ESG News from Leading Brands

Social Impact & Volunteering

Working ‘Miracles’ With Baseball

Oct 27, 2017 3:30 PM ET

Wells Fargo volunteer George Baskerville devotes hundreds of hours every year to bring baseball to kids with disabilities. “I wouldn’t trade this for anything,” said Baskerville of his work with The Miracle® League of Richmond, which has grown from about 40 participants in its first year to more than 110 today.

Events, Media & Communications

Major Leaguers to Build Homes and Raise Funds for Natural Disaster Victims Through a Pair of Dallas Events in Late November

Oct 27, 2017 3:30 PM ET

The Major League Baseball Players Trust announced it will be hosting a pair of events in Dallas, TX on Wednesday, November 29 to help provide housing for Houston flood victims and raise funds and awareness for those suffering in the wake of natural disasters in California, the Caribbean, Florida, Mexico and Texas.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Video: GRI Standards One Year On

Oct 27, 2017 3:00 PM ET

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) released the first global standards for sustainability reporting a year ago. In this video, GRI Chief of Standards Bastian Buck speaks about the uptake of the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards, one year after their release.

Social Impact & Volunteering

TransCanada People Get Empowered for Their Communities

Oct 27, 2017 2:00 PM ET

Every year, TransCanada employees and contractors participate in a month-long giving and volunteering campaign called Get Empowered. The 2016 campaign raised almost $1 million in personal and company-matched donations and tracked more than 6,370 volunteer hours across Canada, U.S. and Mexico.

Social Impact & Volunteering

How Can I Help?

Oct 27, 2017 1:05 PM ET

Flooded streets, collapsed buildings, growing inequality, healthcare, citizenship and more. Of course we’re all wondering how we can help and wishing we knew precisely how and where to show up.

Energy

Mike Bloomberg Contributes $64 Million to Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign

Oct 27, 2017 1:05 PM ET

The Trump Administration with Scott Pruitt leading the charge may be dismantling the Clean Power Plan, but former Mayor of New York City is doing his part to advocate for cleaner sources of power in the U.S. Hours after President Trump made his plans for the Clean Power Plan clear, Bloomberg announced he would contribute $64 million to the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal program.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Visa Makes Commitment to Universal Postal Union to Increase Financial Services for Underserved Communities

Oct 27, 2017 1:00 PM ET

Visa has made a three-year financial commitment to help the Universal Postal Union, which is the primary forum for cooperation in the global postal system, advance financial inclusion through its new Financial Inclusion Technical Assistance Facility. Of the world’s 661,000 post offices, 91 percent offer some form of financial services, and the UPU aims to increase the number of payment accounts held by posts by 250 million by 2020.

Health & Healthcare

New Elton John AIDS Foundation Funding to Combat HIV Epidemics

Oct 27, 2017 1:00 PM ET

EJAF has announced new funding initiatives to increase advocacy and service delivery for people living with and at-risk for HIV and hepatitis C.

Health & Healthcare

Products with a Purpose

Oct 27, 2017 11:45 AM ET

Three years into remission, Justin Fairfax was working for a company that helped produce events for Hormel Foods when he heard someone onstage mention the Hormel Vital Cuisine™ brand, the company’s line of specialty products that help with recovery.

“I thought, ‘Holy cow, why didn’t I know about this when I went through treatment?’” Fairfax remembered. “It made a big impact on me that a big company was dedicating its research and development efforts to making the lives of people who are going through cancer better and more comfortable.”

Environment

HBR’s Top 100 CEO’s List Used CSRHub ESG Metrics

Oct 27, 2017 11:45 AM ET

Harvard Business Review just released their much anticipated The Best-Performing CEOs in the World 2017 list. CSRHub is honored to have our ESG (environmental, social, and governance) metrics included again this year as part of the methodology for ranking the world’s top 100 CEOs.

Environment

Long Island Students Win Top Water Innovation Prize

Oct 27, 2017 11:35 AM ET

Two childhood friends have won the top prize at the 2017 Stockholm Junior Water prize sponsored by Xylem. Ryan Thorpe and Rachel Chang, seniors at Manhasset Secondary School on Long Island, N.Y., have created a system that uses biosensors to detect individual colonies of four of the most common pathogenic bacteria found in water, paving the way for applications in regions where clean water is a luxury.

Events, Media & Communications

Sunny Verghese Appointed as WBCSD Chair for 2018

Oct 27, 2017 11:15 AM ET

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development today announced that Mr Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of Olam International, has been appointed as the new Chair of WBCSD. Mr Verghese’s term begins on 1 January 2018 for a duration of two years.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Nickelodeon Helps Break Bread and Boundaries for Child Refugees

Oct 27, 2017 11:15 AM ET

Companies across the U.S. have stepped up for refugees who struggle to find a community and a place to call home. Here at Viacom, Nickelodeon’s pro-social team recently participated in UNICEF’s Refugee Welcome Dinners, along with the organization’s local partner agency, Purpose, and Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play partner Playworks, which uses play to improve children’s physical health and social and emotional learning. UNICEF brought kids and families from Guatemala, Mexico, Guinea, Venezuela, Botswana, and the Central African Republic to the Lodge cafeteria at Viacom’s Times Square headquarters to join the Playworks kids for a Nickelodeon-style pizza party.

Innovation & Technology

Sign Up for HPE’s “Data Management and Programming Models for Memory-Driven Computing” Webinar

Oct 27, 2017 11:05 AM ET

Want to simplify programming and manage your data efficiently? If your answer is yes, this webinar on Data Management and Programming Models for Memory-Driven Computing webinar is for you! Register to join us on Tuesday, November 14th from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. pacific time.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

VIDEO: Introducing Our New Suburban Chicago Headquarters

Oct 27, 2017 11:00 AM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

[VIDEO] Whirlpool Volunteers Pack Boxes for Seniors at SMCAA

Oct 27, 2017 11:00 AM ET

Hundreds of senior citizens in Southwest Michigan will receive commodity packages, thanks to volunteers from Whirlpool Corporation and the Southwest Michigan Community Action Agency.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

How Being Committed to the Environment Can Be a Business Opportunity

Oct 27, 2017 10:40 AM ET

As well as being the only industrial company on CDP’s A List for 7 years in a row, Schneider Electric also helps clients identify business opportunities in acting to address climate risks.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Smithfield Foods and its Farmer John and Saag’s Brands Donate Nearly 90,000 Pounds of Protein to California Wildfire Relief Efforts

Oct 27, 2017 10:30 AM ET

Smithfield Foods and its Farmer John and Saag’s brands have donated nearly 90,000 pounds of protein to the Redwood Empire Food Bank in California. The donation is part of Smithfield’s Helping Hungry Homes® initiative, a program committed to alleviating hunger and helping Americans become more food secure, and will help victims of the ongoing wildfires throughout Northern California.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Carnival Horizon Dreamscape LED Atrium Sculpture to Feature Artwork Created by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Patients

Oct 27, 2017 10:30 AM ET

Carnival Cruise Line announced that the massive LED “Dreamscape” atrium sculpture on the new Carnival Horizonwill feature colorful, custom-designed artwork created by patients of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® when the 133,500-ton ship debuts in Europe in spring 2018.

Education

Connecting with My Cohort: the Best Part of My Amgen Scholars Experience

Oct 27, 2017 10:20 AM ET

When I was first asked to blog about the most valuable part of the Amgen Scholars Program for me this past summer, I had no idea how to respond. How could I choose from the many great opportunities I had been given? Maybe I should talk about being able to experience life as a graduate student working full time in a lab.

Events, Media & Communications

Microsoft’s Brad Smith Highlights Business Leadership at the BSR Conference 2017

Oct 27, 2017 10:00 AM ET

Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith addressed the audience at the BSR Conference 2017 with a speech highlighting the need for the technology sector to think about embracing technology as a cause to protect people.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Arrow Electronics Employees Join with Salesforce as Hunger Heroes

Oct 27, 2017 10:00 AM ET

Employees from Arrow Electronics and Salesforce partnered together as “Hunger Heroes” at the Food Bank of the Rockies earlier this month.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Volunteer Travels to Disaster-Affected Areas to Rescue Animals, Reunite Them With Their Owners

Oct 27, 2017 9:55 AM ET

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

One Employee’s Unique Approach to Doing Good – With a Camera, a Tail, & a Flex-Work Culture

Oct 27, 2017 9:35 AM ET

It started with a dare and a tiger suit, and has become a special way for the kids at Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas to play along via social media and become a part of the Tiger Team.

Innovation & Technology

These Talented Young People Are Driving Positive Social Change Around the World

Oct 27, 2017 9:35 AM ET

Finding new ways to get students excited about science, to reduce food scarcity, and to improve access to decent and affordable housing — these are just some of the challenges that teams of young people from around the world tried to address as participants in the BeChangeMaker (BCM) initiative developed by the HP Foundation and WorldSkills International.