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Education & Workforce Development

Is Your Company Ready to Launch a Scholarship Program This Fall?

America's Charities

AI & Technology

3M Innovates To Help the Automotive Industry Navigate What’s Ahead

3M

Corporate Responsibility

GoDaddy 2025 Global Stakeholder Impact Report: About GoDaddy | Corporate Sustainability Approach

GoDaddy

Health & Healthcare

Guiding Stars: Dairy & Live & Active Cultures in a Balanced Diet

Guiding Stars Licensing Company LLC

Inclusion & Opportunity

Mary Kay Ash Foundation® Celebrates 30 Years and Over $100 Million Donated Toward Advancing Women’s Health and Safety

Mary Kay

Energy & Infrastructure

Connected Equipment is Protecting Louisiana’s Drivers

Ray C. Anderson Foundation

Education & Workforce Development

Truist Foundation Announces New Inspire Awards Challenge To Support Adult Workers in the Age of AI

Truist

Environment

Biochar’s Triple Win: Healthier Soils, Improved Crops, and Decarbonization

Cisco Systems Inc.

Featured Brands

3M Innovates To Help the Automotive Industry Navigate What’s Ahead

The automotive industry is under pressure from every direction. Electrification, software-defined vehicle architecture, lightweighting, manufacturing transformation, repair and recycling are not isolated challenges.

Guiding Stars: Dairy & Live & Active Cultures in a Balanced Diet

Have chronic congestion? “Stop consuming dairy.” Unrelenting belly problems? “Mmmm, could be cow’s milk.” Have you let this thinking guide your decision to avoid dairy? If so, you may lose out on essential macro and micronutrients.

Guiding Stars: I’m Done Losing Weight on a GLP-1—Now What?

Using GLP-1 agonist medications can improve health outcomes for a growing number of conditions including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, liver disease, and kidney disease. However, it’s no secret that lots of people take them primarily for weight loss.

Truist Foundation Announces New Inspire Awards Challenge To Support Adult Workers in the Age of AI

Truist Foundation today announced the launch of its fourth Inspire Awards, a capacity-building grant program for nonprofit organizations across the markets Truist Bank serves. This year’s challenge aligns to Truist Foundation’s focus on creating career pathways

Biochar’s Triple Win: Healthier Soils, Improved Crops, and Decarbonization

We often think of agricultural waste, such as crop residues, forestry byproducts, or even manure, as an end-of-the-line byproduct. But what if it were actually a valuable resource? Enter Biochar.

Check for Cancer Champion Dr. Ryan Schoenfeld Has a Vision for Earlier Detection

When it comes to cancer, progress is often measured not only by new treatments, but by how early the disease can be found. For Ryan Schoenfeld, Ph.D., CEO of The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research, that distinction has become a defining focus

Medtronic Receives FDA Clearance for Nellcor™ Pulse Oximetry System With Nell-EQ™ Intelligent Processor, a New Technology Designed To Improve Reliability Across Diverse Patients and Conditions

The Nell-EQ™ intelligent processor is a new pulse oximetry processing technology designed to support more consistent and reliable oxygen saturation (SpO₂) and pulse rate monitoring across diverse patient populations, skin tones, and clinical care settings.

Guiding Stars: The Many Benefits of Maintaining Muscle

The amount of muscle on your body matters—for everyone. Whether you’re an athlete, on a weight loss journey, or enjoying your 8th decade of life (or more!), having adequate muscle is important for your health.

Idealist to Celebrate 30 Years of Impact in 2026

For thirty years, Idealist has served the social-impact sector in myriad ways. In 2026, the anniversary of idealist.org’s launch, the nonprofit will feature thirty stories of impact and invite community members to share their own stories.

Guiding Stars: Balance & Build-Your-Own-Plate

Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of “flexible eating,” when routines loosen and cookouts, picnics, and spontaneous gatherings become more frequent. Shared summer meals can have a light, breezy feel for everyone, including the host.

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Philanthropy

Webster Bank Supports Opening of SCO Family of Services Finance Lab

Webster Bank, together with SCO Family of Services, a leading provider of essential human services, has opened the newest Webster Bank Finance Lab, a program created to provide local youth and families the skills needed for financial empowerment and future financial well-being.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Griffith Foods and PepsiCo Launch Collaborative Model to Scale Regenerative Agriculture

Griffith Foods, together with PepsiCo and a common sourcing partner, launch OURO, a pioneering initiative in Goiás, at the heart of Brazil’s Cerrado region, designed to accelerate farmers’ transition to regenerative practices through financing and technical support.

Education & Workforce Development

AEG and Goldenvoice Inspire Local Youth With Immersive Career Event Ahead of Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival

Ahead of Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival’s return to Los Angeles, AEG and Goldenvoice welcomed 50 local students to Dodger Stadium for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to produce one of the city’s most celebrated music festivals.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

How the Wood Furniture Scorecard Moves the Needle on Responsible Wood Sourcing

In this blog, Sustainable Furnishing Council’s program director Angie Kenny discusses how the Wood Furniture Scorecard drives the furniture industry to make more responsible, transparent wood sourcing choices. Cascale acquired SFC key assets in September.

Environment

Inogen Alliance and Antea Group Launch Free Global PFAS Regulatory Dashboard

Inogen Alliance and Associate Antea Group are pleased to announce the launch of a Global PFAS Regulatory Dashboard, now offering free access to a selection of PFAS regulatory data.

Corporate Responsibility

Aflac Voices — Matthew Owenby: Pivoting From Stuck to Strategizing

In today’s evolving economic landscape, many professionals are finding themselves in a place they didn’t expect: feeling stuck. Whether it’s due to hiring slowdowns, industry shifts or broader market uncertainty, many employees are holding tight to their roles.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Baker Tilly's Buzzhouse Podcast: How LIHTC Equity Pricing Is Shifting

In this episode of BuzzHouse, hosts Don Bernards and Garrick Gibson sit down with Philip Porter, senior vice president and head of acquisitions at Enterprise Housing Credit Investments, to make sense of the shifting landscape in low-income housing tax credit equity.

Corporate Responsibility

How Emily Peconi Is Using UX Design To Solve Real Problems

At Trane Technologies, UX Design Lead Emily Peconi is building real solutions for real people. With hardware, software, data and human insight all in play, she’s proving that user experience in HVAC is anything but ordinary.

Philanthropy

Community Collaboration in El Paso Brings Free Home Repairs to Those in Need

For 30 years, elderly, disabled and low-income homeowners in El Paso, Texas, have benefited from free, safety and health-related home repairs and improvements that Rebuilding Together El Paso (RTEP) coordinates with contractors and volunteers.

Philanthropy

QVC® and Housewares Charity Foundation Present Living for Giving

QVC® and the Housewares Charity Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the home and housewares industry, are teaming up for the 5th year to present ‘Living for Giving’, a cross-platform shopping event that provides customers a meaningful opportunity to give back.

Volunteering & Community

Eight Latin American Organizations Selected to Drive Economic Growth and Social Well-Being in the Region

Tandem Global recognized eight Latin American and Caribbean initiatives that demonstrated meaningful development impact across the countries where they operate. Grant funded by the U.S Department of State, EIC participants will receive funding to implement their awardee projects

Volunteering & Community

Rooted in Community, Powered by People: LMOS 2025 Wrap-Up

For the ninth consecutive year, Lenovo’s Love on Month of Service (LMOS) continues to grow in both community impact and employee engagement.

Volunteering & Community

Northern Trust’s ‘Achieving Greater Together’ Month Sets New Global Service Record

Northern Trust employees have again demonstrated their commitment to community impact, dedicating a record-breaking 63,214 volunteer hours during the company’s global month of service, Achieving Greater Together.

Awards & Rankings

Charity Navigator Rates Direct Relief 100% for 2025

Charity Navigator, America’s top independent nonprofit evaluator, has awarded Direct Relief an overall 100% charity rating for 2025.

Events

2025 Was a Big Year for Sustainability Communications — Here’s What the Research Said.

From shifting consumer trust to the rise of individual impact, 2025 has been a turning point for sustainability communications. Through bold, data-driven research, 3BL explored how public sentiment, corporate action, and storytelling intersect

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Carton Recycling Options Are Expanding: Here’s What To Know

Carton recycling isn’t just waste diversion. It’s a growing part of the circular economy that keeps materials in use and out of landfills.

Corporate Responsibility

Investing In Our Talent Pipeline: Southwire Sustainability Report Highlight

To support generational sustainability, we must build a pipeline that equips Southwire to tackle the challenges of today — and those to come.

Corporate Responsibility

Feeding Happiness™ in Action: WK Kellogg Co Releases 2024 Sustainable Business Report

WK Kellogg Co has launched its 2024 Sustainable Business Report, showcasing progress on the three pillars of our Feeding Happiness strategy: Making Eating Well Easy, Helping Kids Be Their Best, and Bettering Our Communities.

Environment

Safeguarding Our Future: Corporate Responsibility in Building Climate-Resilient Communities

Tandem Global announces the release of a new white paper, Safeguarding Our Future: Corporate Responsibility in Building Climate-Resilient Communities, available for download today.

Volunteering & Community

During National Homelessness Awareness Month, Program to Provide Laundry Services to Unhoused Populations Expanded to More Communities

The LG x ShowerUp Program started from a simple yet powerful idea: outfit a truck with laundry services, mobile showers, and toiletries to provide critical relief to unhoused populations in Huntsville, Alabama, where LG has been leading corporate citizen since the 1970s.

Environment

BIER Member Spotlight: Mary Beth Cote-Jenssen

Welcome to our series aimed at spotlighting the individual leaders within BIER member companies and stakeholder organizations. Learn how these practitioners and their companies are addressing pressing challenges around water, energy, agriculture, climate change

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Where Do My Old Tires Go? eTracks Has the Answer

Around a billion tires are discarded globally each year. The world depends on tires for mobility, but without recovery and recycling programs, they can create major waste management problems.

Education & Workforce Development

Medtronic Spark Scholarship Launches To Help Students From Low-Income Households Globally Pursue Health Tech Careers

The scholarship is a core part of Medtronic Spark, a global 10-year initiative to propel 1 million students from low-income households into health tech careers. By 2030, the global shortfall of health workers is predicted to reach 11 million.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Nature Conservancy’s NatureVest Appoints Dr. Catherine (Cat) Burns as Managing Director to Advance Impact Investing and Sustainable Finance

Catherine Burns, PhD, has been named Managing Director of The Nature Conservancy’s impact investing and sustainable finance team, NatureVest. 

Corporate Responsibility

Curiosity, Empathy, and Learning: Meet Alejandro Villegas

I started in the tech world back when web hosting was taking off before “The Cloud” or “Security Engineering” existed, when folks used to run web hosting companies from their own garage. I had a FreeBSD 4.11 server with very basic specs and a 300+ days uptime that I leveraged.

Latest Campaigns

Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship

The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.

Antea Group Brand

Antea Group Brand Content

2026 Wesco International Sustainability Report

Wesco’s 2026 Sustainability Report outlines progress toward long-term goals, demonstrates how sustainability shapes business decisions, and provides...

Emergency Response

Document rapid interventions when crises strike: delivering therapeutic food, water, hygiene kits, and deploying mobile med

SCS Consulting

Any news coming from SCS Consulting

Guiding Stars blog: Health & Wellness

About the Guiding Stars Health & Wellness Blog The Guiding Stars Health & Wellness blog is your place for the latest in health and nutrition news...

IWBI | Community News

We believe that people's health and wellness should be at the center of design. That’s why we’re working with industry professionals in real estate...

Truist Foundation

Truist Foundation is committed to Truist Financial Corporation's (NYSE: TFC) purpose to inspire and build better lives and communities. The Foundation...

AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism

AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...

Kingfisher Around the World

The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...