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Research, Reports & Publications

The Hershey Company Releases Its 2021 ESG Report

Hershey's holistic ESG strategy, known as its Shared Goodness Promise, guides the company to make a positive impact at scale and leverage its business to advance more sustainable growth with socially conscious and responsible business practices.

Diversity & Inclusion

PSEG Celebrates Juneteenth

June 19 marks Juneteenth, a national holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States and celebrating African American freedom and achievement.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Black Is Excellence Honors Unsung Local Hometown Heroes

Cincinnati Office of Human Relations, Fifth Third Bank Collaborate with Community Advocate to Celebrate Achievements of Local African Americans

Research, Reports & Publications

Essity's Journey to Net Zero: Zero Production Waste

Essity works actively to turn production waste into a valuable resource with the target to reach zero production waste by 2030.

Research, Reports & Publications

Survey Results: ESG Practitioners Underprepared for Changing Global Regulations and Challenging Reporting Requirements

As ESG reporting requirements continue to evolve, businesses are faced with increasing complexity to report their ESG performance in a transparent and cohesive story to their varied stakeholders.

Events, Media & Communications

Industry Leaders Dare to Change for the Better

The second day of The Consumer Goods Forum Global Summit continued to explore the potential for responsible growth in the post-pandemic era, taking into account the confluence of issues and trends that converge with this transition.

Social Impact & Volunteering

The Home Depot Foundation and Osceola Council on Aging Complete Home Renovations for Air Force Veteran in Florida

Brian is an Air Force veteran with four years of service and severe mobility issues.

Innovation & Technology

Effective Data Management for Improved Healthcare

How can experts better manage and protect data while meeting government mandates to accelerate biomedical research? SAIC has the answer through the Koverse Data Platform (KDP) and through SAIC Tenjin, our data science and machine learning platform.

Diversity & Inclusion

Building Bridges to Career Opportunities

According to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) there are 29 active situations involving refugees, with a resounding impact upon 149 countries.

Research, Reports & Publications

Qurate Retail Group Releases Second Annual Corporate Responsibility Report

In 2021, Qurate Retail Group made significant advancements toward its goal of inspiring a more sustainable way to retail that is intentionally inclusive, entrepreneurially driven, responsibly curated and waste smart.

Research, Reports & Publications

Leading the Way to a Brighter Future, Coast to Coast

As a Main Street Bank, PNC is committed to delivering on each of our strategic priorities while looking out for the best interests of all of our stakeholders, including our customers, communities, employees and shareholders.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Invests in Collaborative Economic Development Strategy for Economically Distressed Areas of Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Rochester

KeyBank and the First Niagara Foundation are supporting New York State’s new Regional Revitalization Partnership (RRP) for the cities Of Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Rochester.

Research, Reports & Publications

KKR Releases 2021 Sustainability Report

The report, titled Scaling Up, outlines how KKR has been scaling efforts to manage environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues across its investment portfolio and global operations.

Diversity & Inclusion

Nielsen Report Shows LGBTQ+ Respondents View Streaming Content As the Most Inclusive Programming Across Media Platforms

Nielsen released its 2022 LGBTQ+ Diverse Intelligence Series report - Seeking Authenticity: A View of International LGBTQ+ Media Perceptions - which revealed that LGBTQ+ respondents find streaming content to be the most inclusive of their identity group relative to other media platforms.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Collaboration on Sustainability Reporting by GRI and ISSB

Technical representatives from GRI and the International Sustainability Standards Board begin work on delivering the agreed MOU

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Equal Exchange: A Mission Accomplished

It was a fortuitous sharing of vision and willingness to take risks that drove Equal Exchange founders Rink Dickinson, Jonathan Rosenthal, and Michael Rozyne in 1986 to move forward with their vision of Fair Trade and a better world.

Health & Healthcare

Green Shield Canada Releases 2021 Social Impact Report

Green Shield Canada (GSC) is proud to release its 2021 Social Impact Report, tracking organizational highlights from the past year and documenting GSC’s commitment to Better Health for All.

Education

Trane Technologies Announces Sponsorship of the Science Museum of Minnesota's KAYSC STEM Freedom School

Global climate innovator Trane Technologies (NYSE:TT) has provided the Science Museum of Minnesota with over $280,000 to support the Kitty Andersen Youth Science Center (KAYSC) STEM Freedom School.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

What Investors Look for in ESG Programs

What are investors looking for in a company’s ESG performance? When companies are managing, measuring climate change, employee engagement and other ESG data points, they are showing a business with excellent management practices.

Education

Global Robotics Community FIRST Prepares Students To Thrive as Adults in a Rapidly Changing World

Wireless communications innovator Qualcomm Incorporated supports FIRST. It has been hiring FIRST students because of their advanced skill sets since 2006.

Environment

Redesigning Healthcare Packaging for a More Sustainable Lifecycle

DuPont partnered with B. Braun Medical Inc. to spotlight a Tyvek® medical packaging solution that addresses industry and consumer needs while having a measurable, positive impact on our shared sustainability goals.

Diversity & Inclusion

Lenovo Signs Declaration of Amsterdam, Underlining the Company's Commitment to Its LGBTIQ+ Employees

To mark International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT), Lenovo has signed the Declaration of Amsterdam, confirming its commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace for its LGBTIQ+ employees.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

2022 National Latino Leaders To Be Honored at the 7th Annual National Latino Leadership Conference

The Council for Latino Workplace Equity (CLWE), an initiative under the National Diversity Council, will host the Seventh Annual National Latino Leadership Conference on Tuesday, Sept. 20th and Wednesday, Sept. 21st

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Why Reforestation Is More Complicated Than You Think

In November 2018, a forest fire ignited in the extreme drought conditions of Butte County in Northern California, tearing down the steep terrain and through small towns in a literal firestorm.

Events, Media & Communications

Three Current and Potential Regulatory Changes for Commercial Motor Carriers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently made some changes to its driver qualifications requirements and is considering some new changes to govern truck speeds this year.

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