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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ingram’s Magazine Names Black & Veatch One of Kansas City’s Best Companies To Work For

Black & Veatch, a global leader in critical infrastructure solutions, has been selected and will be named among Kansas City’s Best Companies to Work For by Ingram’s Magazine.

Environment

FashionUnited Lends Support to Upcoming SAC Trainings on Higg FEM and Setting SBTs

The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) today announces a media partnership with FashionUnited, the world's largest business-to-business cross media fashion platform for fashion professionals and companies.

Health & Healthcare

Food Standards Keep the World Running

Statement by Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Steering Committee Co-Chairs Mark Fryling and Howard Popoola on the occasion of World Food Safety Day celebrated today.

Health & Healthcare

Gilead Sciences: Living with a Rare Blood Cancer: Marion’s Story

Marion grew up very healthy, never even getting colds or the flu – but that changed as she got older.

Research, Reports & Publications

KeyCorp 2022 ESG Report Highlights Teammate Volunteerism

Giving back to communities is central to who we are. Teammates across the enterprise generously gave their time and talent by serving their neighbors and neighborhoods throughout 2022.

Diversity & Inclusion

Nielsen Foundation Triples Down on TechDiversity To Drive Innovation

Tampa Bay Wave recently announced that longtime sponsor, the Nielsen Foundation, has committed to an additional three years of funding for the TechDiversity Accelerator, which supports diversity and inclusion in the tech startup industry.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

SEE Global Impact Report: Achieving Zero Harm

As a manufacturing company, protecting the health, safety and well-being of our people is critical. SEE's goal is to be free of accidents with zero harm, and we have structured our operations to provide employees with a safe and healthy working environment.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Crown Holdings: Leading Aluminum Beverage Can Manufacturers and Can Sheet Producers Endorse Strategy for Net-Zero, 1.5°C-Aligned Aluminum Industry

Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) and all its aluminum beverage can manufacturer and can sheet producer members endorsed Mission Possible Partnership’s (MPP) transition strategy for a net-zero, 1.5°C-aligned aluminum industry.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Griffith Foods was Recognized as a US Best Managed Company

Griffith Foods is proud to announce it has been selected as a 2023 US Best Managed Company.

Energy

Duke Energy: Feasibility Study - Advanced Nuclear Technology Is a Potential Option To Achieve Zero Carbon Emissions for Purdue University

Further exploration is needed, including cost and economic studies, regulatory conditions, site evaluations and additional technology assessments

Research, Reports & Publications

Webster Bank Corporate Responsibility Report: Office of Corporate Responsibility

In 2022, Webster’s merger with Sterling National Bank increased our capabilities and scale, allowing us to build on both companies’ long-standing records of citizenship, sustainability and responsibility.

Events, Media & Communications

Be Ahead of Your Sustainability Disclosures With UN Global Compact UK

Sustainability reporting continues to develop at a fast pace and create challenges for businesses trying to design coherent and consistent reporting that meets jurisdictional requirements and investors’ expectations.

Research, Reports & Publications

Reflecting on a Year of Action for People, Prosperity and Planet

Mastercard today detailed the actions the company took in 2022 to advance its environmental, social and governance goals as part of its doing well by doing good approach.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Empowering Entrepreneurs: Interview With Vive Organic

Wyatt Taubman is the Co-Founder of Vive Organic, the first donor to Whole Planet Foundation via the Whole Foods Market Donor Advised Fund in December 2022.

Environment

Covia Marks World Environment Day by Going to the Birds

On June 5, Covia’s Environmental Team hosted our annual virtual World Environment Day (WED) celebration, in alignment with the United Nations’ theme, #BeatPlasticPollution.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Texas Capital Bank Hosts Community Fair in West Dallas

On Saturday, June 3, 2023, Texas Capital Bank and several of its area nonprofit partners hosted a fair for the West Dallas community.

Diversity & Inclusion

Qurate Retail Group Selected as a 2023 Top Supporter of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

For the second year in a row, Qurate Retail Group has been selected as a 2023 Top Supporter of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Health & Healthcare

Abbott and Real Madrid's Goal: Beating Malnutrition

Duct tape. Electrical tape. Painter's tape. Tape is one of those useful tools that is always good to have in the toolbox. And to support children’s health, we must utilize all the tools available to us.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Albertsons Companies Foundation Designates June 6 as Nourishing Neighbors Day and Awards $9 Million in Multiyear Grants to Innovative Nonprofits Committed to Ending the Cycle of Hunger

Albertsons Companies, along with the Albertsons Companies Foundation, is amplifying its commitment to fight hunger by declaring June 6 as Nourishing Neighbors Day.

Education

T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert’s Commencement 2023 Advice: Follow Your Competence, Don’t Worry About It … And Take the Mint

T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert delivered a commencement speech on Sunday, June 4, at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business undergraduate graduation ceremony in Seattle.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Why Ericsson was Selected as ABI Research’s “Most Sustainable Telco Vendor”

In the ABI Research Sustainability Assessment, Ericsson was recognized as the “Most Sustainable Telco Vendor” out of more than 80 vendors for both impact and implementation.

Events, Media & Communications

Join 900+ Sustainable Finance Leaders at GreenFin 23, June 26–28

This June, more than 900 finance, investment and sustainability professionals will convene in Boston for GreenFin 23 — the premier sustainable finance and investing event. Join the growing GreenFin community today to support the just transition to a decarbonized economy.

Diversity & Inclusion

Supporting the LGBTQIA+ Community: It’s More Than Just Pride Month

Imagine being a member of the LGBTQIA+ community. What assumptions might others make if they don’t know you, but you come out? And how can community allies create safer, more inclusive spaces?

Energy

Dow’s Seadrift, Texas Location Selected for X-Energy Advanced SMR Nuclear Project To Deliver Safe, Reliable, Zero Carbon Emissions Power and Steam Production

Dow and X-Energy Reactor Company, LLC announced today that Dow has selected its UCC1 Seadrift Operations manufacturing site in Texas for its proposed advanced small modular reactor nuclear project.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How I Got Here: Steve Plank

In the #HowIGotHere series, you’ll read about the career paths of some of the world-renowned leaders at Yum! Brands. Learn more about Steve Plank, Chief Technology Officer of Taco Bell in this installment.

Latest Campaigns

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    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...
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  9. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
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    Doing what we do best for those who need it most. When disaster strikes, and there’s not a moment to lose, our people mobilize the FedEx global fleet...