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Research, Reports & Publications

From the Fifth Third Bancorp 2020 ESG Report: Financial Inclusion

The more individuals, families and small businesses are empowered to achieve their best lives, the more communities thrive.

Innovation & Technology

FedEx Ground and Berkshire Grey Team Up to Streamline Small Package Processing

FedEx Ground believes that continued innovation and automation will improve safety, efficiency, and productivity for its team members as they continue to keep the e-commerce supply chain moving.

Diversity & Inclusion

Empowered by Opportunity

If you could choose just one word to describe yourself, what would it be? For Zulie Garcia, the word is EMPOWERED. Hear what it means to her as a mom, as a woman on the factory floor, and as someone who transformed her life. Watch Zulie’s story.

Environment

Franklin Templeton Partners with Razer to Launch New Animated Series on Environmental Literacy

Franklin Templeton partners with Razer, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers to release a new animated series starring Razer’s fan-favorite and sustainability mascot, Sneki Snek.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Building a Legacy in a Family Firm Powered by Ørsted's Skipjack Wind Project

As part of this project, we interviewed three inspiring local people who are dedicated to where they live and what they do. Find out what sustainability means to Teaera Strum.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Pact Launches New Three-Year Strategy

Pact launches a new strategy to guide its work over the next three years. The strategy directly engages with and responds to the needs and priorities of communities, addresses major new trends and responds to demands to change power relationships.

Education

Empowering the Next Agents of Change

It's Cybersecurity Awareness Month and NortonLifeLock and World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS)'s Surf Smart 2.0 program teaches girls to #BeCyberSmart and #BetheChangeOnline.

Health & Healthcare

Aramark Higher Education Encourages Students to TAKE15

To coincide with World Mental Health Day on October 10, 2021, Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) is launching its college and university focused TAKE15 program (#TAKE15, #TAKEYOUR15).

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Commercial Real Estate: How the All-Electric, All-Digital Transformation Sets a Path for Future Success

If you own or operate commercial real estate, this blog series might be one of the most important things you read in the upcoming months.

Environment

Chevron Accelerates Lower Carbon Ambitions

During its Energy Transition Spotlight, Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) announced plans to invest more capital to grow lower carbon energy businesses.

Media & Communications

Stryker Joins Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council is pleased to welcome Stryker, one of the world's leading medical technology companies with more than 43,000 employees globally.

Diversity & Inclusion

How T-Mobile Is Bridging the Digital Divide

The way we see it, we can’t achieve our mission of being the best in the world at connecting people to their world unless we start at the beginning—by working to ensure that EVERYONE is connected and able to reap the benefits of a 5G economy and a digitally-connected world.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Where It Started: A Pro Bono Website Redesign

Common Impact matched education and mentorship nonprofit America Needs You with a team of skills-based volunteers from Fidelity Investments to redesign their website. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the long-term team consulting project.

Environment

Changing the Equation

Agriculture has always been about managing risk. When a farmer puts a seed in the ground, they’re making an investment in the land. In developing countries where livelihoods depend on harvests the most, that risk is often the greatest.

Sustainable Development Goals

Lavazza: Toward Shared Sustainability Goals

According to Roberta Garizio, Lavazza’s Indirect Purchasing Director, maintaining an open dialogue with suppliers on what sustainability goals they share is critical to increasing resilience. And ratings helped immensely in deciding how to work with suppliers during the crisis.

Environment

Pioneering a Sustainable Future

Ericsson is creating a world of limitless connectivity, where mobile technology opens new possibilities to pioneer a sustainable future. With global collaboration and digital innovation, carbon emissions can be reduced by 15% by 2030.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Community Engagement at Northern Trust

Northern Trust offers community engagement opportunities and paid time off for volunteerism enhance our communities and provide a competitive advantage in employee recruiting and satisfaction.

Media & Communications

Global Efforts to Tackle Climate Change Challenges - Tune in to COP 26

Collaboration – Cooperation – Collective Action: buzz words that really matter today as the nations of the world come together to address a wide range of climate change challenges.

Energy

Black & Veatch to Design, Build Canada's First Electric 'Smart Grid'

As the electric industry addresses growing demands for lower carbon footprints and heightened reliability and resilience, a Canadian community is entrusting Black & Veatch to transform its power system into a technology-driven, enhanced “smart grid” meant to lower consumer costs and slash greenhouse gas emissions.

Diversity & Inclusion

Keysight Engineer Celebrates Spanish Engineer Juan de la Cierva During Hispanic Heritage Month

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month 2021, Keysight Technologies employees share how Hispanic engineering contributions have inspired them in their careers. Here’s a look at who inspired application engineer Eva Ribes-Vilanova.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: Stewards of the Land

When land is stewarded by Indigenous People, the land tends to be healthier in terms of habitat preservation, biodiversity, soil health, and water quality.

Diversity & Inclusion

'It's Imperative to Support Small Business Owners During These Turbulent Times'

The Raza Development Fund team, or Familia as we call it, is passionate about serving our Latino and poor communities. As the nation’s largest Latino-focused Community Development Financial Institution

Innovation & Technology

Comcast Helps Tech Goes Home Connect Seniors With Laptops and Internet Essentials

Comcast recently gave 500 brand new laptops to seniors in Boston who completed Tech Goes Home (TGH) digital literacy training, a grant to help TGH connect more seniors with digital devices, Internet Essentials and digital skills training.

Events, Media & Communications

Event: Launch of Major New Mississippi Initiative to Combat Leading Cause of Involuntary Land Loss Among Black Families

Join the Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation™ and the Mississippi Center for Justice, together with their partners from World Wildlife Fund and Kimberly-Clark, in discussing a leading cause of involuntary land loss for Black families and its impact on both communities and the fate of American forests.

Events, Media & Communications

Webinar: Making the Impossible Possible: The Blueprint for Decarbonizing Industry

Carbon-intensive sectors have no option but to drastically reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to reach zero. Failing that, global temperatures will rise beyond 2°C with dramatic consequences for the planet and humanity.

Latest Campaigns

Integrated Tools

Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...

Kingfisher Around the World

The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...

Small Business Growth

We strengthen communities and help create local jobs by investing in underserved small business owners. We fund nonprofits that are focused on...

PSEG Environmental Stewardship

PSEG’s environmental stewardship is evident in programs and strategies that reflect our commitment to clean air, clean water and waste management...

License to Operate

Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...

Collaboration and Partnership

Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...

The Ray

News and information about The Ray, Georgia's restorative, sustainable highway of the future.

Sustainable Operations

ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)

Collective Action

Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...

P&G | Environmental Sustainability

Environmental Responsibility: We’ve achieved 14 out of 16 of the environmental goals we set in 2010, and we will accelerate our progress as we work to...