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Events

Trane Technologies, Discovery Place launch free, public art exhibition in Charlotte

Several local artists are among those whose creativity is being spotlighted on giant globe sculptures installed throughout Uptown Charlotte and beyond.

Corporate Responsibility

Moody's Analytics Offers Free Online Portal for Processing PPP Loan Forgiveness Requests

Moody’s Analytics has added new capabilities to its small business loan application and lending portal to help banks process loan forgiveness applications under the CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

Corporate Responsibility

Fifth Third Bank Partners With Steady to Help Customers Find Jobs and Maximize Earnings Opportunities

Fifth Third is partnering with Steady to help the Bank’s customers find work and maximize their earnings opportunities. The partnership is one of the Bank’s initiatives to assist people experiencing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Health & Healthcare

Cox Curbs Loneliness for Older Adults With One Call a Day

"To know someone cares and you are not alone can change the trajectory of your day and even your outlook on life," said Vaneri. "Our employees are making a simple phone call, but the impact is beyond measure."

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: Tabletop Forestry

By playing the game of Photosynthesis, you can see the full life cycle of trees from seedlings to eventual death and understand how an entire forest can arise from planting just a few trees.

Events

Land Betterment Corporation Featured on Money Savage Podcast

Land Betterment joined George Grombacher, host of the Money Savage podcast, to discuss how the Company’s entrepreneurial initiatives are working to restore the environment in communities affected by the downturn in the thermal coal industry.

Volunteering & Community

Building Capacity During a Crisis: The CODVID-19 Education Partnership Pro Bono Initiative

Education systems have been hit hard by the pandemic, and the COVID-19 Education Partnership Pro Bono Initiative is working together to help schools.

Philanthropy

FedEx Removed Its Branding From Nascar's Denny Hamlin's Car to Highlight the National Civil Rights Museum Instead

As Denny Hamlin races around the Talladega Superspeedway in Monday's race, the hood of his car will display the logo of the National Civil Rights Museum -- a move by Hamlin and his sponsor FedEx to support the ongoing fight for racial equality.

Corporate Responsibility

CBRE Group, Inc. Promotes Tim Dismond to Chief Diversity Officer

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE: CBRE) announced that Tim Dismond has been promoted to the newly created role of Chief Diversity Officer. Mr. Dismond will join CBRE’s Executive Committee, the group of 12 global executives responsible for driving the company’s business worldwide.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Pride Month Celebration at Alkermes

Last week, our Pride@Work group held a virtual pride month celebration.

Volunteering & Community

Yum! Invests $100 Million to Fight Inequality by Unlocking Opportunity for Employees and Communities

The events of 2020 have made it even clearer that one of the most pressing issues we face together in society is inequality and the lack of access and opportunity that goes with it.

Philanthropy

Keep America Beautiful Appoints Jacqueline Grace Chief Development Officer

Keep America Beautiful®, the nation’s premier community improvement nonprofit organization, today announced that nonprofit and media industry leader, Jacqueline Grace, has been named the organization’s Chief Development Officer. In that role, Grace will oversee all fundraising efforts including relationships with long-standing Keep America Beautiful supporters, as well as developing new partners, and diversifying revenue streams through innovation and strategic initiatives.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Timberland Invests in Regenerative Leather Ranches

One of those companies is Timberland, which in late May announced a new partnership with the Savory Institute, a nonprofit focused on the large-scale regeneration of the world’s grasslands

Research & Reports

ArcelorMittal Highlights the Intersection of Business and Sustainability in the 2019 United States Integrated Report

ArcelorMittal is pleased to announce the publication of our annual United States Integrated Report. This marks ArcelorMittal’s eleventh year of reporting on our corporate responsibility and sustainability initiatives in the United States.

Environment

UPS Longitudes | Sustainability Through Collaboration

Sustainability is more than just a checkbox for businesses these days — it’s a requirement for success.

Research & Reports

How Do Companies Foster a Culture of Health?

GRI has launched a range of new resources to help companies integrate the Culture of Health for Business (COH4B) framework within their sustainability reporting.

Philanthropy

Alexion Charitable Foundation Announces First Rare Belonging® Grants

The Alexion Charitable Foundation, launched by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALXN) in February 2020, has announced it has awarded a total of $1.1 million in initial grants that align with its Rare Belonging® focus. Rare Belonging seeks to...

Environment

Enabling a More Sustainable Future Through e-Mobility Ecosystem Requires an Automotive Engineering Paradigm Shift

These are exciting times in the automotive engineering community and environmental sustainability space! Countries around the world are fueling the momentum for a cleaner future through incentives for consumers to adopt...

Philanthropy

Hormel Foods Canada Donates More Than 75,000 Pounds of Food to Second Harvest Partner Agencies Across Canada to Help Feed Those in Need

Hormel Foods Canada is donating more than 75,000 pounds of Hormel Gatherings® party trays to Second Harvest, Canada’s largest food recovery organization, to help to feed families in need during these extraordinary times.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

UPS Infographic | How UPS Supports a Circular Economy

UPS is continuously developing solutions that help our customers reduce the impacts of their supply chains. Learn more about the solutions we’re working on with customers, city partners and other stakeholders to help minimize their carbon footprint.

Corporate Responsibility

Visionary Leadership in a Chaotic Time - and Why I'm Inspired to Follow

Philanthropy

Feeding America Makes MealConnect Available Nationwide

Feeding America has made it easier for food banks in its network to take advantage of its MealConnect platform by making it automatically available in every zip code of the country.

Research & Reports

HP Sets Target to Reduce Single-use Plastic Packaging, Makes Progress Toward Diversity Imperative

Sustainable Impact is HP’s commitment to create positive, lasting change for the planet, its people, and our communities.

Philanthropy

Alkermes Awards COVID-19 Relief Fund Grants to 10 Innovative Programs Designed to Address Challenges for Patient Communities

Alkermes today announced 10 nonprofit organizations awarded grants from the company's COVID-19 Relief Fund, established to assist nonprofits address pandemic-related needs for people living with addiction, serious mental illness, or cancer.

Volunteering & Community

Bringing Voice to Change: Girl Rising Launches New Storytelling Challenge With HP

With the launch of My Story: The 2020 Storytelling Challenge, Girl Rising and HP invite individuals across the globe to share stories of how young leaders are fighting for human rights, racial justice, gender equity, and girls’ education

Latest Campaigns

Policy and Regulation

Cascale shares insights regarding policy and regulation impacting the consumer goods industry, and highlights how it's supporting members prepare for...

Accelerating access to healthcare technology

We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...

Policy and Advocacy

Policy and Advocacy content from IWBI - International Well Building Institute

Sustainability by Antea Group

At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...

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...

TERC

Tire Emissions Research Conference Campaign

GoDaddy Empower

GoDaddy Empower is our signature social impact program, designed to help emerging entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses online.

Sustainable Operations

As a global organization with more than 300,000 products and employing 20,000 people across more than 60 countries, we recognize the importance of...

GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...

Kingfisher Around the World

The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...