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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Quest Diagnostics CHRO Receives "CHRO Lifetime Achievement Award"

Quest Diagnostics announced Cecilia McKenney, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), received the "CHRO Lifetime Achievement Award" by SharedXpertise Media, publishers of HRO Today magazine and HRO Today Global.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

PSEG Foundation Launches Annual Neighborhood Partners Program

The PSEG Foundation is pleased to launch the 2022 request for proposals for the Neighborhood Partners Program, which awards grants ranging from $500 to $15,000. Eligible 501(c)(3) organizations are encouraged to apply.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Home Depot Foundation Invests To Build and Improve More Than 800 Housing Units for Veterans Facing Homelessness

With more than 37,000 veterans estimated to be experiencing homelessness, The Home Depot Foundation has granted an additional $8 million to nonprofit partners as part of its overall commitment of half of a billion dollars to veteran causes.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Small Business Spotlight Marks Two-Year Anniversary With Over 200 Entrepreneurs Featured So Far

Qurate Retail Group has donated more than $7 million through Small Business Spotlight, which gives national exposure to underrepresented entrepreneurs on QVC, HSN and Zulily.

Education

National Grid Launches Scholarship To Aid Diverse Engineering Students in MA and NY

National Grid today announced the launch of a scholarship program aimed at increasing diversity in engineering across Massachusetts and New York.

Sustainable Development Goals

What’s the Most Effective Way for Companies To Ensure Digital Transformation Strategies Align With Climate Goals?

Mapping out a plan from the start, regularly monitoring progress toward goals and evaluating their own sustainability efforts is the best way for companies to ensure their digital transformation strategies align with climate goals.

Health & Healthcare

10 Employee Communication Tips to Help You Stay in Touch With Your Team

The Center for Creative Leadership once observed that, in a crisis, “People are overwhelmed with the amount of information coming at them.

Energy

The Summer Calls for Preparation

As the summer season approaches, the value of staying informed takes on added importance for everyone.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Owens Corning Celebrates National Safety Month by Living Safely

We aspire to achieve the following goals: make it impossible for injuries and illnesses to occur, achieve a level of safety at least equivalent to the rest of Owens Corning within one year and emphasize the elimination of serious injury risks.

Research, Reports & Publications

Black & Veatch Water Report: Data, Resiliency Drive Industry Amid Challenges of Aging Infrastructure, Climate Adaptation and Talent Acquisition

When Black & Veatch launched its first annual analysis of the U.S. water industry a decade ago, funding for needed upgrades to aging infrastructure was considered lacking as the economy dealt with the ongoing impacts of the “Great Recession.”

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comcast RISE Investment Fund Provides $16 Million in Grants To Support Small Businesses Hardest Hit by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Comcast announced a new round of cities will receive grants from the Comcast RISE Investment Fund, providing an additional $5 million dollars to hundreds of small businesses, bringing the total to $16 million in grants awarded.

Green Infrastructure

V2X Demo Day on The Ray Highway

Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), The Ray, Kia Georgia and Panasonic recently held a press conference to demonstrate the benefits of a connected vehicle (CV) technology in action in a real-world environment.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Rebuilding Together and Wells Fargo Join to Address Urgent Housing Challenges Nationwide Through Critical Home Renovation and Repairs

The Wells Fargo Foundation has awarded $1.3 million in grants to Rebuilding Together to provide critical home repairs to nearly 100 homes in 45 communities across the U.S.

Energy

The Promise and Progress of Renewable Diesel

Even with electric vehicles on the horizon, the greatest barrier to decarbonizing transportation, particularly in the last mile, is clean energy infrastructure. But fleets can still decarbonize now by making the transition to renewable diesel.

Research, Reports & Publications

Report Reveals Gap to Going Green

Recent research by Oxford Economics and SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) has uncovered significant barriers to corporate sustainability initiatives.

Environment

GRID Alternatives Receives Grant to Expand Solar Power and Job Training Access Nationwide

Science and social justice join together to advance climate and environmental justice as GRID Alternatives, a nonprofit organization providing access to clean, affordable renewable energy, transportation, and jobs to the communities most often harmed by systemic oppression across the nation, announced a $500,000 grant with Illumina, a global leader in DNA sequencing and arraybased technologies, headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Diversity & Inclusion

Lori Shaffer: What I Now Know

What advice would you give your younger self? Kimberly-Clark’s vice president of its global nonwovens business, Lori Shaffer, recently answered this question and more during a candid conversation

Diversity & Inclusion

KeyBank's Key4Women, TheWMarketplace, UW and UWT To Host Women-Owned Business Pitch Contest

KeyBank’s Key4Women program, TheWMarketplace, University of Washington Foster School of Business, and University of Washington Tacoma Milgard School of Business are collaborating to host a business pitch contest for women-owned businesses located in Seattle and Greater Puget Sound.

Research, Reports & Publications

HP Inc. Reports Progress Toward Its 2030 Sustainable Impact Goals, Including Achieving a Significant Reduction in Single-Use Plastic Packaging

Sustainable Impact is at the heart of HP’s business strategy and the company aims to be the world’s most sustainable and just technology company.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Chemours Receives Gold Medal From EcoVadis for Its Sustainability Program

Chemours is a different kind of chemistry company – focused on working together with our suppliers, customers, communities, and employees – to create a better world through the power of our chemistry.

Energy

Purdue and Duke Energy To Explore Potential for Clean, Nuclear Power Source for Campus

With interest rising worldwide in new technologies that are reliable and carbon-free, Purdue and Duke Energy intend to study power produced through Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), a move that may be unprecedented for a college campus and a potential fit for Purdue’s energy needs.

Innovation & Technology

Sedex Drives Better ESG Risk Assessment With 340,000+ Data Points

Sedex, the trusted partner for environment, social and governance (ESG) and sustainable data, has released an update to its industry-leading risk assessment technology.

Environment

Herbalife Nutrition Expands Commitment to Environmental Sustainability and Economic Empowerment With Plastic Bank Partnership

In commemoration of the upcoming World Oceans Day on June 8, 2022, Herbalife Nutrition announced a two-year global responsibility partnership with Plastic Bank, a social enterprise that is empowering Ocean Stewards around the world.

Innovation & Technology

KoboToolbox: Transforming Humanitarian Work Through Voice Capture and Translation

The Transformational Tech series highlights Cisco’s nonprofit grant recipients that use technology to help transform the lives of individuals and communities.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

A Global Bank's Way To Welcome People Back Equitably

IWBI’s Signature Interview Series: Jack Noonan, IWBI Vice President, Asia Pacific, sits down with Peter Simpson, Global Head Safety & Security,

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