In recognition of World Youth Skills Day and Chronic Illness Awareness Month, FedEx celebrates Calm Canvas, a team of young entrepreneurs from Ohio who earned the 2025 Global Possibilities Award, presented by FedEx during Future Bound™ by Junior Achievement.
Kimberly-Clark UK & Ireland, manufacturer of leading household name brands including Andrex® and Kleenex®, becomes the first major consumer products company in the UK to make a significant commitment to green hydrogen, signalling its commitment to a more sustainable future.
I come from a big, close-knit family and always dreamed of having one of my own someday. What was in store is even more than I could have ever expected.
For the first time in over a century, Parisians are once again swimming in the River Seine. What once seemed impossible is now a reality – thanks in large part to the vision, momentum and partnership inspired by the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
The increasing consumer demand for sustainable packaging is being driven by growing environmental awareness and the desire to reduce waste. Consumers are increasingly seeking products with packaging that is recyclable, biodegradable, compostable or made from renewable or circular
Federal Express Corporation (FedEx), one of the world’s largest express transportation companies, participated in a plogging initiative with the Korea Green Foundation to combat plastic waste pollution and promote environmental responsibility.
In June 1981, news of a mysterious disease first began making headlines out of San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. People who were impacted developed unusual infections and grew sick as their immune systems failed.
Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world’s largest cruise company, today announced that Vicky Rey, vice president of government affairs for Latin America, has been appointed to the Champions 12.3 coalition.
A year ago, beneath a stormy summer sky, history unfolded along the River Seine. For the first time ever, the Opening Ceremony broke free from stadium walls and embraced the city itself.
We’ve been working for years to reduce the levels of waste from our operations. We continue to sharpen our focus on food waste, engaging in initiatives aiming to avoid it.
Impact isn’t a finish line, it’s a continuous cycle. As you reach greater impact you will undoubtedly uncover new ideas on how to go even further. And those new ideas will undoubtedly require changes to the whole program including the software measuring outcomes.
We have reported here that consumer demand for ethical goods and services is on the rise; the latest data on consumer behavior confirms this upward trend.
The UK is at an exciting intersection, where new business ideas meet new technological possibilities. Bloomberg Business Innovators 2016 assembles the people changing how the UK lives, works and thinks.
Flint, MI residents have turned to bottled water in the face of its water crisis, even for cooking and bathing. So far, the state alone has handed out more than 176,000 cases of bottled water and as the bottles pile up, residents are beginning to recycle — a change for the city, which Republic Services is happy to see.
The late Stuart Scott said that LIVESTRONG is more than an organization, it’s a family. We couldn’t agree more. We are not only a family of 32 million members with unique stories, but we are also a family with one goal – to help others in their fight against cancer.
My passion for technology and science actually started when I was a kid. I'm one of five kids, and I am the only girl. So I have had the pleasure of blowing up things and setting off rockets and doing kind of all of those guys' things since I was a little girl.
The Super Bowl is undeniably America's biggest sporting event of the year. In fact, last year's game pulled in 114.4 million viewers – the most watched show in U.S. history. And large brands have never shied away from spending big dollars on advertising during the game – spending upwards of $4.5 million for a 30-second commercial. Yet, for the first time Super Bowl organizers are taking this captive audience to create a force for good, asking consumers to play a part in making the event the "most healthy, sustainable, shared, and socially responsible Super Bowl ever."
As we celebrate – and I use that word loosely – Data Privacy Day 2016, I believe that we have a lot more data and a lot less privacy than we did last year.
Merial, the animal health division of Sanofi, announced today it has joined the Georgia Institute of Technology ("Georgia Tech")'s Center for the Development and Application of Internet-of-Things Technologies (CDAIT). The two organizations will explore advances to animal health utilizing connected technologies, which is the communication between 'smart' objects or devices – in homes, cars, veterinary clinics, farms or other - through connected networks like the internet, radio frequencies and other forms of transmission.
Today, Carnival Cruise Line announced a new initiative designed to support U.S. military families alongside seven-time GRAMMY-award winning superstar Carrie Underwood and representatives of Operation Homefront, the national nonprofit that builds strong, stable, and secure military families.
Governance & Accountability Institute announces its support of the Global Sourcing Council's "17 Weeks / 17 SDGs Initiative," developed by GSC in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that were adopted by all 193 countries at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015.
Last week, more than 2,000 global leaders convened in Davos, Switzerland at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting to answer one question: how can we master the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
Last year, our Research and Development team was called on by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a more effective screen for hepatitis C, a chronic blood-borne infection that was going undetected in large numbers of “baby boomers.” Swift action led to a one-time test now covered by Medicare and Medicaid that will help protect 3.2 million Americans against outcomes like liver damage, cirrhosis, liver cancer and even death.
To mark National Cancer Prevention Month, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation today announced eight grants totaling nearly $11.5 million that will help make lung and skin cancer screening programs, care and patient support more accessible to underserved populations.
With the upcoming World Cancer Day on Feb. 4, Cox Enterprises announced a $200,000 donation to be shared equally by Susan G. Komen Greater Atlanta and the Movember Foundation.
The five winners of the first ever Global Change Award have been selected by the expert jury. The ideas range from creating new textile out of citrus juice by-products and an online marketplace for recycling of textile leftovers to using microbes to recycle waste polyester. Now, the global public is asked to allocate the €1 million grant between the winners in an online vote starting today at globalchangeaward.com.
“The End of Sitting” is an experimental office space that uses its unique design to encourage workers to stand, lean or lie against its many three-dimensional shapes.
On World Leprosy Day 2016, the Novartis Foundation calls for a greater global commitment to the fight against leprosy to support efforts towards zero transmission of the disease and to reduce stigma. The Novartis Foundation continues to work with partners around the world on early detection and treatment of leprosy, proactive surveillance, the development of diagnostic tools, and contact tracing with preventative treatment.
When it comes to corporate transparency, times are changing. Gone are the days when a company could be considered a leader simply by publishing an annual report. Today’s stakeholders want to truly engage with your company’s story, especially when it comes to sustainability – and they want to do it on their own terms, with clickable, personalized information.
Slugging outfielder Nelson Cruz became the first Major League ambassador of the “Baseball Cares” initiative in the Dominican Republic last week (Jan. 22) when his cash donation was parlayed into mobility equipment to help disabled people get around his hometown of Las Matas de Santa Cruz and surrounding communities in the province of Monte Cristi.
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