ESG News from Leading Brands

Social Impact & Volunteering

Jackie Bradley Jr., Craig Kimbrel, Matt Barnes and Teammates Share Field with Special Olympics and Nashoba Learning Group Athletes in Boston

May 26, 2016 6:00 PM ET

Players from the Red Sox and Rockies helped kids from Special Olympics Massachusetts and the Nashoba Learning Group enjoy a day on the ball field on Wednesday.

Matt Barnes, Craig Kimbrel and Travis Shaw of the Red Sox and Jake McGee and Justin Miller of the visiting Rockies headlined a Players Trust City Clinics event at the Tufts University field for nearly 100 participants from Nashoba Learning Group, which provides individualized education, training and intervention services for students with autism.

Diversity & Inclusion

Best Practices and Pitfalls of Diversity Initiatives

May 26, 2016 4:30 PM ET

Now, more than ever, Corporate America embraces Diversity and Inclusion (“D&I”) as a business imperative.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Domtar's Sustainability Forestry Principles Featured in Corporate Responsibility Magazine

May 26, 2016 4:30 PM ET

Pulp & Paper Division President Mike Garcia met with CR Magazine at GreenBiz 2016 after his session on “A Collaborative Approach to Sustainable Forestry Management.”

Events, Media & Communications

Hello Columbus – Sustainability Lunch & Learn June 21st

May 26, 2016 4:00 PM ET

I’m heading to Columbus, Ohio, for the official opening of Arrow’s newly automated facility for processing electronics at end of life.

Health & Healthcare

Toilets Change Lives Expands to India

May 26, 2016 4:00 PM ET

Naina aged 13, no longer has to wait for 8 hours to reach home before she can use a clean, safe toilet and does not miss school during her periods any more. Bhaskar, having stumbled over broken tiles and pot holes would shamefully resort to using the shrubs outside his school. Not anymore, because his school toilet is now repaired and well lit-up. Naina and Bhaskar both study in government schools where children suffered innumerable difficulties and indignities in not being able to access safe and clean toilets.

Social Impact & Volunteering

600 Volunteers, 1 Day and a Year of Holidays

May 26, 2016 2:35 PM ET

AT&T joined Give Kids the World Village to host a volunteer day in Orlando.

Research, Reports & Publications

Corporate Environmental, Social, and Quality Achievements Highlighted in SCS Global Services’ Latest Annual Report

May 26, 2016 2:00 PM ET

Millions of acres of forestland and agricultural crops worldwide, thousands of business and consumer products, and a diverse range of companies and organizations earned recognition for environmental and social achievements from third-party certifier SCS Global Services (SCS) in 2015. The SCS Annual Report, published earlier this month, shines the spotlight on steps being taken in the public and private sectors across a wide swath of industries to reduce environmental impacts, improve working conditions, and assure product quality.

Education

Knowledge Transfer is Key to Developing Global Education Expertise

May 26, 2016 1:35 PM ET

In 1953, Winston Churchill said: “All the great empires of the future will be empires of the mind.” Over the years, eminent scholars and educators have echoed Churchill’s sentiments: If you don’t know history, you are condemned by ignorance to repeat, rather than learn from, the lessons of the past. The World Affairs Council-Washington, DC (WAC-DC) advocates a liberal arts education approach to help prepare teachers and students to be ‘global citizens’ in our diverse, multi-cultural and interconnected world.

Environment

We are Already Facing Consequences of Rapid Climate Change

May 26, 2016 1:30 PM ET

An unfortunate and dangerous commonality persists among conversations concerning human-driven climate change. Often, the consequences of climate change are spoken of as something that will take place in the future, something that is decades from now. Naively, many even talk as if it is something that is still preventable if only we could convince people to take on a "green" lifestyle, industry to clean up its act, and policy makers to face overwhelming evidence. While those are worthy pursuits, that naiveté is dangerous.

Research, Reports & Publications

Pfizer's Progress on 2020 Waste Reduction Goals

May 26, 2016 1:25 PM ET

Building on the successful achievements of Pfizer’s carbon emission reduction and green chemistry programs, we are working to contribute meaningfully to global efforts to reduce human impact on the environment.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Andrew Goodman Foundation Wins 8th Annual Morgan Stanley U.S. Strategy Challenge

May 26, 2016 1:00 PM ET

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) today announced the completion of its annual U.S. Strategy Challenge, a program which to date has created actionable strategic plans for 104 non-profit organizations globally.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

World’s First Living Products Achieve Certification

May 26, 2016 12:40 PM ET

Imagine a product that functions as elegantly and efficiently as anything found in the natural world. Now imagine that product is manufactured for use in buildings, which are responsible for a majority of greenhouse gas emissions, and you begin to see how a truly sustainable product, used to build a Living Building, might significantly impact climate change. That’s the idea behind the Living Product Challenge, launched by the International Living Future Institute in 2015; a challenge that was met by two forward thinking companies just one year later: Owens Corning and SIREWALL, who have received certification for the world’s first Living Products.

Environment

CSRHub Partner The Analyst Desk Issued its Semi-annual Changes to the Nasdaq CRD Global Sustainability Index

May 26, 2016 12:10 PM ET

CSRHub’s newest business partner, The Analyst Desk announced the results of the semi-annual re-ranking of the Nasdaq CRD Global Sustainability Index (Nasdaq: QCRD), which became effective Monday, May 23, 2016.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Astellas Earns CEO Cancer Gold Standard Re-Accreditation

May 26, 2016 11:50 AM ET

Astellas has earned CEO Cancer Gold Standard re-accreditation for maintaining a strong commitment to the health of its employees and satisfying the latest, comprehensive requirements of the Gold Standard.

Innovation & Technology

Paving the Road for the Future of Transportation

May 26, 2016 11:45 AM ET

Mark Frohnmayer had a pretty specific checklist when he was looking to buy an electric car a decade ago. He wanted a vehicle that suited his travel needs, boasted a premium build quality and helped move the needle in terms of climate change.

Events, Media & Communications

Hawaii Conference to Build 100% Renewable Microgrid

May 26, 2016 11:30 AM ET

VERGE Hawaii: Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit, taking place in Honolulu June 21-23, will utilize a 100% renewable energy microgrid—modeling resilience, interoperability, radical efficiency and other key VERGE themes.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The World Can Cut Food Waste and Loss by Half. So Why Haven't We?

May 26, 2016 11:00 AM ET

This year at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, The Rockefeller Foundation launched YieldWise, a $130 million initiative to demonstrate how the world can cut food waste and loss in half by 2030. The initiative represents the next chapter in our work to effectively address agriculture and food insecurity, which has spanned more than a century and several continents—from seeding the Green Revolution that fed a billion people across Asia and South America in the 1950s and 1960s, to the work of the Alliance for a Green Revolution for Africa (AGRA) (in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), over the last decade.

Events, Media & Communications

How Government Engages the Private Sector in the Fight Against Global Poverty

May 26, 2016 10:50 AM ET

At the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Conference hosted last fall by Georgetown University’s Master of Science in Foreign Service program, former Administrator of USAID, Rajiv Shah, highlighted the changing landscape of foreign aid. In particular, he noted the game-changing emergence of the private sector. “This is the first time in history we are actually succeeding at reducing extreme poverty, and we have the ability to end it altogether,” Shah observed. “At the same time, the development sector has widened, and private companies are responsible for much of what has brought people out of poverty.” The lesson for the development community, he said, is to welcome in the private sector and operationalize PPPs to solve future problems.A Brief History of Partnership.

Environment

Antea Group Case Study: Major Accident Investigation for Insurance Broker Involving a Transportation Organization in Texas

May 26, 2016 10:30 AM ET

Antea Group was contracted by the insurance broker for a regional trucking organization to provide an independent investigation of a major accident involving an employee of their client.

Environment

Shouldn't We Treat Farmers More Like Ministers?

May 26, 2016 10:30 AM ET

Is there another profession in our society that is, or perhaps should be, treated with the same respect and appreciation that we usually afford our religious ministers? I say yes, and it is another ancient profession: the farmer.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Norfolk Southern: Safe Tracks, Safe Towns

May 26, 2016 10:05 AM ET

Norfolk Southern trains transport the nation’s goods to businesses and communities across our 20,000-mile rail network…passing through small towns, big cities, and everywhere in-between.

Environment

Atlas Copco and TigerPress: Partners in Sustainability

May 26, 2016 10:05 AM ET

Atlas Copco’s mission is to deliver sustainable growth. We do everything we can to ensure reliable, enduring results through responsible use of our resources; human, natural and capital. Sustainability lies at the heart of our innovative products and is driven by our committed employees, but it goes even farther than that. We view sustainability as an opportunity. We use it to drive product innovation, reduce costs, reduce risks and create business opportunities. Therefore, it’s important to us we choose business partners that share similar values.

Diversity & Inclusion

JetBlue Crewmembers Care: on the Ground, in the Air

May 26, 2016 10:00 AM ET

Passionate and engaged crewmembers are essential to the success of JetBlue. Just as crewmembers care for our customers, we also care for each other. From providing education and growth opportunities to supporting crewmember diversity groups, we strive to live our values of Safety, Caring, Integrity, Passion and Fun every day. This starts internally, and carries through to our customers.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Employee Gives Back in a Big Way

May 26, 2016 9:30 AM ET

Education

Meet Harald von Beringe from Austria

May 26, 2016 8:35 AM ET

"I joined the Amgen Teach Program because I like opportunities to get for networking with other teachers and I like the hands-on approach.