Brightening Our Corner Newsletter - May 2016

Tue, 05/17/2016 - 14:30

The Ray C. Anderson Foundation Newsletter is out today, with lots of great news about grants, projects, awards and upcoming events pertaining to #theray, biomimicry, MBAs in Sustainability and much more.

Getting Life-Saving Medicines . . . from a Drone

Wed, 05/18/2016 - 11:45

The Rwandan government will soon use drones to deliver life-saving blood supplies and rabies vaccine to health workers in the western half of the East African country. The effort is part of an innovative collaboration between Zipline, a California-based robotics company; Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; and UPS. The partnership could help save lives around the world.

A New Kind of Climate Change Graphic

Tue, 05/17/2016 - 11:30

On climate change: Urgency. Not panic, but a healthy sense of urgency. That’s what we need.

GRI Podcasts: Beyond Reports - Episode 4, Tamara Barker

Tue, 05/17/2016 - 09:30

Twitter Chat Recap: How to Leverage Free Tech to Further Your Mission

Tue, 05/17/2016 - 07:00

In this Twitter Chat recap, nonprofit tech experts share how organizations can accelerate their mission with free technology.

Cerro Verde, a Freeport-McMoRan Company, Graduates 178 Women Business Owners From the Dreambuilder Program

Tue, 06/21/2016 - 09:15

More than 170 entrepreneurs from different districts of the Arequipa region of Peru successfully completed the DreamBuilder program in April 2016, which is funded by Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde and the Thunderbird School of Global Management.

Businesses Expected to Excel and Grow in Infrastructure and Innovation (SDG 9)

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 12:50

This week, Global Sourcing Council's 17 Weeks for 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) explores SDG 9 with examples of corporate action for building resilient infrastructure, promoting sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation.

Spotlight Shines on Nonprofits at SuiteWorld 2016

Sat, 05/14/2016 - 09:00

With growing numbers of nonprofit organizations discovering how much NetSuite can help them, it's no wonder the upcoming SuiteWorld conference in San Jose will offer more content designed with the nonprofit sector in mind than any previous SuiteWorld.

A New Look at CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility (All-Videos issue)

Tue, 05/17/2016 - 09:35

GreenMoney Journal launches its first-ever all Videos issue on “CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility” (May 2016)

A Growing Problem (About Shrinking): Information in a Post-Moore's World

Fri, 05/27/2016 - 09:05

See how researchers at Hewlett Packard Labs are re-envisioning Moore's Law.