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Energy

Alliant Energy Reaches Milestone, Completes 1000 MW of Wind in Iowa

Alliant Energy announces completion of its plan to add 1,000 megawatts (MW) of wind production in Iowa, several months ahead of schedule and within budget.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Impact of COVID-19 on a Company: 6 Questions for the Chief Financial Officer of Johnson & Johnson

When you're the CFO of a company, you have a holistic view of how a pandemic can touch every aspect of a business, especially when it's a healthcare company. So we posed inquiring mind questions to Joe Wolk about what the past eight months have been like for him at the financial helm of the company—via a Zoom interview.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

UnitedHealth Group's Diverse Scholars Initiative

Environment

BIER Stakeholder Spotlight: Hugh Share

Welcome to our series aimed at spotlighting the individual leaders within BIER member companies and stakeholder organizations.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Whole Planet Foundation and Microfinance Partners Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis: Update

In March, I wrote the blog Whole Planet Foundation and Microfinance Partners Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis around how those living in poverty are already in a more vulnerable position, which can be further exacerbated during any external shock such as war, earthquakes, droughts or health crises.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Philip Morris International's Statement of Purpose Moves a Step Closer to Action & Sets Example for Others

The Business Roundtable’s Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation in August 2019 elicited many “nice start, what’s next?” reactions.

Diversity & Inclusion

How Business Roundtable Companies Have Responded to Four Critical Issues Advancing Racial Equity in the Workplace

Examples like Intel’s demonstrate exemplary commitment to diverse vendors, which contains both leading supplier diversity goals as well as reporting requirements to help their non-diverse suppliers to become more diverse.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Take Time To Volunteer

While the pandemic has disrupted our traditional in-person volunteer program, NortonLifeLock Volunteer Leaders have identified creative ways to engage employees in virtual volunteering.

Education

How EHS Professionals Design an Effective eLearning Program

eLearning. Online training. Webinars. Web-based training. Microlearning. Trainers today have a myriad of choices on how to deliver training. How do we ensure that our employees not only meet minimum requirements but also learn something useful?

Health & Healthcare

UnitedHealth Group is Working to Reduce The Total Cost of Care

UnitedHealth Group is working to reduce the total cost of health care with initiatives that strengthen transparency, engagement and incentives for consumers; optimize sites of care; apply value-based payment models and eliminate surprise billing.

Health & Healthcare

Biomimicry Innovation: change:WATER Labs

change:WATER Labs is changing the way humans process waste, and it all has to do with water. They recognized that if water is removed from human waste, all that's left is a compact solid that would be much easier to collect and sterilize.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Whirlpool Corporation Named a 'Best Place to Work for People With Disabilities' for Fourth Straight Year

For the fourth year in a row, Whirlpool Corporation has been named one of the best places to work for people with disabilities, as part of the 2020 Disability Equality Index (DEI).

Innovation & Technology

STEM Careers Coalition to Celebrate Manufacturing Day October 2nd

Members of the STEM Careers Coalition – the first-of-its-kind national STEM initiative powered by corporate leaders and anchored in schools by Discovery Education – are helping educators nationwide imbue today’s students with spirit of innovation during Manufacturing (MFG) Day.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Tersano's Patented SAO® Solution Meets Requirements to Kill the Novel Coronavirus on Hard Surfaces

Tersano, Inc. announced today its patented Stabilized Aqueous Ozone (SAO®) solution is compliant with the requirements established in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), to eliminate SARS-CoV-2, the pathogen that causes COVID-19. Tersano’s SAO solution kills over 99.99% of the MHV coronavirus within one minute.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

CSRHub's Bahar Gidwani Speaking at 2020 Wall Street Green Summit

Bahar Gidwani will be speaking on a panel about Sustainable Finance Megatrends at the 2020 Virtual Wall Street Green Summit.

Energy

Black & Veatch Names Rob Wilhite Vice President of Global Distributed Energy

The rise of distributed energy resources (DER) is changing power distribution as policy makers, regulators and the public press for decarbonization, energy independence, resiliency and sustainability.

Health & Healthcare

The Path Forward to a Next-Generation Health System

We believe a next-generation health system should build on the strengths of the current system, enable public-private partnerships and leverage private-sector innovation.

Environment

Freeport-McMoRan Helps Discover Two New Crab Species in Papua

Two new species of crab have been discovered in the rich ecosystem of the Ajkwa River estuary by the PT Freeport Indonesia (PT-FI) biodiversity research team.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Primo Water North America Achieves Carbon Neutrality in Its U.S. Operations

Primo Water Corporation today announced that Primo Water North America, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Primo is now a CarbonNeutral® certified company that has achieved certification under The CarbonNeutral Protocol

Environment

Expert Advice: Connecting With Urban Forestry Experts to Help Rebuild Detroit's Tree Canopy

Urban tree canopies provide numerous benefits to communities and to the environment. They reduce air pollution and summer peak temperatures, provide wildlife habitats and neighborhood beautification, which can increase property values, and improve social ties among neighbors and within the community.

Sustainable Development Goals

Kohler Co. Launches Safe Water for All to Address Global Water and Sanitation Crisis

Kohler Co. today announced the launch of Safe Water For All, an initiative to further address pressing issues around water access, quality, and conservation and broaden public awareness around water issues.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

RESOLVE, VoteSafe, and Mission for Masks Partner to Launch Gear Up to VoteSafe

RESOLVE, VoteSafe, and Mission for Masks announce an initiative to support safe, in-person voting by getting personal protective equipment (PPE) to election officials, poll workers, volunteers, and voters for the upcoming U.S. national election, taking place during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Health & Healthcare

CRB Design-Build With Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing Picked To Manufacture COVID-19 Solution

CRB recently completed the design and construction of a large-scale facility for Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing that has been selected by the U.S. government to increase domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing for vaccines or therapeutics in the fight against COVID-19.

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