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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Responsible Gender Lens Investing: How Diversity Helps Preserve and Grow Wealth

Within a holistically-designed investment process, diversity of an Executive Team and Board of Directors is a powerful variable to analyze the stock’s long-term capability of preserving and growing wealth for shareholders.

Energy

Geronimo Energy, a National Grid company, and Cargill Announce Virtual Power Purchase Agreement for 200 MW MISO Illinois Solar Project

Geronimo Energy (Geronimo), a National Grid company, and Cargill announced today the execution of a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) for the Prairie Wolf Solar Project (Prairie Wolf) in Coles County, Illinois.

Environment

Timberland Shares an Emotional Open Letter to Nature for 50th Anniversary of Earth Day with a Bold Message: "Caring is no Longer Enough"

At the heart of the Timberland® brand is the belief that a greener future is a better future. For the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Timberland has a bold new message to share about humanity’s relationship with nature: “Caring is no longer enough.”

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: My Calling

Though Ray Anderson is John Lanier's greatest inspiration as an environmentalist, it is John's faith that fundamentally motivates him to care for the earth.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Owens Corning Releases Green Bond Report

In August 2019, Owens Corning completed the issuance of our inaugural green bond, in keeping with our aspiration to be a net- positive company whose handprint is greater than its footprint.

Environment

Earth Day 50 Years On: The Next Generation Steps Up

In his speech inaugurating Earth Day in 1970, its founder, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson noted, “Ecology is a big science, a big concept, not a narrow one. It is concerned with all the ramifications of all the relationships, of all the living creatures, to each other and their environment.” Taking Nelson’s words to heart, it’s impossible to think about the future of our planet on Earth Day’s fiftieth anniversary without considering the long-term effects of COVID-19. The well-being of our planet depends on the well-being of the people who inhabit it.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

SC Johnson Converts Line at Largest Global Manufacturing Plant to Produce Hand Sanitizer for COVID-19 Health Workers and First Responders

Responding to a shortage of hand sanitizer nationally that is leaving those on the front lines at risk for COVID-19 infection, SC Johnson is building new capacity to manufacture up to 75,000 bottles of hand sanitizer per month.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

From Homeless to Hope: Door Opens to a Better Future

For Johnna Blocker, the future may have seemed bleak. Homeless with no prospects in sight, she and her children lived in a local shelter while she looked for an apartment she could afford to rent in the uber-expensive Los Angeles market.

Environment

Restoring California Forests — Arhaus + American Forests

Arhaus has always taken pride in its dedication to maintaining the environment & utilizing safe, eco-friendly materials & practices. That's why they have a longstanding partnership with American Forests to help protect, preserve & restore our planet.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Crowd Cow Commits to Carbon-Neutral Operations through Partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation

A new partnership between Crowd Cow and the Arbor Day Foundation will offset the carbon impact of all Crowd Cow orders. Crowd Cow, the first company to directly connect customers with independent farmers selling pasture-raised meat, will contribute to the Foundation’s verified carbon credit projects in the Mississippi River Valley and Peru. The startup has committed to offsetting all carbon associated with their products, from methane released by animals to trucks delivering products to customers’ doorsteps.

Research, Reports & Publications

Owens Corning Publishes 14th Annual Sustainability Report

The company’s 14th annual report, themed “One Company, One Purpose, One World,” presents Owens Corning’s continuing progress toward its 2020 sustainability goals and introduces metrics to quantify progress toward its ambitious 2030 goals.

Environment

Refugee ETF Wins 2020 Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge

Morgan Stanley’s Institute for Sustainable Investing and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management today announced that the Refugee ETF team was named the winner of the 2020 Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge.

Environment

WEC Board Appoints Glenn Prickett President and CEO

Health & Healthcare

Help Protect the Environment While Cleaning Your Teeth

Eco-Friendly & Sustainable Oral Care Now you can help protect the environment while keeping your teeth clean and healthy.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Every Action Adds Up

In these changing and uncertain times, it’s important not to lose sight of the climate crisis, and how we can do our part.

Environment

Learn How a Plastic Wrapper Becomes a Beautiful Picnic Table

Employees at Subaru of America can eat today's lunch at a table crafted from yesterday's trash.

Environment

Shaping a Resilient Future Through One Water

By embracing intelligent water resources planning that considers all phases of the water cycle, we can build more resilient water systems and help ensure a more stable water future.

Research, Reports & Publications

“Sharpening Focus, Accelerating Sustainable Growth”

Global food and agri-business Olam International Limited has launched its 2019 Annual Report

Environment

Fifth Third Earns A- for Climate Leadership from CDP

Fifth Third Bancorp has received a Climate Leadership score of A- from the CDP for its efforts and disclosures related to climate change. Fifth Third’s A- score placed Fifth Third in the top quartile of CDP’s Financial Services Activity Group.

Events, Media & Communications

Every Bit Counts This Earth Day

Today officially marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, where we bring awareness to the importance of climate action to help heal our planet. We’re facing unprecedented times—sheltering in place, homeschooling, and taking care of loved ones over phone or video.

Events, Media & Communications

This Earth Day Be Part of a Community of 100,000 #eventprofs in Action Building the Future of How Human Connection Happens.

This Earth Day event professionals have the opportunity to remind the world of the importance of events by engaging in conversations on Twitter and sharing informative filters on Instagram.

Events, Media & Communications

Ideagen TV Announces New Monthly Guest Hosted Show Series With Microsoft's Gretchen O'Hara

IdeagenTV, powered by Azure and Presented Globally by Microsoft, presents the launch of the new Gretchen O’Hara guest-hosted series this upcoming Earth Day Wednesday, April 22nd at 3pm EST. Gretchen O’Hara, Microsoft VP US AI & Sustainability Strategy & Partnership, will begin her new show on IdeagenTV where she will host leading luminaries, industry leaders, CEO’s and influencers each month.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Mastercard Joins Coalition to Support Displaced Workers

Mastercard today announced the expansion of its partnership with OnwardUS, a new coalition of governors, technology companies and funding partners working to assist workers who have been furloughed or laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Environment

Planting a Better Tomorrow

As we honor Earth Day and Arbor Day, we know trees play an essential role in solutions to challenges such as air and water quality, mental health in urban settings and global wellness.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Global Citizen and Universal Music Group Release One World: Together at Home the Album

Global Citizen released the soundtrack to the historic One World: Together At Home online and broadcast special event in support of the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization, powered by the United Nations Foundation.

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