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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Global CEOs Sign on to New UN Goals at United Nations Private Sector Forum

Sep 26, 2015 7:45 PM ET

More than 300 CEOs, Heads of State, UN and civil society leaders today attended the United Nations Private Sector Forum (PSF) to discuss the role of business in implementing the world's 17 new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The SDG Compass Helps Companies Take Action on New UN Goals

Sep 26, 2015 6:00 PM ET

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The SDG Compass Helps Companies Take Action on New UN Goals

Sep 26, 2015 12:00 PM ET

Companies now have a new tool to help them navigate and contribute to a new set of global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations on 25 September.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Volunteer Firefighters Help Keep Remote Town Safe

Sep 26, 2015 12:00 AM ET

Smoke billows out of a house surrounded by dense forest. Flames rage into the night sky. Cal Yarborough, former chief of the Big Creek Volunteer Fire Department, runs down the road, finds a hose and starts spraying a smoldering propane tank. Neighbors awake and race to the volunteer fire station to sound the alarm.

Education

Major Boost for Career Skills at Goldcorp El Morro

Sep 25, 2015 7:00 PM ET

September in the Americas means back to school for most students. Goldcorp believes education is an important key that will unlock doors of opportunity and create lasting positive benefits in the communities where we live and work. In this final article of our educational series, we feature a technical program to create lifetime opportunities in Chile and beyond.

Education

Un gran impulso para las habilidades profesionales en Goldcorp El Morro

Sep 25, 2015 7:00 PM ET

En toda América, septiembre significa el regreso a clases para la mayoría de los estudiantes. En Goldcorp creemos que la educación es una importante llave que abrirá las puertas a oportunidades y creará beneficios positivos y duraderos en las comunidades donde vivimos y trabajamos. En este último artículo de nuestra serie educativa, presentamos un programa técnico para crear oportunidades para toda la vida en Chile y otros lugares.

Education

Bond en avant pour les compétences professionnelles à Goldcorp El Morro

Sep 25, 2015 7:00 PM ET

Dans les Amériques, le mois de septembre signifie la rentrée scolaire pour la plupart des étudiants. Goldcorp croit que l’éducation est une clé de développement importante qui ouvrira des portes vers de nouvelles occasions et qui laissera une marque positive durable dans les communautés dans lesquelles nous faisons affaire et nous vivons. Dans ce dernier article de notre série sur l’éducation, nous traitons d’un programme technique visant la création d’occasions à long terme au Chili et ailleurs.

Energy

Department of Energy, National Grid, and Siemens Complete Major Energy-Efficiency Upgrade at Brookhaven Lab

Sep 25, 2015 5:30 PM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Jones Lang LaSalle: Cracking the Secret to an Effective Code of Conduct

Sep 25, 2015 5:30 PM ET

Chicago-based Jones Lang LaSalle, the leading financial and professional services firm specialising in real estate, operates in 80 countries across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East , Africa and Asia Pacific managing some three billion square feet, $56bn of assets and nearly 60,000 employees.

Environment

A Hero for Humanity Emerges

Sep 25, 2015 2:35 PM ET

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

GRI Sustainability Disclosure Database upgraded to track new UN Development Goal

Sep 25, 2015 1:05 PM ET

Research, Reports & Publications

Astellas Annual Report 2015: Changing Tomorrow

Sep 25, 2015 1:00 PM ET

Education

Education is Key to Closing Opportunity Gap

Sep 25, 2015 12:15 PM ET

While many civic leaders, businesses and entrepreneurs have positioned Detroit for the comeback we are now witnessing, the next great frontier is education.

Innovation & Technology

Strong Families Fund to Finance Decade-long Pilot Pairing Affordable Housing, Intensive Social Services Coordination for Low-Income Families

Sep 25, 2015 12:00 PM ET

A number of banks and philanthropic partners, led by The Kresge Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, KeyBank and Goldman Sachs, have committed more than $70 million to launch the Strong Families Fund, the largest pilot pay-for-performance project to finance social services coordination and quality, affordable housing for low-income families.

Social Impact & Volunteering

FedEx Cares Week: Volunteerism on a Personal Level

Sep 25, 2015 11:40 AM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Holland America Line’s ms Noordam and ms Veendam Achieve Perfect Scores of 100 on United States Public Health Inspection

Sep 25, 2015 11:00 AM ET

On recent routine United States Public Health inspections conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Holland America Line’s ms Noordam achieved a perfect score of 100, marking the ship’s second consecutive perfect score, and ms Veendam also scored 100. Additionally, Veendam earned a near-perfect score of 99 on an inspection conducted by Health Canada.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Time Warner Cable Supports Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles

Sep 25, 2015 11:00 AM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

Yum! Singapore Charity Lunch Raises Funds to Provide 13,000 Meals to Children in Need

Sep 25, 2015 10:45 AM ET

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Accommodating Pregnant Women and New Mothers in the Workplace

Sep 25, 2015 10:45 AM ET

In the past several decades, there has been a dramatic demographic shift in the workforce. Not only do women now make up almost half of the workforce, but there are more pregnant workers than ever before and they are working later into their pregnancies. According to the National Partnership for Women & Families, holding a job during pregnancy is more common than at any other time in history. In a recent survey, 61 percent of respondents reported being employed during pregnancy. More families depend on women's income than ever before. According to the Pew Research Center, women are the primary or sole breadwinners in nearly 40 percent of families with children.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Nestle Pledges Increased Shared Value for Farmers Ahead of World Coffee Day

Sep 25, 2015 10:10 AM ET

Events, Media & Communications

Time is Running out to Register for "Connect the Dots!"

Sep 25, 2015 10:05 AM ET

The countdown is officially on for the 2015 Corporate Citizenship Conference, in Washington, DC on October 5-7. This year's event, Connect the Dots: How Businesses Solve Global Challenges Locally will convene today's top business experts and innovators. Speakers will focus on how businesses build engagements that align local impact to global strategy and will showcase successful business examples.

Environment

Forests For All Forever

Sep 25, 2015 10:00 AM ET

Research, Reports & Publications

Productos y servicios Banorte sinónimo de huella ambiental positiva

Sep 25, 2015 10:00 AM ET

Health & Healthcare

The Need for Healthy Goals

Sep 25, 2015 10:00 AM ET

As the UN General Assembly gets underway, Charlotte Ersbøll, corporate vice president in Novo Nordisk, reflects on the post-2015 agenda and why health must remain at the heart of sustainable development.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Morgan Stanley Healthy Cities to Deliver Network of Children’s Health Programming to Houston Youth

Sep 25, 2015 10:00 AM ET

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) today announced a sixth location for its innovative Morgan Stanley Healthy Cities initiative. Healthy Cities Houston aims to deliver a linked network of wellness, nutrition and play resources to children in underserved communities, and launched today with the construction of a new playground at KIPP Unity Primary School. Together, more than 200 volunteers from Morgan Stanley, KIPP, The Houston Food Bank and the local community will work with KaBOOM!, a national nonprofit dedicated to bringing balanced and active play into the daily lives of all children, to complete the new play space in just one day.