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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.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Coming Together, Changing Lives in Carapongo, Peru

During 2017, AT&T’s long-standing culture of service and volunteerism has been highly visible across the nation with employees coming together to support communities affected by disasters and in need in Houston, Texas, Puerto Rico, California and many other regions. As an AT&T employee, and National President for HACEMOS, our company’s Latino focused employee resource group, I recently had the opportunity to serve alongside my colleagues from more than a dozen countries in a transformative project showing that our company’s spirt of service is also truly global.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Subaru Shares Stories of Love in Latest Testimonial Ads for Its Charity Partners

Subaru of America marks the 10th year of its “Share the Love” program, which supports various charities, with a new flight of moving commercials from Carmichael Lynch. Reprising the casual yet intense style of last year’s ads, and once more featuring renditions of Jackie DeShannon’s “Put a Little Love in Your Heart,” the work presents real people explaining how the ASPCA, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Meals on Wheels and the National Park Foundation touched their lives.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Scotiabank Drafts Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs as its Newest Teammate

"I'm excited about the chance to join Scotiabank's team and the other great players who work to do so much to support kids on and off the ice," said Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs. "I am proud to be associated with an organization that has helped give more than one million children the opportunity to play the game of hockey and I look forward to working closely with Scotiabank to provide other kids with some of the same opportunities that the game has given me."

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Energy

Energising Development

Approximately 300 million people in India are estimated to lack access to energy with an even higher number experiencing intermittent access. Since a majority of the population resides in rural areas, energy access acquires strategic importance for poverty reduction, quality of human capital, livelihood opportunities, inclusive economic development and social justice.

Events, Media & Communications

GRI Reporters’ Summit North America: Learn, Master, Lead

GRI will be hosting a sustainability reporting summit in Arizona, USA, in February 2018. The Summit will bring together sustainability professionals from across North America to explore practical solutions and valuable learning they can take back to their organizations. Find out more and register today!

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Edison At A Glance: 2016

Corporate responsibility and sustainability remain the foundation from which we operate our business each and every day. We know that our success depends on the quality, productivity and engagement of our employees. Edison is proud to foster an inclusive culture in which every employee is valued and respected; and to do the right thing for customers, fellow employees, investors, suppliers and our communities. We strive to be transparent and straightforward when we discuss our business performance.

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Events, Media & Communications

Save the Date! International Women's Day Forum March 6-7, 2018

Our eighth annual International Women's Day Forum, Partner with Purpose: Business for Gender Equality, hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the U.S. Department of State, will gather the business community, civil society, and government representatives to advance women’s and girls’ empowerment around the globe.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Impact at Work Employee Volunteer Spotlight: May Chen

This holiday season, we’re spotlighting May Chen, one of our inspiring employee volunteers from Fidelity Investments. May has now volunteered on two skills-based volunteering projects, where she helped develop a Salesforce community application for Citizen Schools and an IT assessment and strategic roadmap with Metrocrest Services. Throughout both projects, May has been an incredible team player and is extremely dedicated to developing the most effective deliverable for her nonprofit partners.

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Environment

TD Bank Group Launches Initiatives to Support a Sustainable and Prosperous Future

TD Bank Group (TD) today announced a set of initiatives to advance the low-carbon economy of the future.

Environment

Urban Gardens Grow Detroit Communities

Detroit’s urban garden scene continues to grow in impact, bringing neighbors together and supporting the underprivileged with access to healthy produce. General Motors contributed a small part in fueling this movement through the donation of its steel shipping crates repurposed as raised garden beds. Five years later, 2,000 of the automaker’s crates are home to plantings in 33 different gardens.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: A Climate Year in Review

It’s not game over for humanity and climate change; it’s game on.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Green Berets Get a Little Bit of Home for the Holidays

Brian Clay is used to sending care packages to faraway places for his Green Beret son-in-law, Tripp White. In the past six years, his family has sent packages to Afghanistan and Africa, and his teammates at Duke Energy’s Harris Nuclear Plant have pitched in, too. But this year, Clay said, his teammates surpassed all of his expectations.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

EMPLOYEES at the KitchenAid Plant in Greenville Donate Over $400,000 to the Darke County United Way

Whirlpool Corporation employees at the KitchenAid Plant in Greenville, Ohio donated more than $400,000 to United Way agencies in the area.

Education

From Creating Rock Climbing Holds to Conducting Amgen Scholars Research, Meet Elizabeth (Lily) Hallett

"I was really interested in exploring Caltech, specifically the Lewis lab’s work on solar fuel. That particular project really drew me to apply to the Program."

Environment

Practical Ways to Reduce Our Carbon Footprint

Fernando Icaza is studying Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech's H. Milton Stewart School. He participated in the Carbon Reduction Challenge, at the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, funded by a grant from the Ray C. Anderson Foundation's NextGen Committee and the Scheller College Dean's Innovation Fund. The Challenge is an affiliated project of the Georgia Tech Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CVS Health Foundation Announces Grant to Increase Access to Provider Education and Diagnosis Program for Alzheimer’s Disease

The CVS Health Foundation today announced a $550,000 commitment to the Alzheimer's Association, extending its support for a new program to enhance disease diagnosis and assessment with clinicians while also educating them about care and support programs available to help families following a diagnosis. The grant is being shared with six local Alzheimer’s Association chapters and brings the Foundation’s total contribution to more than $1 million since 2016.

Social Impact & Volunteering

'Tis the Season: Our Personal Mission Statements

Tis the season to reflect, refresh and recharge as 2017 comes to a close. While this year has certainly had its ups and downs, the Common Impact team is grateful for the passion and dedication of our partners who continue to drive our mission forward. As we head into the last week of the year, we spent some time reflecting on (and discovering!) what truly motivates us to do the work we do every day to strengthen the communities in which we live and work. Below you will find our staff's personal missions statements, which reveal what drives us both personally and professionally.

Research, Reports & Publications

Wendy's | Investing in Quality and Making Progress on Animal Antibiotics

We’ve just published a year-end recap of our corporate responsibility efforts at Wendy’s. Having now done this twice, it’s fair to say this is a practice we will follow on at least an annual basis. It was a busy year with encouraging progress on several fronts, and we spent a lot of time working on sustainable food issues related to the livestock in our supply chain.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

More Consumers are Punishing Companies for Their Behavior Rather Than Rewarding Them

For the first time since 2009, more consumers say they have punished companies for their behavior (28%) rather than rewarded them (26%), and the number of those who are punishing brands is up by 9% since 2013.

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Innovation & Technology

Oil and Gas Asset Data Quality and Asset Integrity

Today’s approaches to managing oil & gas utility asset application data do not provide the high-quality foundation necessary to drive new insights into improving operations, regardless of how much we may wish for it.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

More Than Philanthropy: SDGs Present an Estimated US$12 Trillion in Market Opportunities for Private Sector Through Inclusive Business

According to the Better Business Better World report by the Business & Sustainable Development Commission, achieving the Global Goals could open up an estimated US$12 trillion in market opportunities in four economic systems: food and agriculture, cities, energy and materials, and health and well-being. They represent around 60 percent of the real economy and are critical to delivering the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CBRE Asia Pacific Walk for a Wish 2017

On October 27, over 2,500 CBRE professionals from 22 locations across Asia Pacific took part in Walk for a Wish, an annual charity event where CBRE gets up and gives back, exemplifying our Employee Advantage.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

VIDEO: Explore Our National Treasures

Our forests are a treasured legacy threatened by insects, disease, and devastating wildfires. But Foundation members, corporate sponsors, and partners continue to respond to the need for replanting.

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Diversity & Inclusion

AEG’s Season of Giving Celebrates Chanukah With Chabad of Downtown Los Angeles Jewish Community Center at L.A. LIVE

On Tuesday, Dec. 19, in celebration of AEG’s Season of Giving, the company’s charitable holiday initiative, AEG joined efforts with Chabad of Downtown Los Angeles Jewish Community Center to celebrate the eighth night of Chanukah at L.A. LIVE.

Sustainable Development Goals

WBCSD's Panorama Podcast | A Deep-dive Into Water: Resolving a Global Crisis

With the world on the precipice of a water crisis, what do we need to do to better manage this precious natural resource? And what role can business play? To discuss this, I’m joined by Henk Ovink, the Netherland’s Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, Diane Holdorf, Chief Sustainability Officer and VP at Kellogg’s, and Tatiana Fedotova, The World Business Council’s Water Director.

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