ESG News from Leading Brands

Responsible Production & Consumption

5 Ways to Make Cocoa More Sustainable

Mar 25, 2016 1:15 PM ET

This Sunday marks Easter, a holiday celebrated by many families with church, ham, egg hunts and chocolate. Lots of chocolate. Easter is the second top-selling confectionary holiday behind only Halloween, according to the National Confectioners Association. So now is a fitting moment to think about the effort that goes into making the chocolate in those Easter baskets.

Environment

Ingersoll Rand Furthers Sustainability Goals By Joining Rocky Mountain Institute’s Business Renewables Center

Mar 25, 2016 12:30 PM ET

As the focus on sustainability continues to increase at Ingersoll Rand’s global facilities, partnering with Rocky Mountain Institute’s (RMI) Business Renewables Center (BRC) aligns with the company’s efforts to develop innovative energy solutions and reduce greenhouse gases (GHG).

Environment

FIRST® LEGO® League Arabia Challenges Kids to Solve the World’s Waste Problem

Mar 25, 2016 12:25 PM ET

Innovation & Technology

Barclays Helps to Scale-Up the UK: Growing Businesses, Growing Our Economy

Mar 25, 2016 12:15 PM ET

Barclays is launching a new report on the future of business scale-ups in the UK. It is part of a long-standing project partnership built with the business schools of both the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

What’s Your Office Kryptonite?

Mar 25, 2016 12:05 PM ET

You might be a superhero at the office, spearheading projects, coming up with great ideas and flying through your to-do lists. But even superheroes have a weakness, something that saps their energy, focus or strength. At the office, these power-reducing habits often begin with good intentions, but they end up wasting time instead of saving it.

Innovation & Technology

2016 V4 Hackathon: Driving The ‘Connected Life’

Mar 25, 2016 11:40 AM ET

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, March 25, 2016 /3BL Media/ — AT&T* and the Czech Telecommunications Office (CTU) are joining to host a hackathon event in Prague on April 22-23, 2016. The event hopes to drive innovation and entrepreneurship in the Visegrád Group, or V4 region.

The hackathon is open to developers and non-developers. The mission? Create new apps to harness Connected Life in 1 of 4 categories—in just 24 hours:

Health & Healthcare

HPRC Conducts LCA Literature Review of Plastics Disposal Options

Mar 25, 2016 10:20 AM ET

Non-regulated mixed plastic waste represents a large portion of the solid waste generated by healthcare facilities. Healthcare waste management decision makers and influencers must choose from a number of disposal options to deal with this growing environmental burden. To aid in this process, HPRC conducted a literature review of life cycle assessment (LCA) studies comparing the environmental impacts of recycling to other waste management options. The final paper presents the different types of waste management for plastics along with their advantages and disadvantages from an environmental perspective.

Diversity & Inclusion

CBRE Group, Inc. Ranked Among Military Times Best for Vets: Employers 2016

Mar 25, 2016 10:05 AM ET

Health & Healthcare

How Businesses are Taking Action to Ensure Health & Promote Well-Being #SDG3

Mar 25, 2016 10:00 AM ET

This week, Global Sourcing Council's 17 Weeks for 17 SDGs Intiative explores Goal 3 with examples of action from organizations and businesses to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all in their business strategy.

Innovation & Technology

Why The Cat Spring Tea Sisters Value Heritage, Mentorship and Accountability

Mar 25, 2016 9:00 AM ET

I don’t think most mission-driven innovators grow up thinking, “Someday, I’d like to be a social entrepreneur.”

Social Impact & Volunteering

Want Real Impact From Your CSR Program? Listen to Your Community!

Mar 25, 2016 8:30 AM ET

The key to a great corporate social responsibility program is deceptively simple. Listen to your community. This is especially important for volunteer programs.

Energy

This 4-Year-Old Video Star Knows Her Solar Facts

Mar 25, 2016 6:00 AM ET

When she grows up, the preschooler, an avid animal lover, hopes to become a baby animal rescuer or President of the United States (so she can give speeches about saving the world). She enjoys yoga and fairies and is committed to preserving fairy habitats.

Environment

Talk with Green Guy Show - 3/20/16 - Mayors Climate Summit Series - Alicia Zatcoff, Sustainability Mgr, City of Richmond, VA

Mar 24, 2016 9:00 PM ET

Radio interview: Mayors Climate Series, City of Richmond, VA Sustainability Dir. Alicia Zatcoff - 3/20/16

Social Impact & Volunteering

Mentoring: In Real Life

Mar 24, 2016 7:40 PM ET

We believe that every young person should have a caring adult to turn to. This provides a foundation for students to succeed in all that they do – in school and their future careers. That’s why we’re connecting our employees to students around the world through Aspire Mentoring Academy.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Internet Essentials Reaches New Milestone: 600,000 Families Connected

Mar 24, 2016 7:10 PM ET

This morning, at Rainbow Village, a public housing development in Miami, Florida, Julián Castro, our forward-thinking and energetic Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and I announced a pilot program with ConnectHome to extend eligibility for Internet Essentials, Comcast’s signature broadband adoption program, to public housing residents in Miami-Dade County and the cities of Nashville, Philadelphia, and Seattle.

Events, Media & Communications

ACCP 2016: Outcomes and ‘The Power of And’

Mar 24, 2016 7:00 PM ET

With a full schedule of thought leadership and connection time with our CSR peers across various industries, we continued our ongoing effort to find the best ways to help companies that are doing good in the community. One question we received from many attendees is how can we partner with grantees more effectively?

Innovation & Technology

Believin' on a Jet Plane, to Test Cleaner Technologies

Mar 24, 2016 5:50 PM ET

Diversity & Inclusion

JetBlue Assembles All-Female Crew for 'Power Trip'

Mar 24, 2016 5:50 PM ET

Diversity & Inclusion

Forum Looks at Criminal Justice Reform and Role of Faith Communities

Mar 24, 2016 5:35 PM ET

A new series of community events was launched in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., on March 12 with a forum titled “Criminal Justice Reform: Motivating and Mobilizing the Faith Community for Restorative Justice.” The forum explored reforms needed to improve the fairness and effectiveness of the criminal justice system in New York State and the U.S.

Innovation & Technology

Comcast and the U.S. Department Of Housing And Urban Development Announce Pilot Program to Close The Digital Divide

Mar 24, 2016 4:05 PM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

HanesBrands Has Five Additional Manufacturing Plants Achieve U.S. EPA Recognition for Energy Efficiency Gains

Mar 24, 2016 4:00 PM ET

HanesBrands (NYSE: HBI) announced today that five additional company manufacturing plants have earned U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star Challenge for Industry awards by reducing energy use by an average 18 percent.

Health & Healthcare

Global Leadership in Human Services

Mar 24, 2016 4:00 PM ET

Keystone Human Services recently developed a five year Strategic Plan to guide the organization forward. The Plan reaffirms our vision and values with a solid focus on global leadership in human services and a life-span perspective for the services and supports we offer. Keystone Human Services International is proud to be moving KHS’s strategy forward by developing a global presence for the organization.

Environment

4 Must-Know FAQs for Sustainability Consulting in the Tech World

Mar 24, 2016 3:10 PM ET

So whether you’re looking to gain a competitive edge or reduce your company’s environmental impact, a sustainability consulting firm can provide invaluable practical expertise and broad industry perspectives. Here are four frequently asked questions - and answers - to get you moving toward your sustainability goals.

Responsible Production & Consumption

The Face Behind Your Food: Three Farmworkers Share Their Stories

Mar 24, 2016 2:30 PM ET

Lupita López Dearcia Comitán is a farmworker in Sonora, Mexico. She’s forty-four years old, has five children, and just so happens to grow the cucumbers you put in your salad last night. It’s a job she has a lot of pride in. Most people don’t know that cucumbers grow on vines like tomatoes, requiring constant care to ensure that the plant grows in the proper direction. It’s a technique called “training”, and Lupita has the practice down to a science.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Bloomberg Brings Popular Square Mile Relay To New York

Mar 24, 2016 2:15 PM ET