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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Through New Partnership With Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Accessibility to Free Internet From T-Mobile's Project 10Million Is Easier for Over One Hundred Thousand Students

Today, T-Mobile and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America announced a new partnership that makes access to T-Mobile’s Project 10Million, the Un-carrier’s $10.7 billion initiative focused on providing students free internet connectivity, even easier.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Help When You Need It Most

Today, as Community Affairs Financial Education manager at Regions, Bailey and her team have launched easy-to-understand courses to assist individuals and families manage medical financial debt.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

TCS Recognized for Setting the Standard in Corporate Citizenship by Points of Light

TCS has been named one of the top 50 community-minded companies in the United States by Points of Light, a global nonprofit organization that inspires, equips, and mobilizes millions of people to take action that changes the world.

Research, Reports & Publications

Consistency Continues to Drive Sustainability Progress at NRG

NRG Energy’s 12th annual sustainability report provides an update on the organization’s sustainability progress. 

Health & Healthcare

Quest Diagnostics Brings “Green Bronx Machine” to Denver High School, Where Students Grow Produce in Tower Gardens

Students at Denver’s Academy of Urban Learning (AUL) High School harvested their first crop of fresh greens and vegetables from an indoor tower garden they’ve been tending since earlier this semester.

Energy

Say What You Mean: How To Use the Jargon of Energy Transition Correctly

Let’s take a look at some of the most prominent environmental and sustainability terms and clear up exactly what they mean, so you can be sure you’re saying what you mean.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Stanley Black & Decker Named to 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2022

3BL Media has named Stanley Black & Decker to its annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking, recognizing outstanding environmental, social and governance (ESG) transparency and performance among the 1,000 largest U.S. public companies.

Health & Healthcare

Alkermes Remains Committed to Oncology Innovation

On the heels of ASCO22, we remain committed to innovating in the oncology space, particularly for cancers with high unmet needs, like platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

Diversity & Inclusion

Purpose 360: Investing in Inclusion at Intel

Many first jobs are not forever jobs, but that’s not how it worked out for Dawn Jones at Intel.

Green Infrastructure

Avid Bioservices, Inc. and CRB Highlight Efforts That Enabled Opening of First Phase of New Viral Vector Facility in California in Only Eight Months

Avid Bioservices, Inc. today highlighted the companies’ collaborative efforts that enabled the phase-one opening of its new purpose-built, 53,000-square-foot viral vector and CGMP facility in Costa Mesa, California, in only eight months.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Dulles Chamber of Commerce Now Accepting Applications and Donations to Support Minority Small Business Owner Grant Program

The Chamber’s grant program is open to minority and women owners of small for-profit businesses located in Loudoun and Fairfax Counties in Virginia who have experienced a financial hardship due to the events in the past two years.

Innovation & Technology

Ericsson's Respect for Human Rights

While there are many benefits to technology, the increasing use of Information and Communication Tech can create human rights challenges. Ericsson is committed to ensuring that misuse of its technology and related human rights impacts are prevented.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Tetra Pak Tests an Industry-First: A Fibre-Based Barrier To Replace the Aluminium Layer

Following the successful completion of a 15-month commercial technology validation of a polymer-based barrier replacing the aluminium layer, Tetra Pak is now moving to the next level of development.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

SAIC and Building Homes for Heroes

Rebuilding Veteran Lives and Hope

Environment

Picnic Tables Made Of Sauce Packets Unveiled In Mercer County

Four picnic tables made of recycled sauce packets were recently unveiled In Mercer County. The tables are the product of an initiative by Taco Bell and TerraCycle.

Diversity & Inclusion

T-Mobile Pride Spotlight: I Have Community

Brantley Clark (He/Him) says he is many things: A partner. A girl dad. A trans man. A black man. A trans black man. And he is crystal clear how to encapsulate all that succinctly if you ask what Pride means to him.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Responsibility of Design

NYCxDESIGN teamed up with the Kohler Experience Center by Best Plumbing Supply to host the first-ever live recording of NYCxDESIGN’s The Mic podcast with special talk series “The Responsibility of Design”.

Environment

Diving Deep for Vital Marine Carbon Sequestration Research

Friends of RGV Reef, a Texas non-profit, announced it’s launching a new marine study to determine the carbon sequestration potential of the reef, located 13 miles northeast of South Padre Island’s jetties in the Gulf of Mexico.

Environment

With Over Half the U.S. in Drought, Water Conservation Tips for Summer 2022

As warm weather activities heat up, it may be tempting to leave the water running to keep yourself and your lawn cool.

Environment

Setting the Benchmark for Sustainable Agriculture

Organic farming is both good for the environment and can generate attractive returns.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Using Black & Veatch Expertise, Water and Wastewater Projects in Atlanta, South Carolina Grab Top Honors From Construction Group

Black & Veatch, a leading global provider of critical human infrastructure solutions, announces that two water-related projects in which it played key roles have been awarded “project of the year” honors from the Underground Construction Association (UCA).

Environment

New Carbon Transparency Partnership Provides Forum for Stakeholders To Address Lack of Scope 3 Emissions Transparency

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) launched the Carbon Transparency Partnership, bringing together stakeholders from across value chains and industries and rallying and coordinating leading industry-focused initiatives

Research, Reports & Publications

GoDaddy 2021 Sustainability Report: Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

Nurturing a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging is woven into the fabric of GoDaddy. We also want our workforce to reflect and embrace the diversity of our customers.

Research, Reports & Publications

Yum China Releases 2021 Sustainability Report

Yum China Holdings, Inc. issued its fifth annual sustainability report.

Environment

The Champion of Textile Sustainability

Ray C. Anderson’s legacy as a champion of textile sustainability continues to have value today. Michael Quante interviews John A. Lanier, about Ray's legacy today and how it has unfolded through the Ray C. Anderson Foundation.

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