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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Leveling the Playing Field on Employee Engagement

This month, we launched Dow’s first-ever global Volunteer and ERG Participation policy, which allows all of our employees paid time-off to volunteer and engage in Employee Resource Group (ERG) activities.

Energy

Nunam: Meet the Team Unlocking the Socioeconomic and Environmental Potential of Used Batteries

Now that the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2021 winners have been officially announced, we are excited for you to learn more about each winning team and the story behind each innovation.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Cleaning Up: See How KeyBank Teammates Helped Beautify a City Park on Neighbors Make the Difference Day

On September 14, 2021, hundreds of KeyBank teammates across the nation volunteered at more than 600 projects in the neighborhoods where they live and work on Neighbors Make the Difference Day.

Innovation & Technology

Pro Bono Perspectives S3E22: Dan Noyes, Tech Goes Home

Tech Goes Home Co-CEO Dan Noyes joins the podcast for a conversation on the root causes of the digital divide, the fundamental changes we must make for digital equity, and why this is both a social and economic imperative.

Sustainable Development Goals

Corporate Innovation in Support of the SDGs

Leading global experts from the private and public sector share their views on how technology can promote better health for all, as well as establish education systems that are fit for the future – in the latest podcasts from GRI.

Diversity & Inclusion

Trane Technologies to Donate $1 Million to Address Racial Inequities and Boost Opportunity in Charlotte-Mecklenburg

Trane Technologies plc (NYSE:TT), a global climate innovator, is donating $1 million to a communitywide public-private partnership to address racial equity in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.

Responsible Production & Consumption

First-of-Its-Kind Certification Eliminates Harmful PFAS in Foodware and Shifts Market to Preferred Alternatives

Non-profit organizations Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Clean Production Action (CPA) have unveiled the GreenScreen Certified™ Standard for Food Service Ware.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

MIT Collaborates With Biogen on Three-Year, $7 Million Initiative to Address Climate, Health, and Equity

MIT and Biogen today announced that they will collaborate with the goal to accelerate the science and action on climate change to improve human health.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FedEx and Orbis: Fighting Blindness Side-by-Side for More Than 30 Years

As the Director of the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, Maurice Geary is responsible for the smooth running of every Flying Eye Hospital project, working closely with all members of the team from the flight mechanics to the staff nurses.

Environment

Mondelēz International Commits to 2050 Net Zero Emissions Target

As part of its commitment, Mondelēz has signed the Science Based Targets Initiative’s Business Ambition for 1.5°C, aligning its long-term emissions targets with the ambitious aim of limiting temperature rise in accordance with the Paris Agreement.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

DuPont Receives Innovation Award for New Low GWP Froth-Pak™ Spray Foam

DuPont Performance Building Solutions’ Low GWP Froth-Pak™ Spray Foam Blown with Liquid HFO and CO2 was recognized by the Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) with the 2021 Innovation Award.

Health & Healthcare

Lenovo Helps Estimated 3 Million People Across India During COVID 19

As India continued to take action against COVID-19, Lenovo reached out again to both the government and people of India through the Lenovo Foundation, its charitable arm.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CIT Launches Annual One Million Meals Campaign

IT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) today announced the start of its annual partnership with Feeding America® to help provide One Million Meals1 to people facing hunger across the country.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Listen Up! Doing Corporate Citizenship Better, Together - November 2021

Leverage uncertainty and the unknown as the path to innovation, impact, and “smart luck" on this episode of the Listen Up! Show with guest Christian Busch, Director, CGA Global Economy Program NYU, and author of The Serendipity Mindset. Register now!

Environment

Subaru of America Expands Partnership With National Forest Foundation With Commitment to Plant One Million Trees

Subaru of America, Inc. and its retailers in California, and now with the support of Idaho, Oregon and Washington retailers, are proud to announce they will replant one million trees by 2022 in forests devastated by wildfire.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

WSP USA Supports Initiative Generating Economic SURGE in Philippines

USAID’s Strengthening Urban Resilience for Growth with Equity effort is helping disadvantaged Filipino producers improve income, market share and resiliency.

Innovation & Technology

Arrow Electronics Cultivates New Generation of Innovators Through Support of 2021 Collegiate Inventors Competition

A first-year engineering student from the University of Texas at Austin won the Arrow Electronics People’s Choice Award at the 2021 Collegiate Inventors Competition.

Energy

Keysight to Install Rooftop Solar Array in Penang, Malaysia

Keysight is committed to achieving net zero emissions in company operations by the end of fiscal year 2040, in alignment with the Paris Agreement's preferred goal to limit global warming to 1.5°C.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Issues Inaugural $500 Million Green Bond

With this issuance, Fifth Third is the first U.S. financial institution under $250 billion in assets to issue an ESG bond of any type.

Environment

ESG Enhancement: A Post-Acquisition Playbook

Join us Wednesday, November 17, 2021, at 2:00pm EST for our webinar, ESG Enhancement: A Post-Acquisition Playbook, and learn how to integrate ESG throughout the investment lifecycle.

Green Infrastructure

United Airlines Operates First Flight Powered by 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel

United was the first airline in the world to operate a flight powered by 100% drop-in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Sustainable Development Goals

SCS Global Services Joins The Water Council as First Water Champion Member

The Water Council, a nonprofit membership organization driving freshwater innovation and advancing water stewardship, today announces its new Water Champion membership program with SCS Global Services (SCS) as its first member.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

How ViacomCBS Is Encouraging Civic Action & Engagement

We believe increasing voter turnout is a shared mission, and we know we have a responsibility to unleash the power of our content, talent, employees and reach to accelerate social impact through civic engagement.

Education

Rockwell Automation Surpasses $30 Million in Charitable Support to FIRST With New $2.7 Million Grant

Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) has surpassed $30 million in cash and in-kind product donations to non-profit FIRST®​ with a new $2.7 million grant that supports global programming for the 2021-2022 season.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

International Paper Celebrates LIFE Month

November is LIFE (Life-changing Injury and Fatality Elimination) Month at International Paper, a time where the company celebrates its commitment to an injury-free workplace.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Social Progress
    Social engagement has always been an integral part of our sense of responsibility as a company. We care and we act to do our part to improve the...
  2. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  3. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  4. Digital Safety
    We provide tools and guidance so people can manage digital content in a way that’s right for them and their families. Learn more >>
  5. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...
  6. Nutrition and Health
    Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...
  7. Health and Safety by Antea Group
    Antea Group's health and safety consultants understand what it takes to help make a positive impact on safety culture. Read blogs, insights, and more...
  8. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  9. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  10. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  11. Retail Logistics
    DP World provides end-to-end retail logistics solutions including comprehensive Purchase Order management from origin consolidation to retailer PO...
  12. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  13. KeyBank Foundation: Helping Communities Thrive through Education, Workforce Development, and Service
    KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...
  14. Accelerating access to healthcare technology
    We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...
  15. 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...