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Either through company-sponosred Environmental Councils or through their everyday jobs, McKesson employees are helping the company to reduce its environmental impact and deliver cost savings. In the company's 2008-2009 Corporate Citizenship Report, McKesson features stories that demonstrate the company's commitment to environmental sustainability.

McKesson's Environmental Councils

In 2008, McKesson formally launched a network of McKesson Environmental Councils. What began as a pilot program in 2006 in the San Francisco location has expanded into a group of company-sponsored Environmental Councils around the world. By the end of Fiscal Year 2009, 12 McKesson Environmental Councils tackled sustainability projects such as the following:

• Installing projectors in conference rooms to reduce the need for printed materials

• De-lamping efforts to take advantage of natural light and reduce energy consumption

• Hosting environmental fairs to help educate employees about local environmental resources

• Organizing local volunteer events such as beach clean-ups

At the end of Fiscal Year 2009, eight months after the company began tracking their financial impacts, the McKesson Environmental Councils were responsible for projects that resulted in nearly $100,000 in savings.

Individual Employee Efforts

Also detailed in the company's 2008-2009 Corporate Citizenship Report are examples of indivdiual employees whose work contributes to McKesson's environmental sustainability strategy, including:

• Clayton Crawford, head of McKesson's facilities operations, explains the company's approach to solar and other alternative energy technology. 

• John Foley and Tommy Morris's initiative, through which McKesson is able to recycle more than 100,000 lbs. of plastic pill bottles annually.

• Vince Manno's reusable packaging innovation saves McKesson approximately $17,000 each year.

• Julia Rexin and Dean Wetherbee's work to launch the "Eco-InterQual" campaign, offering customers a more environmentally friendly product.

• Yoichi Miyazaki's work as part of McKesson's corporate procurement team, which helps guide employees to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, EarthShare and Do Something are the newest editions to the Better The World family.  New causes are now featured on the Better The World site ranging from “Increase Your Green” to “Keep Toxins Out Of The Classroom” to “Run for the Cure”.  The money raised by Better The World members supporting these causes will benefit breast cancer patients and contribute towards finding a cure; give parents and teachers critical tips to protect their children at school; and, get young people competing to become the most green.

“We are excited to be working with our three newest charity partners, the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, EarthShare and Do Something,” said Elissa Beckett, charity director and co-founder, Better The World.  “Our tools allow them to attract new supporters that have no time or money to give.  These new supporters can now financially support their favorite cause for free.  As charity leaders, they are leveraging the power of the web to not only raise awareness of breast cancer, the environment and the power of volunteering, but to raise money too.”

About Better The World:
Better The World is a global technology, consulting and specialty media social enterprise that creates innovative cause solutions for not-for-profit and for-profit organizations. Better The World strives to improve stakeholder engagement, loyalty and goodwill through it’s three primary lines of business; a social fundraising software platform; a social citizen based advertising network; and innovative cause consulting services. The company also operates an international consumer website where Internet users can raise money for more than 20 local and international charities, just by surfing the web. For more information, visit http://www.bettertheworld.com.

Post Independent (John Stroud) Glenwood Springs, CO - CARBONDALE, Colorado — Friends and fellow Colorado Rocky Mountain School juniors Kelsey Bohannon and JJ Worley recently found a way to help needy people around the world, and keep what otherwise would be trash out of area landfills.

Through the Soles4Souls shoe charity, they collected some 500 pairs of used shoes from throughout the Roaring Fork Valley. The shoes will be sent to a warehouse in Nevada, and eventually shipped to villages around the world where people cannot afford to buy shoes themselves.

“I heard about it and it just interested me as a way for people do something for those in need without sending money,” said Bohannon, 16, who lives in Glenwood Springs.

“Some people don't like giving money, because they're not sure what's really going to happen to it,” she said. “There's not much else you can do with used shoes, though. You know someone is going to be wearing them who needs them.”

Worley, also 16, from Carbondale, looks at it as a “one person's trash is another person's treasure” sort of approach to global charity.

“People really do get tired of donating money. This is a way to get rid of something you'd be throwing away anyway, and for a good cause,” she said.

Bohannon and Worley put up flyers around the valley and set up collection boxes at Summit Canyon Mountaineering in Glenwood Springs and at Dos Gringos Burritos in Carbondale.

“They asked me to come empty the box at Summit because it was overflowing,” Bohannon said. “The shoes filled up my car.”

Once they collected all the shoes they realized it would cost $230 to ship them to Nevada, even after the 80 percent charity discount from UPS. So they approached the Aspen Skiing Company, and it covered the shipping cost.

“We didn't even think about the money part of it,” Worley said. “We really want to thank the Skico for helping us out.”

They received some interesting shoes along the way, including some Go-Go boots, a pair of snowboard boots, and ballet slippers.

“Some of them are pretty fancy shoes, and not very used at all,” Bohannon said.

Miser's Mercantile, a local second-hand store, also donated some of the shoes it had in stock, and the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary collected a box of shoes as well.

The students may do another drive in the future, but their collection efforts are done for now. However, Independence Run and Hike, a local running and outdoor gear store, is also a collection location for Soles4Souls.

The store, located in the Gateway Plaza at Highway 133 and Cowen Drive in Carbondale, is collecting “gently worn” footwear and/or monetary donations to help ship the shoes.

The shoes sometimes go to victims of a natural disaster, or who are subject to living in extreme poverty, according to the organization's website, www.giveshoes.org.

“It is estimated that Americans have 1.5 billion pairs of unused shoes lying in their closets,” it notes. “The charity can use each and every one of these pairs to make a tangible difference in someone's life.”

Independence Run and Hike owner Brion After said he is glad to contribute, both in the charitable sense and because of the reduced environmental impact of recycling used shoes.

“We believe in taking care of the land that takes care of us,” he said. “Partnering with Soles4Souls enables the local running and hiking community to be environmental stewards and assist those in need throughout the world.”  jstroud@postindependent.com

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"Want to know if the stimulus act will work or whether ethanol is the right choice for U.S. energy independence? Need advice on how to beat Wall Street?" So asked the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) at the annual Moody's Mega Math Challenge. For the past three years, Moody's has awarded college scholarships and summer internships to the high school students with the best answers to these questions. In 2010, Moody's is increasing to $100,000 of scholarships.

What drives a Wall Street firm to such generosity, especially now when every dollar they spend is accounted for to shareholders and the board? I have been working with corporate leaders for the past several years to help them shift their philanthropy and their service programs in order to advance the companies' own purposes while also benefiting the community. This is the only way that corporate social responsibility will actually be effective and sustainable.

And as I reported from the Clinton Global Initiative in

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In training and placing business executives and professionals on nonprofit boards, I see which board environments motivate people to perform their best, and which environments crush the spirit right out of well-meaning, enthusiastic, and generous board members.

You see, nonprofit boards are revealing environments because people are there voluntarily. Board members don't have to be there nor do their best in order to earn a living. They are there primarily to serve their communities, to learn, for the psychic reward, and perhaps somewhat to build their professional networks.

The main point is that nonprofit board members are most likely to give generously of their time, expertise, and money, including opening doors to prospective donors, if the board environment is friendly, supportive, enthusiastic, and appreciative. That tone is set by the leadership--the board chair and CEO of the organization, and has everything to do with how people treat each other on the board.

Think of the ways that people signal their support for each other and the organization, or, on the other hand, squash the spirit. Here are a few recent stories I've heard:

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Insight Forums, LLC today announced that it has launched a “Keen for Green” program of registration discounts and charitable donations to reinforce the need for environmental stewardship in producing shareholder communications. Executives using the special “green” web link to register for its upcoming Shareholder Communications Symposium will receive 25% off their registration fee and will trigger a $25 donation to the Carbon Disclosure Project,an independent not-for-profit organization that holds the largest database of corporate climate change information in the world. This link is http://www.insightforums.com/?sub=391.

“Keen for Green” benefits also may be obtained by telephone by calling 800-886-2196 x3 and mentioning the phrase “Keen for Green” in the registration request.

The Shareholder Communications Symposium is an exclusive forum dedicated to helping governance, shareholder communications and investor relations professionals balance cost and service, and gain additional benefits in the form of environmental stewardship and improved brand equity. Three of its sessions are dedicated to covering sustainability concerns from the standpoints of regulation, procurement, and reporting: 

♦        On the Regulatory Horizon: Financial Reporting, Sustainability, and Privacy Regulations Affecting Shareholder Communications, featuring Matt Kelly of Compliance Week, Lawrence Bachman of Exelon Corp., Jeff Morgan of National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI), and Mike Schlanger of Merrill Corp. 

♦        Can Sustainability, Cost Reduction, and Usability Coexist in Shareholder Communications? featuring Will Markunas of BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, Sonal Mahida of the Carbon Disclosure Project, and Jay Jamrog of i4CP. 

♦        The Growing Impact of Environmental, Sustainability, and Governance Reporting, featuring Mark Orlowski of the Sustainable Endowments Institute 

Information about sponsorships, attendance, or speaking opportunities is available on the Web at www.insightforums.com/scs2009.php. Symposium exhibits are co-located with the Document Strategy Forum.

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