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Smart & Generous Disaster Relief Giving: #C4Gchat Recap

Blog from Network For Good

By Allison McGuireIf you missed our latest #C4Gchat, never fear—we have your recap here!This Tweetup on corporate disaster relief campaigns highlighted the work of the Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC), Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), and Good360. All Tweetup participants gave and received tips on why it’s worth investing in a disaster relief plan, how Millennials are …

Nominate Your Company for World Environment Center's 2013 Gold Medal Award!

Article from World Environment Center

Proud of your company's recent sustainability achievements? We want to hear about your good work! Submit a 2013 Gold Medal Award nomination form for consideration for next year's prestigious Gold Medal Award honoring industry leaders in corporate sustainability initiatives. To see a list of recent Gold Medal recipients please see the Gold Medal archives, and for any …

Focus on Corporate Citizenship Leadership

Blog from Boston College Center For Corporate Citizenship

At the heart of advancing corporate citizenship is organizational change, and that change comes in many forms. Whether it's the creation of strategy, the development of management structures, systems and policies, engaging employees and senior management, aligning initiatives to support the business, or embedding corporate citizenship into the culture and fabric of the business - these are …

The Revolution will be Recycled

Blog from Network For Good

By Kate OlsenLast week on this blog, I discussed Patagonia’s lessons on corporate sustainability, including the company’s focus on reusing, recycling and repurposing its products via a call to action to customers to be a part of the ‘use less’ movement.   It appears Coca-Cola is taking a page from the Patagonia playbook.  In a bold move, Coca-Cola and …

Hershey's CSR Report: Impacting the Communities Where We Live and Work

Article from The Hershey Company

Contributed more than $9.1 million in cash and product donationsSet a new giving record of more than $2 million to the United Way Celebrated the More Than Three Decades of Hershey’s Track & Field GamesContributed nearly 10,000 employee volunteer hours to deserving causesThe Hershey Company recently issued its second Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report – “Listen. …

General Mills Working with Farmers to Grow Sustainable Wheat

Blog from General Mills

Southeastern Idaho is truly spectacular. The Rocky Mountains set an idyllic scene for the abundant fields that blanket the region, which is one of the largest producers of wheat in the country. Farmers here are typically on a crop rotation cycle that includes the famous Idaho potato, sugar beets and wheat.Much of the wheat grown in Idaho is harvested and used in the breakfast cereals that …

Keep America Beautiful Kicks Off Second Annual Recycle-Bowl Competition

Press Release from Keep America Beautiful

(3BL Media) Stamford, CT - August 8, 2012 – Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s largest volunteer-based community action and education organization, is again teaming up with Nestlé Waters North America to announce the launch of the second annual Recycle-Bowl youth recycling competition.In its inaugural year, more than 1,200 elementary, middle- and high-schools around the …

New #C4Gchat: Smart & Generous Disaster Relief Giving

Blog from Network For Good

By Allison McGuireDid you know it’s hurricane season? In the wake of a disaster, American companies are amazingly generous. But generosity isn’t enough – real impact results from timely, thoughtful giving where the need is greatest.To find out how companies can give on a timely,  where the need is greatest, we welcome Capital One, the Center for Disaster …

Game App BIN IT! 2.0 Rewards Players With Real World Products for Virtual Plastics Recycling

Press Release from Recyclebank

(3BL Media) Washington, D.C. - August 7, 2012 - A newly updated game app for plastics recycling now rewards players with real world products for virtual plastics recycling.  Plastics Make it Possible®, the creator of the popular Bin It! 2.0 app, has teamed up with Earth911, host of the nation’s largest recycling directory, and Recyclebank®, the company that rewards …

2012 VolunteerMatch Client Summit Insights: Video Interview with Adam Ebnit, New York University

Multimedia from VolunteerMatch

The 3BL Media video team was on location at the 2012 VolunteerMatch Client Summit to capture footage and insights from the annual event. This series of videos captures comments from thought leaders and practitioners about effective community involvement programs. New York University, one of VolunteerMatch’s Campus Solutions partners, really cares about the …

Corporate Citizenship Intensive

Press Release from Boston College Center For Corporate Citizenship

(3BL Media) August 3, 2012 - If you are a manager responsible for developing and operationalizing corporate citizenship - regardless of your functional area - the Center's Corporate Citizenship Intensive program is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge to advance corporate citizenship in your organization. This weeklong program on the Boston College campus features …

Ford Teams Up with e-Cycle to Fight Diabetes

Article from Ford Motor Company

(3BL Media) August 1, 2012 - e-Cycle, the first mobile buyback and recycling company to receive the stringent e-Stewards certification, will partner with Ford Motor Company this August on a month-long initiative to raise funds for type 1 diabetes (T1D) research while recycling wireless phones."We look forward to working with e-Cycle and JDRF on this important initiative to raise funds …
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