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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Keysight Technologies Ranks 32nd on Fast Company's Third Annual List of the 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators

Keysight Technologies has ranked 32nd on Fast Company's third annual list of the 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators, honoring businesses and organizations that demonstrate a deep commitment to encouraging innovation at all levels.

Events, Media & Communications

TechUnited:BetterPlanet Challenge 2020 Winner Shares Impact of Working With PSEG

PSEG and TechUnited:NJ team up to offer a $50K cash prize to be awarded to the startup demonstrating innovative solutions for promoting electrified transportation through the TechUnited:BetterPlanet Challenge.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Illumina's Interns Contribute Over 800 Hours on Social Impact Projects

Illumina interns put our culture of giving back into action with their social impact projects this summer. Embedding CSR into how we do business even translates to our intern program!

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

From Laura Landreaux: New Mentoring Programs Offer Added Visibility for Female Employees

Entergy Women’s Leadership Advisory Council partnered with our internal Women’s Employee Resource Group to pilot two mentoring programs specifically for female employees.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

From the Fifth Third Bancorp 2020 ESG Report: Third-Party Management

Our Supplier Code of Conduct sets forth Fifth Third’s expectations for ethical, human rights, labor and environmental standards throughout our supplier network. Suppliers are expected to demonstrate the same commitment to ethical business practices.

Green Infrastructure

Goodyear and Plus Collaborate on Autonomous Trucks

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today announced a strategic collaboration with Plus, a global provider of self-driving truck technology, to provide optimized, autonomous trucking solutions that elevate the intelligent and connected transformation of the logistics industry.

Education

Teacher's Social Media Science Experiments Reach Millions

Solar systems, skeletons and stacks of supplies line the walls in Nancy Bullard’s classroom. Bullard – better known as Mrs. B – is the science lab teacher at Huntingtowne Farms Elementary School in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Small and Midsize Companies Should Start a Meaningful ESG Program, Says Mastercard's EVP of Corporate Sustainability

As more law firms and corporate law departments embrace ESG factors, their use has become even more important to investors, consumers, and shareholders.

Health & Healthcare

NeuroSphere Virtual Clinic Brings Relief to Rural Town

Several years after being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease, Craig Overman was starting a new stage of his life, intimidated by the lengthy hallways at UC Health University of Colorado Hospital, as well as the five-and-a-half hour drive to get there.

Sustainable Development Goals

Pandemic Sees Business Sustainability Take Center Stage

SDGs: The Rising Tide is a new podcast series from GRI which will provide expert insights on business engagement in the SDGs, including the internal and external challenges.

Innovation & Technology

IVECO and the Alpega Group Sign European Partnership Agreement Aimed at Optimising Haulier Productivity and Thereby Reducing CO2 Emissions

IVECO, the commercial vehicle’s brand of CNH Industrial N.V., has signed an agreement with the Alpega Group, a global leader in logistics software, for the combined use of freight exchange services Teleroute and Wtransnet.

Diversity & Inclusion

WeThe15 - Creating Change for the World's Largest Marginalized Group

This week, we dive into the launch of a 10-year movement that aims to end discrimination towards persons with disabilities.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Mohawk Employees Volunteer at Community Give Back Event

The Bennettsville, SC team recently made the start of the school year a little more fun for the kids in their community.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Life Science Business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany Employee Spotlight: Dustin Andre

As part of its employee spotlight series, the Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, whose US and Canada business operates as MilliporeSigma, sits down with Dustin Andre, product and packaging sustainability specialist

Innovation & Technology

From the Fifth Third Bancorp 2020 ESG Report: Consumer Privacy and Information Security

As the cyber threat landscape continues to mature, it is our responsibility to stay ahead of the threats and continue to put in place the processes, procedures, tools and technologies needed to mitigate the risks associated with these threats.

Environment

Powering Down: What You Need to Know About Recycling Old Batteries

Americans throw away about three billion batteries per year. It’s important to remember that not all batteries are created equally. Several different types of batteries should not be disposed of or recycled at home.

Research, Reports & Publications

Walmart's Shared Value, Whole-System Approach to ESG Issues Creates Value for Business and Society

Walmart has long taken a shared value, whole‑system approach to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.

Sustainable Development Goals

Vistra Completes Expansion of Battery Energy Storage System at Its Flagship California Facility

Vistra recently completed construction on Phase II of its Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility. The battery system is now storing power and releasing it to California’s grid when it is needed.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Patty Nowak Is Tetra Tech's June 2021 Project Manager of the Month

Project managers (PM) are the face of Tetra Tech to every client and are the people who ensure that our project work is done to the highest standards of quality and fiscal discipline.

Responsible Production & Consumption

SCS Global Services to Officially Launch Sustainability Rated Diamond Standard at Las Vegas Jewelry Week

SCS Global Services, will officially announce its certification program for the newly released SCS-007 Sustainability Rated Diamonds Standard for Trial Use at JCK Las Vegas, the jewelry industry’s premier annual trade event.

Health & Healthcare

PT Freeport Indonesia Continues Oxygen Donations and Other Pandemic Relief to Papuan Hospitals

As Indonesia faces a surge in COVID-19 cases nationwide, PT Freeport Indonesia (PT-FI) is supporting Mimika Regency hospitals and health centers by providing oxygen cylinders that are necessary for ventilated patients.

Diversity & Inclusion

Morgan Stanley Selects 8 Startups for 6th Cohort of Multicultural Innovation Lab Supporting Diverse Founders

Morgan Stanley today announced the sixth cohort of the Multicultural Innovation Lab, an accelerator program for technology and technology-enabled startups in the post‐seed to Series B funding rounds.

Innovation & Technology

3 Easy Ways to Help Keep Kids Cyber Safe

NortonLifeLock Cares and National PTA partner with caregivers and families to help keep kids safe and empower them on the internet. We've provided three easy ways to help families stay Cyber Safe this back-to-school season.

Education

Lenovo Foundation Partners With Solve Education! To Support STEM Education Through Gamification

Lenovo Foundation’s core focus areas is to advance STEM education, so the opportunity to team up with Solve Education! made complete sense. Through this partnership, Lenovo is funding initiatives for Solve Education! to further develop content.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Financial Empowerment Mobile is Back

The Fifth Third eBus is back on the road within the Bank’s footprint to bring financial capability and access to community members. In Dayton recently, the bus shared the stage with local performing artists and musicians.

Latest Campaigns

  1. 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...
  2. Truist Cares
    Truist is committed to caring for communities when disasters strike. In 2020, Truist Financial Corporation announced its first Truist Cares initiative...
  3. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  4. Policy and Advocacy
    Policy and Advocacy content from IWBI - International Well Building Institute
  5. Protecting our planet
    We believe that people can only live their healthiest lives on a healthy planet. That’s why we reduce our environmental footprint by finding...
  6. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  7. KeyBank's Commitment to Diversity
    Promoting inclusive environments by employing systemic changes to improve the access of individuals of diverse backgrounds. Learn more about our...
  8. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  9. Environmental Sustainability
    Cisco is working not only for a more inclusive future, but a more environmentally sustainable one as well. Environmental issues like climate change...
  10. kate spade new york
    At kate spade new york and its Foundation, we believe that a woman’s mental health is foundational to her achieving sustainable long-term empowerment...
  11. 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...
  12. Nutrition and Health
    Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...
  13. Responsible Investing
    Responsible Investing
  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. Baker Tilly Foundation
    The Baker Tilly Foundation makes a difference in the communities where we live and work by supporting causes in the areas of education, health and...