Employee Engagement
Helping organizations to understand, reflect and meet the stakeholder interests of their workforces.
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01-27-13
Counterpart Joins UN Global Compact
Nonprofit Counterpart International has joined the United Nations Global Compact, the largest voluntary corporate responsibility initiative in the world. www.counterpart.org
“Engaging with the UN Global Compact is a great opportunity...
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01-25-13
Montgomery County Marketing Firm Gives Social Responsibility a New Name
Nana Design, a women-owned, audience-driven communications firm is now RoundPeg – Communications Fit for Social Good. The new name and brand reflect the firm’s commitment to working for social good, and better represent their holistic marketing communications service offerings.
RoundPeg is...
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01-25-13
Volkswagen Workforce Initiative "A Chance to Play" Supports Disadvantaged Children and Youth in Brazil
(Marketwire) - Volkswagen of America, Inc. (VOW) -
- Group Works Council and "terre des homes" program kicks off
- Two million euros for aid projects in poor districts
The Volkswagen Group Works Council and the child rights agency "t...
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01-25-13
Taking The Road Less Traveled - Illinois Registers the First Benefit Corporations
The Road Less Traveled® is proud to announce that on January 2, 2013, became the first Benefit Corporations in Illinois. Gathered at the James R. Thompson Center fourteen companies took the necessary steps to bring thought and conscience to the business economy in Illinois.
On its first da...
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01-25-13
VoIP Supply Becomes First Certified B Corporation in Western New York
VoIP Supply is announcing today that they have become the first Certified B Corporation (B Corp) in Western New York and have joined the ranks of other great eCommerce B Corps based in New...
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01-24-13
MGM Resorts International Named Among Leaders for Corporate Social Responsibility Best Practices
A leading showcase for the most powerful corporate social responsibility and green campaigns has named MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) a finalist for its annual awards program in the category of Overall Leader in CSR Practices – more than 10,000 employees.
MGM Resorts is the only com...
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01-24-13
Boehringer Ingelheim and Ashoka Changemakers Launch Competition to Find Business Models that Transform Health Systems
Boehringer Ingelheim and Ashoka Changemakers are launching Transforming Health Systems: Gamechanging Business Models, an online competition to discover innovative business models that are solving critical problems in health systems around the world.
“Tradi...
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01-23-13
Barrick Named to Global 100 Ranking of Most Sustainable Corporations in the World
Barrick Gold Corporation has been named to the Global 100, a listing of the most sustainable corporations in the world, by Corporate Knights, a Canadian media and investment research company. It is the first time Barrick has been included on the list, which has been announced annually at the Worl...
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01-23-13
100,000 Jobs Mission Hires More than 51,000 U.S. Veterans in Two Years
The 100,000 Jobs Mission announced today that its coalition companies have collectively hired 51,835 veterans through 2012. Launched in March 2011 by eleven major employers, the coalition of private sector companies is already more than half of the way to its goal of hiring at least 100,000 U.S....
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01-22-13
How Will Companies Build Trust with Consumers in 2013?
With Royal Bank of Scotland braced for more fines over Libor, we are once again reminded of the scandals that have served to further erode public trust in the financial sector over the past twelve months.
It's not just banks which have been in the firing line. G4S and Starbucks are among t...
