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Education

Usher’s New Look Embarks on AI-Focused Collaboration With IBM To Set Students Up for Career Success

Usher’s New Look (UNL) and IBM today announced a collaboration to provide free career readiness training through IBM SkillsBuild. With a focus on AI and professional workplace skills, IBM will provide UNL with training and customized learning plans for student learners.

Diversity & Inclusion

Northern Trust Breakfast Networking and Fireside Chat With Black Women in Asset Management

We were proud to sponsor BWAM's first US based event of 2024 (and first-ever event in Chicago) and look forward to more to come from our growing partnership.

Diversity & Inclusion

How the World’s Largest Restaurant Company Plans To Reach Gender Parity

In 2018, Yum! Brands shared its aspiration to achieve gender parity in its global senior leadership by 2030 – and it’s on track to do so thanks to several purposeful initiatives.

Sustainable Development Goals

Stop Talking and Start Listening: Women Respond in Crisis

The ‘Women Respond’ survey by CARE underscores the vital importance of continuously listening to and collaborating with women in crisis situations. Highlighting the resilience and proactive measures women take despite increasing challenges. By actively involving women in decision

Diversity & Inclusion

Inspirational Athletes Set To Host Fans in Their Accessible Airbnb Homes for Paris 2024

Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner Airbnb has announced that inspirational Para athletes Axel Allétru and Sofyane Mehiaoui will open up their accessible homes for two exclusive overnight stays during the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women’s History Month Spotlight: Marina Bay Sands’ Val Chua Highlights the Importance of Finding Mentors and Having Clear Purpose in Career Development

As part of Women’s History Month 2024, Sands is featuring women who help drive the company’s success and exemplify its culture of professional growth and advancement. Val Chua joined Marina Bay Sands in 2008 and serves as executive director of communications.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Duke Energy Supports Fellow First Responders With More Than $200,000 in Grants for Emergency Preparedness in Indiana

First responders across Indiana, including local police, fire and emergency management agencies (EMAs), will benefit from more than $200,000 in grants from the Duke Energy Foundation.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CBRE Named as One of the 2024 World’s Most Ethical Companies for 11th Consecutive Year

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE) has received the 2024 World’s Most Ethical Companies® recognition from Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Georgia-Pacific and GP Recycling Showcase Their Recycled Wastepaper Operation.

Our Georgia-Pacific LLC team recently hosted members from the American Forest & Paper Association at the Savannah River Mill for a tour of our recycled wastepaper operation.

Health & Healthcare

Gilead Sciences Aids in Reducing Cancer Care Disparities: Dale Shares Her Breast Cancer Journey and the Power of Information Sharing

Dale, who is living with breast cancer, shares her journey and point of view about how sharing information can help reduce health disparities.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Entergy New Orleans Announces Clean Energy Partnership With Feed the Second Line To Empower New Orleans

Entergy New Orleans is proud to announce its partnership with Feed the Second Line’s Get Lit, Stay Lit clean energy initiative.

Green Infrastructure

Turner Center for Housing Innovation Launches Housing + Climate Research Initiative

The growing threat of climate change is increasing the urgency for solutions, and specifically, solutions that don’t run counter to the urgency of the housing crisis and the ongoing efforts to expand housing supply.

Health & Healthcare

Love, Care, Compassion — And a Career Shift

When O’Shea Guillory stepped off the elevator at the Egleston campus of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, it was the first time she connected Aflac with her son’s battle against sickle cell disease.

Innovation & Technology

Wells Fargo Grant Boosts New Financing Partnership Between Elemental Excelerator and NYCEEC To Catalyze Climate Technology Innovation

Capital Access for Climate Innovators, a new debt financing program, was created to pilot innovative lending and co-investing vehicles to catalyze climate technology projects with significant community benefits.

Environment

Ceres Welcomes Landmark SEC Rule on Corporate Climate Disclosure

Ceres welcomes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) adoption of the first-ever federal rule mandating the disclosure of climate-related risks from all U.S. public companies.

Education

Mastering Policy and Advocacy Communications With Authenticity

Are you a non-profit communications professional? Would you like to know how to craft strategic communications plans, clarify complex policies, regulations, and legislations, and deliver your message with authenticity?

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Lenovo Named by Fortune as One of the World’s Most Admired Companies

Lenovo has once again been recognized in Fortune’s annual World’s Most Admired Companies list, continuing to be one of the most admired companies in the ‘Computers and Communication’ industry category.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Forest Positive Coalition Welcomes New Member: IKEA

The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Forest Positive Coalition has been pleased to welcome a new member, IKEA, bringing the Coalition’s membership to 22 CGF members.

Diversity & Inclusion

KFC South Africa and Add Hope's Donations Fuel Futures

Add Hope impacts the lives of many children, feeding more than just tummies. Your R2 donations help feed creativity, learning & the potential to flourish, making Mzansi’s future brighter!

Health & Healthcare

Phlebotomist’s Actions Keep One Patient Coming Back

A patient who goes often to a Patient Service Center (PSC) in Southern California had a special compliment for a colleague who’s been at Quest for nearly 2 decades.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Subaru Helps Over 52,000 Shelter Pets Find Loving Homes Through Annual Subaru Loves Pets® Month

Subaru of America, Inc. today announced a record number of pet adoptions resulting from its Subaru Loves Pets® initiative, which took place in October 2023.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

IP Fights Hungers and Disaster Relief in Mexico

International Paper’s Ixtac and Toluca box plants delivered 22,000 boxes to the SEMAR for transportation and distribution of relief supplies to the hurricane-affected population of Otis in Acapulco; and 14,400 boxes were donated to the Network of Food Banks of Mexico.

Sustainable Development Goals

Strong Progress on Henkel’s Sustainability Goals

Henkel published its sustainability report for the fiscal year 2023 today, reporting on progress in the implementation of its global sustainability strategy, particularly in the use of renewable energies and the promotion of the circular economy.

Social Impact & Volunteering

SAIC Raises More Than 3.1 Million Equivalent Meals in 2023 Feeding America Campaign

SAIC, in our 10th consecutive year of combating hunger in the U.S. through our partnership with Feeding America, raised more than $311,908 during Hunger Action Month in September 2023.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Collaborating To Design for Circularity in Glove Packaging

This project is a testament to the evolution of finding the balance between performance and sustainability, offering a compelling example of circularity in packaging within the global plastic industry.

Latest Campaigns

  1. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  2. 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...
  3. Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator
    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...
  4. Drive for MPC
    At Marathon Petroleum, our professional truck drivers share one common vision: no accidents, no injuries, and no harm to the environment. We’re proud...
  5. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...
  6. Growth Through Sustainability
    Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...
  7. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  8. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  9. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...
  10. 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...
  11. SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights
    Highlighting the top news, commentary, and research for the week coming from SHQ. The highlights newsletter also spotlights one profiled organization...
  12. Fifth Third’s Neighborhood Program
    Fifth Third has a proven track record of success in community development through its neighborhood program, which creates and implements innovative...
  13. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  14. Employee and Community Engagement
    At MilliporeSigma, we look for opportunities to use employee and community engagement to spark scientific curiosity and breakthroughs. We know that...
  15. Drawdown Georgia
    Informed by Project Drawdown, the world’s leading resource for climate solutions, Drawdown Georgia is the first state-centered effort to crowdsolve...