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PNC Volunteers Bring Basic Financial Knowledge to New Volunteer Opportunity

For about two years now, the PNC Center for Financial Education (CFE), an effort led by Community Development Banking, has been collaborating with community-based nonprofits to offer financial education to individuals, first-time homebuyers and small businesses.

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Events, Media & Communications

AB InBev Chief Procurement, Sustainability and Circular Ventures Officer Tony Milikin To Join the Reuters Events: Transform USA 2021 Today

Chief Procurement, Sustainability and Circular Ventures Officer Tony Milikin will join the Reuters Events: Transform USA 2021 on Wednesday, May 5 for a keynote panel discussion about the circular economy and reimagining business for future success.

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Innovation & Technology

Using a Supercomputer to Keep Catastrophic Flooding From Being a Catastrophe

In the spring of 2019, an extreme flood struck the eastern region of Canada. Rivers ran where cars once drove. Thousands evacuated only to return to waterlogged homes filled with mud. Researchers called the weather event a “100-year flood,”

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CIT Wins Two 2021 Stevie® American Business Awards®

CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) recently announced that it has won two Stevie® Awards for business excellence in the 19th Annual American Business Awards®.

Research, Reports & Publications

CEO Jerre Stead Talks About the First Clarivate Annual Sustainability Report

At Clarivate, sustainability isn't something we do. It's everything we do.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

VolunteerMatch Announces May's Match Studio Collaborative Artist: Lena Gray

VolunteerMatch, the largest nonprofit network on the web connecting volunteers with opportunities to give back, announces its May Match Studio Collaborative artist, Lena Gray.

Social Impact & Volunteering

COVID-19 and Corporate Social Innovation

COVID-19 has pushed companies to rethink their approaches to social impact and community partnerships, like AV company Cruise, which is leveraging its fleet of self-driving cars to support local food banks as part of its Cruise for Good program.

Green Infrastructure

Ecocentricity Blog: Making Magic

Like the oxygen and erosion control that trees offer to other organisms, The Ray gives life to other ideas. This was on display last week in the form of an exciting announcement from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).

Diversity & Inclusion

Jason Conyard — Chief Information Officer Talks PRIDE & Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at VMware

At VMware, we celebrate people from a wide variety of dynamic backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We deliver transformative IT solutions by harnessing the power of human difference and building a community that is inclusive and diverse.

Energy

Electric Vehicles, Pt 1 - Follow the Fleet

Price, charging infrastructure and dirty battery production are limiting the impact of EVs, but look to fleet operations to lead the way to broader adoption.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Kids Foundation Awards 2021 Young Entrepreneurs Pilot Grant

Whole Kids Foundation, a nonprofit focused on children’s nutrition and wellness, announced today that Minnesota-based Roots for the Home Team has been awarded the 2021 Young Entrepreneurs Pilot Grant worth $25,000.

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Environment

Arbor Day Foundation and Bank of America Accelerate Local Climate Resiliency Initiatives in High-Need Urban Communities

The Arbor Day Foundation announced today that Bank of America provided a $250,000 grant to support efforts to increase the number of trees planted in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods in four U.S. cities.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CRB Project for Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing's Expansion Selected for Facility of the Year Award by ISPE

“We congratulate the team at GRAM, whose commitment to quality and safety positioned this facility to play a critical role in the nation’s pandemic response,” said CRB President Ryan Schroeder. “Our team is very proud to have played a part in their success.”

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Research, Reports & Publications

A Letter from Daniel O'Day, Our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: A Year In Review

In 2020, the world was tested in ways we could never have imagined. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact across the globe and yet it has also demonstrated our strength, our resilience and our ability to overcome great challenges.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Pittsburgh's Pop-Up Glass Recycling Program Is a Win-Win

Glass should never be trash. When the Pittsburgh metro area stopped accepting glass in curbside recycling bins, O-I Glass and CAP Glass had a solution.

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Energy

Hydro Plant on Lake Keowee Helps Power Upstate South Carolina

While it’s relatively young for a hydropower plant, Keowee Hydro Station tells the story of a much larger energy project for the beautiful northwest corner of South Carolina.

Energy

Four Steps to Green Power

Renewable energy is helping to drive a global green revolution. By taking four basic steps of energy management, businesses can make the difference between good intentions and commercial success.

Green Infrastructure

Benefiting Biodiversity & Soil Health

Through close collaboration with growers and other partners, we are committed to balancing the need for crop production with nature conservation and reducing agriculture’s impact on biodiversity.

Research, Reports & Publications

Alexion’s CEO Speaks to the Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility Progress

There is no doubt that 2020 was a year of change – it changed the way we live, the way we work and the way we serve our communities. Yet, with all of the change, I was reminded of an important truth – we are all human, and together we are resilient.

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Sustainable Development Goals

The Voice of Leadership: Women in Wildlife in Zambia

Tetra Tech’s Patricia Malasha shares how establishing community resource boards to manage natural resources can increase women’s participation and create opportunities for leadership.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Freeport-McMoRan Publishes 2020 Annual Report on Sustainability

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE: FCX) announced the publication of its 2020 Annual Report on Sustainability detailing its environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance during the year.

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Events, Media & Communications

Take the Guesswork Out of Communicating Your ESG Progress

The research is clear. At a time when business is viewed as the most trusted and effective problem-solver, it is imperative that companies engage key stakeholders with their environmental, social, governance (ESG) agendas.

Environment

Trane Technologies Ties ESG Metrics to Executive and Employee Compensation As It Accelerates Bold 2030 Sustainability Commitments

Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), a global climate innovator, announced today that it has revised its executive and senior leader incentive plan to link directly to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) metrics

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Events, Media & Communications

2021 Black Lives Matter & Business Webinar Series

The UN Global Compact Network UK have launched a second Black Lives Matter & Business series, supported by HSBC.

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Energy

Black & Veatch Appointed to Drax Technical Services Framework

Major UK power provider Drax has awarded Black & Veatch a role on the company’s Technical Services Framework.

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Health & Healthcare

The Current State of Aseptic Processing & Fill-finish Manufacturing

Almost every day, we rely on pharmaceuticals like ear drops, eye drops, nasal sprays, and vaccines to be sterile, hygienic, and free from contamination.

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