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Major League Baseball And Clubs Commemorated Spirit Day With Positive Messages Of Inclusion And Taking A Stand Against Bullying

Posted: Oct 18, 2019 – 04:15 PM EST

Oct. 18 /CSRwire/ - Major League Baseball and its Clubs commemorated Spirit Day 2019 on Thursday, October 17th as a continuation of baseballs commitment to taking a stand against bullying among young people. Spirit Day is a worldwide, largely social media-based effort to...

Smithfield Foods and Utah Pork Producers Association Partner to Fight Hunger During College Football Season

Posted: Oct 18, 2019 – 09:30 AM EST

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 18 /CSRwire/ - Smithfield Foods, Inc. and the Utah Pork Producers Association (UPPA) today announced a partnership to support efforts to alleviate hunger for the one in seven Utahns across the state who face food insecurity. Smithfield and UPPA...

SC Johnson Launches Global Partnership to Fight Ocean Plastic and Poverty

Posted: Oct 18, 2019 – 08:05 AM EST

• 509 plastic collection points will collect 30,000 metric tons of plastic waste over three years – the equivalent of stopping approximately 1.5 billion plastic bottles from entering the ocean. • This partnership boosts recycling rates and, at the same time, transforms lives...

Tetra Pak Index - The Convergence of Health and Environment

Posted: Oct 17, 2019 – 04:51 PM EST

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Oct. 17 /CSRwire/ - Tetra Pak has revealed the findings from a global research study in partnership with Ipsos on the two most pressing consumer demands: the environment and health. They have historically been seen, and communicated, as separate areas: however...

Fair Trade Certified Produce Sales Up 30 Percent

Posted: Oct 17, 2019 – 04:46 PM EST

Fair Trade USA, the leading certifier of fair trade products in North America, reports significant growth in its produce category, evidenced by a 30 percent increase in produce sales volume in 2018. The growing fair trade produce program will be showcased at the...

Major Environmental Groups Call on Businesses to Lead on Climate Policy

Posted: Oct 17, 2019 – 04:42 PM EST

Oct. 17 /CSRwire/ - Eleven leading environmental and sustainable business organizations published an open letter in the New York Times today, urging the CEOs of Corporate America to step up their engagement on climate policy. Signatories include the heads of BSR, C2ES, CDP,...

Kimberly-Clark Receives 10th EPA SmartWay® Award, Marking 100M+ Gallons of Diesel Fuel Saved and Notable GHG Reductions

Posted: Oct 17, 2019 – 04:39 PM EST

Oct. 17 /CSRwire/ - Kimberly-Clark earned its 10th SmartWay Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for leadership in environmentally responsible shipping. By implementing SmartWay standards over the past decade, Kimberly-Clark has saved more than 100 million gallons of diesel fuel and...

Common Impact and Fidelity Investments Scale Impact Week to 9 Cities

Posted: Oct 17, 2019 – 04:37 PM EST

Oct. 17 /CSRwire/ - Common Impact, a nonprofit that pioneered corporate skills-based volunteering is collaborating with Fidelity Investments to expand Impact Week, its 4th annual wide-scale flash consulting event where Fidelity Investments volunteers utilize their business expertise to support local nonprofit organizations in...

National Diversity Council to Kick Off Legal Diversity Week, Recognizing Top 50 Women Lawyers

Posted: Oct 17, 2019 – 04:34 PM EST

HOUSTON, Oct. 17 /CSRwire/ - The National Diversity Council (NDC) will kick off Legal Diversity Week, announcing the 2019 Top 50 Women Lawyers on Tuesday, October 29 from 8:30-10:30 a.m. at the Marriott Marquis Houston. The breakfast will recognize and celebrate a distinctive...

Black & Veatch Celebrates 20 Years of Employee Ownership

Posted: Oct 17, 2019 – 04:32 PM EST

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Oct. 17 /CSRwire/ - Thousands of Black Veatch professionals across the companys global operations are marking the 20th anniversary of its shift to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) a major milestone in the companys commitment to connecting its bottom-line...