Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Diversity & Inclusion

Comcast NBCUniversal Expands Military Hiring Goal to 21,000 by 2021

Nov 2, 2018 1:15 PM ET

In recognition of the start of Veterans and Military Families Month, Comcast NBCUniversal announced it will hire an additional 11,000 veterans, military spouses, and National Guard and Reserve members, bringing its total to 21,000 military hires by the end of 2021.

Comcast’s previous commitment, made in 2015, was to hire 10,000 military community members by the end of 2017, which it exceeded.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Quick Consult: Innovative Tactics to Drive Employee Recruitment

Nov 2, 2018 1:15 PM ET

You’ve built a great pro bono program and you have a group of motivated nonprofit partners eager to get started, but you’re struggling to get the right employees signed up. Does this sound familiar? Taproot has seen this time and time again and wanted to share a few tactics that we’ve seen be successful.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Reshape Tomorrow: More Opportunity for More People

Nov 2, 2018 12:50 PM ET

When small businesses are unable to access capital, great opportunities go unrealized. It’s a loss for financial providers and for the business owners seeking to provide for themselves and their communities.

Education

The Future of Education Is More About Learning, Less About Teaching

Nov 2, 2018 12:30 PM ET

Environment

Republic Services CEO Says Recycling Has Become a 'Broken' System

Nov 2, 2018 12:10 PM ET

CNBC's Jane Wells reports from a Republic Services facility on the "broken" recycling business as the commodity value of recyclables drop.

Events, Media & Communications

Aflac Delivers 1st My Special Aflac Ducks to the Aflac Cancer Center

Nov 2, 2018 12:05 PM ET

After more than 18 months of research, testing and development, Aflac delivered the very first My Special Aflac Ducks™ to the Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center in Atlanta.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Kite Employees Assemble Care Packages for Families Affected by Cancer

Nov 2, 2018 12:00 PM ET

Last week, our Kite employees volunteered at Family Reach, assembling 400 care packages for families affected by cancer.

Responsible Production & Consumption

PepsiCo Announces New Packaging Goal For 25% Recycled Plastic Content By 2025

Nov 2, 2018 12:00 PM ET

As part of its sustainable plastics vision, PepsiCo, Inc. announced a new goal to strive to use 25 percent recycled content in its plastic packaging by 2025.

PepsiCo aims to achieve this goal by collaborating with suppliers and partners, helping to increase consumer education, fostering cross-industry and public-private partnerships, and advocating for improved recycling infrastructure and regulatory reform, all of which are required to realize our ambition. The goal includes an aim specific to PET (polyethylene terephthalate) beverage bottles to achieve 33% recycled PET content by 2025.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The State – and Future – of Sustainable Business

Nov 2, 2018 11:55 AM ET

The past 10 years have seen incredible progress in sustainable business. There are global multi-stakeholder commitments on climate action and the SDGs, collaborations driving systemic change across value chains, and tremendous improvements in corporate and investor practices toward a more sustainable world.

Energy

#PoweringJobs: Elevating Energy Access Skills

Nov 2, 2018 11:10 AM ET

It’s estimated that scaling off-grid renewables can create 4.5 million jobs by 2030. But of the 10.3 million renewable energy jobs in the world today, just 76,000 are in Africa. In other words, less than 1% of the jobs worldwide are in the region that most urgently needs them. The same trend holds true for energy-poor communities in Asia and elsewhere.

That is why Schneider Electric is supporting the launch of the #PoweringJobs campaign, a global effort to ensure the creation of an energy access workforce.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Scotiabank and Concacaf Launch Youth Football Programme

Nov 2, 2018 11:05 AM ET

Innovation & Technology

7 Tips for Safe Use of Compressed Air

Nov 2, 2018 11:00 AM ET

Compressed air is an increasingly common utility in workspaces around the world from factories to construction sites. Although it may seem easy to operate, compressed air can become dangerous if used incorrectly. Here’s what you need to know when it comes to safe operation.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Xylem Donations Make Completion of New Prep School Possible After Devastation from Hurricane Harvey

Nov 2, 2018 11:00 AM ET

Xylem colleagues toured one of YES Prep Schools facilities in Houston, TX last week in celebration of the completion of a new school building. Xylem Watermark donated to YES Prep to support building classrooms in response to the devastation from Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Xylem also participated in water monitoring educational events at the time, adding to its efforts to solve water and educate youth about water issues. YES Prep School is committed to providing students in underserved communities access to superior educational opportunities, and Xylem is proud to support this effort.

Environment

Working Toward Zero-Landfill Parks

Nov 2, 2018 10:45 AM ET

NPCA is working to significantly reduce waste at our national parks, starting with three pilot parks: Denali, Grand Teton and Yosemite. Collectively, these three pilot parks welcomed nearly 8.3 million visitors in 2017, who left behind nearly 9 million pounds of waste that could otherwise be recycled or composted.

Research, Reports & Publications

GRI Newsletter: Updates and Upgrades for Easier Reporting

Nov 2, 2018 10:35 AM ET

As the data collection for many report preparers gains momentum, we are happy to announce new and updated GRI Standards and services to support reporters' work. There are also new mapping documents that help harmonize and reduce the burden of reporting to different frameworks. GRI is also presenting updates to its Digital Reporting Tool, which helps in data collection.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

An Interview with Ron Reese, Senior VP of Global Communications and Corporate Affairs, Las Vegas Sands

Nov 2, 2018 10:10 AM ET

We’ve identified this as a priority for the company several years ago. We felt it was an issue the public didn’t know much about and as one of the biggest employers in Southern Nevada, we’re able to provide resources and help bring awareness to the issues most important as we work together with our community partners.

Events, Media & Communications

Innovative Initiatives, Visionary Leadership: Highlights from 3BL Forum 2018

Nov 2, 2018 9:25 AM ET

For the over 300 CR professionals, CEOs, sustainability executives, and journalists who gathered at the MGM National Harbor, just outside Washington D.C., the 3BL Forum was a fast-paced, idea-packed two days of panels, breakout sessions, issue tables, one-on-one interviews, and networking.

Innovation & Technology

Privacy: A Business Imperative and Pillar of Corporate Responsibility

Nov 2, 2018 9:05 AM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Gildan Supports Sarah’s Fund for Cedars to Help the Montreal Children’s Hospital Care for Young Cancer Patients

Nov 2, 2018 9:00 AM ET

Gildan is proud once again be a Gold level sponsor for the Splash & Dash event, raising funds for Sarah’s Fund for Cedars, a local Montreal charity dedicated to supporting the needs of the Pediatric Hematology and Oncology patients and their families at the Montreal Children’s Hospital.

Education

Alliance for Community Trees Mentor Exchange Program Connects Community Greening with California Groups

Nov 2, 2018 9:00 AM ET

This year, Alliance for Community Trees hosted a mentor exchange program for members through a grant from the U.S. Forest Service. The mentor exchange program paired smaller non-profit groups with larger groups and allowed them to learn by travelling to their location and doing a site visit.

Events, Media & Communications

Join Us for "CSR & Employee Engagement Technology For IMPACT"

Nov 1, 2018 7:00 PM ET

On November 20 Chris Jarvis, Co-Founder of Realized Worth and Lesa George, Director of Digital Business Development, United Way of Calgary and Area will share insights into the customer experience and how technology can enable companies to meet impact and engagement objectives.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Recycling Business Model Getting Trashed

Nov 1, 2018 6:25 PM ET

Energy

VMware Achieves Carbon Neutrality and Partners with City of Palo Alto on Community Microgrid, as Part of Global Impact Initiative

Nov 1, 2018 6:00 PM ET

VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a leading innovator in enterprise software, has announced the achievement of key milestones in its journey to drive positive global impact across people, products and the planet. At the opening of the new VMware Discovery Center in Palo Alto, CEO Pat Gelsinger announced the company has achieved carbon neutrality in global operations two years ahead of the company’s scheduled 2020 goal, and a partnership with the City of Palo Alto to develop a proof-of-concept for a community microgrid.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Composting at Sappi Transforms Food Waste Into Community Resource

Nov 1, 2018 5:40 PM ET

Sappi’s shared service center in South Portland Maine has implemented a program that collects the office’s organic solid waste on-site, adding a compost container to complement the existing single-stream recycling and landfill waste containers.

Environment

Borden Project Receives Canada’s Clean Growth Program Funding

Nov 1, 2018 5:00 PM ET

Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, together with Parliamentary Secretary Paul Lefebvre, announced this week that the Government of Canada plans to invest $5 million to help position Goldcorp’s Borden Project as a mine of the future — mining ore in a more environmentally sustainable way.