Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

B.C. Day Success Story: Homegrown Industry on Pace to Shatter Export Records, Creating Jobs in Coastal Communities and Opportunity for First Nations

Recently released data from Stats Canada (January to May 2016) shows exports of farm-raised salmon to key Asian markets is on a record setting pace in 2016, with many markets already eclipsing previous annual volumes.

Education

Arrow Electronics Hosts Colorado STEM Champions

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Versaic Clients Making a Difference- July 2016

The summer heat does not stop our clients from making a difference. Whether an airline or a bank or a grocery store, they're on a mission with their CSR program to change the world. We have picked some of the highlights from their various giving programs to share with you- we hope their good work will inspire you in your quest for making an impact in your community!

Innovation & Technology

Innovative Ideas to Solve Complex Social and Environmental Problems

Arming women with the skills to build a more equal society. Providing marginalized expectant mothers with valuable health advice. Ensuring new entrepreneurs are set up for success. Preparing small and medium-sized businesses for disaster recovery. Ensuring that the free educational resources of the Internet are accessible to all.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Trevor Plouffe of the Minnesota Twins Helps His Country While Inspiring a Younger Generation

Trevor Plouffe, Minnesota Twins third baseman, is all business on the field, but all smiles off of it.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Keep America Beautiful's Volunteer Spotlight: J.D. Franklin

J.D. Franklin, a volunteer for Keep Riverside Clean & Beautiful, exemplifies what it means to be a hardworking man who cares about bettering his community. J.D. has always been conscious of the need to have a beautiful environment for all, evidenced by his involvement in Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup.

Diversity & Inclusion

ColorComm Conference 2016: Leading the Way – Helping Companies Create Gender Diverse Workplaces

We have all attended conferences in the hopes of leaving inspired and ready to take action on the topics discussed, but sometimes the conference falls flat. We attend breakout session after breakout session just to leave thinking, “I already knew that.” However, that was definitely not the case at ColorComm’s 3rd Annual Conference, Leading the Way (#C2Miami)!

Health & Healthcare

When a Service Provider is Part of the Team

This is the third in a continuing blog series based on the findings from the Sodexo 2016 Healthcare Compendium, a compilation of research that examines the increasing trend toward a focus on value in the healthcare sector. Read the full article: Lowell General Hospital: Partnering for Excellence

Innovation & Technology

Cultivating Livelihoods in Indonesia

East West Seed Indonesia (EWINDO), the country’s first integrated seed breeding and distribution company, has joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a commitment to integrate 17,775 seeds growers into its value chain and transfer technical knowledge to 125,000 smallholder vegetable farmers by 2020.

Education

IBM and Sesame Street Transforming Education

IBM and Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization that produces Sesame Street, formed a collaboration to use IBM Watson's cognitive computing technology and Sesame’s early childhood expertise to help advance preschool education around the world. As part of a three-year agreement, Sesame Workshop and IBM will collaborate to develop educational platforms and products that will be designed to adapt to the learning preferences and aptitude levels of individual preschoolers.

Events, Media & Communications

Domtar EarthChoice July Monthly Minute

How do you reduce the need for 50,000 truck trips a year, avoiding the air emissions equal burning 100,000+ gallons of fuel? Domtar's Hawesville, KY mill found a creative strategy to do just that.

Responsible Production & Consumption

What Do Weddings and Recycled Healthcare Plastics Have in Common?

HPRC got a nice shout-out in a recent Packaging Digest piece about Bella the Bride, a traveling display jointly put on by DuPont and Beacon Converters that features a wedding gown made of discarded Tyvek meant to encourage conversations about reuse of healthcare plastics. The gown was created by artist and environmental educator Nancy Judd.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

An Essential Nestlé Value: Investing in Our Communities

We’re celebrating our 150th anniversary by going big — and going home
Planning a birthday party can be a joyful challenge, whether the guest of honor is a toddler unaware of the significance or an adult celebrating a landmark year. So imagine the endless possibilities before us as we plan the 150th birthday party for Nestlé, a company that spans the globe. How would you mark the occasion?

Research, Reports & Publications

Building Employee Loyalty to Xylem

We are committed to meeting our customers’ needs and expanding the markets we currently serve. One way we can accomplish this is by enhancing our current offerings with complementary solutions and intelligent full-systems capability.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Mentoring "Moves" Young Students in the Right Direction

Many people who have led successful and fulfilling lives cite the fact that a mentor had a major positive impact on them when they were growing up. In fact, a recent Brigham Young University study shows that mentors can be pivotal in a student’s decision to go to college, which is the core foundation for a bright future.

Energy

Balancing Renewables in the New Energy Landscape

Renewable resources are plentiful, but also unpredictable. Siemens Flex-Plant™ technology is a reliable backup that produces the energy you need, when you need it.

Environment

WWF: Tiger Farming in Asia Must End; US has Role to Play

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is using Global Tiger Day today to call on governments across Asia to investigate all tiger breeding centers and close any operations involved in the illegal tiger trade. WWF is also calling on the US to do more to address its own large captive tiger population.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

2016 Pocono Mountains Community Fundraiser

At tonight’s sold out annual Pocono Mountains Community Fundraiser, one of the largest fundraising events in Northeast Pennsylvania, a record-breaking $225,975 was awarded to six Monroe County nonprofits, bringing the total raised since the event’s inception to more than $2 million.

Education

Sodexo Launches Innovative K-5 Dining Program

The Clubhouse, the new K-5 meal program created by Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Life Services, was developed using a custom-designed focus group process with students across the country. The Clubhouse program will launch in 400 schools for the beginning of the next school year.

Social Impact & Volunteering

VSP Global Supports Local Make-a-Wish Surprise

VSP Global's Rancho Cordova headquarters was the first stop for Ethan, a Sacramento-area boy who was granted his wish through the Make-a-Wish Foundation to be a garbage man.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Friendship Day Provides Opportunities for Kids to Volunteer Together, Spread Kindness

What would you say being a friend means to you? Loyalty? Kindness? Generosity? For actress Emmy Perry, founder of Emmy’s Hope and generationOn Celebrity Youth Ambassador, it means being a great friend.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Two Strangers Save Man's Life in Antelope, Reunite Exactly One Month Later

Two Good Samaritans reunited with the man they saved last month. Last month, Kylie Whitaker, a nurse, was driving to work, when she saw a man slowly drive his pick-up truck into the center median on Antelope Road.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

A Growing Company, a Solid Investment

“Today our company is better positioned to grow cash flow, earnings and dividends than at any other time in our history.” – Russ Girling, TransCanada President & CEO

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

GOJO Honored as E3 Award Winner from the Ohio EPA

At GOJO, we incorporate sustainability into everything we do through Sustainable Ways of Working (SWOW℠). SWOW describes our approach to changing the way we think and work. GOJO has long demonstrated this by proactive environmental management, and these efforts were recently recognized by Ohio EPA when the agency honored GOJO for achieving the Gold Level in its Encouraging Environmental Excellence (E3) Program.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Applications Open for Third Round of Transporting Healthy Food Grants

Applications are now being accepted for the 2016 Grant Program for Transporting Healthy Food, presented in partnership by CSX and The Conservation Fund.

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