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Health & Healthcare

Essity to Supply Surgical Masks for Healthcare Use

Employees at Essity’s production facilities outside Gothenburg have, over the course of just a few weeks, redirected production and developed a surgical mask for healthcare use.

Events, Media & Communications

Mohawk Group Announces Support of ILFI and Living Future 2020 Online Conference as Luminary Sponsor

Mohawk Group announced today that the commercial flooring manufacturer is the Luminary sponsor of the annual Living Future Conference.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Planet Foundation and Major Donors are Alleviating Poverty in Florida

Whole Planet Foundation alleviates poverty in 19 cities in the United States and 76 other countries that supply Whole Foods Market stores with products. In Miami, the Foundation supports our primary microfinance partner in the USA, Grameen America.

Environment

UPS Longitudes | A 2020 Vision for a Sustainable Future

When people talk or think about sustainability, they often consider activities related to becoming more environmentally friendly.

Media & Communications

The Virus Crisis Affects Business in Many Way - What Will the Risks and Opportunities Result in Post-Emergency? BNP Paribas Offers Views…

What might our world look like when the COVID-19 global emergency winds down and we move into the “recovery and restoration” phase?

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Brown-Forman Teams Donate Nearly 40,000 Meals

Our Bourbon Street Café, Events & Hospitality, and Community Relations teams have partnered to assemble and distribute approximately 2,000 bagged lunches each day, for a monthly total of nearly 40,000 meals.

Health & Healthcare

Doing Our Part: Arhaus Upholstery Artisans Are Making PPE Masks

The last few weeks have shown the world that we can come together in difficult times, using our strengths and skills to help those in need.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Energy Assistance Fund Helps Customers Keep the Lights On

To support customers struggling to make ends meet because of the global crisis, Southern California Edison has increased the amount of bill relief provided by the Energy Assistance Fund.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo Donates $100k for Tornado and Flood Relief in the South

The Wells Fargo Foundation today announced a donation of $100,000 to the American Red Cross in support of tornado and flood relief efforts across the southern U.S.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

United Airlines Employees Convert Cargo Facilities Into Food Distribution Centers

United Airlines today announced that it has transformed one of its cargo facilities at George Bush Intercontinental Airport into a food distribution center to aid the Houston Food Bank's efforts to feed families in need during the COVID-19 crisis.

Health & Healthcare

FedEx Senior Global Operations Control Specialist, National Guard Pilot Conducts Expedited Mission to Deliver Virus Test Swabs Overnight

With wider-spread coronavirus testing needed in cities and states across the country, Jami Clark took to the skies to pilot a joint overseas mission with the U.S. Armed Forces, transporting nearly one million test swabs from Italy in under 80 hours.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Smithfield Foods Announces $100 Million Responsibility Bonus as Part of #ThankAFoodWorker Initiative

The $100 million Responsibility Bonus, named for Smithfield’s preeminent guiding principle, is on top of a previous $20 million commitment. Employees who miss work due to COVID-19 exposure or diagnosis will receive the Responsibility Bonus.

Health & Healthcare

BrightFarms Feeds America

Research, Reports & Publications

Outcomes-Aligned Incentive Structures for Investment Managers and Their Employees

We are experiencing a transition to an era where total social benefit is becoming an increasingly important metric for the perceived value of products and services.

Education

HP Inc. Launches Digital Learning Partnerships to Support Students and Schools Impacted by COVID-19

HP Inc. today announced HP Turn to Learn, a new program that will deliver educational content curated from leading scientific, publishing and media companies to support teachers and students in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Arbor Day Foundation Announces 2020 Arbor Day Award Winners

The Arbor Day Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2020 Arbor Day Awards, recognizing five individuals and organizations for their exemplary tree planting and environmental practices.

Responsible Production & Consumption

100% of Ocean Spray's Cranberries Verified Under FSA as Sustainably Grown

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., the agricultural cooperative owned by more than 700 farmer families, announced it is the first major fruit cooperative worldwide to achieve 100% sustainably grown verification for its Ocean Spray cranberries

Innovation & Technology

ATMP Facilities: The Cost of Manufacturing a Magic Bullet

It’s a thrilling time to be part of an advanced therapy medicinal product (ATMP) project. You’re working on a new frontier of scientific discovery, using some of the fastest-evolving and most complex techniques available to potentially cure our most malignant diseases.

Health & Healthcare

Pro Bono Perspectives S2E9: Margaret McDonnell, UN Foundation's Nothing But Nets

In recognition of World Malaria Day on April 25, host Danielle Holly speaks with Margaret McDonnell, Executive Director of the UN Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign, the world's largest and most powerful community committed to defeating malaria.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Kids Foundation Invests $1.65M for 550 New Edible Gardens for Schools & Nonprofits Serving More Than 260,000 Students

Just in time for Earth Day, Whole Kids Foundation, a nonprofit focused on children’s nutrition and wellness, announced today that 550 garden grants are being awarded to schools and school garden-support organizations to sustain edible educational gardens.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Unlocking Benefits of Sustainability Reporting in South Asia

An engagement program with stock exchanges and regulators in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh is enabling GRI to support more listed companies to improve how they report on their sustainability impacts.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

RCS Global and Responsible Minerals Initiative Partner to Support Cobalt ASM Producers

The Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) and RCS Global Group (RCS Global) have announced a new strategic partnership

Research, Reports & Publications

General Mills and its Foundation Enable 5.5 Billion Meals, Commit to Advancing Regenerative Agriculture

General Mills (NYSE: GIS) today released its 2020 Global Responsibility Report, highlighting progress made on the company’s long-term global commitments. The annual update, which marks 50 years of reporting for the company, outlines significant progress against and investments in four priority areas: Food, Planet, People and Community.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

“Subaru Share The Love” Award to Support Community Connections’ Inclusion Efforts

On March 25, Jim Morehart, of Morehart Subaru and Subaru of America, awarded Community Connections an $11,000 donation.

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