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Environment | International Paper

Celebrating the Role of the Gopher Tortoises in Our Forest

The best way to celebrate Gopher Tortoise Day is to ensure there are more gopher tortoises across their natural range in the southeast United States.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Leadership Spotlight: Q&A With Kim Frankovich, Global VP of Sustainability, Griffith Foods

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Subaru Ranked As Top Automaker in Forbes Best Brands for Social Impact for Third Consecutive Year

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

PayPal's Dan Schulman Ranks Among Glassdoor's Top CEOs 2019

PayPal CEO Dan Schulman has been named among Glassdoor's Top CEOs 2019.
This award is employees choice, based on voluntary, anonymous feedback from employees regarding their CEO's leadership, work environment and other insights over the past year.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Aramark Names Diversity Champion Natily Santos, 2019 Service Star Volunteer of the Year for Extraordinary Volunteer Service

Natily Santos, Director, Supplier Diversity, has been named Aramark's 2019 Service Star Volunteer of the Year, in recognition of her commitment to volunteer service and leadership in her community.

Energy

Consumers Energy and DTE Invest in Efficiency for Ludington Hydroelectric Plant

Consumers Energy and DTE have just renewed the license for the Ludington Pumped Storage Plant. The plant began generating electricity in 1973, and licenses are only renewed every 50 years.

Health & Healthcare

Unleashing the Power of Our Colleagues Around the World

Our approach to global health challenges unleashes the full power of our resources to help strengthen healthcare systems and increase access for the most vulnerable people around the world.

Diversity & Inclusion

UPS Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Women Exporters Program Workshops in the U.S.

In the U.S., there are nearly 12 million women-owned small businesses, yet women-owned businesses comprise just 12% of U.S. exporters. The new Women Exporters Program workshops for U.S. businesses program will help women business owners and leaders to gain access to the vast global marketplace, comprising 95% of the world’s buyers.

Innovation & Technology

More Than a Mascot: Aflac Duck Robot Comforts Kid Cancer Patients—and Sets an Example for Pharma

From advertising icon to pediatric cancer pal, the Aflac duck has transformed from a TV commercial attention-getter to a trusted friend for children with cancer.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

2018 Sustainability Report Details GM’s Drive for Safer, Better, More Sustainable Personal Mobility

General Motors Co. released its ninth annual sustainability report to update employees, investors, policymakers, advocacy groups and customers on the aggressive moves the company made in 2018 to achieve its vision of a world with zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion. The report extensively covers GM’s drive to build a world-class, inclusive and customer-focused culture with strong corporate governance and transparency.

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Energy

PSEG Holds One of Lowest Carbon Emissions Rates Among Largest U.S. Power Producers

PSEG has one of the lowest carbon emissions rates of the nation’s largest power producers, according to a new analysis released today.

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Environment

Deciphering Local EHS Paradigms (All Over the World)

Antea Group’s global EHS registers & protocols collect the local regulations and the real-world information to help a global company stay compliant.

The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada

Responsible Production & Consumption

MilliporeSigma Employee Spotlight: Ettigounder Ponnusamy

As part of our employee spotlight series, we’re sitting down with Ettigounder (Samy) Ponnusamy, fellow and global manager, green chemistry at MilliporeSigma, to learn more about the work he’s doing to move the needle. The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada.

Green Infrastructure

Beijing 2022 Ice Venue Cooling System to Reduce Carbon Footprint of Olympic Games

This will be the first time the technology is used in China and at the Olympic Games. It signifies a reduction of carbon emissions equal to the yearly footprint of almost 3,900 cars (more than 26,000,000 kg). A similar carbon reduction could also be achieved by planting more than 1,200,000 trees.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Ongoing Fight for LGBTQ Civil Rights

The riots at New York City’s Stonewall Inn in June 1969 are generally cited as a catalyst for the LGBTQ rights movement, but efforts had been growing steadily during the previous two decades. This was a time in U.S. history when homosexuality was still listed as a mental disorder, and gay behavior was illegal in 49 states. People could be arrested for having a physical relationship with a member of the same sex. The act of wearing clothes resembling the opposite gender was outlawed. In major cities, raids of gay bars were common.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Bending the Line: How Better Design Can Transition a Linear Economy to a Circular One

John A. Lanier shares an excerpt from his book: Mid-Course Correction Revisited: The Story and Legacy of a Radical Industrialist and his Quest for Authentic Change, by Ray C. Anderson and John A. Lanier (Chelsea Green Publishing 2019)

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

T. Rowe Price Foundation Grants $2.7 Million to Promote Social Good in Baltimore

The T. Rowe Price Foundation announced today it will be granting $2.7 million over four years to address some of Baltimore’s most critical needs.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CIT Provides $55 Million to Jumpstart Two Affordable Housing Developments for Homeless Vets and Families

CIT Bank, N.A., the banking subsidiary of CIT Group Inc., today announced a total community investment of $55 Million in support of two East LA Community Corporation (ELACC) affordable housing developments, El Nuevo Amanecer and Rosa de Castilla.1

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

CSRHub Launches on the Open:FactSet Marketplace

CSRHub, one of the world’s broadest and most consistent sets of Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) ratings, is pleased to offer ESG Business Intelligence data via the Open:FactSet Marketplace. It will be available for evaluation via FactSet’s cloud-based Data Evaluation platform on June 27, 2019.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Bridgestone to be Included in Euronext Vigeo World 120 ESG Investment Stock Index

Bridgestone Corporation today announced it has been included in the Euronext Vigeo World 120 index, a leading stock investment index focused on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, for the first time in company history.

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Events, Media & Communications

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The days of remaining on the sidelines in a rapidly changing business environment are over for companies large and small.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Creating Diverse & Inclusive Business: The Evolution of Employee Resource Groups

How do companies integrate employee activism with day-to-day business? The simple answer is – collaboration. But, if companies want to focus on collaboration, they must think bigger about the concept and about how the work of employee activist networks can help guide the culture of the company.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Alliance Data Releases 2018 Sustainability Report Including Updated, Balanced Scorecard

Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS), a leading global provider of data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions, today released its 2018 Sustainability Report, which presents progress made over the past year and highlights connections to the Company’s current transformational business strategy.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Legg Mason Celebrates Pride Month

This year, Legg Mason celebrated its achievement of a 100% score on the Human Rights Coalition’s Corporate Equality Index and showcased its efforts to encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace, including participating in multiple Pride month activities.

Diversity & Inclusion

P&G Film, ‘THE LOOK’ Highlights Bias As Experienced by Many Black Men in America.

Bias is human but often results in unfair, unequal treatment that impacts us all.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Infographic: HP Inc.'s 2018 Sustainable Impact Report Results

HP announces 2018 Sustainable Impact Report results that seek to create lasting, positive change for the planet, its people, and communities.

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Education

Try, Try Again: Failure as a Building Block of STEM Success

I help teach my students, especially girls, not to give up if their first attempt doesn’t go as planned. Computational thinking teaches them that mistakes are not failures—it means there is room for growth and improvement in their work.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Records Set at Annual Comerica Shred Day in Southeast Michigan

Residents participating in the annual Comerica Bank Shred Day in Southeast Michigan securely shredded approximately 111,000 pounds of documents, which was the largest total collected at a single site by Iron Mountain over the 12-year history of Comerica’s metro Detroit Shred Day.

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    Informed by Project Drawdown, the world’s leading resource for climate solutions, Drawdown Georgia is the first state-centered effort to crowdsolve...

  11. Subaru Love Promise: Environment
    Subaru works to reduce waste, safeguard resources for future generations, and preserve natural spaces – making real, meaningful commitments to these...

  12. 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...

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    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...

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    Our neighbors depend on us, just as we depend on them, so we are committed to improving the quality of life in the communities in which we work. At...

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