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Diversity & Inclusion

Volunteer Vision Launches Digital Mentor Training Center to Maximize the Impact of CSR and DE&I Initiatives

While high quality mentor training sounds costly and time consuming, digital features such as the newly released Volunteer Vision Training Center make high impact training accessible, trackable and scalable.

Events, Media & Communications

Business & Human Rights Summit: New Speakers Confirmed

We invite you to participate in the UN Global Compact Network UK’s flagship Business & Human Rights Summit. The summit will be taking place 30-31 March 2021, and is generously supported by Marshalls plc.

Diversity & Inclusion

Choose Equal.

In downturns and disasters throughout history, women always bear a heavy cost – more of the jobs lost, more of the frontline care, and often – more of the burden at home.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

ON Semiconductor Joins Newsweek's America's Most Responsible Companies for a Second Consecutive Year

In December 2020, Newsweek published their list of America’s Most Responsible Companies for 2021 and ON Semiconductor is proud to be listed for the second consecutive year, ranking #38 out of 399 U.S.-based companies across 14 industries.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Hershey Invests $1.5 Million In The Thurgood Marshall College Fund

The Hershey Company announced it will invest $1.5 million in the Thurgood Marshall College Fund to establish a scholarship endowment, with the goal to increase that to $3 million over the next ten years.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bloomberg Earns a Perfect Score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2021 Corporate Equality Index (CEI)

Bloomberg announced that it has earned a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) and been designated as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality in the United States.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CECP Announces James D. White, Former CEO, Jamba Juice to Join Board of Directors

Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP) announced that James D. White, Former CEO, Jamba Juice, has joined the organization’s distinguished Board of Directors.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Workiva Joins SASB in Support of XBRL Taxonomy for ESG Reporting

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) announced its new eXtensible business reporting language (XBRL) taxonomy is now open for public comment.

Diversity & Inclusion

CBRE Strengthens DE&I Efforts with Addition of Two Seasoned Professionals

CBRE announced it has expanded its Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) team with the addition of two new professionals, Ryan Mitchell and LaTonya Woodson.

Innovation & Technology

Enbridge Innovation in Action: Safety Highlights

Continuous innovation in safety is not simply about avoiding or mitigating the most frequent incidents, though.

Environment

Megan Milliken Biven Proposes an Abandoned Well Administration

For over a hundred years, American land and waters have been tapped for that dark and viscous substance that has propelled our economy and generated the climate crisis.

Innovation & Technology

Goodyear Ventures Invests in Autonomous Trucking Company TuSimple

Goodyear Ventures has added TuSimple, a global autonomous trucking technology company, to its growing investment portfolio.

Environment

Coalition Grows to Protect Biodiversity Globally

“We can change the story if we decide to do it.”

Health & Healthcare

Alkermes Provides Information and Resources About Telepsych

Psychiatrist Dr. Frank Chen sat down with PsychCentral.com’s Gabe Howard to discuss the benefits of telepsych and why it doesn’t need to be so intimidating.

Health & Healthcare

Abbott Introduces Neurosphere™ Virtual Clinic, First-of-Its-Kind Remote Neuromodulation Patient-Care Technology in the U.S.

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced the U.S. launch of NeuroSphere™ Virtual Clinic, a first-of-its-kind technology that allows patients to communicate with physicians, ensure proper settings and functionality, and receive new treatment settings remotely as needed.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Mondelēz International Commits To Reduction in Virgin Plastic Use To Combat Plastic Pollution

By 2025, the company aims for an at least 25% reduction in virgin plastic use in its rigid plastic packaging or a 5% reduction in virgin plastic use in its overall plastic packaging portfolio, assuming constant portfolio mix.

Green Infrastructure

American Airlines Builds on Commitment to Sustainable Fuels With Kuehne+Nagel

“Partnering with Kuehne+Nagel as part of our effort to reduce the impact of aviation on our planet has been an incredible example of the kind of collaboration that will drive real change.”

Education

Keysight Technologies Extends Commitment to FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

The donation through FAMU provides a channel of engagement between Keysight Technologies and the students and professors at the college and will help develop the pipeline for under-represented talent in electrical engineering.

Innovation & Technology

Closing The Gender Gap In STEM Inventions - A Conversation With Qualcomm’s EVP & President Of The Technology Licensing Business - Alex Rogers

The conversation covered many topics, from the potential loss in GDP caused by the lack of equal access to the innovation economy to the impact that diversity has on teams, the importance of fostering innovation and, of course, STEM education.

Diversity & Inclusion

We Should All Choose to Challenge on International Women's Day

March is Women’s History Month; an annual declared month to celebrate the countless accomplishments of women in history and today.

Diversity & Inclusion

Partnering for Positive Change With Women Who Code

In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re spotlighting a longtime partner, WWCode.

Diversity & Inclusion

Bridgestone Joins The Valuable 500 Movement to Promote Inclusion and Opportunity for People with Disabilities

Bridgestone Corporation today announced that it has joined The Valuable 500, a global movement that is committed to making disability inclusion a greater part of the business leadership agenda.

Health & Healthcare

Tork Introduces Interactive Clean Hospital Training and New Surface Cleaning Solutions

Essity launched the Tork Interactive Clean Hospital Training, a free online interactive tool designed to make the training process for cleaning healthcare facilities accessible, engaging, and efficient.

Environment

New Global Effort Launches for Investors to Achieve Net-zero Portfolios in Line With the Paris Agreement Goals

Ceres and investor networks are joining forces in a new international initiative to persuade asset owners and asset managers to commit to transition their investments to achieve net-zero portfolio greenhouse gas emissions by 2050

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

My Relationship to Money: From Humble Beginnings to ESG Investing Icon

Even as a successful African-American man, now retired from the investment business, when I was asked to write about my relationship with money, I had to pause and think hard about that relationship.

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