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 World Energy Forum is holding a high-level international conference of thought leaders and experts from all energy sectors commemorating 10th anniversary of the founding of World Energy Forum under the banner of Energy for All.

Comcast NBCUniversal released its 2018 Corporate Social Responsibility Report today. It covers the following seven themes:

• Bridging the Opportunity Divide

• Building a Community of Civic Engagement

• Using our Platforms to Inform and Inspire

• Supporting our Military Community

• Stronger, Better: a Year of Disaster and Resilience

• Transforming the Customer Experience, One Customer at a Time

• Sustainable Excellence from the Ground Up

Today, Pure Strategies released the report, Connecting to the Farm, to outline best practices for engaging at the farm level to help accelerate corporate efforts that encourage and support progress to more sustainable agricultural production of products and raw materials.  

OppenheimerFunds, a leading global asset manager, today announced the release of a new study titled “The Generations Project,” which examines the ways in which multi-generational high-net-worth (HNW) individuals think about investing and their relationships with wealth advisors.

While more than 65 percent of CEOs agree their organisation fosters a culture of innovation and disruption, 40 percent are not adapting successfully, according to the Global Consumer Executive Top of Mind survey, No Normal is the New Normal: Make disruption work for your business, conducted by KPMG International and The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF). The results of the sixth annual survey reveal a consumer industry at the point of radical change and that CEOs need to make changes on a similar scale to stay competitive.

The VERGE 18 conference and expo returns to the Bay Area this October as the leading platform for accelerating the clean economy, attracting an A-list of allied organizations that will be holding their own events concurrently.

The events include Cleantech Open’s Western Region Awards & Innovation Showcase, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Economy 100 (CE100) Fall Acceleration Workshop and the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA) Summit.

The 17^th annual Charities@Work Employee Engagement Summit program June 27-28, 2018 in New York City will focus on tackling social issues and igniting employee activism, driving greater social impact through innovative nonprofit partnerships, aligning employee engagement to corporate purpose, and engaging hard-to-reach employees through skilled volunteerism.

Speakers include:

KeyBank has released its 2017 Corporate Responsibility Report, highlighting progress in the areas of responsible banking, responsible citizenship and responsible operations. Included in the report are the first year results of the five-year National Community Benefits Plan, under which KeyBank invested $2.8 billion in communities. KeyBank executives said the investment exceeded the goals for 2017 by 21% and represents a strong start for the five-year plan.

The Soil Health Institute (SHI), which is charged with safeguarding and enhancing the vitality and productivity of soil through scientific research and advancement, has released the initial methods cooperating scientists will use to assess soil health indicators as they move toward standardization of soil health measurements. 

According to Dr. Steven Shafer, Chief Scientific Officer of SHI, the lack of widely-applicable measurements and methods for assessing soil health are significant barriers to adopting soil health practices and systems.