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Innovation & Technology

CNH Industrial Bridges the Gap With Virtual Technology

COVID-19 has impacted our daily routine in many ways from travel bans and school closures to social distancing and stay-at-home orders.

Media & Communications

Tata Consultancy Services Surya Kant, President of North America, UK and Europe, to Join CECP Board of Directors

As part of its continuing efforts to empower companies to drive long-term business success through positive societal impact, Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP) announced that Surya Kant, President, North America, UK and Europe, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has joined the organization’s distinguished Board of Directors.

Health & Healthcare

United Turns Old Uniforms Into Masks for Employees

United Airlines delivered 7,500 face coverings over the past week to front line employees at San Francisco International Airport and the airline’s San Francisco Maintenance Base that were made from 12,284 pounds of uniforms United upcycled.

Media & Communications

Hallmark Uses Social Listening to Evolve

Distinctive company messaging does not speak at people. In order to create something that causes an onlooker to pause—organizations listen to the needs of consumers. The goal is to make them stop in their tracks and say, ‘Hey, this brand gets me.’

Environment

Keep America Beautiful Presents 47 Cigarette Litter Prevention Program Grants to Organizations throughout the United States

Keep America Beautiful®, the nation’s largest community improvement nonprofit organization, today announced it has awarded 47 grants to Keep America Beautiful community-based affiliates and partner organizations for its 2020 Cigarette Litter Prevention Program (CLPP) to reduce the most littered item in America.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bacardi #RaiseYourSpirits T-Shirts Help Support the Bar Industry

Casa BACARDÍ has launched a range of #RaiseYourSpirits t-shirts, available for purchase online. 100% of profits from the T-shirt sales will be donated to support bartenders, in partnership with the USBG National Charity Foundation.

Education

Pandemic Stopped Their Program, but These Kids Adapted

What does a program that teaches students to think like engineers do when a pandemic shuts them down? It pivots. The coronavirus has canceled school programs around the world, including FIRST, where high school students build robots to compete...

Environment

Water Protections and Other Regulations Are Rolling Back. What Should Businesses Do?

While companies thought they had a grasp of water protection and sustainability regulations, now these regulations are being rolled back rather than continuing the 50-year trend of strengthening them. What does it mean for the business sector?

Innovation & Technology

EarthxE-Capital 2020: How Can Cleantech 'Reset' After COVID-19?

The COVID-19 pandemic is ushering in could be a years-long economic slump, spelling trouble for consumer confidence at least for some time. Startups and early-stage investments are being hit particularly hard, as unknowns linger over...

Health & Healthcare

How to Clean and Disinfect Your Wood and Vinyl Floors

With an active home usually comes an active cleaning routine, and that’s especially true as so many of us are at home right now. As you deep clean your living spaces, it’s important to remember the approved cleaning steps for your specific type of floors so you don’t accidentally damage them.

Health & Healthcare

T-Mobile Stands Strong with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as Telehealth Visits Surge 800%

With the VA seeing an 800% surge in telehealth visits, and with nearly 20,000 patients now meeting with their VA healthcare teams daily, the T-Mobile network is more than ready to support the VA without missing a beat.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Global Citizen and the European Commission Announce 'Global Goal: Unite for Our Future; a Campaign to Make COVID-19 Tests, Treatments and Vaccines Available for Everyone, Everywhere Who Needs Them

‌‌International‌ ‌advocacy‌ ‌organisation‌ ‌‌Global‌ Citizen‌ and the European Commission (EC) today‌ ‌announced‌ Global Goal: Unite for Our Future, a global campaign to coordinate the development of COVID-19 tests.

Health & Healthcare

Bringing Affordable Life and Health Insurance to Low-Income Earners in Sri Lanka

By partnering with Sri Lanka’s largest mobile provider and the Department of Post Sri Lanka, Softlogic Life is breaking down barriers and offering life and health insurance for millions of citizens.

Diversity & Inclusion

Kotex's “4 Voices, 40 Minutes for Women and Girls” Featured Partners, Passion and Empowerment

In ten years, the stigma and shame associated with menstruating could be dissolved worldwide, and millions more women could have access to period products than today, when half a billion go without.

Diversity & Inclusion

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at Cox Enterprises: Meet Daisy Kuo

In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, Cox is shining a spotlight on some of the employees who make up our diverse company culture.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Hershey Doubling Down on Commitment to Ethical Cocoa Supply Chain

The Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY) today announced an expansion of its Cocoa For Good program, committing to 100% direct-sourced cocoa in high-risk areas by 2025, which will include all of its cocoa sourced by its suppliers from Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana.

Energy

Geronimo Energy, a National Grid company, and Big Rivers Electric Corporation Announce Power Purchase Agreement for 160 MW MISO Kentucky Solar Project

Geronimo Energy (Geronimo), a National Grid company, and Big Rivers Electric Corporation (Big Rivers) announced today the execution of a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the Unbridled Solar Project in Henderson and Webster Counties, Kentucky.

Health & Healthcare

DKMS Extends International Footprint With South African Partnership

DKMS is pleased to announce a collaboration with The Sunflower Fund in South Africa to provide patients worldwide with a second chance at life.

Environment

Keep Moving Forward

Our vision is that together we can accelerate a climate-positive economy that restores forests and communities, while simultaneously empowering people.

Responsible Production & Consumption

The People Behind Today's Responsible Brands: Teresa Coles Talks with John Lanier of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation on How One Man's Conscience Upended an Industry

Teresa Coles of Riggs Partners talks with John Lanier of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation on how Ray Anderson's conscience upended an industry.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

[Webinar] Leading With Purpose In Extraordinary Times

Join Benevity CEO, Bryan de Lottinville and VP of Marketing, Sona Kholsa as they dive into the Benevity Labs Special Report: COVID-19 Relief to discuss how some of the world's most iconic brands are activating their people and communities.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Timberland Announces Partnership with The Savory Institute as Part of Effort to Build Regenerative Leather Supply Chain for Fashion Industry

Global outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland today announced a new partnership with the Savory Institute as part of the brand’s long-standing commitment to build a greener future.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

211 Service a Lifeline to 68,000 in Louisiana

Bechtel Group Foundation is helping the nonprofit do more with a $40,000 donation to the UWSWLA Coronavirus Response Fund, which will support individual and families struggling with economic issues.

Green Infrastructure

Katerra CLT Factory Receives Chain of Custody Certifications

Katerra, a technology company redefining the construction industry, today announced that its cross-laminated timber (CLT) factory has earned Chain of Custody (CoC) certifications under three major certification programs

Education

JetBlue Jr.: The Way to Find Your Way

Never Eat Soggy Waffles. In this lesson, you’ll learn what that means—beyond being good breakfast advice. Join Captain Luis for a lesson in knowing where you’re going, on the ground or in the air.

Latest Campaigns

  1. CACI Celebrates Veterans and Military Families Month
    This Veterans and Military Families Month, we celebrate the strength, dedication, and sacrifices of former service members and their loved ones. CACI...
  2. CARE Corporate Partnerships
    CARE works with corporate partners globally to invest in innovative, scalable, impactful, community-based solutions.
  3. Southwire Giving Back
    Our neighbors depend on us, just as we depend on them, so we are committed to improving the quality of life in the communities in which we work. At...
  4. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...
  5. Community Impact
    The communities where Chemours operates are also where we live, work, and play, and our mutual success is one and the same. We have a vested interest...
  6. Sustainability by Antea Group
    At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...
  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. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
    Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...
  9. GoDaddy | Customers
    GoDaddy is the world’s largest services platform for entrepreneurs around the globe. We’re on a mission to empower our worldwide community of 20+...
  10. 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...
  11. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  12. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  13. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  14. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  15. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...