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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

Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month: Meet Katie – FSQA Scientist, Taco Bell Corp.

Katie is a leader of the Business Employee Resource Group, Live Más CREAsians, and an advocate for inclusion. For her, AANHPI Heritage Month means that her community is being heard, celebrated, and recognized for their achievements.

Sustainable Development Goals

Not All Companies Are Disposed To Share and Be Transparent: Cynthia Figge Is Trying To Reverse That

Lampoon Magazine takes a deep dive in CSRHub CEO Cynthia Figge’s CSR journey and CSRHub’s ESG efforts, impact, and best practices.

Diversity & Inclusion

Serving Up Crepes with a Side of Passion | Icons of Minneapolis

Some businesses are started out of necessity, others are started for fun. Mia Oi started Ichigo Tokyo Crepes out of nostalgia. Having grown up in Japan, where Tokyo-style crepes were a popular street food, Mia wanted to bring that food and culture to Minneapolis.

Innovation & Technology

Qualcomm's Approach to Breakthrough Inventions

We strive to enable a world where everyone and everything can be intelligently connected. As one of the world’s leading wireless technology innovators, we continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible across devices and networks to enable next-generation experiences

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

QVC Named to Newsweek’s Most Trustworthy Companies in America 2023 List

QVC® has been named to Newsweek’s list of Most Trustworthy Companies in America 2023. QVC ranked 29th in the retail industry for customer, investor, and employee trust.

Events, Media & Communications

PNC Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Event - How Embracing Your Diversity Unlocks Your Superpowers With Afdhel Aziz

Join PNC Diversity & Inclusion for a special Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month event featuring Afdhel Aziz, leading expert on corporate and brand purpose, conscious leadership & how business can be a force for good.

Green Infrastructure

How a Breakthrough Anode Technology Is About To Level-Up Lithium Ion Batteries

In recent years, multiple companies have made promising progress on replacing graphite with silicon in the anodes of lithium ion batteries.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Half of U.S. Employees Believe Their Employer Is Focused Only on Profits

A national survey from Carol Cone ON PURPOSE (CCOP) and The Harris Poll found that only 50% of U.S. employees believe their company cares about more than just making a profit.

Diversity & Inclusion

Taking an Innovative Approach to Recruiting and Retaining Black Leadership Talent

At Cisco, I’m able to combine my passion for this process—and for making it as inclusive as possible—with the Social Justice Actions we launched in 2020.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Bath & Body Works Appoints Maurice Cooper as Chief Customer Officer

Bath & Body Works, Inc. (NYSE: BBWI) today announced the appointment of Maurice Cooper as chief customer officer, effective May 22, 2023.

Diversity & Inclusion

KeyBank Names Carla Frost Corporate Responsibility Officer in Western Pennsylvania

KeyBank announced Carla Frost has been named Corporate Responsibility Officer for its Western Pennsylvania market. Among other responsibilities, she is part of the enterprise-wide corporate responsibility team that oversees KeyBank’s philanthropic budget and investment strategies

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Tourism Destinations Begin Transition to a Greener Economy

Many Hotels are taking a “holistic approach” to reduce costs and enhance value for companies, destinations & guests. Hotels will measure and manage the impacts of tourism: water use, waste, emissions, and impacts on biodiversity; while delivering protection of human rights, etc

Diversity & Inclusion

U.S. Bank Climbs to No. 11 on the DiversityInc Top 50 List

U.S. Bank continues to demonstrate its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, providing career advancement opportunities for current and future team members, investing in communities, and supporting initiatives that enable diverse business owners to achieve their purpose.

Environment

Building a Gateway to Community Through Design

Designed by HGA, the Westwood Hills Nature Center, located in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, won the architecture industry’s highest honor for sustainable design. Explore how the Net Zero Energy / Net Zero Positive Center creates a gateway to the community.

Research, Reports & Publications

Benevity Reveals Top Five Trends Shaping the Future of Corporate Purpose

Benevity's 2023 State of Corporate Purpose report uncovers the trends shaping the future of CSR in the workplace.

Environment

Georgia-Pacific's David Brabham

David Brabham, Georgia-Pacific’s director of stewardship strategy, has been concerned with environmental stewardship since he was just a little boy – and he can prove it.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Ceres Releases New Report To Help Private Equity Investors Measure and Report Portfolio Emissions

For the global economy to reduce emissions in half by 2030, as scientists say is necessary to avert irreversible climate catastrophe, it cannot be only publicly traded companies that decarbonize.

Education

How VMware and Howard University Are Teaming Up To Prepare the Next Generation of Technology Leaders

In 2020 VMware teamed up with Howard University to expose students to VMware’s Telecommunications technology and the Telco industry at large.

Diversity & Inclusion

Gilead Emphasizes Unique Ways To Hire Top Talent

When Jamari Brooks was looking for a new job last fall, he knew he wanted his future employer to have a few key qualities.

Responsible Production & Consumption

McDonald’s Partners With the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research

Organizations like FFAR provide critical support for public-private partnerships that are investing in regenerative agriculture and building more sustainable supply chains.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Pathway To Premier: Entergy’s Corporate Citizenship

Entergy's 2022 Integrated Report focuses on a number of key sustainability and ESG initiatives, including our sustainability strategy. Read on for an overview of Entergy's approach to sustainability and view our full report at integratedreport.entergy.com.

Events, Media & Communications

You're Invited! Sustainability Summit (July 13 - 14, New York, NY)

Roughly half of CEOs globally say climate change is already having a significant impact on their business or will in the next 1-5 years. Moreover, CEOs identify the greatest climate change-related threats to business operations as higher costs related to energy and regulation.

Events, Media & Communications

5 Points of Light Conference 2023 Sessions That Will Keep Your Social Impact Work on Trend

The Points of Light Conference is a gathering for social impact professionals who are passionate about civic engagement. It empowers nonprofit, government, business and civic leaders to make a bold impact in their communities, providing the resources and inspiration to do so.

Environment

International Paper VP and CSO Sophie Beckham Named to the American Forest Foundation Board of Trustees

The American Forest Foundation (AFF), a conservation organization that empowers family forest owners to improve forest health and fight climate change, announced that it has appointed three new members to its board of trustees

Research, Reports & Publications

CooperCompanies Publishes 2022 Environmental, Social, and Governance Report, Shares Progress on Creating Value for Stakeholders

CooperCompanies (“Cooper”) (NYSE: COO) today released its 2022 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report. It highlights the company’s progress on social and environmental issues most important to its businesses and stakeholders.

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