Environment

Arrow Electronics Refurbishing the Future: 600,000 IT Assets Donated

Arrow Electronics and the nonprofit Close the Gap celebrated an important milestone: Since 2003, the organizations have refurbished and donated 600,000 electronic assets that customers have designated for humanitarian donation, including computers, storage, servers and mobile devices. By finding new life for these renewed assets, Arrow and Close the Gap diverted nearly 600 tons of used electronics from landfills in 2017.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Celebrating Shared Value (CSV)

Since the first day that I started working in corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the late 1980’s – under the wise tutelage of Reynold Levy, then president of the AT&T Foundation – I both learned and asserted that the purpose of any good corporate philanthropy or CSR program was to find the intersection between societal needs and the business interests of the company and to create real impact for both -- paying attention to a company’s various stakeholders and conducting your business in a responsible manner with an eye on the long-term value for business and society.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Food Safety and Farmworker Experts Team Up to Expand Agricultural Training Reach

SCS Global Services (SCS), a leading food safety training center and third-party certification body, and AgSafe Food & Farms, a nonprofit organization providing worker health and safety education and services, are pleased to announce their new partnership. Through complementary and new joint education, training, and service offerings, the two organizations will provide even greater support for growers, packers, distributors, and farm labor contractors, addressing critical issues impacting worker safety, health, human resources, and food safety.

Education

Engineers Spark STEM Interest at Local Girl Scouts Electricity Workshop

Engineer Lindsey Sayers remembers building a strobe light in her high school electronics class and watching the light flash on when she plugged it in. In awe that something she built worked, she knew then that she wanted to become an engineer.

Environment

Timberland Shares Sustainability Approach at Rotary Presidential Peace Conference

I recently had the opportunity to join over 800 Rotary members from 30 different countries at Rotary’s Presidential Peacebuilding Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. The conference was focused on Environmental Sustainability and Peace, the first of six Peacebuilding Conferences to be held in different locations around the world on Rotary’s core focus areas. I was invited to share some of Timberland’s corporate responsibility best practices on a session entitled “Business of Sustainability.” Beth Keck, former Senior Director at Walmart and member of the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group, facilitated the conversation between me and Bruce Karas, VP Environment, Sustainability Coca-Cola.

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PSEG Awards & Recognition

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Employee and Community Engagement

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