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Responsible Production & Consumption

Logitech Pushes Boundaries, Scales Use of Recycled Plastic in Products

Logitech’s Creativity and Productivity portfolio, the company’s largest product portfolio, uses PCR at scale with 65% of all mice and keyboard units now including PCR plastic, surpassing its 50% commitment made in 2020.

Green Infrastructure

The Business Imperatives of Sustainable Buildings

WSP was appointed by the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) as Consultant for a new flagship report, Beyond the Business Case: Why you can’t afford not to invest in a sustainable built environment.

Diversity & Inclusion

O-I's Rio de Janeiro Plant Offers Brazilian Sign Language Training

O-I’s Rio de Janeiro plant employees asked management a vital question: What was the best way to connect with the plant’s 17 deaf employees? During a Diversity and Inclusion training on unconscious biases, the question came from shop employees.

Education

Fostering the Next Generation of Aerospace Careers at Bowie State University

SAIC partners with BSU to provide exclusive internships for students interested in aerospace careers, providing them with hands-on positions to gain real-world experience leading to outstanding career opportunities.

Responsible Production & Consumption

HP Inc. Acquires Choose Packaging

HP Inc. today announced the acquisition of Choose Packaging, a packaging development company and inventor of the only commercially available zero-plastic paper bottle in the world.

Energy

Duke Energy Expands Clean Energy Action Plan

Duke Energy is taking additional steps toward action on climate change while maintaining its commitment to reliable, accessible and affordable energy for customers and communities.

Diversity & Inclusion

Timberland Showcases Black Creators and Celebrates Community From The Root

Timberland sets out to honor Black History Month 2022 with From the Root, a powerful campaign focused on cultural unity and connections with nature.

Diversity & Inclusion

Fifth Third Bank Celebrates Black History Month

In celebration of Black History Month, our regional & Enterprise African American business resource groups have planned several events, activities & virtual engagements that will highlight the rich history of Black culture, achievement & excellence.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Essity Launches Green Hydrogen Pilot for CO\2\-free Tissue Production

Essity is launching a pilot project to run a paper machine CO2-free with green hydrogen in the company’s production facility in Mainz-Kostheim, Germany.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Aflac U.S. President Teresa White Named a 2022 AACSB Influential Leader

Aflac, a leading provider of supplemental insurance in the U.S., announced that Aflac U.S. President Teresa White was recognized as a 2022 Influential Leader by the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB), the world's largest business education alliance.

Diversity & Inclusion

Stronger Than Hate Challenge Inspires Student Activism and Creative Expression

The fourth annual Stronger Than Hate Challenge is now open and offers students the opportunity to win $10,000 in prizes. Students aged 13-18 are encouraged to submit a project by May 26, 2022, demonstrating how testimony can create a community that is stronger than hate.

Environment

Now, What's Next? Podcast: Trouble Brewing Along the Coffee Supply Chain

Host Sonari Glinton finds out how changing climates and unpredictable weather will continue to impact coffee crops, create shipping delays, and raise the price of a cup of joe, and what some are doing to help create resilience in the face of these challenges.

Innovation & Technology

Smart Transportation

Whether it’s a business operating trucks during off-peak hours or an individual choosing an alternate route to shorten travel times, connected, digitized transportation systems can lead to greater reductions in emissions & energy usage.

Research, Reports & Publications

Beyond Zero-emissions Energy: How Ørsted Is Making Renewables a Force for Positive Change

A rapid build-out of renewable energy is indispensable for tackling the climate crisis. And as the build-out accelerates, renewables can become a force for dramatic positive change – far beyond delivering zero-emissions energy.

Events, Media & Communications

Introducing the Drawdown Georgia GHG Emissions Tracker

The new Drawdown Georgia GHG Emissions Tracker is a free, first-of-its-kind, interactive tool that shows where greenhouse gas emissions come from in Georgia at the state and county level.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

TD Recognized As the Top Ranked North American Bank in the 2022 S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook

TD Bank Group is proud to be recognized with a "S&P Global Silver Class" distinction in the 2022 S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook, one of the most comprehensive annual publications on the state of corporate responsibility.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

La TD classée au premier rang des banques nord-américaines dans le Sustainability Yearbook de 2022 de S&P Global

Le Groupe Banque TD est fier d’avoir reçu la distinction Silver Class dans le Sustainability Yearbook de 2022 de S&P Global, l’une des publications annuelles les plus exhaustives sur l'état de la responsabilité d’entreprise.

Education

How the International Youth Foundation and Cisco Networking Academy Are Providing Digital Skills Development in Mexico

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development indicates that “Raising living standards [in Mexico] will require boosting productivity growth by improving the business climate, including

Social Impact & Volunteering

What Can RW's Products or Services Do for Me?

With this article, we’re on a mission to make what we can accomplish together with your ESG and CSR program as easy as possible to understand. So, if you’re wondering if and how we can work together in 2022, this blog is for you.

Events, Media & Communications

Onboarding and Best Practices for Sustainable Supply Chain Initiatives

In this session, panelists from Carrier and GM will share some success drivers and lessons learned in the first year of their sustainable procurement journeys with EcoVadis.

Social Impact & Volunteering

KeyBank Supports Super Refund Saturday With Volunteers and Sponsorships

Citing the importance of the Earned Income Tax Credit, more than three dozen volunteers from KeyBank recently came together to work alongside nonprofit organizations in Cleveland for Super Refund Saturday

Environment

PureCycle Joins Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) is pleased to welcome PureCycle Technologies, a publicly-traded advanced recycling company, as its newest member.

Environment

Black & Veatch's Lichty Begins Term as President of Leading Recycled Water Organization

Black & Veatch announces that Craig Lichty, vice president and client director for the company’s Governments and Environment market sector, has been named president of the WateReuse Association (WateReuse), the nation’s leading trade association dedicated to advancing the legislation, policies and funding of water reuse and recycled water.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Nutrition for Zero Hunger Partnership With the UN World Food Program USA

As part of our Nutrition for Zero Hunger initiative, we are honored to partner with the World Food Program USA and provide food and support to help communities in need around the world.

Research, Reports & Publications

SCE to Host Groundbreaking Research Hub for Electric Truck Technologies

Imagine going for a walk in a neighborhood along the 10, 110 or 710 freeways and breathing in cleaner air. That’s the goal of a new project hosted by Southern California Edison

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