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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Chemours Announces the Winners of Its 2022 Responsible Supplier Awards

The Chemours Company, a global chemistry company with leading market positions in Titanium Technologies, Thermal & Specialized Solutions, and Advanced Performance Materials, today announced the winners of its 2022 Responsible Supplier Awards.

Diversity & Inclusion

4 in 5 Canadian Women See More Opportunity Than Ever in Owning Their Own Business, Despite Challenges: GoDaddy Survey

GoDaddy released data from a new survey exploring the opportunities and challenges associated with women entrepreneurship in Canada.

Environment

Podcast: Effective Carbon Emission Targets & the Road to Reduction

In this episode of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s Drivers of Change podcast, host Lee Green speaks to Liam Salter, CEO and Co-Founder of RESET Carbon.

Education

More Than 60% of People Think They Are Not Qualified for Stem Careers

Most people feel they lack the necessary qualifications to pursue science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) careers, according to research by IBM.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

T. Rowe Price Named to Stonewall’s Top 100 List of Leading LGBTQ+ Inclusive Employers

T. Rowe Price was named in Stonewall’s Top 100 Employers 2023 list, the UK’s leading ranking of employers from public, private and third sectors on how inclusive their workplaces are and their demonstrated efforts to support LGBTQ+ staff and customers.

Diversity & Inclusion

PNC Bank Joins Angel City Football Club As Founding Partner and the Official Women’s Business Champion

New alliance will focus on engaging, supporting and inspiring women financial decision makers and accelerating women’s financial equality

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Newsweek Names Bath & Body Works One of America’s Best Workplaces for Women

Bath & Body Works today announced that it was named to the list of America’s Best Workplaces for Women by Newsweek. The award recognizes companies that lead the way in breaking down barriers and inequities for women.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility Announces Dr. Lisette M. Garcia as Chief Research Officer

The Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) announces that Dr. Lisette M. Garcia will rejoin the organization as Chief Research Officer, starting on March 20, 2023.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Kimberly-Clark Named to 2023 Clean200™ List by As You Sow and Corporate Knights

Kimberly-Clark was named to the Clean200™, a list of the top 200 publicly traded companies worldwide that are leading the way among their global peers to a clean energy present and future.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Celebrating Black History Month All Year Long at FedEx

We’re glad to have such a beautifully diverse FedEx team and eager to celebrate Black History Month with them in mind.

Health & Healthcare

TCS Infographic: The Future of Heart Health

Following Heart Health Month in February, TCS futurists took a look at how a digital twin of the heart can save more lives – human and animal – in the future.

Education

New Holland and Raven Donate Precision Agriculture Technology Demo Simulators to FFA

CNH Industrial brands New Holland Agriculture and Raven Industries, to support and celebrate National FFA Week, have donated agricultural technology education simulators to 11 deserving Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapters across the United States.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

12,000 Women Supported in Vietnam & Indonesia: WEAVE’s Achievements

Together with USAID, Qualcomm Wireless Reach, Kinara Indonesia and WISE, we supported women's entrepreneurship development across the two countries.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Forbes Names Whirlpool Corporation One of ‘America’s Best Large Employers’

Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) announced it has been named to Forbes’ 2023 list of the “America’s Best Large Employers.”

Social Impact & Volunteering

How To Measure the Impact of Corporate Volunteering

To measure the impact of corporate volunteering, you have to embrace the complexity. Here’s how.

Innovation & Technology

The Deployment of Canada’s First National 5G Standalone Network

This is the story of how Rogers became the first operator to deploy 5G standalone services nationwide in Canada, as well as its first steps in commercializing network slicing based services.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Lenovo’s Service Supply Chain Wins Award for AI-Driven System To Increase Efficiency, Sustainability in Packaging

Lenovo’s Service Supply Chain team recently developed a proprietary, AI-driven process to generate an alert, called the Intelligent Excessive Pre-alert, that identifies high-density packaging within the company’s worldwide distribution hub in Suzhou, China.

Energy

United Names Oscar the Grouch As First Chief Trash Officer

United Airlines today named Sesame Street's Oscar the Grouch as its first Chief Trash Officer as he and the airline celebrate his love of rubbish. United Airlines' new, consumer education campaign is designed to promote the expected benefit of using sustainable aviation fuel

Responsible Production & Consumption

Flower Power: Using Beneficial Plants To Combat Pests

While Valentine’s Day may be over, flowers are still “in season” across Musim Mas’ plantations because of their beneficial value to combat pests within oil palm plantations.

Events, Media & Communications

IBM's Lydia Logan at SXSW EDU: How to Build Meaningful Relationships with HBCUs

At SXSW 2023, Lydia Logan, VP of Global Education & Workforce Development at IBM, will explore how businesses and HBCUs can develop mutually beneficial alliances by sharing the work done by IBM, Jackson State University, and the CEO Action for Racial Equity Fellowship.

Environment

Pure Strategies Offers Nature Action Forum for Business

Pure Strategies’ Nature Action Forum is now accepting applications for a cohort of corporate sustainability professionals that will begin meeting in April 2023. This unique learning opportunity will help companies take steps toward a nature-positive future. Apply today!

Education

How Do You Ignite Passion for Chemistry? Host an Olympiad for Future Innovators.

As a high school student, my passion for Chemistry started almost 30 years ago. I remember my excitement when I placed first at the China Chemistry Olympiad (CChO). At the time, I could only imagine where my love of Chemistry would take me.

Environment

Cleaning Up Alaskan Coastlines Inspires Integration of Waste Project

Gulf of Alaska Keeper (GoAK) is a nonprofit formed to address conservation and environmental issues in Prince William Sound (PWS) and along the northern Gulf of Alaska (GOA) coast.

Innovation & Technology

HARMAN and American Center for Mobility (ACM) Announce Strategic Collaboration at MWC 2023, Evaluating Road-Ready Connectivity Products to Enhance Road Safety

HARMAN announced at MWC Barcelona 2023 a strategic collaboration with the American Center for Mobility (ACM) to test real-world use cases of road-ready technologies, including Vehicle to Everything (V2X) enabled by roadside infrastructure and edge computing using 5G cellular.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Suppliers Join Whole Planet Foundation With $25,000 Donations Totaling $150,000 for Global Poverty Alleviation During Women's History Month

Whole Planet Foundation is delighted to announce the first round of 2022 donors in the Poverty Is Unnecessary Fund, each donating $25,000 to alleviate poverty through microcredit: Lundberg Family Farms, MaryRuth’s, Schmidt’s Personal Care, SheaMoisture and So Delicious.

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