ESG News from Leading Brands

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AccountAbility CEO, Sunny Misser, Interviewed by NAREIT (National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts)

Feb 12, 2016 12:30 PM ET

AccountAbility CEO, Sunny Misser, discusses the future of sustainability in the real estate industry in an interview with NAREIT on January 27th, conducted at NAREIT’s annual conference of sustainability practitioners at the Ritz Carlton-Coconut Grove in Miami, FL. In his interview, Misser outlines the key sustainability trends in the real estate industry today.

Environment

Nonprofit Holds Acorn Planting Event to Ensure Survival of Oak Trees

Feb 12, 2016 12:00 PM ET

In the picturesque Cienega Canyon Preserve in San Timoteo Canyon, squirrels and deer, and a variety of birds and insects, rely on the oaks in the area for food and shelter. But over the last 12 years, more than half of the oaks have died or are in poor health due to drought, pests and pathogens.

Innovation & Technology

KeyBank's Eleventh Annual Super Refund Saturday Returns More Than $2 Million to Residents

Feb 12, 2016 11:00 AM ET

On Saturday, February 6, 2016, 112 of KeyBank employees volunteered their time to the eleventh annual Super Refund Saturday, a one-day event that makes free individual tax preparation services available to local residents and helps low- and moderate-income earners discover their eligibility for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).

Events, Media & Communications

Business Leaders Convene at UN to Discuss SDGs on March 7-8

Feb 12, 2016 11:00 AM ET

On March 7 - 8 at the United Nations and Microsoft's New York office, The Business of Inclusion: Global Prosperity through Women and Girls Empowerment will convene more than 500 public and private sector leaders to explore inclusive solutions that create opportunities for women and girls around the world.

Health & Healthcare

Color Me Cautious: Don't Mistake Adult Coloring Books for Art Therapy

Feb 12, 2016 10:00 AM ET

As a second-year graduate student in the GW Art Therapy Program, Lida Sunderland learned how to use materials like clay and colored pencils to help clients work through their emotional pain.

Health & Healthcare

Aligning Needs and Expectations: Best Practices for Acute Care and Senior Care Collaboration

Feb 12, 2016 10:00 AM ET

The desire and necessity to improve seniors’ healthcare experience presents both opportunity and motivation for improved collaboration between acute and senior care providers. Recently a roundtable brought together stakeholders from strategic and geographic aligned acute care and senior living organizations to work collaboratively together to answer the question “How can hospitals and senior living providers work better together?”

Health & Healthcare

Leading the Effort to Improve Early Detection of Lung Cancer in Kentucky

Feb 12, 2016 10:00 AM ET

For the past 18 months, a collaborative effort among Kentucky’s leading research universities, community partners and national organizations has been looking at how the state known for the highest lung cancer burden in the nation can become a leader in prevention and awareness efforts about the disease. And it comes none too soon.

Events, Media & Communications

Working to Solve Hunger: Upcoming Twitter Chat with BJ’s Wholesale Club, Meals on Wheels America, and Feeding America®

Feb 12, 2016 9:40 AM ET

Join us for a LIVE 1 hour Twitter chat with BJ’s Wholesale Club, Meals on Wheels America and Feeding America
Thursday, February 18, at 12 p.m. EST
#FightHunger

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Introduces New Tool Kit to Effectively Integrate Investing With Climate Change and Fossil Fuel Impact Goals

Feb 12, 2016 9:30 AM ET

Investors who are interested in proactively seeking opportunities to enhance environmental impact without sacrificing potential financial return now have access to a new framework to transform the dialogue around climate change and the fossil fuel debate into an actionable plan for investing.

Innovation & Technology

Financial Solutions Lab Opens Applications for $3 Million Year-Two Challenge to Address Financial Shocks, Celebrates First-Year Culmination

Feb 12, 2016 8:00 AM ET

Financial Solutions Lab Opens Applications for $3 Million Year-Two Challenge to Address Financial Shocks, Celebrates First-Year Culmination

Research, Reports & Publications

Novo Nordisk Publishes Integrated 2015 Annual Report

Feb 12, 2016 8:00 AM ET

Novo Nordisk has published its integrated 2015 Annual Report detailing the company’s year-end performance.

Innovation & Technology

HPE: Insights on Innovation

Feb 12, 2016 7:55 AM ET

Responsible Production & Consumption

Source Intelligence Expanding Sustainability Leadership In 2016

Feb 11, 2016 5:10 PM ET

Corporate social responsibility has taken center stage and has been focused on the integration of social and environmental concerns in a company’s business operations.

Health & Healthcare

For Working-Age Cancer Survivors, Medical Debt And Bankruptcy Create Financial Hardships

Feb 11, 2016 4:30 PM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bloomberg's Paul Wood Is Recognized on the OUTstanding Executive Power Lists

Feb 11, 2016 4:00 PM ET

Energy

National Grid U.S. Continues Support for EPA’s Clean Power Plan Despite Supreme Court Ruling

Feb 11, 2016 3:15 PM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

KeyBank Foundation Awards $1.4 Million to Tri-C Foundation to Expand College’s Public Safety Training Programs

Feb 11, 2016 2:30 PM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

CITGO and Houston Audubon Society Continue Natural Habitat Restoration Project at Smith Oaks Sanctuary

Feb 11, 2016 1:50 PM ET

For the second consecutive year, volunteers from CITGO Petroleum Corporation, Houston Audubon Society and the Galveston community converged on the Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island to plant trees and remove invasive vegetation. The Houston Audubon Society-owned sanctuary, which protects 177 acres of field, woods, wetlands and ponds, is still recovering from damage inflicted over years of hurricane seasons and needs help in order to protect the many species of migratory birds who call it home.

Health & Healthcare

Health and Medicine -- Innovating Lives

Feb 11, 2016 1:35 PM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Should I Do Grants, Donations, or Both?

Feb 11, 2016 1:30 PM ET

You can set up a program focused on donations or make grants the focus. Both contribute to social change though each has its own unique benefits. Which path should you take, or should you have both grants and donations programs?

Events, Media & Communications

20 Years On: Is Sustainability Reporting Actually Making a Difference?

Feb 11, 2016 1:25 PM ET

It’s a question all sustainability practitioners face: is sustainability reporting making a difference? At GRI, we believe the answer is yes. But we also know there’s still much more that needs to be done to create a sustainable economy and world that lifts people out of poverty while preserving our precious resources. Still, it’s important to keep in mind how much progress we’ve collectively made in a short period of time.​

Health & Healthcare

Save the Date for Dining Out For Life® hosted by Subaru® Dine Out, Fight AIDS- April 28, 2016

Feb 11, 2016 1:20 PM ET

Help make a difference by simply enjoying a meal with family or friends during Dining Out For Life® hosted by Subaru®, a delicious event held on Thursday, April 28th.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Ideas to Make Employee Giving Last All Year

Feb 11, 2016 12:30 PM ET

As a Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, Community Relations or HR Professional, you may be tasked with community engagement, employee engagement, retention, productivity and so much more. All of which can be tough to support and maintain momentum year round. Is there any way to keep your workforce engaged and rally them around a cause while swimming last minute requests for funding, volunteer projects, changing schedules, open enrollment and much more?

Innovation & Technology

Siemens Stiftung "empowering people." Award 2015

Feb 11, 2016 11:55 AM ET

Events, Media & Communications

Sovereign Wealth Giant & Activist Investor Focused on Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility

Feb 11, 2016 11:35 AM ET

Many nations have created what can be defined as a “Sovereign Wealth Fund,” which hold assets in portfolio that are supposed to benefit the entire population, and usually, future generations of the country’s citizens. The first such fund was launched in 1954 by the oil-producing nation of Kuwait. Today, the largest such “SWF” is that of Norway – officially, the Norway Government Pension Investment Fund – with “wealth” now approaching US$1 trillion in Assets Under Management.