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Events, Media & Communications

CECP Announces Carly Fiorina, Founder and Chairman Unlocking Potential Foundation, to Join Board of Directors

During a time when the need for purpose-driven leadership is most critical, Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP) announced that Carly Fiorina, Founder and Chairman, Carly Fiorina Enterprises and Unlocking Potential Foundation, has joined the organization’s distinguished Board of Directors.

Environment

Megan Milliken Biven: Mississippi Dredging

This week on Sea Change Radio, we talk to shoreline expert Megan Milliken Biven to learn all about dredging in the Mississippi Delta. We discuss the inadequate number of boats known as “hopper dredges,” look at the relationship between dredging and the region’s oil and gas industry, and examine what policies could turn things around before the next major hurricane hits the Big Easy.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Comerica Demonstrates Continued Commitment to Sustainability; Achieves All 2020 Environmental Sustainability Goals

Ahead of Comerica’s 2019 Corporate Responsibility Report to be released later this month and in recognition of today’s World Environment Day, Comerica is proud to announce it has achieved all its 2020 Environmental Sustainability Goals.

Diversity & Inclusion

HBR: The 10 Commitments Companies Must Make to Advance Racial Justice

Major corporations have voiced their support for racial justice in the United States. But we are way past the point when words alone suffice. In HBR, Mark Kramer provides 10 concrete actions to achieving racial equity in the workplace and society.

Environment

Watch: International Olympic Committee is Building a Healthier Planet Through Sport

From running and swimming to skiing and biking, sport is an ideal way to connect with nature. But to continue enjoying our favourite physical activities, we must urgently protect the environment on which they depend.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

De Blasio Administration Delivers 10,000 Internet-Connected Devices and Digital Support to Older Nycha Residents

The Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer (MOCTO) and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) partnered with T-Mobile and LG Electronics USA to provide internet-connected tablets to older New Yorkers who live in NYCHA communities.

Health & Healthcare

Insight into Coronavirus Aid—Understanding the Benefits and Limitations of Available Federal Funding

In this 30-minute webinar, Tetra Tech’s emergency management experts focused on the main sources of federal funding for costs associated with COVID-19 response and recovery efforts for local government entities.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Watch: Alliant Energy is Working Safely During the Health Crisis

We are working differently in response to the healthcare crisis. Our employees are wearing face coverings and practicing physical distancing while in the field.

Diversity & Inclusion

Alexion Celebrates International Women and Girls in Science Day

In February, to celebrate International Women and Girls in Science Day, employees at our New Haven office gathered for an engaging conversation about their female scientific heroes.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

On the Record: AJC Journalists on Covering COVID

Connecting our communities with accurate, in-depth information has never been more important than it is now and will be in the days to come.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Nanotechnology Reduces the Environmental Impact of Painting in Manufacturing Processes

CNH Industrial N.V., one of the world’s largest capital goods companies, has 67 plants across the globe, and is committed to using advanced technologies to reduce the impact of its manufacturing processes.

Environment

World Environment Day 2020: Building a Healthier Planet Through Sport

This year, we celebrate World Environment Day at a time when the world is grappling with the devastating coronavirus pandemic.

Environment

Systemic Racism: What It Means for WEC

It feels like the world is coming apart. First, COVID-19 devastated our communities and shut down our economy. Now America's cities are burning in reaction to the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis, and the deaths of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Robert Avitia, the latest victims in a wave of violence against people of color.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Subaru Color 5k Goes Virtual With Mobile App, Registration Open

Going virtual this year with a mobile app, the sixth annual Subaru Color 5K is open for registration at https://subarucolor5k.itsyourrace.com. For $15 per person, the first 600 to complete the fundraiser between June 13 and July 12 will receive a finisher medal by mail.

Events, Media & Communications

Masterclass Series on Gender Equality for Business by UNDP’s Business Call to Action and Oxfam

Business Call to Action and Oxfam have developed a two-part masterclass series that looks at gender equality for business and why it matters for companies that are now available online.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

COVID-19: 7 Steps to Plan for Re-Entering the Workplace

How do we effectively plan, communicate and execute new guidelines that follow health and government guidelines for all our offices and employees when we are all experiencing different stages of this pandemic?

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Weathering the Storm - Where Strong ESG Performance Counts

As we start to transition into a new phase of recovery, our attention is turning to the question of what sustainability will look like – and what role it will have to play in a post-COVID world.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Road to a Vaccine, Ep. 8: What Two Renowned Virus Hunters Want Us to Know About COVID-19

Cato Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D., a world-renowned physician and healthcare leader weighs in on how racism is a public health crisis and discusses the impact of recent protests in the midst of a pandemic

Social Impact & Volunteering

Skills-Based Volunteering at FedEx in the Time of COVID-19

FedEx, like many other socially responsible companies, is pitching in with our resources as best we can to help fight Covid-19. The most obvious way we are able to help is by making our network available to relief organizations through in-kind transportation support.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Hormel Foods Gives Back to Battle Hunger, Food Insecurity Throughout the COVID-19 Crisis

Hormel Foods continues its role as a leading company committed to helping those in need most fight hunger relief and food insecurity as a result of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.

Diversity & Inclusion

Fifth Third Talks Culture, Leadership and Multicultural Recruiting on Hire Scholars Podcast

Fifth Third Bank’s Hosetta Coleman talked with Hire Scholars about the Bank’s culture, internship and leadership program opportunities, the importance of mentorship and its multicultural recruiting program.

Energy

El Abra, a Freeport-McMoRan Company, Receives an Energy Efficiency Award

El Abra operations recently received a Silver Seal Energy Efficiency Award from the Chilean Ministry of Energy and the National Sustainability Agency for its ongoing efforts to improve energy consumption and efficiency in mining operations.

Events, Media & Communications

Ideagen Global Innovation 2030 Digital Summit

Ideagen is dedicated to providing a global platform to foster cross-sector collaboration by the world’s leading Brands, Companies, NGOs and Public Sector to create innovative solutions via collaboration at scale while creating awareness of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Pledge to Protect Microfinance Institutions and Their Clients From the Economic Effects of the COVID-19

In response to the health and economic crisis caused by the Covid-19, a group of lenders, platforms and key players of the inclusive financial sector committed to a common pledge.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Fundraising Campaign: Support Waste Pickers Worldwide, Advance a Circular Economy

Meridian Institute, The Circulate Initiative, PYXERA Global, and WORK announce a collaborative fundraising campaign on Global Giving to provide much-needed support to waste picker communities in need.

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    Doing what we do best for those who need it most. When disaster strikes, and there’s not a moment to lose, our people mobilize the FedEx global fleet...