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Volunteering & Community | Wesco International

Wesco Team Members Join 40th Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project in Atlanta, Ga.

Wesco team members proudly participated in the 40th Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project, hosted by Atlanta Habitat for Humanity from May 3 through May 8. This year’s build took place in Langston Park, Atlanta Habitat’s newest planned community in the historic Sylvan Hills.

Events

As Systems for Climate Action Expand, Companies Stay the Course but Revisit Language

Governance & Accountability Institute

Health & Healthcare

Smith+Nephew Joins the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

Research & Reports

AllianceBernstein: The Proof Is in the Proxy: Connecting Governance to Returns

AllianceBernstein

AI & Technology

GoDaddy’s Airo for WordPress Delivers AI That Builds, Grows and Continuously Improves Websites

GoDaddy

Health & Healthcare

How a Breast Cancer Diagnosis Inspired Check for Cancer Champion Adamari López

Aflac Incorporated

AI & Technology

Powering the Future of Energy Smart Data Centers

Trane Technologies

Education & Workforce Development

Bacardi Launches Shake Your Future in Mexico for the First Time

Bacardi-Martini, Inc.

AI & Technology

Continuous Assurance and Sovereign Accreditation Readiness

Keysight Technologies

Featured Brands

SAP Named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Carbon Accounting and Management Applications 2026 Vendor Assessment

SAP is proud to be recognized as a Leader for the second time in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Carbon Accounting and Management Applications 2026 Vendor Assessment (doc #US54117126, April 2026).

CAF and Mastercard Join Forces To Expand Access to Finance for Across Latin America and the Caribbean

CAF –development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean– and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth (the Center), today announced a partnership to support access to credit for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across the region.

Medtronic Study Reveals AI-Enabled Clinician Alerts Significantly Improve Evaluation and Valve Intervention for Patients With Heart Valve Disease

Medtronic, a global leader in healthcare technology, released data from the Addressing undertreatment and heaLth Equity in aortic stenosis and mitral regurgitation using an integrated ehR plaTform (ALERT) Trial, designed to address health disparities.

Hiring Our Heroes 2026 Small Business Grant Program Awards

Business leaders and community advocates came together for the 2026 Small Business Grant Program Awards ceremony on April 29 in Washington, D.C.

How a Breast Cancer Diagnosis Inspired Check for Cancer Champion Adamari López

At just 33 years old, Adamari López was thriving in her career and had quickly become a household name. She was successful, happy, healthy and felt unstoppable. It was then that an ordinary moment changed her life.

The Truist Championship and the Charlotte Trail of History Unveil Commemorative Statue Honoring Golf Pioneer Dr. Charles Sifford

he Truist Championship, in partnership with the Charlotte Trail of History, unveiled a commemorative statue honoring Dr. Charles Sifford at Elizabeth Park, celebrating the trailblazing golfer’s enduring legacy and ties to the Charlotte community.

The Teaching Shift That’s Boosting Engagement at This STEM High School

When Dove Science Academy High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, joined Verizon Innovative Learning Schools in fall 2025, its teachers embraced not just the infusion of technology, but also the novel ways they could inspire their students.

LG Electronics Earns ‘Top 1%’ Sustainability Ranking From S&P Global for Third Year in a Row

LG Electronics has earned the “Top 1%” ranking in S&P Global’s Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) for the third consecutive year, with a score of 77 out of 100.

Comcast Honors Texas Veterans With USS Kearsarge Ship Tour During Houston’s First Fleet Week

As Houston marked a historic Texas-first by hosting Fleet Week, Comcast was proud to recognize the service and sacrifice of veterans through a special ship tour experience aboard the USS Kearsarge.

Mastercard: Looking Beyond Just Tech To Power Inclusive Growth

“Plans of action, not empty platitudes.” That’s how Shamina Singh, the founder and president of the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, opened Wednesday’s Global Inclusive Growth Forum in Washington, D.C., and it became an unofficial through-line.

Recent Alerts

Health & Healthcare

Prove Your Purpose: It's Officially NO-vember

This week, we look at how one brand is continuing its effort to reduce burnout by encouraging women to say “no.”

Inclusion & Opportunity

MTV to Counter Hungary's Anti-Gay Law as EMAs in Budapest Will “Stand in Solidarity” With LGBTQ+ Community

After the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) will return live from Budapest, Hungary this year, with the company planning to use the big event to counter the country’s recent anti-gay law and “stand in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community in Hungary and around the world,” Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of MTV Entertainment Group Worldwide said in an internal memo.

Philanthropy

Fifth Third Private Bank Launches Giving with Purpose with Greater Cincinnati Foundation

As Greater Cincinnati’s hometown bank & the community foundation of the Cincinnati region, Fifth Third Private Bank & GCF believe it is in the best interest of the region to come together & help clients build charitable assets to impact area lives.

Education & Workforce Development

Leveraging Partnerships to Advance Digital Equity and Foster Opportunity for All Learners

For more than a decade, Comcast has focused efforts on effecting meaningful, lasting change to improve digital equity across the full spectrum of learning.

Awards & Rankings

Ralph Lauren Corp Receives Lifetime Achievement Award From Delivering Good

We are honored to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from Delivering Good, a nonprofit that strives to create a more equitable world by helping those in need.

Research & Reports

Bloomberg to Offer Sustainalytics' ESG Research and Ratings on the Bloomberg Terminal

Bloomberg today announced that Sustainalytics’ ESG Research and Ratings are now available via the Bloomberg Terminal.

Socially Responsible Investing

EIB Backs Ørsted With €500 Million Loan Agreement, Boosts Green Energy

The 752 MW Borssele 1 & 2 wind farms count 94 wind turbines which, through inter-array cabling, transfer their energy to an offshore substation before reaching the grid via a high-tension line which the EIB previously helped finance with TSO TenneT.

Education & Workforce Development

M·A·C Cosmetics Launches Tomorrow's Artist Program to Empower Next Generation of Makeup Artists

M·A·C Cosmetics UK & Ireland has teamed up with Incredible Brilliant Youth to launch a six-week makeup artistry training program for young people from marginalized backgrounds.

Environment

International Paper Heads to Climate Action's Sustainable Innovation Forum 2021

International Paper is headed to Glasgow for Climate Action’s Sustainable Innovation Forum 2021. The hybrid event, which is taking place Nov. 8-10, is uniting heads of state and unilaterals, environment ministers, business leaders, investors and NGOs

Environment

PSEG CEO Ralph Izzo Attends COP26, Calls for Urgent Action on Climate

PSEG Chairman, President and CEO Ralph Izzo is traveling to Glasgow, Scotland, to attend the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26), where he will call for urgent action to address climate change.

Corporate Responsibility

The Consumer Goods Forum Becomes UN Race to Zero Accelerator at COP26

The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) today announced it is an official “Accelerator” of the UN’s Race to Zero campaign, to encourage faster progress on carbon reduction across its global membership.

Health & Healthcare

How Parents Can Help Their Children Prioritize Mental Health and Excel in School

In an interview with Authority Magazine, Inner Explorer’s co-founder Dr. Laura Bakosh shares insightful advice for parents seeking to create the best learning environments for their kids and how they can prioritize their child’s mental health for future success.

Environment

Bloomberg Tackles Air Pollution - Inside and Out

Breathe in, breathe out. The average human takes this subconscious action 20,000 times a day. It’s easy to take for granted that the air surrounds us is healthy and clean, but according to the World Health Organization (WHO) an estimated nine out of 10 people worldwide breathe dirty air.

Research & Reports

Biodiversity Reporting and the Private Sector: It's Time for a New Paradigm

Biodiversity is often considered too immaterial, complex or expensive to integrate into private-sector monitoring programs, often leaving it sidelined next to mainstream carbon reporting.

Health & Healthcare

Giving Voice and Hope to Children With Sickle Cell Disease, One Duck at a Time

Over the years, corporations have become more creative in developing characters synonymous with their brands.

Inclusion & Opportunity

OLAY Introduces Easy Open Lid For People with Disabilities, Shares Design With Beauty Industry

OLAY North America is introducing the Easy Open Lid, a limited-edition prototype developed with and for people with disabilities.

Environment

Sport Sets Pace for Climate Action as IOC and Other Sports Organisations Join Race to Zero Campaign

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has joined the UN-backed “Race to Zero” campaign, which is aimed at rallying climate leadership from non-government entities to work towards a carbon-free world.

Corporate Responsibility

Engineer Becomes a Mother While Responding to Pandemic

Abbott's Working Mother of the Year says she strives to integrate family and career to create work/life success.

Environment

Her Mission: Plant Trees to Ensure City's Future

With the help of thousands of volunteers, TreesCharlotte has planted 42,481 trees since the nonprofit launched in 2012. But keeping Charlotte’s tree canopy healthy will require much more than volunteers with shovels and saplings. It takes a city.

Energy & Infrastructure

Cummins Powers a New Battery Electric Transit Bus: The Electrip

Cummins Inc. takes another step toward its path to zero, as it powers Letenda’s new 30-foot, zero-emissions transit bus named the Electrip®.

Awards & Rankings

Clarivate Named in Inc.'s First-Annual Best-Led Companies

Clarivate is on a bold entrepreneurial mission to help customers reduce the time from new ideas to life-changing innovations.

Energy & Infrastructure

Black & Veatch and Industry Dive: Climate Resilience Strategies Command Top Priority in Utility, Manufacturing, Transportation Sectors

The increased frequency of extreme weather events is driving companies to realize the best way to protect their economic interests and maintain their social license to operate is to invest in climate resilience strategies.

Environment

International Sustainability Standards: Levelling the Disclosure Playing Field

All eyes are on COP26. At the highest possible level, world leaders are discussing how best to tackle climate change and hold each other accountable for their efforts to reduce global warming, writes Andromeda Wood, VP of Regulatory Strategy, Workiva.

Events

The Land Betterment Exchange (LBX) Expands Team with the Hiring of Lyndsay Kline Ahead of its Cryptocurrency Exchange Launch

Land Betterment, an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining and industrial sites to create #sustainable community development, announces Lyndsay Kline as Manager of Social Media and Outreach.

Awards & Rankings

The New Holland Agriculture T6 Methane Power Tractor Wins 'Sustainable Tractor of the Year' at EIMA

New Holland Agriculture, a global agriculture brand of CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI), has been awarded the prestigious title of ‘Sustainable Tractor of the Year 2022’ for its T6 Methane Power, the world’s first production methane tractor, at the EIMA Agricultural Trade Show in Bologna, Italy.

Latest Campaigns

Leadership

Cascale demonstrates industry leadership and collaboration to drive collective action, by sharing insight into key sustainability topics inside and...

Southwire Giving Back

Our neighbors depend on us, just as we depend on them, so we are committed to improving the quality of life in the communities in which we work. At...

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...

Rethinking EHS Podcast

Join us as we travel the world to uncover real stories of impact—from landfills and energy transition to workplace safety, emerging contaminants, and...

AEG's Commitment to Sustainable Operations

AEG's sustainability initiatives are designed to reduce our consumption of the planet’s limited resources. Through our comprehensive sustainability...

AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism

AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...

Opportunity for All

At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...

Cascale Governance

Cascale shares updates from its Board of Directors who serve as the principal governing body and are responsible for setting the strategic direction...

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...

Wesco Cares

Life-changing events can happen to any of us, often when we least expect them. Employees in need can turn to the Wesco Cares. Its mission is to be an...