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Social Impact & Volunteering

Duke Energy Partners with Local Nonprofits to Distribute Fans to Help Seniors, Low-income Customers Beat Summer Heat

The Duke Energy Foundation is contributing more than $90,000 to 15 organizations across the state to help purchase and distribute fans to older adults and low-income households.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whirlpool Corporation and KitchenAid Brand Collaborate With Michigan Hospitality Foundation To Develop the Next Generation of Culinary Professionals

The Michigan Hospitality Foundation (MHF) has announced a three-year agreement with Whirlpool Corporation and their KitchenAid brand to support hospitality education programming throughout the state.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Next Generation of Social Impact Professionals

This summer, our interns did everything from contribute to our 2023 Social Impact Report to assist in our outreach to policymakers.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

AB: Why ESG Investors Should Look Beyond the Obvious Choices

Sustainable equity funds tend to shy away from sectors and companies that are deemed to be controversial.

Sustainable Development Goals

Designing the Keys To Unlock the Future of Sustainable Protection

Listen to farmers – no matter where they are in the world – protecting their crops until harvest from damaging insects, diseases, and weeds is often the toughest part of the job. And this job is getting tougher.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Climate Finance Tracker: Mapping the Climate Finance Ecosystem

The partnership between Vibrant Data Labs and Cisco Foundation is built on the shared belief that by building capacity, improving transparency, and supporting funders and decision makers, efforts addressing the climate crisis can be much more effective.

Diversity & Inclusion

NPF and Subaru: Addressing Gaps in Exposure, Access, and Opportunity

With funding from the National Park Foundation, made possible in part thanks to NPF’s largest corporate partner Subaru of America, Black People Who Hike led programs in six national parks across the country.

Health & Healthcare

Direct Relief and The Pfizer Foundation Support 19 Programs To Improve Infectious Disease Care in the United States

Direct Relief today announced the recipients of the Innovation Awards in Community Health: Addressing Infectious Disease in Underserved Communities. Grants totaling more than $4.5 million will go to 19 U.S. safety-net community healthcare providers

Research, Reports & Publications

Advancing Our Impact: 2022–23 AMD Corporate Responsibility Report

AMD recently published our annual Corporate Responsibility Report, marking 28 years of publicly reporting on our efforts and progress.

Energy

REPowering Your Business: Five Steps To Decarbonise Your Supply Chain Using Renewable Electricity

It’s never been more important for businesses to reduce their carbon footprint. To help secure a net zero future, industries across sectors must make deep changes to reduce the impact of their operations.

Research, Reports & Publications

Keeping Teams Safe Everyday: Employee and Contractor Safety at Enbridge

Our mission is fueling quality of life, and operating safely is essential to that work. It’s our duty to keep the public, the members of our team and the environment safe.

Diversity & Inclusion

Truist Foundation Grants National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders $1.2M To Support Communities Across the U.S.

Truist Foundation announced a $1.2 million grant to National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders (NALCAB), a national network of more than 200 nonprofit organizations and a community development financial institution (CDFI) dedicated to advancing economic mobility.

Energy

CSU Dominguez Hills Aims for Net-Zero Carbon With SCE Pilot

The urban campus slashes GHG emissions and busts climate change stereotypes.

Green Infrastructure

Cummins and Chevron Partner To Expand the Use of Low-Carbon Fuels

Global power technology leader Cummins Inc. and Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, have announced a memorandum of understanding to leverage complementary positioning in hydrogen, natural gas and other lower carbon fuel value chains.

Diversity & Inclusion

D&I Weekly News Round Up: Work Life, Mental Health, and More

Today we are talking about A/B testing D&I initiatives, hustle culture, disability inclusion in the workplace, and a new campaign from Dove.

Green Infrastructure

Cadence Sets New Precedent As First Affordable Housing Development To Achieve Green Communities Plus and WELL Certification

This summer, Cadence, an affordable senior living development located in Fort Collins, Colorado and comprising 55 senior living apartments, achieved a new first in the country — attaining Green Communities Plus and WELL Certification.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

A Transformative Gift: Jinxing Elementary School’s Modern Kitchen

The story of Jinxing Elementary School is one of resilience, collaboration, and compassion. The "One Yuan Donation" program exemplifies the profound change that collective effort can bring.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Home Depot Foundation Invests $6 Million in Skilled Trades Training, Announces New Scholarship and Entrepreneurship Partnerships

The Home Depot Foundation announced an incremental investment of more than $6 million in skilled trades training and launched new strategic partnerships to address the nearly 400,000 job openings across the construction industry.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comcast NBCUniversal Announces $2.475 Million in Unrestricted Grants to 81 Nonprofits

Since this NBCU grant program was founded six years ago, more than $16 million in grants has been dedicated to 470 nonprofits in 11 communities that are served by NBC and Telemundo owned stations.

Energy

Onsite Solar Isn’t As Easy as It Looks: How Manufacturers Can Get It Done

As a multinational producer of agricultural machinery and construction equipment with dozens of manufacturing and research facilities worldwide, CNH Industrial recognizes that the opportunity to reduce its carbon footprint is substantial.

Energy

Vanguard Renewables Leads the Renewable Energy Movement Across America

Learn how Vanguard Renewables converts organic waste into renewable energy providing a valuable asset to people and the planet and supporting decarbonization strategies.

Health & Healthcare

Making Connections To Care: Quest Supports Inspiring Health Equity Event Hosted by Sisters on the Vineyard

Quest Diagnostics supported the Health Empowerment and Wellness event hosted by Sisters on the Vineyard in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, on August 10.

Diversity & Inclusion

Alkermes Honors Women's Equality Day

Equality for women matters every day, and at Alkermes we’re proud to empower our female colleagues across the organization.

Environment

Sustainable Apparel Coalition Joins CEO Dialogue at Net Zero Pakistan

Jeremy Lardeau joined the CEO Dialogue at a recent Net Zero Pakistan event to engage with industry leaders and share insight on how the industry can collectively work together to enable a net zero future for Pakistan’s textile sector.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Public Equity Investing in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

Trillium’s Sustainable Opportunities thematic public equity strategy aims to address global sustainability challenges in three core areas: climate solutions, economic inclusion, and healthy living.

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