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Software-Defined Vehicles: The Critical Road to a Secure Future

Keysight Technologies

Innovation & Technology

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Northwestern Mutual Sustainability and Impact: Delivering Financial Security

Northwestern Mutual

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Green Infrastructure

DesignFWD Podcast Episode 04: Doing WELL by Place and People

Welcome to DesignFWD, a podcast series presented by Mohawk Group, where we discuss innovations in design, performance, and sustainability that positively impact the built environment.

Diversity & Inclusion

United First Officer, Carole Hopson, Honors Bessie Coleman With Goal of Enrolling 100 Black Women in Flight School

On June 15, 1921, Bessie Coleman became the first Black and Native American woman to earn a pilot's license. She paved the way for female aviators everywhere including United First Officer Carole Hopson.

Research, Reports & Publications

Allstate Reports Commitments to Inclusive Diversity & Equity, Climate Change Mitigation

The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) has published its 19th Sustainability Report, highlighting progress in addressing climate change, improving Inclusive Diversity & Equity, enhancing organizational culture and keeping employees and customers safe during the pandemic.

Innovation & Technology

Goodyear Airless Tire First on Autonomous Shuttles

Diversity & Inclusion

Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council and Aramark Announce Cohort 4 of P.I.P.E. Program for Fall 2021

The Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc. (ChicagoMSDC) and Aramark (NYSE: ARMK), the leading U.S.-based food service provider, are launching the fourth cohort of the P.I.P.E. Program

Innovation & Technology

Reality Capture: Virtual Tools for Real-world Project Efficiency

Environment

Standard Biocarbon Corporation and Germany's PYREG GmbH Sign Exclusivity and Distribution Agreement

CleanTech startup Standard Biocarbon Corporation (SBC), announced today an agreement with Germany’s Pyreg GmbH (Pyreg) for exclusive use regionally of their technology for processing biomass. SBC has two of Pyreg’s latest and largest plants on order and scheduled for commissioning in East Millinocket, ME in the first quarter of 2022.

Environment

Congressional Testimony: Financial Institutions' Role in Staving Off the Climate Crisis and Protecting Our Financial System

Climate change threatens the futures of our planet and our people, but its impacts are not limited to physical threats that are gathering momentum, including increasing temperatures, rising sea levels, and intensifying storm systems.

Health & Healthcare

Third FedEx-Donated Humanitarian Charter Arrives in India

A humanitarian charter flight donated by FedEx and filled with Direct Relief-provided medical aid arrived in India over the weekend — the third such flight to the country in six weeks in response to Covid-19.

Green Infrastructure

Tokyo 2020: Sustainability Update Highlights Safety, Gender and Climate Change

The postponement of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 has required the organisers to refine the event, simplifying, adapting and doing everything possible to support the realisation of a society “where everybody can thrive”, an official Tokyo 2020 sustainability update says.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Clarivate: Setting the Course for Our Workplace of the Future

A cultural and organizational transformation has begun at Clarivate, where every decision and every opportunity is approached with the assumption and mindset that the solution will better connect us through technology.

Social Impact & Volunteering

How a Stakeholder Event Can Boost Corporate Volunteering

Make your corporate volunteering program more effective. Discover how organizing a virtual event can help to bring stakeholders on the same page with our newest guest blog from Pathable!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fuel Your Fundraising With Pro Bono

Join Taproot Foundation for a free webinar on Wednesday, July 28 where they’ll show nonprofits how to harness the expertise of marketing strategy, graphic design, videography, and communications professionals who want to volunteer to help raise money for your cause.

Media & Communications

KeyBank Community Development Lending Appoints Christina Knuckles to Head of Equity Fund Management

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) has appointed Christina Knuckles to lead its equity fund management which is integral to the bank’s equity growth initiative.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Building a Better, Decarbonized World Means Raising Standards for All Buildings, New and Old

Energy waste is happening all around us, and it’s contributing to climate change. Yet fighting this invisible foe is near impossible – unless we make the invisible visible.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: Thirsty Lands

In case you haven’t noticed, it’s the western part of the United States that is feeling thirsty right now. The combination of high temperatures and less rain than usual has been brutal, and the scariest part is that there is no end in sight.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comcast Celebrates Kyle Busch and his 100th NASCAR Xfinity Series Win with Free Laptops and Internet Connectivity for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee

Comcast donated 100 laptops and a year of free Internet Essentials to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee to celebrate NASCAR’s Kyle Busch becoming the first driver in NASCAR Xfinity Series history to reach 100 wins.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Drop by Drop Project Grant Recipients are Working to Protect our Most Precious Resource - Water

Through Sands ECO360, our global sustainability program, we continuously investigate and implement strategies to protect the planet we all share.

Education

The Future of Innovation Relies On Students' Interest in Stem. Here's How One Robotics Program Is Creating a Competitive Talent Pipeline.

According to the Department of Labor, more than 65% of today's students will have careers that do not yet exist. We must introduce today's young people to careers in STEM to address these gaps and emerging challenges that threaten our aging infrastructure.

Energy

Rockwell Automation Technologies Help to Light Eiffel Tower

To create the light show, a team from EOdev, a subsidiary of Energy Observer, built a hydrogen fuel cell-based power generator using Rockwell energy management technologies.

Health & Healthcare

SC Johnson and AccuWeather Announce Launch of First-of-its-Kind Pest Index to Help Families Plan for a Summer Full of Memories...Not Pests

Summer is in full swing, and as people spend more time outside they’re likely to encounter pests including mosquitoes, ticks, ants and cockroaches that can quickly ruin a good time.

Diversity & Inclusion

Quest Diagnostics Named a "Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion" for Fourth Consecutive Year

Quest Diagnostic, the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, announced it has been named to the 2021 Disability Equality Index® (DEI) Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion by Disability: IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD).

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Enbridge's Board Supports and Guides the Company Towards Sustainability and Inclusion

“We strongly endorse the Company’s new net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions commitment and accelerated diversity goals at senior management and workforce levels. We support the link between these objectives and incentive compensation. These are important steps as they position Enbridge to grow sustainably for decades to come while helping to build a more equitable and inclusive society.”

Responsible Production & Consumption

Welspun Flooring Earns First Certification Under New Zero Waste Program from SCS Global Services

SCS Global Services (SCS), a global leader in third-party environmental and sustainability certification services, today announced that Welspun Flooring Limited has become the first company to achieve certification under SCS’ new Zero Waste Standard.

Health & Healthcare

Accelerating Results for Patients

Actively listening to patients and all our stakeholders to uncover how we might best meet their needs and expectations is what inspires me and what gets me up in the morning, every single workday. This is delivering on our employee and patient experience.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Principal Financial Group: Financial Inclusion
    Helping individuals and businesses gain access to useful financial products and services to meet their needs—from savings, credit, and insurance to...
  2. Cascale Events
    Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...
  3. Whole Planet
    Whole Planet, a pillar of Whole Foods Market Foundation, helps people living in poverty build long-term financial resilience through income growth...
  4. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...
  5. Leadership
    Cascale demonstrates industry leadership and collaboration to drive collective action, by sharing insight into key sustainability topics inside and...
  6. Goals That Inspire: Environmental Stewardship
    Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...
  7. 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...
  8. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  9. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  10. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  11. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  12. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  13. 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...
  14. TCS | goIT
    Tata Consultancy Services is proud to bring you goIT In 2009, TCS North America launched goIT, its signature community engagement initiative.The...
  15. 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...