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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

How Shareholders Can Fight Climate Change

Shareholder advocacy is a powerful tool for investors to align social or environmental values with the companies in which they invest and to make a tangible impact.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Faces of Acre - The Value of the Alliance

In our latest Faces of Acre, we sat down with Anna Keen, Acre’s Performance Director & founder of our Learning and Development business, Acre Frameworks, to discuss the Alliance process which is conducted as part of the development of Acre employees.

Education

Lenovo Partners With Yuva Unstoppable to Empower 6000+ Girl Students in Gujarat

Lenovo recently announced its Tablet based learning and lending initiative along with its NGO partner YUVA Unstoppable. This initiative aims to provide about 2590 Make in India tablets to 79 government girls schools in Gujarat.

Diversity & Inclusion

HACR Mourns the Loss of Iconic National Latino Leader and Lifelong Champion for Youth Development

The Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) mourns the unexpected passing of its longtime board treasurer and former board chair Ronald Blackburn Moreno who passed away on November 4, 2021.

Diversity & Inclusion

Building a More Inclusive Tech Workforce for Native Americans

Lack of critical mass often leads to underrepresentation of Native American viewpoints and representation in racial disparity assessments–particularly in the tech industry.

Education

Henkel Expands Researchers' World Program in North America With Online Lesson Series

The lessons, presented in partnership with Mill River Park Collaborative, are specifically tailored to children ages 8 to 10, and take a holistic approach toward teaching and learning by putting children in the role of an actual researcher.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Breaking Down Language Barriers

New program at Whirlpool Corporation’s Amana plant operations helps employees hone English skills

Environment

Trane Technologies Healthy Spaces Podcast Season 2 Episode 4: Home Sweet (Healthy) Home

In Episode 4 of the Healthy Spaces with Trane Technologies podcast series, we connect with two science-driven leaders who spend a lot of time understanding research in the field of indoor air quality - and transforming those insights into solutions that can help make home environments safer and healthier.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Evolution of ViacomCBS' Multicultural Marketing Capabilities

Multicultural marketing is no longer a ‘nice to have’—it’s a necessity.

Environment

Enbridge ESG Forum: Achieving Net-Zero GHG Emissions

Watch Pete Sheffield, Chief Sustainability Officer at Enbridge, discuss the company’s approach to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and lowering scope 3 emissions.

Environment

How Smarter Industries Can Help Decarbonize Our Planet

We humans, and our ability to innovate and find solutions to problems, are key to decarbonizing our planet and limiting the amount of global warming. Ericsson is leading the way by describing how innovative network performance can reduce energy use.

Environment

How Has Technology Changed Farming?

Aided by significant advancements in technology, farming innovation really began to pick up during the second half of the 20th century and into the beginning of the 21st century.

Innovation & Technology

Goodyear and SARTA Collaborate to Advance Intelligent Tire Technology and Sustainable Mobility

Goodyear and SARTA, two Northeast Ohio-based leaders in future mobility, today announced a collaboration to test intelligent tire sensors and prototype tires on SARTA’s fleet of diesel and zero emission hydrogen fuel cell-powered buses.

Events, Media & Communications

KeyBank Appoints Brian Maddox to Lead Newly Created Community Development Financial Institutions Team

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) has appointed Brian Maddox as the National Team Leader for its newly created Community Development Financial Institutions (“CDFI”) team.

Research, Reports & Publications

From Ambition to Action: Supply Chains Key to Scaling Corporate Net Zero Pledges in Line With COP26

Greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting and action has, in the years following the ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement (2015), been established as a top priority on the corporate sustainability agenda.

Environment

Izzo From COP26: 'There Is Clear Momentum Internationally to Do More'

Public Service Enterprise Group Chairman and CEO Ralph Izzo, long a thought leader on climate change and taking action to fight it, is pleased at what he is seeing at the global Convention of Climate Change — better known as COP26 — sponsored by the United Nations in Glasgow, Scotland.

Social Impact & Volunteering

World Central Kitchen Supports Communities Following Multiple Disasters

Disasters disproportionately affect underserved communities. Resources and basic necessities are already scarce day-to-day and are sure to be made worse when a natural disaster strikes.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Further Growth, More Sustainable Future

As part of our Investor Day webcast, we shared how we will continue to grow our business while also delivering strong performance and a more sustainable future – which together adds value for all our stakeholders.

Health & Healthcare

American Workers Are Finding The Expansion Of Health Benefits Increasingly Vital

With open enrollment season upon us, new data shows U.S. employees now believe the expansion of health care coverage, telemedicine and supplemental insurance is more important today because of the pandemic.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Partnering for Speed: When Global Expertise Meets Local Knowledge

Embracing the notion of a hybrid partner will support Europe-based life science innovators in delivering drug therapies faster and more cost-effectively.

Environment

Action on Climate Change Needs an Inter-Connected Response

With the UN climate change conference – COP26 – continuing this week in Glasgow, it’s obvious that there is consensus among a majority of world leaders and key stakeholders that much more needs to be done, if the ambition of keeping global warming to a 1.5-degree increase is to have any chance of being met.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Rio Tinto Invests in Start-up to Support Habitat Restoration

Rio Tinto is partnering with RESOLVE to launch Regeneration, a start-up that will use the re-mining and processing of waste from legacy mine sites to support rehabilitation activities and restore natural environments.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Advancing Our 2030 Agenda by Responsibly Sourcing Promotional Items

Meeting the needs of the present without compromising future generations is a challenge that every company must face. At VMware, that includes making purchasing decisions

Innovation & Technology

A Fireside Chat with Land Betterment's Cofounder and Chief Governance Officer, Mark LaVerghetta

In this week’s Fireside Chat, we are hearing from Mark LaVerghetta, Cofounder and Chief Governance Officer of Land Betterment.

Health & Healthcare

Global Water Challenge Announces the Development of WHdx - an Open Data Exchange to Improve Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) in Healthcare Facilities

Today, Global Water Challenge (GWC), in partnership with Millennium Water Alliance (MWA) and funding partner the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, announced the development of the WASH Health Facility Data Exchange (WHdx)

Latest Campaigns

  1. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  2. PNC: Commitment to Early Childhood Education
    We're focusing on early learning to help children succeed. Research has shown that the first five years of a child's life is critical to long-term...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. Sustainability
    Leading the logistics sector towards a more sustainable future by investing in innovative green technologies, enhancing operational efficiency, and...
  6. ESG Voices: Short Podcasts Addressing the Opportunities and Challenges of ESG
    This podcast series takes a deep dive into the opportunities and challenges of ESG and what it means for businesses and communities through interviews...
  7. Local Communities
    The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...
  8. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  9. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...
  10. Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator
    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...
  11. Drive for MPC
    At Marathon Petroleum, our professional truck drivers share one common vision: no accidents, no injuries, and no harm to the environment. We’re proud...
  12. Goals That Inspire: Environmental Stewardship
    Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...
  13. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...
  14. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  15. 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...