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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Growing Pains: Responsible Investing Reaches Adolescence by AB

ESG investing has survived a challenging year, with increased regulatory scrutiny and rocky performance providing fodder for fierce debate. While the turmoil that comes with rapid change can be unsettling, we welcome it as a sign that responsible investing is growing up.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Webster Bank Announces Launch of Finance Lab With Yonkers Partners in Education

Webster Bank, together with Yonkers Partners in Education announced it has launched the first-ever Webster/YPIE Finance Lab and introduced the YPIE Finance Major, to provide students in Yonkers schools with financial literacy skills.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

GRI and International Development Center of Japan Launch Partnership

A new sustainability advisory partnership seeks to support companies in Japan to raise the quality of their sustainability reporting

Research, Reports & Publications

Baker Hughes 2023 Energy Transition Pulse: Confidence To Hit Net-Zero Emissions Goals Stable Despite Energy Trilemma

Baker Hughes launched its 2023 Energy Transition Pulse report – a survey of 555 global senior executives to assess the industrial sector’s ability to focus on advancing cleaner energy amidst geopolitical and economic challenges.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

National Grid’s Post-Blizzard Western New York Contributions Increase to $1 Million

National Grid Foundation matches company’s $500,000 donation to further assist customers and communities impacted by historic December storm

Innovation & Technology

CNH Industrial Takes Minority Stake in EarthOptics

CNH Industrial announces a minority investment in the US-based ag tech company EarthOptics through its Ventures arm.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fostering Connection and Career Success: Bloomberg and the City Tutors

Bloomberg invests in young leaders providing free training and internship opportunities through our growing network of education and mentoring nonprofit organizations focused on personal development, financial education, and preparing college and career success.

Diversity & Inclusion

Nguyen Thi Kim Thoa’s Story: Growing a Sustainable Farming Industry in Vietnam

HerVenture was brought to Vietnam thanks to our collaboration with Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™.

Education

High School Girls Put STEM Education Into Practice With Refinery’s Female Mentors

A group of 40 high school girls spent a day at Marathon Petroleum’s El Paso, Texas, refinery gaining firsthand knowledge of careers related to science, technology, engineering and math.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Mastercard's Davos Takeaways: The Economy, Blockchain and Building Trust by Accelerating Inclusion

About 2,700 policymakers, finance and tech leaders, celebrities, journalists, academics and activists gathered at Davos to debate topics such as deglobalization, decarbonization, distrust and digitization under the theme of “Cooperation in a Fragmented World.”

Environment

Whole Life Cycle-Carbon Assessment: A More Complete Picture

The latest Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction found that “the lack of structural or systemic decarbonisation improvement in the building sector leaves its emissions reductions vulnerable to external factors.”

Diversity & Inclusion

D&I Weekly News Round Up: Special Edition – Best of 2022

Welcome to the latest edition of our Diversity & Inclusion News Round up. Today we are sharing some of our favorite articles and videos from 2022.

Education

Girls’ Education: 5 Shocking Facts Everyone Should Know

The benefits of education are immense — for one, your ability to read and understand the rest of this article, among many other things. As a society, we recognize the crucial value of education and that’s why access to a quality education is a globally-recognized human right.

Innovation & Technology

Meta at World Economic Forum 2023: Building a Future Grounded in the Promise of Technology

On Wednesday, Meta’s Chief Product Officer Chris Cox joined author Neal Stephenson, the originator of the phrase ‘metaverse’, and others on a panel to discuss the development of this new chapter in technology.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

International Paper Supports Alabama Communities After Deadly Storms

Communities are working to pick up the pieces after severe weather ripped through Georgia and Alabama earlier this month; killing at least six, displacing dozens, and causing significant damage to homes, buildings, and infrastructure.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Bank Provides Tips on How To Budget During Inflation

Fifth Third recognizes that customers have less purchasing power right now and offers the following tips, products and services to assist with budgeting during inflation.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FedEx Is Creating Pathways for Diverse Communities To Succeed

The scholarships we provide and programs we support reach diverse communities to provide people from all backgrounds the opportunity to succeed.

Green Infrastructure

Decarbonization for Pharma Manufacturing: A Sustainable Heating Strategy

As sustainability in pharma manufacturing gains momentum, there is one opportunity for significant energy efficiency and decarbonization that is often overlooked: the plant’s heating design.

Energy

How Digitalization Can Accelerate the Energy Transition to Green Hydrogen

As a means of storing and transporting renewable energy, green hydrogen is now considered a critical technology in the transition to renewable energy and the move toward a global net zero economy.

Events, Media & Communications

What Will 2023 Bring in Climate Crisis Action by the Public Sector?

As we begin the year 2023, an intriguing question is what more is in store for public sector action to address critical climate change challenges?

Diversity & Inclusion

SkysTheLimit.org (“Sky’s the Limit”) 2022 Marketplace Receives 100% Positive Feedback As “Safe Space To Practice Entrepreneurship”

Sky’s the Limit – a 501c(3) nonprofit whose digital platform supports underrepresented entrepreneurs to reach new heights with the support of free mentoring, funding opportunities, and educational resources – is pleased to announce the results of its 2022 Marketplace.

Innovation & Technology

Cummins' Concept System Helps RV Users Reduce Emissions and Noise

Global power and technology leader Cummins Inc. has been showcasing its new concept hybrid power system to help recreational vehicles (RVs) reduce emissions and noise.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sign Man: 36-Year Home Depot Associate Joe Beland Makes His Mark With His Artistic Talent

In 1986, Joe Beland began his career with The Home Depot in the hardware department at a store in Dallas, Texas. Today, he’s an appliance associate in Santa Rosa, California. Along his 36-year career path, Joe’s built a reputation for his artistic talent.

Diversity & Inclusion

IOC Young Leader Makes Girls’ Dreams Come True With New Ice Hockey League

With one year to go until the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024, we speak with IOC Young Leader from Korea Sang Eun Lee about how she is fighting for gender equality by giving women and girls the chance to play ice hockey.

Research, Reports & Publications

New Report Shows the U.S. Insurance Industry Provides Inadequate Coverage for Climate-Related Disasters

Ceres, in collaboration with the ESG Initiative and Wharton Climate Center at the Wharton School, released a new report today that finds U.S. climate-related disaster insurance is often inaccessible, unaffordable, or does not meet the needs of certain populations.

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    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...
  9. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
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    AMD Commemorates 30 Years of Corporate Responsibility with 2024-25 Report