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Environment

From the Fifth Third Bancorp 2021 ESG Report: Climate Strategy

Fifth Third has been focused on three strategies since our first Environmental Sustainability Policy was approved by our Board of Directors in 2014.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Tapestry, Inc. Named to Forbes' “Best Employers for Women 2022” List

Tapestry, Inc. is proud to share that it was named to Forbes’ Best Employers for Women 2022. The Company joins the ranks of 400 other companies across 24 industries that are leading the way in supporting women inside and outside their workforces.

Environment

Advancing Environmental Sustainability in the Beverage Sector Through Collaboration

The Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) is a technical coalition formed in 2006. It is made up of leading global beverage companies working together to advance environmental sustainability within the beverage sector.

Events, Media & Communications

Snigdha Kumar Helps Digit & Oportun Make Financial Health Achievable

Congratulations, Snigdha for being included in the 2022 Forbes Business Council for Finance, and thank you for your dedication to our mission!

Education

STEM Education: Qualcomm Inspires the Next Generation of Inventors

Our 2025 goals serve as milestones to our long-term success, and STEM education is a key part of these efforts.

Health & Healthcare

Quest Diagnostics Supports Development of National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable's 2022 Messaging Guidebook

Only 65% of Black adults aged 50 and older are up-to-date with potentially life-saving colorectal cancer screening.

Research, Reports & Publications

Women's Foundation of the South Releases Insightful Infographic That Outlines Conditions for Womxn and Girls of Color in South

Women’s Foundation of the South exists to improve futures for women and girls of color in the South by supporting both women-of-color-led nonprofits who do the same and women-of color entrepreneurs.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Home Depot Joins Billion Dollar Roundtable, Continues To Expand Supplier Diversity Programs

The Home Depot joins the Billion Dollar Roundtable Inc. (BDR), a nonprofit organization that promotes supplier diversity excellence and best practices. The BDR consists of U.S.-based corporations that spend $1 billion or more annually with minority and woman-owned suppliers.

Health & Healthcare

Nutrition For Zero Hunger's Continued Impact

The Nutrition For Zero Hunger (NFZH) initiative aims to solve the immense challenges resulting from hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity, and it’s helping us make an impact.

Green Infrastructure

A Year After the Games, a New Life Begins for Tokyo 2020 Venues

From archery to canoeing, skateboarding to hockey, a year after the postponed Olympic and Paralympic Games, Tokyo’s citizens are already enjoying a sporting and architectural legacy built on the principles of “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle”.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Keeping Community & Dreams Alive With BBQ | Icons of Cincinnati

Sweets & Meats owners Anton Gaffney and Kristen Bailey show us what it’s like to weave a deep-rooted community into their daily operations.

What started out as a regular cookout quickly turned into a BBQ business when friends started shelling out cash to get a plate of Kristen and Anton’s insanely delicious home cooking.

Sustainable Development Goals

AllianceBernstein Commits to Net Zero Pathway

AllianceBernstein L.P. has announced its commitment to achieve netzero emissions, working to align its business operations and a range of investment strategies with a 1.5-degree Celsius pathway by 2050, in support of the Paris Agreement.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

WestRock and Mattoni Partner To Improve Circularity in Czech Republic Beverage Industry

Customers in the Czech Republic can get ready to see their favorite Mattoni products developed and packaged more sustainably than ever.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

New Benefits for Remote Workers Linked to Better Workplaces [Survey]

After surveying more than 1,000 employees across the U.S.—from executive through entry level—the team at Paychex has uncovered new insights into the remote employee benefit conundrum.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Duke Energy Indiana Transmission Towers Repurposed for Eagle Nesting Platforms at Wabashiki Fish & Wildlife Area in West Terre Haute

Duke Energy is converting two electric transmission towers that have reached the end of their useful service life into nesting platforms for bald eagles at the Wabashiki Fish & Wildlife Area in West Terre Haute, Ind.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Camden Dream Center Levels-Up Diversity in IT

This is where a program like Cisco Networking Academy shows its strength. A core value of Networking Academy is making technology education inclusive, and bridging that digital divide, regardless of learners’ backgrounds.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Whirlpool Corp. Recognized as One of the 2022 Best Companies for Multicultural Women

Inclusion and Diversity is a core value at Whirlpool Corporation because we know that drawing from diverse points of view improves our products, services, our teams, and each other.

Health & Healthcare

Experts Discuss Importance of Cancer Screenings and Early Detection

In episode 5 of Teal Talks, Harris sits down with Dr. Laura Makaroff, SVP, prevention and early detection, American Cancer Society, and Merck’s Dr. Scot Ebbinghaus, and Steve Keefe, AVP, to discuss cancer prevention and advances in screening.

Health & Healthcare

Gilead's Hackathon Unearths Innovative Ways To Improve HIV Prevention

The goal of the hackathon was to identify innovative, digital solutions to help improve PrEP education, access and care services, particularly for the Black and Hispanic/Latinx communities in the Southern United States.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Economic Empowerment: Summer Teacher Institute Energizes Classroom Leaders

Education is a powerful tool and no one knows that more than teachers. That’s why their job never really ends, not even during the summer.

Innovation & Technology

Black & Veatch Completes World's First Commercial-Scale Alternative Animal Feed Production Facility

With demand for protein from the world’s rapidly growing population expected to rise, commissioning is now underway at the world’s first industrial-scale FeedKind® facility in Chongqing, China.

Responsible Production & Consumption

'Your Calling Is Calling': New Timberland Pro Campaign Celebrates Those Who Follow Their Passion and Find Purpose in the Skilled Trades

To help raise awareness for the skilled trades gap and to attract and inspire the next generation of skilled workers, Timberland PRO is celebrating those who follow their passion and find purpose in the skilled trades

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bringing New Digital Resources to Chicago's South Side and Beyond

We’re investing $500,000 over the next three years in the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, where we’re partnering to launch new targeted efforts to get and keep more Chicagoans connected and provide access to digital tools and skills training.

Diversity & Inclusion

Fifth Third Bank Hosts Sixth Supplier Diversity Summit To Educate and Connect Diverse Suppliers

Fifth Third Bank today hosted its sixth Supplier Diversity Summit, providing an opportunity for suppliers to explore innovative best practices, as well as connect with Fifth Third representatives and other corporate and community partners.

Education

The Future Faces of Tech: Meet Cadence's 2022 GEM Fellowship Interns

Cadence is honored to partner with The National Graduate Engineering Minorities Consortium as part of our mission to foster a diverse workforce in the STEM community.

Latest Campaigns

  1. FedEx Cares | Overall
    FedEx Cares is our global community engagement program and one way that we live out our purpose of connecting people and possibilities. Our goal is to...
  2. Enriching Women's Lives
    60 years ago, Mary Kay Ash created an unparalleled opportunity for women to define their own successes and control their own futures. Her vision of...
  3. Coach Foundation | Dream It Real
    To help break cycles of inequality, we empower the next generation to reach their full potential through higher education.
  4. Accelerating access to healthcare technology
    We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...
  5. IWBI | Workplace Wellness
    A WELL Certified™ project has the potential to add measurable value to the health, well-being and happiness of people in the buildings. It can also...
  6. Cascale Events
    Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...
  7. 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...
  8. 2025 Global Inclusive Growth Summit
    This annual event hosted by the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth will explore how we can build strong growth and economic opportunity for all...
  9. Collaboration and Partnership
    Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...
  10. AMD Environmental Sustainability
    Advancing sustainability across our operations, supply chain manufacturing and product stewardship
  11. 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...
  12. Whirlpool Corporation Diversity and Inclusion
    Celebrating D&I events, stories and wins
  13. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Gilead Sciences Corporate Social Responsibility
  14. Innovation & Sustainable Solutions
    Chemours chemistry is essential to our daily lives, global commerce, and the future. Our commitment to product sustainability drives us to innovate...
  15. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...