December 18, 2018
Increasingly, leading brands, retailers, and packaging companies are publicly committing to working toward the use of 100% reusable, recyclable, or compostable plastic packaging by 2025.
Reports
December 10, 2018
Examining trends in workplace financial wellness innovation, Financial Wellness in the Workplace: The Business Imperative by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation profiles eight large companies with employee programs in financial education, student loan repayment, and retirement.
November 9, 2018
Businesses are harnessing the power of technology to make the world a better place.
October 29, 2018
This report summarizes and brings to a close phase one of the T3 Network. The report is divided into two parts. Part I focuses on the T3 Network’s vision, guiding principles, and profiles the work groups. Part II highlights the T3 Network’s recommendations, organized as a list of pilot projects that together provide the foundation for an open, distributed, public-private data infrastructure that supports access and opportunity for the American student and worker. The report concludes with next steps and acknowledgements.
June 12, 2018
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By incorporating Collective Impact and community health best practices into their efforts to improve community health, Kent County’s health partners are more efficiently and effectively achieving their health goals.
June 4, 2018
Building on lessons learned, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation has organized a TPM Academy that is focused on developing the capacity of business organizations seeking to organize employer members and orchestrate talent supply chains. The TPM Academy is supported by this curriculum.
May 23, 2018
As part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s broader commitment to help companies shift to the circular economy, Beyond 34 is a closed-loop recycling and recovery pilot program starting in Orlando that aims to help communities, cities, and businesses create a more sustainable future.
March 20, 2018
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With their clever dishes and savvy social media food trucks have emerged as important vehicles for economic opportunity and growth jump-starting a $2 billion-plus industry in cities across America.
March 14, 2018
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In Different Skills, Different Gaps: Measuring and Closing the Skills Gap, prepared for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation by Burning Glass Technologies, we examine the skills gap on an occupation-by occupation basis. This is the best way to both understand the gap, and to close it. An overall surplus of workers doesn’t offer much insight into the challenges of a specific industry looking to fill specific roles requiring specific skills.
March 12, 2018
America is in need of a new pathway to opportunity, one where employers, government, and learners share in the risk of talent development. Our current education and training systems are struggling to align to the changing workforce development needs of the economy, and there is a need for expanded leadership and investment from the business community. We need a new approach that will create shared value and more effective pathways to employment. Now is the time to act.