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Events, Media & Communications

The Ray’s Highway of The Future Experience at CONEXPO-CON/AGG

From March 10th through the 14th, The Ray is partnering with the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) to bring The Ray to CONEXPO-CON/AGG, North America’s largest construction trade show, in Las Vegas.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

ON Semiconductor Makes Its Debut at GreenBiz 20

The GreenBiz Conference, held in Scottsdale, Arizona, claims to be “the premier annual event for sustainable business leaders” and in my opinion, they definitely deliver.

Events, Media & Communications

Qualcomm's Own Angela Baker Will be Speaking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's 10th Annual International Women’s Day Forum

What milestones will we, as a society, reach as we push towards a more gender-inclusive society? The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s 10th Annual International Women’s Day Forum will highlight the visionaries creating a better future for all.

Energy

FedEx and Chanje to Develop Groundbreaking Charging Infrastructure

Through an agreement with Chanje Energy Inc., the company plans to electrify 42 FedEx stations in California, making it one of the largest deployments of integrated charging infrastructure by a single commercial fleet to date.

Media & Communications

How the Private Sector Can Do Well by Doing Good

We live in a time of unprecedented growth and global prosperity. A middle class is emerging in China, India and elsewhere. Global poverty is at its lowest point in decades. Babies and children are growing up healthier, people are living longer...

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Stepping Up Our Work on Circularity

The circular economy is a natural extension of Cisco’s own business transformation. As a company, we are moving from product upgrade cycles to recurring cloud computing and a software-subscription model.

Environment

Driven to Tears: Stefanie Lemcke + Jim Parry

Do you ever find yourself sitting stuck in traffic with your thoughts moving from benign irritation with the sheer number of cars on the road, to a fixation upon humanity’s encroaching doom?

Health & Healthcare

As Cancer in Older People Increases, so Do the Challenges to Help Them Live Longer, Fuller Lives

Our multiyear When Cancer Grows Old™ initiative is intended to address the challenges of cancer and aging by collaborating with the global cancer community of advocates, healthcare providers and policymakers around the world to find solutions.

Environment

Effort to Save Burrowing Owls Goes Underground in Chino

When Brian Bielfelt had an opportunity to help build artificial burrows in Chino for burrowing owls, he jumped at the chance. “I’ve loved burrowing owls for a long time — since I was in third grade in Florida,” said the SCE staff biologist

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MetLife Named a Top Company for Executive Women

MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) today announced that it has been named a top company for executive women by the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE), in recognition of its efforts to identify, promote and mentor successful women.

Responsible Production & Consumption

The Goodyear reCharge Concept – A Renewable, Sustainable and 100% Biodegradable Tire

The Goodyear reCharge is a revolutionary self-regenerating concept tire that can adapt and change to meet individual mobility and sustainability needs.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Pro Bono in 2020 and Beyond

Taproot Foundation is committed to making certain that pro bono service is an accessible and valuable resource across sectors.

Education

New Content From Discovery Education Educates Students on the Coronavirus, Encourages Civic Participation, Unlocks the Periodic Table, and More

Discovery Education – the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms – today announced the addition of hundreds of new assets to its award-winning digital services.

Health & Healthcare

Podcast: How Intelligence at the Healthcare Edge Saves Lives

Listen to Rich Bird, World Wide Industry Marketing Manager for Healthcare and Life sciences at HPE to learn how hospital care providers are using a combination of edge computing, AI, and Wi-Fi data networks to rapidly treat sepsis infections.

Education

Nurturing the Next Generation of Engineers

100 girls and young women from 6th through 12th grades gathered Keysight’s Santa Rosa, CA headquarters hosted our annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day event for six hours of fun, team-based learning. Read Keysight CTO, Jay Alexander's takeaway.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Ecocentricity Blog: Trash Turned Into Treasure

After taking a deep breath she smelled…nothing. If anything, it smelled like crisp, fresh, unpolluted air. She didn’t detect any unpleasant odors that she would have previously associated with composting.

Sustainable Development Goals

Public Eye: Emerging Trends and Top Priorities in Inclusive Business

Why is it so important to include non-traditional development actors, such as the private sector, in efforts to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs)? What can they offer that an organization like UNDP can’t?

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sodexo Named Top Company by the National Association for Female Executives on the Top 70 Companies for Executive Women List

Sodexo, a food services and facilities management company committed to improving Quality of Life, announced today that it has been named one of the 2020 NAFE Top Companies for Executive Women by the National Association for Female Executives.

Sustainable Development Goals

Aflac Incorporated Unveils New Environmental, Social and Governance Website, Including 2019 ESG Report

Aflac Incorporated today announced that it has unveiled a new environmental, social and governance website highlighting the company’s commitment to ESG initiatives important to investors, employees and consumers.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Subaru Scores 100 Percent in 2020 Corporate Equality Index

Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that for the fourth year in a row, the automaker has received a perfect score of 100 percent on the Corporate Equality Index (CEI).

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Comprehensive ESG Backed by World’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund

A report from Norges Bank Investment Management has called for businesses to improve metrics to ensure they disclose ‘relevant, quantitative and comparable information on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues’.

Sustainable Development Goals

Tetra Tech’s Lusaka Water Supply, Sanitation, and Drainage Project Team Wins Company’s 2019 Project Management Achievement Award

Tetra Tech believes in the loyalty, effort, and excellence of its employees and initiated its annual Excellence and Achievement Awards program to recognize individuals and teams for achievements that demonstrate best-in-class performance and service to the community.

Diversity & Inclusion

UPS Longitudes | Rethinking Supplier Diversity

This Longitudes blog post is an abridged Q&A with Kris Oswold, Director of Supplier Diversity at UPS and was originally featured in Business Equality Pride (BEQPride) magazine.

Events, Media & Communications

Ideagen February 2020 Catalyze Magazine - Global 100 Leaders and Launch of Ideagen® TV "Powered by Azure"

Download the February edition of Ideagen here

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Future of Print Is Seamless, Secure, and Better for the Planet

For printing to stay relevant to today’s hyper-mobile society, it has to evolve to do something more for people than simply getting their text and images from the digital world into the physical one. And HP knows how to do it.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  2. Kids to College Powered by Entergy
    Entergy believes in the dreams of the families we serve. Everyone deserves the opportunity to continue their education and, as a corporate leader and...
  3. Financial health
    At Wells Fargo, we're opening pathways to economic advancement for racially and ethnically diverse and low- and moderate-income individuals and...
  4. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  5. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  6. Health and Safety by Antea Group
    Antea Group's health and safety consultants understand what it takes to help make a positive impact on safety culture. Read blogs, insights, and more...
  7. Arbor Day Foundation News
    Stay up to date on the latest news and events from the Arbor Day Foundation. Subscribe to the Arbor Day e-news arborday.org/accounts/optin.cfm
  8. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  9. KeyBank's Community Investment
    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...
  10. Health and Safety by Antea Group
    Antea Group's health and safety consultants understand what it takes to help make a positive impact on safety culture. Read blogs, insights, and more...
  11. CSRHub Research
    Periodically, CSRHub publishes new research regarding sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Most of the research is conducted by CSRHub...
  12. Subaru Share the Love® Event
    Since the launch of the Subaru Share the Love Event in 2008, Subaru of America and our retailers have donated more than $256 million to charity, with...
  13. KeyBank's Community Investment
    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...
  14. Arbor Day Foundation News
    Stay up to date on the latest news and events from the Arbor Day Foundation. Subscribe to the Arbor Day e-news arborday.org/accounts/optin.cfm
  15. GoDaddy | Customers
    GoDaddy is the world’s largest services platform for entrepreneurs around the globe. We’re on a mission to empower our worldwide community of 20+...