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Education & Workforce Development | AEG

AEG Advances Opportunity for HBCU Interns During L.A. Summit Week Programming

As part of the Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program’s (EICOP) HBCU in LA Summit Week, AEG, the leading sports and live entertainment company, hosted more than 40 interns from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) at its L.A. LIVE campus on May 29, 2026.

Environment

Bombay Sapphire® Distillery Recognised as Environmental Leaders for Conservation Efforts by Tandem Global

Bacardi-Martini, Inc.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Rockwell Automation Supports Liquats Vegetals’ Digital Transformation of Plant Operations in Spain

Rockwell Automation

Energy & Infrastructure

Why Energy Intelligence Is the New KPI for AI

Everpure

Health & Healthcare

Cisco: How Connectivity Is Shaping the Future of Healthcare

Cisco Systems Inc.

Inclusion & Opportunity

A Place for Every Story

Tapestry, Inc.

Environment

Corporate Conservation Awards Announced at the Tandem Global Conference 2026, Presented by ExxonMobil

Tandem Global

Health & Healthcare

Check for Cancer Champion Dr. Heather Bittner Fagan Brings Cancer Prevention to the Frontlines of Care

Aflac Incorporated

Health & Healthcare

Houston Methodist Joins Healthcare Facility Advisory Board

Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

Featured Brands

Guiding Stars: Balance & Build-Your-Own-Plate

Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of “flexible eating,” when routines loosen and cookouts, picnics, and spontaneous gatherings become more frequent. Shared summer meals can have a light, breezy feel for everyone, including the host.

Medtronic Awards First 100 Medtronic Spark Scholarships to Students Pursuing Health Tech Careers Across the Globe

Medtronic, a global leader in healthcare technology, today announced its first cohort of Medtronic Spark Scholarship recipients, recognizing 100 exceptional students from low-income households pursuing careers in health tech.

Guiding Stars: The Mediterranean Diet & Gut Health Connection

The Mediterranean Diet is perennially popular, in large part because of the delicious, plant-forward cuisine of the region. It’s also consistently rated as one of the most healthy eating patterns in the world.

Cisco: How Connectivity Is Shaping the Future of Healthcare

What if the future of surgery didn’t begin in an operating room, but in a fully connected digital sandbox?

Check for Cancer Champion Dr. Heather Bittner Fagan Brings Cancer Prevention to the Frontlines of Care

For more than 20 years, Dr. Heather Bittner Fagan has been practicing and teaching family medicine in Claymont, Delaware, a medically underserved area where disparities in cancer outcomes mirror those in communities across the country.

4 Questions Parents Can Ask Their Kids About AI in Social Media

Any child with access to social media has likely experienced an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. Some well-known examples: Meta has an AI assistant that will show you how to change a tire or help you lose weight.

Cisco | Scaling the Digital Future: Why AI and Skills Investments Matter for Business and Society

AI is no longer just a technology wave; it is the operating system of our modern economy.

Mastercard: Gen Z and Financial Confidence

Gen Z came of age with volatility and screens. Their outlook blends digital fluency with financial caution: they want clarity, control, and immediacy—without downside surprises.

How I Got Here: Ranjith Roy

In the #HowIGotHere series, you’ll read about the career paths of some of the world-renowned leaders at Yum! Brands. Learn more about Ranjith Roy, Chief Financial Officer at Yum! Brands.

Yum!’s Aurélie Dufour Helps Build a More Sustainable Future

Aurélie Dufour leads sustainability regulation and governance across Europe, translating complex requirements into clear priorities for Yum!’s brands and markets, helping embed sustainability into how the business grows.

Recent Alerts

Events

The “Future” of the Climate Change Crisis Is Here Today – Whether U.S. Politicos Agree or Not

As we prepare this issue of the Sustainability Newsletter, we cannot look away from six facts.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Own Your Career Podcast — Have Confidence in Yourself: Meet Geoffrey Brown

Hello, and welcome to the Own Your Career Podcast. My name is Janelle Jordan, and I’m a Program Manager on our Talent, Performance, and Engagement Team, and I am so excited to be here with you. Throughout this series, you will hear inspiring interviews with employees.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

“Greenhushing” Is a Dangerous Step Backwards for Consumers

In the latest blog post, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) features Sandra Capponi, Co-founder of Good on You and Board Advisor at the SAC, who discusses greenhushing and the risk it poses to achieving greater transparency, and ultimately driving greater action.

Philanthropy

How a Mini Food Creator, a Pepper Farming Duo, and Other Iowans Are Accelerating Their Businesses

The Drake University Business Clinic has helped budding entrepreneurs around Iowa develop their business plans.

Energy & Infrastructure

Chemours New Johnsonville Featured in the U.S. Department of Energy Road Show Series for Decarbonization Efforts

Decarbonizing America’s buildings, homes, and plants is critical in the fight against climate change.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Invests $800,000 in Legal Aid Society of Cleveland

KeyBank announced an investment of $800,000 in The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland to increase meaningful access to courts and government agencies and access to justice for people with low-income.

Health & Healthcare

The Global Rise of Healthy Building Policy

The past few years in the United States have seen remarkable progress in the adoption and implementation of healthy building policies.

Energy & Infrastructure

Challenging Ourselves To Lead in Sustainable Energy

Our commitment to sustainability means striving to create shared value with our stakeholders - empowering people to achieve more, contributing to progress in our communities and protecting the environment we all share.

Philanthropy

Sands Extends Capacity-Building Support for the Asian Community Development Council

Las Vegas Sands announced it has donated $175,000 to the Asian Community Development Council (ACDC), building on the company’s Sands Cares partnership with the leading nonprofit organization serving the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community in Southern Nevada.

Environment

Bayer: How Innovative Farmers Are Tailoring Their Crop Protection

When it comes to raising crops, protecting them through harvest is often the toughest part of the job.

Philanthropy

Duke Energy Awards $1 Million in Grants To Support Community Assistance Programs Across North Carolina

As North Carolina communities continue to feel financial strain from the rising cost of basic needs, the Duke Energy Foundation is providing $1 million to support nonprofits dedicated to serving low-income communities.

Inclusion & Opportunity

TCS 2023 Digital Empowers Annual Report Explores Potential of Technology To Advance Belonging

Advancing inclusion and belonging in meaningful ways requires a highly intentional use of digital technology, according to the most recent report published by Digital Empowers, Tata Consultancy Services’ corporate social responsibility thought leadership program.

Research & Reports

New Benchmark Analysis of U.S. Banks Reveals Inconsistencies Between Climate Goals and Climate Lobbying Practices

A new benchmark analysis of 13 of the largest banks operating in the United States reveals significant inconsistencies between the banks’ public climate commitments and their direct and indirect climate lobbying practices.

Education & Workforce Development

Middle School Student Pioneers VR Video for Future Utility Workers

Grace Lester, now 14, attended the Verizon Innovative Learning STEM Achievers program at Big Sandy Community and Technical College in eastern Kentucky two years ago.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Sourcing Sustainable Raw Materials

International Paper’s primary raw material is, of course, fiber. And this is where our sustainability strategy begins. We source both recycled and new, renewable fiber from trees grown in sustainably managed forests.

Health & Healthcare

Crest and Oral-B Team Up With Jesse Williams To Discuss the Importance of Oral Care Supplies for Back-to-School 2023

Between taking tests, fitting in, making the team and everything in between, it’s tough being a kid. But it’s even harder for the millions of children without basic oral care supplies. For them, a toothbrush and toothpaste are so much more than just basic necessities.

Energy & Infrastructure

Managing Energy Transition Through Partnership

“The customer is always right.” And certainly, when business dealings were more frequently transactional, this old adage made all the sense in the world. Sell the component and exchange the capital. Rinse and repeat.

AI & Technology

Advancing Environmental Justice With AI

The global tech community is uniquely positioned to provide disadvantaged communities with innovative, accessible solutions to address the effects of global warming.

Inclusion & Opportunity

D&I Weekly News Round Up: Stereotypes, Accessibility, and More

Welcome to the latest edition of our Diversity & Inclusion News Round-Up. Today we are talking about jobseekers being burned out, quiet retaliation in the workplace, three new videos from the Unstereotype Alliance, and wheelchair-accessible beaches in Greece.

Corporate Responsibility

Joyce St. Clair Appointed to Bread Financial’s Board of Directors

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. announced that Joyce St. Clair, a veteran financial services senior executive, has joined the Company’s board as an independent director, effective July 10, 2023.

Health & Healthcare

Viatris 2022 Sustainability Report: Driving Access

Competition from generic and biosimilar medicines is a fundamental component of health systems’ ability to expand and sustain patient access to medicines. Generic medicines generally represent between 60-80% of all medicine sales by volume in key markets globally,

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The EU Taxonomy: Monstrosity or Chance of ‘Hero Role’ for the CFO? • With Commentary From Acre’s Harco Leertouwer

The EU Taxonomy came into effect on January 1, 2022; the classification system that indicates whether an activity or investment is sustainable. The aim is to make the economy more sustainable by redirecting cash flows to demonstrably sustainable activities.

Corporate Responsibility

CRB Celebrates Employees Who Are CPR Certified

We caught Carl Rohs a couple of weeks ago in our Raleigh, NC office, hanging hearts above the workstations of CRBers who are trained in CPR and first aid!

Events

El World Environment Center está en busca de los servicios de consultoría en Género & Empoderamiento de las Mujer.

El World Environment Center (WEC) se complace en anunciar la publicación de la convocatoria de propuesta (RFP por sus siglas en inglés) en la que podrán participar empresas de consultoría cualificada / consultores especializados en Género & Empoderamiento de la Mujer.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fred Rogers Productions Secures PNC Foundation Support for Alma’s Way

Fred Rogers Productions has been awarded a PNC Foundation grant to support Alma’s Way, its newest PBS KIDS series, through PNC Grow Up Great®, the multi-year, bilingual early childhood education initiative that helps children from birth through age 5 develop a passion.

Latest Campaigns

AEG Celebrates Inclusion

At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...

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...

Collective Action

Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...

Planet

At Bacardi, we prioritize reducing our impact on the environment – an approach that dates to the very beginning of the company in 1862 when Bacardi...

SCS_EU

SCS Global Services Europe is the European arm of SCS Global Services, an international leader in sustainability certification, verification, and...

Health and Safety by Antea Group

Antea Group's health and safety consultants understand what it takes to help make a positive impact on safety culture. Read blogs, insights, and more...

Leadership

Cascale demonstrates industry leadership and collaboration to drive collective action, by sharing insight into key sustainability topics inside and...

Sustainable Operations

ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)

Local Communities

The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...

Innovation at Chemours

Chemours chemistry enables products that people rely on to live better and thrive. Our world-class portfolio drives innovation and enables high...