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Education | Henkel

Fueling Education for the Next Generation

The Henkel Scholarship Program was established to assist the children of employees in North America who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs.
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Energy

How to Balance Energy Efficiency With Design

Pella’s director of strategic innovation discusses how to balance sustainability and energy efficiency while working to inspire architects, designers, and homeowners.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

NVIDIA Ranks #1 on the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces List

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption today released its 12th annual 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces list recognizing organizations with the most robust adoption benefit programs. The list compares financial reimbursement and paid leave offered to parents who adopt, based on surveys of organizations across the United States. NVIDIA is new atop the 2018 list.

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“Companies Are Part of the Solution to the Global Challenge of Climate Change” Mars' Ashley Allen Interviewed at Climate Action Summit

One year from the launch of our Sustainable in a Generation Plan, our senior leadership team and subject matter experts argue that companies must be part of the solution to the global challenge of climate change while attending the inaugural Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) in San Francisco.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Have You Benchmarked the Size and Structure of Your EHS & Sustainability Department?

NAEM's EHS & Sustainability Staffing, Structure and Budgets report allows you to benchmark the design of your company's staffing and structure based on industry, revenue, head count and risk profile. It also provides detailed information on the scope of EHS & Sustainability responsibilities, including the areas where the EHS and Sustainability function is most often collaborative within companies today.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Arbor Day Foundation and Texas Roadhouse Partner to Green Up Louisville

Friday, October 5, The Arbor Day Foundation and Texas Roadhouse will plant trees in Beckley Creek Park and distribute free trees to Jefferson Country residents to plant in their yards.

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Events, Media & Communications

Greening the Global Shopping Cart: A Webinar Series for Innovation and Best Practices

EDF+Business is proud to present the Greening the Global Shopping Cart webinar series. Supply chain solutions for our network of business leaders, industry experts and thought leaders.

For 25 years, EDF+Business has combined cutting-edge science, economic expertise and unexpected partnerships to help high-impact companies transform “business as usual” in their products, operations, supply chains and advocacy.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Companies Can Make a BIG Impact This Charitable Season

Infographic: See how more companies are taking an employee-centric approach to their CSR programs with three key social impact trends in mind. Help engage more people, maximize their impact and foster compelling, purpose-driven workplace cultures this charitable season.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Register for an Introduction to Social Return on Investment Training in Calgary and Toronto!

SiMPACT builds capacity in social impact and valuation through a variety of courses. These include social return on investment (SROI) training, SROI Accreditation Training, and courses highlighting techniques to maximize impact. One-on-One SROI coaching and customized training courses are also our speciality.

Information about upcoming courses can be found below. Please contact SiMPACT at mary@simpactsg.com to register or for more information.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Shire Employees Circle the Globe 60 Times As Part of the Virgin Pulse Global Challenge

This summer, over 3,300 Shire colleagues formed teams, set goals and encouraged each other to make healthy choices as part of Shire’s inaugural pilot of the Virgin Pulse Global Challenge. Over the course of the 100-day challenge, Shire colleagues walked over 1.5 million miles collectively, and individually averaged over 14,100 steps daily. That’s the equivalent of walking around the world more than 60 times and burning more than 154 million calories, the equivalent of over 600,000 slices of cake.

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Sappi Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 22% in 2017

In terms of total consumption of energy, pulp and paper is third among industrial sectors; only the refi ning and chemical industries consume more. However, environmental impact is affected not just by the amount of energy consumed, but also by the type of energy. On average, US pulp and paper mills derive nearly two-thirds of their energy needs from renewable sources that are considered carbon neutral. Sappi’s mills derive nearly 80 percent of their energy from renewable resources.

Diversity & Inclusion

Pamela Hutchinson Named Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion for Bloomberg LP

“Since joining Bloomberg, Pamela has helped us broaden our recruitment efforts while also making our office culture even more inclusive,” Bloomberg wrote in a memo to employees.

“Our diversity – including our openness to people with different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds – helps give us a competitive edge. We are always looking to sharpen that edge and deepen our commitment to an inclusive environment that treats all employees with dignity and respects them as equals,” Bloomberg said.

Environment

The Disney Conservation Fund Awards $5 Million to Conservation Organizations and Names Its 2018 Disney Conservation Heroes

The Disney Conservation Fund (DCF), continued its more than 20-year commitment to conservation this month by awarding more than $5 million in grants to support 76 organizations working to protect the magic of nature around the world. The fund also recognized 13 people across the globe with the Disney Conservation Hero award, for their tireless efforts to save wildlife, protect habitats and inspire communities to take part in conservation efforts.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Sunweave Broadloom Carpet Weaves Textile Heritage with a Sustainable Future

In addition to checking many design and performance boxes for designers, Sunweave also earns points toward green certifications. The collection is Red List free and designed to achieve the stringent requirements of the Living Product Challenge Petal Certification.

“The Sunweave collection is going to be the first petal certified living product in the broadloom and area rug category,” says Jackie Dettmar, VP of design and product development for Mohawk Group.

Sunweave also contributes to the sustainability of a community. “We were so excited to look at creating a living product out of the Eden, N.C. plant,” Dettmar explains. “We really want to contribute to sustaining that wonderful mill where we’ve got people who have worked there for 40 and almost 50 years."

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Alliance Data Card Services Associates Volunteer at 8th Annual Kootenai Health Triathlon for Kids

On September 8, 20 associates from Alliance Data’s card services business volunteered at the 8th Annual Kootenai Health Triathlon for Kids. The triathlon is designed for children, ages 4-12, to promote health and fitness to the children in the Coeur d’Alene community. This event is hosted annually by Kootenai Health, with the proceeds going toward their Pediatric Rehabilitation Services mostly to purchase new equipment and toys for patients.

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Education

Hopeworks Elects Brian Simmermon to Its Board

Hopeworks, a nonprofit youth training and development organization, has announced that it has elected Brian Simmermon to its Board of Directors. Simmermon is the Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Subaru of America, Inc.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Top Sustainable Companies: Duke Energy Makes It 13 Years in a Row

Building on its long-running record of sustainability leadership, Duke Energy was recently named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for North America for the 13th consecutive year.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Small Decision = Big Impact

Each day Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and media venues are bombarded with the idea of social impact and yet many do not understand the true meaning behind the movement. The business dictionary defines social impact as the effect of an activity on the social fabric of a community and well-being of individuals and families in that community and around the world. How can one person, one organization, one business, one CEO make a social impact that will be felt by many?

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Research, Reports & Publications

Robust Electric Vehicle Adoption Driving New Growth Opportunities

Pawl Wroblewski, Portfolio Manager at Clearbridge Investments, shares perspective on the most attractive investment opportunities in the electric vehicle revolution.

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Innovation & Technology

Black & Veatch Joins CharIN to Advance Electric Vehicle Charging Standards

Advancing standardized electric vehicle charging systems is crucial to widening EV adoption across the transportation value chain – from passenger drivers to public transit and enterprise-scale medium- and heavy-duty fleets. That’s why Black & Veatch, a market leader in the design and deployment of EV charging networks, has joined CharIN, the Charging Interface Initiative (CharIN e.V.), as a core member.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Driving Standardization of ESG Reporting

Stock exchanges have a key role in driving sustainability reporting, which is a crucial element of corporate transparency and responsible business practices. The recently released World Federation of Exchanges updated ESG guidance has now been mapped against the GRI Standards, helping to increase the comparability of ESG data.

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CSRHub Now on the Bloomberg App Portal

CSRHub, a provider of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability rankings, recently launched its ESGHub app on the Bloomberg App Portal allowing users to compare ESG metrics from Bloomberg and CSRHub at the portfolio level. Bloomberg Terminal subscribers can now access the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure and ratings performance of companies in portfolios, indexes or other financial instruments.

Innovation & Technology

Turning Data Into Ammunition: Seattle Techies Enlist in the Navy for 48 Hours to Tackle Maritime Digital Challenges

Convening a group of over 500 technologists, academics, entrepreneurs and military officials, HACKtheMACHINE Seattle served as the Navy’s premier digital experience. Participants competed, learned and engaged in solving problems that span the Navy’s challenges across maritime cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and development operations.

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Environment

What 7 Hogwarts 'Dark Arts' Professors Can Teach You About Risk Management

Join Antea Group for a Harry Potter EHS course as we explore the lessons we can learn from 7 professors of the “Defense of the EHS Arts”.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

What Business Leaders Wish NGOs Knew About Transformative Partnerships

Here are 5 insights from corporate leaders on building effective partnerships.

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Education

Stanley Black & Decker and Discovery Education Launch Groundbreaking Initiative to Inspire the Next-Generation of Makers and Creators to Develop 21st-Century Skills in STEAM

Stanley Black & Decker, the world's largest tools and storage company and leader in engineered fastening and security, and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, today launched Innovation Generation: Making an Impact.

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