ESG News from Leading Brands

Social Impact & Volunteering

Local Nurse Realizes American Dream of Homeownership

Oct 5, 2015 1:00 PM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

Rebuilding Together and Lowe’s Host Fifth Annual Building a Healthy Neighborhood

Oct 5, 2015 12:00 PM ET

Rebuilding Together — a leading national nonprofit in safe and healthy housing that provides low-income homeowners with critical home repairs — will join together with its affiliate, Rebuilding Together St. Louis, to lead its fifth annual Building a Healthy Neighborhood community revitalization project. The effort, supported by lead partner Lowe’s and 275 of its Lowe’s Heroes employee volunteers, will be held in St. John, a small community in St. Louis County, this October 8–10, and is expected to provide more than $760,000 in market value back to the community.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Get to ‘Better’. How Using Data Drives Success in Corporate Citizenship.

Oct 5, 2015 11:15 AM ET

Events, Media & Communications

Dodd Frank Act at 5 Year Mark Now – There is Still Work to Do

Oct 5, 2015 11:15 AM ET

In 2007, the dominoes started to fall. The debt auction rate market caught cold, leading in time to the broad capital markets and housing markets catching pneumonia. Down went the dominoes – click/click/click – US housing prices plunged, lender foreclosures skyrocketed, equity share prices plummeted – and trillions’ of dollars of accumulated wealth disappeared – poof!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CITGO Fuels Good with the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

Oct 5, 2015 11:15 AM ET

In its commitment to fuel good in the community, CITGO Petroleum Corporation and its local branded Marketers Griffith Energy Services, Inc., Carroll Independent Fuel Company, and The Wills Group, recently donated $15,000 in CITGO Gift Cards to the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and announced the “Be A Star, Buy A Star” community fundraising campaign to further benefit the hospital. The gift cards were presented to Paula Heneberry, LCSW-C, Director of Pediatric Social Work at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and will be given to families whose children are being treated at the facility to assist them with travel costs to and from the hospital.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Carnival Cruise Line Hosts Dr. Seuss-Inspired Event with Atlanta Braves Announcer Brian Jordan at Taste of Atlanta

Oct 5, 2015 11:10 AM ET

Carnival Cruise Line brought its spirited brand of fun to this year’s Taste of Atlanta festival, hosting an exclusive Dr. Seuss-themed book reading and cooking demonstration for local children with Atlanta Braves announcer Brian Jordan.

Research, Reports & Publications

Talking Sustainability Reporting with Kimberly-Clark

Oct 5, 2015 11:00 AM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Finalists Named for Atlanta's 2015 Cox Conserves Heroes Program, Public Asked to Vote

Oct 5, 2015 10:30 AM ET

Channel 2 WSB-TV and The Trust for Public Land are recognizing volunteers who are creating, preserving or enhancing shared outdoor spaces. Tom Branch, Julie Burroughs and Alan Toney have been selected as finalists for Atlanta’s 2015 Cox Conserves Heroes program, and the public is being asked to vote now through October 26 at wsbtv.com/coxconservesheroes.

Diversity & Inclusion

A Discussion Between Generations

Oct 5, 2015 9:45 AM ET

Millennials, the next generation of leaders, ranks quality of life – their own and others’ – highly. This defining perspective will change organizational paradigms around the world within the next decade.

Education

New Research Points to Egg Whites to Reduce Caloric Intake, Increase Protein and Satiety in College Women

Oct 5, 2015 9:00 AM ET

New Research Points to Egg Whites to Reduce Caloric Intake, Increase Protein and Satiety in College Women

Health & Healthcare

Art Therapy Is More Than Just Making Nice Pictures

Oct 5, 2015 9:00 AM ET

Art Therapy Is More Than Just Making Nice Pictures

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Yum! Brands VIDEO: 1 Person, 1 Donation Can Make a Difference

Oct 5, 2015 8:05 AM ET

Events, Media & Communications

21st Century Fox Presents Grants for School Music Programs Across the U.S.

Oct 5, 2015 8:00 AM ET

To commemorate the end of FOX's groundbreaking musical television series Glee, which sparked renewed interest and participation in school music programs during its six-season run, 21st Century Fox and the Give a Note Foundation in March announced the establishment of the 21st Century Fox Give a Note Grants to support 16 under-funded music education programs at schools across the United States. The two organizations worked closely to identify the recipient schools and have begun distributing the funds through school ceremonies this fall.

Diversity & Inclusion

Don Beyer and Bloomberg Chairman Peter Grauer Launch Initiatives Promoting U.S. Competitiveness with Women’s Economic Empowerment

Oct 5, 2015 6:10 AM ET

“Women are the backbone of our economy, and it is time Congress had their back,” Rep. Don Beyer said today as he announced a “Men for Women” House Caucus to promote economic growth through women’s empowerment.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Domtar's 'Paper Trail' Wins Environmental Strategy of the Year Award

Oct 2, 2015 7:45 PM ET

Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) has been awarded the Pulp and Paper International (PPI) 2015 Environmental Strategy of the Year Award for The Paper Trail®, its newly revitalized digital transparency tool. When using the tool, customers are able to learn where their paper comes from and track the gate-to-gate environmental impact of their paper purchase across five categories: fiber, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, water, renewable energy, and waste.

Innovation & Technology

Putting Technology to Work for People with Disabilities

Oct 2, 2015 7:00 PM ET

Over the years, technology has made all of our jobs easier, but for those of us in the disability community, technology has made many of our jobs possible.

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and as I think about the collective progress we’ve made, it strikes me that much of that progress can be credited to advances in technology.

Education

Keep America Beautiful's Recycle-Bowl Registration Closing Soon!

Oct 2, 2015 5:15 PM ET

Recycle-Bowl is Keep America Beautiful’s fun and friendly national recycling competition, focusing on promoting recycling in K-12 schools. Registration for this year’s Recycle-Bowl competition closes on Oct. 13. The competition takes place from Oct. 19 to Nov. 15.

Events, Media & Communications

Webinar: 2015 Cone Communications Millennial CSR Study

Oct 2, 2015 4:55 PM ET

This webinar will walk you through key data and critical implications for business wishing to engage Millennials in CSR including expectations, perception of impact, business approaches and preferred types of engagement. The session will also explore unique drivers and priorities of the Young Millennial, Mature Millennial, Millennial Female, Millennial Male, Affluent Millennial and Millennial Mom.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Endocrine Society Dispatch: Chemical Exposure Associated With Diabetes, Obesity

Oct 2, 2015 3:30 PM ET

Two of the most looming threats to modern health that people are becoming all too familiar with are diabetes and obesity. They have quickly raised concerns of health experts and the general populace alike and now there is a less pronounced culprit that scientists are taking notice of.

Energy

National Grid’s Interstate Reliability Project—A Connect 21 Video

Oct 2, 2015 3:30 PM ET

Events, Media & Communications

Learn How to Evaluate and Manage Your Supply Chain

Oct 2, 2015 3:30 PM ET

Responsible Production & Consumption

Are Companies Doing Enough To Ensure Slavery Is Not In Their Supply Chains?

Oct 2, 2015 3:15 PM ET

With more companies increasing the amount of business being conducted over seas and the expansion of their supply chains, more focus is being brought to their attention in regard to slavery and forced labor. October 1st has past and now new provisions will take effect from the Modern Day Slavery Act. This is an effort to increase enforcement and visibility in these supply chains to ensure this type of business practice is not used.

Social Impact & Volunteering

CITGO and the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana Team Up to Restore the Dunes of Cameron Parish Shoreline in Commemoration of Hurricane Rita

Oct 2, 2015 3:00 PM ET

In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Rita’s landfall on September 24, 2005, CITGO Petroleum Corporation joined with the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) to lead volunteers in restoring the dunes of Southwest Louisiana’s Cameron Parish Shoreline.

Events, Media & Communications

Post-Harvest Loss is Top Priority for International Congress in Rome

Oct 2, 2015 2:15 PM ET

In the effort to advance the fight against post-harvest loss the First International Congress on Postharvest Loss Prevention will convene in Rome, Italy October 4-7. Harry Pastuszek, Vice President of Enterprise and Community Development for PYXERA Global, will present on the Global Initiatives for Reducing Post-harvest Losses panel.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Panel Of Agriculture And Industry Experts Announced To Evaluate Outstanding Rural Leaders

Oct 2, 2015 2:00 PM ET

Farm Credit has identified 21 individuals to serve on the selection panel for Farm Credit 100 Fresh Perspectives — a nationwide search to identify and honor 100 leaders who are changing the future of rural communities and agriculture for the better. The initiative is part of Farm Credit’s efforts to commemorate its upcoming centennial in July 2016.