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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.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Capital One Jumps 30 Spots in Best Adoption-Friendly Workplace Ranking

Each year the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption recognizes the nation’s employers that offer the best adoption benefits to employees.
This year, Capital One jumped 30 spots on the list to take over as the #2 company in the country. Today we share the story they submitted from a family grateful for the benefits that allowed them to expand their family.

Events, Media & Communications

Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit unterstützt Projekt „Förderung von Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement in Lateinamerika“ durch WEC Europe und Institute for Sustainability

Das Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit (BMUB) fördert ein Projekt des World Environment Center Europe (WEC Europe) und des Institute for Sustainability zur Verbreitung aktueller Standards unternehmerischer Nachhaltigkeit in Chile und Mexiko. Vertreter führender deutscher Unternehmen und weitere internationale Experten werden in mehreren Workshops die Vorteile einer nachhaltigen Unternehmensführung diskutieren, deren Auswirkung auf Innovationen in der Wertschöpfungskette sowie die praktische Verschmelzung von Nachhaltigkeitszielen mit der Unternehmensstrategie.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

FCA US Achieves Top Score for LGBTQ Workplace Policies and Benefits

According to a report released by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), FCA US LLC was one of a select group of leading employers to achieve a 100 percent rating on HRC's 2018 Corporate Equality Index (CEI).

Events, Media & Communications

German Environment Ministry Awards WEC Europe and The Institute for Sustainability a Major Grant to Advance Corporate Sustainability Management in Latin America

The German Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) has awarded the World Environment Center Europe (WEC Europe) and the Institute for Sustainability a grant to disseminate best practices in corporate sustainability management in Chile and Mexico. Leading German company executives and international thought leaders will participate in peer-to-peer roundtables to discuss the sustainability’s value proposition, value chain innovation and integration of strategy and practices across the enterprise.

Events, Media & Communications

El Ministerio de Medio Ambiente de Alemania otorga a WEC Europe y El instituzo para Sostenibildad una importante subvención para avanzar en la gestión de la sostenibilidad empresarial en América Latina

El Ministerio alemán de Medio Ambiente, Conservación de la Naturaleza, Construcción y Seguridad Nuclear (BMUB) ha otorgado al World Environment Centre Europe (WEC Europe) y al Instituto para la Sostenibilidad una subvención para difundir las mejores prácticas en gestión de sostenibilidad corporativa en Chile y México. Los principales dirigentes de Compañías líderes alemanas y líderes internacionales de pensamiento participarán en mesas redondas para discutir la propuesta de valor de la sostenibilidad, la innovación en la cadena de valor, la integración de estrategias y las buenas prácticas en toda la empresa.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sodexo Earns High Score on Annual Diversity Best Practice’s Inclusion Index

Sodexo, a food and facilities management company, announced today that it achieved a score of over 70 percent on the inaugural Diversity Best Practices (DBP) Inclusion Index. The Inclusion Index reports data and provides insight into how participating companies met and excelled in three areas: company culture, demographic transparency and best diversity and inclusion practices in recruitment, retention and advancement.

Diversity & Inclusion

Smithfield Foods Supports Veterans with $25,000 Contribution to Warrior Canine Connection

The Smithfield Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Smithfield Foods, Inc., is pleased to announce it has joined forces with the Warrior Canine Connection (WCC), a pioneering organization that utilizes a Mission Based Trauma Recovery therapy model to help service members and veterans reconnect with their families and communities. Smithfield’s $25,000 donation will help fund a new Puppy Enrichment Center where future service dogs begin their training at WCC’s Healing Quarters in Boyds, Maryland.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Alliance Data Earns Perfect Score in 2018 Corporate Equality Index

Jumping 20 percent from the previous year, Alliance Data has proudly 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.

Diversity & Inclusion

Booz Allen Hamilton Again Scores 100% on HRC’s Corporate Equality Index

For the eighth year in a row, Booz Allen Hamilton has scored 100 percent on the Corporate Equality Index—a national benchmarking survey on corporate policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) workplace equality that is administered by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). As the country’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality, HRC’s 100 percent score is one of the leading measures of workplace equality in the U.S.

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Research, Reports & Publications

2017 Edition of CECP's Giving Around the Globe: Highlights and Findings

This year marks the fifth edition of Giving Around the Globe, a leading report that explores Corporate Societal Investment (CSI) insights and cross-regional strategies among the world’s leading companies. The report is part of CECP’s continued efforts to study worldwide trends and better understand how companies, whether headquartered in the US or internationally, are pursuing strategies to be a Force for Good.

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Environment

Duke Energy Foundation Invests $216,500 to Protect and Restore Florida's Wildlife and Natural Resources

Duke Energy is helping protect and restore Florida's environment through $216,500 in foundation grants to seven Florida-based organizations. The grants will fund environmental projects, as well as educational and research programs throughout the state.

Sustainable Development Goals

How Companies Can Help Solve Global Problems: a Conversation With Alice Korngold, CEO of Korngold Consulting

We talk with Alice Korngold (@alicekorngold), President and CEO of Korngold Consulting, about trends in collaboration across the social good sector. Alice is the author of a few highly acclaimed books on board governance, service, and global problem solving. Alice discusses the do’s and don’ts of nonprofit board membership, the trajectory of collaboration between corporations and nonprofits in the last 30 years, and how the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals have influenced collaboration between businesses and nonprofits.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Combining Her Passions, Volunteer Helps Connect Vets With Companion Pets

For military veterans who have proudly served, there can be physical and emotional injuries that make it difficult to transition back to civilian life – some estimates say as many as 20 percent of returning vets suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. Barbara Blair has touched the lives of many struggling vets in need of companionship through her efforts as the Georgia chapter director of Pets for Vets, where she leads state-wide programs for the national organization dedicated to veterans and rescued shelter pets.

Green Infrastructure

How Cities Are Counteracting Climate Change, One Heat Wave at a Time

As global cities struggle with how to handle rising temperatures, as well as other side effects of climate change, some are implementing small changes that can have a big impact.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Viacommunity Takes Talent for Good West

Last month, Viacommunity journeyed to Viacom’s Hollywood office, the Paramount Lot and the Nickelodeon Animation Studio in Burbank as part of an official West Coast launch of Talent for Good, Viacom’s skills-based volunteer program in conjunction with Catchafire.

The program kicked off with an exclusive Rapid Fire event in Hollywood. We matched five teams of Viacom and Paramount volunteers with one of five local nonprofit organizations to take part in a two-hour brainstorm, exploring solutions to each nonprofit’s challenges. All five teams then shared their solutions, forging connections with their colleagues and local nonprofits. Each organization left with clear next steps and tools to overcome their challenges and move closer to achieving their missions.

Environment

Prof. Charles Ng Conferred CLP Holdings Professorship in Sustainability

Geotechnical engineering expert Charles Ng of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has been named CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability.

The endowed professorship in sustainability is the first of its kind at a Hong Kong university. It will focus on climate change and sustainable energy, which are not only important to CLP but also of significance globally.

Environment

Your Nature-Inspired Climate Change Solution May Be Worth $100,000

The 2017-2018 Biomimicry Global Design Challenge is looking to help commercialize nature-inspired solutions to adapt to, mitigate, or reverse the effects of climate change.

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Events, Media & Communications

Corporate Citizenship Presenting at Upcoming Measurement Summit in Washington D.C.

The forthcoming ACCP Measurement Summit in Washington D.C. on 5th December 2017, kindly hosted by KPMG, will bring together CSR, sustainability and community investment professionals to discuss the different approaches being taken to measure both social and business impacts, addressing the challenges and unlocking the wealth of opportunities that measurement brings.

Environment

Domtar Sustainability: Managing Our Energy and Emissions

Domtar’s three-part approach to improving the sustainability of our energy consumption is yielding results.
We have converted most of our carbon-intensive coal power boilers to cleaner burning and less carbon-intensive natural gas.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo’s Support of Military Members, Veterans Surpasses $100 Million

In honor of Veterans Day Nov. 11, Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) announced that it has donated more than $100 million since 2012 to support military service members, veterans and their families through financial education, career transition and housing initiatives.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Defending the Rights and Benefits of American Veterans

AMVETS enhances and safeguards the entitlements for all American Veterans who have served honorably and continues to improve the quality of life for them, their families, and the communities where they live through leadership, advocacy and services.

They do this by advocating for alternative medical practices suitable to the veteran’s needs, the recognition of diversity within the veteran community, and further accountability within the Department of Veteran Affairs.

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Environment

Building Local Capacity Through HCV Training in Chiapas

With the objective of sharing best practices and developing the capacity of future assessors in High Conservation Value (HCV), PepsiCo and FEMEXPALMA, in collaboration with Proforest, have carried out a HCV course from October 2-6, 2017 in Palenque, Chiapas.

Environment

How Soil Sparked a New Sustainable Ag Movement

For three weeks every month, Ray Archuleta captivates audiences with a few handfuls of soil. He begins with two clumps, dropping them into water. The soil from a farm where the soil isn’t tilled holds together, while the tilled soil immediately disperses, indicating poor soil structure. Next, volunteers from the audience — mostly farmers and ranchers — pour water over a soil that grew a variety of crops, and it runs right through. A sample of tilled soil that grew only corn is like a brick, and the water sits on top. Water is the most precious resource for growing crops, and having a soil unable to absorb water is crippling for farmers.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Rabobank and UN Environment Announce New Billion-Dollar Partnership to Kickstart Climate Smart Agriculture

Rabobank and UN Environment announced the creation of a new one-billion-dollar facility to finance sustainable agriculture using a combination of public and private funding. Together they also invite other interested financial institutions to sign up and work actively with global food companies to put this into practice.

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Environment

Why Community Forests are Key to Solving Challenges of Urban Living

What comes to mind when you think of forests? Do they conjure feelings of tranquility, scenic landscapes, and wildlife? Or maybe you think of the great outdoors? Although these sentiments are commonly tied to forests, there is another type of forest that is rarely talked about but is key in responsible forestry: community forests. As the world becomes more urban, now is the time to invest in healthy community forests.

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