Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Education

New Lessons for Remote Education

Students and teachers were forced to adapt to online learning this past year. The pivot gave them a chance to rethink how we teach - and how we learn.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: Who's Your Favorite Chemist?

Where humans often use toxic substances in our chemistry, the natural world’s chemistry is overwhelmingly benign.

Energy

Siemens Energy Teams up With Duke Energy, Clemson University to Study Hydrogen Use

Siemens Energy, Duke Energy and Clemson University have teamed up to study the use of hydrogen for energy storage and as a low- or no-carbon fuel source to produce energy

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Tetra Tech Receives Environmental Business Journal Business Achievement Award for COVID Response Services

Environmental Business Journal (EBJ) honored Tetra Tech with the Business Achievement Award for COVID Response for our approach to advising high-performance building clients throughout the pandemic.

Environment

Lessons in Light and Security

The Zoological Lighting Institute’s inaugural blog series, focuses on light and security, considering security in terms of environmental justice, cultural politics, and sustainable financial productivity.

Health & Healthcare

Novartis and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Collaborate to Discover and Develop an Accessible in Vivo Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease

Novartis today announced that it has entered into a grant agreement with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. As part of the agreement, the foundation will provide funding support for the discovery and development of a single-administration, in vivo gene therapy to cure sickle cell disease (SCD).

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Employee Financial Wellness: How to Use an Employee Assistance Fund to Help Employees During COVID and Other Financial Hardships

America’s Charities’ new guide, Help Employees Overcome Unexpected Financial Hardships and Stress with Employee Assistance Funds, will help you learn all about the whats, whys, and hows of starting, expanding, or outsourcing your EAF program.

Energy

Cummins to Power North America's First Hydrogen-Powered Ferry

A 70-foot, 75 passenger, zero-emission ferry named “Sea Change” will be the flagship for a planned future fuel cell powered fleet in the bay area of San Francisco.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

ON Semiconductor Helps to Make a Difference for Alzheimer's Patients

A key component of our company’s corporate social responsibility program is our community initiatives.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CNH Industrial India Certified As a Great Place to Work® for the Second Consecutive Year

Great Place to Work®, the global authority in workplace culture assessment and recognition, has re-certified CNH Industrial (India) Pvt. Ltd. in its 2021 company ranking in India. This is the second consecutive year of certification for the Company.

Environment

Climate Action 100+ Investors to Raise Corporate Climate Ambition for 2021 Proxy Season

Investor signatories to Climate Action 100+ are seeking higher climate ambition for the 2021 proxy season with the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters. In anticipation of the initiative’s first Net Zero Company Benchmark - to be publicly released next month - investors are filing shareholder resolutions and focusing on board governance at companies that lag on key benchmark indicators.

Research, Reports & Publications

NYC Asian Communities Hit Earlier and Harder by COVID-19

It was just one year ago when we first heard of a new coronavirus in Wuhan, China, that was threatening to turn into a pandemic. Just months later it had spread to nearly every corner of the globe, leaving death and economic hardship in its wake.

Social Impact & Volunteering

8 Ways to Lead With Love in the New Year

Want to make some good changes in 2021? Check out these simple ways you can better yourself, your community and our world.

Education

The Home Depot Continues Support for HBCUs with $1 Million Donation

The Home Depot will contribute $1 million in grants to support campus improvements at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) through its annual Retool Your School program, for which voting is now open.

Media & Communications

Jenny Cohen Named Executive Vice President, Social Responsibility, the Walt Disney Company

Jenny Cohen has been named Executive Vice President, Social Responsibility, The Walt Disney Company, it was announced today by Bob Chapek, Chief Executive Officer.

Diversity & Inclusion

Key Accomplishments: Our People

Our Company owes its success to the hard work and dedication of our employees. Our varied backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and ideas help us increase our global awareness and are crucial to our ability to innovate.

Sustainable Development Goals

Webinar / What the Clarbon? Demystifying the Climate-Carbon Nexus

Climate vs Carbon: What’s the difference? How are businesses impacted by each? How should businesses develop a strategy to address both? What are stakeholders asking for? All these questions will be answered in the next Antea Group webinar.

Diversity & Inclusion

Owens Corning Launches Virtual Book Club Focused on Inclusion and Diversity

OC’s African American Resource Group launched a virtual book club focused on inclusion and diversity to continue to drive connection among our employees.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Painting the Way Towards a Sustainable Future

The intersection between sustainability and innovation is where the future of material science is heading.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Herbalife Nutrition and The Herbalife Nutrition Foundation Donate More Than $3 Million To Help Eradicate Hunger Around The Globe

Herbalife Nutrition, is celebrating the success of its Nutrition for Zero Hunger initiative. This ongoing initiative is aimed at eradicating hunger and to date the company and the Herbalife Nutrition Foundation have donated more than $3 million in financial aid and in-kind gifts.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

PayPal and CARE USA Honored With 'Golden Halos' for Best-in-Class Corporate Social Impact Efforts

Engage for Good has named PayPal and CARE USA its 2021 Golden Halo Award winners, the group’s highest honor for companies and causes that engage in activities designed to do well by doing good.

Green Infrastructure

"Our Need for Reliable, Sustainable Transportation Has Never Been More Important"

At CES 2021, General Motors revealed its new business, BrightDrop, and its all-electric commercial vehicle, the BrightDrop EV600.

Environment

Schneider Electric is Taking Climate Change Action

The need for action towards a low-carbon future is undeniable. The time to gain a better understanding of climate change and create a more defined plan to mitigate it is now. The answers lie in digitization and innovation.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Nature Valley Launches First-Ever Store Drop-off Recyclable Snack Bar Wrapper

The newly packaged bars bring Nature Valley closer to achieving its commitment to 100% recyclable packaging by 2025. By purposefully not patenting this wrapper, Nature Valley is welcoming other brands to apply the technology to their products.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Vision 2030: Thriving People and Communities

We believe a better future is possible, and that starts with #InvestingInPeople.

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