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Events, Media & Communications

Don’t Sell Production Safety Short – What You Need To Know To Keep the Cast and Crew Safe

Before you can move forward with the glitz and glamor of filming on location, an awful lot of planning and staging needs to occur to help make that movie magic. 

Diversity & Inclusion

International Women’s Day 2023: Embrace Equity

The 2023 International Women’s Day theme – embrace equity – challenges all of us to consider how systems and structures may create inequities between genders. At Lenovo, our goal is clear: people should no longer have to change themselves to fit the world.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Congratulations to Land Betterment’s Board of Director Jennifer Crandall Founder of Safe Food En Route

Land Betterment board member, Jennifer Crandall, Founder and CEO of Safe Food En Route celebrates 5 years in business.

Sustainable Development Goals

Building More Sustainable and Resilient Communities: An Interview With Cisco’s Chief Sustainability Officer

Cisco’s purpose is to Power an Inclusive Future for All, and this includes ensuring a sustainable and regenerative future for our planet. We’re leveraging our scale and innovation to help ensure that our increasingly digital future is sustainable, fair, and resilient.

Energy

Duke Energy Begins Construction on Two New Solar Sites in North Florida

Duke Energy Florida announced two new solar projects will begin construction later this month in Bay and Madison counties.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Paramount Pictures Green Team Collects More Than 2,300 Pounds of Electronic Waste

Paramount Pictures Green Team is a 30-member coalition; representing every major division within the company, working towards a three-pronged strategy: employee education and engagement, studio facility enhancements and sustainable production.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sustainable Apparel Coalition Launches New Membership Category To Encourage More Across the Industry To Set and Achieve Positive Environmental and Social Impacts

The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), has launched a new membership model for companies with a revenue of over $100 million to encourage more in the industry to work towards including sustainability as part of their business.

Responsible Production & Consumption

The Home Depot Exclusive Supplier RYOBI Leads the Cordless Power Industry with a Focus on Sustainability

RYOBI began selling cordless power tools nearly 30 years ago and has since grown into a sustainability leader in the battery-powered lawn and garden industry. They became an exclusive partner of The Home Depot in 2000 and continue to innovate every single year.

Diversity & Inclusion

Two Columbus Business Owners Receive Capital Readiness Grants through Fifth Third Bank’s Empowering Black Futures Neighborhood Program

Fifth Third Bank presented capital readiness grant awards this week to two Columbus, Ohio-based business owners.

Diversity & Inclusion

5 Ways for Leaders To Prioritize Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Efforts Amid Economic Uncertainty

Let’s face it—diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) efforts should be last to get cut in times of economic uncertainty, not first. DEIB retains the best talent, keeps people engaged and develops effective and innovative relationships.

Diversity & Inclusion

How Qualcomm Is Attracting and Recruiting Diverse Talent

Innovation is at the core of our business and critical to our continued success. Our diversity of thought, people and practices is crucial to our ability to innovate.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Schneider Electric Named as a ‘Lighthouse’ in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion by the World Economic Forum

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has been named as a Global Parity Alliance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Lighthouse for its Global Pay Equity (GPE) initiative.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Applied Materials Joins SEMI’s Semiconductor Climate Consortium Governing Council

Applied Materials is pleased to join the SEMI Semiconductor Climate Consortium (SCC) Governing Council.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Six Award-Winning Packaging Designs Inspire Sustainability at Home

Packaging plays an essential role in delivering products to our consumers. That’s why we’ve set ambitious goals to drive greater circularity of our packaging at end of life.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Gene Todd Recognized by Wealth Solutions Report As Among the Top Black Industry Leaders of 2023

Fiduciary Trust International, a global wealth manager and wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Templeton, announces that Gene Todd, executive vice president and head of regional markets, has received the Pathfinder Award for Black Business Development Executive of the Year.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CACI Partners With Massachusetts-Based Nonprofit to Help New Military Families Feel at Home

CACI recently aligned with Friends of Family Services to offer programs that fund services to military families at Hanscom Air Force Base near Bedford, Massachusetts. CACI Cares focuses on supporting the heroes who serve this great nation and the and STEM innovators of tomorrow.

Education

SCE Engineers Inspire Students to Pursue STEM

National Engineers Week is Feb. 19-25 this year, and to raise awareness of this career path, an outreach committee of SCE engineers spoke to young students in several communities throughout the utility’s service area.

Diversity & Inclusion

Angel City Partnership Takes Flight

The fervor over women's soccer along with PNC’s commitment to closing the economic gender gap has played a significant role in the Greater Los Angeles market’s designation as The Official Women’s Business Champion for the Angel City Football Club.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Essity Awarded Supplier Engagement Leader by CDP

Global hygiene and health company Essity has - for the fourth consecutive year - been recognized for its leadership in sustainability by the global non-profit environmental organization CDP. The company has been awarded a place on CDP’s 2022 Supplier Engagement Leaderboard.

Environment

Say Goodbye to Synthetic Sunscreens: How Chemicals in Our Eyes Are Revolutionizing Sunblock

Sóliome has had an exciting biomimetic breakthrough in sunscreen technology

Diversity & Inclusion

Shine Bright: Women in Nielsen Leadership Summit Drives Growth for Female Employees and Allies

Nielsen’s Women in Nielsen Business Resource Group (WIN BRG) takes our values very seriously: Inclusion-Courage-Growth. For the second year, the WIN Leadership Summit brought those values to life—with leadership development and career growth programs for employees.

Diversity & Inclusion

KeyBank Partners With Tech-for-Good Organization Resilia To Support Black, Hispanic, Indigenous, & People of Color-Led (BIPOC) Nonprofits

A strong, longstanding commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion is central to KeyBank’s culture and purpose of helping the communities it serves thrive. Now, KeyBank is expanding and growing its efforts even further outside of its organization across the country.​

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

For 17th time, Aflac named a World's Most Ethical Company by Ethisphere

Aflac Incorporated, a leading provider of supplemental health insurance in the U.S., is once again recognized by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies.

Environment

Rayonier Offers a Detailed Look Into Sustainable Forestry

There’s no doubt that forests are one of the most important resources on earth. But can working forests–where trees are planted and later harvested for their timber–provide the same environmental benefits as a wild forest?

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

SheaMoisture Renews $25,000 Commitment to Whole Planet Foundation’s Poverty Is Unnecessary Fund

Suppliers of Whole Foods Market are empowering microentrepreneurs, primarily women, with economic opportunity. These generous brands fund microloans for entrepreneurs living in poverty so they can start or expand a small business, often home-based.

Latest Campaigns

  1. FedEx Cares | Overall
    FedEx Cares is our global community engagement program and one way that we live out our purpose of connecting people and possibilities. Our goal is to...
  2. Enriching Women's Lives
    60 years ago, Mary Kay Ash created an unparalleled opportunity for women to define their own successes and control their own futures. Her vision of...
  3. Coach Foundation | Dream It Real
    To help break cycles of inequality, we empower the next generation to reach their full potential through higher education.
  4. Accelerating access to healthcare technology
    We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...
  5. IWBI | Workplace Wellness
    A WELL Certified™ project has the potential to add measurable value to the health, well-being and happiness of people in the buildings. It can also...
  6. Cascale Events
    Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...
  7. 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...
  8. 2025 Global Inclusive Growth Summit
    This annual event hosted by the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth will explore how we can build strong growth and economic opportunity for all...
  9. 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...
  10. AMD Environmental Sustainability
    Advancing sustainability across our operations, supply chain manufacturing and product stewardship
  11. 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...
  12. Whirlpool Corporation Diversity and Inclusion
    Celebrating D&I events, stories and wins
  13. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Gilead Sciences Corporate Social Responsibility
  14. Innovation & Sustainable Solutions
    Chemours chemistry is essential to our daily lives, global commerce, and the future. Our commitment to product sustainability drives us to innovate...
  15. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...