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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Power of a Partnership

Aug 30, 2016 1:30 PM ET

The efforts to mobilize the private sector on the road toward sustainable development are, so far, not sufficiently recognized. There’s definitely a deficit.

Events, Media & Communications

The 10th Annual CR Reporting and Sustainability Communications Event Adds New ESG Symposium Track

Aug 30, 2016 12:35 PM ET

In a new addition for the 2016 event 200+ sustainability professionals will meet with top ESG investors such as Schroders & Standard Life with one purpose: To close the gap between corporate reporting and investor information needs.

Research, Reports & Publications

Republic Services Issues 2015 Sustainability Report

Aug 30, 2016 12:20 PM ET

Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) released today its latest Sustainability Report for the 2015 Fiscal Year. The Report depicts the Company’s efforts to further improve its environmental and social impacts through decreased vehicle emissions, innovative landfill technologies, use of renewable energy, community engagement, and employee growth opportunities.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Avista Supports Area Youth Through Backpacks For Kids

Aug 30, 2016 12:00 PM ET

Responsible Production & Consumption

In Pursuit of Transparency: The Case for Leveraging Supply Chain Management Platforms

Aug 30, 2016 11:55 AM ET

After interviewing 70 leading companies, the UN Global Compact and EY found that companies are overcoming supply chain transparency challenges by leveraging supply chain platforms.

Health & Healthcare

Action for Healthy Kids® and CSX Provide Grants to 295 Schools for 2016-2017 School Year

Aug 30, 2016 11:30 AM ET

Action for Healthy Kids® (AFHK) announces the 295 recipients of School Grants for Healthy Kids for the 2016-2017 school year, provided through funding from CSX Transportation. Awarded in 13 states, the Game On grants aim to expand student access to in-school physical activity and healthy foods, improve knowledge and behaviors around exercise and nutrition, and engage parents in activities that reinforce healthy habits at home. Since 2013, CSX-supported School Grants for Healthy Kids have helped 1,074 schools implement health and wellness initiatives, impacting more than 546,000 students.

Environment

An Origin Story

Aug 30, 2016 11:15 AM ET

Understood this way, humility is about being lowly and close to the ground. Which makes it the perfect word for environmentalists.

Innovation & Technology

Easterseals Receives $200,000 In Assistive Technology Grants From The Comcast Foundation

Aug 30, 2016 10:45 AM ET

Environment

PepsiCo Exceeds Water Stewardship Goals - With a Local Approach Worldwide

Aug 30, 2016 10:30 AM ET

PepsiCo, Inc. [NYSE: PEP] today announced continued progress against the company's strategy to help protect and conserve global water supplies and provide people access to clean, safe water to communities around the world.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Taking Sustainability From the Home Kitchen to the Cambodian Slums

Aug 30, 2016 10:00 AM ET

Jean Gong, Senior Manager – Internal Communications and Administration for Kohler Co.’s Asia Pacific region helps to oversee Kohler Co.’s donation of squat toilets to the Habitat for Humanity homes. This simple gesture makes a great impact in an area where 54 percent of the population is practicing open defecation.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Subaru's Environment Activities Exceed The Norm

Aug 30, 2016 10:00 AM ET

It’s rare to find an automaker or other brand that doesn’t have a pet project, charity or cause they donate to and maybe give some lip service. But in Subaru of America’s case, their commitment to environmental causes is authentically deep.

Innovation & Technology

Techstars Atlanta: Get to Know Splitty

Aug 30, 2016 10:00 AM ET

Splitty is one of the 10 participants. Choose travel destination and dates, and Splitty's "split and match" technology combines different reservation types to find the cheapest hotel stays for the dates provided.

Diversity & Inclusion

Emerging Leaders of Olive Garden | Sean Wallin

Aug 30, 2016 9:30 AM ET

I’ve just celebrated my 10-year anniversary. I started at the Olive Garden in Boise, ID, as a busser, and I was still working at that same restaurant until days ago. Now I’m headed to the Kennewick, WA, Olive Garden to work as a service manager.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

JPMorgan Chase and Employees to Donate up to $200,000 to Aid Italy Earthquake Relief Efforts

Aug 30, 2016 9:00 AM ET

JPMorgan Chase & Co. will donate up to $200,000 from the firm and its employees to support earthquake relief efforts in Italy, the firm announced today. The grant and employee donations will go to the Italian Red Cross.

Health & Healthcare

Swinging for the Fences - a Doctor's Take on Volunteering

Aug 30, 2016 7:25 AM ET

I recently volunteered at a Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy event, supported by VSP Global. My most memorable patient was a fifth-grade girl who never had an eye exam. She was uncorrected at 20/200 in each eye. After the exam, I witnessed her seeing clearly for the first time. Her reaction? An ear-to-ear smile.

Events, Media & Communications

21st Century Fox Celebrates 'Pitch' by Partnering with Women's Sports Foundation to Expand Girls' Access to Sports

Aug 29, 2016 10:00 PM ET

Ginny Baker, the fictional first female player in major league baseball, will make her way to television this fall on FOX's newest drama Pitch, and to celebrate her inspirational story, 21st Century Fox has announced a new partnership with the Women's Sports Foundation (WSF) to help break barriers for girls in their own communities and take their athletic achievements to new heights.

Education

CSR Certificate Program - 2 Day Fall Offering by Rutgers Institute for Ethical Leadership & Governance & Accountability Institute

Aug 29, 2016 5:15 PM ET

Environment

Asbestos May Become One of Ten Chemicals Reviewed Under the New TSCA This Year

Aug 29, 2016 4:05 PM ET

Since the reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was passed by the Senate and signed into law two months ago, the EPA has received mounting pressure to deliver on promised regulatory improvements and demonstrate their commitment to the spirit of the new law. Industry stakeholders should ensure they are informed about the results of chemical evaluations under the new TSCA law, especially since chemicals that failed to be regulated previously could now become banned. Asbestos, a proven carcinogen, may be one of the first on that list as growing public awareness and civic pressure push the EPA to take action.

Energy

Avista Receives Grant to Pilot a Shared Energy Economy Model

Aug 29, 2016 4:00 PM ET

Recently, Avista was awarded a grant from the Washington Department of Commerce and Governor Jay Inslee’s Clean Energy Fund 2 to demonstrate how a Shared Energy Economy can benefit Washington energy consumers. The grant is the latest example of Avista’s 127-year history of innovation and positions the utility for the energy future.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Petfinder Celebrates 20th Anniversary, 25 Million Pet Adoptions with Video that can Unlock $200,000 Donation Benefitting 20 Shelters/Rescues

Aug 29, 2016 3:10 PM ET

Education

Detroit Basketball Player Andre Drummond Joined JetBlue in Detroit for its ‘Soar With Reading’ Initiative

Aug 29, 2016 3:00 PM ET

Last year, JetBlue launched an online #BookBattle competition as part of its award-winning Soar with Reading program. The airline asked crewmembers and the public which community -- Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Los Angeles or New York City -- should get 100,000 new children's books from JetBlue in 2016. Nearly 1.3 million online votes were cast and Detroit triumphed with 48 percent of the vote.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Wells Fargo Donates $500,000 for Phoenix-Area Revitalization Efforts

Aug 29, 2016 3:00 PM ET

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced a total of $500,000 in donations for seven local nonprofits will help revitalize Maricopa County neighborhoods through the Wells Fargo NeighborhoodLIFT® program.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Atlas Copco's Community Engagement Project, Water for All, Turns 32!

Aug 29, 2016 2:05 PM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The UPS Foundation

Aug 29, 2016 2:00 PM ET

Innovation & Technology

As Seen on The Guardian: What Will the Highway of the Future Look Like?

Aug 29, 2016 1:25 PM ET

As technology for automated vehicles improves, there’s a sharper focus on building a ‘smarter’ infrastructure where they can thrive.