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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Home Depot Foundation Invests To Build and Improve More Than 800 Housing Units for Veterans Facing Homelessness

With more than 37,000 veterans estimated to be experiencing homelessness, The Home Depot Foundation has granted an additional $8 million to nonprofit partners as part of its overall commitment of half of a billion dollars to veteran causes.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Small Business Spotlight Marks Two-Year Anniversary With Over 200 Entrepreneurs Featured So Far

Qurate Retail Group has donated more than $7 million through Small Business Spotlight, which gives national exposure to underrepresented entrepreneurs on QVC, HSN and Zulily.

Education

National Grid Launches Scholarship To Aid Diverse Engineering Students in MA and NY

National Grid today announced the launch of a scholarship program aimed at increasing diversity in engineering across Massachusetts and New York.

Research, Reports & Publications

Black & Veatch Water Report: Data, Resiliency Drive Industry Amid Challenges of Aging Infrastructure, Climate Adaptation and Talent Acquisition

When Black & Veatch launched its first annual analysis of the U.S. water industry a decade ago, funding for needed upgrades to aging infrastructure was considered lacking as the economy dealt with the ongoing impacts of the “Great Recession.”

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comcast RISE Investment Fund Provides $16 Million in Grants To Support Small Businesses Hardest Hit by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Comcast announced a new round of cities will receive grants from the Comcast RISE Investment Fund, providing an additional $5 million dollars to hundreds of small businesses, bringing the total to $16 million in grants awarded.

Health & Healthcare

10 Employee Communication Tips to Help You Stay in Touch With Your Team

The Center for Creative Leadership once observed that, in a crisis, “People are overwhelmed with the amount of information coming at them.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Owens Corning Celebrates National Safety Month by Living Safely

We aspire to achieve the following goals: make it impossible for injuries and illnesses to occur, achieve a level of safety at least equivalent to the rest of Owens Corning within one year and emphasize the elimination of serious injury risks.

Sustainable Development Goals

What’s the Most Effective Way for Companies To Ensure Digital Transformation Strategies Align With Climate Goals?

Mapping out a plan from the start, regularly monitoring progress toward goals and evaluating their own sustainability efforts is the best way for companies to ensure their digital transformation strategies align with climate goals.

Energy

The Summer Calls for Preparation

As the summer season approaches, the value of staying informed takes on added importance for everyone.

Energy

The Promise and Progress of Renewable Diesel

Even with electric vehicles on the horizon, the greatest barrier to decarbonizing transportation, particularly in the last mile, is clean energy infrastructure. But fleets can still decarbonize now by making the transition to renewable diesel.

Green Infrastructure

V2X Demo Day on The Ray Highway

Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), The Ray, Kia Georgia and Panasonic recently held a press conference to demonstrate the benefits of a connected vehicle (CV) technology in action in a real-world environment.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Rebuilding Together and Wells Fargo Join to Address Urgent Housing Challenges Nationwide Through Critical Home Renovation and Repairs

The Wells Fargo Foundation has awarded $1.3 million in grants to Rebuilding Together to provide critical home repairs to nearly 100 homes in 45 communities across the U.S.

Research, Reports & Publications

Report Reveals Gap to Going Green

Recent research by Oxford Economics and SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) has uncovered significant barriers to corporate sustainability initiatives.

Research, Reports & Publications

HP Inc. Reports Progress Toward Its 2030 Sustainable Impact Goals, Including Achieving a Significant Reduction in Single-Use Plastic Packaging

Sustainable Impact is at the heart of HP’s business strategy and the company aims to be the world’s most sustainable and just technology company.

Diversity & Inclusion

Lori Shaffer: What I Now Know

What advice would you give your younger self? Kimberly-Clark’s vice president of its global nonwovens business, Lori Shaffer, recently answered this question and more during a candid conversation

Environment

GRID Alternatives Receives Grant to Expand Solar Power and Job Training Access Nationwide

Science and social justice join together to advance climate and environmental justice as GRID Alternatives, a nonprofit organization providing access to clean, affordable renewable energy, transportation, and jobs to the communities most often harmed by systemic oppression across the nation, announced a $500,000 grant with Illumina, a global leader in DNA sequencing and arraybased technologies, headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Diversity & Inclusion

KeyBank's Key4Women, TheWMarketplace, UW and UWT To Host Women-Owned Business Pitch Contest

KeyBank’s Key4Women program, TheWMarketplace, University of Washington Foster School of Business, and University of Washington Tacoma Milgard School of Business are collaborating to host a business pitch contest for women-owned businesses located in Seattle and Greater Puget Sound.

Innovation & Technology

Sedex Drives Better ESG Risk Assessment With 340,000+ Data Points

Sedex, the trusted partner for environment, social and governance (ESG) and sustainable data, has released an update to its industry-leading risk assessment technology.

Energy

Purdue and Duke Energy To Explore Potential for Clean, Nuclear Power Source for Campus

With interest rising worldwide in new technologies that are reliable and carbon-free, Purdue and Duke Energy intend to study power produced through Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), a move that may be unprecedented for a college campus and a potential fit for Purdue’s energy needs.

Environment

Herbalife Nutrition Expands Commitment to Environmental Sustainability and Economic Empowerment With Plastic Bank Partnership

In commemoration of the upcoming World Oceans Day on June 8, 2022, Herbalife Nutrition announced a two-year global responsibility partnership with Plastic Bank, a social enterprise that is empowering Ocean Stewards around the world.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Chemours Receives Gold Medal From EcoVadis for Its Sustainability Program

Chemours is a different kind of chemistry company – focused on working together with our suppliers, customers, communities, and employees – to create a better world through the power of our chemistry.

Innovation & Technology

KoboToolbox: Transforming Humanitarian Work Through Voice Capture and Translation

The Transformational Tech series highlights Cisco’s nonprofit grant recipients that use technology to help transform the lives of individuals and communities.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

A Global Bank's Way To Welcome People Back Equitably

IWBI’s Signature Interview Series: Jack Noonan, IWBI Vice President, Asia Pacific, sits down with Peter Simpson, Global Head Safety & Security,

Social Impact & Volunteering

Preserving, Protecting Los Padres National Forest

On an overcast, late spring Saturday, a group of Southern California Edison and Edison International employees began a trek into Los Padres National Forest in Ojai, California.

Green Infrastructure

U.S. Mayors Double Down on Healthy Buildings To Support Healthier, More Resilient Cities

Today, as part of a renewed commitment to public health and national resilience, the nation’s mayors passed a major resolution to advance healthy buildings as a key strategy to support community preparedness and foster healthier, stronger cities.

Latest Campaigns

  1. 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...
  2. Collaboration and Partnership
    Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...
  3. AMD Environmental Sustainability
    Advancing sustainability across our operations, supply chain manufacturing and product stewardship
  4. 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...
  5. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  6. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...
  7. 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...
  8. Impacting Today and Tomorrow
    What we do matters and our associates can expect opportunities to create real impact at work and in the community.
  9. International Paper | SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS
    Vision 2030 Goal: Improve our climate impact and advance water stewardship
  10. Shared Goodness Promise - Hershey's ESG Progress
    The Hershey Company is committed to publishing annual environment, social, and governance reports that give updates on our publicly stated goals and...
  11. Sustainability by Antea Group
    At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...
  12. PSEG People & Communities
    PSEG is committed to improving the lives of our customers, our employees and the diverse communities we serve throughout New Jersey and Long Island...
  13. KeyBank Foundation: Helping Communities Thrive through Education, Workforce Development, and Service
    KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...
  14. 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...
  15. Sustainability- Carnival Corporation's Way of Doing Business
    Carnival’s approach to sustainability is a full-time commitment; it is not a cost of doing business, it is a way of doing business. We at Carnival...