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Diversity & Inclusion

Meet the Antea Group Detroit Office!

The Detroit office has a long history of remediation work for our major oil and gas clients, but we also have expertise in health and safety, lead the company's auditing efforts in the automotive industry, and support technology and insurance clients, as well as performing phase I and II assessments and due diligence work.

Education

CITGO Lake Charles Employees Provide for Christmas to Local Families

CITGO Lake Charles Refinery employees offered Christmas donations and gifts to local families this holiday season through local charities and CITGO Partner in Education E.K. Key Elementary School. Employees raised $6,632 to purchase Christmas presents and household necessities for the families.

Energy

An Efficiency Game Changer

When I talk to our customers, it’s clear that many of them share the same top priority about electricity: when they flip the switch, the lights go on. Yet, I’ve learned that what happens behind the scenes – and what affects the service those customers see every day – is much more complex.

Events, Media & Communications

ACCP: The Conference 2017 Featured Speakers

ACCP announced the general session speaker lineup for ACCP: The Conference 2017, taking place March 12-15th in San Antonio, TX.

Health & Healthcare

Well Living Lab | Powering Pioneering Health Research with IBM Cloud and IBM Watson Technologies

To provide Well Living Lab researchers with advanced analytics and cognitive tools, Delos and Mayo Clinic sought cloud-based technology and guidance from an IT leader. Tapping in to IBM® Bluemix® and IBM Watson™ services, the Lab will analyze vast amounts of structured and unstructured data to deliver invaluable insight into the effects of indoor environments on human health.

Education

University of South Carolina Offers Gluten-Free Dining with Naturally Woodstock and Plan-it-Healthy

Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Life services, today announced that University of South Carolina (USC) students, staff and visitors looking for gluten-free dining options will find two new destinations on campus that meet their needs. Naturally Woodstock, an existing retail dining venue, recently revamped its menu to feature exclusively gluten-free items. Plan-It-Healthy also offers a menu consisting entirely of gluten-free items.

Energy

FCA US Dealers to Brighten the Night for Customers

FCA US LLC dealerships are brightening the night for their customers who shop for new cars and trucks after sundown.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Keep Charleston Beautiful, Compost Rangers Help Alleviate Local Food Waste

That’s why Keep Charleston Beautiful (KCB) and its volunteers, armed with a Keep America Beautiful/Lowe’s Community Partners Grant, began working with The Compost Rangers in connecting schools, restaurants and local businesses to a grassroots compost initiative in Charleston.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Duke Energy Linemen Pool Money, Donate to Steve's Coats

This weekend's storm could have line workers for Duke Energy working long hours and yet they've managed to keep kids warm, through Steve's Coats...

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

GM Donates $1.7 Million Across U.S. Through Community Grants Program

In 2016, General Motors awarded $1.7 million to nonprofit organizations located in and serving General Motors communities across the U.S. through the company’s Community Grants Program.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Subaru Announces Sales-Matching Meal Donations to Feeding America for the Third Consecutive Year

To celebrate Subaru’s eighth record-breaking sales year in 2016, the automaker will once again donate one meal* for every vehicle sold in 2016 – 615,132 – to help Feeding America® carry out its mission of ending hunger in the United States. Subaru will contribute $55,925 to help Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Corporate Responsibility: A 2017 Outlook

When it comes to the social sector, we are seeing clear, positive trends. Last year, charitable donations hit a record for a second year in a row at an estimated $373.25 billion, corporate giving reached $18.45 billion, and employee participation in their companies’ community efforts continues to rise. How will this story continue to unfold? Read the MicroEdge + Blackbaud 2017 CSR predictions!

Diversity & Inclusion

Introducing the Antea Group Atlanta Office!

Our office is a bit of a jack-of-all-trades, with expertise across health and safety, environmental compliance, remediation, sustainability reporting, and EHS data management. We work in the food & beverage, chemical, automotive, railroad, and technology industries and are fully licensed to provide regulatory support in the states we serve.

Environment

Volkswagen Brand Supports 100 CSR Projects Throughout the World

The Volkswagen core brand is actively engaged in 100 environmental and social projects worldwide. All CSR themes are presented in the sustainability Report. In Mexico, 1,000 young people were trained as environmental "angels" and ambassadors called "EcoChavos".

Social Impact & Volunteering

Georgia Tech Students Help CSX Create the Future of Freight Rail

An essential piece of rail safety – elastic fasteners, or “e-clips,” which secure rails to metal plates – have been installed by sledgehammer since the 1930s.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Making the Holidays Happier: How Avnet Employees and The Salvation Army Impact Children’s Lives

Employees at Avnet’s Global Solutions Center in Chandler, Ariz., raised more than $26,000 to help the Salvation Army’s Christmas Angel program, an effort that supports more than 50,000 people in the Phoenix metro area. The employee-led effort dates back to 2007 and has resulted in $282,000 in donations.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

HPE’s Antonio Neri Discusses How Sustainability Impacts Customer Purchasing Behavior

HPE Executive Vice President Antonio Neri shares how businesses are increasingly factoring sustainability into their consideration of total cost of ownership, and how it’s shifting the innovation agenda for companies like HPE.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sustainable Brands Welcomes Senior Director to Corporate Membership Team

Sustainable Brands® announced today that Darren Beck has joined the company’s leadership team as Senior Director of Corporate Membership to further develop and enhance the growing SB Corporate Member Network.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Hundreds Come Together to Help Make Sure Kids Don't Go Without

When school isn’t in session, children can sometimes go hungry.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Advent of the Corporate University and How it Impacts Your Company

Business schools are gaining some competition. But it’s not from one another, it’s actually from corporations.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Aflac’s Top Lawyer Honored for Raising the Bar on Corporate Ethics

Environment

Rays of Hope for 2017

Donald Trump’s picks for his cabinet and advisors created a climate denier’s dream team, and their promises to renege on the Paris Climate Agreement and dismantle the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency are firing up the global Green movement big time.

Education

Attending the 2016 Japan Amgen Scholar Symposium

The Amgen Scholar Japan Symposium was a global gathering of passionate young scientists. The Amgen Scholars Japan Program is the only one of Scholar’s three programs to accept applications from any country which leads to a very diverse group; this year 48 Scholars from 17 countries participated.

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