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Responsible Production & Consumption

9 Health & Safety Statistics Food and Beverage Companies Need to Know

Dec 13, 2016 9:35 AM ET

The quality and safety of the food we eat is in the hands of millions of dedicated and skilled workers at food and beverage companies across the world. The key to maintaining that food quality and safety is ensuring workers have the EHS training, tools and support they need to feel and perform work safely.

To give workers this support, food and beverage companies need to understand the attitudes, motivations and workplace perceptions of their workers. This knowledge and understanding allow you to craft EHS processes and programs that workers can get on board with.

On the Antea Group blog, we share some interesting EHS statistics that food and beverage companies can use to guide their EHS program strategy.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Greater Impact Through Community and Collaboration

Dec 13, 2016 9:10 AM ET

Michelle Disabato, Impact Market Executive at MicroEdge + Blackbaud, shares how Blackbaud OutcomesTM is bringing people together and unifying them around a common language, providing people with the ability to collaborate through software to help organizations across the sector to have greater insight, and greater impact.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Canada’s Moving Towards a Circular Economy – Business Must Prepare Now

Dec 13, 2016 9:05 AM ET

Innovation & Technology

2017: Our Financial Interconnectedness is the Big Story

Dec 13, 2016 9:05 AM ET

Let’s get real – individual investors have no sway in the public markets. The place where individual investors can have the most impact – by far – is in providing direct growth capital to private companies and social enterprises.

Energy

Illuminating Ideas To Save Energy in Honda Manufacturing Facilities

Dec 13, 2016 9:00 AM ET

In the past year, Honda’s North American plants have undertaken a number of initiatives to reduce their energy usage and many of them are finding success through the usage of LED lighting.

Diversity & Inclusion

Meet the Antea Group Bettendorf Office!

Dec 13, 2016 9:00 AM ET

The Bettendorf office provides services within multiple segments and practice areas. Our projects span from traditional ELM support to due diligence and health and safety for global high tech companies.

We have particular depth of experience within the railroad segment, providing support with assessment and remediation, due diligence, emergency response, and compliance services. Additionally, primary providers of the CAVe data management and visualization team reside in our office and support projects, from small ELM to complex litigation projects across Antea Group’s global footprint. Bettendorf is also home to a core group that supports the EHS Passport solution, which aids companies as they grow and expand into new countries.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Sappi’s Key Performance Indicators: Creative Uses for Solid Waste

Dec 13, 2016 9:00 AM ET

Managing our solid waste and finding ways to minimize it remains a focus at all Sappi’s North American mills.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Are Millennials the Lost Generation? A Global Perspective

Dec 13, 2016 8:30 AM ET

Millennials are often portrayed in the media as lazy, narcissistic and entitled, but these harsh generalisations could not be further from the truth. According to the Rise of the Millennials survey conducted in October 2015 by Standard Life Investments, which seeks to find what motivates millennials, it was found that 61% of the millennials interviewed were worried about the state of the world and felt that they were personally responsible for making a difference.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Kimberly-Clark Employees Lend a Helping Hand to Families Affected by Tennessee Forest Fires

Dec 13, 2016 8:20 AM ET

More than 14,000 people were forced from their homes as a result of the recent Tennessee wildfires. While the flames have come to a halt, they have left boundless destruction in their wake.

Energy

Consumers Energy Helps Over 1,300 Nonprofit Organizations in Michigan to Lower Energy Costs

Dec 13, 2016 8:15 AM ET

Over 1,300 places of worship and nonprofit organizations across Michigan will save at least $1.5 million on their energy bills next year, benefitting from a 4-year-old campaign by Consumers Energy to help them put more money toward helping those in need.

Health & Healthcare

Redefining Vision: Renee’s Story

Dec 13, 2016 8:05 AM ET

Research, Reports & Publications

Going Beyond: SC Johnson Releases Its 2016 Sustainability Report

Dec 13, 2016 8:00 AM ET

SC Johnson, maker of trusted consumer brands like Glade®, Raid®, Scrubbing Bubbles® and Ziploc®, today released “Going Beyond,” its 2016 Sustainability Report. This issue marks the company’s 25th annual report on its environmental and social efforts.

Education

21CF and the Paley Center Screen 'Hidden Figures' for High School Students, Host Panel Discussion on Women in STEM

Dec 13, 2016 7:00 AM ET

Nearly 200 New York City high school students gathered at the Paley Center for Media on December 10 to celebrate Hidden Figures, the highly anticipated feature from 20th Century Fox revealing the untold story of three African American women who played major roles in the Space Race of the 1960s. The students were treated to an exclusive advance screening of the film and heard from members of the cast and crew, as well as female leaders in STEM fields, during a panel discussion about why it's critical that stories like these are told. Hidden Figures opens in select theaters across the U.S. on Christmas Day.

Health & Healthcare

The Bill Barkeley Story

Dec 12, 2016 8:00 PM ET

Diversity & Inclusion

How I Became a Techie: Ignacio Contreras

Dec 12, 2016 6:00 PM ET

“Allow some level of randomness or variability in your career.” — Ignacio Contreras

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MGM Resorts Named One of the “Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality”; For Fifth Year in a Row Earns Perfect Score for its LGBT Employee Policies and Benefits

Dec 12, 2016 5:45 PM ET

A prominent benchmarking organization has rated MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) as among the nation’s leading companies for workplace equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Recognizes Sodexo as Outstanding Food Recovery Challenge Participant

Dec 12, 2016 5:30 PM ET

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently recognized the accomplishments of 13 organizations and businesses participating in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge. Sodexo, world leader of Quality of Life services, was recognized for its leadership in reducing food waste through strategic food recovery efforts and its ability to leverage best practices in support of such efforts at its client sites.

Environment

An Historic Achievement – National Grid Customers Are the First in the U.S. to Receive Offshore Wind Power

Dec 12, 2016 4:20 PM ET

Health & Healthcare

Three Quality of Lifehacks to Managing Holiday Season Stress

Dec 12, 2016 4:15 PM ET

Do you find the holidays stressful? It may be dealing with last minute holiday shopping, meeting end-of-year work obligations, or putting up with zany in-laws. It’s no surprise that December has been named National Stress-Free Family Holidays Month. Stress can impact concentration, motivation and productivity. It can also impact health and wellbeing.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CBRE Named to Victory Media’s 2017 Military Friendly® Employers List

Dec 12, 2016 2:15 PM ET

CBRE Group, Inc. has earned the 2017 Military Friendly® Employer designation by Victory Media, publisher of G.I. Jobs® and Military Spouse. This is the sixth year in a row CBRE has been recognized by Victory Media for its military friendly practices.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: That's a Small Number

Dec 12, 2016 2:00 PM ET

We are completely reliant upon healthy natural systems. Unfortunately, not all natural systems are healthy, and only 3% of annual U.S. charitable giving goes to environmental and animal causes.

Research, Reports & Publications

Cisco’s 2016 CSR Report Highlights Ambitious Long-Term Goals to Positively Impact People, Society and the Planet

Dec 12, 2016 2:00 PM ET

Today, Cisco released its 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, which highlights Cisco’s progress delivering on the company’s CSR mission to accelerate global problem solving to positively impact people, society and the planet.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Using the Influence of Sports to Encourage Learning, Growth and Character Development

Dec 12, 2016 2:00 PM ET

The influence of sports and the platform that athletes and coaches have is tremendous in our society. We are captivated by sports! Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) uses this influence to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ and to encourage positive character traits such as integrity, serving, teamwork and excellence.

Diversity & Inclusion

OUTstanding: Meet the Barclays Pioneers Fighting for LGBT Equality

Dec 12, 2016 2:00 PM ET

Jes Staley, Barclays CEO, is among six employees honoured in a ‘power list’ that celebrates pioneers promoting workplace equality for the LGBT community.

The rankings, compiled by professional diversity network OUTstanding and the Financial Times, are divided into three categories: Leading LGBT Executives, Leading Ally Executives and Future Leaders.

Events, Media & Communications

Barclays Researchers on "Green Bonds": Small-but-Steady Performance Benefits Possible, With Little Evidence of Negative Impact

Dec 12, 2016 1:45 PM ET

The investment community -- especially fiduciaries -- continues to have a flow of more "green" products being made available from a growing number of issuers and their intermediaries; these include "green bonds." Charting this trend, a team of Barclays managers and researchers issued a report as part of the "Barclays Impact Series." Their findings: ESG investing can have a positive effect on portfolios for institutional and individual investors. There are small-but-steady performance benefits and no evidence of a negative impact for such investing.