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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.

Research, Reports & Publications

P&G Publishes 2021 Citizenship Report and Continues Acts of Good

At P&G, doing good has been in our DNA since we were founded more than 180 years ago. For generations, we’ve supported consumers and communities through unexpected challenges, and last year has been no different.

Diversity & Inclusion

Enbridge ESG Forum: Workforce Diversity

Watch Melissa Harper, Chief Human Resources and Inclusion Officer at Enbridge, discuss the company’s approach to workforce diversity, equity and inclusion.

Health & Healthcare

Medtronic LABS Reimagines Community Healthcare Through Collaborations

Medtronic LABS is creating technology-powered healthcare solutions to accelerate patient access for disadvantaged communities around the world, and is now expanding their work to include the United States.

Energy

Drones, Digitalization and More: The Key Trends Driving Wind Energy Investment in Asia and Beyond

As adoption of wind energy gains momentum worldwide, Black & Veatch looks to Asia—in which wind expansion almost doubled in 2020 compared to 2019—as a promising region for development of wind energy.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Griffith Foods Canada Recognized as One of Greater Toronto's Top Employers for 2022

For the 7th year, Griffith Foods Canada was recognized as one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers for 2022 by Canada's Top 100 Employers!

Energy

Kohler Co. Launches a Home Energy Management Systems Division Within Its Residential and Power Products Business

Kohler announces a new division within its Residential and Power Products business – the Home Energy Management Systems team led by Jennifer Rindt. The HEMS team is focused on providing products and services to support energy resiliency.

Innovation & Technology

How to Tackle Air Quality Prediction Using Machine Learning

Ericsson teamed up with Uppsala University in Sweden to research air quality prediction using machine learning and federated learning.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

SCS Global Services Announces First Companies to Achieve Certification to GreenBlue’s New Recycled Material Standard

SCS Global Services, a global leader in third-party environmental and sustainability certification, auditing, testing & standards development, announced the certification of three plastics innovators to the newly launched Recycled Material Standard.

Diversity & Inclusion

Diversifying Clinical Trials: A Global Initiative With Local Roots

Increasing diversity in clinical trials (DiCT) is imperative to improve the health of populations around the world.

Green Infrastructure

How to Leverage CDP Reporting to Benefit Corporate Sustainability Initiatives

WSP USA has identified three essential areas for all organizations to prioritize when preparing and developing a CDP response to communicate sustainability efforts and progress.

Energy

CIT Serves as Coordinating Lead Arranger for $210 Million Financing for Brazoria West Solar Project in Texas

CIT Group announced that its Power and Energy business served as coordinating lead arranger on nearly $210 million in financing for the Brazoria West Solar Project in Texas.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Verizon Foundation Donates $100,000 to Support Midwest Tornado Relief Efforts

In the aftermath of tornadoes that recently devastated communities in Kentucky, Illinois and other parts of the Midwest, the Verizon Foundation is making a $100,000 donation to the American Red Cross.

Social Impact & Volunteering

The Tech Tools Helping Tribal Nations Preserve and Share Their Heritage

Indigenous and Native Americans are using digital technology to raise awareness—and correct misperceptions—of their communities and culture, and preserve and pass down their heritage.

Environment

Tips and Frameworks for Successful ESG Strategies

The most challenging part of launching an #ESG strategy is determining where to focus and how to measure progress. This post offers tips to guide your priorities and introduces the top five standardized ESG frameworks.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Disaster Relief. Community Support. Regions Bank and the Regions Foundation Announce Tornado Recovery Initiatives

Regions Bank announced a series of financial services to help people and businesses impacted by tornadoes that tore through much of the South and Midwest on the night of Dec. 10 and early morning of Dec. 11.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Mumbai's Only Genome Sequencing Lab Is Five Months Old and Fronted by Six Women

Dr Jayanthi Shastri, professor and head of the microbiology department at BYL Nair hospital, was in the US last December to visit her children, when a new COVID variant, Alpha (B.1.1.7), was identified in the UK

Innovation & Technology

National Grid and Town of Hempstead to Develop One of the First Green Hydrogen Blending Projects in the Country

National Grid and the Town of Hempstead, today announced a joint project to build one of the first and largest clean hydrogen projects in the country, to decarbonize networks.

Innovation & Technology

Innovation Yields Cleaner Glass for Recycling

The Julia Vitrum Cullet Treatment plant in Italy is one of O-I Glass' creative, innovative and collaborative solutions to ensuring more glass stays in the manufacturing loop and out of landfills.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  2. Cascale Events
    Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...
  3. Accelerating access to healthcare technology
    We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...
  4. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  5. Antea Group Webinars and Events
    Come learn from Antea Group experts on a variety of topics. We produce webinars monthly and attend events regularly to keep in touch with current and...
  6. 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...
  7. Small Business Growth
    We strengthen communities and help create local jobs by investing in underserved small business owners. We fund nonprofits that are focused on...
  8. Growth Through Sustainability
    Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...
  9. Principal Financial Group: Global Inclusion
    Principal is committed to fostering a culture that empowers our employees and demands the best of our leadership by attracting and retaining great...
  10. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
    Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is embedded in our company values. We actively promote it among our employees, raise awareness, and foster an...
  11. Environmental Leadership
    Meeting the world’s growing demand for chemicals that play a critical role in our daily lives requires Chemours to grow while reducing our...
  12. Antea Group Webinars and Events
    Come learn from Antea Group experts on a variety of topics. We produce webinars monthly and attend events regularly to keep in touch with current and...
  13. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  14. Truist Foundation
    Truist Foundation is committed to Truist Financial Corporation's (NYSE: TFC) purpose to inspire and build better lives and communities. The Foundation...
  15. 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...