ESG News from Leading Brands

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Diversity & Inclusion | CARE

Transforming Daily Lives Through Digital Savings

In Sierra Leone, small savings groups have a long history of supporting farmers and marginalized communities, especially women. In short, saving groups have transformed lives, offering financial support and fostering community resilience.
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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Benevity Expands Market-Leading CSR Platform to Mobile, Enabling More Inclusive, In-the-Moment Giving

Benevity announces the next evolution of its platform with the launch of the Benevity mobile app. The app allows companies to expand their CSR programs and forge deeper and more inclusive connections with their employees, empowering their people to do more good in the moment.

Diversity & Inclusion

Carnival Cruise Line Becomes First Cruise Operator Certified ‘Sensory Inclusive’ by Kulturecity

Expanding its commitment to making a cruise vacation more accessible for everyone, Carnival Cruise Line has become the first cruise operator to be certified "sensory inclusive" by KultureCity, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to accessibility and inclusion for individuals with sensory needs and invisible disabilities.

Education

JetBlue’s Award-Winning Employer-Sponsored College Degree Program, JetBlue Scholars, Reaches a Milestone – 250 Degrees Conferred

JetBlue Scholars launched in 2016 offering the airline’s crewmembers an opportunity to earn fully accredited undergraduate college degrees, with JetBlue covering most of the cost.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Partnerships are the Keystone to Program Success

Picking the right partner or partners can make outcomes easier to achieve and impacts more meaningful, especially when launching a new initiative.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Verizon Brings Digital Literacy and Job Readiness Program to Latino Communities

Verizon announced “Latinos @ Work,” its new partnership with UnidosUS, the nation’s largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization, which will bring digital learning centers to underserved Latino communities in four major cities across the country.

Innovation & Technology

Qualcomm's Angela Baker: How to Ensure Equal Access to 5G Technology

Qualcomm's Head of Corporate Responsibility Angela Baker explains how 5G is being made available to underserved communities.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Albertsons Market and Market Street to Deliver Nearly 800 Turkeys to West Texas Food Bank

Albertsons Market and Market Street to deliver nearly 800 turkeys to West Texas Food Bank. Many families across West Texas will be able to have a Thanksgiving meal, with the help of Albertsons Market and Market Street.

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Innovation & Technology

IVECO, FPT Industrial and NIKOLA Launch Their Partnership to Achieve Zero-Emissions Transport

IVECO and FPT Industrial today presented the scope and plans of their joint venture and collaboration agreement established to accelerate industry transformation towards emission neutrality of Class 8 heavy-duty trucks in North America and Europe

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

BSR Conference 2019: Stephen Badger, Chairman, Board of Directors, Mars, Incorporated

Stephen Badger, Chairman, Board of Directors, Mars, Incorporated, discussed the climate crisis, gender equality, and nature during his plenary address at the BSR Conference 2019.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Ecocentricity Blog: Giving a Better Gift (Reblog)

There is so much that is good about this time of year. That said, sometimes the holidays can turn into forced consumerism, and that isn’t good. So please give to others, but give mindfully.

CyberGrants

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Accelerating Impact, 20 Years with a Singular Purpose

We are all so acclimated to the fantastical array of personal and business technology in our lives. It’s boggling to consider that just 20 years ago, we managed with no Uber, no streaming, no FaceTime, no backup cameras, no YouTube, no DropBox.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sands ECO360 Pursues “One Million Eco Actions” by the end of 2020

Through Sands ECO360, we are on a sustainability journey and we want our more than 50,000 Team Members to be a part of it. We’ve set a goal of performing one million Sands ECO360 actions—positive, measurable environmental improvements—by end of 2020.

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Environment

John Stoehr: Evangelicals and the Orange Menace

Has it ever struck you as odd how white evangelicals in this country consistently and enthusiastically back a president with a verifiable history of strikingly lewd behavior?

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How the Energy Industry Is Using Data to Decarbonize Itself

Emmanuel Lagarrigue, chief innovation officer at the French multinational Schneider Electric, speaking at Fortune’s Global Sustainability Forum in Yunnan, China on Friday, outlined his company’s plan to use big data to improve EV charging

Environment

The Risk of Oversimplifying Water

The World Resources Institute has developed a global, online resource, Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, to help companies better understand water risk by providing a high-level screening of potential risks in watersheds where they operate.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Billy Porter Joins PayPal in Celebration of GivingTuesday

PayPal and Billy Porter invite you to support the causes your care about on #GivingTuesday. PayPal will match donations made with PayPal Giving Fund by 10% up to $600,000 (in the US only).

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Health & Healthcare

Walgreens Boots Alliance Signs UNAIDS Business Alliance Pledge to End HIV/AIDS by 2030; Expands HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention Efforts

Walgreens Boots Alliance Signs UNAIDS Business Alliance Pledge to End HIV/AIDS by 2030; Expands HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention Efforts

Research, Reports & Publications

Caterpillar's Focus on Customer Safety

Caterpillar’s safety culture extends beyond internal operations to include promoting the safe operation of products in the field, as well as the safety and health of all individuals who come into contact with Cat® products.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

The Coca-Cola Foundation, Keep America Beautiful Public Spaces Recycling Bin Grant Application Opens

The Coca-Cola Foundation and national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful® today announced the application period for the 2020 Keep America Beautiful/Coca-Cola Public Spaces Recycling Bin Grant Program is open through Dec. 30 (11:59 p.m. EST), 2019.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Drucker Institute 2019 Management Top 250 Rankings Includes CSRHub Metrics

CSRHub is honored to once again have our metrics included in the Drucker Institute Management Top 250 Rankings this year.

Education

Mentoring New Collar Students

Danille Jager is IBM’s full-time liaison to the school, where she pairs students with IBM mentors, arranges workplace and STEM experiences, and collaborates with teachers, administrators and the local school district and community college.

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Environment

Practitioner Spotlight--Katelyn Foster

Antea Group blogs about Katelyn Foster, an Antea Group environmental remediation practitioner in Valhalla, New York.

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Environment

Pass the Poutine: The 2019 NAEM EHS&S Management Forum in Toronto

Read about what NAEM members accomplished in Toronto, from motivating discussions to beach cleanup and donating to the local food bank.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

eBay Celebrates Giving Tuesday With an Incredible Selection of Items and Experiences

Beginning today through December 12th, eBay for Charity’s Giving Tuesday campaign kicks off with exclusive, one-of-a-kind fashion, sporting and music items plus VIP experiences. Only available on eBay, all proceeds will benefit a number of charitable organizations.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Hydroponic School Garden Feeds Sumter County Elementary Students

Students at Sumter County Elementary School in Americus, Georgia are learning how plants grow and where food comes from, thanks to a new hydroponic school garden.

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