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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Quest Diagnostics Elects Robert B. Carter, CIO of FedEx Corporation, to Board of Directors

Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), a leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Robert (Rob) B. Carter, a seasoned technology executive, to serve as a director.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

What This Chocolate Scientist Got To Learn From—and Teach—Cacao Farmers in Trinidad and Tobago

When I tell people I’m a chocolate scientist, they often tell me I have the best job in the world. I absolutely agree.

Environment

Bloomberg 2023 Impact Report: Reducing Our Emissions

Bloomberg strives to decouple company growth from environmental impact while increasing the efficiency and resiliency of our operations.

Health & Healthcare

Digital First: Delivering Hybrid Care for Service Members and Their Families

The Leidos Partnership of Defense Health (LPDH) and the Defense Health Agency (DHA) are working together to transform DHA’s care delivery into a new, hybrid care enablement model.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Celebrating Collaboration, Community Building, and ERG’s With Kohler

At Seramount’s May 2024 EmERGe conference in New York City, Kohler Co's incredible business resource groups were named 2023 ERG Impact Award honorees in the ERG Collaboration category.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Art Outreach Singapore’s HEARTH Program Thrives in the Sands Cares Accelerator

The newest graduate of the Sands Cares Accelerator, Art Outreach Singapore, completed its journey in the exclusive developmental program for nonprofit organizations at the end of 2023.

Education

Discovery Education Offers Educators Free Professional Development Resources Addressing Key Topics

Global edtech leader Discovery Education and a selection of corporate partners recently released an array of new, free professional development resources addressing key topics in teaching and learning that will help educators continue honing instructional practices

Social Impact & Volunteering

A Single Mom’s Path to Homeowning Success

Mann and other Regions associates shared in Davis’s ride toward homeownership through a day of hands-on sweat equity to help build her home. It was the Nashville team’s 18th year participating in a build; the first time a build was combined with a targeted homeowner grant.

Diversity & Inclusion

GoDaddy 2023 Sustainability Report: Our Employees | Representation Matters

GoDaddy believes teams with different identities, backgrounds, and experiences attract and retain the best talent; build better products and services; help inspire customer loyalty; and enable collaboration and innovation.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

U.S. Bank Foundation Opportunity Fund Helps Small Businesses Grow and Thrive

Small businesses are the lifelines of many communities, and the U.S. Bank Foundation* has invested in nonprofit organizations providing small business support for years through its Community Possible grant program and, now, the U.S. Bank Foundation Opportunity Fund**.

Diversity & Inclusion

Empowering Women and Girls in Asia-Pacific: IBM’s Commitment to Education

In a world where technology is rapidly shaping the future, access to education and training programs is crucial to expanding opportunity. Recent research by UNESCO found that women make up only 35% of STEM graduates, and this number has not changed in the past 10 years.

Diversity & Inclusion

Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2024: Inclusion Benefits Us All

At Comcast, we want everyone to get the most out of their connectivity and entertainment experience. But for the disabled community, connectivity can remain a challenge.

Education

Meet the Scholars: Celebrating Outstanding Recipients of the 2024 Live Más Scholarship

For nine years, the Taco Bell Foundation has fueled students’ boldest ambitions to create good through the Live Más Scholarship, a program rooted in the belief that our youth hold the key to the future.

Diversity & Inclusion

Fifth Third Bank: Celebrating Pride Month With Employee Business Resource Groups

At Fifth Third, LGBTQ+ business resource groups across the Bank’s footprint are participating in activities through June to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and other individuals have had on history locally, nationally and internationally.

Environment

SLR Announces Acquisition of SGA (Gestión Ambiental S.A.)

SGA (Gestión Ambiental S.A.), a leading environmental consultancy established more than 30 years ago in Chile, has been acquired by SLR, one of the world’s biggest multidisciplinary sustainability consultancy and engineering firms.

Sustainable Development Goals

Baker Hughes Foundation Contributes $340,000 To Commemorate UN World Environment Day

The Baker Hughes Foundation announced Monday two grants in support of United Nations World Environment Day: a $310,000 grant to One Tree Planted and a $30,000 grant to Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF).

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

3M Named Official Respiratory Protection Sponsor for Direct Relief, Pledges 5 Million N95 Respirators Ahead of Hurricane, Wildfire Season

In a significant step towards bolstering emergency preparedness and response efforts, 3M and Direct Relief are launching a global Respiratory Protection initiative to increase preparedness ahead of the 2024 hurricane and wildfire season.

Research, Reports & Publications

Ceres Releases First-of-Its-Kind Resource for Companies To Deliver Leading Climate Transition Action Plans

Ceres has released new corporate guidance on transition planning to help companies address the financial risks of climate change and maximize the opportunities for them to thrive in a low-carbon future.

Environment

DP World Unveils Ocean Strategy 2024-2030: A Blueprint for Sustainable Maritime Leadership

World Ocean Day, recognized each year on June 8, serves as a poignant reminder of the substantial environmental and climatic challenges that our planet currently faces.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Brand Leaders Share Their Insights on the Future of the CPG Sector

Business leaders discussed these trends and more at an event hosted at Mondelēz International’s headquarters in Chicago earlier this month.

Environment

CNH and Its Brands Support World Environment Day

CNH sustainably advances the noble work of farmers and builders everywhere.

Environment

New Federal Fuel Economy Standards To Bring More Efficient Vehicles and Economic Benefits to the U.S.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced new federal fuel economy standards today, the latest action by the Biden administration to accelerate the transition to clean transportation.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Providing Safe Havens for Women in North Texas: Mary Kay Ash Foundation Awards $100,000 in Grants to Four Local North Texas Domestic Violence Shelters

According to National Domestic Violence Hotline (NDVH), 1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Famine Imminent in Gaza As Half a Million Women and Children Lack Access to Basic Nutrition Services

Action Against Hunger, one of the few humanitarian organizations working on nutrition projects in Gaza, has launched a program to prevent malnutrition among pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and children under five years old.  

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Burt’s Bees Celebrates 40th Bee-Day By Giving Back

Culture Day at Burt’s Bees this year was even buzzier than usual as we marked our 40th birthday by reflecting on our roots and our brand’s legacy.

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