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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Industrial Hemp Leader element6 Dynamics Hosts Colorado Governor Polis and Strategic Partners at Its Expanded Processing Facilities

element6 Dynamics (formerly Santa Fe Farms), announced today that it hosted Colorado’s Governor Polis and members of his team along with several strategic partners for a demonstration of its new industrial hemp processing equipment earlier this week.

Diversity & Inclusion

Empowered Women Empower Women

On March 3 and 4, 165 women invited from across the Regions footprint convened for the inaugural Women of Regions Symposium. The theme for the in-person event was “Empowered Women Empower Women.”

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

AEG's LA Galaxy Players' Significant Others Support the Women's Shelter of Long Beach CA During Women's History Month

In honor of Women’s History Month, soccer players’ wives, girlfriends, and mothers from AEG’s LA Galaxy, along with the team mascot, Cozmo, visited the Women’s Shelter of Long Beach.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

National Parks Conservation Association & Nature Valley Improve National Park Accessibility With Multilingual Guides, a Podcast & More

Partners since 2009, National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) and Nature Valley recently worked together to advance leadership opportunities for the next generation of park advocates.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

New Guiding Practices Provide Roadmap for Companies to Engage in Landscapes and Jurisdictions

The guiding practices from ISEAL set out practical steps for companies to support and invest in landscape and jurisdictional initiatives, monitor progress, and manage claims.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Lundberg Family Farms Commits $25,000 to Alleviate Poverty Through Whole Planet Foundation

Lundberg Family Farms returns as a member of the $25,000 Poverty is Unnecessary Fund supporting Whole Planet Foundation’s mission through the sale of their products in Whole Foods Market stores.

Social Impact & Volunteering

One Year Later - PSEG Remembers the Victims of Atlanta, Georgia, Spa Shooting

One week ago (March 16), marked the one year anniversary of the shooting at a spa in Atlanta, Georgia, where eight people died, six of whom were Asian women: Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Yong Yue, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul Andre Michels.

Events, Media & Communications

EcoVadis Sustain 2022: 5 Key Takeaways

On March 14-15, 2022, more than 3,200 participants from 77 countries tuned in to EcoVadis’ Sustain conference, an annual meeting of industry experts and thought leaders focused on the intersection of sustainability and ESG with procurement, sourcing, and supply chains.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Cummins Grants $3M to Address Water Sustainability in the U.S.

Media & Communications

Gildan Announces Launch of New Gildan Respects™ Campaign

Gildan is pleased to announce the launch of Gildan Respects™, a global positioning of its environmental, social and governance (ESG) program and creative campaign supporting the Company’s “Next Generation ESG” strategy which was unveiled earlier this year.

Research, Reports & Publications

Aflac Incorporated Releases 2021 Business and Sustainability Report

Aflac Incorporated announced today that the company has released its 2021 Business and Sustainability Report, titled "The Aflac Way: Making a Difference While Balancing Purpose and Profit." The 2021 Business and Sustainability report is available at investors.aflac.com under "Sustainability."

Environment

Taking an Ecosystem Approach to Building Water Resilience

World Water Day is March 22, and 2022 is the year of groundwater. Although invisible to us, its impact is visible everywhere. It supplies drinking water, helps grow our food and is a key component of a healthy watershed.

Health & Healthcare

Living Out Our Commitment for Patients: MS Awareness Month 2022

Inspiration can come in many forms.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Subaru of America Facilitates More Than 36,000 Shelter Pet Adoptions During Subaru Loves Pets Month in 2021

Subaru of America, Inc., in conjunction with hundreds of Subaru retailers and partner shelters across the country, the automaker successfully helped more than 36,000 shelter pets find loving new homes during Subaru Loves Pets month in October 2021.

Environment

Renault Reduces CO2 Emissions Using Cadence CFD Technology

In response to the huge environmental pressure to reduce CO2 emissions, Renault pushes to optimize the efficiency of every component of their vehicles to the maximum.

Health & Healthcare

Griffith Foods | Pioneering the Sustainable Future of Food

Environment

The Path to a Carbon-Neutral Future Through Digital Technology and Platform Innovation

As a global digital infrastructure provider and platform company, Alibaba represents millions of brands and billions of consumers.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

In the Virtual Workplace, Empathy Guides Effective Communication

In some capacity or another, the virtual workplace is here to stay.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Ericsson Publishes 2021 Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Report

Ericsson’s latest Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Report highlights its 2021 performance across the areas of responsible business, environmental sustainability and digital inclusion.

Health & Healthcare

Tips To Help You Avoid Safety Risks in Your Dairy Processing Plant

With a proper plan in place, your workforce will be safe, and you will adhere to both code compliance and consumer health standards.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comcast NBCUniversal Celebrates Women Entrepreneurs on International Women's Day

At Comcast NBCUniversal, we are committed to supporting women business owners through a variety of initiatives. In late 2020, we launched Comcast RISE.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC): Respecting the Rights of Indigenous Local Communities in Indonesia

As one of the global leaders in the palm oil sector, Musim Mas is committed to its No Deforestation, Peat, and Exploitation (NDPE) Policy which covers not just its entire global operations but also third-party suppliers.

Environment

Delivering for Good: A Cleaner, Greener World

The Arbor Day Foundation works with communities, individuals and companies to plant trees where they are needed most around the world.

Environment

Daniel Klier, CEO of ESG Book, Talks With WEC President & CEO Glenn Prickett About the New ESG Book Platform

Daniel Klier, CEO of ESG Book, joined WEC President & CEO Glenn Prickett to talk ESG Book – a new open-source platform that promises to make sustainability data available and comparable for all stakeholders.

Health & Healthcare

Podcast: How Medtronic's Personalized Implants and AI Can Lead to Better Patient Outcomes

In this episode of MedtronicTalks, Dan Wolf, vice president and general manager of Intelligent Data Solutions, sits alongside Thomas Mosnier, research director, iDS, to detail Medtronic’s continued build out of its cranial and spine business.

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