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Diversity & Inclusion

Principal® To Host The Thread Collectors Authors for International Women’s Day Event

Principal Financial Group® invites community members to its global headquarters in Des Moines on Thursday, March 7 for a conversation featuring The Thread Collectors authors Shaunna J. Edwards and Alyson Richman.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Northern Trust Ireland Team Hosts Professionals at Guidance and Industry Network (GaIN) Event

The Northern Trust Ireland team proudly hosted last week's Guidance and Industry Network (GaIN) event, which brought professionals from career guidance & industry together to share knowledge & ideas about the ever-changing careers and employment landscape.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Global Hunger Funding Gap Hit 65% for Neediest Countries

According to new analysis from Action Against Hunger, countries dealing with “crisis” hunger levels received only 35% of hunger-related funding requested in 2023.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CRB Group Announces Key Appointments to Regional Vice President Roles

CRB, a leading global provider of sustainable engineering, architecture, construction and consulting services to the life sciences and food and beverage industries, today announced the promotions of Lindsay Kenney and Daniel Lachapelle to Regional Vice President roles.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Maiyah Hill: Investing in Growth at Covia

My first year at Covia has given me the opportunity to put that principle into action – relaunching training programs, further developing resources for Team Members, and collaborating with a wide range of talented professionals.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Partners With Community Lending Institutions To Provide $50 Million in Access to Capital

KeyBank announced placement of $50 million in deposits with six Community Development Financial Institutions and Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs), including four Black-owned banks or managed banks and two banks serving Alaskan Native and Native American communities.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Striving for a Better World Through Service

FedEx is a proud supporter of several community events throughout the U.S. every January to celebrate the life, leadership, and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK).

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Strategy Behind The Clorox Company’s Reimagined Workforce

Our culture evolves by galvanizing people through an inclusive workplace, simplifying operations and leveraging technology for growth. We thoughtfully invested in digital resources to make work faster and leaner, while placing our people at the center of our experiences.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Pizza Hut and Spurs Player Tre Jones Team Up To Support Spurs Youth Basketball League in 2024

Pizza Hut and San Antonio Spurs player Tre Jones have once again teamed up with Spurs Youth Basketball League (SYBL) to support the league’s mission and athletes with a promotional offer.

Health & Healthcare

Qualcomm Wireless Reach Closes the Digital Divide in Telehealth

Through the Qualcomm Wireless Reach initiative, Qualcomm collaborates with a variety of organizations to help close the global digital divide.

Innovation & Technology

How BlocPower’s Donnel Baird Developed a New Model for Green Cities (Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg)

“I one hundred percent believe that the solutions to the climate crisis are inextricably woven with solutions to wealth equality,” says Donnel Baird, the founder and CEO of BlocPower.

Health & Healthcare

Essity Hygiene and Health Report 2023–2024: Placing the Spotlight on Equality in Health and Well-Being

The future of health and well-being for women and girls is at a crucial turning point. The convergence of multiple crises, including the Covid-19 pandemic, conflicts, and climate change, has deepened societal inequities and worsened women+’s possibilities to lead healthy lives.

Innovation & Technology

Gilead Sciences: Art Captures the Experiences of Women Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer

For the past 30 years, Pilar Fernandez has navigated living with metastatic breast cancer. And while she’s faced a series of related health challenges, it hasn’t slowed her down.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Home Depot Kicks Off 15th Year of Campus Enhancements for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Will Surpass $10 Million in Financial Support

The Home Depot is kicking off its 2024 Retool Your School program, which provides career development opportunities and improves campuses at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

DEI@Cadence: Sharing and Learning in 2023

There is a growing conversation around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and almost everyone has an opinion on this topic. What do these values mean at Cadence? Does DEI have any real impact on our work here?

Environment

100 Years of Olympic Winter Games: The Evolution – Reinventing the Present, Adapting to the Future

Next week marks 100 years since the first Olympic Winter Games took place in Chamonix, France. Ahead of the anniversary, we think about how their future might look in the face of accelerating climate change.

Innovation & Technology

North American Firms See Tech As Silver Lining in 2024 Business Forecast

Despite geopolitical uncertainty and economic challenges, North American businesses are not just surviving, but thriving, according to compelling new research from Economist Impact and DP World.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Whirlpool Corporation and Foundation 2023 Impact Highlights

Around the globe, Whirlpool Corporation helps improve life at home for people in the communities in which we operate and well beyond.

Sustainable Development Goals

Crown Holdings 2022 Sustainability Report: Progress Toward Our Twentyby30™ Goals

We committed to Climate Group’s RE100 and joined The Climate Pledge, reinforcing our commitments to prioritize climate change by using renewable energy sources and supporting methods to reduce our carbon footprint.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KOCH INVESTS: Enhancing Supply Chain Tech Solutions

Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT) has led a $32 million Series C round in Silo, the leading provider of modern technology solutions for the supply chain.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Asian Community Development Council Strengthens Access to Services for the AAPI Community With Sands Cares Support

Announced in mid-2023, the latest round of Sands Cares funding for ACDC continued support for the Healthy Asians and Pacific Islanders Medical Center and the API Language Link, which provide critical in-language health and social services to the Southern Nevada AAPI community.

Energy

Toward Net-Zero Value Chains: How To Minimize Your Scope 3 Emissions

Government and business leaders, climate experts, and other stakeholders gathering for the COP28 United Nations Climate Change Conference in December know that accelerating the energy transition is more important than ever.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Cisco: Employee Giving and Volunteerism Drives Positive Business Outcomes

Cisco was honored last year to win the top spot on People’s 2023 List of Companies That Care, and a key factor was our employee culture of giving back.

Environment

Allen & York – 30 Years and Counting

Allen & York's CEO and Founder, Mark Allen has a story or two about Environmental & Sustainability recruitment, but we wanted to ask him why he founded Allen & York and how he was feeling 30 years on.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Olympic Games Can Inspire a New Generation

We must make sport available to all children, regardless of their personal situations and backgrounds, and the Olympic Games are the perfect way to inspire them, says two-time Olympic champion Aksel Lund Svindal.

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