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Join Leaders From Google, Microsoft, REI & More at GreenBiz 26

Trellis Group

Events, Media & Communications

sustainability: 2025 Report - Rockwell Automation
Building a More Resilient, Agile, and Sustainable Future

Rockwell Automation

Research, Reports & Publications

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What We Learned (Or Didn’t) From Hurricane Katrina

TriplePundit

Social Impact & Volunteering

Diversity & Inclusion

For 17th Year, U.S. Bank Scores 100 on the HRC Corporate Equality Index

For the 17th consecutive year, U.S. Bank has received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2023 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality

Environment

COP28 Spotlights Youth in Combatting Climate Change

At SAP, we’ve embraced a four-pronged approach specifically designed to support and empower youth in their journey to a sustainable and just world: rally, represent, reskill, and resource.

Diversity & Inclusion

UAACC Charitable Foundation Receives $100,000 Grant from KeyBank in Support of Utah Youth

KeyBank has awarded a $100,000 grant to the Utah African American Chamber of Commerce (UAACC) Charitable Foundation to support the organization’s career exploration programming for high school and college students.

Innovation & Technology

Soil Health Institute Launches Slakes: A Free Smartphone App To Measure Soil Aggregate Stability

“As one of the top commercial bank agricultural lenders in the U.S., Wells Fargo is a proud supporter of the Soil Health Institute and the development of Slakes,” added Robyn Luhning, Chief Sustainability Officer at Wells Fargo.

Responsible Production & Consumption

The Evolution of Sustainable Packaging

To minimize environmental impacts, we need to find a balance between packaging solutions that are recyclable and those that preserve product and extend shelf life because emissions associated with food waste are more environmentally damaging than the packaging.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Largest U.S. Pension Fund Just Rolled Out a Climate Transition Plan Focused on Risk and Opportunity

There are times when an established company, an investor, a startup makes a move that is so strategic—so in tune with the risks and the opportunities of the moment—that it marks the shift between the market’s past and its future.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

KFC Celebrates Global Growth with Major Milestone Restaurant Openings

KFC announced key milestone store openings with two new restaurants in Haryana, India and Bucharest, Romania, as KFC expands in markets across the world.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Clorox Sustainability & Diversity Leaders Share Learnings From Responsible Sourcing Partners in Ghana

Since joining Clorox, we’ve both embraced our company purpose to champion people to be well and thrive every single day.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Albertsons Exclusive Extending Smiles Flowers by debi lilly design™ Raised Over $1 Million Since 2019

Sold exclusively at Albertsons Companies, Extending Smiles flowers by debi lilly design™ make a difference one bouquet at a time. Every Extending Smiles bouquet purchase includes a $0.75 donation to charity and has raised over $1 million for those in need since 2019.

Events, Media & Communications

Testing Conformance and Interoperability for EV and Charging Infrastructure

Learn the concept of harmonized conformance and interoperability testing, current trends in charging technology like bidirectional charging and Megawatt Charging, and the broad Keysight Charging Test Solution portfolio.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Texas Capital and FHLB Dallas Celebrate the Opening of Senior Apartment Community in Stop Six Neighborhood of Fort Worth

Local real estate developers, community partners and residents celebrated the grand opening of Cowan Place Senior Living.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Olympic Refuge Foundation and Nike To Work Together To Facilitate Access to Sport for Displaced People

The Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF) has today announced that it will be collaborating with Nike in order to help displaced young people find belonging through sport.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Mastercard and Consumers International Partner To Accelerate Equitable Global Consumer Protection and Empowerment in the Digital Economy

Yesterday, at Consumers International’s Global Congress in Nairobi, held once every four years to bring together consumer advocates and marketplace leaders, the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth (The Center) and Consumers International announced a new partnership

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Human Rights Day: The Role of Business in Respecting People and Their Rights

On December 10, 2023, we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It’s a day to honor and remember the universality and indivisibility of human rights.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Braving a Winter Night To Shine a Spotlight on Youth Homelessness

A determined group of people will brave the freezing night at McDonald Park in Kamloops, BC on Dec. 8. They’re not homeless, but they want to put a spotlight on youth homelessness.

Research, Reports & Publications

Green Digital Solutions for Corporate Biodiversity Action

This follow-up paper to “The Why, What, and How of Corporate Biodiversity Action” dives into what concrete biodiversity action can look like when it is bolstered by the clear business trend of technological disruption.

Education

Regions Next Step Reality Check Roundup: Showing Financial Education Is FUNdamental

Regions associates kicked off November by holding events that gave youth a reality check. Regions Next Step Reality Check is an interactive and engaging way for students to learn about building and balancing a budget.

Research, Reports & Publications

Northern Trust's Path Forward

At Northern Trust, our approach to sustainability is grounded in our enduring principles of service, expertise and integrity.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

HARMAN Automotive Continues Its Winning Streak With Several Awards and Recognitions

HARMAN’s Automotive division has been recognized with numerous industry accolades on our continued journey of delivering consumer experiences at an automotive grade, and the momentum continued in 2023!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Thanksgiving Dinner Hosted by Catholic Charities DC and Pepco Feeds Hundreds of People in Need

The sit-down dinner was hosted by Catholic Charities as part of its St. Maria’s Meals program and by Pepco.

Environment

Novelis Works to Lower Carbon Footprint

Our carbon neutral by 2050 goal demonstrates our long-term commitment and is the pinnacle of our sustainability journey. To further our progress in the near-term, we set a target to reduce absolute carbon emissions by 30% by FY26 from a FY16 baseline.

Innovation & Technology

Paychex Study: SMB Leaders To Manage HR and Business Challenges With New Technology in 2024

Paychex shared the results of the annual Priorities for Business Leaders survey, which highlight a diverse set of challenges America’s business owners and HR leaders are expecting to face in 2024 – and nearly all (98%) will use artificial intelligence (AI) to help solve them.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arizona Families Celebrate Aflac Holiday Duck Each Year With Neighborhood Tradition

It was December 2005 and Julie Goodhue of Scottsdale, Arizona, was in the middle of an otherwise routine visit to the hair salon when something caught her eye. A gentleman sat down in the chair next to hers and handed his hairstylist a gift; a small, stuffed duck wearing a scarf.

Environment

A Climate for Innovation: A Conversation With Director of Global Climate Policy Helen Walter-Terrinoni

We caught up with Helen Walter-Terrinoni, director of global climate policy for Trane Technologies, in between her participation at the United Nation’s Climate Ambition Summit in New York and her role representing Trane Technologies at COP 28 in Dubai.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Laura Kohler Presents Five Learnings To Achieve Career Impact

Together with our amazing team of associates, I’m honored to be celebrating Kohler Co.’s 150th anniversary – a true testament to generations of leaders and associates around the world of Kohler who’ve been willing to solve tough challenges, boldly innovate, and take risks.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Employee Giving & Volunteerism
    We support employees in their desire to give back – connecting them to organizations where they can make a difference. Motorolans are good citizens by...
  2. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  3. 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...
  4. Recognition of our Company
    As the leading sports and live music company in the world, we recognize our responsibility to provide industry leadership and to conduct our business...
  5. Innovation & Sustainable Solutions
    Chemours chemistry is essential to our daily lives, global commerce, and the future. Our commitment to product sustainability drives us to innovate...
  6. Financial health
    At Wells Fargo, we're opening pathways to economic advancement for racially and ethnically diverse and low- and moderate-income individuals and...
  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. 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...
  9. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
    Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  13. IWBI | WELL Building Standard
    Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...
  14. 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...
  15. 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...