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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Roving Robot Brings Aquarium to Child Patient Rooms Across South Carolina

Thanks to a new partnership with Aflac, patients at children’s hospitals across the state will be able to sign up for self-guided virtual tours of the South Carolina Aquarium, with the help of roving robot technology

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Keysight Nabs Top 50 Spot on the Wall Street Journal’s 250 Best-Managed Companies

Given the uncertainties in the world today, we’re thrilled to be recognized so highly as a well-run company for customers, employees and investors, even in turbulent times.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Connecticut Foodshare Receives $500,000 Grant From KeyBank Foundation

Connecticut Foodshare has received a charitable grant from KeyBank Foundation in the amount of $500,000 payable over three years. The funding will help Connecticut Foodshare elevate and progress the Mobile Pantry, its core direct service program.

Environment

Chevron, Calbio Expand Partnership on Dairy Biomethane Fuel Projects

Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, and California Bioenergy LLC (CalBio) announced a joint investment in their second holding company to produce and market dairy biomethane as a renewable natural gas (RNG) transportation fuel in California.

Sustainable Development Goals

Sealed Air Global Impact Report: 2025 Sustainability and Materials Pledge

Sealed Air (SEE) is driving the adoption of circular business models that support the creation of products that can be recovered and recycled, contribute to consumer waste diversion efforts, and enhance the supply of material for future reuse.

Social Impact & Volunteering

The Coach Foundation Brings Mentoring to the Fashion Industry with Dream It Real

At Tapestry, we know that mentorship creates opportunities and removes barriers for the next generation, and it’s particularly critical for nurturing diverse talent and creating a more empowered and inclusive industry.

Sustainable Development Goals

Kohler Co. Celebrates 150 Years of Bold Moves, Creativity, and Impact While Shaping the Next 150 Years of Its Iconic Kohler Brand

As Kohler embarks on its 150th anniversary, the global organization invites all associates, partners, and customers to participate in the celebration through a series of special events and activations around the world.

Innovation & Technology

O-I Provides Inside Look at Transformational MAGMA Glass Technology

O-I Glass, Inc. released a video offering a first look at existing MAGMA operations as the company prepares for its first, purpose-built MAGMA factory in Bowling Green, KY.

Events, Media & Communications

MSNBC and Noticias Telemundo Host ‘National Day of Racial Healing’ Town Halls on Jan. 17 From New Orleans

MSNBC and Noticias Telemundo hosted town halls on the National Day of Racial Healing on January 17, 2023. The live studio audience events, sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF), broadcasted from the iconic Studio BE, a cultural landmark in New Orleans.

Research, Reports & Publications

Chevron Publishes Methane Report

Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) today published a methane report that builds on Chevron’s ongoing efforts to promote transparency on climate-related matters.

ESG

Finding Your ESG Superpower

This week on ESG Talk, we’re reaching back into the vault to share one of our most popular episodes from season one. Si-Yeon Kim, former chief risk and compliance officer and executive chair of ESG at American Express Global Business Travel, joins Workiva's Mandi McReynolds.

Energy

Global Low-Carbon Energy Technology Investment Surges Past $1 Trillion for the First Time

Global investment in the low-carbon energy transition totaled $1.1 trillion in 2022 – a new record and a huge acceleration from 2021 – as the energy crisis and policy action drove faster deployment of clean energy technologies, according to a new report from BloombergNEF.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

U.S. Bank Adds Guillaume Mascotto As Head of Sustainable Finance

U.S. Bank announces the hire of Guillaume Mascotto as the company’s head of Sustainable Finance. In this new leadership role, Mascotto will build and lead a new team focused on identifying sustainable finance opportunities across the entire enterprise.

Diversity & Inclusion

The 5–9 Series: Kara Federow

This blog series will dive into our employee’s ‘5–9’, where we will be showcasing our employees outside of their 9–5, and deep dive into how GoDaddy’s flexible, human-first approach allows us to focus on what makes us thrive.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Built-In Quality: How It Leads to Customer Satisfaction and How HARMAN Gets It Right

Every year in the month of November, HARMAN celebrates World Quality Month: a time when our employees around the globe recommit to our focus on the role that quality plays in delivering products, services, and business operations that enhance consumer experiences.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Bacardi Cocktail Trends Report 2023: NoLo Interchangeability

With consumers choosing to drink alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails at the same occasion, without any social stigma, the stage is set for a period of non-alcoholic and low-proof (NoLo) experimentation.

Health & Healthcare

The Power of Dual Immunotherapy

A decade ago, the evolution of immuno-oncology transformed the landscape of therapy for patients with many cancers. Although individual immunotherapies have helped to improve outcomes for patients.

Diversity & Inclusion

Community Financial Institutions: A Corporate Partner in Community Development

Representatives from Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and CNote recently joined TriplePundit, to discuss how companies can leverage CFIs to deploy social impact investments that make a real difference.

Green Infrastructure

Black & Veatch: Build Business Resilience with Climate-Adaptive Infrastructure

As climate change supercharges hurricanes, flooding and drought, U.S. businesses realize the potentially high cost of vulnerability, with flooding a prime example.

Diversity & Inclusion

The AmerisourceBergen Foundation & Good Neighbor Pharmacy Launch Scholarship Program To Support Aspiring Black and African American Pharmacists

Good Neighbor Pharmacy, a national independent pharmacy network offered through AmerisourceBergen, in partnership with the AmerisourceBergen Foundation, announce the launch of the Good Neighbor Pharmacy Scholarship program.

Environment

A New Name for Asian Carp to Protect the Great Lakes

Tetra Tech is leading a major marketing initiative for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) to expand the consumer market for invasive Asian carp that threaten midwestern U.S. waterways and the Great Lakes.

Environment

How Research Forests Help Grow Healthier Trees

For over 60 years, Rayonier has dedicated hundreds of acres of forests to researching and producing seed. We use natural tree breeding methods that produce the tallest, strongest and healthiest forests.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Case IH and New Holland Win 2022 Good Design Awards

Case IH and New Holland, global agricultural brands of CNH Industrial, have been awarded 2022 Good Design Awards. The Case IH Patriot® 50 series sprayer and New Holland’s Straddle Tractor Concept and TK4 Tractor received recognition.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Truist Named #5 Among America’s Most Just Companies

Truist recently was named among the top five of America’s most JUST companies by JUST Capital, in partnership with CNBC, in their 2023 Just100 rankings.

Green Infrastructure

Enhanced Energy Efficiency Rebates Now Available Through New Agreement Between Enbridge Gas and the Canada Greener Homes Grant

Enbridge Gas Inc., along with Natural Resources Canada and the province of Ontario, announced the official launch for the co-delivery of the Canada Greener Homes Grant through a single window to all eligible Ontarians via Enbridge Gas' enhanced HER+ program.

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