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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Build for Impact Podcast: Translating Vision Into Sustainable Action

“I think any organization should not look at sustainability from just one aspect,” said Mohawk's Vagal. “It should be considered something which is more holistic as well as ingrained into your strategic planning.”

Energy

There Are No Short-Cuts to a Low Carbon Future

Asia-based companies are generally moving in the right direction and addressing their energy consumption, thought there is still some way to go.

Energy

A Transportation, Infrastructure and Climate Priority

High voltage direct current transmission, or HVDC, installed underground alongside America’s world-class networks of roads and highways, is the key to unlocking a clean, prosperous, and secure energy future.

Innovation & Technology

How has COVID-19 Affected Industrial and Cloud Markets?

All of us worldwide are dealing with the challenging new environment of COVID-19. I have been relatively lucky and only have had to share my home office with first-grade distant learning!

Research, Reports & Publications

Reinventing Capitalism

By any standards, 2020 has been a year of attention-consuming news stories. Capitalism, and its consequences for society and the environment, are very much in the spotlight.

Diversity & Inclusion

Belonging Begins with Us: How We're Working to Help Everyone Feel Included

Not only do we want shoppers to feel safe and comfortable shopping with us, but we also want them to see their local Walmart as a place where they belong and as a place that belongs to them.

Diversity & Inclusion

Dow Celebrates International Day of Persons With Disabilities

One billion people worldwide are living with a disability. Although “people with disabilities” sometimes refers to a single population, it is actually a diverse group of people with a wide range of abilities.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Operation Surprise: Team Depot Captain Tracy J.

Meet Tracy Jefferson, a Team Depot District Community Captain and Home Depot Store Manager of the Harahan, Louisiana store. Tracy lives our values in the aisles and through her disaster relief and COVID-19 volunteer work.

Environment

New Treatment Systems Help Cummins Plants Significantly Cut Water Use

The company’s plant in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, is using a multi-faceted system, including hydroponics in a greenhouse, to return more wastewater to the plant for non-potable use, enabling the plant to reduce its purchases of municipal water.

Innovation & Technology

UVC Sanitizer Solution System Design

Disinfection and disinfecting solutions have been important for a while but even more so now as individuals have increased their disinfecting usage and commercial activities are required to increase their routine disinfecting practices, oftentimes disinfecting multiple times per day.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Women Founders Can Shine in 2021 and Beyond

World Tree's core mission is to “Elevate, Educate, and Innovate for the Planet.” And we are and here is how...

Education

MilliporeSigma's Curiosity Labs at Home: The Making of a Rainbow

At MilliporeSigma, we are passionate about inspiring the next generation of scientists. As many families are home for a prolonged period of time, we wanted to help bring a little curiosity to them at home.

Sustainable Development Goals

Indonesia's LESTARI Project: From Village Empowerment to Landscape Conservation

This piece was written by Tedi Rabold about the completed U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) LESTARI project.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arrow Electronics 2020 Holiday Giving Supports Food Banks and Needy Families

Diversity & Inclusion

UPS Longitudes | Pursuing a More Equitable World

Deadly disease; economic hardship; racial unrest — the United States is living through a triple pandemic.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Freeport-McMoRan Sites Awarded the Copper Mark for Responsible Production Practices

Freeport-McMoRan is pleased to announce the Copper Mark has been awarded to its first three sites: the Cerro Verde mine in Peru, the El Abra mine in Chile and the Atlantic Copper smelter and refinery in Spain.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

IWBI Welcomes New Organizations to Its Membership Program

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) is pleased to announce new organizations that have joined the IWBI membership program. The continued growth of the program signifies an increasing global emphasis on improving health and well-being...

Education

Tetra Tech's Institute for Public-Private Partnerships Achieves Industry-Leading Accreditation

Tetra Tech’s Institute for Public-Private Partnerships (IP3) is pleased to announce our achievement in becoming an accredited training organization for APMG International's Certified Public-Private Partnership Professional (CP3P) Foundation program.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Purple Heart Veteran, Family Get Mortgage-Free Home for the Holidays

The holidays are shining brighter for a Purple Heart veteran and his family after being surprised with a mortgage-free home and holiday gifts.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sustainability in 2020: A Year in Review at Gildan

Gildan’s longstanding vision of Making Apparel Better® has guided the Company in managing every aspect of its business. Given its strong foundation of sustainable and ethical practices, Gildan has continued to prioritize sustainability in 2020.

Diversity & Inclusion

Invesco Recognizes International Human Rights Day

In honor of International Human Rights Day (IHRD) on Dec. 10, Invesco hosted a virtual employee event with Adah Parris, a futurist, storyteller and cultural strategist, to share her perspective.

Diversity & Inclusion

Military Veteran Spotlight: Jabarr B.

During our season of giving back through The Home Depot Foundation’s Operation Surprise campaign, we’re celebrating our brave service men and women by spotlighting the military members in our orange family.

Innovation & Technology

Autonomous Vehicles - How History Predicts Future Adoption

The rapid advancement in technology pertaining to automation is revolutionary and it is a privilege to be witnessing this change during our lifetime.

Responsible Production & Consumption

UPS Longitudes | Sustainable Development in a Post-COVID World

This year has unleashed an onslaught of global challenges: natural disasters, economic volatility, social protests and a pandemic that has upended our way of life and illuminated longstanding inequities.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Cascale Governance
    Cascale shares updates from its Board of Directors who serve as the principal governing body and are responsible for setting the strategic direction...
  2. 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...
  3. Making the World a Better Home | Our Commitment to a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace
    We believe diversity strengthens us and the best ideas come from diverse teams working together. Creating a positive workplace for everyone means...
  4. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  5. Investing in our Communities
    We invest in sustainable community outcomes that improve lives.
  6. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  7. Opportunity for All
    At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...
  8. FedEx Cares | Overall
    FedEx Cares is our global community engagement program and one way that we live out our purpose of connecting people and possibilities. Our goal is to...
  9. AEG's Commitment to Sustainable Operations
    AEG's sustainability initiatives are designed to reduce our consumption of the planet’s limited resources. Through our comprehensive sustainability...
  10. 2025 Beat the Heat
    This summer, Entergy helped our customers across our service area beat the heat this summer through a number of initiatives aimed to help them save...
  11. Cascale Events
    Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...
  12. CARE Corporate Partnerships
    CARE works with corporate partners globally to invest in innovative, scalable, impactful, community-based solutions.
  13. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...
  14. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  15. Cascale Events
    Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...