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Watch Land Betterment Corporation's Impact Minute Episode 13

Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”), an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, is proud to release Episode 13 of its Impact Minute video blog. The impact Minute is a weekly, short video series where members of the Company’s management team discuss entrepreneurship and creating sustainable business that aim to address environmental and social issues.

Sustainable Development Goals

How Sustainable Changes—Big or Small—Are a Step in the Right Direction

Change. Whether we want to admit it or not, it’s something that we aren’t fond of, don’t like to embrace, and most of the time, aren’t really great at. There’s an entire field of study and career paths in change management to help usher in change in a more palatable way. Corporations invest money to have professionals or staff members trained to take ownership of things, like cultural change, operational change or fill-in-the _________ change.

Diversity & Inclusion

ON Semiconductor Amplifies Voices with New Podcast Series

Recently, they launched a new podcast series called Amplify Voices. Their intent is to create awareness, learning and dialogue around social issues.

Health & Healthcare

Tork Clean Care Infographic: Surface Hygiene

In addition to following proper hand hygiene routines, cleaning and disinfecting surfaces is equally important to slow down spread of viruses and kill bacteria. Contaminants can stay on surfaces and continue to be a threat for days if not removed properly.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Why T-shirts Are Great Tools for Fundraising

Charity work can take on many forms, but the key to an organization’s charitable acts lies in its efforts to raise money for the cause it supports.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Cross-Sector Leaders Urge Senator Coons to Support Local Nonprofits and the Recovery Effort with Amendments to the CORPS Act (S. 3964) to Make Service More Inclusive and Accessible to All Americans

Nonprofit, academic and business leaders have launched a national policy initiative to urge Senator Coons, and the 17 co-sponsors of the $16.6B CORPS Act (S. 3964), to add $350M in nonprofit capacity building and digital infrastructure funding to help communities hard hit by COVID-19 more effectively engage and mobilize all Americans willing to step to support their community and the recovery effort ahead.

Sustainable Development Goals

Advancing Prosperous Forests in Peru

Through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Securing a Sustainable, Profitable, and Inclusive Forest Sector in Peru (Pro-Bosques) Activity, Tetra Tech is helping boost Peru’s natural resources and forest sector through sustainable forest management to improve its legality, competitiveness, and inclusion.

Research, Reports & Publications

AccountAbility Releases German and Simplified Chinese Translations of the AA1000 AccountAbility Principles (AA1000AP, 2018)

AccountAbility, in partnership with DQS CFS and CECEPEC, releases German and Simplified Chinese Translations of its signature sustainability management framework and guidance document – the AccountAbility Principles (AA1000AP, 2018)

Diversity & Inclusion

National Diversity Council CEO Announces Book Release with a Portion of Proceeds Dedicated to the Coalition for Racial Justice & Equity

National Diversity Council CEO, Ángeles Valenciano, releases her first book, La Sabiduría De Ana: Recetas De Liderazgo this fall! She will donate 10% of the book’s proceeds to the National Coalition for Racial Justice & Equity for immigration initiatives.

Research, Reports & Publications

Infographic: Earth Overshoot Day 2020

Earth Overshoot Day is an annual observance of the date when our demand on nature surpasses our planet’s capacity to provide.

Diversity & Inclusion

Fifth Third Bank Joins HBCU Partnership Challenge

The bipartisan initiative strengthens public-private investments in HBCUs to ensure their future sustainability, increase career prospects for their students, and advance diversity and inclusion within all sectors of employment.

Innovation & Technology

T‑Mobile Launches Project 10Million, Historic $10.7B Initiative Aimed at Closing the Homework Gap and Connecting Students to Opportunity – for Free

With the need for equitable access to the internet more crucial than ever, T-Mobile has zeroed in on a bold goal: helping every single unconnected student in the U.S. get access to the internet connectivity they need to learn.

Research, Reports & Publications

Truist's First Corporate Social Responsibility Report Highlights Significant Merger, Diversity Commitments

Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC) today released its first Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report following the historic merger of equals between BB&T and SunTrust in December of last year. The report reveals the new company’s near...

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Albertsons Companies' Nourishing Neighbors Launches Major Fundraising Drive to Provide Healthy Breakfasts for Children in Need

Every child deserves a healthy breakfast. That’s the stand taken by Albertsons Companies’ Nourishing Neighbors community relief fund, which throughout September will enable customers to donate money to help provide millions of breakfasts for kids.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How General Mills Is Trying To Be A Force For Good In The World: An Interview With Chief Brand Officer Brad Hiranaga

The pandemic and racial injustice are challenging areas for brands to know how to show up in. But if you stay true to your purpose and do something that adds value to people’s lives, you’re on the right track.

Health & Healthcare

Stewart Engineering, Eco-Site Embrace Black & Veatch's COVOPERATE Application to Facilitate Safe, Secure Return to Operations

As U.S. offices reopen and operations begin to normalize amid COVID-19, two N.C. companies are implementing Black & Veatch's COVOPERATE workforce management application, powered by Field2Base, to enhance return-to-office health and safety

Sustainable Development Goals

Collaborating to Conserve Freshwater at Our Water-stressed Sites

After more than a decade of collaboration and investment, our manufacturing site in Terneuzen in The Netherlands is closing in on achieving an ambitious goal: to eliminate the structural use of non-sustainable freshwater supply.

Events, Media & Communications

Delivering a Green, Clean and Inclusive Rebuild Post Covid-19

We have the opportunity for a clean rebuild of the economy post Covid-19, and businesses must build new levels of resilience and understand that financial sustainability now means low carbon.

Research, Reports & Publications

How the Shutdown of Business Travel Impacts Economic Development

Sustainable Development Goals

UN Global Compact and UNESCO's IOC Join Forces to Advance Science-based Sustainable Ocean Business

The UN Global Compact has renewed its commitment to advancing science-based sustainable ocean business by signing a letter of intent with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO’s IOC), the UN agency charged with the preparation of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

Diversity & Inclusion

Imagine A Better World to Create It: My Never Stand Still Conversation with “John Lewis: Good Trouble” Documentarian Dawn Porter

For my latest Never Stand Still episode, I had the privilege of speaking to Dawn Porter about her latest documentary with Magnolia Pictures, “John Lewis: Good Trouble”—a film about the civil rights icon, community organizer, and Congressman who dedicated his life to social activism and legislative action.

Health & Healthcare

NYC Department of Education Selects Delos to Provide Air Purification Solutions for NYC Schools in Response to COVID-19

The New York City Department of Education today announced that it has selected Delos, a New York-based wellness real estate and technology company, to provide 10,000 air purification units for New York City public schools.

Innovation & Technology

Griffith Foods to Research and Develop Plant-Based Protein Ingredients in Partnership with Protein Industries Canada

We're excited to announce our new partnership with Protein Industries Canada to collaborate with Persall Fine Foods and k2MILLING to research and develop plant-based protein ingredients.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Birdies Bank Big Bucks to Benefit Heart to Heart International

Birdies. Not those hatched in a nest, but rather, those made on made on the golf course. PGA Professionals and friends, Justin Thomas and Bud Cauley recently took part in a “birdie challenge.” The golfer with the most birdies would have $100,000 donated in his name by FedEx to Heart to Heart International (HHI), a nonprofit providing humanitarian development and crisis relief worldwide.

Sustainable Development Goals

Building Forward Better - Closer Sector Collaboration to Build a More Resilient Future

The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), Business Fights Poverty and The Partnering Initiative, in consultation with the Harvard Kennedy School’s Corporate Responsibility Initiative, today published a Building Forward Better Framework.

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