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Health & Healthcare

CRB Opens New Office in Jacksonville To Meet Rising Life Sciences Needs in Florida

Florida’s rapidly expanding biopharma marketplace is a major contributor to advances in pioneering patient therapies and technology-focused health solutions. In order to support the state on this mission, CRB today announces the opening of its new Jacksonville office.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Black & Veatch Hires Chief Client Officer as Company Addresses Megatrends Impacting the World

Black & Veatch, a global leader in critical infrastructure solutions, has announced Patrick Hogan as the company’s first Chief Client Officer (CCO) and member of the company’s leadership team.

Diversity & Inclusion

Truist Foundation Announces Where It Starts, a $22M Initiative To Support Small Businesses and Create Career Opportunities for Communities of Color

Truist Foundation today announced the creation of Where It Starts, a $22 million, multiyear program to strengthen small businesses and open career pathways for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) individuals across the U.S.

Responsible Production & Consumption

USDA Appoints International Paper’s Santiago Arbelaez to the 2023 Paper and Packaging Board

The Paper and Packaging Board (P+PB) announced that Santiago Arbelaez, Vice President, Strategy, Industrial Packaging, International Paper has been named to the P+PB Board of Directors for a three-year term, appointed by USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Justina Nixon, Chief Impact Officer at IBM: “Through Our Programs We Aim To Address the Most Complex Societal Challenges”

IBM has several programs around education and sustainability, founded on social impact and bolstered by experts and technology.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Southwire’s El Paso Plant Reapproved as a VPP Star Site

Southwire’s plant located in El Paso, Texas, has been reapproved as a Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) Star site from the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA). 

Diversity & Inclusion

Hispanic IT Leaders Work To Close the Gap

The value of mentorship and sponsorship can’t be understated when it comes to fostering and growing your career. But for underrepresented groups in the tech industry, it can be difficult to find mentors and sponsors inside and outside the organization.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Essity Recognized as a European Diversity Leader by Financial Times

The hygiene and health company Essity has - for the second consecutive year - been designated a Diversity Leader by the UK business daily Financial Times.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Roving Robot Brings Aquarium to Child Patient Rooms Across South Carolina

Thanks to a new partnership with Aflac, patients at children’s hospitals across the state will be able to sign up for self-guided virtual tours of the South Carolina Aquarium, with the help of roving robot technology

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Keysight Nabs Top 50 Spot on the Wall Street Journal’s 250 Best-Managed Companies

Given the uncertainties in the world today, we’re thrilled to be recognized so highly as a well-run company for customers, employees and investors, even in turbulent times.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Connecticut Foodshare Receives $500,000 Grant From KeyBank Foundation

Connecticut Foodshare has received a charitable grant from KeyBank Foundation in the amount of $500,000 payable over three years. The funding will help Connecticut Foodshare elevate and progress the Mobile Pantry, its core direct service program.

Environment

Chevron, Calbio Expand Partnership on Dairy Biomethane Fuel Projects

Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, and California Bioenergy LLC (CalBio) announced a joint investment in their second holding company to produce and market dairy biomethane as a renewable natural gas (RNG) transportation fuel in California.

Sustainable Development Goals

Sealed Air Global Impact Report: 2025 Sustainability and Materials Pledge

Sealed Air (SEE) is driving the adoption of circular business models that support the creation of products that can be recovered and recycled, contribute to consumer waste diversion efforts, and enhance the supply of material for future reuse.

Social Impact & Volunteering

The Coach Foundation Brings Mentoring to the Fashion Industry with Dream It Real

At Tapestry, we know that mentorship creates opportunities and removes barriers for the next generation, and it’s particularly critical for nurturing diverse talent and creating a more empowered and inclusive industry.

Sustainable Development Goals

Kohler Co. Celebrates 150 Years of Bold Moves, Creativity, and Impact While Shaping the Next 150 Years of Its Iconic Kohler Brand

As Kohler embarks on its 150th anniversary, the global organization invites all associates, partners, and customers to participate in the celebration through a series of special events and activations around the world.

Innovation & Technology

O-I Provides Inside Look at Transformational MAGMA Glass Technology

O-I Glass, Inc. released a video offering a first look at existing MAGMA operations as the company prepares for its first, purpose-built MAGMA factory in Bowling Green, KY.

Events, Media & Communications

MSNBC and Noticias Telemundo Host ‘National Day of Racial Healing’ Town Halls on Jan. 17 From New Orleans

MSNBC and Noticias Telemundo hosted town halls on the National Day of Racial Healing on January 17, 2023. The live studio audience events, sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF), broadcasted from the iconic Studio BE, a cultural landmark in New Orleans.

Research, Reports & Publications

Chevron Publishes Methane Report

Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) today published a methane report that builds on Chevron’s ongoing efforts to promote transparency on climate-related matters.

ESG

Finding Your ESG Superpower

This week on ESG Talk, we’re reaching back into the vault to share one of our most popular episodes from season one. Si-Yeon Kim, former chief risk and compliance officer and executive chair of ESG at American Express Global Business Travel, joins Workiva's Mandi McReynolds.

Energy

Global Low-Carbon Energy Technology Investment Surges Past $1 Trillion for the First Time

Global investment in the low-carbon energy transition totaled $1.1 trillion in 2022 – a new record and a huge acceleration from 2021 – as the energy crisis and policy action drove faster deployment of clean energy technologies, according to a new report from BloombergNEF.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

U.S. Bank Adds Guillaume Mascotto As Head of Sustainable Finance

U.S. Bank announces the hire of Guillaume Mascotto as the company’s head of Sustainable Finance. In this new leadership role, Mascotto will build and lead a new team focused on identifying sustainable finance opportunities across the entire enterprise.

Diversity & Inclusion

The 5–9 Series: Kara Federow

This blog series will dive into our employee’s ‘5–9’, where we will be showcasing our employees outside of their 9–5, and deep dive into how GoDaddy’s flexible, human-first approach allows us to focus on what makes us thrive.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Built-In Quality: How It Leads to Customer Satisfaction and How HARMAN Gets It Right

Every year in the month of November, HARMAN celebrates World Quality Month: a time when our employees around the globe recommit to our focus on the role that quality plays in delivering products, services, and business operations that enhance consumer experiences.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Bacardi Cocktail Trends Report 2023: NoLo Interchangeability

With consumers choosing to drink alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails at the same occasion, without any social stigma, the stage is set for a period of non-alcoholic and low-proof (NoLo) experimentation.

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