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Subaru of America Announces Annual Subaru Winterfest Music Lineup and Locations

Subaru of America, Inc. today announced the return of Subaru WinterFest for its annual mountain tour tailored to ski and snowboard enthusiasts, music fans, pet lovers and anyone seeking snow-filled fun.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Pioneering a Greener Future: DP World and IRENA Partner to Decarbonize Global Trade

In a significant move towards a more sustainable future, DP World and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) are joining forces to accelerate the use of renewable energy and decarbonize the ports, maritime, and logistics sectors.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

KeyBank Teammates Collect Winter Items for Women and Children Served by YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County

KeyBank teammates in Rochester, NY recently collected and donated more than 100 hats, coats and gloves for YWCA of Rochester & Monroe County. This effort, which was employee driven, will help support the women and children the YWCA serves.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Crown Holdings Supports Efforts to Raise Aluminum Beverage Can Recycling

Ardagh Group and Crown Holdings, Inc. are continuing their efforts to raise aluminum beverage can recycling rates through Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) by financing a robot from artificial intelligence and robotics company EverestLabs.AI for a California recycling facility.

Diversity & Inclusion

HBCU Students Reflect on the Inaugural Sands Hospitality Immersion Program

For Erin Williams, a junior at Howard University, the inaugural Sands Hospitality Immersion Program changed her career goals.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MetLife Recognized by Seramount for Its Workplace Culture and Inclusion Efforts

MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) announced that it has earned several recognitions from Seramount for its hiring practices, talent development programs, workplace culture and commitment to fostering an inclusive environment.

Health & Healthcare

Gilead Supports World Health Organization To Bolster Public Health in Bangladesh

We're proud to have contributed to this milestone announced by the World Health Organization - marking the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) as a public health problem in Bangladesh.

Education

From Classrooms to Careers: Georgia-Pacific Prioritizes Investing in Education and Lifelong Learning

GP invests in quality education within its communities by focusing on innovative science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs, technical/trade instruction and workforce development programs.

Sustainable Development Goals

New ISEAL Innovations Fund Projects Explore Ambitious Solutions to Sustainability Challenges

The ISEAL Innovations Fund supports ISEAL members to join forces in exploring new, ambitious solutions to key sustainability challenges. Eight new projects are being supported by the Fund to address barriers to innovation or to build on learning from previous projects.

Environment

Fifth Third Collects Nearly 10,000 Pounds of Electronic Waste for Recycling & Responsible Disposal

Fifth Third Bank recently collected 9,720 pounds of electronic waste materials at two employee-focused e-waste collection events.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

$1.5 Million Grant To Help Create Career Pathways in North Dakota

The public and private sectors are teaming up to strengthen career preparation for high school students in the west-central region of North Dakota.

Innovation & Technology

ZEBRA Consortium Unveils Second Recyclable Wind Turbine Blade, Advances Sustainability in Wind Energy

The ZEBRA consortium today announces the successful completion of the full scale validation testing of the first recyclable blade and production of the second recyclable thermoplastic blade, further advancing the wind industry’s commitment to achieving a circular economy.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Qurate Retail Group Recognized on Newsweek’s America’s Most Responsible Companies 2024 List

Qurate Retail Group, which comprises six leading retail brands – QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road® – has been recognized on Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2024.

Sustainable Development Goals

Companies Must Be Climate Fighters

Take it from a trainee-electrician-turned-software-engineer-turned-company-CEO: there are ample electrification, digital, automation and other technologies at our disposal today. There’s both a moral and a business case for deploying them at much greater scale and speed.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

DEI at Cadence: Cadence Women Conference 2023 Recap Around the Globe

I was honored to participate in our very first global Cadence Women Conference (CWC), which took place in sunny San Diego, California, and brought together 250 attendees from 15 different countries.

Health & Healthcare

A Focus on Continuous Improvement in Safety at Dow

Two key initiatives were launched in 2022 to reduce unplanned events, in particular, Process Safety Containment Events (PSCEs). Both provided global guidance with the flexibility to tailor at the site and plant level.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Alkermes’ Commitment to Integrity and Compliance

Integrity is a core Alkermes value and the foundation of the way we do business. Alkermes is dedicated to upholding legal, regulatory and ethical standards in the markets in which we operate and to maintaining a strong culture of compliance.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

A Program Rooted in Health and Happiness

What started as a “pizza garden” has grown into one of the Boys & Girls Club of the Bemidji Area’s signature programs—improving the wellbeing of youth through horticulture, healthy eating and entrepreneurship.

Innovation & Technology

KTH Breaks New Ground in Science Using AMD EPYC™ CPUs and AMD Instinct™ GPUs

High-performance computing (HPC) is increasingly important for scientific research. The more processing power researchers can deploy, the more discoveries they can potentially make.

Innovation & Technology

Agricultural Solutions Sweep the 2023 Call for Code Competition

New AI-powered technologies related to agriculture issues ranging from contaminated soil and crop management to food waste were selected as winners of the sixth annual Call for Code contest.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Investor’s Role in Easing the Affordable Housing Crisis

America’s housing affordability has severely deteriorated over the last two years. Mortgage rates reached a 23-year high this October, and the limited supply of homes for sale has kept a floor under home prices.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

T-Mobile Empowers 250 Communities Nationwide With $11 Million in Hometown Grants

T-Mobile announced its latest round of Hometown Grant recipients, hitting a whopping 250 communities across 43 states and more than $11 million in funding since the Un-carrier kicked off its five-year commitment to small towns in April 2021.

Diversity & Inclusion

Frito-Lay Partners With LNESC To Bring Forward the P.U.E.N.T.E.S. Program for Its 2nd Year

In 2022, Frito-Lay partnered with LULAC National Educational Service Centers (LNESC) to expand their groundbreaking initiative, Pathways to Uplift and Empower through Novel Technology and Education Services (P.U.E.N.T.E.S.) Program.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Award-Winning Lenovo International Services Supply Chain Spotlights Commitment to Sustainability That Benefits Customers

Lenovo’s International Services Supply Chain (ISSC) is the winner of the 2023 Award of Excellence for Making an Impact from the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM).

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Where Finance Firms Are Finding Sustainability Specialists | Acre’s Ian Povey-Hall for ESGClarity

Progressive financial institutions are looking beyond the sector for talent. The significant increase in reporting requirements driven by fund labelling has created substantial challenges for fund managers launching sustainable and impact investing-focused strategies.

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    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
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    Antea Group's health and safety consultants understand what it takes to help make a positive impact on safety culture. Read blogs, insights, and more...
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  12. Subaru Share the Love® Event
    Since the launch of the Subaru Share the Love Event in 2008, Subaru of America and our retailers have donated more than $256 million to charity, with...
  13. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
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    GoDaddy is the world’s largest services platform for entrepreneurs around the globe. We’re on a mission to empower our worldwide community of 20+...