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Environment

Six Industrial Manufacturing Firms Championing Sustainability

We have looked at six industrial manufacturing companies recognised for their sustainability efforts and demonstration of company best-practice for long-term growth.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Take Action This Black History Month

February is Black History Month - an opportunity for us to honor and further educate ourselves about the legacy of Black people in North America. Download the kit to rally and engage your people with ways they can take action and give back.

Events, Media & Communications

Black & Veatch’s ROI Framework for Commercial Water Management Helps Companies Address Water Quantity and Quality Issues

To help companies strategically define and operationally address their water quantity and quality goals and metrics, Black & Veatch outlines its ROI framework reevaluate, optimize, innovate in its latest eBook, Value Every Drop: An ROI Framework for Commercial Water Management.

Environment

Doing Our Part To Protect the Planet

Gen has reaffirmed its commitment to operating a low-carbon business. Learn more about the steps Gen has been and will be taking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and do its part to help protect the planet.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How IBM SkillsBuild Mentors Support Learners in Their STEM Career Journey

This Mentoring Month, we’re celebrating mentees such as Reynaldo Campos who connect to IBM mentors to learn from their experience and get insights into the world of work.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Beyond COP15: Securing Business Accountability on Biodiversity

The adoption of the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework, signed at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) last month, is without doubt a major milestone, committing the world to halting and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bread Financial Included on Newsweek’s America’s Most Responsible Companies 2023 List

Driven by purpose, and with a legacy of operating ethically and sustainably, Bread Financial has been named to Newsweek’s America’s Most Responsible Companies 2023 list.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Power of Partnerships to Unlock the Social Economy

At the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, Catalyst 2030 is launching the Catalyst Business Commitment with support from the Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship.

Diversity & Inclusion

Newsweek Names Entergy One of the Most Responsible Companies, Greatest Workplaces for Diversity

In the publication's fourth annual list of America's Most Responsible Companies, we are noted as one of the top 500 public corporations that take seriously the commitment to being good corporate citizens.

Education

3M and Discovery Education Launch Alumni Network and Grant Program Supporting Nation’s Young Scientists

3M (@3M) and Discovery Education (@DiscoveryEd) are announcing the launch of the Young Scientist Challenge Alumni Network and Alumni Grants Program.

Diversity & Inclusion

DraftKings Welcomes Cristina Ackas As Vice President of Inclusion, Equity & Belonging

After conducting a comprehensive national search, DraftKings has chosen Cristina Ackas to lead the company’s ongoing commitment to Inclusion, Equity & Belonging (IEB) as vice president.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Gildan Included on the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations List by Corporate Knights’

Gildan Activewear Inc. (GIL: TSX and NYSE) is pleased to announce that it has been included in Corporate Knights’ 2023 Global 100 list of the world’s most sustainable corporations for the second consecutive year.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CBRE Announces North American Winners for Its Supplier Innovation Challenge

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) announced the winners of its annual Supplier Innovation Challenge for North America as part of its yearly Supplier Partner Conference and Expo in Dallas, Texas, last week.

Green Infrastructure

Booster — Who We Are and What We Do

A leading mobile energy delivery company, Booster delivers a range of fuel types directly to fleet vehicles in their off hours, saving fleets time, money and emissions.

Health & Healthcare

Decades-Long Effort to Enact Universal HIV Screening for Pregnant Women in Israel

Dr. Hila Elinav burst into tears of joy when the Israeli Ministry of Health announced a sweeping new HIV screening policy for pregnant women in September.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Alibaba Blends Retail With Technology to Build Green Supply Chains

Alibaba Group is leveraging its platform power and cloud computing capabilities to create greener supply chains in China.

Innovation & Technology

Hydrogen’s Use as a Sustainable Alternative Fuel for Transport Highlighted by Black & Veatch

Opportunities exist to plan for and grow the use of green hydrogen as a zero-emissions fuel source for India's transport sector, including commercial fleets and aviation, says Black & Veatch.

Energy

Duke Energy Begins Operating 207-MW Ledyard Windpower, Its First Wind Project in Iowa

Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions (DESS), a nonregulated commercial brand of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), announced it has placed into commercial operation the 207-megawatt (MW) Ledyard Windpower project in Kossuth County, Iowa.

Research, Reports & Publications

Paychex Recognizes the Fundamental Principle That Good Corporate Governance Is Critical to Organizational Success and the Protection of Stockholder Value

Highlights of our FY22 ESG Governance efforts.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Family Finds Hope for the Future Through Habitat for Humanity's BuildBetter With Whirlpool

Through House+Home, Whirlpool Corporation will help Habitat for Humanity construct homes designed to better withstand storm winds, natural disasters and other severe weather events that are intensifying.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Schneider Electric in Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations for 12th Year in the Row

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has earned a spot on Corporate Knights’ 2023 Global 100 list of Most Sustainable Corporations in the world for the 12th time in the row.

Health & Healthcare

Medtronic Signs Zero Health Gaps Pledge To Advance Health Equity

To maximize its commitment to health equity, Medtronic is joining the Global Health Equity Network (GHEN).

Environment

Lenovo Commits to Net-Zero Emissions by 2050, Validated by Science Based Targets Initiative

Today, Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) announced its goal to reach net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050, validated and approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a partnership between the UN Global Compact, CDP and World Wide Fund for Nature.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Forum for the Future Makes New International Leadership Appointments

International leading sustainability non-profit Forum for the Future has today announced changes to its senior and executive leadership teams across the UK, U.S., India and Southeast Asia.

Innovation & Technology

Why We Need To Prioritize Digital Transformation – Even in a Downturn

Digital transformation has become an important enabler for sustainable growth and innovation.

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    We invest in sustainable community outcomes that improve lives.
  2. 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...
  3. Opportunity for All
    At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...
  4. 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...
  5. AEG's Commitment to Sustainable Operations
    AEG's sustainability initiatives are designed to reduce our consumption of the planet’s limited resources. Through our comprehensive sustainability...
  6. 2025 Beat the Heat
    This summer, Entergy helped our customers across our service area beat the heat this summer through a number of initiatives aimed to help them save...
  7. 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...
  8. CARE Corporate Partnerships
    CARE works with corporate partners globally to invest in innovative, scalable, impactful, community-based solutions.
  9. 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...
  10. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  11. 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...
  12. Community Impact
    The communities where Chemours operates are also where we live, work, and play, and our mutual success is one and the same. We have a vested interest...
  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. 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...
  15. Principal Financial Group: Employee Engagement
    Talented employees are the heart and soul of our company. We believe development inspires individuals to engage, empower, and embrace a growth mindset...