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Health & Healthcare

Hindsight Is 2020

From mobile mindfulness to work-from-home strategies, we've gathered the best advice from 2020 to help us navigate 2021.

Diversity & Inclusion

HACR Announces New Board Chair and Executive Committee

Ramiro Cavazos, president and CEO of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, will lead the board of directors.

Environment

Partners Working Together to Help Landowners Restore and Manage Longleaf Pine Forests in Mississippi and Alabama

The Longleaf Alliance, Wildlife Mississippi, the Mississippi Forestry Association, Enviva, and other partners are working together to boost longleaf pine habitats in southern Mississippi and southwestern Alabama by creating new opportunities for public and private landowners in this region.

Environment

Meet the Faces of the Forest in Ticonderoga

The faces of the forest are the people who work the land, nurture the trees and make the paper and packaging products we rely on for so many things.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Franklin Templeton Recognizes Employees for Community Service in Poland, Canada and USA

Every year since 2007, Franklin Templeton has recognized employees who make extraordinary contributions to their communities with the Harmon E. Burns Award.

Environment

Overcoming Challenges to Mainstreaming Ecosystem Restoration

Ecosystem restoration can play a direct role in successfully reducing the effects of climate change and offsetting carbon levels in the atmosphere, but several barriers stand in the way of these initiatives reaching their full ecological potential.

Environment

Net Zero Gaining Momentum Like Never Before Among Investor and Business Community

2020 can't get behind us fast enough. But the shocking realization we've all faced about how vulnerable our society and global economy is also one of the reasons we've seen the remarkable embrace of ‘net zero’ by the business community this year.

Green Infrastructure

Cambium Carbon and the Arbor Day Foundation Pilot “Reforestation Hubs” in Four U.S. Cities

Cambium Carbon, in partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation, today announced the pilot launch of “Reforestation Hubs,” an innovative model geared toward improving resource efficiency and carbon capture at the municipal level

Sustainable Development Goals

Driving Trust and Confidence for Food Safety Through Our Vast Ecosystem

The pandemic has inevitably changed many things for many of us, but our focus remains clear. We all stand united for safe food for consumers everywhere.

Education

MilliporeSigma's Curiosity Labs at Home: Bright as a New Penny

Have you ever wondered what causes copper coins to look dirty? Check out MilliporeSigma's Curiosity Labs at Home video to learn how to make them shiny again!

Social Impact & Volunteering

The National Mentoring Partnership Celebrates January As National Mentoring Month With Mentoring Amplifies Movement

January is National Mentoring Month and this year, MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership, is announcing its Mentoring Amplifies campaign in partnership with American Student Assistance (ASA).

Research, Reports & Publications

The Arbor Day Foundation's Tree Campus Programs

In 2020, the Arbor Day Foundation expanded it's Tree Campus program to include college and university campuses as well healthcare facility campuses. The result of this growth has led to a tremendous impact on the future of our urban forests.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

T. Rowe Price Supports the Creative Community During COVID-19

T. Rowe Price highlights needs in the creative community during COVID-19 and supports the Baltimore Emergency Artist Relief Fund.

Diversity & Inclusion

CR & Sustainability Gender Pay Gap Narrows

​There is still room for improvement surrounding the remuneration disparities between men and women, despite the narrowing of the gender pay gap globally, according to the CR & Sustainability (CR&S) Salary Survey 2020.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

KFC and Pizza Hut Launch New Plastic Reduction Initiatives in China

KFC China recently launched a "Be Natural, Be You" sustainability campaign to enhance consumers' awareness of environmental protection and encourage more sustainable lifestyles, including reducing the use of disposable plastic packaging and better waste sorting.

Environment

WBCSD Report Helps Business Accelerate Consistent and Credible Actions for Climate and Nature.

Natural climate solutions can help to deliver up to 37% of the solutions to achieve the Paris Agreement. Yet, to scale up investment in these nature-based solutions, business requires clarity on its scope and requirements.

Innovation & Technology

Cybersecurity: Alexion's First Line of Defense

October is Security Awareness Month and to celebrate, Alexion’s Global Security Team gave employees a “Backstage Pass” to learning how continuous vigilance keeps patients, our people and our assets safe.

Events, Media & Communications

The General Mills Foundation and UNCF Present the 31st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Breakfast Featuring Dr. Bernice King and Ambassador Andrew Young

Organized in partnership by General Mills and UNCF, the event’s theme is “Our Rising Voices: A Call for Bold Social Action.” Through this event, we join voices to reaffirm the values, words and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Ceres Opposes Proposed OCC Rule That Would Make the U.S. Banking System More Vulnerable to Climate Risk

Ceres submitted formal comments today in opposition to a newly proposed rule from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC), explaining how it fundamentally misrepresents climate risk management, and warning that it would put the country’s banking system and economy in harm’s way.

Health & Healthcare

United and CDC Work Together on Contact Tracing Initiative for All International and Domestic Flights

United Airlines with the support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced a program to collect customer contact information for all international and domestic flights.

Education

Rockwell Automation Launches Milwaukee's First Math Week Dec. 14-18

Rockwell Automation, in partnership with MIND Research Institute and Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS), launched its first Milwaukee Math Week Challenge on Monday, Dec. 14, at 8 a.m. through midnight Friday, Dec. 18.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation Welcomes Applications for 2021 Grassroots Grants with KidsGardening to Connect More Children to Benefits of Gardening

To support the rise in gardening nationwide and address the critical need to connect more children to healthy food, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation today opened its GroMoreGood Grassroots Grants with national nonprofit KidsGardening.

Media & Communications

The U.S.A. & the 2015 Paris Accord: Five Years On, the Largest Economy on Earth Promises to Return - With a Cabinet of Climate Change Champions Preparing for Action

Seems like just yesterday we were celebrating the great promise of the 21st Century – the Paris Accord. Can you believe, it is now five years on (260 weeks or so this December) since the meeting in the “City of Lights” of the Conference of Parties.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Creating An Award-Winning Workplace Where Parents Are Supported

Workiva was recognized on the 2020 Best Workplaces for Parents list by Great Place to Work. In honor of the award, members of the It Takes Village Employee Resource Group share how Workiva has supported them – especially during a challenging year.

Innovation & Technology

Paradigm Shift: Industry Veterans Harness Cutting-Edge Technology to Identify Leaks

There’s not much that Flint Hills Resources’ Mike Clausewitz and Deb Preschler don’t know about safely refining oil and producing petrochemicals. Deb, an operations innovation director, and Mike, an enterprise leak detection and repair (LDAR) execution lead, have together clocked up nearly 60 years at Flint Hills’ Corpus Christi East and West, two of the three Flint Hills Resources refineries that separate oil into jet fuel, low-sulfur gasoline, diesel and the petrochemicals used to manufacture clothing, carpet, tires and much more.

Latest Campaigns

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