ESG News from Leading Brands

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Why a Mission-Driven Company Culture Leads to Employee Engagement

Aug 28, 2017 9:05 AM ET

Prospective employees today are able to learn more about companies than ever before - a position that gives them a lot of power when considering their next career move. This knowledge shift is dramatic, especially when you consider that trust, loyalty, and belief in a company’s mission has outpaced salary and perks in the workplace.

Environment

Arbor Day Foundation Member Story: Larry Hobart

Aug 28, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Meet Larry. Poet, philosopher, gentleman, and Foundation member. His passion for life and making a difference in the world can be felt through his poems.

Education

August is #SubaruLovesLearning Month

Aug 28, 2017 9:00 AM ET

This August, Subaru of America, our retailers, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) are teaming up for the Subaru Loves Learning initiative. Through this initiative, Subaru and our retailers are supporting the AAAS by donating over 40,000 award-winning science books to schools across the country. You can show your support too!

Social Impact & Volunteering

Xylem Watermark Volunteers Clean Floodgate Near Bridgeport, New Jersey

Aug 28, 2017 9:00 AM ET

By participating in a hands-on experience where they were able to see the amount of trash at the floodgate, these Xylem volunteers realized the importance of keeping water sources clean. Through their participation in this event, they helped to protect the water quality of the Delaware River and surrounding water sources.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Safeway Raises Funds for AIDS Walk San Francisco

Aug 28, 2017 9:00 AM ET

For nearly a decade, employees at Albertsons Companies’ Northern California Safeway office have participated in and raised money for the AIDS Walk San Francisco. This year, the team of Albertsons Companies’ corporate office and Safeway employees again supported the important caus

Research, Reports & Publications

PANDORA | Building for a Greener Future

Aug 28, 2017 9:00 AM ET

2016 was exciting for PANDORA. It was another record-breaking year, with 122 million pieces of jewellery crafted and revenue exceeding DKK 20 billion. We opened our 17th eSTORE, our 2000th concept store and welcomed more than 4,800 new colleagues to the PANDORA pride. It was also a year of building for the future, underlining our commitment to nurturing and safeguarding our environment, both within our company and in the world around us.The improvements we made in 2016 have left us well placed to push on towards our goal of becoming the world’s most loved jewellery brand.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Nat Geo Reporters Win 2017 Society of Environmental Journalists Awards for Beat Reporting on Effects of Climate Change and Illegal Wildlife Trading

Aug 28, 2017 8:15 AM ET

From a pool of nearly 400 submissions, the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) recently announced the winners of the 2016-17 Awards for Reporting on the Environment, and two awards went to 21st Century Fox’s National Geographic reporters, Craig Welch and Rachel Nuwer, for their important work in illuminating pressing issues of climate change and the human impact of wild animal welfare around the world.

Health & Healthcare

Panera Uses Cups to Curb Sugar Cravings

Aug 25, 2017 8:00 PM ET

Many fast food companies have started to address consumers’ desires to eat more consciously – and Panera has been on the frontlines of helping consumers make better dining choices. What started with the “No No List” has evolved into a series of commitments to take ‘clean eating’ mainstream. And the café chain isn’t stopping anytime soon. The next step in the menu cleanup process is focused on informing consumers about Panera’s beverage options with each sip they take.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whirlpool Corporation and Habitat - Building a Brand, New Home and a Stronger Community

Aug 25, 2017 5:45 PM ET

Executive Dir. of Habitat for Humanity in Cleveland, Tenn., Chip Willis, celebrates a years-long relationship with Whirlpool Corporation, recalling the visible impact that the company has made on the local community.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Kris Bryant to Shine Light on Wings for Life Foundation During #PlayersWeekend

Aug 25, 2017 5:35 PM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

LA Galaxy Foundation Hosts Special Olympics Southern California Young Athletes Festival at StubHub Center

Aug 25, 2017 5:30 PM ET

Earlier today, AEG’s LA Galaxy Foundation hosted the Special Olympics Southern California Young Athletes Festival for more than 100 athletes ages 5-8, with and without intellectual disabilities, at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. Throughout the morning LA Galaxy Unified players helped lead activities alongside LA Galaxy staff, in conjunction with the team’s LA Galaxy Foundation Fridays volunteer program.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Q & A: Sands Cares Fresh Start Mobile Showers Powered by Clean the World Shawn Seipler, Clean the World Founder and CEO

Aug 25, 2017 2:05 PM ET

Las Vegas Sands and Clean the World have announced a first-of-its-kind service in Las Vegas to help homeless people. The Sands Cares Fresh Start Mobile Showers Powered by Clean the World is a traveling hygiene unit that visits locations serving the homeless to provide showers, hygiene supplies and other resources.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

More than 110,000 Children Need a Family Right Now

Aug 25, 2017 2:00 PM ET

In the United States, right now, there are more than 110,000 children in foster care waiting to be adopted. President & CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Rita Soronen talks about the Foundation’s strategies to get these children their forever families and the changing attitudes of Americans towards children in foster care. “For 20,000 children in this country, year over year over year, they turn 18 and leave foster care without a family,” Soronen told host Tom Hodson of WOUB during the Spectrum podcast. The Foundation focuses specifically on finding families for those children most at risk of aging out of care.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CEOs Respond to Charlottesville

Aug 25, 2017 12:55 PM ET

Along with so many across the nation, CECP was shocked by the events in Charlottesville earlier this month and yet encouraged by the actions of the CEOs of many of world’s largest corporations – most affiliated with this CECP network – that demonstrated that the courage and conviction of business can and should be a force for good.

Education

VIDEO: HP World on Wheels | Digital Inclusion and Learning Labs

Aug 25, 2017 12:10 PM ET

Remote regions of emerging countries are often left behind in the connected global economy. HP is committed to build and deploy 48 mobile, self-contained, Internet-enabled digital inclusion and learning labs to help bridge this gap in rural India.

Innovation & Technology

#TechstarsATL: Get to Know Fraudmarc

Aug 25, 2017 11:10 AM ET

Techstars Atlanta is presented in partnership with Cox Enterprises and is part of a worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. Applications for the 2017 program’s 10 coveted spots came from 41 countries around the globe.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CITGO Employees Invited to the Annual Muscular Dystrophy Association Summer Camp

Aug 25, 2017 10:30 AM ET

The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) has invited CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery employees to attend “Sponsor Day” at the annual MDA Summer Camp in Camp Aranzazu near Rockport. During their time there, they will be free to tour the camp, participate in a camp activity and meet the campers that they have helped send to camp.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arrow Employees and Suppliers Raise Funds for Operation Help a Hero

Aug 25, 2017 10:15 AM ET

Innovation & Technology

MealConnect Is Making A Difference

Aug 25, 2017 10:15 AM ET

Preventing food waste and feeding people facing hunger is proving to be easier than ever thanks to Feeding America’s MealConnect application.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Booz Allen Receives a Top Score on the Disability Equality Index

Aug 25, 2017 10:05 AM ET

Booz Allen is proud to announce that we have achieved a 100% score on the third annual Disability Equality Index (DEI®), the nation’s most trusted annual benchmarking tool allowing America’s leading corporations to self-report their disability policies and practices.

Health & Healthcare

#WeAreWELL: Sarah Welton, Triathlete and Yogi

Aug 25, 2017 10:05 AM ET

As the VP of Technical Solutions at IWBI, Sarah Welton is the primary point of contact for prospective clients and registered projects, as well as a subject matter expert supporting the WELL Building Standard and certification process.

Research, Reports & Publications

All Regulations Are Local: States Surge to Help Set Clean Energy Agenda

Aug 25, 2017 10:00 AM ET

A new administration has vowed to roll back numerous environmental regulations aimed at reducing the nation’s carbon footprint. Does this give power providers new impetus to rewrite their long-term planning? This year’s Strategic Directions: Electric Industry Report finds this isn’t necessarily the case.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How the GRI Standards Exam Will Benefit Sustainability Professionals: An Interview with Tim Lo

Aug 25, 2017 10:00 AM ET

GRI recently launched a new online platform for people to test and demonstrate their knowledge on the GRI Standards, launched in October 2016. We asked Tim Lo, the first successful GRI Standards Exam taker, about his exam experience and how it adds value to his career as a sustainability professional.

Health & Healthcare

Aramark Launches New Plant-Based Culinary Training Curriculum with The Humane Society of the United States

Aug 25, 2017 9:50 AM ET

Aramark (NYSE: ARMK), a global leader in food, facilities and uniforms, announced today that it will partner with The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) to conduct a series of plant-based culinary trainings over the next six months as part of its ongoing efforts to develop strategies that increase plant-based food offerings for consumers. Currently, as part of its Healthy for Life 20 By 20 commitment with the American Heart Association, 30 percent of the main dishes Aramark serves across its dining operations in Healthcare, Higher Education and Business Dining are vegan or vegetarian, and 10 percent feature whole grains as their main ingredient.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

4 Innovative Projects from Stockholm Junior Water Prize Finalists

Aug 25, 2017 9:45 AM ET

The Stockholm Junior Water Prize brings together young innovators from around the world who have created new solutions to growing water challenges. This year, a record 33 countries have participated, presenting new solutions for water treatment, agriculture and water reuse.

Every year, the competition draws more than 10,000 entries. Each country selects one finalist to attend Stockholm World Water Week, where the winner will be announced on August 29. Xylem continues their support of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize as the Founding Global Sponsor.