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Darby Aono-Shek

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives | The Clorox Company

Clorox Equal Justice Works Fellow Spotlight: Supporting Older Incarcerated People Through the Parole Process

More than four years ago we made a commitment — through The Clorox Company Foundation — to help fight racism and inequality. Some of our financial commitment goes toward supporting Equal Justice Works fellows like Darby Aono-Shek.

Sustainable Development Goals

Bechtel Podcast | Environmentally Safe Dredging & Circular Economy Practices

The Chevron-operated Wheatstone LNG Plant on the coast of Western Australia is one of the continent’s biggest natural resource projects. It will have the capacity to supply 8.9 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas per year—equal to 5 percent of Asia’s 2017 use—to meet the soaring demand for cleaner energy in the Asia-Pacific market. Wheatstone will also deliver 200 terajoules per day (2.2 billion cubic meters per year) of gas to Western Australian consumers. Bechtel is performing the engineering, procurement, construction, construction management, and commissioning of facilities to process and liquefy the gas, the tanks that store the fuel at -260 Fahrenheit (-162 Celsius), and the export terminal.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Visa Recognized in Top Diversity and Inclusion Indexes

This week, Visa received recognition from two notable organizations, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) and Diversity Best Practices (DBP), a division of Working Mother Media, for the company’s work in championing diversity and inclusion in the workplace. HRC announced that Visa received a perfect score of 100 percent on the 2018 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) workplace equality.

Innovation & Technology

The Cyber Millennial Network: A Social Experiment

In an age of digital warfare, maritime cybersecurity is a rising commercial and military concern. How do you inspire an innovative generation to engage in meaningful conversations with the U.S. Navy about national cyber security in a way that will have a positive effect in a changing world? Insert HACKtheMACHINE – a week-long digital experience that convenes talented students, tech elites, entrepreneurs and members of the military to tackle cyber warfare in defense of our nation.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Helping Where Help is Needed

When the hours after Hurricane Maria turned to days, Virgen Colon of Juncos, Puerto Rico, grew increasingly frightened. Without power in her flooded house, she needed electricity to operate the air conditioning and fans which kept her son Jan cool. He is 23, born with severe birth defects that have left him bed-bound his entire life. He also needs oxygen and feeding tubes, and the various medical devices that help him breathe and survive required power to operate. Finally, desperate, she called the mayor of Juncos. He solved her problem with one call to Medtronic.

Environment

Brightening Our Corner Newsletter - November 2017

The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has just issued its quarterly newsletter. Check it out to learn more about our key funding initiatives and Ray's legacy.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Giving Tuesday Twitter Chat: A Year in Review Through the Lens of Skills-Based Volunteering

This year, Common Impact is hosting a Twitter chat on Tuesday, November 28th to reflect on a year in review through the lens of skills-based volunteering (SBV). In light of everything that happened over the past year, we will explore ways in which nonprofits and corporations are working together to building nonprofit capacity and enhance the social sector’s ability to meet their missions.

Research, Reports & Publications

Caterpillar Advanced Cabin Filtration Promotes Operator Health and Safety

The Caterpillar Advanced Cabin Filtration (ACF) system has been designed to promote optimal air quality and operator health, as well as to comply with increasingly strict global regulations on safe exposure limits of airborne contaminants and particulates.

Energy

UPS Dramatically Increases Use of Renewable Natural Gas

UPS today announced an agreement with Big Ox Energy to purchase 10 million gallon equivalents of renewable natural gas (RNG) per year. This is the largest investment in RNG to date for the company, and the agreement runs through 2024. In addition to the agreement with Big Ox, UPS signed a five-year agreement earlier this year with AMP energy for 1.5 million gallon equivalents of RNG per year from the Fair Oaks dairy farm in Indiana. The RNG agreements will help UPS reach a key sustainability goal: 40 percent of all ground transportation fleet fuel from sources other than conventional gasoline and diesel by 2025.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Giving Opportunity Through United Way

We recently wrapped up our annual Employee Giving Campaign for United Way, and are excited and honored to share that Comcast NBCUniversal employees collectively pledged nearly $8 million to help improve communities nationwide. Combined with more than $2 million in matching grants from the Comcast Foundation, our company is providing $10 million in total support, and that means hundreds of United Way affiliates that are in our very own communities will continue to thrive and help people who are most in need.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Feeding Those in Need – Republic Services’ Los Angeles Food Waste and Recovery Program

Hunger in America is a striking epidemic. According to the USDA Economic Research Service and Feeding America, one in every six people face hunger in our country. A shocking 20.6 percent of households with children are food insecure.

Events, Media & Communications

Creating a Social Impact Program That Builds Business and Communities

Join thinkPARALLAX and Qualcomm™ Wireless Reach®, on Wednesday, December 7 at 10 AM PST, to learn how a social impact program can benefit both business objectives and communities.

Environment

Using Technology to Save Our Oceans

With the launch of a new web-tool, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), TRAFFIC and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) are teaming up to fight one of the greatest threats to our oceans: illegal fishing.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Corporate Partnership Bringing Education and Technology to Rural Ghana

The IBM Corporate Service Corps is IBM's philanthropic program similar to the Peace Corps and allows employees to travel to different countries across the globe, using their expertise to help social entrepreneurs, governments, nonprofits and NGOs increase their impact.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Helping Children in the Classroom to Dream Big Through Workplace Giving

At the beginning of every school year, many eager children sit in the front of the classroom armed with No. 2 pencils, wide-ruled paper and all of the other supplies needed for success. Some students never have to worry about not having access to the materials needed for class. However, that is not the case for many children around the U.S.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Monsanto Makes the Adoption Experience Easier for Employees

Each year the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption ranks the nation’s Top 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces. Throughout November, National Adoption Month, we are sharing the adoption stories from our top adoption-friendly partners. This year Monsanto was 71st on the list and shared one employee’s adoption journey. Anik is a scientist for Monsanto and told the Foundation that Monsanto’s benefits made the entire journey easier.

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Environment

A Tech Industry Code of Conduct: Pride and Potential

Antea Group’s blogs about the electronics industry’s Responsible Business Alliance and its latest Code of Conduct revision training.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Allstate Foundation Purple Purse Challenge® Raises $4.18 Million for Domestic Violence Programs

Recent headlines about harassment and violence offer a reminder of the everyday reality faced by a larger group of U.S. women: those trapped in abusive domestic relationships. Without financial resources, these women can’t escape, care for themselves and their families, find housing or save for the future.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Siblings Create Online Platform to Help Kids With Learning Differences Discover the Joy of Reading

For some kids and teens, developing a love of reading can be difficult. After their family experienced this firsthand, siblings Alana, Jacob and Reuben Blumenstein founded KidsRead2Kids.com to help promote both the love of reading, as well as access to reading for youth and adults alike.

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Research, Reports & Publications

NAB Makes $55bn Financing Commitment as Part of Climate Change Strategy

NAB has released its 2017 Sustainability Report, which details how the bank is creating value for customers, employees, environment, shareholders and the community.

Environment

Improving Positive Environmental Contributions from Products and Services

The LIXIL Group’s Environmental Vision 2030 outlines the Group’s medium- to long-term goals for water conservation and environmental sustainability. Under this vision, we are working to achieve a Net Zero Environmental Footprint by 2030.

Since product use represents about 80% of the overall environmental footprint of our entire value chain, efforts to enhance our products and services are key to achieving our Environmental Vision 2030.

In FYE2017, we made a Group-wide effort to evaluate and reduce our environmental footprint in our entire value chain around the world.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Voya Financial Earns 100 Percent on Human Rights Campaign's Annual Scorecard on LGBTQ Workplace Equality

"Receiving a perfect score of 100 percent on the Corporate Equality Index for the 13th consecutive year is an honor and reinforces our commitment to maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace,"

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Eric Hespenheide Appointed to Chair GRI Board of Directors

Eric Hespenheide has been appointed as the Chairman of the GRI Board of Directors, effective 1 January 2018, bringing a wealth of multi-faceted experience in both financial and non-financial reporting to lead the organization into the next decade.

Media & Communications

Seven Important Trends From Textile Exchange Conference Summed up: The Industry Gets It on Sustainability

"Sustainability is front and center in the apparel sector" -- so writes Tara Donaldson in the November 5th feature story in the Sourcing Journal in covering the Textile Sustainability Conference in October. Seven major trends were discussed at the meeting of industry execs.

Responsible Production & Consumption

PANDORA's Sustainable Gold and Silver Cycle

PANDORA source their gold and silver from refineries getting their materials from either responsible mining, or products that contain gold and silver, such as electronics or old jewellery. When the refining process is done, the gold and silver is 100% pure.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

#GivingTuesday: How Your Support Can Enrich Communities Through Healthy Green Spaces

Since 1990, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation (TD FEF) has been helping to enrich communities across Canada by supporting environmental grassroots projects. From building outdoor classrooms to restoring natural habitats and inspiring a new generation of environmental stewards, every dollar donated has made a positive difference in communities.

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