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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Leadership Spotlight: Q&A With Kim Frankovich, Global VP of Sustainability, Griffith Foods

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Diversity & Inclusion

Changing Careers After Military Service: A Veteran's Story

A T‑Mobile employee talks about how the company’s expanded TechX Returnship program helped him find full‑time work and a new career focus after returning to civilian life.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CITGO Raises More Than $700K for the Muscular Dystrophy Association at 35th Annual Golf Challenge

On October 25th, CITGO Petroleum Corporation held its 35th annual Corporate Golf Challenge benefiting the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Innovation & Technology

Rockwell Automation Technical Consultant's 3D Printing Hobby Produces Free Prosthetics

Rockwell Automation’s (NYSE: ROK) Jason Heineberg’s 3D printing expertise and hobby gives new meaning to the phrase “lend a hand.” Based in Cape Town, South Africa, the information software technical consultant produces 3D-printed prosthetic hands that are provided free to patients who otherwise could not afford them.

Education

National STEM Day: Supporting STEM Education in Diverse and Under-Served Communities

STEM fields have tremendous potential to address the biggest societal challenges, like climate change, hunger, and discrimination. Keysight believes one way to harness this potential is by promoting inclusion & diversity within STEM fields.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sustainable Energy for Industry: Navigating the World of Sustainability for a Better Future

Steadily, every country is awakening to the importance of a clean, healthy, and sustainable future. In this article, we will bring under purview why it is imperative for industries to switch to sustainable energy.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Rise in Green Bonds: What This Means for Investors and Our Planet

Green bonds have proven to be an effective way to mobilize capital becuase they have the same fundamental risk and return characteristics as conventional bonds

Environment

Man City, Xylem Call on All Football Fans to Vote for Top “Water Heroes” Tackling Water Challenges Around the World

Projects include exploring solutions to urban flooding and water pollution in New York City; improving water access in underserved communities in Cape Town and Mumbai; and advancing water sustainability education in Shanghai.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Top Coins

Crypto gives back. With the help of The People’s Reserve in collaboration with Reno Crew and The Top Coins, housing projects in Australia are well underway backed by crypto financing.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

UN Special Envoy for Climate Ambition and Solutions Michael R. Bloomberg Joins UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance Mark Carney as Co-Chair for GFANZ

Today UN Special Envoy for Climate Ambition and Solutions and Global Ambassador for the UN’s Race to Zero Campaign Michael R. Bloomberg announced he will join Mark Carney as co-chair for the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), a private sector-led initiative anchored in the UNFCCC’s Race to Zero framework.

Environment

International Paper's Matt Inbusch Speaks at Climate Action's Sustainable Innovation Forum 2021

nternational Paper is headed to Glasgow for the United Nation’s climate change conference, COP26. You can join us at two events either in person or virtually.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Innovation and Sustainability Go Together

Owens Corning products can help our customers, their customers, and consumers meet their own sustainability goals.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Goodyear Is Looking for Highway Heroes

On the heels of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is opening a call for nominations for its 2020-2021 Highway Hero Award.

Energy

Natural Gas System Upgrades: Good for Safety & The Environment

The flooding caused by Tropical Depression Ida in early September 2021 was unique, even for PSE&G employees who have worked for decades and experienced devastation from hurricanes past like Floyd, Irene and Superstorm Sandy.

Environment

Medtronic Announces 2045 Net Zero Emissions Ambition to Combat Climate Change

We believe that people can only live their healthiest lives on a healthy planet, which is why we have set an ambition to reach net zero emissions by FY45. This will build on our progress toward achieving carbon neutrality in our operations by the end of the decade.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Leading Consumer Goods Retailers and Manufacturers Launch Actions to Transform Production Landscapes to 'Forest Positive' by 2030

The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Forest Positive Coalition of Action has today launched an ambitious strategy for driving transformational, forest positive change in the regions where the Coalition’s key commodities are produced and sourced by 2030.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Quest Diagnostics Gives Colleagues a "High 5"

For the last twenty months, 50,000 Quest colleagues have given their all every day to support our nation through the COVID-19 crisis. The experience has shown the character of our company—and has also taken a toll on our colleagues.

Events, Media & Communications

Explore the Human Heart: New Virtual Field Trip Premieres Tuesday, Nov. 9

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Workplace Giving Donations Help Make Educational Programming Available to Kids on WETA

For nearly 60 years, WETA and Classical WETA have served Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia with high-quality, educational cultural, news and public affairs programs and services.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Team Pentair Walks to Provide Safer Water

Pentair employees from 20 sites around the world joined forces as Team Pentair for the 2021 Walk for Water.

Sustainable Development Goals

CNH Industrial Teams up With Rise Against Hunger

A key priority at CNH Industrial is to improve food availability. To this end, the Company has initiated several projects related to food scarcity and food security

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

T-Mobile Expands Successful Returnship Program for Third Round

As T‑Mobile takes applications for its third cohort, we take a look at some of the success stories from the program designed to help working mothers & others displaced by the pandemic — and why you might want to consider the TechX Returnship too!

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Illumina Named Best for Vets Employer

We are proud to announce that for the first time, Illumina was named a Military Times Best for Vets Employer, coming in at #114 out of 160 companies selected.

Health & Healthcare

Prove Your Purpose: It's Officially NO-vember

This week, we look at how one brand is continuing its effort to reduce burnout by encouraging women to say “no.”

Diversity & Inclusion

Logitech Powers No Label Academy; Helps Students Kickstart Careers

No Label Academy invests in underrepresented communities to kickstart the careers of BIPOC talent - a priority focus for Logitech and our family of brands.

Diversity & Inclusion

MTV to Counter Hungary's Anti-Gay Law as EMAs in Budapest Will “Stand in Solidarity” With LGBTQ+ Community

After the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) will return live from Budapest, Hungary this year, with the company planning to use the big event to counter the country’s recent anti-gay law and “stand in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community in Hungary and around the world,” Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of MTV Entertainment Group Worldwide said in an internal memo.

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