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How organizations are addressing the 'G' in ESG – striking the balance of maximizing long-term growth and value while safeguarding the interests of all stakeholders

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Attention, Shoppers: REI Is Paying Its Employees to Take Black Friday, Thanksgiving Off
Attention, Shoppers: REI Is Paying Its Employees to Take Black Friday, Thanksgiving Off
Published on October 28, 2015
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To celebrate Thanksgiving this year, outdoor gear and apparel retailer REI is taking a bold stand against the chaotic caricature of capitalism that is Black Friday by closing its doors and paying its employees to live the company ethos — by spendin... View More

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BlueBud: How JetBlue Is Helping 'the United Nations of Bread' Get Off the Ground
BlueBud: How JetBlue Is Helping 'the United Nations of Bread' Get Off the Ground
Published on October 27, 2015
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This summer, JetBlue announced New York City-based Hot Bread Kitchen — a social enterprise that builds lasting economic security for foreign-born and low-income women by introducing them to professional opportunities in the culinary industry - as t... View More

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Trending: Fetzer Vineyards, U.S. Department of Labor Celebrate B Corp Certification
Trending: Fetzer Vineyards, U.S. Department of Labor Celebrate B Corp Certification
Published on October 26, 2015
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One of the highest standards for social and environmental responsibility in business, B Corp certification, was awarded to Fetzer Vineyards and praised by the U.S. Department of Labor last week. The certification developed by the non-profit B Lab now... View More

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Malala Fund Campaigning Globally for Girls’ Education in Tandem with Film Release
Malala Fund Campaigning Globally for Girls’ Education in Tandem with Film Release
Published on October 21, 2015
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Earlier this month, He Named Me Malala, the feature-length documentary on the inspiring story of Nobel Laureate and girls’ education activist Malala Yousafzai, opened in theatres across the U.S. and Canada. To accompany the release, her charity, th... View More

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General Mills, IKEA Among Latest Global Players to Join White House Climate Action Pledge
General Mills, IKEA Among Latest Global Players to Join White House Climate Action Pledge
Published on October 21, 2015
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General Mills, IKEA and Best Buy are among the 81 companies to recently join the White House-led American Business Act on Climate Pledge, which sets significant greenhouse gas reduction and renewable energy sourcing goals for 2020 and beyond.The pled... View More

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World's Leading Apparel Brands, Industry Groups Join Forces to Transform Global Labor Conditions
World's Leading Apparel Brands, Industry Groups Join Forces to Transform Global Labor Conditions
Published on October 21, 2015
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Today, a group of some of the world’s biggest brands, retailers, NGOs and industry groups launch a Social and Labor Convergence Project, with the aim of improving working conditions in apparel manufacturing across the world.The group says the proje... View More

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The 3 Best Metrics for Effective Employee Engagement
The 3 Best Metrics for Effective Employee Engagement
Published on October 18, 2015
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During the last decade or so, human resource management has been essentially flipped on its head. What was once a decidedly employer-centered market has become one driven by the needs and concerns of the employee. Despite still relatively high compet... View More

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Community Hiring: The Labour Market Advantage Is in Your Own Backyard
Community Hiring: The Labour Market Advantage Is in Your Own Backyard
Published on October 12, 2015
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The world’s most innovative leaders know that social businesses are more profitable businessesConsumers around the world, from Vancouver and Toronto to Shanghai and New York, believe that a company’s social role goes beyond simply meeting legal r... View More

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Brands Must Scale Up Diversity – and Fast – If They Want to Remain Relevant
Brands Must Scale Up Diversity – and Fast – If They Want to Remain Relevant
Published on October 7, 2015
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“Women challenge the status quo because we never are it.”Addressing a (thankfully) diverse audience of sustainability professionals in London, UK, last month at an event hosted by The Crowd, Cindy Gallop -– a global activist for the gender equa... View More

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Caesars Outlines Environmental, Social Impacts of Its Focus on 'Inspiring Citizenship'
Caesars Outlines Environmental, Social Impacts of Its Focus on 'Inspiring Citizenship'
Published on October 7, 2015
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Gaming, hotel and resort company Caesars Entertainment Corporation released its sixth annual Corporate Citizenship Report, Inspiring Citizenship, this week. The company achieved most of its 2015 targets early and has established new interim targets f... View More

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Starbucks UK to Give 'Home Sweet Loans' to Employees Under 25, Living Wage to All
Starbucks UK to Give 'Home Sweet Loans' to Employees Under 25, Living Wage to All
Published on October 2, 2015
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Starbucks UK has announced it is going beyond government recommendations for the National Living Wage and will be the first private company to implement housing and homelessness charity Shelter’s Tenancy Deposit Loan Scheme, to help its employees m... View More

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Countdown to COP21: How Can Companies Most Wisely Communicate About Climate Change?
Countdown to COP21: How Can Companies Most Wisely Communicate About Climate Change?
Published on September 30, 2015
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Paris is getting ready to host the United Nations international conference on Climate Change (COP21). For businesses, COP21 seems a good opportunity to communicate to their stakeholders. But what to say and to whom? And what are the risks of communic... View More

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Report: Investors Should Manage Climate Risks As ‘Forceful Stewards’
Report: Investors Should Manage Climate Risks As ‘Forceful Stewards’
Published on September 28, 2015
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Climate risks currently aren’t top-of-mind for most mainstream investors, but the potential value at risk for investment portfolios is significant, according to a new report by Preventable Surprises, a business risk think tank. ... View More

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One Year After New York Declaration on Forests, Report Identifies Companies Taking Action
One Year After New York Declaration on Forests, Report Identifies Companies Taking Action
Published on September 22, 2015
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Several dozen companies that endorsed the New York Declaration on Forests at 2014’s United Nations Climate Summit are taking concrete steps to eliminate commodity-driven deforestation from their supply chains, according to a new report from Supply ... View More

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Kickstarter Becomes a Public Benefit Corporation
Kickstarter Becomes a Public Benefit Corporation
Published on September 22, 2015
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Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter has announced it is reincorporating as a public benefit corporation, The New York Times reports, a legal designation that protects for-profit companies that want to do well and do good at the same time by affording t... View More

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Google, BMW, Disney, Microsoft Once Again Top List of Best CSR Reputations
Google, BMW, Disney, Microsoft Once Again Top List of Best CSR Reputations
Published on September 21, 2015
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Reputation Institute has released its annual Global CSR RepTrak® 100, which highlights the companies that have the best reputations for corporate social responsibility (CSR) among the general public in 15 countries. Google tops the ranking for the s... View More

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The Strategic Importance of Recognized Leadership
The Strategic Importance of Recognized Leadership
Published on September 20, 2015
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The need for reputable corporate leadership has never been more acute. We are grappling with large-scale global challenges - climate change, social dislocation, economic inequality, financial uncertainty - that require a new type of leadership from g... View More

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Three-Quarters of CEOs Now Convinced of #BusinessCase for Climate Action
Three-Quarters of CEOs Now Convinced of #BusinessCase for Climate Action
Published on September 15, 2015
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CEOs see more opportunities for growth today than they did three years ago — especially when it comes to new products and services in response to climate change. ... View More

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Business Leaders with Heart: New Top 100 Includes Compassionate Innovators Large and Small
Business Leaders with Heart: New Top 100 Includes Compassionate Innovators Large and Small
Published on September 11, 2015
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A new publication called Salt, motivated by the hope that businesses will play a key role in shaping a better world, has released its first Top 100 Compassionate Leaders List."We want to shine a spotlight on businesses with a heart; those pionee... View More

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Oil Lobby Compels California to Drop 50% Oil Cut
Oil Lobby Compels California to Drop 50% Oil Cut
Published on September 11, 2015
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California, Gov. Jerry Brown and Senate Democrats abandoned a 50 percent cut in petroleum use by 2030 that was a focal point of the state’s climate change policy, following an intense campaign against the mandate by the oil industry, The New York T... View More

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