According to the UN Commission on Science, Technology and Innovation, technological advancement is a development megatrend that will play a major role in implementing SDGs.

Peering through the window, San Francisco-based Mission Cheese looks like a cool cheese and wine bar, an intimate and hip place for a date or business meeting.

There is an argument being made by many in the industry that corporate grants and employee engagement should be fully integrated and from one vendor.

Roads were the biggest problem. So what if you could get around roads altogether?

The people at Zipline have backgrounds in building reliable robotics systems. They’ve seen first-hand how technology can make the impossible, possible.…

Five Atlanta-based companies are shrinking the gap between startup entrepreneurs and established businesses.

A hackathon weekend aimed at challenging 50 young women to code and build groundbreaking apps has been hosted by Rise, in partnership with Barclays.

If someone told me when I first joined UPS as an engineer that I would one day be discussing the role of data in sustainability, I would have been taken aback. Now, after decades of working in sustainability across various functions at UPS, I see…

The UPS Foundation (NYSE: UPS) today announced a partnership with Zipline, a California­-based robotics company, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to explore using drones to transform the way life-saving medicines like blood and vaccines are delivered…

After decades of backbreaking subsistence farming, Malik Ndao faced a bleak future. Despite years of work cultivating his fields, Malik could barely grow enough crops in Senegal’s barren land and arid soil to feed his family, much less make a living…

It’s very much a case of chips with everything at ARM, the British semiconductor IP company. It patents and licenses chip technology to manufacturing giants that end up powering everything from our smartphones and household appliances to, more…

The first week of May is National Travel and Tourism Week - America’s annual salute to travel and tourism.

We are pleased to welcome Q+A guest Bill Hornbuckle, President of MGM Resorts International. Bill has worked in hospitality and…

Leading corporations, NGOs, and public sector organizations gathered together for the Data for Good Summit at Gallup World Headquarters on March 18, 2016. Leaders at the Data for Good Summit convened around the creation of new ideas regarding the…

This month, engineers from Bloomberg’s Quant and Software Infrastructure teams built a toolkit that allows policy makers to study the communities of San Francisco and identify the types of investments that could have the greatest impact on a given…

The women of East and Northeast India no longer need to fear the dark. ONergy, an award-winning social enterprise, has developed a number of innovative energy solutions that not only address the dearth of electricity in the region – improving safety…

With the support of the Baxter International Foundation, Chicago-area Schweitzer Fellows are given a chance to put their ideas to the test and see what it takes to empower vulnerable people to live healthier lives by discovering new opportunities to…

The Google Self-Driving Car Project and FCA announced in a first-of-its-kind collaboration, that they will integrate Google’s self-driving technology into all-new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans to expand Google’s existing self-driving test…

Launched in December, 2015, the Living Progress Challenge invited the global community to submit their best ideas for software applications and digital services that can improve lives. We received more than 360 ideas and 130 detailed proposals from…

What if we reimagine the way we connect our communities, our lives, and our world in a way that’s safer, more responsive to the climate, more regenerative to the environment, more uplifting to the spirit, and more capable of generating economic…

Lockheed Martin’s 2015 Sustainability Report details how we manage and achieve progress in Product Performance. Our objective is to innovate to deliver optimal economic and performance value over the life cycle of our products. Our focus on…

VSP Global’s innovation lab (“The Shop”) was created in December, 2012, to innovate with external entrepreneurs and partners. When the company announced it would solicit ideas and involvement from employees, it got a surprising response.

Sustainable Brands® recently announced 11 semi-finalists to compete at the Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) startup competition presented by Target. The competition, culminating at SB’16 San Diego, June 6-9th, attracts world-changing…

Benevity, Inc., the global leader in online workplace giving, matching, volunteering and grant management solutions, released Benevity OneWorldTM, the only complete international giving and volunteering product available for deploying corporate and…

Caterpillar Inc. today announced the launch of Cat® Microgrid technology, an innovative suite of power systems that adds environmentally friendly solar panels, state-of-the-art energy storage, and advanced monitoring and control systems to…

In 2015, 171 child deaths in Texas were caused by child abuse. That is 3.3 children a week. In total there were 274,448 alleged child abuse victims last year. To put it in context, that is the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium at full capacity,…