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Improving Indoor Air Quality and Workplace Health: Insights from the IWBI Healthy Building Summit

Improving Indoor Air Quality and Workplace Health: Insights from the IWBI Healthy Building Summit
09/27/2024 | Companies
If you're reading this, chances are you're indoors, given that people spend approximately 90% of their time inside. Now, take a deep breath—how confident are you that the air around you is clean or safe? Without indoor air quality sensors in your facility, it's difficult to be certain.  ...
air quality sensors, building design, building maintenance, clean air standards, COVID-19, disability accessibility, energy efficiency, environmental health, extreme resilience planning, Georgetown University, GSA, Healthy Building Policy Summit, human health, IAQ, indoor air quality, indoor environments, IWBI, LEED Platinum, neurodiversity, occupant health, policy change, preventive health, public buildings, public health, sustainability, sustainable buildings, WELL Building, workplace health

Rising cost of sports stops Canadian Children from joining organized sporting events

Rising cost of sports stops Canadian Children from joining organized sporting events
04/20/2023 | World
COVID-19 has had a far-reaching and long-lasting impact on Canadian sports and recreation. The impact was immediately felt in 2020, as research revealed that Canadian children lost over 277 million hours of sport participation1. While 19% of parents reported their children participating in more...
Canada, Canadian children, Canadian recreation, Canadian sports, children, cost of living, COVID-19, economic impact, economic reality, inflation, organised sports, pandemic, physically fit, sports

Meet Gilead’s virologists as they hunt COVID-19 variants

Meet Gilead’s virologists as they hunt COVID-19 variants
01/20/2023 | Companies
When a new COVID-19 virus variant is discovered, Gilead virologists Charlotte Hedskog and John Bilello, along with their teams, mobilize as "variant hunters." Their mission is to see if COVID-19 therapeutics will still be effective against new strains. The process necessitates perseverance and...
antivirals, CDC, Centers for Disease Control, Charlotte Hedskog, Clinical Virology, COVID-19, COVID-19 therapeutics, Discovery Virology, genetic variants, Gilead, John Bilello, Researcher, SARS-CoV-2, Scientist, subvariants, therapeutic antibodies, transmission rate, vaccines, variant, variant hunters, virologists, Virology, virus strain, WHO, World Health Organization

Affordable financing key to financial inclusion

Affordable financing key to financial inclusion
01/18/2023 | Citizenship
CARE's Ignite Program is one such gender-focused program, and it saved Vietnam-based Thao when the pandemic devastated the storefront floristry business she opened in 2018. She lacked the funds to make the pivot required to survive. Thao was able to obtain affordable financing through the program's...
affordable financing, CARE, COVID-19, digital tools, expand, expansion, floristry business, gender program, Ignite Program, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, online sales, pandemic, partnership, Thao, training, Vietnam

Sands Care Ambassadors strengthen local communities with pandemic preparedness

Sands Care Ambassadors strengthen local communities with pandemic preparedness
12/30/2022 | Companies
Sands Cares Ambassadors in Macao have had a busy year. Sands China's Team Member volunteer corps works to strengthen the local community by addressing disaster and pandemic preparedness, hunger relief, and other social services such as caring for the elderly and assisting vulnerable residents,...
caring for elderly, China, COVID-19, COVID-19 testing stations, disaster, emergency response kits, hunger relief, local community, Macao, pandemic preparedness, Rapid Antigen Tests, Sands Cares Ambassadors, Sands China, social services, youth with disabilities

Boston Scientific celebrates season of giving across the year

Boston Scientific celebrates season of giving across the year
12/27/2022 | Companies
The months of November and December, with all of their holidays and celebrations, have become known around the world as the season of giving. Giving back is, however, a year-round priority at Boston Scientific. Employees are empowered to donate their time, talent, and resources to address the...
arts education, Boston Scientific, Community Engagement team, community support, COVID care kits, COVID-19, create value, early detection, education, employees, empowers, health, Project Niramayah, STEM education, wellness

Life job balance at Ericsson

Life job balance at Ericsson
12/26/2022 | Companies
The quiet quitting debate gives us an opportunity to discuss purpose and meaning. Concerning well-being, work-life balance, the future of work, job creation, and so much more. This is the first in a series of posts that will look at those topics and Ericsson as a workplace from various individuals'...
catalyst, COVID-19, emotionally engaged, environment, holistic perspective, intellectually engaged, life, life outside of office, meaning, overworking, pandemic, paycheck, performance, positive lessons, productivity, Quiet Quitting, social media, workplace conversations

Aura Air installs thousands of air quality management systems as students returns to classrooms

Aura Air installs thousands of air quality management systems as students returns to classrooms
09/22/2022 | Citizenship
Students are returning to in-person classrooms across the United States. With hundreds of students returning to school for the new academic year, hundreds of schools and school bus operators are installing Aura air quality management systems. Following two years of COVID-19 which had disrupted...
academic year, air quality management systems, Aura, COVID-19, emergency epidemic funding, federal government, indoor air quality monitoring systems, install, pandemic, public school enrollment, school, school bus operators, schools, student absenteeism, Students, teacher supplies

Financial And Health Crisis To Linger In 2021

Financial And Health Crisis To Linger In 2021
03/30/2021 | Economics
Brokers and insurance agents can support workforces. Dailycsr.com – 30 March 2021 – 2020 has been an unpredictable year, while the following 2021 has brought us in front of early distribution stages for COVID-19 vaccine, whereby introducing optimism and starting afresh with renewed sentiments....
Aflac Incorporated, Brokers, Challenges, COVID-19, Finance, Health, Human Resource, Insurance Agents, Vaccine

American Airlines Becomes The First Airline With GBAC STAR Accreditation

American Airlines Becomes The First Airline With GBAC STAR Accreditation
12/31/2020 | Companies
The accreditation programme looks into the performance in putting up “cleaning, disinfection and infectious disease prevention” practice to address “outbreaks and pandemics”. Dailycsr.com – 31 December 2020 – American Airlines becomes the first one to get “GBAC STAR™ accreditation” coming from the...
Accreditation, Admiral Club lounger, American Airlines, Biorisk, Cleaning, COVID-19, Disease Prevention, Disinfection, GBAC STAR, Global Biorisk Advisory Council, infectious disease, novel coronavirus, Outbreak, Pandemic

World Calls Out To The Global Leaders For Collaboration Against COVID-19 Battle

World Calls Out To The Global Leaders For Collaboration Against COVID-19 Battle
11/27/2020 | World
People from all over the world have urged the world leaders to come together making a history in the battle against the virus. Dailycsr.com – 27 November 2020 – Global Citizen is working 24/7 to contain the impact caused by the ongoing pandemic, while effective tests as well as vaccine development...
ACT-A, Collaboration, COVID-19, COVID-19 Tools Accelerator, G20, Global Citizen, Social Impact, Treatment, Vaccine, Volunteering, World Leaders

Native CDFI Awards Honours CILC & BHCLF

Native CDFI Awards Honours CILC & BHCLF
11/13/2020 | Companies
Native CDFIs play pivotal role in opportunity creation through their financing support which they carried on even amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Indian Country. Dailycsr.com – 13 November 2020 – Two of Native “community development financial institutions”, in short CDFIs, namely “Cook Inlet Lending...
Black Hills Community Loan Fund, Cook Inlet Lending Center, COVID-19, Economic Crisis, Financial Support, Health Crisis, Indian Country, Native CDFI Awards, Wells Fargo

Johnson & Johnson Offered Paid Time Off To Employees For Casting Their Vote

Johnson & Johnson Offered Paid Time Off To Employees For Casting Their Vote
11/10/2020 | Ethics & Compliance
At such time, the last thing for the employees would be to juggle time to “get to the polls”. Dailycsr.com – 10 November 2020 – The editor in chief of “Global Content Lab” at Johnson & Johnson, Liz Ozaist reminds us how our lives changed due to the ongoing pandemic whereby adapting to fit in...
Challenges, Communities, COVID-19, Employee Engagement, Johnson & Johnson, Paid Time Off, Pandemic, Responsible Business, Right to Vote, Voting

OCP Group commits to stakeholders throughout health crisis

OCP Group commits to stakeholders throughout health crisis
07/23/2020 | Citizenship
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Morocco’s OCP Group launched a national task force on the 2nd of March. Leveraging the group’s existing programmes and initiatives, along with its resources and workforce, OCP pledged to help the country of Morocco during the outbreak. “We are committed to...
COVID-19, crisis, CSR, fertilizer, health, OCP Group, response, stakeholders

Hand Sanitizer In New Design Fostering New Corporate Relations And Supply Chain

Hand Sanitizer In New Design Fostering New Corporate Relations And Supply Chain
06/30/2020 | Citizenship
Trio that hopes to have “helped solved a national need” and donate “7,000 gallons” of “Han-I-Size White & Gold” all over the country. Dailycsr.com – 30 June 2020 – No one had anticipated that hand sanitizers could become so important. If immediate steps were not taken then the country would...
Aflac Incorporated, Alcohol, Arkema, Business Relationship, Coca Cola Company, COVID-19, Ethanol, GCMI, Georgia Tech, Han-I-Size White & Gold, Hand Sanitizer, Inc., Isopropanol, Philanthropy, Purified Water, Shortage, Supply Chain

Addressing The ‘Unique And Complex Needs” Amid COVID-19 Crisis

Addressing The ‘Unique And Complex Needs” Amid COVID-19 Crisis
06/30/2020 | Economics
Alkermes’ ‘COVID-19 Relief Fund’ to help people battle with “fear, social isolation, and economic hardship”. Dailycsr.com – 30 June 2020 – On June 24, 2020, Alkermes plc made an announcement about ten non-profits receiving grants from its “COVID-19 Relief Fund”, the latter is a special edition of...
Addiction, Alkermes, Alkermes Inspiration Grants, Challenges, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief Fund, Fund, Grants, Innovation, Mental Health, Patients, Philanthropy

Supporting ‘Microfinance Institutions’ Actions’ Through COVID-19 Crisis

Supporting ‘Microfinance Institutions’ Actions’ Through COVID-19 Crisis
06/08/2020 | Economics
Five more signatories join the pledge of key microfinance lenders to “better support the microfinance sector during the Covid-19” through “a set of principles”. Dailycsr.com – 08 June 2020 – The “Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation” initiated a pledge wherein the group of leaders came together as a...
Clients, COVID-19, Crisis, Economy, Employees, Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation, Health, Microfinance, Microfinance Institutions, Pledge, Responsible Investment, Signatories, Stakeholders, Sustainable Finance, Whole Foods Market Foundations, Whole Planet Foundation

Does Air Pollution Have Any Link To COVID-19?

Does Air Pollution Have Any Link To COVID-19?
05/30/2020 | Environment
COVID-19 virus affects the respiratory tract. Dailycsr.com – 30 May 2020 – With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, scientists are still trying to find out what could “make people more vulnerable to infection”. One factor that comes to mind is air pollution wherein one specifically inhales “particles...
Air Pollution, Chronic Conditions, COVID-19, Environment, Health, Healthcare, IAQ, Immunity, Indoor Air Quality, Pandemic, Respiratory Illness, Respiratory Infection, Swope

2020 WELL Conference Gets Cancelled

2020 WELL Conference Gets Cancelled
05/30/2020 | World
Live events of WELL Conference are cancelled until 2021, virtual possibilities are under consideration though. Dailycsr.com – 30 May 2020 – Looking into the statistics on the current COVID-19 situation as informed by the “Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization”, it has been...
2020 WELL Conference, Cancelled, COVID-19, International WELL Building Institute

PayPal Has Published ‘Global Impact Report’ For 2019

PayPal Has Published ‘Global Impact Report’ For 2019
05/11/2020 | Companies
PayPal’s “responsibility of corporations has moved beyond simply delivering shareholder profits”. Dailycsr.com – 11 May 2020 – PayPal Holdings, Inc. has published its 3rd “annual Global Impact Report” which gives an update about its ESG, namely Environment, Social and Governance, strategies as well...
2019 Global Impact Report, Communities, COVID-19, Crisis Leave Program, Customers, Diversity, Employee, Employees & Culture, Environmental Impact, Environmental Sustainability, ESG, financial health, Inclusion, Loans, Paycheck Protection Program, PayPal, PayPal Giving Fund, Responsible Business Practices, Social Innovation

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