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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Medtronic Continues To Rank in the DJSI World Index for 2023

Medtronic plc, a global leader in healthcare technology, today announced its continued inclusion in the Dow Jones® Sustainability World Index (DJSI) as one of the world's leading companies for sustainability.

Diversity & Inclusion

To Us, It’s Personal: Viatris Colleagues Talk Access

That is why we are kicking off a program to listen to and engage with colleagues across the company on this topic: how access impacts each of us, our families and our communities globally. We are calling this initiative Access Conversations.

Innovation & Technology

Nasdaq’s Randall Hopkins Discusses Corporate Net-Zero Strategies

Nasdaq's Head of ESG Solutions Randall Hopkins discusses how Nasdaq is shaping the carbon market landscape and empowering businesses with forward-thinking corporate net-zero strategies.

Responsible Production & Consumption

4 Expert Tips To Maximize Your Processing Facility’s Performance

In today's strained labor market, Stockman stressed two elements for operations to run as efficiently and sustainably as possible: providing the right training and knowing when you need outside support.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Provides $90.7 Million of Financing for Acquisition and Rehabilitation of Affordable Housing in Monroeville, PA.

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) provided a $35 million construction loan and $15.7 million in 4% federal low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) equity to finance the acquisition and rehabilitation of Cambridge Square Apartments, located in Monroeville.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Baker Tilly’s New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) Mapping Tool

Look at every opportunity to finance projects by evaluating their eligibility for tax credit financing through the NMTC program, which is designed to support investment in low-income communities. 2016-2020 ACS data now available!

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Shaking Up the C-Suite

Our second mini-series highlights episodes with Bob Eccles, a leading authority on integrated reporting, and Maher Al-Haffar, the chief financial officer of Cemex. Both guests join co-host Mandi McReynolds to discuss how the roles of the chief sustainability officer.

Energy

Reduced Energy Costs Make Increased Comfort Sweeter at Veronica’s Bakery & Café

After a local business alliance connected him with a Pepco Energy Savings for Business program representative, Eddy was reassured to learn that they could install a new, energy-efficient HVAC system that would effectively cool their space while also fitting their budget.

Environment

HGA and Consigli Unveil New Mass Timber Buildings at Bowdoin College

National interdisciplinary design firm HGA and Consigli Construction announce the completion of the first commercially-scaled mass timber buildings in Maine; Barry Mills Hall and the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies at Bowdoin College.

Sustainable Development Goals

My Green Lab Welcomes AstraZeneca’s Penny James to Board of Directors, Enhancing Global Leadership in Sustainable Science

My Green Lab Welcomes AstraZeneca's Penny James to Board of Directors, Enhancing Global Leadership in Sustainable Science

Diversity & Inclusion

Sharing the Cisco Networking Academy Vision

Cisco works with wonderful partners who routinely push new boundaries in delivering an inclusive education for all.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Supply Chain Special Report Features Kimberly Clark’s Tamera Fenske

Chief Supply Chain Officer Tamera Fenske recently provided insights for Consumer Goods Technology’s 2023 Supply Chain Special Report.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Entergy Provides Free Legal Assistance to Vulnerable Community Members During Second EmPOWERing Pro Bono Day

For the second year in a row, Entergy participated in EmPOWERing Pro Bono Day, an industry-wide service day that we helped found to provide pro bono legal support for low-income, vulnerable community members in electric companies’ service areas.

Health & Healthcare

10 Ways People Can Manage During the Holidays: How To Safeguard Your Sobriety

Managing the holidays can be challenging for individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs), as this time of year often involves social gatherings and increased stress.

Education

CNH Launches a Master’s Program for New Hire Employees at Wichita State University

CNH recently partnered with Wichita State University (WSU) to launch a master’s program for fifteen of our current employees.

Diversity & Inclusion

4 Entrepreneurs Fostering Thriving Communities Featured in Sky’s the Limit’s Marketplace

SkysTheLimit.org spotlights four visionary entrepreneurs from its online holiday marketplace. These purpose-driven founders are committed to cultivating thriving communities.

Events, Media & Communications

Cracking Climate Communications: How Companies Can Get It Right

We’re all familiar with philosophy’s favourite thought experiment: ‘if a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?’ Now let’s apply the same thinking to climate action.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Cadence Recognized With HRC Equality 100 Award as an LGBTQ+ Workplace Leader

We are proud to announce that Cadence has received the Human Rights Campaign (HRC)’s 2023-2024 Equality 100 Award in recognition of our leadership for LGBTQ+ inclusion in the workplace.

Education

Culture, Tradition, STEM and Learning on the Land

“Indigenous people have always known about STEM.” Learning on the land through observation, storytelling, direct participation and through ceremony has always been the way of teaching in Indigenous communities.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

American Airlines Named to Dow Jones Sustainability World Index

American Airlines has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) for the first time, one of only two passenger airlines included in the Index.

Environment

Tetra Pak Sustainability Report FY22: Acting for Nature

Nature underpins societal wellbeing by providing basic life support services and material goods such as soil, air, water, food, fuel, and fibre, so the impacts of nature loss are wide-reaching and threaten the foundations of our global economies, livelihoods, and food systems.

Environment

Decarbonization Strategy at Novelis

The following sections describe our decarbonization strategy and our implementation progress over the last fiscal year on our journey to achieve our 2026 targets. Collaborating across our value chain will help us achieve our 2050 carbon neutrality goal.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

How Yum! Brands Is Making Its Supply Chain More Sustainable

The effects of climate change can have a major impact on the global food system. That’s why Yum! Brands aims to be part of the solution and is working with suppliers to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Events, Media & Communications

LyondellBasell Joins Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) is pleased to announce that LyondellBasell (LYB), a leader in the global chemical industry, has become a new council member.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bath & Body Works Named One of "America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity" by Newsweek

Today Bath & Body Works announces its inclusion on Newsweek’s ranking of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity.

Latest Campaigns

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    Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...
  2. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  3. 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...
  4. Mary Kay Ash Foundation: Creating a Safer, Healthier World for Women
    In the U.S. and around the world, Mary Kay remains steadfast in its commitment to ending the cycle of domestic violence and finding cures for cancers...
  5. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  6. Key Supports Affordable Housing
    KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment helps fulfill Key’s purpose to help clients and communities thrive by financing projects that...
  7. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. FedEx | Advancing Climate Solutions
    Connecting the world responsibly and resourcefully. Sustainable logistics is a health, safety, environmental and economic issue, particularly in...
  11. Opportunity for All
    At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...
  12. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  13. Wesco Cares
    Life-changing events can happen to any of us, often when we least expect them. Employees in need can turn to the Wesco Cares. Its mission is to be an...
  14. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  15. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...