ESG News from Leading Brands

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

TMCF 27th Awards Gala: Developing Minds and Delivering Dreams By Empowering High-Achieving Students to Overcome Barriers

Dec 7, 2015 3:35 PM ET

A truly inspiring event took place in Washington, D.C. a few weeks ago – the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s 27th Annual Awards Gala, themed “Developing Minds... Delivering Dreams.”

Environment

Transition to CNG Fleet Brings Cleaner Air, Lower Costs

Dec 7, 2015 3:30 PM ET

On December 4, FCA US LLC announced that it has converted its owned-truck fleet of 179 Detroit-based parts-haulers to run on compressed natural gas (CNG) rather than traditional diesel.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Metlife Foundation Partners with Duke University to Identify New Ways to Help Low-to-Middle-Income Americans Better Manage Their Finances

Dec 7, 2015 3:00 PM ET

MetLife Foundation and Duke University today announced that, with support from MetLife Foundation, Duke University is launching the CommonCents Lab (the “Lab”), an initiative that will apply behavioral economics to identify new ways to help millions of Americans improve their saving and spending habits.

Environment

Bard CEP Live Podcast From COP21 Paris Wednesday at Noon EST

Dec 7, 2015 2:55 PM ET

Eban Goodstein, Director of the Bard Center for Environmental Policy will be reporting live from COP21 in Paris during our National Climate Seminar podcast, dial-in series this wednesday December 9th, at 12pm noon.

Environment

Everyone Counts!

Dec 7, 2015 1:05 PM ET

We all know that Detroit already has a lot on its plate—from poverty and unemployment to abandonment and crime. I am convinced, however, that things are turning around.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Very Merry Sammamish with Republic Services

Dec 7, 2015 12:45 PM ET

Republic Services is collecting teddy bears for donation in Bellevue, Washington, in cooperation with the Sammamish Chamber of Commerce. The teddy bears will be given to traumatized children in the local area.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Endangered Baby Turtles Led Safely Out to Sea

Dec 7, 2015 12:25 PM ET

This fall, TransCanada employees in Mexico and 37 of their relatives came together to preserve lagoon and beach habitat before leading over 500 baby turtles – part of a critically endangered species – out to sea.

Environment

Changing the Game with the World’s Largest Cellulosic Ethanol Plant

Dec 7, 2015 12:15 PM ET

For this generation, and indeed for future generations, we are uniquely positioned to deliver low carbon solutions to fuel the planet.

Environment

Investors Ratcheting up Their Contributions to Climate Action

Dec 7, 2015 12:00 PM ET

As world leaders and government representatives continue negotiations to hammer out a global climate deal at COP21 in Paris, institutional investors are ratcheting up their contributions in a number of areas.

Environment

HEINEKEN USA Reduces Carbon Emissions with BSR’s Clean Cargo Working Group

Dec 7, 2015 11:50 AM ET

HEINEKEN works with different industries to improve the environmental performance of marine container transport through BSR’s Clean Cargo Working Group.

Research, Reports & Publications

Employee Giving Trends & Practices Are Evolving at a Very Rapid Pace. How Do You Stack Up?

Dec 7, 2015 11:45 AM ET

This Thursday, December 10th at 11:00 am ET, America's Charities will unveil findings from its new Snapshot 2015 report, The New Corporate DNA: Where Employee Engagement and Social Impact Converge, during a free webinar hosted by 3BL Media. Attendees of this webinar will receive a complimentary copy of Snapshot 2015.

Environment

Paris Climate Meeting Spreads Collective Responsibility

Dec 7, 2015 11:30 AM ET

Even in the best case, the Paris climate talks will fail to reduce greenhouse gases below the level at which our world will be disastrously altered.

Environment

Interview with Kumi Naidoo, International Executive Director at Greenpeace

Dec 7, 2015 11:00 AM ET

GRI’s Sustainability and Reporting 2025 project is designed to promote an international discussion about the purpose of sustainability reporting and disclosures looking ahead to 2025. Watch this interview with Kumi Naidoo, International Executive Director at Greenpeace.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

5 Tangible Ways CSR Can Impact Your Business

Dec 7, 2015 11:00 AM ET

Environment

The Corporate World is Increasingly Seeing Climate Change as Key Issue

Dec 7, 2015 10:45 AM ET

World leaders began meeting on November 30 to hammer out a successor to the Kyoto Protocol. They have until December 11 to agree on a climate agreement good enough to keep temperature rise to two degrees. That’s the threshold scientists say we don’t want to cross in order to avoid the worst climate change impacts.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Carnival Cruise Line’s Comedy Benefit at Fort Lauderdale Improv Raises More Than $12,000 for Kids in Distress of Broward and Palm Beach Counties

Dec 7, 2015 10:35 AM ET

The Fort Lauderdale Improv was recently transformed into Carnival’s Punchliner Comedy Club – for one night, at least – as part of a special fundraiser that generated more than $12,000 for Kids in Distress of Broward and Palm Beach Counties – a 20 percent increase over the amount raised at last year’s event.

Events, Media & Communications

Are Public Companies Including Sustainability Information in the Traditional Financial Communications Channels? And a Conversation with Mondelez International Reporting on the Sustainability Journey

Dec 7, 2015 10:30 AM ET

We are almost at calendar year end and for many companies approaching fiscal year end -- and that means busy-busy-busy times in the corporate suite as senior managements prepare 4Q / year end results for the earnings release and the details of the earnings call to be scheduled not too far into the new year 2016.

Environment

Environment: Watch It Like a Hawk

Dec 7, 2015 10:30 AM ET

Toyota team members are creatures of habitat. And a few who test vehicles for performance and reliability have become a part-time pit crew for red-tailed hawks at Toyota Arizona Proving Ground (TAPG) in Phoenix.

Environment

What Paris Talks Have Accomplished So Far

Dec 7, 2015 10:20 AM ET

The two-week United Nations conference on climate change is halfway over, and no matter what else happens, it has already been a clear-cut success in two critical areas.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

What’s the Real Story? Reading Between the ESG Lines

Dec 7, 2015 10:20 AM ET

While the triple bottom line is now an established principle in sustainability circles, moving from the platitudes in CSR reports to the hard data investors seek to understand the ROI of these measures involves a far more rigorous approach to disclosure. In a recent presentation to SRI, JLL’s General Counsel, Mark Ohringer, and Global Treasurer, Bryan Duncan, provided the following practical insights on how to translate ESG impacts to shareholder benefits.

Social Impact & Volunteering

The Impact of CSR Storytelling Through Video

Dec 7, 2015 10:05 AM ET

The 2016 Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship Film Festival, sponsored by Mary Kay, provides your company with a platform to share your CSR story with thousands of viewers.

Environment

All Eyes on Paris: Sustaining Global Action Beyond COP21

Dec 7, 2015 10:05 AM ET

COP21 runs the risk of falling short of expectations. In the wake of Montreal, Kyoto, Copenhagen and all the other COPs, leaders must sustain the massive drumbeat of COP21 engagement in order to make an impact far beyond the next week. Companies, NGOs and global influencers alike need to inspire interest and engagement of the masses – to make all global citizens want to take action.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Nespresso Made First Payments to Colombian Farmers’ Pilot Retirement Savings Plan

Dec 7, 2015 10:00 AM ET

A year on from the launch of the Farmer Future Program, more than 850 coffee farmers in Caldas, Colombia have registered in the ground-breaking initiative that will give them financial security when they reach retirement age.

Environment

For the First Time in COP History, Business has an Official Role

Dec 7, 2015 10:00 AM ET

December 5 was Action Day at COP21 and for the first time in the history of the COP climate conferences, business has an official role through the Lima-Paris Action Agenda (LPAA).

Environment

Brightening Our Corner - Fall 2015

Dec 7, 2015 10:00 AM ET