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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Run With Us

Aug 3, 2017 1:15 PM ET

Love to get your body moving? Want to make a difference for people living in poverty all over the world? Join Whole Planet Foundation’s Virtual 10K Run, which kicks off today. Event registration fees will benefit impoverished entrepreneurs with the chance to start or expand a home-based business and lift themselves and their families out of poverty. In fact, the first microloan from Whole Planet Foundation’s partner in Rwanda is the same as the price of registration, $35.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fighting Hunger in Affluent Counties

Aug 3, 2017 12:45 PM ET

We often think of food insecurity and hunger as something that happens in other countries, or only in the poorest parts of our nation. But the reality is that people are hungry all over the country, including in some of the nation’s wealthiest towns and counties.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Income-Qualified Families to Receive Long Beach Green Homes

Aug 3, 2017 12:10 PM ET

The lives of four low-income families will change for the better next year when they receive the keys to new energy-efficient homes in Long Beach, where construction recently kicked off.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Through ServiceWorks Program, Citi Employee Finds the Perfect Opportunity to Serve

Aug 3, 2017 11:30 AM ET

Robert McGhee, vice president of community development at Citi, has been a part of the Chicago banking community for more than two decades, with roles in retail banking, mortgage banking and community affairs. He supports the Citi Foundation’s partnership with Points of Light and the Corporation for National and Community Service to bring a groundbreaking initiative, ServiceWorks, to help underserved youth in U.S. cities where the economic downturn has intensified their struggles.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

General Motors Sustainability Newsletter - August 2017

Aug 3, 2017 11:25 AM ET

Nearly 100 GM facilities participated in World Environment Day, an observation established by the United Nations. This year’s theme: “connect people to nature.” While all of GM’s manufacturing sites conduct at least one environmental outreach activity a year, this is the second time GM rallied its teams to measure its collective impact within roughly the same period.

Diversity & Inclusion

You Grow, Girl!: Carrie Vollmer-Sanders

Aug 3, 2017 11:15 AM ET

Environment

Domtar Sustainability: Industrial Ecology Made Real

Aug 3, 2017 10:15 AM ET

A long-time ideal of sustainability has been the concept of industrial ecology—the notion that industrial processes would benefit from mimicking the closed-loop efficiency of a natural ecosystem. Unlike conventional industrial processes, an ecosystem is not a process with a beginning and an end. An ecosystem is a continuous cycle through which materials flow.

Sustainable Development Goals

UN Global Compact Bulletin (August 2017)

Aug 3, 2017 10:15 AM ET

UN Global Compact's Action Platforms bring business leaders, civil society, Governments and the UN together to shape the future of action on the Global Goals.

Responsible Production & Consumption

NeWSolutions is Bringing New ‘Green’ Solutions to Tulsa

Aug 3, 2017 10:00 AM ET

Northeast Waste Solutions (NeWSolutions) is a Tulsa-based solid waste collection and hauling company. The company was founded in June 2010 by stakeholders of Tulsa Refuse Inc., a company that held Tulsa's trash-hauling contract for 32 years. In 2012, the newly formed company was awarded the contract from the Tulsa Authority for the Recovery of Energy to be the service provider responsible for the City of Tulsa's residential refuse and recycling collection.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Weatherford Nominee for Fleet Manager of the Year

Aug 3, 2017 10:00 AM ET

Congratulations Lee Pierce for being nominated for Automotive Fleet 's Professional Fleet Manager of the Year Award for the second year in a row. Nominees are full-time commercial fleet managers who control a company-owned or leased fleet in excess of 100 cars and light trucks combined, and who are recognized nationally among their peers for their unique abilities and accomplishments.

Green Infrastructure

Innovation Features: How to Shape a Proposal—and the Future of the Healthy Building Movement

Aug 3, 2017 9:55 AM ET

Innovation has long been the driver behind WELL. That’s why we aim to recognize projects that go above and beyond to implement strategies that address human health in a novel way. WELL Innovations can set your project apart and give you the opportunity to pioneer creative solutions that can advance and evolve healthy building.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Estimuladores Económicos, Incluso Después del Cierre de Marlin

Aug 3, 2017 9:10 AM ET

Environment

A Plastic Bench as a Lesson in Recycling

Aug 3, 2017 9:05 AM ET

A bench created from 500 pounds of recycled plastic caps collected by Essity and Fairview 4H Club members, and sorted by the 4H Club, was recently dedicated to Outagamie County Parks (placed next to the Newton Blackmour State Trail) and in the Village of Black Creek, Wisconsin.

Research, Reports & Publications

Caesars Entertainment Publishes 2017 Citizenship Report with New Strategic Framework

Aug 3, 2017 9:00 AM ET

In 2016, Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ:CZR) introduced the gaming and entertainment industry’s most aggressive carbon reduction targets, secured Triple A scores in three CDP rankings and, with its related entities, delivered $5.7m of contributed societal value for every $10m in gross revenue, almost triple the estimated average of U.S. corporations.

Innovation & Technology

Cyber-Defenders in the New Battle to Protect Big, Connected Machines

Aug 3, 2017 8:50 AM ET

Critical infrastructure comprises the giant systems that support modern life, from power plants and water treatment plants to mass-transit systems. These facilities are operated through industrial control systems, sensors and components that talk to each other and to facility operators. These systems, like a smartphone, provides easy access to information and controls that would otherwise be difficult to get.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Hunger Is Spotlight: Northern Illinois Food Bank Fights Childhood Hunger

Aug 3, 2017 6:00 AM ET

Hunger Is, a joint charitable program of the Albertsons Companies Foundation and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), has been working with community-based organizations across the U.S. and national partners, like WhyHunger, to help end childhood hunger by investing in nu

Research, Reports & Publications

Singtel Group Publishes Its Third Group Sustainability Report 2017

Aug 2, 2017 11:00 PM ET

The Singtel Group Sustainability Report 2017 is the company’s third Group report which covers the sustainability strategies, initiatives and performance in relation to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues of its operations in Singapore and Australia for financial year ended 31 March 2017 (FY2017).

Media & Communications

Viewers Don’t Want a Polished Sound Bite Machine, Says Author of Book Blasting Media Training

Aug 2, 2017 5:05 PM ET

While some content types ebb and flow in popularity, video remains a reliable performer. For business audiences, videos telling stories about corporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are accessed by fund managers and analysts over the Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters platforms.

Environment

Tetra Pak Aligns Its Environmental Goals with Paris Climate Agreement

Aug 2, 2017 4:15 PM ET

Tetra Pak is keen to show that its efforts are absolutely in line with the collective global requirement to take climate change seriously. Aligning with current climate science allows the business to play its role in limiting global warming to well below the 2°C limit as established by the Paris Agreement. The business was the first packaging company to complete the SBT target review process.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Minnesota Recycling Workers Find Stolen Safe with $20,000 Still Inside

Aug 2, 2017 4:15 PM ET

HOPKINS, Minn. (KMSP) - When you're sorting cardboard boxes and aluminum cans, a mangled, several-hundred pound safe catches your attention quickly. Even more so when you find a stack of $100 bills still inside.

Environment

Earth Overshoot Day: Living Large in a Crowded World

Aug 2, 2017 4:00 PM ET

Today is Earth Overshoot Day. As of today, the year is done for planet Earth, she has given a year’s worth of natural resources. It may seem counter-intuitive at first. Obviously, we aren’t done with 2017 yet. How can we take more than the Earth makes, for decades on end?

Innovation & Technology

Technology Creates New Efficiencies, But Are Water Utilities Prepared for the Security Risk?

Aug 2, 2017 4:00 PM ET

Yahoo!, the Democratic National Convention and the U.S. Department of Justice were among the high-profile victims hit by major cyber attacks in 2016. Many people believe it’s only a matter of time before a water utility joins the list. Some consider physical security to be the weak link in ensuring a well-protected water supply; while others worry that the Internet of Things has created an incalculable number of entry points for hackers to create mischief.

Research, Reports & Publications

New Report: Interface and PayPal Make the Social Purpose Business Case

Aug 2, 2017 3:00 PM ET

Ethical Corporation released a new report with case studies from Interface and PayPal on making the social purpose business case.

Events, Media & Communications

MTV Presents “An Inconvenient Special” Town Hall on Climate Change, Hosted by Former Vice President Al Gore

Aug 2, 2017 2:45 PM ET

MTV will present, “An Inconvenient Special,” a town hall forum to amplify young people’s voices on the topic of climate change on Wednesday, August 2nd at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT. The special will be hosted by former Vice President Al Gore in connection with his upcoming film, “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.” Viacom Networks will also help bring awareness to the issue by declaring the week of July 31st as, “An Inconvenient Week,” with social, digital and on-air support across 10 channels including MTV, VH1, LOGO, Comedy Central, Spike, BET, CMT, TV Land, Nick@Nite, and Teen Nick.

Diversity & Inclusion

Retired Colonel Heads Preparedness Operation for Duke Energy, Where Veterans Play Major Role in the Workforce

Aug 2, 2017 2:25 PM ET

Steve McGugan’s passion to help people in the midst of crisis didn’t diminish when he retired from the U.S. Army. Only the battlefield has changed. Driven to run to the sound of the guns, as one of his generals said, and responding to urgent situations distinguished his 24 years in the Army, including 39 months in combat operations. That drive led McGugan, a colonel, to a new career. He joined Duke Energy in January as director of emergency preparedness.