Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Spotlight on Sustainability’s ROI

This ESG Talk mini-series highlights two episodes featuring Tensie Whelan, director of the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business. Part one introduces CSB’s innovative Return on Sustainability Investment—or ROSI—model.

Events, Media & Communications

EPRI and Southern Company Announce Speakers for Electrification 2024

EPRI and Southern Company recently announced the plenary speakers for the Electrification International Conference & Exposition, scheduled for March 12-14, 2024, in Savannah, Ga.

Innovation & Technology

How AMD Is Advancing the 30x25 Energy Efficiency Goal in High-Performance Computing and AI

In today’s modern world, we have an insatiable appetite for data. As the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates and compute-intensive industries seek higher performance, energy demands continue to grow.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Behind the Apron: How Customer Order Specialist Maureen Leaves a Lasting Impact

Maureen Caine was looking for a fresh start after losing her husband. Now, more than 10 years later, she’s found a sense of belonging helping customers with her fellow associates at The Home Depot in Columbia, South Carolina.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Disaster Preparedness Exercises Bring Big Wins to Small Communities

New no-cost trainings are bolstering disaster management capabilities within at-risk communities and providing them the ability to plan for future crises on their own.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Nasdaq Governance Solutions and Clients Well-Represented at Corporate Governance Awards

On November 8, Nasdaq attended the Corporate Governance Awards by Governance Intelligence, formerly known as Corporate Secretary Magazine.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Serving Veteran Business Owners Through Care and Connection

U.S. Bank and the Veterans Business Outreach Center of the Dakotas are coming together to support veteran business owners, most recently through their first first U.S. Bank-sponsored event in Fargo, North Dakota.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

KeyBank Foundation Invests $1,000,000 to Support Several Non-Profit Organizations in Central New York

The KeyBank Foundation is investing a total of $1 million in several non-profit organizations in Central New York to support workforce development and community initiatives.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) Unveils the Launch of Its 2024 Corporate Inclusion Index™ (CII) Survey

The Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) is thrilled to announce the commencement of its annual Corporate Inclusion Index™ (CII) survey for 2024. Beginning January 8, 2024, the survey window extends until March 29, 2024.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Northern Trust’s Culture of Shared Values

Since our founding in 1889, Northern Trust has actively advanced a culture of caring and a commitment to invest responsibly in the communities we serve worldwide.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Rayonier Provides Grants to 53 Nonprofit Organizations Supporting Nassau County

Rayonier announced the award of $178,700 to 53 area organizations serving Nassau County. The company hosted its annual special awards breakfast on December 1st at the FSCJ Betty P. Cook Nassau Center to recognize the recipients.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Innovating To Lift Up Communities

The Regions Community Development Corporation, or RCDC, launched with great success three years ago and quickly began fulfilling their mission to create inclusive prosperity in the communities that Regions Bank serves.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

FedEx Announces Recipients of the 2023 FedEx Entrepreneur Fund

FedEx announced the 30 grant recipients of the FedEx® Entrepreneur Fund, an initiative that provides $10,000 in grants to selected small businesses owned by military-connected entrepreneurs and people with disabilities in the United States.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Lifting Families out of Generational Poverty in the Volunteer State

The Highlands Training Center was born with a clear goal. Bring 1,600 local children out of poverty by 2025.

Diversity & Inclusion

Equal Opportunity and Respect: Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Alkermes

Our employees are the foundation upon which our business is built. Their expertise, intelligence and creativity drive our innovation, and their passion and commitment to excellence are the cornerstone of our success.

Events, Media & Communications

CRB Relocates Its Philadelphia Operations to Central 'Cellicon Valley'

CRB, a leading global provider of engineering, architecture, construction, and consulting solutions to the life sciences and food and beverage industries, has moved its Philadelphia-area operations to the new Seven Tower Bridge building in Conshohocken.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

A Focus on Promoting Health and Wellness at Dow

Dow is committed to the health and well-being of our people and offers a range of preventive, educational, consulting and medical services.

Diversity & Inclusion

Lenovo Strengthens Commitment to Inclusive Community-Building Through Long-Term Special Olympics Relationship

Lenovo’s employee resource group, A Better Lenovo for Everyone (ABLE), creates a community of support for employees who experience disabilities themselves, through a friend or family member, or those who are passionate about being allies for this community.

Education

The Energy Transition’s Education Imperative

Dr Joe Powell explains how the University of Houston’s Energy Transition Institute is working to grow vital knowledge and disseminate their research.

Health & Healthcare

Essity Hygiene and Health Report 2023–2024: Highlighting the Economic Value of Prevention for Preparedness

In light of economic downturns and austerity measures, it is important to focus on the broader value created for society through a total cost calculation, including societal costs.

Research, Reports & Publications

Understand Microbusinesses Better With Five Insights From GoDaddy Venture Forward

Life is better as an entrepreneur– a trend revealed via our research of more than 6,000 entrepreneurs.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

LA Affordable Housing Developments Receive Support From Impact Finance

To continue addressing California’s affordable housing crisis and close the wealth gap, U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance is leaning in to provide debt and equity toward affordable housing developments across the state, including two projects located within Los Angeles neighborhoods.

Diversity & Inclusion

Chemours, Provivi Executives Talk Female STEM Leadership

Two DuPont alumnae and current top STEM executives encouraged an audience of female professionals to lead not only with courage, but with understanding, and embrace the complexities that come with being a female leader.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

A Fast EU Trade Route To Jump the Queue

The prospect of a new transit hub in Romania, connecting the EU to Eastern and Central Europe with the aim of optimizing existing trade routes and diversifying transport options, is a possible solution to this supply-chain disruption.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

‘Can Do’ Attitude Needed To Achieve 100 Percent Recycling Rate for All Aluminium Drinks Cans

A 100 percent recycling target by 2050 for the world’s aluminium drinks cans has been set by industry leaders at COP 28.

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