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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Pentair Earns 2020 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award

Pentair is proud to announce it received the 2020 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award for continued leadership and superior contributions to ENERGY STAR.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women's History Month - A Time to Reflect and Be Inspired

In celebration of women’s history month, we highlight some of the women whose hard work and tenacity have inspired us and made an impact on our past, present and future.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

EPA Names LG Electronics 2020 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year

LG Electronics has been named 2020 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Health & Healthcare

With #AloneTogether, the Media Industry Unites to Drive Awareness

Even in isolation, we’re not alone. That’s the message that’s at the core of the #AloneTogether campaign, which calls on audiences around the world to stay at home amid the coronavirus crisis.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Blackbaud Announces New Measures to Support Customers and Global Community in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

Blackbaud, the world’s leading cloud software company powering social good, announced new measures to support its customers and the broader social economy as many organizations are thrown into crisis mode in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Environment

In Context: Australia Fires and the Arbor Day Foundation Response

The Australia bushfires captured the attention of people around the globe. For the Arbor Day Foundation, that urgent action takes place in both forest & community settings, working alongside our local partners on the ground for tree recovery efforts

Research, Reports & Publications

Delivering Resiliency as a Service

Regulators expect utilities to be forward-thinking in the current dynamic market while also offering shareholders a return on investment. The quickest answer? Opening up a different stream of revenue by offering “resiliency as a service."

Research, Reports & Publications

The CR and Sustainability Salary Survey 2020

The growing areas of corporate responsibility and sustainability have always been difficult to define, and the survey’s purpose is to provide a clearer view of how corporate responsibility and sustainability professionals fit into the modern business landscape.

Innovation & Technology

Artificial Intelligence Drives Asia’s Urban Water Treatment Success

Artificial intelligence (AI) is perceived as a key pillar of urban water treatment and Southeast Asia governments are racing to establish the region as an AI hub.

Research, Reports & Publications

Building an Inclusive Culture at VMware

As “social distancing” and “sheltering in place” become our new normal, it’s so important that we connect and share our fears, struggles and hopefully small wins.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

PepsiCo Natural Brands are Alleviating Poverty through Whole Planet Foundation

In 2020, Naked and KeVita have committed $150,000 to Whole Planet Foundation to fund microloans for people living in poverty where Whole Foods Market sources products.

Health & Healthcare

Kerry Washington Just Did a COVID-19 Q&A With California’s Surgeon General for ‘Together At Home’

Award-winning actor Kerry Washington interviewed Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, the surgeon-general of California, about coronavirus as part of the “Together At Home” virtual series and campaign.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Sysco Doing a 'Pop-Up Produce Giveaway' Today for Hospitality Workers, Others Who Lost Jobs

As part of efforts to help people who work in the hospitality industry and have been hurt by the COVID-19 crisis, Sysco Pittsburgh is giving those people and others who need it food at a drive-up distribution.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

MetLife Foundation Commits $25 Million to Global COVID-19 Response

MetLife Foundation today announced that it is committing $25 million to the global response to COVID-19 in support of communities impacted by the pandemic.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Open Call for Applicants: GRI's Multi-Stakeholder Ethos in Action

Global search to strengthen GRI’s representation of different organizations and interests, through an open call for new members to join its governance bodies.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Report Highlights How Mondi Is Contributing to a Better World by Making Packaging Sustainable by Design

Leading global packaging and paper group Mondi released its interactive 2019 Sustainable Development report last week. The report illustrates how Mondi is meeting rising demand for sustainable packaging using paper where possible, plastic when useful

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

ON Semiconductor Donates 10,000 Masks to Help Fight Coronavirus

ON Semiconductor donated 10,000 face masks in Phoenix, Arizona on March 26th to kick-off the city of Phoenix’s personal protective equipment donation drive for first responders as well as assist the largest health care provider in Arizona, Banner Health.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women’s History Month: Wise Words for Future Leaders

We asked some of our women leaders across the ScottsMiracle-Gro business to share the experiences, successes and challenges of their leadership journey in order to inspire and encourage us all.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Updated: Gift from Dan, Kathelen Amos Allows Piedmont to Add 36 COVID-19 Beds in Doctors Hospital

A million-dollar gift from Aflac Chairman Dan Amos and his wife, Kathelen, will allow Piedmont Columbus Regional to put 36 new beds in the old Doctors Hospital building, according to a news release Monday morning.

Health & Healthcare

UPS Mobilizes Against Coronavirus in Collaboration With Global Customers and U.S. Agencies

UPS announced an unprecedented increase in efforts in coordination with the President’s Coronavirus Taskforce, FEMA, and State health agencies

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CIT Announces Community Support for Those Affected by COVID-19

CIT (NYSE: CIT) today outlined a $1 million community commitment to support those affected by COVID-19.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

MetLife Foundation Donates $50,000 to Northern Illinois Food Bank to Help Those Impacted by Coronavirus

MetLife Foundation announced today that it is donating $50,000 to Northern Illinois Food Bank to help deal with increased demand for their services as a result of coronavirus.

Health & Healthcare

FedEx Stands Up Special Operation to Help Fight COVID-19

FedEx Express has announced it stood up a special operation to help the U.S. government quickly move COVID-19 test specimens from more than 50 remote drive-thru testing centers at major retailers across 12 states.

Innovation & Technology

Black & Veatch’s Incubator Launches Campaign for Coronavirus Solutions

From its prompting of citizens to socially distance themselves to its rising infection rates and economic devastation, the novel coronavirus pandemic has meant unprecedented, tragic disruption.

Research, Reports & Publications

Alexion Highlights Brighter Futures in 2019 CSR Report

Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALXN) releases its inaugural corporate social responsibility (CSR) report, Brighter Futures.

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