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Education

Meet the Cadence Black Students in Technology Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations to the recipients of Cadence’s Black Students in Technology Scholarship!

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Bank Continues Expansion Plans in Charleston Market

Fifth Third Bank, N.A., announced last year the addition of a commercial banking team in the Charleston market. In 2023, the expansion will continue as the bank now has a mortgage team in place as well as plans to open two branch locations and add a wealth management team.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Arrow Electronics Again Tops Industry Ranking in FORTUNE’s World’s Most Admired Companies List 2023

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) has again been named to FORTUNE’s “World’s Most Admired Companies” list, ranking #1 in the “Wholesalers: Electronics and Office Equipment” category for the tenth consecutive year.

Sustainable Development Goals

Ericsson’s Kevin Zvokel on 10 Hot Consumer Trends, His Company’s ‘Factory of the Future’ in Lewisville, and More

Ericsson—the Sweden-based networking and telecom giant whose North America HQ is in Plano—has released a new report called “10 Hot Consumer Trends: Life in a Climate-Impacted Future.”

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Alkermes' Company Culture Built On Foundation of Compassion, Science

Alkermes’ culture is built on our commitment to deep compassion, great science and real impact.

Diversity & Inclusion

Black History Month as a Catalyst for Conversation

As Henkel North America’s Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Clayton Sinclair works with leaders across the company to find ways to integrate diversity, equity and inclusion into Henkel’s business.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Forbes Names Trane Technologies One of America’s Best Large Employers

Trane Technologies has been named one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CRB’s Fellowship Program Invests in Employees

CRB's Bill Rattray, Senior Fellow – Biopharmaceutical HVAC, explains how the program taps into CRB’s core value of entrepreneurial spirit and gives people even more opportunities to contribute to the company.

Health & Healthcare

4 Questions With Flavius Martin: Enhancing Innovation by Expanding Gilead’s Research Footprint

As Gilead maps out its next decade, including plans for a new Research Center in Foster City, we talked with Flavius about Gilead’s history of innovation and plans for the future.

Events, Media & Communications

The Power of $7M: How Companies Can Make a Lasting Impact With Their Super Bowl Ad Budget

The cost of a 30-second advertisement during the Super Bowl has risen about half a million since last year, to $7 million in 2023.

Green Infrastructure

Cummins Expands Effort to Provide Sustainable Water to Communities In-Need

Global Power Technology Leader Cummins Inc. is expanding its partnership with Water.org, providing over $500,000 in grants to communities in Peru and the Philippines to empower residents in acquiring much needed water infrastructure.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Baker Hughes Receives Three External Recognitions for Sustainability Leadership

Baker Hughes is recognized as an "industry mover" - among over 7,800 companies - by the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2023 and is No. 1 for customers in energy equipment and services category - "a stakeholder leader" in the industry

Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating Black History Month at FedEx

At FedEx, we drive change by investing in organizations seeking long-term, systemic solutions to the challenge of creating a just society and economy that works better for everyone.

Diversity & Inclusion

SkysTheLimit.org Announces 3 Inspiring Fashion Entrepreneurs You Really Need To Discover This Fashion Week

With all eyes on New York Fashion Week, three entrepreneurs from the SkysTheLimit.org community are building fashion brands to watch. Hailing from New York and Georgia, these designers are taking a purpose-focused approach as they create businesses that change lives.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

LA Galaxy’s Jose “Memo” Rodriguez Inspires Student Athletes From Coachella Valley Unified School District Migrant Program

LA Galaxy’s Jose “Memo” Rodriguez Inspires Student Athletes from Coachella Valley Unified School District Migrant Program

Diversity & Inclusion

Riding Forward Scholarship Contest Celebrates Black History Month

“Black History Month is a time when the nation pauses to reflect on the richness of Black heritage in America and the continuation of the legacy of Black folks in our great country.”

Environment

The Cautionary Tale of Banana Farming, Panama Disease, and the Inherent Risks of Monocultures

For decades, banana farmers have tried to stay one step ahead of a fungus that is deadly to their crops. As that task becomes more difficult, farms will face the growing risk of the complete loss of their trees. This risk is one of the reasons that monoculture farming may not be

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Keysight Technologies Launches New Electrical Measurements Lab at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in partnership with Keysight Technologies, has opened a new measurements and instrumentation lab, serving engineering education and research at the college.

Diversity & Inclusion

Key4Women Hosts Free Webinar on Grit and Grace

KeyBank’s Key4Women will present “Grit and Grace”, a free, one-hour virtual event on Wednesday, March 1, at 12pm eastern standard time. The webinar will kick off Women’s History month with guest speaker, Cheryle Jackson, Founder of Grit and Grace, The Movement and current CEO of

Health & Healthcare

Using Whole-Genome Sequencing To Study Early-Onset Parkinson’s Disease

The Norwegian term for virgin snow, “nysnø”, seemed the appropriate inspiration to name Jennifer Johnston’s company, NysnoBio, as it underscores the pioneering work NysnoBio is doing to tap the potential of Parkin, the protein most often linked to young onset genetic Parkinson’s

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Sweet Auburn Works Announces $450,000 Grant From Truist Foundation and Truist Trusteed Foundations To Support Entrepreneurs of Color, Honor Black Heroes Through Walking With Heroes Capital Campaign

Truist Foundation and the Truist Trusteed Foundations recently announced $450,000 in total grant funding awarded to Sweet Auburn Works.

Sustainable Development Goals

Sealed Air Global Impact Report: Mitigating Climate Change

SEE is developing a strategy to effectively manage and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions associated with our operations and achieve the goals we have set to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change.

Education

Chemours and EastSide Charter School Break Ground on the New Chemours STEM Hub

Chemours and the Wilmington, Delaware-based EastSide Charter School (ESCS) recently broke ground at Eastside Charter School on a new 24,000 square foot community STEM facility – the Chemours STEM Hub at EastSide Charter School.

Environment

The Arbor Day Foundation Named Supporting Partner in United Nations Restoration Campaign

The United Nations Environment Programme names the Arbor Day Foundation as a supporting partner in its urgent effort to ramp up global sustainability efforts.

Environment

EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund an Opportunity To Advance Environmental Justice and Extend Clean Energy Benefits to All

Ceres Director of Federal Policy Zach Friedman issued the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued its initial guidance for the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

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