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Research, Reports & Publications

BJ's Wholesale Club Releases its Values in Action: 2014 Corporate Responsibility Report

Nov 18, 2015 2:05 PM ET

BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., announced today the release of its Values in Action: 2014 Corporate Social Responsibility Report (CSR) to highlight the company's efforts in helping to improve its communities and planet.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

T. Rowe Price Earns Top Marks in 2016 Corporate Equality Index

Nov 18, 2015 1:35 PM ET

T. Rowe Price received a score of 95 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2016 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Wynn Las Vegas and Encore Earn Top Marks in 2016 Corporate Equality Index

Nov 18, 2015 1:15 PM ET

Wynn Las Vegas and Encore are the proud recipients of a perfect score on the 2016 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBT workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

KOHLER Clarity Brings Safe Water to Those in Need

Nov 18, 2015 1:00 PM ET

Kohler Co. has developed a ceramic water filtration system to enable people in remote regions to access safe, reliable drinking water.

Environment

Jackson Family Wines Joins Beverage Industry Environmental Rountable

Nov 18, 2015 1:00 PM ET

The Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) welcomes Jackson Family Wines (JFW), a leading international, luxury wine company, as its newest member. Producing some of the world’s highest quality wines, JFW has received awards for both environmentally and socially responsible practices in Europe and North America.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Whirlpool Corporation Receives Perfect Score on Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index for 13th Consecutive Year

Nov 18, 2015 12:30 PM ET

Whirlpool Corporation, the number one major home appliance manufacturer in the world, has been recognized for the company’s commitment to diversity and inclusion with a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) 2016 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). This marks the 13th consecutive perfect score for the maker of home appliance brands such as Whirlpool, Maytag and KitchenAid.

Education

Microsoft and Code.org team up to bring ‘Minecraft’ to Hour of Code

Nov 18, 2015 12:00 PM ET

Education

Indiana STEM Students Get Front-Row Seat to Civic Debut

Nov 18, 2015 12:00 PM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Booz Allen Receives Perfect Score on Human Rights Campaign’s 2016 Corporate Equality Index

Nov 18, 2015 11:35 AM ET

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) is proud to receive, for the 7th consecutive year, a perfect score of 100 percent on the Corporate Equality Index (CEI). Administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation—America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality—the CEI is a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBT equality in the workplace. Booz Allen was one of only 392 US businesses to earn top marks this year—out of the 1,024 businesses rated in the 2016 CEI report.

Environment

Happy Retirement: 11 Reflections on the Chevrolet Carbon-Reduction Initiative

Nov 18, 2015 11:25 AM ET

Please join us for a retirement celebration honoring … 8 million metric tons of carbon. A little unconventional, sure. But so was the Chevrolet carbon-reduction initiative.

Environment

Chevrolet Meets Community-Based Carbon-Reduction Goal

Nov 18, 2015 11:15 AM ET

Chevrolet over the last five years has prevented 8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from entering the earth’s atmosphere, roughly equivalent to the CO2 emissions from the annual energy used in every home in Detroit.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Astellas Named a Best Place to Work for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality for Second Consecutive Year

Nov 18, 2015 11:00 AM ET

Astellas Pharma achieved a perfect score on the 2016 Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s (HRC) annual Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for the second consecutive year. The CEI is a national benchmarking tool used to rate companies on policies and practices concerning lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employee equality.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Raising Compassionate Kids Through Acts of Kindness and Volunteer Service

Nov 18, 2015 11:00 AM ET

In honor of Family Volunteer Day, Nov. 21, Points of Light and Disney are recognizing families with the Daily Point of Light Award. Meet the Sjolseths of McKinney, Texas, and nominate someone in your community.

Environment

DuPont Announces 2020 Sustainability Goals

Nov 18, 2015 10:45 AM ET

DuPont today announced its 2020 Sustainability Goals as the next step in its more than 25-year commitment to sustainability. The centerpiece of the new DuPont 2020 Sustainability Goals is a companywide commitment to embed sustainability into its innovation process and R&D pipeline.

Environment

CBRE's Climate Change Transparency Recognized by CDP for Third Consecutive Year

Nov 18, 2015 10:25 AM ET

Innovation & Technology

Barclays Supports Global Entrepreneurship Week

Nov 18, 2015 10:25 AM ET

Responsible Production & Consumption

Trim Tab Magazine | The Seductive Ideology of Craft

Nov 18, 2015 10:10 AM ET

Peter Korn, author of Why We Make Things and Why it Matters, enlightens us with the beauty, intricacies, and complexities of craftsmanship, delving into its ideology, history, and culture.

Environment

Agreement Between Municipality, Port Authority and Costa Cruises for Sustainable Development in Savona

Nov 18, 2015 10:00 AM ET

Today, the Municipality of Savona, the Port Authority of Savona and Costa Cruises signed a three-year memorandum of understanding for sustainable development in the cruise sector in Savona.

Environment

Addressing the Root Causes of Climate Change by Reinventing How We Work and Live

Nov 18, 2015 9:45 AM ET

Health & Healthcare

Why Aren’t You Getting a Flu Shot, and Could Uber Encourage You?

Nov 18, 2015 9:40 AM ET

If you’d like to get a flu shot, but can’t seem to get to a clinic, how about asking Uber to bring the flu shot to you? On Thursday, November 19, Uber will be working with Epidemico, Inc., a health data analysis company, which is owned by Booz Allen Hamilton, to deliver that service through the UberHEALTH program. The results from an optional survey conducted afterward will be combined with other data and analyzed to seek a better understanding of how to boost vaccination rates. Convenience and accessibility are often cited as barriers to vaccinations.

Events, Media & Communications

NAEM EHS Management Forum 2015 Recap

Nov 18, 2015 9:35 AM ET

Antea Group recently wrapped up our 12th year as one of the primary sponsors of NAEM’s EHS Management Forum, held last month in Charlotte, NC.

Environment

Connect to Good: A Roadmap to 2025

Nov 18, 2015 9:35 AM ET

Our world will hold roughly 8 billion people by 2025. Even more astounding: some experts say there will be more than 1 trillion connected devices — measuring, analyzing and networking to give us more information than ever before. The possibilities will be endless, so we must be strategic in order to seize them.

Diversity & Inclusion

Straight Talk: An Innovative Approach to Bring Millennials, Gen X-ers and Boomers Together in the Workplace

Nov 18, 2015 9:30 AM ET

Environment

AT&T Commits to Goal Accelerating Technology’s Role in Reducing Carbon Emissions

Nov 18, 2015 9:30 AM ET

AT&T* today announced its goal to enable carbon savings 10 times the footprint of its operations by 2025. By enhancing the efficiency of its network and delivering low-carbon customer solutions, AT&T supports the use of technology as a method to address and reduce carbon emissions.

Innovation & Technology

United for Wildlife, Google.org and ARM Unite to Launch Conservation Technology Network

Nov 18, 2015 9:25 AM ET

WILDLABS.NET is a new digital portal designed to connect conservationists, technologists, engineers, data scientists, entrepreneurs and thought leaders to support them to find, share and create effective technology-based solutions to protect threatened wildlife and habitats.