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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

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FedEx Makes a Special Delivery to the Salvation Army

The global delivery company presented representatives from The Salvation Army’s South East division with a new Incident Response Unit (IRU) at Rochester Fire Station, the 23rd vehicle FedEx has donated to charities across the world since 2006.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Medtronic LABS President Ruchika Singhal Named “Corporate Social Innovator of the Year” by Schwab Foundation

For nearly a decade, Medtronic LABS, an independent nonprofit organization supported by Medtronic, has been bringing together health systems, governments, local innovators, companies, and non-governmental organizations to remove healthcare barriers.

Green Infrastructure

Is the Future of Farming Soilless?

The global population is predicted to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. To feed everyone, it is estimated that global food production will need to increase by up to 70 percent in the next 30 years.

Education

Fellowship Empowers Young People With the Power of Sustainability Storytelling

Storytelling is central to sustainability and social impact. Issues like warming temperatures or gender equity gaps may sound complex and difficult to understand.

Education

Improving Literacy Starts With a Story: First Book and the Tata Group of Companies Join To Celebrate and Inspire Reading

Tata Sons North America and First Book, the largest online network of educators serving children in need, have been working together since 2008 to eliminate existing barriers to education.

Green Infrastructure

Momentum Growing for Use of Building Performance Standards To Support Commercial Real Estate Decarbonization

A growing number of local U.S. jurisdictions are implementing building performance standards (BPS) to combat carbon emissions in the real estate sector, creating new financial and reputational considerations for building owners, according to a new report by CBRE.

Health & Healthcare

Gilead Sciences with Emma's Story: Self-Advocacy in Breast Cancer.

“It's an experience that I hope no one goes through, but it's an empowering experience.” 

Innovation & Technology

JBL Continues To Dominate the PartyBox Category With Unparalleled Power: Unveiling the Ultimate Next Generation PartyBox Lineup

JBL, global leader in portable audio, unveils the latest evolution of its fan-favorite PartyBox series. Introducing the JBL PartyBox Club 120, JBL PartyBox Stage 320, and JBL PartyBox Wireless Mic, JBL unlocks limitless possibilities for entertaining with exciting features.

Innovation & Technology

The Inventor Series Sponsored By Qualcomm: Featuring CurveAssure

Antony Fuleihan was visiting hospitals as part of his Master’s Degree studies in biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University when he first considered becoming an entrepreneur.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Cadence Soars up the Wall Street Journal List of Best Managed Companies in 2023

We are thrilled to announce that Cadence has secured the #74 spot on the 2023 Wall Street Journal List of Best Managed Companies. This notable ranking places us at the forefront of our industry, alongside renowned tech giants such as Microsoft and Apple.

Education

The Benefits of Early STEM Education

By encouraging STEM education early on in their lives — before high school, and even before middle school — we can nurture the next generation of engineers, scientists, and technology leaders.

Education

Search Begins for 2024 America’s Top Young Scientist

3M (@3M) and Discovery Education (@DiscoveryEd) today announced that the 2024 3M Young Scientist Challenge (#YoungScientist) is now open to entries.

Sustainable Development Goals

“We Aren’t Waiting To Inherit the World” Part 2

COP is a pivotal moment for United Nations members, politicians, and business leaders to gauge progress in tackling climate change and chart a course for action. At COP 28 this past December, a new group came to the forefront.

Research, Reports & Publications

Rockwell Automation Releases 2023 Sustainability Report Outlining Progress and Outcomes

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK) today published its 2023 Sustainability Report detailing the company's sustainability progress and outcomes, and how Rockwell is partnering across the manufacturing industry and communities worldwide to create sustainable impact and change.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Investment and Impact: KeyBank Farmers Market Fills a Food Void in Buffalo

Following the racially motivated shooting that took place at a supermarket in Buffalo, NY on May 14, 2022, KeyBank Corporate Responsibility Officer Chiwuike “Chi-Chi” Owunwanne worked with community partners to bring a farmers’ market to the Delavan-Grider community.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Crown Highlights Several Facilities for Exceptional Sustainability Efforts

Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) (www.crowncork.com) has announced the latest winners of its annual Chairman's Sustainability Awards, which honor individual manufacturing facilities within the Company's global network for exemplary contributions across three categories.

Sustainable Development Goals

Whirlpool Corporation To Install Onsite Renewable Energy at Washing Machine and Dishwasher Plants in Ohio

Whirlpool Corporation announced that it has entered into agreements with One Energy to add onsite wind and solar power at its Findlay and Clyde, Ohio operations.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Schneider Electric Announces $1,000,000 Pledge to the ‘Next Level Now’ Campaign To Support the Digital Transformation of the Channel

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, announced a $1,000,000 pledge to the NAED Education & Research Foundation (NERF) to support their Next Level Now campaign.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Cisco Foundation: Investing in Africa’s Clean Energy Transition

Our conviction in Africa’s vast potential is part of what fuels the climate investment strategy of the Cisco Foundation. Among our vision, we see the transition to clean energy not just as a necessity, but as a catalyst for inclusive growth and digital innovation.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Promoting Safe and Healthy Workplaces

Creating a safe and healthy workplace is a top priority for Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) Managers. Here are some essential tips to protect your most valuable assets—your employees—and foster a culture of safety in offices around the world.

Diversity & Inclusion

DP World Appoints Carla Montenegro As Vice President of Freight Forwarding for the Americas

DP World, a leading provider of end-to-end supply chain solutions, announces the appointment of Carla Montenegro as Vice President of Freight Forwarding - Commercial for the Americas region.

Events, Media & Communications

Join the Conversation with the CCOs of Pfizer, Mattel, AT&T, AmEx, and More at Corporate Communications: Getting the Next Job Done (Feb. 29 – Mar. 1)

Get ready for one of the most highly anticipated gatherings of corporate communicators of the year!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Subaru and Operation Warm® Join Forces To Help Children Experiencing Homelessness and Urgent Need

Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that it has expanded its Subaru Loves to Help® initiative through a new partnership with Operation Warm®, a national nonprofit that provides brand-new, high-quality coats and shoes for children in urgent need.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Baker Tilly Foundation Grants Wishes in Annual Giving Campaign

The Baker Tilly Foundation announces the 15 recipients of its seventh annual Baker Tilly Wishes — a program where team members nominate their favorite not-for-profit organizations to receive a $10,000 donation.

Environment

INVISTA Victoria Wetland Inspires Generations of Students

If you take a walk around the wetland at the Victoria, Texas INVISTA facility, you’ll see and hear all kinds of birds, reptiles and, during the school year, children laughing and learning.

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...