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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Industry Voices: Automakers Need To Reimagine a Decades-Old Industry

Over the next decade, many automakers plan to transform their fleets to electric power, with some announcing goals for fully electric lineups within five years.

Events, Media & Communications

Purpose Built Audio Conference Agenda Highlights Trends and Lessons in Corporate Social Responsibility

Submittable is hosting the Impact Studio Conference for CSR and ESG practitioners; a free audio conference with an impressive lineup of thought leaders exploring how to build your CSR program (and career) around a clear purpose.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Spark Good: A New Way To Give Back Just in Time for the Holidays

Spark Good makes giving – and getting – easier than ever. It brings a robust suite of giving resources to one convenient location on Walmart.com, providing easy access to programs and tools for nonprofits while empowering customers and associates to rally support for the causes that matter most to them.

Health & Healthcare

Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners Offering Teachers, Students, and Families Unique Digital Resources in Observance of World Mental Health Day

Discovery Education and select social impact partners are offering engaging, high-quality digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support observances of World Mental Health Day.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Will the Storm Hit? Life During and After Superstorm Sandy

Right before Superstorm Sandy hit the state of New Jersey, I remember getting a call from my wife Valerie. “Will this storm hit us?” she asked, nervous and 6 months pregnant with our twin sons.

Responsible Production & Consumption

What the World's First Bio-Based Vitamin A Means for Sustainability

The solution for producing the world’s first fully bio-based Vitamin A has emerged from a common microorganism that is found in countless food products.

Diversity & Inclusion

Nurturing Healthier Living in a "Care Desert"

We are working to reach communities with limited access to medical services by bringing people and physicians physically together, while also developing remote care technology that can join them virtually through NeuroSphere.

Environment

Helping More Than Humans: Medtronic Devices Monitor Heart Disease in Great Apes

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio recently implanted six great apes with Medtronic Reveal LINQ™ insertable cardiac monitors (ICMs), to help identify and track heart problems in the animals.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Change the World: By Focusing on the Human Impact of the Climate Crisis, Companies Can Turn Risks Into Opportunities

By addressing climate change, companies can unlock opportunities to create value and improve human lives. Here’s how to get started.

Events, Media & Communications

Register Now! - UN Global Compact Network UK Climate Action Summit - Delivering a Net Zero Future

The UN Global Compact Network UK is convening expert business, government, and civil society leaders to explore how businesses can implement nature-based solutions and the principles of a circular economy to scale holistic action on net zero!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Driving a New Era of Community Investment:

Stakeholder philanthropy is quickly gaining traction, and with it comes a new approach to corporate giving. In this webinar, you’ll learn how purpose-driven brands are involving more of their stakeholders in decisions

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Forbes Names Qurate Retail Group as a Best-In-State Employer for 2022

Qurate Retail GroupSM has been recognized on Forbes’ America’s Best Employers by State list for Pennsylvania, home to the company’s global headquarters in West Chester, for the second year in a row.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Life Lessons: Building on the 'Firsts' That Come From Empowering Teens

The bulk of Marathon Petroleum Corp. grant will support NWSL’s YouthWorks program and Westside Leadership Institute, which have served almost 3,800 adults and teenagers since 1997.

Diversity & Inclusion

Southwire Launches Phase Two of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Website

Southwire treasures the diversity of its employees and the communities that it represents and serves, and the company’s four key values – trust, empowerment, consistency and inclusion – are the foundation of the organization’s DEI strategy.

Energy

Wells Fargo, Elevate Team Up To Boost Access To Clean, Affordable Energy and Jobs

As climate change accelerates, underserved communities and people of color are increasingly vulnerable to higher energy burdens, unhealthy air quality, and extreme weather.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AccountAbility Receives Prestigious Global ESG Award

AccountAbility Awarded Best ESG Strategy Development Partner Global 2022 by Capital Finance International (CFI.co)

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

ESG Investing: Engaging With Companies on Human Rights and Diversity

Active ownership plays a central role in managing risk and performance in ESG investing. Global Head of Sustainable Investing and Stewardship Julie Moret highlights examples on how active ownership works with human rights and diversity.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Details of the Deal: Inside Nasdaq Acquisition of Metrio

As part of its commitment to helping corporations achieve impact in their ESG journey, Nasdaq has acquired Metrio, a Montreal-based SaaS provider with a platform for collecting, tracking, analyzing, disclosing and communicating on granular ESG data.

Energy

Eager To Electrify: Gen Z and Millennial Homeowners Motivated To Buy Electric Outdoor Power Equipment, According to Stanley Black & Decker Survey

A new survey released recently from Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK), the world's largest tools company and outdoor equipment leader, found that the majority of homeowners prioritize their lawn and garden equipment as much as recreational items

Diversity & Inclusion

FedEx Spotlight: Hispanic Small Business Keeps the World Warm, One Baby at a Time

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, FedEx is spotlighting a small business, Whimsical Charm, from the third cohort of the FedEx E-Commerce Learning Lab beginning this fall.

Research, Reports & Publications

Mondelēz Snacking Made Right Report: Environmental Resilience

By tackling deforestation, we are helping to combat climate change and promoting sustainable supply of key ingredients.

Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating Community During Hispanic Heritage Month

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month is an opportunity to continue honoring that long-standing commitment and showcasing its impact on the Hispanic and Latin community globally.

Environment

Small Businesses Key in Tackling Climate Change

At Meta, we recognise the urgency to act against climate change and have set an ambitious target to be net zero by 2030 across our entire value chain–while we have already reached net zero for our own operations in 2020.

Diversity & Inclusion

Hispanic+Latin Heritage Month: Heberto C.

To celebrate and honor this month, we're amplifying the voices of those within the Hispanic+Latin community. They will share their journey and experiences that led them to where they are today. Read Heberto's story below.

Diversity & Inclusion

AEG Partners With Avion Tequila To Present Fiestón en La Plaza, a Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration for the Downtown Los Angeles Community

On Oct. 1, 2023, AEG partnered with Avión Tequila to present Fiestón en la Plaza, a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month that highlighted the impact that Latin American people and culture have had on the city of Los Angeles, CA.

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