Education

JetBlue For Good - Youth and Education: Preparing for Takeoff

Aug 17, 2020 2:30 PM ET

No career or level of education should be out of reach. So, together with our customers, crewmembers and community partners we’re in the business of turning flights of fancy into reality.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

SAGE and LifeCents Partner on Financial Wellness Program for LGBT Elders

Aug 17, 2020 2:30 PM ET

SAGE, the world’s largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBT elders, partnered with LifeCents to develop and launch SAGECents, a unique version of the app built specifically for LGBT elders. This program was created to ensure LGBT elders have access to resources that will support their financial literacy and stability. The digital wellness platform, created with support from the Wells Fargo Foundation, will help SAGE constituents navigate the unprecedented economic environment resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Rising to the Sustainability Challenge

Aug 17, 2020 1:40 PM ET

Picture a snow globe. Inside its crystalline sphere, the conditions are always ideal for a winter wonderland — even in the hottest days of summer. So, what if farmers could take this idea and use it to create optimal, self-contained cultivation...

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

IWBI Announces RMZ Corp as World's First to Achieve WELL Health-Safety Rating for Facility Operations and Management

Aug 17, 2020 12:20 PM ET

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) today announced that leading privately owned developer, manager, and investor of real assets RMZ is the first organization globally to achieve the WELL Health-Safety Rating for Facility Operations...

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Watch Land Betterment Corporation's Impact Minute Episode 11

Aug 17, 2020 12:05 PM ET

Land Betterment, 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 11 of its Impact Minute video blog.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New W-GDP Partnership With the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and Qualcomm® Uses Mobile and Online Learning to Bring Entrepreneurship Skills to Over 15,000 Women in Vietnam & Indonesia

Aug 17, 2020 12:00 PM ET

The Women Entrepreneurs Amplifying Ventures and Economics (WEAVE) program will leverage Qualcomm-enabled digital technology to support and empower 15,000 women entrepreneurs running small and growing businesses (SGBs) in Vietnam and Indonesia.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Johnson & Johnson Named to Fast Company's 2020 Best Workplaces for Innovators List

Aug 17, 2020 11:30 AM ET

From its work on an Ebola vaccine—and an investigational COVID-19 vaccine—to collaboration taking place across its Johnson & Johnson Innovation centers, we take a look at the innovative spirit that permeates the company's culture.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Why Does Such A Thing Exist? Solidarity Microfinance for Women in the United States

Aug 17, 2020 11:20 AM ET

While most of us generally consider the United States to be a “rich” country by global standards, and while this is true by several measures, many people in the U.S. still live in poverty.

Events, Media & Communications

Keep America Beautiful to Conduct Second Annual Signature 'Plogging' Event on Sun., Sept. 20

Aug 17, 2020 11:00 AM ET

Join Stamford, Connecticut-based Keep America Beautiful®, the nation’s leading community improvement nonprofit organization, on Sun., Sept. 20 for the second annual Keep America Beautiful TrashDash™ plogging event and fun run.

Diversity & Inclusion

Podcast: WE Local India Keynote- Rasha Hasaneen

Aug 17, 2020 9:30 AM ET

In this SWE Diverse episode, Heather Doty, SWE FY20 President, speaks with Rasha Hasaneen, vice president of innovation and product management excellence at Trane Technologies.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Culture of Care and Camaraderie Makes Bacardi USA, Inc. Great Place to Work-Certified™ for Third Year in a Row

Aug 17, 2020 9:30 AM ET

Bacardi paves the way for new talent, innovative thinking, and a family culture that has earned the world’s largest privately-held spirits company the well-deserved accolade of Great Place to Work-Certified™ in the U.S. for the third year in a row.

Research, Reports & Publications

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Announces New ESG Priorities as Part of 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report

Aug 17, 2020 9:00 AM ET

ScottsMiracle-Gro released its 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report, announcing its environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy for the next five years.

Environment

Boeing Recognized for Sustainability Leadership

Aug 17, 2020 9:00 AM ET

Boeing [NYSE: BA] today received a 2020 Sustainability Leadership Award from the National Association of Manufacturers. The award recognizes the company’s innovative efforts to recycle aerospace carbon fiber, diverting waste away from landfills across the globe.

Research, Reports & Publications

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Announces New ESG Priorities in 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report

Aug 17, 2020 9:00 AM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Goods for the Greater Good: Gildan's Partnership With Good360 to Support Those in Need

Aug 17, 2020 9:00 AM ET

Since 2018, Gildan and Good360 Australia have partnered to distribute clothing to people in need across the nation.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Why We Love TerraCycle

Aug 17, 2020 9:00 AM ET

TerraCycle gives you a box and then you collect the trash and then you mail it back to them. They turn it into something useful and keep the trash out of the landfill.

Environment

Senator Warren Urges SEC to Tackle Systemic Risk of Climate Change and Mandate Climate Risk Disclosure, Citing Ceres Report

Aug 15, 2020 10:15 AM ET

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to tackle climate change as a systemic financial risk, and to heed the recommendations in a report from the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets

Social Impact & Volunteering

Celebrating the Heroes Who Impact Our Communities

Aug 14, 2020 5:25 PM ET

Cox Conserves Heroes is an awards program created by Cox Enterprises and The Trust for Public Land (TPL). The program serves to honor environmental volunteers who create, preserve or enhance shared outdoor spaces in their local communities.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Discovering a Flair for Entrepreneurship Through eBay

Aug 14, 2020 3:40 PM ET

Longtime eBay seller Julie Yoo traces her lifelong love of vintage fashion to the time spent with her mother during her childhood days, going thrifting at second hand stores around Toronto.

Health & Healthcare

CNH Industrial Harbin Plant Supports Sister Sites by Producing Protective Masks

Aug 14, 2020 3:00 PM ET

Determined to provide a secure, high-quality in-house solution to CNH Industrial colleagues around the world, its global agricultural brands the Case IH and New Holland Agriculture plant in Harbin, China, in addition to producing world-class agricultural equipment, has set-up a state-of-the-art ISO Class 8 cleanroom to produce protective masks for CNH Industrial operations.

Education

Intel Launches Expanded Initiative to Help Underserved Students, School Districts Overcome COVID-19 Barriers

Aug 14, 2020 2:30 PM ET

The program gives underserved students and educators access to critical tools and resources, including internet connectivity, technology devices and hands-on STEAM learning solutions.

Environment

Trump Administration Rollback of Methane Standards Is Unconscionable and Ill-Advised

Aug 14, 2020 1:10 PM ET

The Trump administration’s rollback of reasonable and effective oversight of methane emissions “is unconscionable – akin to saying to auto makers that seat belts and airbags are burdensome and are no longer necessary,” said Ceres CEO and President Mindy Lubber.

Diversity & Inclusion

Abilities First at Hershey

Aug 14, 2020 1:00 PM ET

As the mother of a child with a rare neuromuscular condition, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has had a large impact on my personal and professional life.

Green Infrastructure

Mohawk Group's Fresh Take On Contemporary Plaid

Aug 14, 2020 12:30 PM ET

Manufactured according to International Living Future Institute standards that ensures a net positive impact for people and the environment as a Living Product, Pattern & Symmetry is also built to last.

Innovation & Technology

Smart Water for Public Health in Mexico

Aug 14, 2020 12:00 PM ET

Smart Water uses a 4G wireless network, smart sensors powered by our Company’s technology and the Dime H2O mobile app developed to continuously monitor the city’s water quality & provide administrators with instant access to accurate, real-time data.