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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Celebrates Companies that are Industry Leaders in Adoption Benefits

Oct 10, 2016 3:00 PM ET

Each year, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s annual Best Adoption-Friendly Workplace list recognizes U.S. companies that support families growing through adoption. The annual survey is judged first on financial assistance and second on paid time off given to employees after they adopt. While not all of the companies that applied make the list, we appreciate all organizations that offer adoption benefits and support families.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Power of Giving Back

Oct 10, 2016 2:20 PM ET

Isn't it funny how much bigger everything seemed when you were a kid? I recently had the chance to revisit the house I grew up in as a child – the same house my family lost when I was just 15 years old. Walking inside again all these years later, I was stunned at how small it felt. In my memories, through my eyes as a child, everything seemed so much bigger.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

UN Global Compact Bulletin (October 2016)

Oct 10, 2016 1:05 PM ET

The UN Global Compact Bulletin is designed to keep participants up to date on news, actions you can take, resources and events. Participants are encouraged to look to this monthly communication for important information. Please note that actions and events are intended for Global Compact stakeholders, unless otherwise indicated. The Bulletin is published in English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic and Russian.

Social Impact & Volunteering

While Academics are Important, Students Say Service Projects Like Annual Habitat Build are Crucial Part of Their IU Experience

Oct 10, 2016 1:00 PM ET

Health & Healthcare

Three Quality of LifeHacks to Help You Go Vegetarian for a Month

Oct 10, 2016 12:55 PM ET

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sodexo Scores Two Key Business Wins in Energy Sector with Geographic and Scope Extensions from Global Oil & Gas Clients

Oct 10, 2016 12:30 PM ET

Green Infrastructure

Feathered Friend Helps Launch Green Career

Oct 10, 2016 12:20 PM ET

It was 1983 when an engineer from Michigan met a Yellow-Naped parrot from Honduras. Little did Joe Azzarello know that “Otis” would be a part of the family for 33 years (and counting) and would affect not only his personal life but his career as well.

Energy

GM China Engages Suppliers in Energy Projects that Saved $1.3M

Oct 10, 2016 12:15 PM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

Carnival Shipboard and Shoreside Employees Participate in International Coastal Cleanup Day

Oct 10, 2016 11:30 AM ET

Hundreds of Carnival Cruise Line employees, both on board and ashore, did their part to help our environment by participating in the annual International Coastal Cleanup Day, the world’s largest single day cleanup event spearheaded by the Ocean Conservancy.

Health & Healthcare

Zinc Deficiency & Why It Matters [Infographic]

Oct 10, 2016 11:05 AM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

SCA Joins the Ellen MacArthur Foundation CE100 Program

Oct 10, 2016 10:50 AM ET

The transition to a circular economy – powered by renewable energy and in which resources and energy are used as effectively as possible – is the core of any low-carbon society. The CE100 membership will help accelerate SCA’s circular economy ambitions and further enhance SCA’s ability to contribute to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, in particular Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, and Goal 13: Climate Change.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sodexo Turf Management Team Implements Innovative Dry-jecting Solution to Combat Flooding

Oct 10, 2016 10:45 AM ET

Students at Lake Forest Academy (LFA) are now playing soccer on fields that hosted world-class athletes earlier this summer after innovative ideas from world leader in Quality of Life services, Sodexo, and its turf management team solved the field’s flooding problem.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Analysts Mum on Sustainability During Earnings Calls

Oct 10, 2016 10:25 AM ET

Questions from sell-side stock analysts about corporate sustainability issues remain few and far between on the quarterly earnings conference calls held by publicly traded companies.

More and more institutional investors, however, are digging deep into voluminous sustainability reports to gain a strategic advantage.

Those are some of the observations shared this week during the Bloomberg BNA Sustainability Business Summit in New York.

Diversity & Inclusion

How the New Fair Labor Standards Act Impacts EHS

Oct 10, 2016 10:25 AM ET

On May 18, 2016, President Obama and Department of Labor Secretary Thomas Perez announced the final rule updating overtime pay regulations for many white collar workers. As a result, companies across industries are working to comply with the Dec. 1, 2016 deadline, while also bolstering their bottom line.

How should EHS managers be preparing for the new regulations, in effect December 1? How will EHS operations potentially be impacted?

Social Impact & Volunteering

CITGO and Special Olympics Arkansas Hit the Road for the World’s Largest Truck Convoy®

Oct 10, 2016 10:00 AM ET

CITGO Petroleum Corporation and Special Olympics Arkansas took to the highways of Arkansas for the World’s Largest Truck Convoy® to help raise awareness and funds for Special Olympics’ year-round programs for people with intellectual disabilities.

Environment

Trash in our National Parks - Why It's Your Problem Too

Oct 10, 2016 9:00 AM ET

A recent survey conducted by Subaru of America and the National Parks Conservation Association found that a majority of Americans (59%) are unaware of the monumental waste challenges facing the country's national parks.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Empowering India’s Women Cotton Workers Reduces the Use of Water and Chemicals

Oct 10, 2016 9:00 AM ET

The UK gender pay gap will not close for more than fifty years unless action is taken to tackle it now, according to Deloitte. Current inequalities between pay rates for men and women may not be eradicated before 2069. So, if in the West we are so far behind on this issue, what chances do women cotton workers have in India? Here, women have few rights and are often underpaid, despite their vital role in cotton production. The average income for women in rural India is just 77 percent of the men’s income.

Environment

Leonardo DiCaprio Screens Nat Geo's 'Before the Flood' at the White House, Talks Climate Change with President Obama

Oct 9, 2016 8:00 PM ET

Leonardo DiCaprio's new documentary Before the Flood takes viewers on a global journey through the worsening effects of climate change, and on October 3, he screened the film, which premieres on 21st Century Fox's National Geographic Channel on Sunday, October 30, for the audience at the White House's first ever South by South Lawn event and moderated a discussion on the issue with atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe and President Barack Obama.

Innovation & Technology

Schneider Electric Company Story: Our Technology is Everywhere

Oct 9, 2016 7:05 AM ET

From the moment you're up, so are we. You don't have to look too hard. Our technology is everywhere. Discover Life Is On.

Environment

Climate Justice and Sustainability Advocacy

Oct 7, 2016 8:30 PM ET

Environment

Donald Trump Could Slow Clean Energy’s Hard-Won Progress

Oct 7, 2016 7:50 PM ET

“A Trump presidency would probably not be the worst disaster, given that support is grandfathered in at the federal level,” said Jenny Chase, head of global solar analysis at Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Lance McCullers of the Houston Astros is The Leader of the Pack

Oct 7, 2016 4:40 PM ET

Lance McCullers sometimes employs unorthodox training methods to keep it interesting. He’s been known to swing an axe in the backyard, or even do squats with his wife Kara on his shoulders.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The PayPal and Kiva Connection: A Shared Mission

Oct 7, 2016 3:30 PM ET

I joined PayPal as one of their first 50 employees in 2000 as a product manager. Little did I know that this job was going to lead me into my career as an social entrepreneur and that PayPal would be the company that helped make Kiva, a global nonprofit, possible. In the early days of PayPal it was really just a group of strange geniuses.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

OnStar Donates $400,000 to First Responders

Oct 7, 2016 3:05 PM ET

Today OnStar celebrates its 20th anniversary by giving $20,000 each to 20 public safety personnel who experienced serious physical injury or hardship that impacted their ability to perform their jobs.

Environment

GM Hydrogen Fuel Cells Mark 50 Years of Development

Oct 7, 2016 2:45 PM ET

The year 1966 brought the TV debuts of “Batman” and “Star Trek,” which both enjoy a cultlike following 50 years later. With less fanfare in the same season, General Motors tested the Electrovan, the world’s first hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicle.