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Corporate Responsibility

Move the Needle on ESG Performance With Lever

Too much ESG data, not enough clarity? The ESG Lever helps you cut through the noise, focus on what matters, and prioritize the actions that will truly move the needle.

Health & Healthcare

The Importance of a Global, Resilient Supply Chain to Access

Factors such as geography, income, education, gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and other circumstances can all too often adversely impact access to healthcare and, as a result, a person’s ability to live a healthy life.

Environment

PFAS Mitigation Strategies: Best Practices for Managing Contamination

PFAS are a group of man-made chemicals that are resistant to heat, water, and oil. Because of these properties, PFAS have been used in many industrial applications and consumer products for decades. 

Awards & Rankings

Alabama Power, Georgia Power and Mississippi Power All Named to Site Selection Magazine’s 2025 Top Utilities List

Alabama Power, Georgia Power and Mississippi Power have been named to Site Selection magazine’s Top Utilities list for 2025, which honors American utilities for their work in economic development.

Awards & Rankings

Lenovo Recognized Again As ‘Ambassador’ in 2025 Workplace Pride Global Benchmark

Lenovo has once again been recognized as an ‘Ambassador’ in the 2025 Workplace Pride Global Benchmark, reaffirming its position as a leader in LGBTIQ+ workplace inclusion.

Corporate Responsibility

Sappi Assembles Top Manufacturing Talent To Lead Growth in Maine and Beyond

Three highly experienced industry professionals—Kirk Ross, Marty Richard and Blue Keim—are leading efforts to enhance efficiency across Sappi’s manufacturing platform.

Environment

Quail Conservation at Covia’s Dividing Creek Plant

The Northern Bobwhite Quail is a ground-dwelling bird that lives in grassland areas, and the population has declined in New Jersey due to changes in agricultural practices, loss of farmland, and young forest habitat.

Health & Healthcare

Supporting Teen Well-Being: What Parents Can Do

This August we marked National Teen Mental Health Awareness Month, a growing grassroots movement, initiated by This is My Brave and supported by providers nationwide. The focus is to highlight the unique emotional challenges adolescents often experience as they return to school.

Socially Responsible Investing

Principal Financial Group®: Advocating For Financial Inclusion

We believe financial education and opportunity can lift up people of all backgrounds, all around the world. We’re working to reach them with information and resources that resonate, with additional support from Principal® Foundation.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

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Philanthropy

Nonprofits on the Frontlines of Helene Recovery Honored with Staff Care Grants

Helping the helpers: 38 western North Carolina nonprofits aiding disaster recovery receive unexpected staff care grants.

Philanthropy

Digitally Empowering Communities in India With Cisco and Indus Action

Through our ever-evolving partnership, Cisco and Indus Action have helped countless vulnerable citizens transform their lives for the better by increasing their access to education, maternal health, labor welfare, and more.

Corporate Responsibility

Fairtrade’s Updated Minimum Price for Bananas Supports Decent Livelihoods

The average Fairtrade Minimum Price for bananas has increased by 6% at Ex Works level and by 4.6% at FOB level, with variations by origin, reflecting Fairtrade’s work to support banana farmers and workers to earn a decent livelihood.

Corporate Responsibility

MetLife and Global Citizen Announce Major Partnership To Drive Economic Change and Foster Resilient Communities

At the 2025 Global Citizen Festival, MetLife, a leading financial services company providing insurance and employee benefits, proudly announced becoming a major partner with Global Citizen, the world’s largest movement to end extreme poverty, with a new three-year partnership.

AI & Technology

Building Resilient Supply Chains: Why AI and Automation Are the Future of Global Trade

In his recent Supply Chain Management Review article, “Building Resilient Supply Chains: How AI, Automation, and Emerging Technologies Are Shaping the Future of Global Trade,” Morten Johansen, , underscores that digital transformation is no longer optional for global trade.

Research & Reports

PBF Energy Releases 2024 Sustainability Report 

PBF Energy Inc. (PBF) (NYSE: PBF) announced the release of its 2024 Sustainability Report, highlighting the company’s efforts to advance sustainable practices, be a good neighbor to the communities in which we operate, and continue to maintain the high level of transparency

Socially Responsible Investing

KeyBank Provides $25.9 Million of Construction Financing for Affordable Housing in Los Angeles

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) provided a $25.9 million loan to finance the new construction of 1434 W. Compton Blvd LP, a 75-unit affordable housing project located in Compton, California.

Volunteering & Community

Leading With Heart: Gen Expands Global Giving and Volunteering

Last year, more than 67% of our team members participated in our volunteering and giving programs, logging 8,300 hours globally for the causes that matter to them. This showcases just how much Team Gen values giving in our communities.

Awards & Rankings

Sofidel Awarded the EcoVadis ESG Rating Platinum Medal for Its Commitment to Sustainability

Sofidel has been awarded the Platinum Medal by EcoVadis – one of the main international ESG rating standards – for its commitment to sustainability.

Health & Healthcare

Medtronic Joins U.N. Call to Action Against High Blood Pressure

For decades, medication and lifestyle changes were the only treatments for high blood pressure. But in November of 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first-ever medical device procedures to treat high blood pressure.

Education & Workforce Development

Bridging the Digital Divide in the Bronx

The Bronx Writing Academy launched a Verizon Innovative Learning (VIL) Lab, equipping students with technology like 3D printers, VR gear, AI, and robotics.

AI & Technology

How AI Is Helping To Improve Energy Efficiency and Management in Real Estate

In the face of climate change and the crucial need for sustainable practices, the real estate sector is undergoing a transformative shift. With buildings today contributing to roughly 40% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

AI & Technology

Powering Tomorrow: How CNH Is Innovating Sustainable Farming With Biogas

CNH’s New Holland brand is advancing into the future of sustainable farming with groundbreaking alternative fuel solutions. The T7 Methane Power tractor is an innovation that’s a true game-changer for farmers ready to embrace sustainable energy.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Cascale Opens London Launch Event of EU PEFCR Apparel & Footwear

As coordinator of the Technical Secretariat, Cascale highlights progress and next steps for the Apparel & Footwear Product Environmental Footprint methodology.

Philanthropy

An Orange a Day Keeps the Smiles on Display

Despite the Orange football team falling short to Tennessee, 45-26, in the Aflac Kickoff Game, there was a victory taking place in Syracuse, New York. As she cheered from her treatment room Saturday afternoon, a Syracuse superfan received her final round of chemo.

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Nutrition and Health

Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...

IWBI | WELL Building Standard

Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...

Rethinking EHS Podcast

Join us as we travel the world to uncover real stories of impact—from landfills and energy transition to workplace safety, emerging contaminants, and...

PSEG People & Communities

PSEG is committed to improving the lives of our customers, our employees and the diverse communities we serve throughout New Jersey and Long Island...

Collective Action

Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...

Community Impact

Advancing our communities worldwide through philanthropic investments, partnerships, and employee volunteerism.

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance

Collaboration and Partnership

Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...

Corporate Responsibility

Webster Bank's Corporate Responsibility