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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Leaders at Mondelēz Share What Sustainability at Mondelēz Means to Them

Hear from some of our leaders about what sustainability at Mondelēz means to them.

Environment

Global Thought Leaders Documentary Series: Featuring Inogen Alliance

Inogen Alliance is featured in the Global Thought Leaders ground-breaking series of documentary films produced by TBD Media Group and hosted on Gulf News and CBS News.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Ericsson's Commitment to Being a Responsible Corporate Citizen

During 2021 Ericsson strengthened its corporate citizenship efforts, including the launch of a new volunteering strategy focused on encouraging employee and community engagement. The company also re-established global governance of the program.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Family Tradition: Donald Jeremiah Offers Tribute to Fallen Servicemembers Through Art

Donald Jeremiah grew up drawing with his older siblings. Sitting around the kitchen table, they doodled and drew from scenes they saw every day.

Education

Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners Support In-Home Learning All Summer Long

To keep students engaged in learning all summer long, Discovery Education and its Social Impact Partners are offering students and caregivers an array of no-cost dynamic digital resources they can use at home.

Health & Healthcare

Exome Sequencing Reveals Misdiagnoses in Epidermolysis Bullosa Patients

DEBRA International has a simple mission: help patients and families dealing with epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a rare genetic condition that affects collagen production, making skin and other membranes quite fragile.

Research, Reports & Publications

Boston Scientific Details How It Is Advancing Equity in Workplaces, Health Care Systems and Communities While Taking Action for a Healthier Planet

Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) recently released its 2021 Performance Report describing the company’s work to transform lives through innovative medical solutions that improve the health of patients

Research, Reports & Publications

The Power of Diversity at Edison International

Our mission at Edison International is to move the electric power industry ― and ultimately the whole economy ― toward a clean energy future. We must do so in a way that remains equitable and achievable for everyone.

Education

Local Cambridge STEM Program Empowers Next Generation of Female Scientists

SCFG was founded in 1994 to foster excitement, confidence and literacy in STEM for girls and gender-expansive youth from historically underrepresented communities with free, experiential community-based programs.

Research, Reports & Publications

Leveraging Digital Resources and Training for Small Business Growth and Community Benefit: Help Create A Thriving Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

The impact of the Empower program mobilizes the support of multiple actors in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, each working toward the collective goal of supporting small and microbusiness owners that need access to resources.

Health & Healthcare

Quest for Health Equity Offers No Cost Wellness Screenings at Baltimore Community Event

Quest for Health Equity (Q4HE) and several Quest employees participated in an Earth Day weekend community event with the Black Church Food Security Network in the Baltimore metropolitan area.

Innovation & Technology

Survival of the Best: The Past, Present and Future of Plant Breeding

Innovations in plant breeding have advanced the prosperity of civilizations for centuries. Continuously improving seeds remains one of agriculture’s strongest tools in fighting hunger and supporting the farmers who feed communities around the world.

Events, Media & Communications

AB and EMIA to host 2nd Annual APAC Emerging Markets ESG Conference June 8-9.

AB has teamed up with MSCI Inc. and Emerging Markets Investors Alliance (EMIA) to host the second annual APAC Emerging Markets ESG Conference on June 8-9.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fifth Third and Its Employees Rally To Support Ukraine

As war broke out in Ukraine, the Fifth Third Foundation and the Bank’s employees rallied to support the individuals and families who were impacted.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Home Depot Foundation Prepares 7,000 Disaster Relief Kits Ahead of 2022 Hurricane Season

June 1 officially marks the start of hurricane season in the Northern Hemisphere.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arrow Electronics' Employees Help Build Homes in North Denver With Habitat for Humanity

Fifteen Colorado volunteers from Arrow Electronics helped Habitat for Humanity Metro Denver complete an affordable home-building project this month.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Ecocentricity Blog: Embracing Clean Technologies, Even If We Don't Have All of the Answers Yet

We need to address end-of-life concerns with #cleanenergy technologies. Smart people are working on that, but we still need to embrace and adopt the technologies now.

Environment

EarthX Programming: Our Living Oceans

Our Living Oceans is geared towards educating viewers about the health of the oceans, the threats they face, & what is being done to save them through conversations with scientists.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Chemours New Johnsonville Site Recognized for Environmental Excellence and Awarded Wildlife Habitat Council Conservation Certification

The Chemours Company’s Johnsonville Site demonstrated its commitment to environmental stewardship by achieving Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) Conservation Certification for its Species Management and Habitat programs.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Whirlpool Corporation's Amy Doroff and Tyra Woodruff Receive Women in Manufacturing STEP Ahead Awards

Amy Doroff, materials operations manager, and Tyra Woodruff, industrial engineering manager, from Whirlpool Corp’s manufacturing facility in Findlay, Ohio received Women in Manufacturing STEP Ahead Awards.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Subaru Supports Cancer Patients Nationwide With Renewed Partnership With the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society®

Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that as part of its commitment to helping all people lead healthy lives, the automaker will partner with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society® (LLS) for the seventh consecutive year

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

IWBI Named a Top Workplace

We are thrilled to announce that for the second consecutive year, IWBI has been named a Top Workplace in amNY’s 2022 Top Workplaces.

Environment

Learning Center Awarded New Outdoor Classroom From Green Mountain Energy Sun Club

The Learning Center K-8 School is thrilled to be awarded a $108,600 sustainability grant from Green Mountain Energy Sun Club for the design and construction of a timber-framed outdoor classroom on school grounds.

Energy

Duke Energy Indiana Expands Clean Energy Production With Upgrades to Markland Hydroelectric Station

Duke Energy Indiana has completed upgrades at its Markland Hydroelectric Station near Florence, Ind., increasing the facility’s clean, renewable energy output by about 10% and bolstering its ability to reliably serve customers for the next 40 years.

Diversity & Inclusion

4 Questions With Betty Chiang: Addressing Health Disparities in the Asian Community

"I still remember a family friend in his 30s who suddenly passed away from hepatitis B related liver cancer. I later learned that hepatitis B disproportionately affects the Asian community, which influenced my decision to explore medicine as a career to help people I cared about.”

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