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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Why Purpose Leads to Profits

Profit and purpose should not be an either/or proposition. Howard Ungerleider, President and Chief Financial Officer at Dow discusses how they go hand-in-hand.

Innovation & Technology

Goodyear Gets Real

The pandemic has played a pivotal role in convincing a wide array of manufacturers to move forward with technology deployment decisions.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CEO Al Monaco Participates in Virtual Fireside Chat With J.P. Morgan on Enbridge's Industry Leading Approach To ESG

Enbridge recently announced that Al Monaco, President and CEO of Enbridge, is participating in a fireside chat hosted by J.P. Morgan's Jeremy Tonet focused on the Company's industry leading ESG practices and continued focus on growing its renewable power business through European offshore wind development.

Environment

As Election Looms, the Trump Administration's Formal Withdrawal of the U.S. From the Global Paris Agreement Goes Into Effect

As ballots continue to be counted, the Trump administration’s intent to formally withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement goes into effect, a move in sharp contrast with the majority of Americans and the rest of the world.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Central & Eastern North Carolina Food Bank Names International Paper a 2020 Essential Supporter

The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina (the Food Bank) named International Paper a 2020 Essential Supporter in recognition of the company’s commitment to identifying sustainable solutions in the fight to end hunger.

Diversity & Inclusion

UPS Longitudes | From the Blank Canvas to the Bigger Picture

The author Richard Wright said, “An artist deals with aspects of reality different from those which a scientist sees.” Right now, the reality that scientists — and most people — see is a pandemic. And right now, artists can’t help but see that same reality.

Research, Reports & Publications

Harris Poll Survey Offers Insights into Potential of Telepsychiatry During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

As the use of telehealth services has expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic, results from a survey conducted by The Harris Poll showed that more than one in four U.S. adults surveyed were currently using telepsychiatry services for mental health care

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Scotiabank's Nicole Frew Wins 2020 Report on Business Best Executive Award

Scotiabank is pleased to announce that Nicole Frew, Chief Compliance Officer and Executive Vice President, Global Compliance has been awarded an inaugural Report on Business Best Executive Award

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Fifth Third ESG Report: Awards & Accolades

As reported in Fifth Third’s 2019 Environmental, Social and Governance Report, Fifth Third has received numerous economic, environmental, social and governance awards.

Innovation & Technology

Ecolab Completes First Major Equipment Installation Enabled by Mixed Reality at a U.S. Energy Plant

With COVID-19 reducing in-person access to energy plants around the world, Ecolab is using new digital solutions to deliver its water, energy and sanitization solutions.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Inspiring Your Employees (and Alumni) to Change the World

Join this months Listen Up! Show as Akhtar Badshah shares the inside scoop on how Microsoft built its culture of giving, including powerful stories from Microsoft alumni who were in the room when these decisions were made.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: An Errant Tweet

To be clear, individual choices do matter, and a lot of virtual ink is spilled in this blog advocating for them. But climate change is a systems-scale problem.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Capital Caring Health: Help Us Comfort, Care for, and Keep Seriously Ill Patients Safe at Home!

From infants to the very old, Capital Caring Health provides compassionate care and support to patients and families facing serious, advanced illness and the last stages of life.

Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity Equals Innovation

In addition to our many efforts at T-Mobile to champion disability inclusion, we won’t stop listening, learning and growing.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

CNH Industrial Recycles More Than 20,000 Used Oil Filters

CNH Industrial N.V., is an environmentally aware company, and understands the importance of reverse logistics. Through its Aftermarket Solutions division, the Company partnered with Abrafiltros to ensure the proper disposal of used oil filters.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Alexion 5th Annual Global Week of Service Goes 100% Virtual

Every day, we strive to meet the expectations of our stakeholders, our communities and ourselves. We know the importance of this responsibility, and we take it seriously. Global Week of Service (GWS) is an annual opportunity for us to carry out...

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Schneider Electric's Tomorrow Rising Fund Helped 1.5 Million People Face the COVID-19 Crisis

In partnership with 73 NGOs in 67 countries, Tomorrow Rising Fund contributed to reach 1.5 Million people receiving help to overcome the COVID-19 crisis.

Social Impact & Volunteering

When Volunteering is Too Easy: Better Ways to Engage and Activate Employee Volunteers

Is volunteering too much to expect from employees during a busy and stressful year? Consider what happens when we make it so easy to volunteer that employees opt out before they have a chance to buy in.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Dow Employees Receive Prestigious Awards From Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers

Six members of Dow’s Asian Diversity Network (ADN), one of the Company’s Employee Resource Groups (ERG), received prestigious awards from the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE).

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Land Betterment Corporation Highlighted as a Company Helping to Push Sustainability and AgTech Forward

Land Betterment Corporation proudly announces its recognition as one of for companies helping push sustainability and AgTech forward in Kentucky.

Media & Communications

Food! Will We Have Enough to Feed an Ever-Hungrier Planet? – Are Food & Ag Industries “Sustainable” – Let’s Explore…

The United Nations projection is for today’s global population of an estimated 7.6 billion people to expand to a global population of 8.6B by 2030 and 9.8B by 2050...and then to 11.2 billion in 2100

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Texas Rangers and Comerica Bank Award District Barbershop as Grand Prize Winner in Rally Back Contest

The Texas Rangers and Comerica Bank announced the grand-prize winner of “Rally Back with the Rangers”, a contest aimed to support women-owned and minority-owned small businesses in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Piedmont Natural Gas Employees Saved House in Nashville to Give Students a Home

Piedmont Natural Gas in Nashville is used to doing good work. But there’s one project that has employees really enthusiastic. Tami Sturges had the idea. Instead of demolishing a house in the path of a natural gas pipeline project, she asked...

Innovation & Technology

Innovating to Deliver Our Most Critical Shipments

Healthcare and life science shipments come with unique demands. Temperatures are precisely controlled. Conditions must be continuously monitored. And when lives are affected, delays are not an option.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Cox Enterprises Brings Pizza to the Polls in Atlanta

We partnered with Pizza to the Polls to donate pizzas to polling places in Atlanta on Election Day.

If you spot a line to vote in your city, let them know so they can send some fresh pizza!

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