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Smithfield Foods to Become Carbon Negative by 2030

Posted: Sep 10, 2020 – 12:06 PM EST

SMITHFIELD, Va., Sep. 10 /CSRwire/ - Today, Smithfield Foods, Inc. became the first major protein company to commit to becoming carbon negative in all company-owned operations in the United States by 2030. A leader in sustainability for more than two decades, the company...

ACCP Celebrates Purpose Awards Winners

Posted: Sep 10, 2020 – 10:30 AM EST

The Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals (ACCP) announces the winners of three major awards recognizing excellence among senior executives, leading practitioners, and emerging talent within the corporate citizenship industry.

The Lemelson Foundation Awards Grants to Five Universities to Accelerate Environmentally and Socially Conscious Engineering

Posted: Sep 10, 2020 – 09:00 AM EST

PORTLAND, Ore., Sep. 10 /CSRwire/ - The Lemelson Foundation, the worlds leading foundation focused on improving lives through invention, announced the launch of the new Engineering for One Planet (EOP) initiative intended to instill social and environmental principles across all disciplines of engineering...

Livestream: Biogen’s New Corporate Commitment to Climate, Health and Equity

Posted: Sep 10, 2020 – 08:00 AM EST

Sep. 10 /CSRwire/ - Health or the economy? Climate or jobs? Equity or affordability? These questions define our time and will be debated during Climate Week and beyond. But what if we dont have to choose? Biogen believes it is time to usher...

Here's How Your Business Can Lead on the Climate Crisis

Posted: Sep 10, 2020 – 08:00 AM EST

Sep. 10 /CSRwire/ - Register now for Climate Week (From Home): How Business Can Meet the Moment with Urgency on September 22 at 1 p.m. ET. Record-breaking wildfires are raging through California, temperatures in Colorado have plunged from sweltering to freezing and Los...

Angel's Envy® Celebrates 7th Annual “Toast the Trees” Initiative With Launch of “Lost Oak Experiments” Campaign

Posted: Sep 09, 2020 – 03:39 PM EST

ANGEL’S ENVY hosts “Toast the Trees” each September, in celebration of National Bourbon Heritage Month, to help sustain a healthy white oak population and, in turn, preserve the future of bourbon As part of the 2020 program, fans can help ANGEL’S ENVY plant...

Comcast NBCUniversal Recognized on PEOPLE's '50 Companies that Care' List

Posted: Sep 09, 2020 – 01:10 PM EST

Sep. 09 /CSRwire/ - We are very pleased to announce that Comcast NBCUniversal today was named by PEOPLE Magazine as one of the top 50 Companies that Care, placing 7th on the annual list. The distinguished honor by PEOPLE highlights the top US...

Qualcomm Small Business Accelerator Program to Provide Transformational Technology and Services to 33 Selected Small Businesses: From Music Teaching to Cleantech Engineering

Posted: Sep 09, 2020 – 01:06 PM EST

SAN DIEGO, Sep. 09 /CSRwire/ - Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. today announced selections for the Qualcomm Small Business Accelerator Program, which is designed to help small businesses transition to a mobile-first digital work environment to thrive in todays business climate and set-up for success...

Neglected Artisanal Miners Are Proven Critical for the Attainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Posted: Sep 09, 2020 – 09:30 AM EST

Key highlights: • Even in its informal state, ASM makes positive contributions to almost all of the SDGs, but also has negative impacts on most of them. • Depending on the way it is approached, formalization can help mitigate many of the sector’s...

Enhanced Forbes 400 Philanthropy Score, Produced With Support From Global Citizen, Measures Billionaire Money Donated Directly To Charitable Organizations

Posted: Sep 09, 2020 – 09:00 AM EST

NEW YORK, Sep. 09 /CSRwire/ - An enhanced score that measures the generosity of the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans, inspired by and produced with support from Global Citizen, now counts grants that billionaires put towards actual charitable uses, rather than money...