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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Announcing Climate Vault’s 2023 Carbon Champion Award Winners

At Climate Vault, we’re proud to be building a community of Carbon Champions that span a variety of industries, from Finance to Higher Education to Beauty to Design.

Diversity & Inclusion

Paramount's Reflecting Me: The Video (2023)

In 2021, Paramount Insights surveyed 15,000 consumers across the world to understand their perceptions of the state of on-screen representation and diversity. The resulting study, Reflecting Me, found that audiences craved better representation both on- and off-screen.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

KFC Add Hope and Gift of the Givers Foundation Are Uniting To Combat Childhood Hunger in South Africa

Our mission is clear: to ensure no South African child suffers from hunger and malnutrition during the holidays. Let's come together and be part of something remarkable.

Events, Media & Communications

Companies Can Do More To Help Everyday People Reduce Emissions

This year, the build-up to the United Nations annual Conference of the Parties (COP28) has been given greater urgency by the first Global Stocktake report. Published earlier this fall, the report sends the clear message that time is rapidly running out to limit global heating.

Health & Healthcare

Creating Access to Healthcare, One Door at a Time

When Olebogeng Moumakwe strides through the maze of streets that weave through Diepsloot, people often call out to her in recognition – whether she remembers them or not.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Wells Fargo Volunteers Join Forces To Build 27 Homes in Charlotte With Habitat for Humanity

May and her three children will soon be moving into their new home at The Meadows at Plato Price in Charlotte, North Carolina. May is receiving a “right-sized mortgage” from Habitat for Humanity to purchase her first home.

Research, Reports & Publications

ESG Acronyms and What They Mean

Forward-looking organizations are diving into environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainability, which can feel like ESG alphabet soup, a seemingly never-ending list of acronyms for varying ESG concepts, frameworks, rating agencies, regulations and regulatory bodies.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

$400,000 Investment by the KeyBank Foundation to Help Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region Expand Food Justice and Family Equity Efforts

The KeyBank Foundation is investing $400,000 to help Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region expand its efforts to provide more accessible, responsive, and comprehensive service to community members facing food insecurity and acute crises.

Diversity & Inclusion

A Gift of Accessibility for South Carolina State Museum

Within the walls of the South Carolina State Museum in Columbia, South Carolina, guests are immersed in the rich history, culture, achievements and natural wonders of South Carolina. Each year, the museum welcomes about 200,000 visitors, including more than 70,000 children.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

DP World, Canary Media Explore Electric Vehicle Supply Chain Dynamics

Growing demand for electric vehicles is reshaping manufacturing supply chains, according to a new report by DP World and Canary Media’s Canary Creative.

Research, Reports & Publications

The Billion-Dollar Impact of Growing Consumer Demand for Sustainability

This year financial services companies lost $17 billion as consumers switched to industry competitors that were considered more sustainable.

Environment

Arbor Day Foundation, NBCUniversal Mark 15 Years of Partnership During Annual “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” Special

Arbor Day Foundation, NBCUniversal partner to plant 25,000 trees in forests of greatest need.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Jac. Vandenberg Announces First Certified Sustainably Grown® SUNRAYS® Mandarins Shipping to U.S. Markets in Summer 2024

Consumers in the United States can look forward this coming year to SUNRAYS® mandarins independently certified as Sustainably Grown® by SCS Global Services.

Diversity & Inclusion

AMD Partners With CHORD India and Udayan Care Foundation To Support Women and Girls on a Path to Employment

For over four decades, AMD has invested money, time and technology in organizations around the globe to meaningfully impact the way we live today and help create a better tomorrow.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Benevity Reports Another Record-Breaking GivingTuesday With $150 Million Donated to 53K+ Nonprofits

Benevity reports another record-breaking GivingTuesday with $150 million donated to 53K+ nonprofits. Companies drove a 22% increase in giving year-over-year, setting records in employee donations, corporate granting and volunteering hours.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Principal® Named a Best Place to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments for Twelfth Consecutive Year

Principal Financial Group®, announced today it has been named a Best Place to Work in Money Management among the largest employers by Pensions & Investments. This is the 12th consecutive year Principal has been recognized as a best place to work.

Education

CASE IH Academy in Somalia Congratulates First Group of Graduates

CNH’s pioneering agricultural mechanisation academy in Somalia has successfully produced its first group of graduates.

Environment

Major Companies Urge EPA To Finalize the Strongest Heavy-Duty Vehicle Emissions Standards Possible To Curb Transportation Pollution

On the heels of COP28—a global convening of world leaders working to address the climate crisis—commercial fleet operators are urging the Environmental Protection Agency to finalize stringent greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles as soon as possible.

Events, Media & Communications

International Paper’s Santiago Arbelaez Named Chairman of the Paper and Packaging Board

International Paper is pleased to announce the appointment of Santiago Arbelaez as the Chairman of the Paper and Packaging Board (P+PB) Board of Directors. This leadership appointment was made by USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and marks a pivotal moment for the organization.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Supporting a Diverse Workforce at Dow

We strive to provide Team Dow with flexible, inclusive benefits, policies and programs that drive engagement and cultivate a positive employee experience.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

MAC Gives Back for World AIDS Day Global Volunteer Initiative

Each year in early December, M·A·C Cosmetics corporate employees step away from their computers, and M·A·C Artists put down their makeup brushes, to give back to nonprofit organizations in honour of World AIDS Day (December 1st).

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

American Airlines Inducts 100 Team Members Into the Circle of Excellence

American Airlines inducted 100 of its top team members to the new Circle of Excellence at a recognition experience in Dallas-Fort Worth in November.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Lenovo Gives Small Businesses Big Marketing Opportunities With Latest Evolve Small Initiative

Building off of the introduction of Queen Latifah as its ambassador last year, Evolve Small – Lenovo’s initiative to champion and promote small businesses across North America – is now putting small businesses on big stages, with big talent to match.

Innovation & Technology

UK Space-Based Green Tech Innovations Set To Rocket With New £20M Funding

Investment to boost pioneering space technologies has been announced by the UK Space Agency, with the first wave of recipients unveiled.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Albertsons Companies' Northern California Division Hosts Second Annual Community Service Day

Albertsons Companies' Northern California Division recently hosted its second annual Community Service Day in effort to give back to the neighborhoods we serve.

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