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Research, Reports & Publications

Shared Resilience: A Crisis Preparedness Toolkit for Organizations

COVID-19 was a rogue crisis, which highlighted the importance of crises preparedness, according to a new report “Shared Resilience” led by Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose® (CECP), with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Entergy Employees Spread Holiday Cheer at the Times-Picayune Doll and Toy Fund Annual Gift Giveaway

This holiday season, Entergy employees helped spread cheer at The Times-Picayune Doll and Toy Fund annual gift giveaway in New Orleans.

Diversity & Inclusion

Own Your Career Podcast – Find Something That Can Become an Obsession: Meet Nick Koenig

Hello and welcome to the Own Your Career Podcast. My name is Janelle Jordan and I'm a Program Manager on our Talent, Performance and Engagement team and I'm excited to be here with you today.

Research, Reports & Publications

Essity Hygiene and Health Report 2023–2024: Promoting Better Policies for Better Lives

Michele Cecchini is responsible for the OECD work on Public Health. He drives the work on promoting better public health policies for better lives, which includes identifying best practices across countries and making the economic case for scaling up prevention policies.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Novelis Drives Responsible Aluminum Supply in the North American Automotive Market with ASI Performance Standard Certification

Novelis, the leading producer of flat rolled aluminum products and world's largest recycler of aluminum, announced today it has achieved Performance Standard Certifications by the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) at three of its North American manufacturing facilities.

Education

From the SEE® Impact Report: Association Partnerships Strengthen the Packaging Industry

Global packaging solutions provider SEE® partners with industry associations and organizations worldwide to help solve critical packaging challenges, reduce plastic waste, and enable circularity.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

SCS Global Services Now Offering ProTerra Certification

SCS Global Services today announced it has become an authorized certification body under the ProTerra certification program. SCS is now one of only two entities to offer certification services under the program.

Innovation & Technology

Innovating With AI for Customer Success: Part 2

In Part 1 of this series, I looked at the AI landscape, and how we’re embracing technologies and tools as part of our product innovation. In this blog, I examine how AI delivers benefits to our customers through Keysight solutions.

Innovation & Technology

Agriculture and Renewable Energy Land Management With Robotics

In a recent discussion with Dan Abramson, co-founder and COO of Directed Machines, we explored how his Seattle-based company leverages innovative technology and wireless connectivity to prioritize sustainability to benefit both our planet and our well-being.

Environment

A Lesser-Known Application of Genomics: Reducing Cow Burp Intensity

Methane is 28 times more powerful a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide: It’s responsible for a third of global warming. A single cow can produce up to 500 liters of methane a day, or 160 kilograms per year, mostly through eructation (that is, belching).

Diversity & Inclusion

Q&A with Sandra Sims-Williams, Chief Diversity Officer, Nielsen

As a global leader in audience measurement, data and analytics, diversity continues to be our differentiator.

Events, Media & Communications

Subaru of America Announces Annual Subaru Winterfest Music Lineup and Locations

Subaru of America, Inc. today announced the return of Subaru WinterFest for its annual mountain tour tailored to ski and snowboard enthusiasts, music fans, pet lovers and anyone seeking snow-filled fun.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Pioneering a Greener Future: DP World and IRENA Partner to Decarbonize Global Trade

In a significant move towards a more sustainable future, DP World and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) are joining forces to accelerate the use of renewable energy and decarbonize the ports, maritime, and logistics sectors.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

KeyBank Teammates Collect Winter Items for Women and Children Served by YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County

KeyBank teammates in Rochester, NY recently collected and donated more than 100 hats, coats and gloves for YWCA of Rochester & Monroe County. This effort, which was employee driven, will help support the women and children the YWCA serves.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Crown Holdings Supports Efforts to Raise Aluminum Beverage Can Recycling

Ardagh Group and Crown Holdings, Inc. are continuing their efforts to raise aluminum beverage can recycling rates through Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) by financing a robot from artificial intelligence and robotics company EverestLabs.AI for a California recycling facility.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MetLife Recognized by Seramount for Its Workplace Culture and Inclusion Efforts

MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) announced that it has earned several recognitions from Seramount for its hiring practices, talent development programs, workplace culture and commitment to fostering an inclusive environment.

Diversity & Inclusion

HBCU Students Reflect on the Inaugural Sands Hospitality Immersion Program

For Erin Williams, a junior at Howard University, the inaugural Sands Hospitality Immersion Program changed her career goals.

Health & Healthcare

Gilead Supports World Health Organization To Bolster Public Health in Bangladesh

We're proud to have contributed to this milestone announced by the World Health Organization - marking the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) as a public health problem in Bangladesh.

Education

From Classrooms to Careers: Georgia-Pacific Prioritizes Investing in Education and Lifelong Learning

GP invests in quality education within its communities by focusing on innovative science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs, technical/trade instruction and workforce development programs.

Sustainable Development Goals

New ISEAL Innovations Fund Projects Explore Ambitious Solutions to Sustainability Challenges

The ISEAL Innovations Fund supports ISEAL members to join forces in exploring new, ambitious solutions to key sustainability challenges. Eight new projects are being supported by the Fund to address barriers to innovation or to build on learning from previous projects.

Environment

Fifth Third Collects Nearly 10,000 Pounds of Electronic Waste for Recycling & Responsible Disposal

Fifth Third Bank recently collected 9,720 pounds of electronic waste materials at two employee-focused e-waste collection events.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

$1.5 Million Grant To Help Create Career Pathways in North Dakota

The public and private sectors are teaming up to strengthen career preparation for high school students in the west-central region of North Dakota.

Innovation & Technology

ZEBRA Consortium Unveils Second Recyclable Wind Turbine Blade, Advances Sustainability in Wind Energy

The ZEBRA consortium today announces the successful completion of the full scale validation testing of the first recyclable blade and production of the second recyclable thermoplastic blade, further advancing the wind industry’s commitment to achieving a circular economy.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Qurate Retail Group Recognized on Newsweek’s America’s Most Responsible Companies 2024 List

Qurate Retail Group, which comprises six leading retail brands – QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road® – has been recognized on Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2024.

Sustainable Development Goals

Companies Must Be Climate Fighters

Take it from a trainee-electrician-turned-software-engineer-turned-company-CEO: there are ample electrification, digital, automation and other technologies at our disposal today. There’s both a moral and a business case for deploying them at much greater scale and speed.

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