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Diversity & Inclusion

Aramark Celebrates Female Leadership, Presents First EMPOWER Awards

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Aramark (NYSE:ARMK), a global leader in food, facilities management and uniforms, is recognizing the commitment and contributions of women in its workplace, with the inaugural EMPOWER Awards.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

ESG's Emerging Leading Role in Capital Markets

Company management teams and boards are embracing positive environmental and social impact as an opportunity to drive growth and higher public-market valuations.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

ON Semiconductor Included in Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index in 2021

ON Semiconductor is celebrating to be one of the 380 companies across 11 sectors included in the 2021 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) – our company’s second consecutive year as part of the index.

Diversity & Inclusion

A Powerful Kick-off To Black History Month

An acceleration in digital technology was key to the month’s success, and made live-streaming to thousands of homebound employees easy. But perhaps most remarkably, the backbone of these events was the work of volunteers.

Green Infrastructure

Keysight Launches Test Solution for Electric Vehicle Charging and Grid-Edge Applications

Energy infrastructures are changing, and the electrification of vehicles is expected to create significant charging demands on the grid, while expanding the opportunity for energy storage through vehicle-to-grid power applications.

Events, Media & Communications

HRH The Prince of Wales Confirms Reuters Events Responsible Business 2021 Opening Keynote

Ahead of this year’s critically important COP26 meeting, HRH The Prince of Wales will urge CEOs and organisations around the globe to support action and international agreements and commit to taking bold action on climate and biodiversity.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women in Leadership Spotlight: Caroline Kim Oh, CKO Coaching & Consulting

In honor of Women's History Month, executive & leadership coach Caroline Kim Oh shares her experiences as a woman and Asian immigrant in #leadership, plus valuable lessons for leaders of all backgrounds.

Environment

Three Tips That You Might Not Know for Saving Water in Your Yard

In celebration of World Water Day and spring greenup, we’re sharing tips and insights to help you understand ways to maximize lawn water use efficiency all season long.

Education

Qualcomm's #DigitalGiveBack Campaign

During Qualcomm’s #DigitalGiveBack campaign, more than 770 computing devices (desktops, laptops, and tablets), 170 monitors or screens, and more than 4,000 pounds of other hardware were donated by Qualcomm employees and San Diego community members.

Events, Media & Communications

LIVE WEBCAST: International WELL Building Institute to Lead Live Webcast Focusing on Climate Change, Human Health and the Built Environment

LIVE WEBCAST: Climate change has been defined both in context of the planetary and human health, but all too often building scale issues such as energy efficiency and air quality are pitted against each other.

Responsible Production & Consumption

La Red de Innovación e Impacto Initiative - Join us!

If your organization promotes economic, social and environmental development at the regional level, we invite you to be a member of the Innovation and Impact Network.

Education

Professional Learning Resource Creating a Trauma-Informed Educational Environment

Each day, educators find that many of their students are struggling with self-esteem, relationship issues, anxiety, and general stress. COVID-19 has interrupted students’ continuity of learning, left them missing friends and school, deprived them of the normalcy and connections of sports and activities.

Diversity & Inclusion

Alkermes Celebrates Female Oncology Pioneer in Honor of Women’s History Month

During Womens History Month we honor Dr. Mary-Claire King, who forever changed oncology by discovering mutations to BRCA could cause genetically inherited breast cancer.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Five Cities in Colorado, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas Offer Free Financial Counseling to Residents in Need

NEW YORK -- The Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund (CFE Fund) announced the selection of five additional local governments to replicate the proven Financial Empowerment Center (FEC) model under its nationwide FEC Public platform. Selected municipalities will work to launch free, professional one-on-one financial counseling as a free public service for low-income residents, including as they deal with the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women in Technology Accept the Challenge

Choose to challenge is this year’s International Women’s Day theme. Women in the technology industry have been doing this for decades.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Stepping in Together To Help the Children of Lebanon

A workplace’s volunteering culture has always been my number one factor when evaluating different job offers–and for that, I could not have made a better decision than to join Cisco.

Diversity & Inclusion

Watch Energea's Sustainability Spotlight Series: Gypsy Hill Supply a Vintage Clothing Shop

When Alyce and Taylor went to Paris, in 2017, they recognized the lack of quality secondhand fashion retailers here in the United States and thus launched their shop. The business combines their love of quality clothes with their interest in sustainable fashion. They find quality pieces of clothing that will last a lifetime and ship it to their customers in a repurposed box.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

SFDR Looks Beyond the Balance Sheet, Through Greenwashing. Data Strategies Must Change.

When the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) came into force on March 10, it might well have been news that passed many businesses by, writes Bart van Praag, General Manager, EMEA, Workiva.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Land Betterment Corporation Applauds Cureate for Being Selected as a Recipient of the Life Works Here Talent Initiative

Kim Bryden, Independent Director of Land Betterment, Founder and CEO of Cureate is expanding Cureate’s footprint to the Midwest to connect local food suppliers to institutional purchasers

Innovation & Technology

Smart Living? It's All About Simplicity

Smart living is all the rage. Find out how smart meters are quietly transforming homes in Hong Kong and opening up more energy-saving possibilities.

Health & Healthcare

How We're Tracking COVID-19 Variants

Now, as COVID-19 variants emerge across the globe, Abbott scientists — Virus Hunters to us — are helping the global effort to track known variants and identify new ones.

Environment

Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN) Positively Impacting 6 Million Lives Through Improved Clean Water Access, Sanitation Across Continent

Water security is critical to building resilient communities and economic empowerment across Africa.

Diversity & Inclusion

Can Technology Help Bring Women Back to the Workforce?

Visual artist Ashley Cecil’s professional life was upended when schools closed. The 39-year-old mother of two, who earns less than her husband, says it was clear she’d be the one to scale back.

Environment

International Paper Celebrates World Water Day

We're celebrating United Nations' World Water Day, a day to recognize water's vital role in supporting economic, social and human development.

Innovation & Technology

KEEN Creates Open-source Process for PFC-free Footwear As Part of Its Detox the Planet Initiative; Challenges Outdoor Footwear Industry to Be PFC-free by 2025

KEEN Creates Open-Source Process For PFC-free Footwear As Part Of Its Detox The Planet Initiative; Challenges Outdoor Footwear Industry To Be PFC-Free By 2025

Latest Campaigns

  1. 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...
  2. Growth Through Sustainability
    Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...
  3. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  4. GoDaddy | Customers
    GoDaddy is the world’s largest services platform for entrepreneurs around the globe. We’re on a mission to empower our worldwide community of 20+...
  5. 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...
  6. Policy and Regulation
    Cascale shares insights regarding policy and regulation impacting the consumer goods industry, and highlights how it's supporting members prepare for...
  7. Recognition of our Company
    As the leading sports and live music company in the world, we recognize our responsibility to provide industry leadership and to conduct our business...
  8. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
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    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
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  11. Drive for MPC
    At Marathon Petroleum, our professional truck drivers share one common vision: no accidents, no injuries, and no harm to the environment. We’re proud...
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  14. Environmental Sustainability
    As sustainability leaders, we implement our sustainability strategy across all company activities along the entire value chain, from raw materials to...
  15. Small Business Growth
    We strengthen communities and help create local jobs by investing in underserved small business owners. We fund nonprofits that are focused on...