ESG News from Leading Brands

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Wells Fargo Launches 2017 Veteran Scholarship and Emergency Grants

Jan 5, 2017 8:00 AM ET

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) and Scholarship America are now accepting applications for the 2017 Wells Fargo Veterans Scholarship and Wells Fargo Veterans Emergency Grant Programs. Wells Fargo has committed $2 million over a four year period to fund the programs and help veterans and their families to successfully integrate back into civilian life. Since both programs launched in 2016, Wells Fargo and Scholarship America have awarded 22 scholarships and 25 emergency grants to support education and vocational training for veterans and the spouses of disabled veterans.

Environment

Australian Companies' Negligence on Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Us

Jan 5, 2017 3:30 AM ET

As you contemplate the coming year, what it might bring, and your own personal goals and hopes, here's a little fact to help orient your thoughts: planet Earth has just experienced its warmest year since records began.

Green Infrastructure

Food Waste + Tech = Reducing Emissions + Renewable Energy

Jan 4, 2017 7:00 PM ET

Forty percent of the food produced in the U.S. ends up in landfills.* We know it means wasted food, but it also leads to excessive production of methane gas – a major contributor to the shrinking ozone layer.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

11 Expert CSR Predictions for 2017

Jan 4, 2017 5:40 PM ET

As millennials begin to dominate the workforce and consumer market, the way our world looks at the products and services we buy has changed for the better. Today’s consumers are more careful, cautious and educated about where and with whom they spend their hard-earned money.

Events, Media & Communications

Enjoy Chocolate to Benefit Keystone Human Services at Chocolatefest Weekend

Jan 4, 2017 5:05 PM ET

How much chocolate is too much? Keystone Human Services puts it to the test during its annual Chocolatefest Weekend, held on January 28-29, 2017 at Hershey Lodge in Hershey, PA as we raise funds to support our life changing services.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

National Federation of the Blind, Wells Fargo Launch the 2017 Bell Academy Program

Jan 4, 2017 5:00 PM ET

Today, on the birthday of Louis Braille, the inventor of the reading and writing system for the blind that bears his name, the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and Wells Fargo launched the 2017 Braille Enrichment for Literacy and Learning (BELL) Academy program. The program takes place throughout the country each summer and provides blind children initial or advanced Braille instruction so that they may learn how to use this powerful reading medium in fun, interactive ways. In addition to sponsoring the BELL Academy, Wells Fargo will provide strategic input into the program and offer team member volunteers at select academies.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Companies Should Report Possible Climate Costs, Say Global Executives

Jan 4, 2017 4:00 PM ET

LONDON—Companies should publish an assessment of the losses they could suffer through climate change as part of their routine financial statements, according to a panel of financial and business executives chaired by Michael Bloomberg.

Education

Sodexo Challenges Students Nationwide to Reduce Food Waste to Landfills with Spark 101 STEM Skills Video

Jan 4, 2017 3:30 PM ET

With the support of Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Life services, teachers nationwide now have a new resource specifically designed to help students explore applications of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in real-world food waste and environmental sustainability challenges.

Health & Healthcare

UnitedHealthcare and Qualcomm Integrate New Wearable Devices with Wellness Program; People Earn Millions of Dollars in Financial Rewards for Being Active

Jan 4, 2017 2:00 PM ET

UnitedHealthcare and Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), through its wholly owned subsidiary Qualcomm Life, Inc., today announced enhancements and the expansion of UnitedHealthcare Motion™, a wellness program that provides employees with activity trackers at no additional charge and enables them to earn up to $1,500 per year by meeting certain goals for the number of daily steps.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Baxter Employees Help Improve Health and Nutrition of Yi Children in Liangshan

Jan 4, 2017 12:30 PM ET

Baxter employees in China recently visited Naituo village in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Region in China to help improve minority children’s health and nutrition.

Environment

4 Steps Toward Sustainability

Jan 4, 2017 12:00 PM ET

As consumers increasingly seek sustainable products and services, many businesses are making sustainable improvements to operations, reducing costs and inefficiencies while proving what’s good for the planet can be rewarding for business.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Cargill Invests in Food Innovation Centers to Meet Consumer Demands Now and in the Future

Jan 4, 2017 11:20 AM ET

Cargill demonstrated an intensified commitment to innovation in food, nutrition and food safety during the final two months of 2016. The company opened two major R&D facilities in November and December—one in North America and one in China—focused on continuous improvement and investing in the future of food to meet shifting consumer expectations.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Glendale Residents Appreciate Trash Collector

Jan 4, 2017 11:05 AM ET

Several neighborhoods in Glendale, Missouri, are praising the man who picks up their trash.

Diversity & Inclusion

Practitioner Spotlight--Ryan Cate

Jan 4, 2017 10:25 AM ET

This month Antea Group spotlights environmental liability management senior PM Ryan Cate out of the Charlotte office, who tells us about himself and what he loves about his work, including his favorite project and his secret talent.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Celebrating 25 years of Innovation in Vietnam

Jan 4, 2017 10:20 AM ET

This year, Kimberly-Clark celebrates 25 years of providing the essentials for a better life to Vietnamese consumers, an important milestone in the company’s journey that first began in 1991.

Education

Investing In Quality Education

Jan 4, 2017 10:00 AM ET

Responsible Production & Consumption

Domtar's Community Effort to Improve Energy Efficiency in Sweden

Jan 4, 2017 9:35 AM ET

Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) designs, manufactures, markets and distributes a wide variety of fiber-based products, including communication papers, specialty and packaging papers, and absorbent hygiene products.

Environment

Economic Analysis for a Healthcare Recycling Program

Jan 4, 2017 9:25 AM ET

HPRC has put together a comprehenmsive ecnonomic analysis for a healthcare recycling program, which will walk you through a full analysis in preparation for a new program, or in evaluation of an existing program. It considers baseline waste data, plastics quantities, and start-up, capital, and disposal costs for the program.

​Simply follow the instructions and fields will calculate based on your inputs.​ This data can then be used to make the business case for recycling at your hospital, or to help understand and improve upon your current practices. p understand and improve upon your current practices.

Events, Media & Communications

The Power of the Individual

Jan 4, 2017 9:15 AM ET

Have you heard of Sybil?

In 1777, in the dark of night, a sixteen-year old Sybil Ludington mounted her horse, Star, and raced furiously across forty miles of rocky terrain to warn her community of an imminent threat.
It was the time of the Revolutionary War when British citizens were fighting tooth and nail for the place I now call home—the United States of America. Sybil, the age of a high schooler, travelled a distance significantly farther than that of Paul Revere to alert militia forces of the British army’s approach.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Arrow Electronics Employees Spread the Love

Jan 4, 2017 9:05 AM ET

Two dozen employees from Arrow Electronics’ enterprise computing solutions business assembled more than 200 sack lunches last month for area homeless people who were turned away from a local housing shelter due to overcrowding.

Education

Shining a Light on Vital Education, with Didier Drogba

Jan 4, 2017 9:05 AM ET

How a soccer star and a food company united to help kids in Côte d’Ivoire

Environment

Four Strong Winds: First US Offshore Wind Project Launches

Jan 4, 2017 9:00 AM ET

As the public learned of the recent opening of America’s first offshore wind power project, many wondered why it took so long?

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Habitat for Humanity Names Colleen Finn Ridenhour New Senior Vice President of Development

Jan 4, 2017 8:45 AM ET

Environment

Use Energy Efficient Compressors to Attain LEED Certification

Jan 4, 2017 7:55 AM ET

According a U.S. Energy Information Administration report released in October, manufacturing energy consumption increased between 2010 and 2014 for the first time in almost a decade. Prior to 2014, energy consumption in manufacturing industries had been steadily decreasing since 2002. But companies still have incentive to become energy efficient. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) certification helps buildings keep their net environmental impact low in all phases of development, from construction to operation. Installing an Atlas Copco energy efficient compressor is just one way manufacturers can work toward achieving this status.

Innovation & Technology

FCA US Debuts Chrysler Portal Concept at CES 2017: Next-generation Family Transportation Designed by Millennials for Millennials

Jan 3, 2017 4:40 PM ET

When it came to thinking about the future of family transportation, FCA US called upon the people who will own and live with such a vehicle – millennials working inside the company’s design and engineering functions – to collaborate on ideas.