Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Education

Design For Social Innovation June 2016 Newsletter

MFA DSI JUNE NEWS

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Source Intelligence’s Supply Chain Transparency Platform Named Environmental Leader’s Product of the Year 2016

Source Intelligence’s supply chain compliance solution was awarded the 2016 “Product of the Year” by the prestigious Environmental Leader organization, officials announced today.

Innovation & Technology

Sodexo’s Client Intelligence Portal Facilitates Enterprise-Wide Data Analysis

Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Life Services, understands that monitoring an enterprise’s key performance indicators (KPIs) can be the difference between success or failure for a business or organization, especially in a challenging economic environment. That is why Sodexo leveraged its technology systems expertise to create a Client Intelligence Portal (CIP), a platform which makes all services, including facilities management and foodservice operations, more efficient and allows clients and staff to monitor key operations.

Research, Reports & Publications

BCE Inc (Bell Canada) Releases Annual Corporate Responsibility Report for 2015

The BCE Inc (Bell Canada) annual Corporate Responsibility Report is now available at BCE.ca.

The report addresses key initiatives that are most relevant to the company’s stakeholders throughout its 5 main categories – Team members, Customers, Community, Environment, and Economy & Society

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

JetBlue to Fly to Cuba with First Commercial Flights in More Than 50 Years

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Setting Corporate Expectations in Driving Human Rights and Human Value

Events, Media & Communications

A Journey with Purpose… Don’t Stop Believin’

I recently had the privilege and opportunity to represent AT&T at the Sustainable Brands 2016 conference in gorgeous San Diego. The conference brings together top brands that fill 4 days with extraordinary conversation and insight to inspire and activate business success toward a sustainable future.

Innovation & Technology

Combating Malnutrition and Improving Livelihoods in Nigeria

Diversity & Inclusion

The Burson-Marsteller Blog What’s Love Got to Do With It: Corporate Engagement in the LGBTQ Movement

June is National LGBTQ Pride month, when members and allies of the LGBTQ community celebrate and embrace diversity, proudly waving rainbow flags at events across the United States and around the world. Historically, this celebration was limited to individuals who privately identified with the community.

Social Impact & Volunteering

generationOn and FamilyFun Magazine Partner to Develop Volunteer Project Enabling Kids, Teens and Families to Help Children in Need

generationOn, the youth division of Points of Light, partnered with FamilyFun Magazine to create a Capes for Kids project guide to encourage kids, teens, and families across the country to make capes for children in homeless shelters and hospitals to remind them to be strong, have hope, and keep going when times are tough.

Innovation & Technology

Client Intelligence Portal Makes Accessing Data Easy

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Food Waste App Takes Top Prize in the Forward Food Competition

In partnership with lead sponsor, Campbell Soup Company, and General Mills, Net Impact is excited to announce the winners of the first-ever Forward Food Competition, a program that gave participants the chance to launch a new sustainable product or service within the food and beverage category. The response was overwhelmingly positive with over 140 applicants tackling a wide range of issues in society— food waste, unsustainable farming and recidivism, to name a few.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

CEOs Urged to Talk ESG, Though Wall Street Wants EPS

CEOs need to ramp up communications about environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues even when Wall Street is more concerned with short-term financial performance like earnings per share (EPS), according to a new report from the Conference Board.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Old Mutual on Financial Education: Why it Matters

Why it matters

There are 350 million adults in sub-Saharan Africa. More than half have no ready access to financial services, and financial knowledge could be improved across all our markets.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

RobecoSAM Wins Institutional Investor Magazine’s “ESG Manager of the Year” Award

RobecoSAM wins Institutional Investor magazine‘s “ESG Manager of the Year” award

The European Awards 2016 by the renowned trade magazine Institutional Investor honored European asset managers whose innovative investment strategies, portfolio construction and strategic asset allocation have succeeded in the challenging European landscape.

Innovation & Technology

Global Food Security Index a Call to Action

Five years ago, DuPont commissioned the Economist Intelligence Unit to develop the Global Food Security Index (GFSI). While the Index seeks to answer a simple question – how food secure is a country? – in reality, it presents a clarion call to action for governments, farmers, non-governmental organizations and agricultural companies alike.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Folsom Cordova Reuse Roundup 2016

Republic Services of Sacramento, the Folsom Cordova Community Partnership and the City of Rancho Cordova came together for Reuse Roundup, a school supply drive that aims to collect reusable school supplies from local schools at the end of the school year that would otherwise end up in our landfills.

Education

Volunteering Can Promote Lifetime Financial Education

Volunteering gives Aimee DeCamillo the chance to share financial concepts with school kids

Research, Reports & Publications

New Report Aims to Help Healthcare Sector Address Inequalities in Access to Specialty Care

Today, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation and FSG are calling on the healthcare sector to address inequity in a new resource--Breaking the Barriers to Specialty Care: Practical Ideas to Improve Health Equity and Reduce Cost.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Barclays’ Shared Growth Ambition

Healthy economies need strong banks to drive economic growth and social progress. And Barclays has an opportunity to play a pivotal role in fostering innovation and facilitating inclusive, shared growth for all – today and for future generations.

Research, Reports & Publications

Daimler | Sustainability Report 2015

Responsible Production & Consumption

Great CSR Takes the Whole Organization

“What does it take to get great CSR work done?” Nine months in, I’m convinced it takes a clear direction, supported by a committed organization and great people.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

FOX25 and The Trust for Public Land Seeking Nominations for Boston’s Cox Conserves Heroes Program

FOX25, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, today launched Boston’s 2016 Cox Conserves Heroes to honor local environmental volunteers. Nominations are being accepted now through July 25 at myfoxboston.com for volunteers in FOX25’s viewership area who are creating, preserving or enhancing outdoor spaces. Nominee activities must be performed on a volunteer basis and may not be part of one’s paid job.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Spotlight on the Elton John AIDS Foundation: 4 Questions with Mohammed Osman

Environment

Nev Hyman: Shelter From The Storm

Many people living in Pacific nations, like Vanuatu, Indonesia, and the Philippines, struggle to find adequate shelter, a challenge compounded by the elevated risk of structure-destroying cyclones. Meanwhile, miles off their coasts, plastic waste floats in the ocean, contaminating the marine food chain and threatening the world's largest ecosystem.

Latest Campaigns

  1. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  2. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  3. Growth Through Sustainability
    Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...
  4. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...
  5. Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator
    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...
  6. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  7. Cascale Events
    Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...
  8. Greener Products and Solutions
    We actively integrate sustainability into the product development process and look at all phases of the product life cycle for opportunities to...
  9. Accelerating access to healthcare technology
    We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...
  10. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  11. Antea Group Webinars and Events
    Come learn from Antea Group experts on a variety of topics. We produce webinars monthly and attend events regularly to keep in touch with current and...
  12. PSEG People & Communities
    PSEG is committed to improving the lives of our customers, our employees and the diverse communities we serve throughout New Jersey and Long Island...
  13. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
    Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...
  14. Small Business Growth
    We strengthen communities and help create local jobs by investing in underserved small business owners. We fund nonprofits that are focused on...
  15. Wesco Cares
    Life-changing events can happen to any of us, often when we least expect them. Employees in need can turn to the Wesco Cares. Its mission is to be an...