Organizations
News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in organizations.
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09-02-20
Call for Vinyl Recycler of the Year Award Nominations
The Vinyl Sustainability Council (VSC), a self-funded business council advancing sustainability in the vinyl industry, has issued a call for award nominations for its annual “Vinyl Recycler of the Year” Award, to be presented at the council’s virtual annual meeting, in December.
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09-01-20
ImpactAssets Clients Lean Into Impact Investing During COVID Pandemic
ImpactAssets, a $1.2 billion nonprofit impact investment firm, today released figures showing clients placed $170 million in impact investments and $82 million in grants in the first half of 2020. This reflects a total of $252 million of funding in private mission-driven businesses, impact funds an...
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08-31-20
Cotton & Covers: Southeastern Farmers Share Their Soil Health Journey
The Soil Health Institute (SHI), the non-profit charged with safeguarding and enhancing the vitality and productivity of soils, has introduced a new video series Cotton & Covers. The series follows three Southeastern cotton producers as they discuss their individual journeys to build profitable ...
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08-25-20
ECOncrete® Wins $100,000 Ray of Hope Prize®
The Biomimicry Institute and the Ray C. Anderson Foundation are proud to announce that this year’s Ray of Hope Prize® has been awarded to ECOncrete Tech LTD., a science-based company that develops high performance, environmentally-sensitive concrete products for coastal and marine infrastructure pro...
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08-25-20
How Family and Private Forests Can Help Companies Reduce Their Carbon Footprint
The American Forest Foundation (AFF), a national conservation organization, has released a new white paper Family-owned Forests: How to Unlock the Carbon Potential in America’s Backyard aimed at the corporate community interested in enacting natural climate solutions as part of their comprehensive c...
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08-21-20
Each of Us Has the Ability to Save a Life; That Is the Power of Blood.
With Black donors currently only making up 7 percent of the registry, DKMS has launched the “Power of Blood” initiative with an aim to increase awareness of the topic in the Black community and encourage participation in the registry. For Emma Hall, a 10-year-old battling Aplastic Anemia, this initi...
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08-20-20
Investor Organizations and Financial Industry Firms’ Analysis of Public Comments on Department of Labor ESG Proposal Shows Landslide of Opposition
Several investor organizations and financial industry firms today released an analysis of the more than 8,700 public comments on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rulemaking on the consideration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations in ERISA-governed retirement plans. T...
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08-17-20
Registration Open for HACR Annual Symposium and Executive Programs
The Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) has opened registration for the HACR Executive Programs and Annual Symposium, The Power of Hispanic Inclusion™ occurring virtually on September 29, 2020.
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08-12-20
Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) North America Announces Google Achieves AWS Certification-the First Major Tech Company to Pursue the Industry-leading Water Standard for Its Campuses
The Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) North America today announced Google achieved AWS certification at its Mountain View, Calif., Los Angeles, Calif., and Dublin, Ireland campuses under the AWS Standard.
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08-10-20
Panel Discussion-style Webinar on ‘Using Nature to Make Progress on Your Sustainability Goals,’ Hosted by the American Forest Foundation and Sustainable Brands
The American Forest Foundation (AFF) with Sustainable Brands will host a webinar and panel discussion focused on how corporations can Use Nature to Make Progress on Their Sustainability Goals, this Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at 1 p.m. ET. Interested parties should register here.
