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Innovation & Technology

How Virtual Reality for Teachers Can Improve Quality of Education

Can technology improve access to quality education for children and youth around the world?

Environment

Countries Sign Up To Urgently Address Climate Change

Leaders from more than 50 of the world’s largest corporations signed up to a joint initiative, during COP27, to accelerate climate action.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New House Sustainable Investment Caucus Will Provide a Key Voice in Congress for Smart Investing

Today’s launch of a newly formed congressional caucus within the U.S. House of Representatives marks a key moment of support and oversight for smart investing practices that recognize sustainability issues like the climate crisis as major financial concerns.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

YourCause From Blackbaud Releases First-of-Its-Kind Employee Engagement Benchmark Tool

Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the world’s leading cloud software company powering social good, released an employee engagement benchmark calculator, which allows companies to see where their employee volunteering and giving programs align with peers.

Education

The Home Depot Quadruples Commitment to Historically Black Colleges and Universities Through Campus Enhancements and Innovative Career-Development Programs

The Home Depot® will increase its investment in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to $4 million in 2023 by launching an expanded range of community projects and career resources for students in its Retool Your School program.

Diversity & Inclusion

Henkel's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Journey: Progress Guided by Our Pioneering Spirit

As we ready ourselves for what I believe will be a significant year in our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) journey, it is also important to reflect on our progress in 2022.

Diversity & Inclusion

Digital Navigators: Bridging the Digital and Generational Divide

Digital Navigators – individuals who are trained to help get more people connected – make a clear, measurable impact in helping to close the digital divide.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Southwire 2021 Sustainability Report: Talent Attraction

By investing in our employees, we believe that we can create a positive environment that helps ensure the long-term sustainability of Southwire.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Entergy Launches Child Savings Account Program at the Children’s Foundation of Mississippi Summit

Entergy Mississippi, LLC has kicked off a new child savings account program at the Children’s Foundation of Mississippi Summit. Kids to College, powered by Entergy, in partnership with the Children’s Foundation of Mississippi, announced the program will donate $60,000.

Innovation & Technology

The Role of Infrastructure Technology in Driving a Sustainable Future

As a global corporate citizen, we understand the decisions we make, big or small, impact future generations and determine our tomorrows. Lenovo has a duty to make a positive impact wherever we do business.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Land Betterment’s Agricultural Division Acquires 50% Ownership Interest in Canadian Greenhouse Operations

Betterment Harvest acquires 50% ownership interest in 2 Canadian world-class greenhouse operations providing a platform for organic & acquisition based growth.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Sofidel Supports Franklin Middle School Girls Basketball Team

To give back to the local community, Sofidel announced a $4,000 donation to the Franklin Middle School girls basketball team in Green Bay, Wisc.

Education

PNC Taps High Schools as Means of Solving Entry-Level Skills Gap

There’s a problem in the labor market, and PNC has emerged as a corporate leader in helping to solve it through an impactful program.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sealed Air Maintains A- Climate Change Score From CDP

Based on its environmental disclosures, Sealed Air (NYSE: SEE) recently received an A- score from CDP for its climate change efforts.

Research, Reports & Publications

Suncor 2022 Report on Sustainability: Biodiversity

Throughout the life cycle of our projects, we seek to avoid, minimize, restore and/or offset impacts to biodiversity from our operations.

Diversity & Inclusion

LA Kings “We Are All Kings” Rink Tour Inspires Next Generation of Hockey Players

LA Kings “We Are All Kings” Rink Tour Inspires Next Generation of Hockey Players

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Oportun Wins CEO Connection 2023 Economic Justice Award

Oportun has announced that it has been named a winner of the 2023 CEO Connection Economic Justice Award and recognized as an Economic Justice Champion.

Innovation & Technology

Keysight Predicts: Top Technologies Expected To Grow Substantially in 2023

Heavily powered by the rise in technological innovations and software-centric solutions, our world is now closer than ever to tackling and overcoming many of emerging technology's most complex challenges.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

DraftKings and Gamres to Introduce Evidence-Based Responsible Gaming Tool, Positive Play Scale, to DraftKings Players in the United States

DraftKings Inc. and Gamres, a leading responsible gaming consulting and research practice based in Ontario, announced a new collaboration to introduce the Positive Play Scale to DraftKings through an online survey to select U.S. DraftKings customers.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank To Offer SONYMA Loans To Help First Time Homebuyers

KeyBank is pleased to announce that it offers State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA) loans. SONYMA offers low-interest rate mortgage loans and programs to help qualified buyers purchase their first home in the state of New York.

Social Impact & Volunteering

How Cisco Employees in Australia Step Up To Volunteer

The greatest reward for us at Cisco, is the satisfaction and teamwork derived from volunteering. We are forging bonds that draw us together so we can support those that are less fortunate.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Growing Pains: Responsible Investing Reaches Adolescence by AB

ESG investing has survived a challenging year, with increased regulatory scrutiny and rocky performance providing fodder for fierce debate. While the turmoil that comes with rapid change can be unsettling, we welcome it as a sign that responsible investing is growing up.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Webster Bank Announces Launch of Finance Lab With Yonkers Partners in Education

Webster Bank, together with Yonkers Partners in Education announced it has launched the first-ever Webster/YPIE Finance Lab and introduced the YPIE Finance Major, to provide students in Yonkers schools with financial literacy skills.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

GRI and International Development Center of Japan Launch Partnership

A new sustainability advisory partnership seeks to support companies in Japan to raise the quality of their sustainability reporting

Research, Reports & Publications

Baker Hughes 2023 Energy Transition Pulse: Confidence To Hit Net-Zero Emissions Goals Stable Despite Energy Trilemma

Baker Hughes launched its 2023 Energy Transition Pulse report – a survey of 555 global senior executives to assess the industrial sector’s ability to focus on advancing cleaner energy amidst geopolitical and economic challenges.

Latest Campaigns

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    We actively integrate sustainability into the product development process and look at all phases of the product life cycle for opportunities to...
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    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
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