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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

IBM Wins "Best Corporate Steward" Award from U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Oct 8, 2015 5:15 PM ET

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation has named IBM as the large-business recipient of the 2015 Best Corporate Steward Award. The award recognizes businesses that serve as powerful forces for good around the world. Today on Citizen IBM, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Vice President Marc DeCourcey writes about IBM’s diverse portfolio of corporate citizenship initiatives, and why they garnered high recognition from the Foundation.

Research, Reports & Publications

Domtar Uses 75% Renewable Energy in its Pulp and Paper Manufacturing

Oct 8, 2015 5:05 PM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Kohler’s Water Conservation Efforts Earn EPA WaterSense® Recognition

Oct 8, 2015 5:00 PM ET

As recognition of its efforts to develop and promote water-saving products and educate consumers on water conservation issues, Kohler Co. has earned its third Sustained Excellence Award from the Environmental Protection Agency.

Social Impact & Volunteering

10-Year-Old, Once Homeless, Now Makes Clothes for Homeless Kids

Oct 8, 2015 4:20 PM ET

Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Xavier Elliot. Read his story and nominate an outstanding volunteer or organization as a Point of Light.

Responsible Production & Consumption

School Milk to 66 Million Children Worldwide

Oct 8, 2015 3:00 PM ET

In 2014, 8.2 billion Tetra Pak packages filled with milk or other nutritious drinks reached 66 million children all around the world. In cooperation with governments, food processors, development agencies and NGO’s, Tetra Pak and Tetra Laval Food for Development are supporting practical implementation of school milk programmes around the world.

Environment

JetBlue and TERRA Reveal the T5 Farm - An Innovative Experiment in Urban Farming and Airport Sustainability

Oct 8, 2015 3:00 PM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

2015 Corporate Volunteer Awards: A Look at Finalist MUFG Union Bank

Oct 8, 2015 3:00 PM ET

What makes your employee volunteer program special?
Our volunteer program has been a tremendous success over the years. Its formal inception was in 2009, and over 300 thousand volunteer service hours have been tracked. One reason for its success is that it is championed from the very top of the Bank

Health & Healthcare

BJ’s Wholesale Club Builds Community of Strength for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Oct 8, 2015 2:15 PM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

Republic Services Donates 150 Airshow 2015 Tickets to Disadvantaged Youth

Oct 8, 2015 1:45 PM ET

Republic Services is donating 150 tickets for the Capital Air Show 2015, October 2-4, 2015 to local schools for disadvantaged youth. Established in 2004, the California Capital Airshow has become one of the largest and highly respected shows in the nation.

Education

Public-Private Education Partnerships Thrive On Shared Values & Collaboration

Oct 8, 2015 1:30 PM ET

We know that skills training is vital for our business and for the communities where we operate. We also know that we can’t do it alone.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

UPS Humanitarian Relief and Resilience Program

Oct 8, 2015 1:00 PM ET

Diversity & Inclusion

HanesBrands Ranked In Top 10 Of America’s 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces For Fifth Consecutive Year

Oct 8, 2015 12:50 PM ET

HanesBrands has been recognized for its employee adoption benefits by The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption for the fifth consecutive year. HanesBrands was ranked No. 4 overall and No. 1 in the consumer products industry on the foundations’ 2015 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces List.

Environment

New Leaf Paper and SCS Global Services Publish Innovative Study Using Advanced LCA Methodology

Oct 8, 2015 12:25 PM ET

Research, Reports & Publications

Does Improving a Corporation’s Sustainability Performance Also Improve Its Business Operations?

Oct 8, 2015 12:25 PM ET

Recently graduate students from Columbia University SIPA participated in a Capstone research project in collaboration with CSRHub.

Events, Media & Communications

October 9: South Carolina Flooding Disaster Coordination Call

Oct 8, 2015 12:20 PM ET

Join the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center for a coordination call on the flooding crisis in South Carolina.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MGM Resorts International's Beau Rivage Named Red Cross' Corporate Partner of the Year

Oct 8, 2015 12:00 PM ET

“Beau Rivage was selected as this year’s Corporate Partner of the Year in recognition of the support the Beau has given to the American Red Cross Southeast Mississippi Chapter in a number of ways, from board leadership and employee volunteer work, to the support for the Red Cross RendezVIEW and, for the past seven years, the Moonlight & Magnolias Gala, which is our biggest fundraiser of the year,” said Red Cross Southeast Mississippi Chapter Executive Director John McFarland. “Together the Red Cross and Beau Rivage have raised more than a half-million dollars for this chapter with this event alone. We know the Beau doesn’t do these things just for recognition, but we value the relationship so highly we want to recognize and honor MGM Resorts and Beau Rivage for all that they do."

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Booz Allen Hamilton Recognized by Paralyzed Veterans of America for Long-Term Dedication to Wounded Vets

Oct 8, 2015 11:35 AM ET

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) is proud to be the recipient of the Sustain: ABLE Award from Paralyzed Veterans of America, the only congressionally chartered veterans service organization dedicated solely for the benefit and representation of veterans with spinal cord injury or disease.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Ravago Manufacturing Americas Joins Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

Oct 8, 2015 11:20 AM ET

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) welcomes Ravago Recycling Group Americas (RRG), an industry leader in in recycled content resins in PIR and PCR recycled feedstocks, as its newest member. RRG produces a wide range of plastic reprocessed materials from high performance engineered resins to recycled post-industrial PP, HDPE, and PS materials.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CITGO and Mid-State Petroleum Team Up with Emily’s Kids Foundation

Oct 8, 2015 11:10 AM ET

CITGO Petroleum Corporation and its local Marketer Mid-State Petroleum recently teamed up to support the 5th annual Emily’s Kids Foundation Benefit Ride held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Nearly 50 attendees participated in the motorcycle ride, raising approximately $2,700. All proceeds from the ride will help provide financial relief to local families for daily expenses that accumulate during pediatric cancer treatment visits such as parking, food, gas and other unexpected costs.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Deloitte Builds Sustainability Eminence With New Appointments

Oct 8, 2015 10:15 AM ET

Long influential in the field of sustainability, Deloitte has further increased its eminence with important new appointments to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Sustainability Task Force.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Creating Value, Driving Growth

Oct 8, 2015 10:15 AM ET

Health & Healthcare

Sweet With Substance: How Fair Trade Cocoa Keeps Farming Families Healthy

Oct 8, 2015 10:00 AM ET

It's ironic, isn't it? That many of the farmers and workers who grow the world's food struggle to feed their own families.

Events, Media & Communications

Registration Opens for Institute's Third Annual Net Positive Energy + Water Conference | February 18-19, 2016 | San Diego, CA

Oct 8, 2015 10:00 AM ET

Join the International Living Future Institute for our third annual Net Positive Energy and Water Conference, dedicated to the exchange of technical expertise, bold strategies and provocative case studies—all aimed at accelerating the global shift toward Net Positive Energy and Water buildings and communities.

Innovation & Technology

Making Supply Chains Safer with Gender Equality Principles

Oct 8, 2015 9:00 AM ET

Joe Keefe is President and CEO of Pax World Management LLC. He is a UN-recognized advocate for women’s equality and implements change by encouraging investors to align their investments with their values by supporting global organizations that promote the empowerment and advancement of women.

Research, Reports & Publications

What Do Gas Prices Tell Us About Consumer Spending?

Oct 8, 2015 8:30 AM ET

There has been much speculation over the last few months about the decrease in gas prices and its impact on consumers’ financial habits. For some time, the general perception has been that consumers have been using their savings at the pump to pay down debt or build a financial buffer. However, much of the information used to support this theory has been from self-reported or aggregate, lagging data.