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Social Impact & Volunteering

Lessons in Paper-making With International Paper

Students at Wesley Ray Elementary School are learning how paper is made thanks to Scot Martin, a paper machine technical assistant who works on International Paper’s Industrial Packaging team in the company’s Bogalusa, La. Mill.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Our Sustainability Strategy

Sustainability at NRG Sustainability is a philosophy that underpins and facilitates value creation across our business and for all our stakeholders.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Workiva is Named 2021 Best Places to Work in IT by IDG Insider Pro and Computerworld

The Insider Pro and Computerworld Best Places to Work in IT award recognizes the 100 top organizations that challenge IT staff while providing great benefits and compensation. This year, Workiva Inc. (NYSE:WK) ranked #12, up from #22 on the top 25 mid-sized companies. This is Workiva’s fourth consecutive year to be recognized.

Education

The Waldorf Way: 'Learning About Nature, in Nature'

Since 2014, Enbridge has given to Seacoast Waldorf School to help fund its holistic schooling experience as part of our commitment to sustainability in the communities near our operations and projects. This year, Enbridge gave $2,500 to help replace the school’s roof in urgent need of repair.

Events, Media & Communications

Detailing Interiors: Workplace & COVID

With companies preparing their return to the office, new challenges are present as companies are looking to provide confidence of the health and safety of their spaces to their employees, while providing flexibility.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Keysight Malaysia Receives 2021 Employee Experience Awards in Six Categories

Keysight Technologies was recently recognized at the 2021 Employee Experience Awards, receiving awards in 6 different categories. The Employee Experience Awards honor HR’s commitment to workplace transformation.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Time to Rethink Finance With an Impact Lens: From Constraint to Opportunity

Environment

Red Dot Award Recognizes the New Xfinity Eco Capsule Packaging

Comcast team wins Red Dot Design Award for the Xfinity Eco Capsule focusing on green manufacturing and material innovations to support farmers and reclaim agricultural waste, as well as assuring the unboxing experience was inclusive and accessible to all.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Tech4Good: Smarter Learning Relies on Digital Innovation

Returning as a sponsor for the second year in a row, Lenovo spotlights the amazing technological innovations that are revolutionizing the way we learn in the 2021 AbilityNet Tech4Good Awards, Education category.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Keybank Secures $104.6 Million of Financing for Two Affordable Housing Properties in Texas

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) secured $104.6 million of financing for The NRP Group to develop two affordable multifamily housing properties in San Antonio.

Innovation & Technology

Cummins Answers 5 Questions on How Battery-Electric Buses Work

Across the U.S., communities are looking to make their fleets more sustainable and have already begun adding both electrified school and transit buses to their fleets. Cummins alone has already assisted in delivering over 400 buses across the country, each equipped with the Cummins Battery Electric System.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Rockwell's Grau Discusses Key Efficiency Improvements to Strengthen Sustainability Results

More industry leaders are discovering when they create leaner, more efficient processes, they can improve sustainability results such as reducing carbon emissions over time.

Research, Reports & Publications

Johnson & Johnson Releases 2020 Health for Humanity Report Highlighting Performance and Progress on Environmental, Social and Governance Priorities

Johnson & Johnson has published their 2020 Health for Humanity Report, serving as the Company's annual disclosure on ESG performance and illustrates progress toward fulfilling its corporate purpose to change the trajectory of health for humanity.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Striving for Sustainability in Global Food Systems

As the global community gears up for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, it is significant that preparations are also underway by Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to deliver a new sector reporting standard for agriculture, aquaculture, and fishing.

Environment

Make 'Plastic Free July' Lifestyle Changes Stick for Good

Pledging to change one small habit during Plastic Free July will make you more conscious of other easy ways you can reduce plastic in your life, but making changes that stick can truly impact the planet for good.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Companies can Align with Biden's Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk

Climate change is an imminent U.S. financial risk. According to a study conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research, continued temperature increases and failure to drastically cut emissions could result in a 10.5% cut in U.S. GDP alone by 2100.

Diversity & Inclusion

Reaching for Dreams

Young people are a source of unlimited creativity and inspiration. They can rejuvenate and transform a workplace and the people around them. A group of young CLP interns recently recalled their journey.

Research, Reports & Publications

Teck Reports $11 Billion in Economic Contribution in 2020, Including $1.6 Billion in Wages and Benefits to Over 10,000 Employees

Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TECK.A and TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) (“Teck”) has released its fifth annual Economic Contribution Report, detailing the direct economic benefits created in the communities and jurisdictions where we operate, including payments to suppliers, employee wages and benefits, and payments to governments.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Why Bold Climate Leadership Is the Path to Business Success

Back in 2013, climate-systems manufacturer Trane Technologies turned up the heat on itself by setting ambitious sustainability targets – without a specific plan to meet them.

Events, Media & Communications

Catalyze Magazine - Summer 2021

Ideagen is dedicated to providing a global platform to foster cross-sector collaboration by the world’s leading Brands, Companies, NGOs, and Public Sector to create innovative solutions via collaboration at scale while creating awareness of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Innovation & Technology

New Holland Celebrates 50 Years of Skid Steer Offering

The skid steer loader has become an essential tool and necessary investment for everyday chores for many farms, landscapers, and construction operations.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Great Shake Up - Why Financial Reporting Cannot Exist Without ESG

There are many factors involved in effective financial reporting, which can make it a complex and time-consuming task without the right technology or infrastructure to accelerate it.

Innovation & Technology

Halo and Las Vegas Launch Driverless Car Service Powered by T-Mobile 5G

Driverless Halos solve transportation challenges with a people first approach to autonomous cars

Diversity & Inclusion

Brands Embrace Inclusivity Through Gender Neutral Product Lines

Today, we examine three brands that have embraced this need and created space for long-term gender-fluid lines.

Health & Healthcare

American Airlines Joins White House to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccine Globally

As part of the White House initiative to share at least 80 million U.S. vaccine doses globally this summer, American Airlines moved 1.5 million coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine doses from Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) to La Aurora International Airport (GUA) in Guatemala City on a Boeing 777-200 aircraft. The shipment departed ORD this morning.

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