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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fifth Third Invests $1 Million into National Urban League Workforce Development Program

Fifth Third Bank and the National Urban League today announced a new workforce development program that will provide career advancement opportunities through providing upskilling and re-skilling services to under-employed participants over the course of the next two years.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeVita Probiotic Drinks Renews Commitment to Alleviate Poverty through Whole Planet Foundation

For two weeks beginning June 23, supplier partners are supporting the Whole Planet Foundation Prosperity Campaign in select Whole Foods Market stores and online to alleviate poverty in countries that supply the company’s stores with products.

Health & Healthcare

Oral Solid Dosage Manufacturing

Oral solid dosage products can take several different shapes, and with those different forms comes different production techniques and facility designs. Here’s what is involved with manufacturing an orally-ingested drug product.

Sustainable Development Goals

Enviva Forest Conservation Fund Awards 2021 Grants

The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund (the Fund) today announced the recipients of its 2021 grants. The projects funded will help conserve more than 4,000 acres and protect ecologically sensitive bottomland forests in the coastal regions of Virginia and North Carolina.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Supporting the South Florida Community Following the Surfside Tragedy

Following the building collapse in Surfside last Thursday, American Airlines is partnering with United Way of Miami-Dade to provide travel assistance and help reunite families that were impacted by the tragic event.

Research, Reports & Publications

Pfizer Vs Moderna Vs Johnson & Johnson

Working with Skytop Strategies, CSRHub took a look at the ESG data on the three major Covid-19 vaccine manufactures

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Owens Corning’s Social Handprint: Enhancing the Employee Experience

Paula Russell, Owens Corning’s chief HR officer, reflects on company programs that enhance work environment and culture, including inclusion and diversity initiatives and career development.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CFOs Must Show Ambition in Sustainable ESG Goals Amid SFDR

The SFDR aims to provide transparency on how financial markets integrate sustainability risks and opportunities into investment choices and recommendations. The SFDR introduces a classification system with information requirements for investment products.

Green Infrastructure

Georgia's V2X Connected Interstate Adds Kia, Prepares for Connected Freight Operations

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), The Ray and Panasonic Corporation of North America have announced Kia as the OEM partner

Responsible Production & Consumption

SSCI RFVS Application

The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) has received a benchmarking application from the Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard (RFVS)

Responsible Production & Consumption

SSCI KFC Application

The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) has received a benchmarking application from the Kenya Flower Council (KFC)

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CGF Announces New Members for June 2021

The Consumer Goods Forum is delighted to announce the following new companies have joined our global membership community and, in doing so, have confirmed their commitment to our vision of better lives through better business.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

What Your Business Needs to Know About the Post COVID World

More than anything, the pandemic has demonstrated the impact technology has on our ability to adapt to periods of uncertainty and change. The arrival of COVID-19, and the inherent restrictions it brought with it, fundamentally affected how we work, live, learn and play.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Timberland Announces Global Product Take-Back Program in Partnership With ReCircled

Timberland announces a critical next step on its path to circularity with the upcoming launch of a global product take-back program.

Diversity & Inclusion

Equity In Action: The Un-carrier Approach to DE&I

Equity In Action (EIA) is more than how we talk about our DE&I efforts – it is a practical plan. EIA offers a roadmap that inspires us to lead by example, put people first and ensure DE&I remains at the center of everything we do.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Pride Business Leadership Awards Winners Named for San Francisco North Bay

Beck Kageyama, director, Keysight Technologies, Santa Rosa is a North Bay Business Journal 2020 Pride Business Leadership Awards winner.

Media & Communications

Investors & Climate Change - Leading Institutions and Their Growing Networks Are Urging Expanded Corporate Disclosure

What are the steadily rising investor expectations for the corporate sectors’ climate change actions and expanded disclosures? We can examine the expectations of leading asset owners/fiduciaries and their asset managers to understand their views on the ESG / sustainability disclosure practices of issuers they provide capital to.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

WSP USA Wins Five ACEC Engineering Excellence Awards

The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Thursday, June 17, honored WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, with five Engineering Excellence Awards, including a Grand Award for the Canarsie Tunnel Sandy Rehabilitation and L Line Core Capacity Improvement project.

Education

Ohio High School Students Win 2021 Arrow Electronics Innovation in Electronics Award

Arrow Electronics presented Ohio high school juniors Soham Joshi and Raaghav Malik with its 2021 Innovation in Electronics Award at the Invention Convention U.S. Nationals award ceremony, held virtually June 24.

Media & Communications

Make-A-Wish Counters Misinformation: Vaccine Policy

Make-A-Wish's recent decision regarding how to begin to lift some restrictions for wishes involving air travel and large gatherings was made to protect the health of children with critical illnesses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Diversity & Inclusion

Collaborating Builds Our Bench Strength

Qualcomm has identified strategic partners to accelerate our inclusion & diversity programs. Our continued engagement with organizations that work with diverse communities has been vital to our success at increasing female & minority representation.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Pro Bono Perspectives S3E13: Yusuf George, JUST Capital

JUST Capital's Yusuf George explains why tracking and reporting on pay equity is one of the most crucial steps companies can take toward racial equity, referencing findings from the Corporate Racial Equity Tracker and recommendations from the CEO Blueprint for Racial Equity.

Diversity & Inclusion

How Does Gender Fit Into ESG?

Martina Cheung, Head of S&P Global Sustainable1 recently spoke at The Economist's Sustainability Week US where she explored how gender fits into ESG.

Responsible Production & Consumption

A Commitment to Food Safety That "Checks Out" With Growers…and Consumers

Considering the WHO and FAO theme of "Safe Food Today for a Healthy Tomorrow" for this year's World Food Safety Day, it is a good opportunity to reiterate how our Product Supply team is going the extra mile to help ensure the production and consumption of safe food.

Diversity & Inclusion

Advancing Equity Through Visionary Leadership

As an organization, Comcast has sought out partners led by inspiring thinkers who are pioneering creative ways to address social challenges, and invested in partners who share their commitment to creating a more just world.

Latest Campaigns

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    Fifth Third has a proven track record of success in community development through its neighborhood program, which creates and implements innovative...
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    Informed by Project Drawdown, the world’s leading resource for climate solutions, Drawdown Georgia is the first state-centered effort to crowdsolve...
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    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  12. Sustainable Products and Innovation
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    For Bacardi, environmental sustainability is good business – an approach that dates to the very beginning of the company more than 158 years ago. When...
  14. Forests
    Managing our forests sustainably and protecting water, wildlife, and species at risk.
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