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Environment | International Paper

Celebrating the Role of the Gopher Tortoises in Our Forest

The best way to celebrate Gopher Tortoise Day is to ensure there are more gopher tortoises across their natural range in the southeast United States.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Leadership Spotlight: Q&A With Kim Frankovich, Global VP of Sustainability, Griffith Foods

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Subaru Ranked As Top Automaker in Forbes Best Brands for Social Impact for Third Consecutive Year

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Diversity & Inclusion

Olympian and IOC Young Leader Javier Raya: “Sport Is a Powerful Driver Towards Greater Inclusion”

To mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, which is celebrated globally on 17 May, IOC Young Leader Javier Raya speaks about the role that sport can play in promoting inclusion, and reflects on his own experience as an openly gay athlete.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Exposing the Financial Impacts of Climate Change on Households With Low Income

With support from the Wells Fargo Foundation, Saverlife will publish a series of reports that identify how individuals with low-to-moderate income are currently navigating climate-related events.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Secret Ingredients to Thriving Small Businesses

The COVID-19 pandemic dealt a heavy blow to small businesses, but a silver lining emerged amidst the shuttering of storefronts: a clearer understanding of the types of support small businesses need to survive, grow and compete in today’s digital economy.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sappi North America Releases 2022 Sustainability Report, Achieves Top Sustainability Rating for Third Consecutive Year

Sappi North America, Inc., a leading producer and supplier of diversified paper, packaging products and pulp, today released its 2022 Sustainability Report, highlighting its commitment to science-based targets in creating sustainable products and business practices.

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Innovation & Technology

How Rayonier Foresters Use Drones to Manage Land

For Dan, who’s been a Rayonier forester for more than 30 years, his drone eliminates hours of work tromping through the forest to locate pre-commercial thinning candidates, trees with flaws such as forking that should be removed to make room for the optimal trees to grow.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Rallying To Remove, Prevent and Transform Waste in Our Environment

In the six years since Dow launched its PullingOurWeight campaign, tens of thousands of colleagues, family members and stakeholder volunteers have collected more than 2.1 million pounds of waste from waterways to neighborhoods.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

2023 Halo Awards Honor Top Corporate Social Impact Initiatives

2023 Halo Awards Honor top corporate social impact initiatives. Winning companies and nonprofits were recognized at Engage for Good’s annual conference in Atlanta, GA.

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Health & Healthcare

Spotlight On: Mental Health

For Mental Health Awareness Month, IWBI sits down with our own Renee Christensen, PhD, Director, Mind Concept, Standard Development

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Vanguard Renewables Announces CFE Seafoods Joins the Farm Powered Sustainability Heroes Program

Vanguard Renewables is proud to announce that CFE Seafoods, located in Auburndale, MA, is the latest New England food and beverage manufacturer to join the Farm Powered Sustainability Heroes Program (FPSH).

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Critics, Experts in Demand for Sustainability Panels

​​In a recent article for the Business Times, Acre's Head of Sustainable Business, APAC, Greg Brittian, discusses the demand for region-specific sustainability specialists to sit on advisory panels for multinational companies.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Jumpstart 2022 Annual Report: Message From Our Leadership

After years of closures and restrictions, Canadian kids and sport organizations were eager to return to a sense of normalcy in 2022. To honour our founder, Martha Billes’ vision that all kids in Canada have a chance to fulfil their dreams, we knew we had an important role to play

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Work for Humankind: Lenovo Pairs With N.C. HBCU To Change the Face of Conservation

In December 2021, Lenovo launched Work For Humankind – a bold initiative that allowed volunteers to make a positive, long-lasting difference within an island community, while working from one of the most remote, tech-enabled offices in the world.

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Education

Rockwell Automation Collaborates To Advance Indonesian Higher Education in STEM

Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the USAID Higher Education Partnership Initiative (HEPI) project for a four-year commitment to implement advanced STEM programs and build strong pathways and partnerships

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comcast NBCUniversal Celebrates the Brilliance and Courage of AAPI Communities

All year-long, Comcast NBCUniversal is committed to supporting and uplifting Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, especially during AAPI Heritage Month.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Spotlight on Henkel's ERGs: Asian American Professional Association (AAPA)

Henkel’s Asian American Professional Association (AAPA) ERG aims to create a meaningful network of employees who are of Asian descent, have friends and family who are, and want to learn more to be better allies.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Reconnecting Humans with Nature in the Twin Cities | Icons of Minneapolis

Chances are if the weather is nice in Minnesota, you’ll find Tim Clemens, owner of Ironwood Foraging outside. Tim may have started his business because he wanted to be his own boss, but his passion for what he does takes center stage. 

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

ESG Amidst Inflation: 7 Governance Mechanisms That Drive Value Creation in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

Running a profitable business in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry isn’t easy – especially when inflation has consumers pinching pennies and hunting for basement bargains.

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Diversity & Inclusion

What Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (EI&B) Means for KFC Pan-Europe

This week, leaders from KFC across Pan-Europe gathered for a day-long workshop on equity, inclusion and belonging with an emphasis on how our commitment to inclusion intersects with KFC’s social purpose of Feeding People’s Potential.

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Health & Healthcare

Q4HE Grantee, American Heart Association, Celebrates Hispanic and Black Scholars

American Heart Association (AHA), a Quest for Health Equity (Q4HE) grantee, honored scholars of its Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) Scholars Programs with two Spring Research Symposiums.

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Education

PNC and PBS KIDS Team Up To Elevate Pre-K Lesson Plans

A $500 million, multiyear, bilingual early childhood education initiative, PNC Grow Up Great has helped prepare children from birth through age 5 for success in school and life.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Keysight Releases 2022 Corporate Social Responsibility and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Reports

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) released its 2022 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report and 2022 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Report, highlighting the company's recent environmental, social impact, ethical governance, diversity, and equity achievements.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Qurate Retail Group Named a 2023 DiversityInc Noteworthy Company

Qurate Retail Group has been named a DiversityInc 2023 Noteworthy Company in recognition of its unwavering commitment to promoting workplace fairness.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

How HARMAN’s Packaging Design Innovation Creates a More Sustainable Future

HARMAN’s legacy as a global technology leader was established through our thoughtful design and purpose-driven values. At HARMAN, sustainability is one of our strategic pillars that guides everything we do, and this includes our packaging design strategy and product development.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Champion Named New Apparel Partner for National Federation of State High School Associations and American Cancer Society’s ‘Shop for a Cause’

Champion is proud to open an online storefront serving high school teams, their fans and local community members to support the American Cancer Society and its fundraising campaign with the NFHS.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Franklin Templeton Employees Receive Accolades for Their DEI Work

Franklin Templeton’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) nominated Laura Fergerson, President, Franklin Templeton Services; Alejandro Nuñez, Internal Advisor Consultant; and Tiffany Hong, Chief Administrative Officer, for awards recognizing their steadfast commitment to work.

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