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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Essity Once Again Recognized as a Diversity Leader by Financial Times

Hygiene and health company Essity has, for the fourth consecutive year, been designated a Diversity Leader by Financial Times.

The ranking was compiled by the research firm Statista on behalf of the Financial Times by surveying more than 100,000 employees in European companies.

Education

Students, Their Parents Thrilled About Winning U.S. Bank Scholarship Sweepstakes

We’ve all received emails claiming that we’ve won an amazing prize, but when Conner Tadlock got an email saying he was the grand prize winner of the U.S. Bank Student Scholarship program, he didn’t send it to his spam folder.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

DaVita Emphasizes Commitment to Whole-Person Care With Investment in National Kidney Foundation PEERS Program

The DaVita Giving Foundation announced an investment in the National Kidney Foundation (NKF)'s PEERS program, a program that provides social and emotional support for patients, care partners, and living donors through connections with mentors living through similar experiences.

Innovation & Technology

4 AI Certifications for Business Owners

IBM Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals Certification

This is a course that includes test questions and it’s fairly comprehensive. It takes about ten hours to complete.

Education

Chemours Community STEM Hub Opens at EastSide Charter School

North Wilmington, Delaware now has a new resource for the community as the Chemours Community STEM Hub at EastSide Charter School officially opened its doors.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Baker Tilly’s BuzzHouse Podcast: Clean Communities Investment Accelerator (CCIA) Explained

On this episode of BuzzHouse, hosts Don Bernards and Garrick Gibson are joined by Baker Tilly colleagues Michelle Isenhouer-Hanlin and Joe Marchese to explore the $6 billion Clean Communities Investment Accelerator (CCIA) under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF).

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

PSEG’s Day of Service Partners With Community Organizations To Honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Did you know? We partner with a number of organizations each year to help support our communities.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Griffith Foods Bangalore, India, Achieves ISO 14001 Certification for Environmental Management

Griffith Foods is thrilled to announce that our manufacturing site in Bangalore, India, has achieved ISO 14001 certification for environmental management! This

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Marathon Petroleum Expands Truckers Against Trafficking Initiative

Marathon Petroleum has expanded its partnership with Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT). Since launching the initiative in 2023, Marathon Petroleum has trained nearly 800 employees in the Transportation and Rail organization to identify human trafficking situations

Sustainable Development Goals

CNH Supported Nuffield Study To Explore Potential of AI for Agriculture Industry

Case IH and parent company, CNH, had their labs and equipment used in a study to promote AI use in the agriculture industry.

Responsible Production & Consumption

SCS Standards Releases Revised SCS Responsibly Managed Peatlands Standard for Public Review

SCS Standards is pleased to announce that version 2.0 of the SCS-003 Certification Standard for Responsibly Managed Peatlands is now available for public review. 

Environment

AEG Germany Reaches Sustainability Milestones

AEG Germany, operator of the Uber Arena, Uber Eats Music Hall and Uber Platz in Berlin and the Barclays Arena in Hamburg, has reached another milestone in its commitment to sustainability. AEG Germany's arenas are the first in Germany to receive Greener Arena certification.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Lenovo Honored With Golden Peacock Global Award for ESG

On November 13, 2024, Lenovo was honored with the Golden Peacock Global Award for ESG by the Golden Peacock Awards Secretariat and Institute of Directors.

Events, Media & Communications

Terra Nexus, UAE Joins Inogen Alliance

Inogen Alliance is pleased to announce the addition of a new Associate company, Terra Nexus in Dubai, UAE. The addition of this new Associate provides crucial complimentary coverage in this region expanding environmental services and expertise.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Role of EHS in Workers’ Compensation and Workplace Incident Management

Workplace incidents are often a part of business operations, but how companies handle these events significantly impacts employee well-being, organizational reputation, future reoccurrence, and compliance obligations.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

How Veolia North America's Engineered Fuels Solution Works

Veolia North America’s engineered fuels program evaluates non-hazardous industrial byproducts like plastics, packaging scraps, debris and more, then shreds and decontaminates the materials to use them as an alternative fuel in cement kilns.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Albertsons Companies Awarded Progressive Grocer Impact Award for Philanthropic Innovation and Corporate Giving

Albertsons Companies has been honored with two 2024 Impact Awards from Progressive Grocer. This recognition highlights our commitment to our Recipe for Change and supporting the planet we share and the communities we serve.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Climate Vault Announces Recipients of Second Annual Carbon Champion Awards

Climate Vault, an award-winning leader in sustainable technology, today announced the recipients of the second annual Carbon Champion Awards. The award program honors organizations that are setting the standards for positive climate action.

Innovation & Technology

Supporting Open Source, Contributors, and WordPress

At GoDaddy, we’re all about supporting the dreamers, the doers, and the builders who make the internet an exciting, inclusive place. Whether it’s entrepreneurs launching their first business or open source developers shaping the tools powering the open web.

Health & Healthcare

Children’s Hospital Colorado Delivers Precision Medicine to Kids

Over the last 20 years, precision medicine has become the standard of care, but for many hospitals, the complexity of the process has made it challenging to integrate or manage efficiently and at scale.

Research, Reports & Publications

Small Businesses Grow Faster by Growing Their Network of Partners

For many innovators in the EU, partnerships with established organizations are essential for distributing their solutions to small businesses.

Research, Reports & Publications

Baker Tilly’s 2025 Insurance Industry Outlook: Key Trends and Strategic Insights for Insurers

Evolving market conditions, technology advancements and a shifting regulatory landscape are all major factors that are set to reshape the already dynamic insurance industry.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

KeyBank Begins Bicentennial Celebration of its Enduring Commitment to Clients, Teammates and Communities

Today, KeyBank launched a year-long bicentennial celebration. Throughout 2025, Key will celebrate two centuries of service to clients, teammates, and communities. Events are planned across the company’s national footprint.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

North American Businesses Navigate Trade Complexities With Diversification, Technology

North American businesses are leveraging diversification and technology to drive growth and resilience, according to the 2025 Trade in Transition report by Economist Impact and DP World.

Innovation & Technology

How Cisco Leverages AI for Impact | FY24 Purpose Report

A lot has happened in 40 years of technology: the Internet, mobile, social media, cloud computing, AI. Securely powering that technology has only grown more critical—and more complex—over time. That’s where Cisco comes in.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Investing in our Communities
    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...