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2025 Principal® Charity Classic Raised Record $10.6 Million for Iowa Youth

The Principal Financial Group

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

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Software-Defined Vehicles: The Critical Road to a Secure Future

Keysight Technologies

Innovation & Technology

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Northwestern Mutual Sustainability and Impact: Delivering Financial Security

Northwestern Mutual

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Bloomberg Regulation Rundown: Green Taxonomies

In this episode of Bloomberg Regulation Rundown, our new YouTube series on evolving financial regulations, Cinzia Chiriac, Bloomberg’s Head of ESG Regulatory Affairs, and Nadia Humphreys, Bloomberg’s Head of Regulatory and Climate Solutions, explain how green taxonomies work.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Aflac Sales Agents and Brokers Raise $770,000 for Children and Families at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Aflac's sales agents and brokers raised $770,000 during a charitable auction held last week at FOCUS, the company's annual meeting of leading sales agents and brokers. The tally shattered the pre-auction expectations of $220,000 by more than 350%.

Research, Reports & Publications

Sustainability and the C-Suite

Cognizant’s head of ESG, Aya Kiy-Morrocco, and Amelia Pan, managing director in the strategic advisory group of PJT Partners, join co-host Mandi McReynolds to discuss how sustainability leaders can partner with their C-suite and boards to advance ESG strategy.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sofidel Receives the 2023 Hunter Industries’ Ann Hunter-Welborn Circle of Excellence Award

Sofidel, a leading global provider of paper for hygienic and domestic use, was awarded the Ann Hunter-Welborn Circle of Excellence Award for its Papernet powered by HyTech Seas dispensers.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Santa Maria Community Services Receives $150,000 Grant from KeyBank Foundation to Support Stable Families Program for Families on the Brink of Homelessness

Santa Maria Community Services, Inc. is pleased to announce a significant grant of $150,000 from the KeyBank Foundation, aimed at bolstering its Stable Families program. The grant will be distributed over three installments, providing critical support for families.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Military Experience Translates to Success for Vets

The Military Friendly designation is important to Buckley because it recognizes the Market-Based Management (MBM) philosophy that guides Koch culture is in direct alignment with the values soldiers exemplify in the service.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Women in Trucking Association Announces Its January 2024 Member of the Month

The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) has announced Kierra Meyer as its January 2024 Member of the Month. Meyer is the Senior Manager of the Operations Academy at Sysco Corporation.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Feet in the Mud, Head in the Sky: A Morning Among the Mangroves

In 2020, Mastercard founded the Priceless Planet Coalition with Conservation International and World Resources Institute, uniting the efforts of businesses and consumers to fight climate change, with a goal of restoring 100 million trees across six continents.

Education

Community Celebrates Opening of Marathon STEM/Robotics Center in Texas City

Less than a year after crews broke ground on the much-anticipated Texas City Independent School District (TCISD) Marathon STEM/Robotics Center, the facility is now open and ready to welcome students.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Airstrikes in Yemen Limit Humanitarian Access to 17 Million Food Insecure People

Escalating conflict in Yemen may lead to rising hunger levels.

Environment

Sowing the Future: CNH Reinforces Commitment to Sustainability

At the CNH plant in Ferreyra, Córdoba, more than 50 families participated in the recent afforestation day. During it, these families planted more than 200 trees on the property.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Northern Trust Investment Risk & Analytical Services: ESG Insights

Northern Trust offers a suite of post-trade analytics services providing investors with insight and oversight of key ESG and climate-risk exposure detail.

Diversity & Inclusion

Mary Kay Helps Pioneer Gender Equality Research in Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence

According to the Stanford Social Innovation Review, AI Algorithms exhibiting gender bias resulted in 70% of lower quality of service for women. At Mary Kay, we know a level playing field is not only key but vital for women entrepreneurs to thrive in today’s digital economy.

Education

Nurturing Tomorrow: The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation Teams Up With School District To Transform Young Minds

This is the mindset that the team behind The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation shared when they launched a special partnership with the McKeesport Area School District near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania back in May 2022.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Continuing to Lead the Way in Sustainability

Abbott earns top overall industry score for 11 years, leads in health access on global sustainability benchmark DJSI.

Research, Reports & Publications

Net Zero Targets Still Not Set by a Third of Global Firms, Research Shows

A third of the world’s largest public-listed companies are still yet to set an emissions reduction target, according to a new report from Net Zero Tracker.

Environment

Regulating PFAS in Stormwater: What You Need To Know

We’ve put together a primer to explain how the inclusion of PFAS within NPDES permits may impact organizations and municipalities that require permits for stormwater discharge management.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Dave Lange: The Panda Master for FedEx

What does it take to transport precious cargo anywhere in the world? Dave Lange, FedEx Director of Aircraft Charter (A/C) Department, provides an inside view of the work his team undertakes to ensure safe and secure delivery of high-profile shipments, such as giant pandas.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Essity Ranked One of the World’s Most Sustainable Companies

Hygiene and health company Essity has once again been recognized as one of the world’s most sustainable companies by Corporate Knights. The list was announced today during the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Lenovo and the Scott-Morgan Foundation Collaborate To Develop Groundbreaking Assistive Technology Solutions

Lenovo, the global technology leader, announced its continued support of the Scott-Morgan Foundation, a visionary non-profit organization driving assistive technology innovation.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Albertsons Companies Foundation Enabled More than 142 Million Meals in 2023

As we begin a new year, we reflect with gratitude on an incredible 2023 for the Albertsons Companies Foundation. Last year, the Foundation helped more than 750 organizations and enabled more than 142 million meals to those in need. 

Research, Reports & Publications

How the Clorox Company Fuels Brand Growth

By harnessing technology and embracing sustainability, we can achieve cost savings that can then be used to fund investments in brand innovation and portfolio evolution.

Innovation & Technology

Young Innovators Inspire Hope for a Sustainable Tomorrow

As the mentoring programs end for the 2022 inaugural goIT Innovators of the Year event and TCS’ Go Innovate Together (goIT) teams gear up for the next global competition, I’m filled with a sense of hope for the future that only the youth can inspire.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Chemours Belle Plant Invests in West Virginia Education and Manufacturing Initiative

The Chemours Company’s Belle, West Virginia plant recently awarded a nearly $99,000 Vibrant Community grant to Explore the New Manufacturing as part of the company’s commitment to invest $50 million in its communities.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Project Lifesaver: Nearly 25 Years of Bringing Loved Ones Back Home

Project Lifesaver is a remarkable non-profit organization that has been operating since 1999. Its mission is to provide law enforcement, first responders and caregivers with a specialized program that aims to protect and quickly locate “at-risk” individuals.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Principal Financial Group: Financial Inclusion
    Helping individuals and businesses gain access to useful financial products and services to meet their needs—from savings, credit, and insurance to...
  2. Cascale Events
    Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...
  3. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  4. Whole Planet
    Whole Planet, a pillar of Whole Foods Market Foundation, helps people living in poverty build long-term financial resilience through income growth...
  5. 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...
  6. Leadership
    Cascale demonstrates industry leadership and collaboration to drive collective action, by sharing insight into key sustainability topics inside and...
  7. Goals That Inspire: Environmental Stewardship
    Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...
  8. 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...
  9. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  10. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  11. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  12. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  13. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  14. SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights
    Highlighting the top news, commentary, and research for the week coming from SHQ. The highlights newsletter also spotlights one profiled organization...
  15. TCS | goIT
    Tata Consultancy Services is proud to bring you goIT In 2009, TCS North America launched goIT, its signature community engagement initiative.The...