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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.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

iCause Announces Move Into Donor Management

iCause announced on Monday, a logical step forward to expand its global event engagement platform dedicated to nonprofit sustainability, to now include donor management. The goal is to match nonprofits with donors based on the merits of their fundraising projects.

Energy

Your Top 5 Questions to Going Solar, Answered

In 1998, Southern California Edison started connecting its first home solar customers to the electric grid. And, as the cost of solar panels goes down, more people are making the move to solar. Naturally, many of them have questions. Below are answers to five of the most commonly asked questions about going solar.

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Environment

Whirlpool EMEA Joins #PlasticLess in the Ocean Pollution Emergency

Whirlpool EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) announced during a presentation today that it is joining #PlasticLess, an ambitious project to reduce marine plastic pollution promoted by LifeGate, the main platform in Italy on sustainability issues.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

For DC Area Tech Talent, Booz Allen Is a Brand in Demand

Booz Allen ranks third among Washington, DC, tech professionals when evaluating employers, according to the second annual Brand Health Report by Hired.

Hired, which represents more than 10,000 companies and 98,000 job seekers, asked IT professionals in major metropolitan areas to cite and rank the local companies they found most attractive based on their priorities. Which companies are known for delivering what tech workers want in a job offer and workplace? Among employers in the Washington metropolitan area, Booz Allen ranked behind only the Washington Post and global financial giant Capitol One in the 2018 Brand Health Report. In 2017, Booz Allen ranked fifth for the Washington region.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Brands Taking Stands™ | Investing for the Long View: ESG Looks to SDGs for Future Payoffs

The socially responsible investment industry is exploding. By any measure, the growth is exponential, and increasing rapidly. The reasons are straightforward: Sustainable investing is increasingly seen as a superior methodology to manage risk and drive returns.

Events, Media & Communications

Michael Bloomberg Convenes the Second Annual Bloomberg Global Business Forum

On September 12, Michael R. Bloomberg announced 50 heads of state from six continents have already committed to attend the second annual Bloomberg Global Business Forum (GBF), making it one of the most-attended events by heads of government in 2018. They will join over 250 of the world’s most prominent business leaders to strengthen economic prosperity and collaborate on trade issues, globalization, innovation, and competition.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Thinking Outside the Can: How PepsiCo Is Helping Entrepreneurs While Spurring Innovation

From JetBlue’s “BlueBud” initiative to help small food companies to Patagonia’s funding of entrepreneurial ideas with its “$20 Million & Change” program, investing in small businesses and startups has been a trending initiative for many big businesses in recent years.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Consumers Energy Donates $25K to Boardman Lake Loop Trail Project

A Grand Traverse County trail project is one step closer to being complete thanks to a donation from Consumers Energy.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

United Way Greater Toronto Launches $110 Million Fundraising Campaign

The United Way Greater Toronto has launched its most ambitious fundraising campaign ever.

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Environment

Global Climate Action Series: Cisco Supply Chain Driving Positive Climate Action

Cisco has a long track record of working to address issues that impact our planet. We firmly believe that doing the right thing for the environment is also the right thing for our business.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Wells Fargo No. 2 Corporate Cash Giver in Chronicle of Philanthropy Rankings

According to a new survey on corporate giving from the Chronicle of Philanthropy, the Wells Fargo Foundation is the No. 2 corporate cash giver in the U.S. and the top financial institution in overall giving. The rankings, based on 2017 data, reflect more than $286.5 million in cash contributions distributed by Wells Fargo to over 14,500 nonprofits.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ingersoll Rand Recognized in Thomson Reuter’s Global Diversity & Inclusion Index

Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR), a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments, has joined 100 global organizations on Thomson Reuters’ third annual Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Index.

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Research, Reports & Publications

As Large Corporations Go Green, Utilities Are Feeling the Loss

It’s been a headache-inducing nexus of active regulation, distributed energy and environmentalism for some electric utilities. Plunging costs of solar power and growing concerns of climate change are inspiring swelling ranks of the largest private and Fortune 500 companies pursuing not only aggressive renewable energy goals for sustainability purposes but also cost effectiveness and resiliency. Now utilities are facing the sobering question of whether to significantly invest in green infrastructure to keep these large customers and risk controversial rate cases, or watch helplessly as that caravan of large, rate-paying customers defects, taking considerable revenue with them.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Canadian Link to the Social Value Network Launches

Join the discussion! We asked more than 750 evaluators, project leaders, analysts and investors about what they wanted in a Canadian social impact hub. Join us on October 4 to share your views and hear ideas of others.

Sustainable Development Goals

Mars Changing How It Does Business One Year From Launch of $1B Sustainable in a Generation Plan

Mars is changing how it does business—one year from the launch from its ‘Sustainable in a Generation’ Plan.

It comes after Mars CEO Grant F. Reid last year warned that the “global supply chain is broken,” and business needed to make a “huge step change” in order to deliver on the climate targets agreed in Paris and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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Research, Reports & Publications

AMD Reinforces Its Commitment to Corporate Citizenship With Its 23rd Annual Corporate Responsibility Update

AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today released its 23rd annual corporate responsibility update, highlighting the company’s continued commitment to achieving its environmental and social goals. The update features details on the company’s sustainability programs, community impact of employee volunteers, supply chain practices and new case studies showcasing how consumers are using AMD technology to improve lives.

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Green Infrastructure

Tetra Tech Sponsors Upcoming Engineering News-Record Webinar on Funding Utility Resilience for Water Extremes

Local utilities face significant challenges to build resilient infrastructure and maintain uninterrupted and safe operations as communities around the world continue to experience ongoing weather extremes. Tetra Tech is sponsoring the second of two Engineering News-Record (ENR) webinars focused on how utilities can cope with challenges ranging from drought to flooding and coastal inundation and fund the necessary infrastructure to protect their communities.

Sustainable Development Goals

The Value Independent Certification Brings to Global Water Stewardship

Every year, World Water Week, a conference organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), brings together experts from around the world to discuss global water issues. This year’s event focused on Water, Ecosystems and Human Development, with discussions concentrating on how business, NGOs and government agencies are collaborating to address water-related challenges. During a session organized by third-party certifier SCS Global Services, water leaders shared how their water stewardship programs have advanced with the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) Standard.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Alliance Data Included in FTSE4Good Index Series by FTSE Russell

Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS), a leading global provider of data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions, today announced the Company has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series. The indexes are benchmarks designed to measure the performance of companies demonstrating strong Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices, and used by global investors interested in companies’ ESG-related performance.

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Health & Healthcare

Talking Safety and Health with Peter Calnan, Vice President, Safety and Health

Safety and health are at the forefront of everything we do as a company. From the minute details of daily operations, to the grand scale of our global organization, we are constantly thinking about safety, how it impacts our people, how it impacts the mining industry internationally, and how we can do safety better. We spoke with our own Peter Calnan, VP of Safety and Health, to talk about our safety and health successes, and how innovation is helping make our mines the safest they can be.

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Education

LA Kings and NHL Partner With ORG Packaging to Launch Historic Beijing Jr. Kings Youth Hockey Program

AEG's Los Angeles Kings announce the launch of the Beijing Jr. Kings, the first-ever youth hockey development program for any NHL team in China.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Sappi Supports Forestry Conservation in Lake States

Every year, the SFI Implementation Committees pool and distribute resources, contributing hundreds of thousands of dollars to various organizations in support of conservation, research and education. Since 1995, SFI participants have collectively contributed over $1.6 billion to conservation efforts. Our wood procurement group for the Cloquet Mill supports numerous conservation projects through direct funding and in-kind resources, as well as through the collaborative efforts of the SFI Implementation Committees in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Atkinson’s Military Experience Transfers Well into PNC Bank Career

After 22 years of active service in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he had four overseas deployments to 10 different countries, Oscar J. Atkinson has transferred his experience to PNC Bank where he’s an operations supervisor.

Sustainable Development Goals

Tom Lyon, ARCS President, Issues Statement in Concert with "Step Up Declaration" from Global Climate Action Summit

This past week thousands of delegates were in San Francisco for the Global Climate Action Summit. Spearheaded by California Governor Jerry Brown, the Summit showcases the commitments of states, cities and businesses to cut their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and protect the Earth from further dangerous warming. This is an urgently needed response to the U.S. vow to become the only country in the world to back out of its climate commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

NFCC Programs for Military Service Members and Veterans to Benefit From $1 Million Wells Fargo Funding Commitment

n support of the Sharpen Your Financial Focus® (Sharpen) initiative, National Foundation for Credit Counseling® (NFCC®) announced the nonprofit has received a $1 million commitment from Wells Fargo & Co. for financial counseling and education services for active military service members, veterans and their families. Since the 2013 launch of Sharpen, Wells Fargo has contributed a total of $5.5 million to the NFCC in support of these services.

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