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

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Pro Bono Perspectives S3E20: Steven Clarke, Ceres

Senior Director of Climate and Energy Steven Clarke shares how Ceres is helping companies strategically navigate changing business realities and thrive in the accelerated transition to a more equitable, just, and sustainable economy.

Research, Reports & Publications

Hormel Foods Completes 2020 Corporate Responsibility Goal Set and Establishes New Targets

Hormel Foods has announced the launch of its 15th annual corporate responsibility (CR) report. The report, available online at https://csr.hormelfoods.com/, contains in-depth information about the company’s CR progress in fiscal 2020.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Pep Guardiola, Xylem Partner to Address Water Scarcity, Affordability

Global water technology company, Xylem (NYSE:XYL), and Manchester City Football Club manager, Pep Guardiola, today announced they are joining forces to promote public engagement on the world’s water challenges.

Research, Reports & Publications

Enbridge: Corporate Citizenship

As an employer with team members across North America, and an operator of linear infrastructure that runs through thousands of communities, we place high priority on the role we can play in contributing to their safety, vibrancy and sustainability.

Research, Reports & Publications

New Black & Veatch ebook Explores Market Dynamics of Low- and Zero-carbon Hydrogen Technologies

The global energy industry is looking to green hydrogen, a carbonless fuel generated with renewable energy, as essential on the road to decarbonization and climate neutrality.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

GRI Raises Bar for Due Diligence and Human Rights Reporting

New Universal Standards from GRI now publish - which deliver highest transparency yet for impacts on the environment, economy and people

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Georgia-Pacific's Muskogee Team Demonstrated What It Means to Be a Good Neighbor

Over the weekend of Sept. 24-25, the Georgia-Pacific Muskogee team demonstrated what it means to be a good neighbor by partnering with the Lake Area United Way for a Day of Caring.

Innovation & Technology

Continuum Ag: Meet the Team Using Data to Help Farmers Improve Soil Health for a More Sustainable Future

Now that the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2021 winners have been officially announced, we are excited for you to learn more about each winning team and the story behind each innovation.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

ACCP Announces Purpose Awards Winners

Today the Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals (ACCP) announced the winners of their annual Purpose Awards for exceptional leaders in corporate social responsibility (CSR).

Education

Voting Now Open to Nominate 3M Young Scientist Challenge Finalist for Improving Lives Award

3M and Discovery Education today announced public voting is now open for the Improving Lives Award, a special recognition that will be awarded as part of the annual 2021 3M Young Scientist Challenge (#YoungScientist).

Health & Healthcare

Cities After Covid: How Can We Create a Positive Legacy for Health and Wellbeing?

The COVID-19 pandemic has already severely depleted our physical, mental and emotional reserves. Even if the most ambitious timescales for a vaccine are met, it’s clear that the fall-out will last for many years to come.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

World Economic Forum Awards Sustainability Leadership at Ericsson USA 5G Smart Factory

Ericsson's USA 5G Smart Factory in Lewisville, Texas, has been awarded for a second time by the World Economic Forum (WEF) for global leadership in next-generation Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) manufacturing.

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Safeguard Hand Soap and Walgreens Collaborate With Americares to Bring 10 Million Handwashes to Communities in Need

Walgreens and Safeguard announced an exciting new collaboration with Americares to launch the Hope is in Your Hands program, which will provide 10 million handwashes to communities and families in need.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wisconsin  Nonprofits Receive $75,000 to Fight Hunger and Food Insecurity

As Hunger Action Month wraps up, six Wisconsin-based nonprofit organizations will receive Impact Grants from The Alliant Energy Foundation totaling $75,000 to fight hunger and food insecurity.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Ørsted Signs Power Purchase Agreement With the Microsoft Corporation

Per the terms of Ørsted's agreement, Microsoft will buy power from Ørsted's 430 MWAC solar energy center Old 300 in Fort Bend County, Texas, which is expected to come online in Q2 2022.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

EDISON Alliance Members Commit to 1 Billion Lives Challenge

By 2025, Qualcomm is committed to enrich the lives of 27 million people by continuing to bring technology to underserved communities around the world through their Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™ programme and engage 1.5 million students and teachers across the globe in their strategic STEM initiatives.

Energy

Google and Engie Strike New Renewable Energy Deal

Google has signed a new 140MW renewable energy supply contract with French utility firm Engie. The 3-year agreement means Engie will provide Google with renewable electricity from solar and wind sources in Germany, via an energy portfolio.

Environment

Survey Finds That Access to Specific Zero Emission Vehicle Models Is More Important Than Brand Loyalty for Major Companies and Fleet Operators

A major alliance of large companies is calling on U.S. auto and truck manufacturers to produce new and more diverse zero emission vehicle models and to support the deployment of critical charging infrastructure

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

World Economic Forum Awards Schneider Electric Lexington, Kentucky Sustainability Lighthouse Recognition and Wuxi, China Smart Factory Advanced Lighthouse Status

Smart plant leverages Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies including 5G, cobots, artificial intelligence, and big data analysis

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Singing About the Unsung Heroes

When we hear the words “unsung heroes” we think about those special people who go about the business of saving lives and helping those in need with no thought for themselves.

Education

Keysight Awards Summer Internships and $5,000 Scholarships to HBCU Engineering Students

Keysight awarded $5,000 scholarships and internships to three engineering students enrolled at a historically Black college or university.

Diversity & Inclusion

Aramark Names Fenimore Fisher Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Fenimore Fisher has been named Aramark’s Vice President, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, reporting to Ash Hanson, Aramark’s Chief Diversity & Sustainability Officer.

Diversity & Inclusion

Hispanic Heritage Month: “Food Is Our Love Language”

They say food is love, and for the people behind the recipes featured in a cookbook that showcases the rich diversity of T-Mobile employees’ Latino culture, there’s no more authentic way to show love for their Hispanic heritage than through the dishes they grew up with.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Mercy Medicine Receives Grant From Aflac

The Mercy Medicine Free Clinic this July received a $10,000 grant from the AFLAC Insurance Company to fund the purchase of medications that are prescribed to its patients.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Rivard Joins SCE to Lead Transmission and Distribution Organization

Heather Rivard brings a passion for safety and customer care to the utility.

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