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Tractor Supply Foundation Donates $100,000 To Support American Red Cross Disaster Relief

Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO), the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, and its foundation are taking action to support customers and communities in the path of Hurricane Ian, recent wildfires and record flooding.

Research, Reports & Publications

Alkermes Releases 2022 Corporate Responsibility Report

We released our 2022 Corporate Responsibility Report.

Research, Reports & Publications

O-I Glass Takes Leadership in Building Recycling Ecosystems for Glass Packaging

O-I Glass, Inc. today released its 2022 Sustainability Report detailing its sustainable advancement in transforming process, products, and interconnected relationships with key stakeholders.

Innovation & Technology

A Very NICE Solution To Keep Toothpaste Tubes Out of Landfills

Evolving packaging used in a well-established industry such as oral hygiene is a journey that takes close collaboration and a commitment to scalable solutions.

Sustainable Development Goals

Sophie Beckham, International Paper CSO, on the Vision 2030 Goals

We are working to advance sustainability throughout our value chain. IP and its products are essential to bigger, broader sustainability outcomes in collaboration with our customers, and ultimately, the end consumer.

Green Infrastructure

Southern Company and PGA TOUR Partner for the First-Ever Net Zero Energy TOUR Championship

Southern Company announced that it is delivered the first-ever net zero energy TOUR Championship.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Abstra Tile Collection by Kohler WasteLAB Receives Business Intelligence Group's Sustainability Product of the Year Award

The Business Intelligence Group named the Abstra Collection™ by Kohler WasteLAB® a Sustainability Product of the Year in the in the 2022 Sustainability Awards program.

Diversity & Inclusion

Hispanic Heritage Month: Paying It Back, Paying It Forward

Events and employee resources help Hispanic and Latino Principal employees find community and bring their true selves to work.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Black & Veatch's Contributions to Leading Pediatric Medical Center Near $5 Million

Black & Veatch announced today that its support of Children’s Mercy Kansas City, including proceeds from its 24th Charity Golf Tournament this week, have exceeded $4.8 million over the past 26 years.

Health & Healthcare

Gilead Sciences: WHO Expands Recommendation for Veklury® (Remdesivir) to Patients With Severe Disease in Latest Update to COVID-19 Guideline

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced updates to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline.

Events, Media & Communications

ESG Talk Podcast: Amplifying the Future of Transparency Ft. Off The Books Podcast

We’re joined this week by the Workiva Off The Books podcast team, Steve Soter, Senior Industry Principal, and Catherine Tsai, Senior Content Marketing Specialist, to discuss all things Amplify.

Health & Healthcare

Lenovo's Smart Technology Powers AgVa Healthcare's Lifesaving Ventilators Across India

AgVa Healthcare, a medtech startup based in India, set out to replace traditional respirators with a more portable and cost-effective design that resembles an electronic tablet.

Energy

Straight Talk From a Gas Disruptor

Tellurian is on a mission to help tackle the world’s dual challenges of the need for more energy and the drive to a lower carbon future.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Masonite Invests €5M in Circular Innovation Fund To Scale Breakthrough Sustainability Innovations

Masonite International Corporation announced a €5M investment in the Circular Innovation Fund L.P., a venture capital fund dedicated to advancing the circular economy by investing in growth-stage companies.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Tools of the Trade: Navajo Technical University Strengthens Skilled Trade Programs

Navajo Technical University will use a $100,000 grant from Marathon Petroleum to strengthen hands-on learning in its training programs for automotive technology, construction technology, electrical trades, heavy equipment operation and welding.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Rayonier Named University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Industry Partner of 2022

Did you know Rayonier partners with research cooperatives in the forestry industry to ensure we all continue to grow strong, healthy, sustainable forests?

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Foundation and National Urban League Mark Workforce Development Month, Celebrate Success of Workforce Development Program

The Fifth Third Foundation and the National Urban League are commemorating September’s Workforce Development Month by announcing results from the first year of a collaborative workforce development program.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Is Patagonia the Rabbit or the Duck: Why It's Okay to Answer “Both”

Ecocentricity Blog: John Lanier takes a deep-dive into exactly how Yvon Chouinard gave away his ownership of Patagonia earlier this month.

Education

The Glad Products Company and Discovery Education Partner to Support Science Education for 100,000 First Grade Students Across United States Amid Supply Chain Shortages

The Glad Products Company partnered with Discovery Education to support science education for over 100,000 first grade students across the United States.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo Provides $500,000 To Help Small Businesses Raise Capital Through SMBX and the DC Rebuild Bond Program

The Wells Fargo Foundation is providing $500,000 to The Coalition for Nonprofit Housing & Economic Development to offer technical financial assistance to 100 small business owners interested in participating in the DC Rebuild Bond Program.

Research, Reports & Publications

Top 3 Ways to Operationalize an ESG Report

3BL Media breaks down how to operationalize ESG reporting to maximize brand visibility. Explore more of our resources at our Private Equity Hub.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Jack and Barbara Nicklaus KitchenAid Senior PGA Champions for Change Scholarship Helps Underserved Students at Lake Michigan College Achieve Their Academic Goals

One of the awards given through the program is the Jack and Barbara Nicklaus KitchenAid Senior PGA Champions for Change Scholarship. The scholarship was announced at the Championship and the recipients have just been selected.

Green Infrastructure

Alpha Petroleum, Energean UK and Orsted Agree To Explore the Repurposing of a UK Southern North Sea Gas Platform as a Potential Compensation Measure for Offshore Wind

Kittiwake have been observed readily utilising man-made structures and Orsted’s recent offshore surveys of platforms in the North Sea have shown large numbers of nests on a number of platforms.

Energy

Four Ways Development Agencies Can Advance Carbon Markets

Tetra Tech’s senior climate advisor Rodrigo Chaparro looks at how international development agencies can advance carbon markets.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Impact Cubed Launches Fund ESG Validator and Climate Tools

Investors can validate fund ESG names and climate claims with factual data and easy reporting tools

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