Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Events, Media & Communications

Transcending Carbon Constraints

The rapidly changing world around us is having a widespread impact on just about everything: global economies, industries, markets, consumer trends and our planet’s resources. As a company, we are embracing this reality with a focused strategy and some very clear objectives.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Final Days to Nominate Volunteers for Central Florida’s Cox Conserves Heroes Program

WFTV Channel 9, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, is seeking nominations for Central Florida’s 2016 Cox Conserves Heroes program.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Environmental Leader Recognizes Ingersoll Rand with Three ‘Product of the Year’ Awards for Product Sustainability

Ingersoll Rand accepted three “Product and Project of the Year” awards from Environmental Leader at the fifth annual Environmental Leader Conference in Denver, Colorado on Wednesday.

Research, Reports & Publications

Creating Compost with Less Energy

In Yorkshire, U.K., our energy-efficient Flygt top-entry agitators — a propeller type of mixer that can handle thick, high-fiber sludge — are part of a new waste treatment facility that processes and recycles waste.

Research, Reports & Publications

3M’s 2016 Sustainability Report

As the global population marches toward 9 billion people, it is creating an even more urgent need to address sustainability challenges –from air pollution and water shortages to food safety and clean energy.

Education

CITGO STEM Scholarship Puts College in Reach for Houston Students

Twenty Houston-area students are one step closer to a college education thanks to financial aid provided by CITGO Petroleum Corporation through the new CITGO STEM Scholarship. In keeping with a long-term commitment from CITGO to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, the scholarship supports higher education opportunities for students pursuing degrees in these fields.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Wells Fargo Named #3 Most Generous Company of the Fortune 500

Fortune magazine has named Wells Fargo No. 3 on its Top 20 Most Generous Companies in the Fortune 500 for 2015. It is also the highest ranked financial services company on the list of corporate donors.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

How (and Why) to Sponsor Your Nonprofit Partner to Attend VM Summit 16

Your company’s volunteer program couldn’t exist without them.

I’m not talking about your employees — although that’s true, too. I’m talking about the nonprofits your employees dedicate their time to.

Health & Healthcare

Survivor Advocate Program Shapes Future Research

Social Impact & Volunteering

Profile of SuiteImpact Ambassador Sofia Brugnini

Sofia Brugnini, a Project Manager with NetSuite, shares how she's spearheading volunteerism in NetSuite's Montevideo, Uruguay office and inspiring her fellow employees to give back.

Research, Reports & Publications

Sustainability: It's Personal at Kingfisher

Kingfisher, the home improvement company, has published its Sustainability Report 2015/16 showing progress towards becoming a restorative Net Positive business.

Health & Healthcare

Preparing to Stop Drug-Resistant Malaria

No child should ever die from a mosquito bite. Yet, today, in an era of extraordinary medical advancement, a child dies of mosquito-borne malaria every two minutes. Last year, this agonizing blood disease caused by the malaria parasite claimed nearly half a million lives—most of them children.

Still, there’s unprecedented cause for optimism. After 15 years of coordinated efforts to fight malaria, we’re seeing progress: Malaria deaths have declined 60 percent since 2000, meaning more than six million lives have been saved. During that same period, an analysis by the Roll Back Malaria initiative shows that 57 countries have reduced malaria cases by 75 percent or more.

Education

What Do the Conflict Minerals 2015 SEC Filings Show Us? Know the Insights

Approximately 1,200 publicly traded companies filed Conflict Minerals Reports with the SEC this year, in accordance with Dodd-Frank Section 1502 (Conflict Minerals Rule).

Social Impact & Volunteering

The Walt Disney Company Launches Computer Science Summer Immersion Program for High School Students

The Walt Disney Company announced today the start of its inaugural Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program, a seven-week coding program on the Disney campus for high school girls that will introduce them to computer science curriculum.

Education

Schools Learn How AT&T Solutions Support Technology-Rich Education

It’s that time of year again. Students look forward to recharging over summer break.

It’s also the time when school administrators look forward to retooling in preparation for the next school year.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

UN Global Compact Unveils “Making Global Goals Local Business” Strategy to Drive Responsible Business Activity on Sustainable Development Goals

Today at the United Nations, the UN Global Compact unveiled a multi-year strategy to drive business awareness and activity that supports the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Key elements of the new Making Global Goals Local Business strategy include an annual Leaders Summit, the SDG Pioneers programme, Local Network SDG Action Plans, UN-business partnerships, and impact reporting. The announcement came at the opening of the 2016 UN Global Compact Leaders Summit, a two-day gathering of more than 1,000 leaders from business, finance, civil society, labour, academia, the UN and Government.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Forest City Named a Top Workplace for Fourth Consecutive Year

Social Impact & Volunteering

Points of Light Conference Convenes in the Motor City Bringing Together Thousands of Global Changemakers

The 2016 Points of Light Conference on Volunteering and Service kicks off on Monday, June 27 at Detroit’s Cobo Center. The conference, the largest of its kind in the world, brings together nonprofit, government, business and civic leaders from across the globe to learn, connect and be inspired. Thousands of service-minded attendees from across the United States and 36 countries will gain the knowledge, resources and connections needed to galvanize the power of people in their own communities to create change. The conference will run through June 29.

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.

Latest Campaigns

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  4. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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  7. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
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  8. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  9. Collective Action
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  10. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
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  14. EVP Campaign
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  15. Aflac Stories
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