Health & Healthcare

Empowering the Disability Community at Illumina

“The Spoon Theory,” a personal story by patient advocate Christine Miserandino, imagines “spoons” as a measurement of one’s daily energy to illustrate what it’s like to ration that energy. For those living with a disability (visible or not), the number of spoons they must use for

Energy

Fifth Third Opens EV Charging Station in Michigan During National Drive Electric Week

Fifth Third Bank opened four electric vehicle (EV) charging ports for employee-use in the parking lot of Fifth Third’s Corporate Service Center campus in Michigan during National Drive Electric Week in September.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Truist Receives 2021 Readers' Choice Award from Equal Opportunity Magazine

Truist is proud to receive the 2021 Readers’ Choice Award, appearing on the top 50 employers list selected by Equal Opportunity magazine readers.

Events, Media & Communications

Fifth Third to Present at GreenBiz 20 Conference Hosted by Renewable Energy Buyer’s Alliance on February 4-6

Fifth Third’s Director of Environmental Sustainability Scott Hassell will take part in a tutorial panel at the GreenBiz 20 conference presented by the Renewable Energy Buyer’s Alliance (REBA).

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Cadence's Johnas Street Discusses Black History Month

Cadence's Johnas Street recently wrote an article on Adweek that discusses the many ways brands and media can empower Black leaders and create a more equitable world.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

FedEx Takes to the Road to Fight #1 Killer of Youth Worldwide

Working with Safe Kids Worldwide, more than 20,000 FedEx volunteers have helped reach more than 17 million children in 10 countries with lifesaving road safety education and training.

Health & Healthcare

Road Safety: Walking the Talk

I was honored to walk alongside Torine Creppy, the President of Safe Kids Worldwide, as we led more than 1,200 kids and adults in our FedEx and Safe Kids Walk This Way event, promoting pedestrian safety.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Meet the Fishermen Behind Fair Trade Certified Seafood

The launch of Fair Trade USA Certified yellow fin tuna provides a solution that addresses both social and environmental responsibility in global fishing communities.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

FedEx Road Safety Award Celebrates NGO Role Models

This year’s awards celebrate three organizations that have significantly grown their capacity to achieve national and international significance, influencing national policies and public perceptions of road safety. Their impacts and approaches make them role models for other NGOs

Responsible Production & Consumption

Grocery Shopping for a Healthier Planet

"We want to do our part. We want to be incredible stewards to our customers, our communities and the environment," said Darcie Renn, Director of ESG & Sustainability for Albertsons Companies.

Environment

Washington State Safeway and Albertsons Stores Wish Customers a Happy Earth Day

Social Impact & Volunteering

A Slice of NiCE: Nickelodeon Community Efforts - October 2022

A Slice of NiCE is a bi-weekly update/preview into what Nickelodeon Animation & the Community Efforts (aka NiCE) team is up to around the globe.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Products: Safeway's Sustainable Seafood

Environment

Fifth Third Goes Carbon Neutral Amid Broader Green Targets

The bank achieved the feat after reducing its corporate carbon footprint (including in its facilities and business travel operations), purchasing renewable power and investing in carbon offset projects.

Sustainable Development Goals

Dow Commits to Accelerating the Circular Ecosystem by Transforming Waste and Alternative Feedstock To Deliver 3 Million Metric Tons per Year of Circular and Renewable Solutions by 2030

By 2030, Dow will transform plastic waste and other forms of alternative feedstock to commercialize 3 million metric tons of circular and renewable solutions annually.

Diversity & Inclusion

Fifty-Seven Albertsons Companies’ Leaders Recognized as 2019 Top Women in Grocery

57 determined, inspirational and accomplished Albertsons Companies’ leaders were recognized at Progressive Grocer’s annual Top Women in Grocery event in Orlando, Florida last week. In all, 393 women were honored for their extraordinary achievements in the retail grocery industry. 

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Cadence Highlights Women in Computational Fluid Dynamics: An Interview with Carolyn Woeber

To highlight the achievements of women in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), Cadence spoke with Carolyn Woeber, applications engineering director at Cadence.

Health & Healthcare

Illumina Commemorates Juneteenth

Juneteenth celebrates June 19, 1865, when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas were finally told they were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation had made them free.

Diversity & Inclusion

Truist South Florida Regional President Tony Coley Discusses His Banking Career

When Tony Coley is talking to people, inevitably they ask what he does for a living. He works at Truist Bank, he tells them. Then they ask which branch.

Energy

Report: U.S. Corporate Solar Investments Swell to 8300 Megawatts, Grow 20-Fold Over Last Decade

Fifth Third was the first Fortune 500 company and first bank to achieve 100% renewable power through a single, solar project in 2019.

Sustainable Development Goals

118 Organizations Make Sustainability Appeal for Critical Improvements in Global Tuna Fisheries

A wide consortium of global tuna buyers, NGOs, and fishing industry associations have issued a call to regional fishery management organizations that they adopt more stringent rules on harvest strategies, fish-aggregating devices, bycatch limits, catch monitoring and control, and

Green Infrastructure

Greater Boise Continuing Program To Give Hard-To-Recycle Plastic Waste a Second Life

Reynolds Consumer Products, Dow (NYSE: DOW), and ByFusion announced a new business agreement that continues their collaboration in the greater Boise area to divert hard-to-recycle plastics from the landfill.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Hamilton County Resource Names Fifth Third Bank Its 2021 Most Outstanding Partner

Fifth Third Bank was named a 2021 Most Outstanding Partner by Hamilton County R3Source, a division of the Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services in Ohio

Health & Healthcare

From Patents to Patients: Meet the Women Making a Difference at Illumina

As a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, Illumina is continuously striving to improve human health by unlocking the power of the genome.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Feed Our Kids. Fuel Our Future. Albertsons Companies and Albertsons Companies Foundation Begin Sixth-Annual Hunger Is Campaign to Raise Money for Breakfast Programs for Kids.

Albertsons Companies and Albertsons Companies Foundation are once again teaming up with their customers across the country to help make sure every kid starts the day with a healthy breakfast.