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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Seramount Names Victoria’s Secret & Co. a 2024 Top 80 Company for Executive Women

Victoria’s Secret & Co. was recently named to Seramount’s 2024 Top 80 Companies for Executive Women list. Seramount continues to explore ways organizations can move more women into top executive roles by highlighting the successes at these trailblazing companies.

Innovation & Technology

Arrow Electronics Teams With Customers and Suppliers To Bring Smart Technology to Affordable Housing Market

With support from a broad coalition of employees, customers, suppliers and the community, Arrow is helping Habitat for Humanity build a one-of-a-kind, affordable smart home development in Aurora, Colo.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Bacardi Invests in Future of Premium Scotch Whisky With Multi-Million Pound Distillery and Warehousing Improvement Projects

As the trend for premium Single Malt and Blended Scotch whisky continues to gain momentum, family-owned Bacardi is investing in the future of the category with the completion of several improvement projects at its production sites across Scotland.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Future-Proofing Responsible Materials Management

Is your company seeing the big picture when it comes to responsible resource management? Our blog covers 5 critical areas for a sustainable future.

Diversity & Inclusion

TCS goIT Challenges at TCS-Sponsored Marathons Encourage Students To Develop Apps Focused on Gender Equality in Sports

The 2024 goIT Student Challenges at the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon and the TCS New York City Marathon encouraged students to design concepts for apps that address gender equality and universal availability of sports opportunities.

Diversity & Inclusion

How This Clorox Teammate Builds Bridges Across Generations

In this installment, we focus on Danielle Chan, a senior analyst on our Burt’s Bees sales team. Danielle was nominated by McKenna Knapp, a capabilities associate manager also on our sales team. We spoke with them to learn more about what Danielle’s allyship looks like in action.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Business Intelligence Group Honors MilliporeSigma With a 2024 Sustainability Award

MilliporeSigma received the 2024 Sustainability Leadership Award in Business Intelligence Group’s ninth annual Sustainability Awards program, receiving recognition for prioritizing sustainability as a core element of its business practices.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Global Time of Service: Trane Technologies’ Employees Make a Difference in Their Communities

Over 1,000 Trane Technologies employees united for the Global Time of Service from Oct 18 to Nov 1. This inaugural event saw remarkable engagement, with employees dedicating around 3,200 volunteer hours to various causes and activities, making a positive community impact.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Webster Expands Finance Lab Initiative With 3 Nonprofit Partners

Webster is providing grants of $100,000 each to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence, R.I. and Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester, Mass., and SCO Family of Services on Long Island, N.Y.

Health & Healthcare

Empowering Indigenous Health: Boehringer Ingelheim’s PATHWAYS Initiative in Canada

Boehringer Ingelheim's PATHWAYS initiative is bridging the healthcare gap for Indigenous communities in Canada. This initiative is not only providing diabetic patients with culturally sensitive care and but also empowering community members with knowledge about adjusting insulin.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Sheridan Recycling Program Brings New Life to Pre-Loved Linen

To help consumers play their part in reducing textile waste, HanesBrands’ Australian homewares brand, Sheridan, has established a new partnership with BlockTexx, a global industry leader in textile resource recovery, for its in-store recycling program.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Eastman and UPM Partner to Develop a Novel Paper-Based Food Packaging Solution

Eastman’s Solus™ additives have co-created a flexible, food-safe packaging solution with UPM Specialty Papers.

Diversity & Inclusion

At HARMAN, Inspiration in Every Tradition

A holiday that honors the memories and legacies of loved ones who have passed. This vibrant celebration goes beyond remembrance; it embodies connection, gratitude, and unity across generations.

Energy

Eaton and Treehouse Form Strategic Collaboration To Accelerate Mass Adoption of EV Charging and Electrification in U.S. Homes

Intelligent power management company Eaton announces a collaboration with Treehouse to enable high-quality, cost-effective and code-compliant residential electrification projects.

Social Impact & Volunteering

U.S. Bank Helps Build 30 Habitat for Humanity Homes in St. Paul

On a stretch of land on the east side of St. Paul, Minnesota, thousands of volunteers recently swung hammers instead. And among them were 150 U.S. Bank employees who participated in Habitat for Humanity’s 2024 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter work Project.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Mary Kay’s Global Commitment to Advancing Women’s Entrepreneurship and Leadership

Mary Kay stands at the forefront of change, not only championing the cause of women but also recognizing the immense power women entrepreneurs hold in shaping our global and local economies and driving meaningful change in sustainability efforts.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Cascale’s Colin Browne Urges Leaders into Action at Global Enterprise Executive Leadership Forum

Green Infrastructure

Veolia Awarded Operations and Maintenance Contract for the City of Toronto’s Dufferin Anaerobic Digestion Facility

Veolia announced today that it has been awarded a contract to assume operations and maintenance of the City of Toronto’s Dufferin organics processing facility.

Green Infrastructure

Veolia Obtient Un Contrat D’Exploitation Et De Maintenance Pour L’Installation De Digestion Anaérobie, Dufferin, de la Ville De Toronto

Veolia a annoncé aujourd’hui l’obtention d’un contrat pour l’exploitation et la maintenance de l’installation de traitement des matières organiques, Dufferin, de la ville de Toronto.

Environment

Mastercard: Meet the Climatologist Mitigating Extreme-Weather Risk All Over the Map

A landlocked city nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Asheville simply wasn’t prepared for the unusual dangers Helene would have on its infrastructure. But Eck’s job is to make sure Mastercard is.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Baker Tilly Case Study: Consulting Organization Undergoes Organizational Redesign

With more than 8,000 employees located in 33 countries, the company provides advanced technology solutions designed to assist clients across the business cycle.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Another Huge Milestone: Georgia-Pacific Produces 2 Billion Recyclable Padded and Unpadded Mailers

In little more than a year after producing its 1 billionth padded and unpadded mailers, Georgia-Pacific has produced its 2 billionth EarthKraft™ recyclable mailer.

Events, Media & Communications

ScottsMiracle-Gro: NHSA Fall Garden Storytime

As part of the educational curriculum supported through The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation, National Head Start Association (NHSA) Fall Storytime is almost here. 2024 Fall Garden Storytime will take place live on November 14 at 1 p.m. EST.

Innovation & Technology

Duke Energy Innovates for Expedited Restoration

AIR is a tool that expedited restoration efforts during Hurricanes Helene and Milton. It was built in-house by Duke Energy Corporation employees who have a massive stake in the communities they serve because they live in them.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Beyond Philanthropy: The Cisco Foundation’s Commitment to Thriving Communities

For over 25 years, the Cisco Foundation has been on a mission to shape the future through a deeply held commitment to the greater good.

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