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Diversity & Inclusion

Employee Networking Circles Support Diversity and Inclusion at International Paper

With a mission to build and sustain a work environment that embraces individuality and collaboration to drive exceptional results, value different viewpoints and backgrounds, International Paper’s commitment to diversity and inclusion is a global one.

Diversity & Inclusion

Understanding Inclusive Value

A new concept of value shined a spotlight on the value that economic inclusion of low-income markets represents. This was described by strategy professors C.K. Prahalad and Stuart Hart as the opportunities at the bottom or base of the pyramid (BOP).

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

VMware Named One of Barron's 100 Most Sustainable Companies

We’re proud to be recognized on Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies list for our continued ESG leadership.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Cadence Employee Helps Student Athletes Successfully Transition to Life After Athletics

Meet Anthony Williams, account technical executive at Cadence. He works with overlooked, diverse candidates by exposing them to careers in EDA & tech.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Truist Foundation Launches Inspire Awards In Partnership With MIT Solve to Support Nonprofits Helping BIPOC and Women-owned Small Businesses Thrive

Truist Foundation announced the launch of its Inspire Awards, a pitch competition open to nonprofits supporting Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) and women-owned small businesses to plan, market, and grow their businesses.

Diversity & Inclusion

New Nonprofit Accelerator Aims to Close the Digital Divide Worldwide

Globally, a third of school-age children — 463 million kids — lacked access to tools for remote learning in the early months of the pandemic.

Health & Healthcare

Results From The Harris Poll and Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

Results from our recent survey conducted with Harris Poll and Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance found an overwhelming majority of patients surveyed with bipolar 1 disorder felt it is a difficult and isolating experience.

Education

Chef Jaime Mestan CRC, Director of Culinary for Griffith Foods North America, Appointed to the California Polytechnic State University Advisory Board

We’re excited to grow our ecosystem of partnerships and work together to nourish the world!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Connecting Nonprofits With Marketing Support

Attend Taproot Foundation’s 2/23 webinar and learn how your nonprofit can work with marketing volunteers to boost your communications efforts.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Bayer Highlights Advancements of Agriculture Industry's Most Prolific R&D Pipeline

Bayer announced today the advancement of key innovation projects that showcase the latest in crop protection, seeds & traits and digital solutions. These significant advancements are expected to fuel both mid-and-long-term growth for the company.

Diversity & Inclusion

Identity Theft Resources for Black Communities

We are proud to announce the launch of Project Umpire, an initiative to provide specific identity education and protection programs and culturally competent victim services to support Black communities.

Energy

Marathon Petroleum Corp. Establishes 2030 Target to Reduce Absolute Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: MPC) has established a 2030 target to reduce absolute Scope 3 – Category 11 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 15% below 2019 levels.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

NYC Media Lab & Verizon Announce $1M Museum Initiative

In partnership with Verizon, NYC Media Lab today announced the launch of the $1M Museum Initiative—a nationwide open call for museums and cultural institutions to develop and offer new educational content on the Verizon Innovative Learning HQ portal

Diversity & Inclusion

Alliance Data Black History Month Employee Spotlight: Ashley Childs

Alliance Data's first Black History Month spotlight is Talent Development Program Specialist, Ashley Childs, who has been with Alliance Data for four years.

Research, Reports & Publications

Workiva and Persefoni Partner to Streamline Investor-Grade Carbon Disclosure Data

Workiva Inc. (NYSE:WK), the world’s leading platform for regulatory, financial and ESG reporting, and Persefoni, Inc., the leading Climate Management and Accounting SaaS Platform helping enterprises and financial institutions easily calculate, analyze, manage, and report their real-time carbon footprint, today announced a strategic partnership to provide transparent, investor-grade carbon disclosures seamlessly to joint customers.

Diversity & Inclusion

Saweetie, Miss J Alexander and Naturi Naughton Join M·A·C Cosmetics for Black History Month Celebration

M·A·C Cosmetics teamed up with The Estée Lauder Companies’ Network of Black Leaders & Executives employee resource group to co-host an event paying tribute to beauty & style trends pioneered by Black entertainers & musicians over the decades.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Home Depot Proudly Sponsors the Inaugural HBCU Legacy Bowl

James "Shack" Harris and Doug Williams, two of the co-founders of the Black College Football Hall of Fame, wanted to address a major issue: football players from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) not being drafted by NFL teams.

Health & Healthcare

Gilead Sciences Invests in Research for COVID-19 Treatments for All Ages

Children are being hospitalized with COVID 19 at increasingly high rates, and those younger than 5 aren't eligible to receive a vaccine. We’re committed to helping in this area by investing in research for COVID-19 treatments for all ages.

Diversity & Inclusion

HBCU Students Weigh in on Biogen Experience

Pioneering neuroscience and driving innovation comes from a truly diverse workforce. Our partnership with HBCUs and student internship program helps drive our efforts to ensure our future leaders come from all backgrounds.

Education

Meet the 2022 Qualcomm Innovator Stipend Program Recipients!

We are excited to announce 19 early-stage student innovators who have been selected to receive a stipend from the Innovator Stipend Program, sponsored by Qualcomm Incorporated!

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Environmental Justice Movement: Turning Concepts Into Actions

While these communities fought for justice for decades, the topic of environmental justice has become increasingly thrust into the spotlight in recent years due to a renewed public focus on historically marginalized communities.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Looking to Grow Your Employees' Engagement in the New Year? Help Them Give Back

Current thought leadership about the workforce crisis suggests 2022 will mark a wholesale shift in the employer-employee dynamic.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: Tracking Our Emissions

Soon, Drawdown Georgia will be unveiling a new emissions tracking tool. Come check out the webinar that will introduce it!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

KeyBank Foundation Awards Grant to Lake Champlain Opportunity Fund

The Lake Champlain Chamber and KeyBank are pleased to announce a grant of $150,000 from the KeyBank Foundation in support of the Bobby Miller Opportunity Fund and LaunchVT.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Sustainability Insights
    General sustainability insights.
  2. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  3. Scotts Miracle-Gro | Environment Improvement
    Earth's beauty and resources should be appreciated now and preserved for generations to come. Discover the stewardship initiatives underway to protect...
  4. Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games
    Vision of Milano Cortina 2026 The Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 is the first Olympic winter Games planned and organised under Olympic...
  5. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...
  6. Environmental Sustainability
    Cisco is working not only for a more inclusive future, but a more environmentally sustainable one as well. Environmental issues like climate change...
  7. Employee and Community Engagement
    At MilliporeSigma, we look for opportunities to use employee and community engagement to spark scientific curiosity and breakthroughs. We know that...
  8. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...
  9. Green Mountain Energy Sun Club
    Since its founding in 2002, the Green Mountain Energy Sun Club has donated more than $4 million to solar and sustainability projects focusing on...
  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. Emergency Response
    Document rapid interventions when crises strike: delivering therapeutic food, water, hygiene kits, and deploying mobile med
  12. CARE Corporate Partnerships
    CARE works with corporate partners globally to invest in innovative, scalable, impactful, community-based solutions.
  13. LATAM Growth
    DP World is significantly expanding its operations in Latin America, focusing on enhancing port infrastructure and increasing cargo handling...
  14. Sustainability by Antea Group
    At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...
  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...