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Environment

Net Impact Announces the 2022 Food Solutions Challenge

Net Impact announces the 2022 Food Solutions Challenge, an accelerator and pitch competition focused on finding solutions to the most pressing issues facing food systems and climate change. Applicants must submit their ideas through the Net Impact website by May 1, 2022.

Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating Women's History Month and the Exponential Growth of Cummins Powers Women

In 2018 Cummins launched Cummins Powers Women. To date, the program has served 26 million women and girls worldwide, and helped change 32 laws and policies to improve gender equity.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Opinion: Why Corporate Philanthropy Must Stand Against Stigma

While as a company, we have unsurprisingly always taken a clear stance against stigma, Gilead has prioritized its grant-making to support organizations working at the community level in recent years.

Education

STEM Next Opportunity Fund's Million Girls Moonshot Initiative Announces Its Inaugural Youth-led Flight Crew

STEM Next Opportunity Fund’s Million Girls Moonshot today announced the inaugural class of its Flight Crew.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Add a Splash of Green to Your Digital Wallet With LBX

The goal of the LBX token is to leverage the innovative power of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies to turn this long-standing and poorly addressed issue into a thriving market with real incentives for participation.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

$25,000 Fund Donors Help Entrepreneurs Build Small Businesses in the U.S., Canada, and Abroad in March

Suppliers of Whole Foods Market are empowering microentrepreneurs, primarily women, with economic opportunity.

Diversity & Inclusion

DuPont Performance Building Solutions and Corian® Design Recognizes the Women Advancing Sustainability in the Built Environment

DuPont Performance Building Solutions and Corian® Design sat down with several of the women who are shaping the built environment and helping the business build a more sustainable future in acknowledgement of the International Women’s Day.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Quest Diagnostics Foundation to Support Humanitarian Efforts in Ukraine With $500,000 Gift to Project HOPE

The Quest Diagnostics Foundation today announced a $500,000 donation to Project HOPE to support its humanitarian crisis relief efforts in Ukraine and for Ukrainian refugees in Eastern Europe.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Does Month of Service Undermine Employee Volunteer Programs?

Is month of service undermining your employee volunteer program? It might be if you don't have these few additional elements that are essential for consistent participation increases and a culture of volunteering at your company.

Environment

A Deep Dive on the Water Crisis

Water is the source of life—and it’s becoming increasingly scarce. By 2030, the gap between global demand and supplies of fresh water is expected to reach 40%.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Weed Management: A Holistic Approach to Unwelcome Plants

A weed is a plant, in the wrong place, at the wrong time. These plants compete with crops for nutrients, water, and sunlight. When uncontrolled, weeds can take over a field, ruining a farmer’s chances of a productive harvest.

Diversity & Inclusion

#BreakTheBias: Celebrating VMware's Security Talent This International Women's Day

Today is International Women’s Day, a global acknowledgement of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.

Diversity & Inclusion

Marc Morial Addresses Las Vegas Sands Team Members During Black History Month

In conjunction with Black History Month, Las Vegas Sands invited Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League to speak with Team Members in a virtual learning session as part of the company’s In Focus Diversity Conversation Series.

Diversity & Inclusion

TV's Starring Role in Exposing Health Disparities for Black Women

Empowering historically excluded people to lead in the media industry means bringing their talent—as well as their lived experiences—to the forefront.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Rockwell Automation Named as One of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 14th Time

Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) has been recognized by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, as one of the 2022 World’s Most Ethical Companies.

Research, Reports & Publications

Build a Platform for Managing, Reporting on ESG

Growing emphasis in the marketplace on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues is prompting many organizations to consider how ready they are to meet increasing expectations for disclosure and action.

Health & Healthcare

How This HIV Activist Prioritizes Wellness in His Day-to-Day

As a community liaison who is trained and certified to discuss Merck’s promoted virology products, Paris works with case managers and other allied health professionals who serve communities living with HIV to improve health care outcomes.

Responsible Production & Consumption

SCS 007 Sustainable Jewelry Standard to Include Artisanal Gold Mines

SCS Global Services (SCS) and the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) today announced their agreement to expand the SCS 007 Sustainability Rated Jewelry Standard to include certification of gold from artisanal and small-scale mines (ASM).

Diversity & Inclusion

Polo Ralph Lauren Introduces New Collection That Builds Upon Its Historic Partnership With Morehouse and Spelman Colleges

Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) today expanded its partnership with Morehouse College and Spelman College, unveiling a limited-edition collection inspired by the schools’ rich heritage and esteemed traditions.

Energy

Global Reporting Initiative Publish Standard to Address Sustainability Impacts of Coal

How can a sector that is responsible for 30% of global carbon emissions be held to account for its impacts, including ensuring that coal companies meet growing stakeholder demands for transparency in how they align with the low-carbon transition?

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

ImpactAssets' IA 50 2022 Impact Fund Listing Focuses on Deep Impact, Innovative Managers

ImpactAssets has released the ImpactAssets 50 2022 (IA 50), a free annual database for impact investors that features a diversified listing of private capital fund managers delivering social and environmental impact as well as financial returns.  

Environment

ICYMI: Fifth Third Publishes Second TCFD Report

The 2021 TCFD Report demonstrates the Company’s progress in implementing the TCFD’s recommendations and summarizes the Bank’s advancement in climate-related disclosures since its inaugural report in late 2019.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Black Experience on Xfinity To Offer $1 Million in Grants To Emerging Black Filmmakers in Celebration of Its One-year Anniversary

Comcast NBCUniversal celebrates the one-year anniversary of Black Experience on Xfinity by announcing plans to offer $1M in the form of ten $100K grants to emerging Black filmmakers.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Water For People Announces New Co-CEOs

Water For People, a global nonprofit working to help develop lasting quality water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in Latin America, Asia, and Africa, is pleased to welcome Samson Hailu Bekele and Mark Duey as Co-CEOs.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Empowering Women Entrepreneurs: Interview with Shennel Fuller of Miles and Milan

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