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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Fifth Third Bank Receives Model Risk Manager Award From Celent for Climate Change Risk Assessment

Fifth Third Bank, National Association has been recognized by Celent as a winner of a Model Risk Manager award for Responding to Emerging Risks, specifically climate change risk assessment. Celent is a global research and advisory firm for the financial services industry.

Education

Cadence on Campus - UC Berkeley

The Cadence Academic Network is collaborating with universities to build deeper connections between our business focus areas and academia.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Where Community Is Always First!

Alan Graham, founder and CEO of nonprofit Mobile Loaves & Fishes, which established Community First! Village, is working to address chronic homelessness while also dispelling its many myths.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Principal® Announces Five-Year Extension Agreement for Principal Charity Classic

Principal Financial Group® announced a five-year extension agreement with the Principal Charity Classic to continue its long-standing support for the annual PGA TOUR Champions tournament held at the Wakonda Club in Des Moines, Iowa.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Episode 2 • the Digital Standards Initiative • the Future of the CSO • APAC

‘The Future of the CSO - APAC’ series will bring you an in-depth understanding of how the role has changed, how it will continue to evolve, the skillsets required and the challenges that will be faced.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Bloomberg Enhances SFDR Solution To Simplify Portfolio Alignment and Provide Comprehensive Coverage of Reporting Requirements

Bloomberg today announced its Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation solution has a new dashboard enabling fund managers to seamlessly track and pick investments that align with the key ESG indicators mandated for SFDR reporting, the principal adverse impact indicators.

Health & Healthcare

Kohler and Manchester United Partner on Safe Water for All

Manchester United and Kohler are proud to partner to raise awareness for Safe Water for All.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MetLife Once Again Earns 2023 Energy Star® Partner of the Year ‘Sustained Excellence’ Award

MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) today announced that it has received the 2023 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Listen: The Choices That Ripple Beyond Us

Faced with a growing list of challenges, a young Juan Perez decided to transform his life and find a job that could provide him and his young family a better future. He found that job at Koch. It's a decision that changed him and his family in ways he never imagined.

Environment

Canadian Consumers on Connectivity and Climate Change

What do high costs of living, extreme weather events and food and water shortages all have in common? These and other consequences of climate change will be more difficult to ignore as our world becomes hotter.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Measuring the Work That Impacts the Soul of a Company

Kearney’s unrelenting commitment to accuracy and data integrity proved to be integral to the success he found in his former role managing balance sheet analytics and modeling for PNC’s business-critical enterprise and credit risk reporting team.

Diversity & Inclusion

Challenging the Status Quo: Meet Martina Spinatsch

In celebration of Women’s History Month and the importance of female role models, Henkel North America’s Senior Vice President of R&D for Consumer Brands discusses her experience as a woman in STEM and what inspires her most about the next generation of leaders.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

3 Ways Mobile Fueling Helps Your Fleet Do More in a Day

By outsourcing fueling errands, streamlining finance management, and leveraging data insights, fleet managers can increase productivity at all fleet levels to access budget savings, route optimization, and better driver performance.

Sustainable Development Goals

Southern Company’s Approach to Net Zero and the Environment

Southern Company is proud to support the communities we serve, and we are committed to protecting the environment we all share.

Environment

Three Steps to Profitable and Sustainable Energy Management

As with all aspects of modern business, the journey to sustainable profitability starts with data that leads to intelligent strategies.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Fifth Third Bank Awarded on the Fortune’s America’s Most Innovative Companies 2023 List

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Energy

U.S. House Republican Energy Package Fails To Move the U.S. Toward an Affordable, Secure, Clean Energy Future

Ceres stands in opposition to H.R. 1, the wide-ranging and unbalanced energy bill that the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on this week, calling it a step backward for U.S. energy security and away from building an advanced, clean economy that reduces costs.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Cummins Employees Devote March to Projects Tied to World Water Day

Cummins Inc. employees celebrated World Water Day March 22 by conducting more than 20 projects over the month of March highlighting the importance of fresh water and the critical issues facing the natural resource.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

A CEO's Perspective: 7 Insights to Discover and Activate Authentic Purpose

Your taste buds may be familiar with the work of Kerry Group — even if the name doesn’t ring a bell.

Sustainable Development Goals

Register Today: The Conference Board Sustainability and Energy Summit

The Conference Board Sustainability And Energy Summit: Thriving Amid The Global Transition will take place on July 13 and 14 in NYC. As a contact of 3BL Media, use code 3BLVIP when registering to receive the special rate of $1,495.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

HanesBrands Awarded U.S. EPA Energy Star Award for Environmental Stewardship for 14th Consecutive Year

HanesBrands announced it has earned the Energy Star Partner of the Year Award for Sustained Excellence in Energy Management from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy, marking the company’s 14th consecutive award for continued progress.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Journeys of Black Professionals in Green Careers Featuring Alex Singleton

International Paper’s Alex Singleton, Fiber Supply Manager at our Rome, Ga. Containerboard Mill, is featured alongside 21 other Black professionals from the forest and conservation sector, in Project Learning Tree’s new guide Black Faces in Green Spaces:

Social Impact & Volunteering

United Supermarkets Donates 1,000 Pairs of Socks to the Salvation Army in Midland & Odessa Through Pears for Pairs Initiative

United Supermarkets donated 1,000 pairs of socks to the Salvation Army of Midland and the Salvation Army of Odessa, 500 pairs each, following its ‘Pears for Pairs’ initiative. This is the fourth year The United Family has helped make this donation in the Permian Basin.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

MaryRuth’s Organics Renews $25,000 Commitment to Whole Planet Foundation’s Poverty Is Unnecessary Fund

Woman-founded MaryRuth’s Organics renews their support of Whole Planet Foundation with an additional contribution of $25,000 in March.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  2. Local Communities
    The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...
  3. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  4. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  5. Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator
    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...
  6. Fifth Third's Commitment to Small Businesses
    Fifth Third believes that small businesses form the foundation of our communities – and when they succeed, we all succeed. Supporting them through...
  7. FedEx | Volunteer Campaigns
    Giving back is part of the FedEx culture. Team members support our charitable investments and local community needs by dedicating their time where...
  8. 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...
  9. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  10. 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...
  11. Digital Safety
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  12. 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...
  13. Nutrition and Health
    Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...
  14. 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...
  15. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.