Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

La TD publie son Rapport sur les enjeux environnementaux, sociaux et de gouvernance 2020 et son Rapport sur La promesse TD Prêts à agir 2020

Consultez les deux rapports de la TD qui font état des progrès réalisés dans le cadre de sa plateforme d’entreprise citoyenne, et la lettre de Bharat Masrani pour en savoir plus sur l'incidence positive de la TD durant une année de perturbations. https://go.td.com/3bkWdJm

Events, Media & Communications

Libresse Brings Awareness to Women's Pain

This week, we examine one brand that is sticking out with its audacious challenge to bring attention to a subject rarely spoken of – women’s pain.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

TD Releases 2020 Environmental, Social and Governance Report and TD Ready Commitment Report

TD released two reports sharing progress on achieving the goals of its global corporate citizenship platform. Read a letter from Bharat Masrani, Group President and CEO, to learn how TD has achieved positive impact in a year of change and disruption

Environment

Soil Health Institute Announces New Agency of Record, Rivers Agency, to Further Its Mission

The Soil Health Institute (SHI), the global non-profit charged with safeguarding and enhancing the vitality and productivity of soils, is collaborating with Rivers Agency for its marketing and communications programs.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Bharat Masrani: Adapting With Purpose - TD's 2020 Environmental, Social and Governance Report

TD released two reports sharing progress on achieving the goals of its global corporate citizenship platform. Read a letter from Bharat Masrani, Group President and CEO

Diversity & Inclusion

Cummins Powers Women Program Challenges Gender Inequality and Bias

By partnering with expert nonprofits and leveraging the unique skills and talents of Cummins employees and leaders, Cummins Powers Women has enabled equal rights and opportunity for an estimated 98,000 women and girls in 18 countries in just three years.

Health & Healthcare

A Fuzzy Fix: How 'Social Toys' Can Help Kids Battle Illness and Anxiety

Social robots aren't new. Bringing these robots into medicine has real limitations, as they can't cure cancer or take the sting out of an injection – yet.

Environment

Hewlett Packard Enterprise to Build $35M Supercomputer for the National Center for Atmospheric Research to Improve Predictions of Wildfires, Hurricanes, and Solar Storms

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) today announced it was awarded a $35+ million contract to build a new supercomputer using its end-to-end high performance computing (HPC) technologies for the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).

Diversity & Inclusion

Addressing Our Accountability in Creating a More Equitable and Diverse Tech Sector

"Seeing this level of commitment and passion from NortonLifeLock leadership was energizing and I’m excited about the opportunities ahead of us."

Innovation & Technology

New Technology Sounds the Alarm on Wildfire Hazards

Brendan Kirkpatrick distinctly remembers a windy autumn evening in October 2017 when he anxiously waited to hear back from his parents as the Nuns Fire — one of a series of fires that year — burned less than a mile from his childhood home

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Limited Partner Buy-In Is Key for Making Diversity a Priority

LPs inhabit a unique position to encourage VCs to invest in more diverse-founded companies.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Clarivate Fellows Promote Sustainable Solutions for Racial Equity

Two Clarivate colleagues have joined the CEO Action for Racial Equality fellowship to promote sustainable public policies and corporate engagement strategies that address systemic racism, social injustice and improve societal well-being.

Innovation & Technology

Dow Signs MoU to Establish South China Specialties Hub

Dow (NYSE: DOW) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Zhanjiang Economic and Technological Development Zone Administrative Committee (Zhanjiang EDZ) to build the Dow South China Specialties Hub.

Health & Healthcare

Abbott Researchers Find Rare Group of People With Controlled HIV Who Could Be a Key to Unlocking Cure

Abbott announced that a team of scientists has found an unusually high number of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who test positive for HIV antibodies, but have low to non-detectable viral load counts – without the use of antiretroviral treatment.

Energy

Green Source Advantage Offers More Renewable Energy Options for South Carolina Customers

The Public Service Commission of South Carolina (PSCSC) has approved Duke Energy’s Green Source Advantage program in South Carolina, enabling the company to expand renewable energy options for customers.

Diversity & Inclusion

Shernale Kenney: Helping Others Find Their Voice

As someone who’s benefited from the mentoring of others, Shernale makes it a personal mission to pay it forward and provide inspiration for the next generation of female engineers.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Recognition and ThankQ at Qualcomm

With a strong recognition culture, employees are more likely to endorse a company as a great place to work, more likely to stay with the company long-term and more likely to feel committed to their job, manager and the company mission.

Research, Reports & Publications

Strong Track Record and Ambitious Sustainability Targets for 2025

2020 marks the mid-term on the way towards 2030. Over the past decade, Henkel achieved significant progress across all dimensions of its sustainability strategy.

Energy

Ørsted Signs Long-Term Power Purchase Agreements with Target and Hormel Foods Corporation

On average, the project will contribute USD 4 million per year in local taxes and landowner payments to the community, and it will employ 300 construction workers at its peak.

Environment

On Common Ground: What Unites The Next Generation of Scientists, Activists, and Farmers?

If you’ve eaten a papaya in the past 25 years, you probably have crop biotechnology to thank. The tasty tropical fruit was nearly wiped out by an aggressive virus outbreak in 1998

Education

MilliporeSigma's Curiosity Labs™ at Home Virtual Experiments Now Available in Multiple Languages

With the rise of virtual learning due to COVID-19, MilliporeSigma continues to leverage its Curiosity Labs™ at Home science education programming to spark curiosity and inspire the next generation of scientists.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Shake Shack Begins Using AirCarbon Cutlery at Select Locations

Shake Shack recently announced the introduction of sustainable AirCarbon cutlery and straws from Restore Foodware at select Shake Shack locations in the US.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Introducing the Top 10 Trends of 2021 by Griffith Foods

Introducing a new year of insight-driven culinary inspiration with our Top 10 Trends of 2021!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Governor Morehead School and Students Gain From HP Support

At a time when students everywhere are struggling with remote instruction, students at North Carolina’s Governor Morehead School (GMS), the state’s residential school for the blind and visually impaired, also faced the additional challenge of not having enough technology that fit their unique needs.

Health & Healthcare

Merck Announces Fifth Round of Global Grants to Tackle Maternal Mortality and Promote Health Equity Worldwide

Merck recently announced a fifth round of grants in its Merck for Mothers Global Grants program dedicated to reducing maternal mortality in locations where there is the greatest need.

Latest Campaigns

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