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Responsible Production & Consumption

Final Harvest of Timberland's Victory Garden

Oct 5, 2015 5:30 PM ET

Friday October 2nd was the final vegetable harvest from the Victory Garden, Timberland’s community garden at its headquarters in Stratham, NH.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

New Resource: Simplifying Strategy

Oct 5, 2015 5:30 PM ET

If you’re responsible for corporate societal engagement at your company, if your title is president of your corporate foundation, or VP of CSR, or Director of Corporate Citizenship (or whichever term your company uses), read on. This blog is for you.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Private Sector Has A Seat At The Table, Now It's Time To Step Up

Oct 5, 2015 5:30 PM ET

At Nestlé, that process begins next week when its Creating Shared Value Council, an external advisory board, meets to discuss how the company will focus on and work towards the SDGs.

Innovation & Technology

The UN’s New Goals to Spur Sustainable Innovation in Private Sector

Oct 5, 2015 5:00 PM ET

Leaders from 193 nations recently converged at the United Nations in New York to adopt 17 new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will guide global policy and funding for the next 15 years.

Environment

Colleges and Universities Compete to Reduce Game-Day Stadium Waste

Oct 5, 2015 4:15 PM ET

From now until the end of November, college football is scoring big by tackling stadium and tailgating waste through the national GameDay Recycling Challenge, where teams and their fans compete to see who can reduce and recycle the most GameDay items, such as glass bottles and food packaging waste.

Social Impact & Volunteering

2015 Mega Match-a-thon Adoption Events Presented by Subaru

Oct 5, 2015 4:15 PM ET

The fourth annual ASPCA Mega Match-a-thon Presented by Subaru seeks to save the maximum number of animals in shelters through high-volume community adoption events that will take place across the country throughout the month of October.

Education

Amgen Foundation and Khan Academy Come Together to Provide Biology Resources for Students

Oct 5, 2015 3:35 PM ET

Here at the Amgen Foundation, we are deeply committed to inspiring the scientists of tomorrow. Our approach is to invest in creating excellent opportunities for students to learn science, and for science teachers to become even better at nurturing their students’ interest in the subject.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Citi Announces $190,000 Donation to Four New York City Area Community Organizations Through the 2015 Citi Community Home Runs Program

Oct 5, 2015 3:00 PM ET

Citi today announced a total donation of $190,000 to four community partners – City Harvest, United Neighborhood Houses, USO of Metro New York and New York City’s YMCA – through the Citi Community Home Runs Program. Ed Skyler, Citi’s Head of Global Public Affairs, and Mets outfielder and program ambassador Curtis Granderson marked the completion of the second season of the home runs program with a ceremonial check presentation to representatives from the four community organizations at the Union Square Citibank branch in New York City.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Sodexo Foundation Opens Application Period for 2016 Stephen J. Brady Stop Hunger Scholarships

Oct 5, 2015 2:30 PM ET

Sodexo Foundation announced that the application period for the 2016 Stephen J. Brady Stop Hunger Scholarships opens today, October 5 and closes December 5, 2015. The scholarship program urges students to apply to #Get5Give5 and impact millions. Students from K-12 through graduate school are eligible to apply for a $5,000 scholarship with matching $5,000 grant for the charity of their choice by visiting SodexoFoundation.org.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Wells Fargo Housing Foundation Announces $6 Million in Grants

Oct 5, 2015 2:00 PM ET

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced $6 million in neighborhood revitalization donations with 69 grants to nonprofits.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

A Perspective From Inside The Beltway - Antitrust, Cybersecurity and New Priorities for NHTSA

Oct 5, 2015 2:00 PM ET

This inaugural networking event will provide you the rare opportunity to hear perspectives from legal professionals with extensive experience working with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), US National Security Agency (NSA) and the US Department of Justice.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Corruption Can Happen Anywhere. Even With Respected Technology Companies Like Hitachi

Oct 5, 2015 2:00 PM ET

Environment

Water Conservation

Oct 5, 2015 1:50 PM ET

Education

Electrical Safety Awareness

Oct 5, 2015 1:40 PM ET

Southern California Edison power line worker Robert Gallagher reads to children at the Fullerton Public Library to educate kids about electrical safety.

Environment

Drought Relief

Oct 5, 2015 1:35 PM ET

A buoy run aground at Huntington Lake reservoir in Fresno County, part of Southern California Edison’s Big Creek hydroelectric system. Efforts to support drought relief are showcased in SCE’s newly-published annual Corporate Responsibility Report.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Local Nurse Realizes American Dream of Homeownership

Oct 5, 2015 1:00 PM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

Rebuilding Together and Lowe’s Host Fifth Annual Building a Healthy Neighborhood

Oct 5, 2015 12:00 PM ET

Rebuilding Together — a leading national nonprofit in safe and healthy housing that provides low-income homeowners with critical home repairs — will join together with its affiliate, Rebuilding Together St. Louis, to lead its fifth annual Building a Healthy Neighborhood community revitalization project. The effort, supported by lead partner Lowe’s and 275 of its Lowe’s Heroes employee volunteers, will be held in St. John, a small community in St. Louis County, this October 8–10, and is expected to provide more than $760,000 in market value back to the community.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Get to ‘Better’. How Using Data Drives Success in Corporate Citizenship.

Oct 5, 2015 11:15 AM ET

Events, Media & Communications

Dodd Frank Act at 5 Year Mark Now – There is Still Work to Do

Oct 5, 2015 11:15 AM ET

In 2007, the dominoes started to fall. The debt auction rate market caught cold, leading in time to the broad capital markets and housing markets catching pneumonia. Down went the dominoes – click/click/click – US housing prices plunged, lender foreclosures skyrocketed, equity share prices plummeted – and trillions’ of dollars of accumulated wealth disappeared – poof!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CITGO Fuels Good with the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

Oct 5, 2015 11:15 AM ET

In its commitment to fuel good in the community, CITGO Petroleum Corporation and its local branded Marketers Griffith Energy Services, Inc., Carroll Independent Fuel Company, and The Wills Group, recently donated $15,000 in CITGO Gift Cards to the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and announced the “Be A Star, Buy A Star” community fundraising campaign to further benefit the hospital. The gift cards were presented to Paula Heneberry, LCSW-C, Director of Pediatric Social Work at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and will be given to families whose children are being treated at the facility to assist them with travel costs to and from the hospital.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Carnival Cruise Line Hosts Dr. Seuss-Inspired Event with Atlanta Braves Announcer Brian Jordan at Taste of Atlanta

Oct 5, 2015 11:10 AM ET

Carnival Cruise Line brought its spirited brand of fun to this year’s Taste of Atlanta festival, hosting an exclusive Dr. Seuss-themed book reading and cooking demonstration for local children with Atlanta Braves announcer Brian Jordan.

Research, Reports & Publications

Talking Sustainability Reporting with Kimberly-Clark

Oct 5, 2015 11:00 AM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Finalists Named for Atlanta's 2015 Cox Conserves Heroes Program, Public Asked to Vote

Oct 5, 2015 10:30 AM ET

Channel 2 WSB-TV and The Trust for Public Land are recognizing volunteers who are creating, preserving or enhancing shared outdoor spaces. Tom Branch, Julie Burroughs and Alan Toney have been selected as finalists for Atlanta’s 2015 Cox Conserves Heroes program, and the public is being asked to vote now through October 26 at wsbtv.com/coxconservesheroes.

Diversity & Inclusion

A Discussion Between Generations

Oct 5, 2015 9:45 AM ET

Millennials, the next generation of leaders, ranks quality of life – their own and others’ – highly. This defining perspective will change organizational paradigms around the world within the next decade.

Education

New Research Points to Egg Whites to Reduce Caloric Intake, Increase Protein and Satiety in College Women

Oct 5, 2015 9:00 AM ET

New Research Points to Egg Whites to Reduce Caloric Intake, Increase Protein and Satiety in College Women