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Research, Reports & Publications

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) Holds Its Third Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Market Briefing

ANZ’s support for customers, stakeholders and the community throughout the COVID-19 crisis has been anchored to its purpose, strong governance and ESG principles.

Environment

Investors Talk Deforestation: Q&A With Michelle Edkins, BlackRock

Michelle Edkins is Managing Director in BlackRock’s Investment Stewardship team, which seeks to promote governance best practices that help create long-term shareholder value for clients.

Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month Through Representation

This month we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month. It kicks off on the important date of September 15th, the anniversary of independence for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. As the largest ethnic community in the United States, representing 60.6 million individuals across the nation, there is a lot to celebrate – and companies are joining in. This month we’ve already seen one company continue their strides for representation in their product line.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

What Does a 30-Year Career in Semiconductors Look Like?

Life is filled with excitement and opportunities. We each need to continue doing our best and show up with a “can-do” attitude. When you start your day think to yourself, “I would like to try with my best effort.” That’s all we can expect from one another.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Dealing With Derecho Destruction: CNH Industrial Foundation Donates to Local Relief Efforts

The CNH Industrial Foundation has donated $20,000 to support disaster relief operations in wake of the devastating Derecho that cut a path of destruction from Nebraska to Illinois last month.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Nonprofits in a COVID-19 World: Engaging Stakeholders in Times of Crisis

The ability to quickly adapt to change is a key aspect of running any successful organization. However, in times of crisis, that change can often come quicker than the organization and its stakeholders could imagine.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

How You Can Make an Impact with a $10 Donation to Whole Planet Foundation

Whole Planet Foundation is a Whole Foods Market non-profit dedicated to alleviating poverty through microcredit around the globe in countries that supply stores with products.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Aflac Commemorates its 25-Year Commitment to Helping Families Facing Childhood Cancer During National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Efforts to Reflect Company's Long-Term, $146 Million Commitment to Childhood Cancer Initiatives

September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and Aflac is set to commemorate the month, including honoring the health care heroes who care for, educate and support childhood cancer patients and their families.

Media & Communications

More Insights, More Innovations, More 'Taking Care of Business'

“Taking Care of Business” is an ongoing video & podcast series that explores the world beyond COVID-19 and dives deep with trailblazing business leaders to learn how they build skills, lead successful organizations & innovate within their industries.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Earth Overshoot Day 2020 Has Passed, But We Can Still Make a Difference

In 2020, Earth Overshoot Day was more than 3 weeks later than last year. This shows we can still reverse the trend and transform the current crisis into an opportunity to reshape our economy and become more resilient, frugal and digital.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Making Employee Volunteering Easier May Undermine Long-Term Interest in Participation

Making employee volunteering easier may undermine long-term interest in participation and demotivate your volunteers. Learn why with Realized Worth’s newest blog!

Health & Healthcare

Adobe Sign Customer Video: Spin the Globe

Sylvia Longmire has always been passionate about traveling, but in 2005 she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and started using a wheelchair.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Mohawk Group Donates Carpet Tile to Several Deserving Georgia Schools

Hosted by Georgia United Credit Union Foundation with donor partners like Mohawk Group, the annual program awards one deserving school a makeover grant funded by the foundation and runners-up with grants for specific projects.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

NRG Power Value: Collaboration

Rhonda R., Senior Telecommunications Engineer, IT, is passionate about collaborating with her colleagues, especially in times of change, to ensure they are effectively using technology to achieve their best results.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Coffee for Peace Wins Prestigious Business for Peace Award

Felicitas “Joji” Bautista Pantoja, Co-Founder of Business Call to Action member company, Coffee for Peace has won the Oslo Business for Peace Award for 2020.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Bringing Technology, Talent and DE&I Together In a Post-COVID World

Environment

Working With Nature: Improving Ecosystems and Business Costs

Five years ago, Dow made a big bet. This bet was based on the premise that there was a lot of unaccounted value from nature, and a lot of nature-based solutions to be discovered for business problems.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Road to a Vaccine, Season 2, Ep. 5: What Have We Learned After Eight Months of COVID-19?

In Episode 5, Lisa Ling asks health experts for a pandemic status report, including the latest statistics on cases worldwide, the current thinking about coronavirus and its effects and what’s working to fight the disease—and what’s not.

Events, Media & Communications

Building a Forest Positive Future

International Paper Chief Sustainability Officer, Sophie Beckham, has been invited to speak at Bloomberg’s Green Festival, a new culture-shaping event featuring leading voices working at the edge of change in sustainability.

Environment

Ceres' Climate Week NYC 2020 Media Briefing

As we experience another deadly and devastating hurricane and wildfire season, it is clear the climate crisis continues to wreak havoc around the globe.

Environment

EarthX Launches Wild at Home the First Nature Reserve

EarthXR, the interactive arm of EarthxFilm, is partnering with Wild Immersion, endorsed by Jane Goodall, for the launch of Wild at Home September 21 to kickoff Climate Week.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Olympic Flame Displayed at Japan Olympic Museum

The Olympic flame will be on public display at the Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo, as of 1 September. The lantern was delivered during a special ceremony prepared by the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee. It will remain there until 1 November.

Education

Beyond School Walls: Empowering the Potential of Tomorrow's Workforce Through Workplace Mentoring

Even with physical distancing limitations in place due to the pandemic, Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies are enhancing the Beyond School Walls Program by providing virtual connections for Bigs and Littles.

Diversity & Inclusion

Fifth Third Presents Chicago Tonight: Black Voices

Each week, BLACK VOICES will offer a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts and life, entrepreneurship and innovation, and equity and justice across the sectors of our society and in the Black community in Chicago.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Watch Land Betterment Corporation's Impact Minute Episode 14

Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”) is proud to release Episode 14 of its Impact Minute video blog.

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  1. Sustainability Insights
    General sustainability insights.
  2. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  3. Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games
    Vision of Milano Cortina 2026 The Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 is the first Olympic winter Games planned and organised under Olympic...
  4. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...
  5. Environmental Sustainability
    Cisco is working not only for a more inclusive future, but a more environmentally sustainable one as well. Environmental issues like climate change...
  6. Employee and Community Engagement
    At MilliporeSigma, we look for opportunities to use employee and community engagement to spark scientific curiosity and breakthroughs. We know that...
  7. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...
  8. Green Mountain Energy Sun Club
    Since its founding in 2002, the Green Mountain Energy Sun Club has donated more than $4 million to solar and sustainability projects focusing on...
  9. 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...
  10. Emergency Response
    Document rapid interventions when crises strike: delivering therapeutic food, water, hygiene kits, and deploying mobile med
  11. CARE Corporate Partnerships
    CARE works with corporate partners globally to invest in innovative, scalable, impactful, community-based solutions.
  12. LATAM Growth
    DP World is significantly expanding its operations in Latin America, focusing on enhancing port infrastructure and increasing cargo handling...
  13. Sustainability by Antea Group
    At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...
  14. IWBI | WELL Building Standard
    Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...
  15. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Whirlpool Corporation has several CSR partners including United Way, Habitat for Humanity International, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Consulada...