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Philanthropy

US School Food Leaders Form Collective to Accelerate Scratch Cooking

Whole Kids Foundation announced today that it is joining US school food leaders as a supporting partner of ScratchWorks to accelerate scratch cooking in schools.

Events

OpenTable & Bacardi Bring Guests 'Back of House' and Put Diverse Hospitality Talent Front and Center

OpenTable and Bacardi are bringing culinary and mixology talent to your kitchen while providing support to the James Beard Foundation’s effort to provide financial resources for businesses that are majority-owned by Black or Indigenous individuals.

Energy & Infrastructure

Canadian New Holland Agriculture Plant Reduces Energy Footprint With Solar Installation

A CNH Industrial site in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan is now home to more than 1,000 solar panels. The new installation in Saskatoon is a partnership between CNH Industrial and the SES Solar Co-op.

Philanthropy

Entergy Shareholders Award $11.3M in Charitable Contributions Year-to-Date to Help Communities Thrive

During the first three quarters of 2020, the Entergy Charitable Foundation has helped power stronger, healthier communities by awarding $11.3 million to more than 1,200 nonprofit organizations located across Entergy's service area.

Health & Healthcare

Herbalife Nutrition's Health Experts Share the Effects of Hunger and Malnutrition

Nearly 1 in 10 people in the world experience severe levels of food insecurity. Herbalife Nutrition’s health experts share the importance of ending global hunger and what you can do to support the Zero Hunger Challenge.

Research & Reports

Oceans 2050 Leads Global Effort to Quantify Seaweed Carbon Sequestration

Oceans 2050 Leads Global Effort to Quantify Seaweed Carbon Sequestration
Groundbreaking Global Study Will Deliver Evidence and Methodology to Validate and Monetize the Carbon Sequestration Impact of Ocean Farming

Volunteering & Community

Skills for Cities 2020 Day of Service Event to Focus on Racial Justice and BIPOC-Led Nonprofits

Skills for Cities 2020 by Common Impact and co-host sponsor John Hancock is a national, virtual volunteer effort centered on sustaining and scaling racial justice and BIPOC-led nonprofits and translating private sector intent into action.

Environment

Medtronic: Waste Not, Want Not

While Medtronic is committed to helping healthcare systems reduce medical waste, the work starts with us. We are working to reduce waste across our operational spectrum – from research and development to manufacturing and distribution.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Fulfilling My Dreams of Independence

NortonLifeLock & the NASSCOM Foundation's Cyber Security Skills Development Initiative for Women is designed to create greater employability opportunities for underprivileged female engineering graduates by equipping them with the right job skills.

Volunteering & Community

Growing the Vote: How ScottsMiracle-Gro Supports Associates' Voting Rights

At ScottsMiracle-Gro, we believe everyone has the potential to GroMoreGood in their communities. One way to bring about the good is by exercising our right to vote and make our voice heard.

Health & Healthcare

Dr. Eng Lim Goh Discusses the Exciting Work HPE AI is Having in Healthcare

He’s studying compounds and elements that occur in nature and their application to drug development. Using HPE’s Sentinel supercomputer, he’s researching these natural products’ efficacy against COVID-19 and sharing victories, setbacks and insights from the lab.

Education & Workforce Development

A Week of Free Resources Connecting Students to Innovation and Resourcefulness

Where there is water, there is life, and every drop of water makes a world of difference. From drinking and hygiene to food and energy, water means survival.

AI & Technology

4 Ways Johnson & Johnson Is Cultivating Outside-the-Box Innovations for COVID-19

In addition to its own cadre of scientists hard at work fighting the pandemic, Johnson & Johnson also supports external researchers and entrepreneurs equally dedicated to finding solutions for the current health crisis.

Environment

BIER Member Spotlight: Carolina García Arbeláez

Welcome to our series aimed at spotlighting the individual leaders within BIER member companies and stakeholder organizations.

Research & Reports

Vistra Releases Comprehensive Review of Company Climate Strategy

Philanthropy

Republic Services, Rebuilding Together Select $1 Million in Small Business Revitalization Projects

Nine local affiliates of Rebuilding Together will receive a total of $1 million in grants from the Republic Services Charitable Foundation to help revitalize locally owned small businesses that have been disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Education & Workforce Development

Qualcomm Wireless Reach: Qualcomm 21st Century Classroom

Mobile technology has fundamentally changed access to educational materials and this collaboration enables even greater opportunities to enrich teaching and learning, and address learning disparities by decreasing the digital divide.

Corporate Responsibility

Developing a Market-Based Approach to Sanitation in Uganda

Uganda is off-track to meet the "universal access to sanitation" Sustainability Development Goal by 2030. This blog describes the drivers and barriers to basic sanitation and provides detailed recommendations on how market-based sanitation can help.

Corporate Responsibility

Verizon and Generation Partner to Close the Opportunity Gap and Reskill Workers

Verizon and Generation partner to close the opportunity gap and reskill workers

Philanthropy

Merck Donates $500,000 to Support River Blindness and Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Efforts

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and the MECTIZAN® Donation Program (MDP), announced today a $500,000 cash donation to support non-governmental organization (NGO) partners working to eliminate river blindness...

Awards & Rankings

International Paper Fiber Supply Manager Accepts Diversity Leadership Award

Congratulations to Alex Singleton, fiber supply manager, Industrial Packaging’s Rome Containerboard Mill, for being recognized with the Diversity Leadership Award for the Society of American Foresters (SAF).

Philanthropy

Comerica Makes Grant to LISC to Fuel Lending for Minority-Owned Small Businesses in Detroit, LA and Phoenix

Comerica Bank is teaming up with the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) to expand access to capital for small businesses and nonprofits led by people of color—especially organizations without the size or track record to attract conventional financing on their own.

Corporate Responsibility

4 Strategies to Support Designing for Distance in the Workplace

As businesses across the country contemplate the logistics of a post-pandemic workplace, both emotional and physical safety will likely be their guiding principle.

Philanthropy

Bank of America, Comcast NBCUniversal and Lenfest Foundation Help Launch Pilot of Coded By Kids' OnE Philadelphia

This provides the foundation for Coded By Kids to address diversity & inclusion in tech & innovation with long term solutions that are designed to deliver high-quality, sustainable career opportunities for communities of color in Philadelphia.

Latest Campaigns

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...

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...

Opportunity for All

At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...

Cascale Governance

Cascale shares updates from its Board of Directors who serve as the principal governing body and are responsible for setting the strategic direction...

Accelerating access to healthcare technology

We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...

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...

People

As a family-owned business, Bacardi values the importance of creating a warm and welcoming workplace. We do so by fostering an environment where...

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...

2025 Performance Report

Entergy’s 2025 performance report, “Energy for a better future” presents an overview of our company’s 2025 achievements, future plans and strategies...

Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility