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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Sustainable Finance: How PNC Helps Clients Achieve ESG Goals

Sustainable finance at PNC continues to evolve, from its first green bond in 2019 to an inaugural social bond in 2021 & commitment to mobilize $20 billion in environmental finance as an extension of the company’s $88 billion Community Benefits Plan.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

LA Galaxy and adidas Donate More Than 300 Pairs of adidas Sneakers to Dolores Huerta Elementary School Students in Los Angeles

AEG’s LA Galaxy recently partnered with adidas and Tlaloc Studios, as part of the LA Galaxy Gazelle launch, to donate more than 300 pairs of adidas sneakers and school supplies to Dolores Huerta Elementary School in Los Angeles on Friday, Dec. 10, in celebration of the holiday season.

Green Infrastructure

United Airlines' Hydrogen-Electric Engines Bring Us One Step Closer to Net-Zero Air Travel

Today, we're the largest airline to invest ZeroAvia's hydrogen-electric engines, putting our customers in line for net-zero travel.

Diversity & Inclusion

Rockwell Automation Sponsors Marquee Racial Justice and Education Events

Rockwell Automation recently sponsored two of SE Wisconsin’s marquee events advocating for racial justice and education: the YWCA Southeast Wisconsin’s Evening to Promote Racial Justice and the Milwaukee Urban League’s annual Black and White Ball.

Research, Reports & Publications

Emerging Market Clean Energy Investment Slid As Covid-19 Spread

Despite a record-breaking year for energy transition investment in 2020, investors poured $67 billion fewer dollars into clean energy in emerging markets than they did into wealthier countries, a new study from research company BloombergNEF

Social Impact & Volunteering

Employees' Disaster Response Empowered by Lenovo's “Love On” Platform

Giving Tuesday is a time to reflect on the causes that matter most to us. Perhaps it’s a local community pet shelter, a food bank, or an NGO (Non Government Organization) helping people prepare for the careers of the future.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Dow Products Win Two 2021 ICIS Innovation Awards

A pair of groundbreaking technologies from Dow (NYSE: DOW) were recently honored with ICIS Innovation Awards, which recognize companies who are paving the way in product, process, and sustainability innovations across the chemicals industry.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

NortonLifeLock Donates More Than 1 Million Meals to Feed Neighbors

2.3 billion people lack year-round access to adequate food. We are taking action this season and have donated $150,000 to organizations providing hunger relief, including Feeding America, Save the Children India, & The European Food Banks Federation.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Black & Veatch Recognized Among 'Best of the Best' in Michigan Workplace Safety, Health

Black & Veatch proudly announces it has received the Michigan Voluntary Protection Program in Construction STAR Award – the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (MIOSHA) highest honor involving workplace safety

Education

Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners Offer All Educators New, No-Cost Professional Learning Resources

As school systems nationwide begin to look towards Winter Break, Discovery Education and select social impact partners present curated professional learning resources at no cost to support educators’ continued professional learning.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

National Grid Restores Power to Nearly 180,000 Upstate New York Customers Impacted by Damaging Windstorm

National Grid’s upstate New York field force of more than 3,400 workers has restored power to nearly 180,000 of the approximately 215,000 customers impacted by the powerful windstorm that swept across the region Saturday through this morning.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Sustainable Investing: Good News for 2022 and Beyond

For women-led and impact leading Domini Impact Investments, sustainable investing isn’t a trend; it’s a tradition. CEO Carole Laible explains what’s ahead for sustainable investing in 2022—and why women are the ones that will continue to power its momentum.

Health & Healthcare

Opinion: Time for a Closer Look at Sickle Cell Disease

While the country examines the impact of race on everything from public safety to college admissions, it’s a good time to ask: With so many American children affected, isn’t it time to boost awareness of sickle cell disease (SCD) with the same rigor we do comparable conditions?

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment Expands Its Equity Originations Team With the Appointment of Becca Ickowicz

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) has appointed Becca Ickowicz as a senior banker to expand the firm’s equity originations activity.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Workiva Named a Top Workplace for Parents

For the second year in a row, Workiva has been recognized as a Best Workplace for Parents by Great Place to Work.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Do You Want an Easy Way to Benchmark Your Environmental and Social Practices Against Peers, Your Industry, the S&P 500, and Russell 3000?

The Conference Board is delighted to announce two new online tools that let you quickly and easily see how your firm's environmental, human capital and social practices compare to other US public companies.

Health & Healthcare

WELL Movement Takes Off in the Middle East

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) announced incredible growth and adoption of WELL across the Middle East, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to elevate awareness of the importance of health, safety and well-being

Responsible Production & Consumption

Land Betterment Corporation Engages Urban-Gro, a Leading Controlled Environment Agriculture Architect-Led Design and Integration Firm, for Its First Indoor Vertical Farm

Betterment Harvest’s Busy Vertical Farm, from Land Betterment in collaboration with urban-gro, will be a premiere operation centered in the Appalachian region.

Innovation & Technology

Our Mission: Deliver the Trusted Foundation to Accelerate Innovation

It’s now a multi-cloud world, and organizations must choose between modernizing what they have or starting from scratch. Between tackling complex security challenges or taking on greater risk.

Innovation & Technology

Black & Veatch Designs First-of-a-Kind Advanced R&D Facility for Cultivated Seafood in Singapore

Black & Veatch collaborated with Shiok Meats for the conceptual design and layout of their first-of-a-kind advanced research and development facility for cultivated seafood.

Sustainable Development Goals

El Abra Provides Start-Up Funds and Training to 33 Small Businesses in Chile

Minera El Abra selected 33 businesses for the Fund Empréndete 2021, which will finance businesses or business ideas of people in the Antofagasta Region who have been trained with the DreamBuilder program.

Environment

Nearly 400 Companies Urge the U.S. Senate to Unleash the Build Back Better Act's Historic Investments in Climate, Clean Jobs, Savings and Environmental Justice

As the U.S. Senate prepares to debate the Build Back Better Act, nearly 400 companies of all sizes and industries from across the country are urging lawmakers to pass its ambitious climate, clean energy, and environmental justice measures.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Climate in the Cross Hairs With New ESG Long-short Strategy

Impact Cubed, a leading provider of ESG data and investment solutions, has launched its Impact Alpha strategy, a market neutral equity long-short strategy that aims to deliver an absolute return while targeting ESG themes and climate solutions.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Bloomberg Launches U.S. Municipal Bond Impact Index to Track Green, Social, and Sustainability Bonds

Bloomberg today announced the launch of the Bloomberg U.S. Municipal Impact Index designed to track the market of municipal bonds categorized as Green, Social, and Sustainability.

Environment

Ceres' Impact at the Start of This Critical Decade Grows With Scores Joining Its Powerful Networks and Participating in New Initiatives

Amid rising action in tackling the climate crisis and other sustainability challenges, Ceres grew significantly in 2021 with scores of new institutional investors and major companies joining its powerful networks and global collaborations and five new groundbreaking initiatives that will drive more equitable market-based and policy solutions throughout the economy.

Latest Campaigns

  1. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  2. Collaboration and Partnership
    Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...
  3. AMD Environmental Sustainability
    Advancing sustainability across our operations, supply chain manufacturing and product stewardship
  4. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  5. Innovation & Sustainable Solutions
    Chemours chemistry is essential to our daily lives, global commerce, and the future. Our commitment to product sustainability drives us to innovate...
  6. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  7. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...
  8. Kingfisher Around the World
    The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...
  9. Impacting Today and Tomorrow
    What we do matters and our associates can expect opportunities to create real impact at work and in the community.
  10. International Paper | SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS
    Vision 2030 Goal: Improve our climate impact and advance water stewardship
  11. Shared Goodness Promise - Hershey's ESG Progress
    The Hershey Company is committed to publishing annual environment, social, and governance reports that give updates on our publicly stated goals and...
  12. Sustainability by Antea Group
    At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...
  13. PSEG People & Communities
    PSEG is committed to improving the lives of our customers, our employees and the diverse communities we serve throughout New Jersey and Long Island...
  14. KeyBank Foundation: Helping Communities Thrive through Education, Workforce Development, and Service
    KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...
  15. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...