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Responsible Production & Consumption | Tetra Pak

Why Aseptic Cartons Matter in Global Food Systems

Most of us don’t often consider what happens to our milk or juice cartons once they’re empty. But the truth is, cartons do more than just contain food and drink—they protect it.
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Energy

Green Mountain Energy and Treehouse Partner to Offer Customers Affordable Option for EV Charger Installation

Green Mountain Energy

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Europe Leads the Way on Scope 3 Emissions: What Investors and Companies Need To Know

CSRHub

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Cocoa Market Turmoil: How Hershey Is Innovating Through Unprecedented Challenges

The Hershey Company

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sustainable Strategies for Grocery Growth

Tetra Pak

Energy

Stop Buying Energy Infrastructure. Start Buying Results.

Veolia North America

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Why Sustainability Is the Smartest Investment in an Uncertain Trade Landscape

DP World

Energy

Energy for a Better Future: Entergy’s Growth and Resiliency Strategy

Entergy Corporation

Energy

AllianceBernstein: Power Play: How To Invest Smarter in the Race for Electrification

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Diversity & Inclusion

Northwestern Minnesota Farm Girl Finds Role at General Mills To Address Global Food and Agriculture Challenges

Meredith Kruger Kos is an Impact Analyst for the General Mills Foundation and the latest feature in our ‘You Grow, Girl!’ series, which aims to amplify the voices of female farmers around the world.

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Diversity & Inclusion

How BOOK IT! Is Helping Children See Themselves in the Stories They Read

As the conversation around social justice & equitable access to opportunity progresses, the Pizza Hut & BOOK IT! teams will continue to do their part to provide access to books that help children develop a deeper connection to the world around them.

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Research, Reports & Publications

MetLife 2019 Sustainability Report: Driving Solutions Through Insights

In 2019, we published MetLife’s 17th annual U.S. Employee Benefit Trends Study. Our annual employee benefit trends study surveys employees and employers across the U.S. to examine changing workplace dynamics — and how employers can best respond to them. In 2019, we focused on how employers can attract, engage, and retain the best talent by helping employees thrive in work and in life.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Effect of COVID-19 on Operating Expenses in 2020

It is vitally important for businesses to carefully consider the various ways COVID-19 will impact their real estate operating expenses in the foreseeable future. CBRE has compiled the following information to help pinpoint these considerations.

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Education

Inspiring Students to Take Flight During National Aviation Week

On August 19, 1871, world-renowned aviation pioneer Orville Wright was born. Along with sibling Wilbur, the Wright Brothers invented and engineered the first motor-operated airplane. Thanks to their world-altering creation, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established August 19th as National Aviation Week.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Ecocentricity Blog: Unsung Heroes

Humans rarely design systems of production with decomposition in mind. Whether it’s a snow ski, a scooter or a skyscraper, the things humans make often lack a clear plan for disassembly into their basic building blocks, and it’s a significant problem.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Strengthening Wildlife Resource Governance in Zambia

Zambia is home to some of Africa’s most spectacular landscapes, premier national parks, and Africa’s Big Five game animals—lions, leopards, rhinoceroses, elephants, and African buffalo. Each year, nearly 1 million visitors make wildlife tourism a major contributor to Zambia’s economy and one of the few sources of formal employment for communities in rural areas.

Health & Healthcare

UPS Longitudes | We Need More Eco-Friendly Packaging in Healthcare

Progress is a wonderful thing. Data shows us that people today are collectively more healthy, literate and environmentally conscious than at any point in human history.

Environment

Tetra Pak's 2020 Sustainability Report Highlights Commitment to Food, People and Futures

Tetra Pak published its 2020 Sustainability Report, celebrating the many ways the company has worked to protect food, people and futures in the past year. An annual tradition since 1999, this year's report is especially poignant in the midst of a global pandemic, while the world's focus on planet and the environment is being challenged.

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Education

Fifth Third Bank's Project SEARCH Celebrates Graduates, Looks Ahead to Incoming Class

Project SEARCH is a one-year transition program for high school students with disabilities and provides marketable and skill-building opportunities that are geared to helping participants secure competitive employment.

Innovation & Technology

The Road to a Vaccine, Season 2, Ep. 3: How Is COVID-19 Affecting Children? What Parents Worldwide Should Know

Lisa Ling talks to UNICEF’s Henrietta Fore about global efforts to get all kids vaccinated. Harvard's Dr. Vikram Patel discusses children’s mental health during the pandemic. Plus, parents ask the experts their pressing questions about COVID-19.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Duke Energy Employees Choose $1 Million in Grants for Social Justice

Phyllis Young has volunteered for countless community events, nonprofit boards and fundraisers, but being able to help Willa Carson Health and Wellness Center in Clearwater, Fla., this year means more.

Health & Healthcare

Alexion Joins the Covid Alliance to Support Testing in Ireland

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the lives of people all around the world, inspiring individuals and companies alike to step up and serve their communities in more ways than ever before.

Health & Healthcare

Choosing Commercial Carpet for School Sensory Rooms

School may have been out for summer, but class was in session for our team at Mohawk Group as we worked on a sense-ational surprise for students at New Hope Middle School.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

The Heartwarming Project at Hershey

Young people between 18 and 22 are far more likely to report feeling lonely than any other generation and teens today report high levels of stress, anxiety and other mental health challenges.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Dow's Sustainability Targets Launch 2020

Dow announces aggressive new targets to address both carbon mitigation and plastic waste. Building on our 2025 Sustainability Goals, these targets will put Dow on a path to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and a waste-free world.

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Education

Pandemic Doesn't Stop High School Engineering Summer Camp

The Sonoma State University Engineering Summer Camp, funded by Keysight, didn't let the pandemic defeat them. They wound up selecting one cohort of 12 students to participate for two straight weeks, and did everything remotely.

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Education

CNH Industrial Announces 2020 Sergio Marchionne Student Achievement Awards Winners for North America

CNH Industrial N.V. announced the winners of the 2020 Sergio Marchionne Student Achievement Awards for North America.

Research, Reports & Publications

Evolving Location Strategies in the Era of COVID-19

As COVID-19 continues to change lives across the globe, many employers are wondering what effects the pandemic will have on industries, jobs and the workforce over the near and long term.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Paving His Own Road to Success Through eBay

After receiving his first dirt bike at the tender age of four, eBay seller Donovan Mitchell realized he wanted to become a professional motocross racer.

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Events, Media & Communications

Health Is the Heart of Resilience: Paving the Way to Better Risk Management

COVID-19 has laid bare the seemingly obvious, yet often overlooked fact that ensuring employee safety and health, not to mention customer and supply chain worker safety, is critical to executing a sustainable business strategy. Hear from a diverse...

Diversity & Inclusion

Building a More Inclusive and Diverse Environment at Cox

At Cox, we carry a shared responsibility to champion a more open environment, where everyone can use their unique talents and tenacity to drive growth – their own professional growth and the growth of our organization as a whole.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Direct Relief's 90 Ton Aid Shipment Heads to Lebanon Early Next Week

Trucks will haul the 80,000 pound shipment from the Santa Barbara warehouse to FedEx headquarters in Memphis, TN. From there, the aid will be flown to Lebanon.

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Health & Healthcare

Safety by Design: Safe Projects From Concept to Facility Operation

Safety by Design is a method of collaboration that brings design, EHS, and teams together to ensure that facilities are safe to build and safe to use. Here’s how we do it at CRB and how you can implement this approach.

Discovery Education

Education

AT&T and Discovery Education Put the Power of Sustainability in Students' Hands

Discovery Education today launches a new effort supported by AT&T, providing innovative, dynamic resources focused on sustainability through the award-winning Experience platform.

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