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Events, Media & Communications

Just Launched: Reuters Events Transform Europe Virtual Series

Ethical Corporation are very excited to announce the first online conference in the Reuters Events Transform Europe Virtual Series – Transform: Sustainable Procurement & Circularity [7-8th July 2020].

Energy

Renewable Energy Powers Low-Carbon Future for Communities

To help communities in Hong Kong and Australia build a low-carbon future, businesses in the CLP Group are offering a growing range of clean energy options for customers.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Safety Month: Expect the Unexpected

This year will forever be known as the year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the beginning of 2020, many of us have had to evaluate our safety and security and that of our families, employees, and clients due to this virus. Facing our vulnerability can be difficult for those who may not have considered the unexpected challenges an emergency like this can pose.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Points of Light Announces Co-Chairs for the Second Annual Celebration of The George H.W. Bush Points of Light Awards

Points of Light, a global nonprofit dedicated to accelerating people-powered change, today announced the 2020 co-chairs for the second annual celebration of The George H.W. Bush Points of Light Awards. The 2020 co-chairs are Barbara Bush and Craig Coyne, Jenna Bush Hager and Henry Hager, and Wendy Stapleton.

Sustainable Development Goals

Build Back Better: Turning Turmoil into a Lasting Transformation

As we navigate through month six of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re experiencing its impact on many levels – physically, emotionally, financially, spiritually. The sheer scale and reach of the pandemic creates paradoxes that we’re all wrestling...

Health & Healthcare

International WELL Building Institute Accelerates WELL Health-Safety Rating for Hotels and Resorts

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), the world’s leading certification body for healthy buildings, today announced the establishment of the WELL Advisory for Hotels and Resorts to provide insights on the application of the WELL...

Diversity & Inclusion

Albertsons Companies Commits $5 Million to Social Justice

Albertsons Companies today announced a $5 million donation to social justice organizations as well as those on the front line of the fight for equality. “Racial justice and equality cannot be achieved by people returning to the status quo. We must intentionally open a door to lasting change across our country,” said President and CEO Vivek Sankaran.

Education

Alexion Participates in 2020 I WISH Conference

One of the ways Alexion serves its communities is through volunteerism. Twenty employees from our College Park and Athlone sites in Ireland recently volunteered at the I WISH (Inspiring Women in STEM) 2020 Conference. I WISH is an initiative aimed

Environment

Sowing Doubt and Undermining Science

Science should be able to speak for itself. But people with a vested interest in undermining science are working behind the scenes to obscure it.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Creating a Culture of Service and Civic Engagement

At NortonLifeLock, we are building a culture which believes that everyone has a voice; that believes in treating each member of our community with respect and most of all, that is focused on doing what is right.

Research, Reports & Publications

Crestwood Advances Its ESG Commitment and Sustainability Strategy With the Publication of its 2019 Sustainability Report

Crestwood Equity Partners LP (NYSE: CEQP) announced the publication of its 2019 sustainability report furthering its commitment to building an MLP industry leading sustainability program.

Energy

Geronimo Energy, a National Grid company, Contracts with Michigan-Based J. Ranck to Build 40 MW Michigan Solar Portfolio

Geronimo Energy (Geronimo), a National Grid company, announced today the start of construction activities for two Michigan solar projects for which Consumers Energy (Consumers) previously executed Power Purchase Agreements (PPA).

Environment

New Technology Helps Protect Bats from Wind Turbines

Driving through the patchwork of cattle pasture and brush at Duke Energy’s Los Vientos Windpower Project, Sara Weaver explained why south Texas was the perfect location to find a way for bats and wind energy to coexist, but it wouldn’t be easy.

Innovation & Technology

Teenage STEM Competitors Engineer Hospital Ventilators

The ingenious young women are using the engineering skills they developed in the Bechtel-supported FIRST engineering tournament to deliver ventilators to hospitals for around $600 each, a fraction of the market price.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Cox Named No. 17 on DiversityInc List

Cox Communications, the largest private telecom company in the U.S. and pioneer of gigabit broadband to homes and businesses, earned the No. 17 spot on the 2020 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

5 Ways a $50 Million Johnson & Johnson Commitment to Support COVID-19 Relief Efforts Is Making an Impact Around the World

A need for personal protective equipment. Mental health struggles. Limited resources to help support at-risk populations.

Diversity & Inclusion

Inspiring Action Toward Positive Change

At Pentair, we are firmly opposed to racism and injustice and are committed to doing our part to build greater unity, fairness and justice.

Energy

Partnering to Scale: Bloomberg’s Path to RE100

Since Bloomberg first began investigating renewable energy projects more than a decade ago, we have exceeded our initial renewable energy goals by investing in both significant off-site wind and solar projects and smaller on-site activities.

Diversity & Inclusion

20 Years of Progress Can't Stop Now

This year, Dow is celebrating the 20th anniversary of our LGBTQ+ and ally employee resource group, GLAD. It’s an important milestone. It reminds us of the incredible progress we’ve made and the work we still have yet to do.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Impact Makers: Novartis

No question, the last eight weeks have been tough on everyone. As a pharma company, Novartis felt a duty to respond and call to be part of the solution. The Novartis purpose is to re-imagine medicine to improve and extend people's lives.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Camp Kesem Launches National Virtual Donor Drive

Camp Kesem and DKMS were not going to let the COVID-19 crisis stand in the way of helping patients searching for matching stem cell and bone marrow donors.

Education

Empowering Students to Use Data in Understanding Equity and Justice

Data means so much more than numbers on a screen. The proximity, accessibility, and inclusivity of data helps drive change around the globe.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Benevity Announces Executive Transitions

Andrew Huddart joins Benevity as Chief Executive Officer and first successor to founder Bryan de Lottinville who has transitioned into a new role as Executive Chairperson of the Board of Directors.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo Foundation Expands Free Virtual Financial Coaching to Help With COVID-19 Hardships

With record numbers of U.S. adults filing for unemployment, and many people facing a lower income amid COVID-19, the Wells Fargo Foundation is supporting national nonprofits in expanding virtual financial coaching services, cost-free, to help the public adapt in these challenging times.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...
  2. Community Impact
    The communities where Chemours operates are also where we live, work, and play, and our mutual success is one and the same. We have a vested interest...
  3. Sustainability by Antea Group
    At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...
  4. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  5. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
    Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...
  6. Growth Through Sustainability
    Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...
  7. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  8. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  9. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  10. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  11. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  12. Local Communities
    The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...
  13. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  14. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...
  15. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...