Helen Mathis taught accounting as a vocational instructor for 30 years before facing a career-defining moment: The school where she worked closed and Mathis knew she needed a new plan
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.
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
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.
2015, is the tipping year for Publicis Groupe’s sustainability strategy. New steps have been taken including the unveiling of a materiality analysis to help guide our priorities towards sustainable value creation. The Groupe has also taken into account the United Nations Sustainable Goals by identifying areas to be more engaged, either by itself or in partnership with others.
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.
If you keep up with Sustainability Thought Leadership, you likely follow Andrea Learned (@AndreaLearned) on Twitter or have read her articles in the Huffington Post.
“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.
For the Brixio team, supporting LIVESTRONG in the fight against cancer was a personal and collective desire. For our team, Brixio’s partnership with LIVESTRONG is a prime example of the simplicity and power behind business-nonprofit collaboration.
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...
The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...
