Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Reuters Events Announces the Shortlist for the 12th Annual Responsible Business

Aug 25, 2021 10:05 AM ET

Reuters Events Announces the Shortlist for the 12th Annual Responsible Business Awards

Environment

World Water Week 2021: Global Water Experts Discuss Building Resilience Faster

Aug 25, 2021 10:00 AM ET

World Water Week 2021 is focused on "Building Resilience Faster." To celebrate, we spoke with a few of our global water solutions experts about this theme to see what “Building Resilience Faster” means to them.

Environment

Vertical Supply Group Partners with the Arbor Day Foundation to Further Its Commitment to the Environment

Aug 25, 2021 10:00 AM ET

Vertical Supply Group is entering a multi-year partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation to support reforestation efforts and carbon offset projects.

Diversity & Inclusion

Comcast Celebrates Emerging Black-Owned Businesses and Entrepreneurs During Black Business Month

Aug 25, 2021 10:00 AM ET

Comcast beyond thrilled to celebrate Black Business Month this August by sharing the stories of some incredible Black entrepreneurs that Comcast has had the good fortune to partner with this year.

Events, Media & Communications

Social Value & Social Return on Investment (SROI) Accreditation Training

Aug 25, 2021 10:00 AM ET

October SROI Accreditation training dates have been added!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Scotiabank Stepping up Fight to End Human Trafficking With New Funding for Innovative Programs

Aug 25, 2021 10:00 AM ET

Ahead of World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on July 30, Scotiabank stepped up the fight against human trafficking and online child sexual exploitation.

Environment

How Duke Energy Is Using Technology to Save Eagles at a Wyoming Wind Site

Aug 25, 2021 9:45 AM ET

Penny Macormic starts her day early. At 6 a.m. on this day in June, Glenrock, Wyoming, is cool and quiet enough to hear the meadowlarks chirp and whistle on the ranchlands.

Diversity & Inclusion

Joy Fitzgerald, UnitedHealth Group's Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, Shares Her Passion for a Brighter Future

Aug 25, 2021 9:40 AM ET

Research, Reports & Publications

Vistra Increases Board Diversity

Aug 25, 2021 9:35 AM ET

The extensive mix of skills, knowledge, and experience the board brings is a direct result of the diversity of Vistra board members.

Media & Communications

Land Betterment Corporation's Impact Minute: 6 Trends in Sustainability Communications and Reporting with Wesley Gee

Aug 25, 2021 9:35 AM ET

In this episode, Wesley Gee, Sustainability Director at Works Design Communications Ltd. discusses the latest trends in sustainability communications and reporting.

Environment

The Road to COP26: What Is the Role of Business in a 1.5°C Future?

Aug 25, 2021 9:30 AM ET

The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) delivered a “code red for humanity”. Global temperature rise has reached 1.5 degrees Celsius, and human activity is “unequivocally” to blame. Where do we go from here?

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

A Statement From American Airlines on the Civil Reserve Air Fleet Stage 1 Activation

Aug 24, 2021 6:30 PM ET

The U.S. Department of Defense notified American Airlines that it has activated Stage 1 of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF).

Social Impact & Volunteering

CASE, Sonsray Machinery Provide Equipment for Team Rubicon Wildfire Cleanup Efforts in Arizona

Aug 24, 2021 5:00 PM ET

CASE Construction Equipment, a brand of CNH Industrial, and its dealer Sonsray Machinery provided equipment and support to Team Rubicon for land clearing and demolition work in Pinal County, Arizona as part of recovery efforts from the Margo Fire

Diversity & Inclusion

Ensuring the Best Workplace Experience Through DEI

Aug 24, 2021 4:30 PM ET

What is PSEG doing to ensure that everyone has the best workplace experience? What is the most common misconception about diversity, equity and inclusion?

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Owens Corning: Materiality & Stakeholder Engagement

Aug 24, 2021 4:00 PM ET

In 2020, we conducted a refresh of the 2019 Materiality Assessment, in which we sought to confirm the continued relevance of the existing Material Topics and their relative positioning within the materiality matrix visuals for the company as a whole and broken out by region.

Research, Reports & Publications

Enbridge: Our Approach to Scope 3 Emissions

Aug 24, 2021 3:10 PM ET

Our immediate focus is on executing on our plan to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions. Yet, we are doing our part to reduce Scope 3 emissions as well.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Subaru & National Ski Patrol: 25 Years of Partnership

Aug 24, 2021 2:25 PM ET

National Ski Patrol® and Subaru celebrate a quarter century of helping others, together.

Diversity & Inclusion

Human Rights Campaign and Gilead Will Work Together to Combat HIV Epidemic and Promote Transgender Justice

Aug 24, 2021 2:15 PM ET

Gilead Sciences and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization announced Gilead will provide a $3.2 million grant to support communities impacted by HIV.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

We Can Help: Walmart Joins the Response to Support Veterans, Afghan Refugees

Aug 24, 2021 2:00 PM ET

The Walmart Foundation is committing $1 million to three nonprofits supporting Afghan refugees entering the U.S., as well as veterans and their families.

Education

Intel Employee Volunteers and U.S. Olympic Athletes Join Together for Virtual Girls Steam Camp

Aug 24, 2021 2:00 PM ET

It isn’t often that we get to see into the future, but that is exactly what I had the chance to do this past month.

Media & Communications

Happy Healthy Workplaces Ebook

Aug 24, 2021 1:55 PM ET

As a society we’re starting to grasp that we are strongly social, inter-dependent, woven into nature, complex, diverse and both fragile and resilient.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Developing Crucial Caring Skills: Taking 'Time Out' As Parents or Unpaid Carers Needs a Rebrand

Aug 24, 2021 1:15 PM ET

When the pandemic turned our lives upside down, leaders all across the country found themselves drawing on a particular set of skills: empathy, resilience, stress tolerance.

Education

Truist and EVERFI Bring No-Cost Early Literacy Digital Education to Teachers, Families and Communities Nationwide

Aug 24, 2021 12:40 PM ET

Truist Financial Corporation and EVERFI Inc. announced all elementary students nationwide will soon have access to WORD Force Universe, a proven, no-cost digital early literacy program designed for students in grades K-2.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Alkermes Shortlisted for 2021 Ibec KeepWell Awards

Aug 24, 2021 12:25 PM ET

We are excited to announce we have been nominated to receive an award recognizing our support for the mental health and well-being of our employees from Ibec!

Research, Reports & Publications

T. Rowe Price: Latest Research Highlights How Employers Can Help Close Racial and Ethnic Retirement Savings Gaps With Financial Wellness

Aug 24, 2021 12:15 PM ET

T. Rowe Price today released a series of white papers featuring findings from its sixth annual Retirement Savings and Spending survey focused on the financial attitudes and behaviors of 401(k) savers and retirees.