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Education

Fifth Third Bank Finance Academy® Impacts Minority Students

Fifth Third’s Finance Academy program, one of its Fifth Third L.I.F.E. (Lives Improved through Financial Empowerment®) programs, reached nearly 70,000 students that attend schools in low- and moderate-income communities in the 2021-2022 school year.

Diversity & Inclusion

“Equity in Action” – Building a More Inclusive Tomorrow

In celebration of International Women’s Month, Bloomberg New Voices (a Bloomberg News initiative) and the Bloomberg Women’s Buy-Side Network (BWBN) Singapore chapter recently organized “Equity in Action” – Building a More Inclusive Tomorrow.

Diversity & Inclusion

How To Define Inclusive Growth — And How To Get There

YouTube influencer and philanthropist Lilly Singh and Mastercard’s Shamina Singh took the stage in a packed room in Washington, D.C., to share how we can all encourage greater gender equity.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Recycling Plastics, Reusing Water

Recycling plastics can save landfill space and conserve energy and water that would have been used to make new materials, among other benefits. But mechanical recycling also comes with its challenges.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

5 Practical Steps for Advancing DEI in Your Medical Device Company

In 2017, our Boston Scientific leadership team found ourselves faced with a dilemma. Poring over our annual employee survey results, we were taken aback to learn — much to our chagrin — that not all of our female employees felt they had equal opportunities for promotion as their

Social Impact & Volunteering

Podcast: A Blueprint for High-Engagement CSR Programs

Get an inside look at a growing social impact program. Patricia walks through the innovations she’s pioneered and lessons she’s learned leading Splunk’s volunteering, giving and matching, and community investment programs.

Sustainable Development Goals

How Qualcomm is Prioritizing Waste Management

Through our Environmental Program Management Standard, we focus on identifying activities, services and processes that generate waste and strive to reduce the impact of our waste disposal practices on the environment.

Energy

The Sustainable Data Centre: How To Curb Soaring Energy Use

With cloud now the default way of working for businesses in almost every sector, the amount of energy used by data centres is ever increasing: currently up to 1.5% of global electricity demand, according to the International Energy Agency.

Innovation & Technology

EHSxTech Takes Dublin: Discussing the Future of EHS in Tech

The end of March saw EHS professionals from some of the biggest names in the tech industry gather for the Antea Group USA’s EHSxTech® one-day event.

Education

Michigan Ross School of Business and Ceres Announce New Sustainability Education Program for Corporate Boards

The University of Michigan Ross School of Business, a top-ranked global executive education provider, in collaboration with Ceres, a leading nonprofit organization driving equitable solutions to the world’s greatest sustainability challenges,

Environment

Nippon Otis Installs Large Solar Panel Grid at Factory

Nearly a quarter of annual electricity consumption at the Nippon Otis Elevator Company logistics and engineering center can now be offset by power generated with newly-installed solar panels. 

Research, Reports & Publications

Companies Worldwide Are Not Setting Near-Term Goals To Radically Change Business and Save the Planet

head of Earth Day, a new Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose® (CECP) Investing in Society report finds environment, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure rates among top companies are increasing: Fortune 500® companies increased ESG disclosures 6.21% between 2019 to 2021

Education

Cadence Recognizes Technology Leaders of Tomorrow

Meet a group of highly accomplished women who have received the Cadence’s Women in Technology Scholarship.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Celebrating National Volunteer Week: Four Team Depot Captains on Giving Back to Communities

For 30 years, Team Depot, The Home Depot’s associate volunteer force, has been giving back to communities across the country. All year long, Home Depot associates volunteer their time and sweat equity to address the needs of local communities.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Don’t Believe the Hype on EHS: It’s Not Just Another Name for ESG

There’s a lot of confusion in the sustainability market right now, and I think a lot of it has to do with acronym overload. GRI? TCFD? CSRD? It’s a lot to keep track of, even for specialists.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Covia Cares: Improving our Local Communities

Every day, Covia helps improve our local communities by donating to local food banks, advancing the safety and health of first responders, and building key relationships in our local communities. To further support impactful community engagement and encourage Team Member voluntee

Diversity & Inclusion

Pizza Hut Spotlight: Meet Premila Vishwanath

We recently sat down with Pizza Hut franchisee Premila Vishwanath, owner of Tex Food, LLC, to learn more about her background and career journey, hear some of the challenges she’s faced in business and discover what advice she would give aspiring business owners.

Social Impact & Volunteering

6 Communications Principles To Boost Engagement in Your Employee Giving and Volunteering Programs

It’s hard for employees to engage with giving and volunteering programs…when they don’t even know they exist. Which is why an effective communications strategy is critical. Discover 6 Communications principles to boost engagement in your programs...

Health & Healthcare

The African Continent Ramps Up Efforts To Crack the Code on Outbreaks

On a recent afternoon in Nairobi, Kenya, about two dozen scientists gathered, peering at a screen that to the untrained eye looked like gibberish — rows of letters but no coherent words.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Volunteerism: It's in Our DNA at Tapestry

Tapestry Gives is Tapestry’s global employee engagement program. It provides our employees with the tools and resources they need to give back to their communities and empowers them to volunteer with the causes that align with their passions.

Research, Reports & Publications

Whirlpool Corporation Highlights Commitment to Environmental Sustainability, Social Responsibility and Employee Support in 2022 Sustainability Report

Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) today published its 2022 Sustainability Report, highlighting the company’s enduring commitment to environmental sustainability, social responsibility, corporate governance initiatives

Diversity & Inclusion

Generation Change's Hands Off Presents: Megan Jayne Crabb

Generation Change (GenChange) is an audience-inspired, audience-led initiative at Paramount designed to elevate and empower young people who are driving change around the world.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Aflac Is Winning at Employee Retention and Getting Workers Back to the Office: On-Site Doctors, Therapists, and Childcare

For Aflac, these traditional benefits have been most helpful in attracting, retaining, and engaging new hires who value perks that create ease over splashiness.

Research, Reports & Publications

KeyBank Helps Prepare Buyers for the Home Lending Process

Whether a first-time buyer or experienced homeowner, many potential homebuyers are anxious about the home lending process— and understandably so. Over the past five years, homebuyers have experienced a turbulent economy, inflation, extreme competitiveness, and uncertainty.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

DICK’S Sporting Goods and the Boston Athletic Association Announce Multi-Year Partnership

DICK'S Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) and the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced a multi-year partnership, making DICK'S the official retail sponsor of B.A.A. events, beginning with the 2023 Boston Marathon.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Sustainability
    Leading the logistics sector towards a more sustainable future by investing in innovative green technologies, enhancing operational efficiency, and...
  2. ESG Voices: Short Podcasts Addressing the Opportunities and Challenges of ESG
    This podcast series takes a deep dive into the opportunities and challenges of ESG and what it means for businesses and communities through interviews...
  3. Local Communities
    The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...
  4. 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...
  5. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...
  6. Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator
    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...
  7. Drive for MPC
    At Marathon Petroleum, our professional truck drivers share one common vision: no accidents, no injuries, and no harm to the environment. We’re proud...
  8. Goals That Inspire: Environmental Stewardship
    Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...
  9. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...
  10. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  11. 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...
  12. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  13. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  14. Purposeful Innovation
    We invent breakthrough technologies that enable life-changing products and experiences. We’re building on our legacy of technology leadership with 5G...
  15. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...