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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

VIDEO: 2023 Subaru Share the Love® Event Hometown

Throughout the year, Subaru retailers are dedicated to supporting the communities they live and work in.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Entergy Brightens Customers’ Spirits This Holiday Through Its Annual “Operation Secret Santa”

Entergy recently spread some holiday cheer through our annual initiative called "Operation Secret Santa."

Social Impact & Volunteering

Look out Santa, Kansas City Chiefs' and Philadelphia Eagles Fans Are Getting the Cookies This Year

The NFL’s Christmas day football games are sure to be filled with chills and thrills, but this year at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium and Lincoln Financial Field, the air will be filled with the sweet scent of mom’s cookies. Mama Kelce’s chocolate chip cookies, to be exact.

Environment

Chemours Washington Works Continues To Advance Environmental Leadership

The Chemours Washington Works site in Washington, West Virginia, may look like a large industrial complex, but it’s an important enabler for industries critical to local prosperity and global progress.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

2023 Moskowitz Prize Awarded To Research Measuring Financial Impact of Biodiversity Loss — Plus Honorable Mention Studies

In its 28th year, the Moskowitz Prize at Northwestern University named Biodiversity Risk as the winner for 2023. Honorable mentions went to Voice Through Divestment and Four Facts About ESG Beliefs and Investor Portfolios.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bath & Body Works Named One of the “Best Managed Companies” by the Wall Street Journal

Today Bath & Body Works announces its inclusion on the Wall Street Journal’s ranking of the Best Managed Companies of 2023.

Environment

Sleigh Your Competition: Submit Your Sustainable Solutions for E+E Leader Awards

Deadline Alert E+E Leader Awards 2024 Consumer & Residential Products Category Now Open! Showcase your sustainable innovations in cleaning, packaging, appliances & more. Be a leader in eco-conscious products. Deadline: Jan 15, 2024. #SustainabilityAwards #EEAwardsin24

Diversity & Inclusion

Expanding Horizons: MOSAIC’s Vision for Cultural Diversity at Lenovo

In an increasingly integrated world, cultural diversity is more than a matter of fact: it is a powerful force that shapes societies, workplaces, and day-to-day human experiences.

Diversity & Inclusion

Albertsons Companies Celebrates International Human Solidarity Day

On this International Human Solidarity Day – a day to celebrate our unity in #diversity – Albertsons Companies is reminded of our company’s commitment to building #belonging and putting people first.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Kohler Achieves Top Score of 100 on 2023–2024 Corporate Equality Index

Kohler Co. received the coveted Equality 100 Award from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQIA+ workplace equality.

Green Infrastructure

Decarbonization: The Key To Transform and Grow the Cable Industry

To successfully address today’s challenges in the cable industry, we have developed a new compound (ENDURANCE™ HFDD-4201) for Cable Systems.

Environment

AllianceBernstein: Reflections on COP28: Opportunities Amid Challenges

COP28, the latest United Nations Conference of the Parties on climate change, delivered mixed results on some key agenda items but provided new insights into climate-related opportunities and the initiatives needed to implement them.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

AEG’s 13th Annual Day of Service Celebrates Employee Volunteerism

AEG held its annual Day of Service with more than 350 AEG employees volunteering on service projects in conjunction with City Year and Playworks that benefitted local communities in New York and Los Angeles.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Corporate Governance at Alkermes

Our Board is currently comprised of eleven members, each of whom has a term expiring at the Company’s 2024 annual general meeting of shareholders.

Sustainable Development Goals

How To Make Sustainability Part of Your Holiday Season

The holidays are here again. For many of us, this time of year means gifts, gatherings, eating and good memories as we celebrate with friends and family. The trouble is, all that extra shopping, cooking and travel can add up to a big impact on the planet.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Adventure Awaits Wyoming Youth in Outdoor Classroom

Enbridge is proud to have a history of supporting the Science Zone. During the pandemic, the museum set up an online classroom to ensure kids weren’t without science for long and could still enjoy it in the comfort of their home.

Research, Reports & Publications

The 2023/24 Sustainability Census Report Is Now Live

Stemming from the rich legacy of the CR&S Salary Survey, first launched by Acre and Carnstone in 2007, The Sustainability Census sheds light on the current challenges faced by sustainability professionals.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Southern Company Executive Chairman Tom Fanning To Retire Dec. 31

Southern Company recently announced the retirement of Thomas A. Fanning as the executive chairman of its board of directors, effective Dec. 31.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Spreading Joy on Military Bases With The Home Depot Kids Workshops

The Home Depot is spreading the joy of holiday through Kids Workshops from your TV screen to military bases coast to coast. Kids Workshops launched in stores across the U.S. and Canada in 1997.

Environment

Rayonier EVP Named to International Forest Stewardship Coalition Office

After substantial participation at COP28 in Dubai, an expanding group of leading global sustainable forestry companies working together as the International Sustainable Forestry Coalition (ISFC), has announced the formalization of the organization.

Green Infrastructure

National Grid Enables the Largest Buffalo-Based Multi-Unit Housing Complex To Offer EV Charging Stations

Axis 360 Apartments, through National Grid’s Electric Vehicle Make-Ready Program, has installed 18 Level 2 EV charging plugs for its residents, making it the largest EV charging installation at a multi-unit apartment complex in Western New York.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Frito-Lay Is Building the Future Together With Feed the Children

In collaboration with Feed the Children and Detroit Public Schools, Frito-Lay supported 400 Detroit Public School students and their families through a drive-thru food distribution event earlier this Fall.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

EPA Honors Five Marathon Petroleum Refineries for Superior Energy Efficiency

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has confirmed five Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) refineries are among the most energy efficient facilities of their kind in the country.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FedEx Freight and Christmas SPIRIT Foundation Celebrate Landmark Milestone

This year, FedEx Freight will deliver the 300,000th tree for the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation’s annual Trees for Troops® program.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Impact Capital Program Provides Funding to Developers, Fulfills Promises

Johnny Opara started working with U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance in 2021 on a multi-family development project in St. Paul called The Hollows. Opara said he learned a lot from his first Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) deal.

Latest Campaigns

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    We aim to foster a culture of purpose and fulfillment at Tapestry by embedding equity, inclusion and diversity throughout our organization, and...
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  9. PotlatchDeltic 2024 Corporate Responsibility Report
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  10. Climate Stabilization
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  11. Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games
    The vision of Paris 2024 Paris 2024 will see a new vision of Olympism in action, delivered in a unique spirit of international celebration. We will...
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    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  13. PSEG People & Communities
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  14. Economic Growth
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