The member community convened by Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship is one of a kind. The 500+ companies we serve each year around the globe are leaders in environmental, social, and governance action, and the thousands of individuals who make up this network are some of the best in the field!

Featured this week: May Limbach, Jessica Tantin, Carrie Santiago, and Greg Lennox, Aramark; Katie Hutchinson, Dutch Bros Coffee; Bank of the West; Desert Financial Credit Union; HITT Contracting; Palo Alto Networks; Philip Morris International; Verizon; Yum! Brands Inc.; Akamai; ESPN; Baker Hughes; Experian; Suffolk Construction; Coca-Cola Company; National Grid

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Spotlight on You

Aramark celebrated women leaders at its company with its first EMPOWER Awards in celebration of Women’s History Month. The awards were presented at a virtual symposium hosted by EMPOWER, Aramark’s largest employee resource group (ERG), that works to accelerate the advancement of women leaders. Aramark recognized the following outstanding women leaders and allies:

• May Limbach: EMPOWER Leadership Award
• Jessica Tantin: Marketplace Service Award
• Carrie Santiago: Workforce Impact Award
• Greg Lennox: Workplace Ally Award

Katie Hutchinson, vice president of philanthropy at Dutch Bros Coffee, was recognized by her company on LinkedIn for spearheading the vision and execution of giving back in local communities. “When the opportunity to work for Dutch Bros became available, I knew it would be the perfect place for me,” said Katie. “I absolutely love being a part of the difference Dutch Bros is making and am stoked to amplify the impact.”

Job Postings

Bank of the West
Denver, CO
Senior CSR Regional Officer

Desert Financial Credit Union 
Phoenix, AZ
Vice President, Executive Director of Desert Financial Foundation

HITT Contracting (Just added!)
Falls Church, VA
DE&I, Corporate Social Responsibility and Policy Specialist

Nasdaq (Just added!)
New York, NY
Senior Director, Environmental, Social and Governance Manager

Palo Alto Networks 
Santa Clara, CA
Senior Program Manager, Environmental Sustainability

Philip Morris International
New York, NY / Washington, DC
Partnerships Specialist

Regeneron
Tarrytown, NY
Senior Manager, Environmental Sustainability

USAA
San Antonio, TX
VP, Diversity and Inclusion

Verizon 
Basking Ridge, NJ
Corporate Social Responsibility Program Manager

Yum! Brands, Inc.
Louisville, KY
Social Purpose & Communications Manager

Member Companies in the News

Akamai Foundation proudly published its first annual report, Unite, Engage, Empower for Social Good, in just its second year since being established. The foundation reports that it intended to grow in 2020, but nowhere near the scale that it actually did due to the pandemic. Akamai Foundation looks forward to collaborating with its stakeholders on continuing its programs, from its racial equality and social justice public matching gift program to global STEM education grants.

ESPN published a press release encouraging the public to vote for its video submission to the International Corporate Citizenship Film Festival. The video tells the story of how ESPN worked with colleagues, communities, sports leagues, advertisers, and others to launch the #oneteam campaign to spread messages of safety, hope, and inspiration during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Yum! Brands has joined in partnership with How2Recycle, the leading recycling labeling system in the US and Canada. Yum!’s membership with How2Recycle will help its brands in reaching a number of their waste reduction goals, including KFC pledging to make all plastic-based, consumer-facing packaging recoverable or reusable globally; and Taco Bell pledging to make all its consumer-facing packaging recyclable, compostable, or reusable, and add recycling and/or composting bins to restaurants globally.

Members on the Move

Welcome to new members Baker Hughes, Experian, and Suffolk Construction! Learn more about joining them, along with more than 10,000 professionals in the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship member community: Member Benefits

Attendees from Bank of the West, Coca-Cola Company, National Grid, and more have registered to attend the all-virtual International Corporate Citizenship Conference on April 26-28, 2021. Learn more about the conference.