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Energy & Infrastructure

Battery Project Makes Room for More Rooftop Solar in Decorah

Clean, solar energy is a good thing. But it can also affect the performance and efficiency of the electric grid.

Research & Reports

Edison International 2019 Sustainability Report: Accelerating a Clean Energy Future

Our vision is to lead the transformation of the electric power industry, focusing on opportunities in clean energy, efficient electrification, grid of the future and customer choice.

Research & Reports

The Truth About Digital Transformation

Inclusion & Opportunity

Diversity of Thought: Building a Dream Team

What are the real-world benefits of diverse teams – and what does it take to make them work? I had a chance to find out when I was asked to lead product management for the Cisco team that developed App Discovery, a software-as-a-service...

Socially Responsible Investing

Fifth Third Bank Continues Homeownership Education Despite Pandemic

Fifth Third collaborated with the Cincinnati African American Chamber of Commerce, the Cincinnati Herald, the Dayton Defender and the Dayton Weekly newspapers to host two free virtual homeownership seminars in honor of national homeownership month.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Trailblazer Takeaways: Ibram X. Kendi on Being an Antiracist

More than 7,000 T-Mobile employees recently tuned in to a livestreamed conversation between EVP of Customer Care Callie Field and Professor Ibram X. Kendi, bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist.

AI & Technology

5 Latest Facts About Johnson & Johnson's Ebola Vaccine

One of the world's deadliest viral diseases was discovered in 1976 in Zaire, now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), near the Ebola River.

Corporate Responsibility

Recap: Solutions and Support for Women-led Businesses to Navigate COVID-19

Energy & Infrastructure

Duke Energy Renewables' Largest Solar Project Now Online in Texas

Duke Energy Renewables, a subsidiary of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), announced that its 200-megawatt alternating current (MWac) Holstein Solar project in Nolan County, Texas, has begun commercial operation. It is the largest solar project...

AI & Technology

Qualcomm and Infinite Collaborate to Facilitate Powerful Digital Transformation in Smart Cities and Enterprises and Deliver End-to-End IoT Platform and IoT as a Service Across Multiple Verticals

The collaboration creates an end-to-end, fully managed solution that facilitates digital transformation for smart connected spaces across government, healthcare, construction, entertainment, transportation, manufacturing, retail and logistics.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Women and Girls Must Be Participants and Leaders in Sport Recovery Plans, Says UN Women

While the world is currently working on addressing and recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, women and girls must be both participants and leaders in this process, so their gains are not lost, and a better future for all becomes a reality, says UN Women in a Policy Brief.

Philanthropy

Four Questions with Cleve Jones: Reflecting on the AIDS Memorial Quilt as it Returns Home

Cleve Jones is a human rights advocate who has long been a champion for people living with HIV and LGBTQ+ equality. He co-founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation in 1983. Two years later, he conceived of The AIDS Memorial Quilt at an annual...

AI & Technology

Bayer Partners with Prospera Technologies Inc. to Develop Integrated Digital Solutions for Vegetable Greenhouse Growers

As part of its commitment to helping growers sustainably meet increasing global needs through digital solutions, Bayer has entered a strategic partnership with Prospera Technologies Inc., a leading AI data analytics company, specializing...

Health & Healthcare

Medtronic: Leaning Into Change

The pandemic has forced us to embrace change in all capacities, a change that informs the "new normal". So how do we move forward?

Awards & Rankings

Gillian Riley, President & CEO of Tangerine Bank and EVP, Scotiabank, named a Catalyst Honours Champion for 2020

Scotiabank is pleased to announce that Gillian Riley, President and CEO, Tangerine Bank and Executive Vice President, Scotiabank has been named a Catalyst Honours Champion for 2020.

Health & Healthcare

IWBI Governance Council Votes to Graduate WELL v2 Out of Pilot

Volunteering & Community

OCTO Initiative: Nonprofit Connect - Amplifying Impact with VMware's Nonprofit Customers

At VMware, we believe that technology can be a significant force for good by helping address the world’s societal challenges when integrated with existing processes and in partnership with the people working closest to the challenges.

Health & Healthcare

The CEO Investor Forum Launches Partnership with the Biopharma Sustainability Roundtable to Address the Need for Stronger Industry-wide Sustainability Efforts in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals Sector

The Biopharma Sustainability Roundtable (BSRT) has partnered with CECP’s CEO Investor Forum to enhance sustainability efforts and focus on long-term value creation. The two groups will co-host the first sector-specific CEO-Investor Forum in June 2021

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Finding New Value in Old Plastics

What if old plastic bottles and wrappers became key ingredients in creating new ones? Through our partnership with Fuenix Ecogy, we’re taking hard-to-recycle plastics to create new polymers for packaging for food and other items.

Events

Mohawk Group Unveils DesignFWD Schedule and Speaker Lineup

Mohawk Group has officially announced the speaker lineup and schedule for its inaugural Design Forward Virtual Summit, styled DesignFWD, which takes place exclusively online July 15–17.

Socially Responsible Investing

Whole Planet Foundation Virtual 5K Raises $63,000 for Low-Income Entrepreneurs

Fifteen hundred participants joined Whole Planet Foundation’s Power Your Purpose Virtual 5K to run, walk, bike or move for microcredit.

Volunteering & Community

CASE Construction Equipment Donates Skid Steer to Habitat for Humanity

CASE Construction Equipment has donated a new skid steer to Wichita Habitat for Humanity.

Socially Responsible Investing

Wells Fargo Launches $400 Million Small Business Recovery Effort

Following an April 2020 industry-leading commitment to donate all gross processing fees from the Paycheck Protection Program, Wells Fargo unveiled today the details of an approximately $400 million effort to help small businesses impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic keep their doors open

Environment

50 Investors With US $4 Trillion in Assets Back Strong Methane Emissions Regulation in Pennsylvania

Today, a group of 50 institutional investors representing US $4 trillion in assets under management issued a statement of support for a strong final regulation to reduce air pollution and methane emissions

Philanthropy

Disability-Led Organizations, Corporations and Foundations Launch Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration

What do 633 disability leaders from 29 countries spanning six out of seven continents have in common? 100% believe that organizations led by people with disabilities are left out of disaster relief funding from foundations, corporations...

Latest Campaigns

Nutrition and Health

Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...

IWBI | WELL Building Standard

Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...

Rethinking EHS Podcast

Join us as we travel the world to uncover real stories of impact—from landfills and energy transition to workplace safety, emerging contaminants, and...

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...

Collective Action

Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...

Community Impact

Advancing our communities worldwide through philanthropic investments, partnerships, and employee volunteerism.

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance

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...

Corporate Responsibility

Webster Bank's Corporate Responsibility