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Education & Workforce Development

Arrow Electronics Sponsors FIRST ® Robotics Regional Competition for Its 11th Consecutive Year

For the 11th consecutive year, Arrow Electronics supported FIRST Robotics and its Colorado regional competition featuring 43 high school teams with over 1,100 student participants, and 430 volunteers and mentors.

Environment

Gen Helps Bring Clean Drinking Water to Communities in Rural India

This Earth Month, Gen™ took up the call to action to safeguard global access to clean water for the third year in a row.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Inspiration Through Sustainability: Meet Christie Hammerle

Hi! My name is Christie Hammerle, and I work on GoDaddy’s legal team, handling employment and benefits matters for the company. I have been with GoDaddy almost six years — and prior to becoming a full-time employee, I was a contractor.

Philanthropy

Stronger Together As We Continue To Help Ukraine and Combat Growing Hunger Crisis

As a global healthcare company driven by our mission of empowering people to live healthier at every stage of life, we recognize the significant implications of this crisis and the need to respond both locally and globally.

Environment

Bio-Inspired Clothing Technology: How Insects Inspire Better Waterproof, Breathable Sportswear

Amphico has used nature-inspired biomimietic principles to develop a non-polar fabric with nano, micro, and macro-level texturing that repels water, dirt particles and harmful bacteria.

Awards & Rankings

Regions Bank Named 2023 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award Winner

Regions Bank is pleased to announce it has received the 2023 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award (GEWA). The award recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world. This is the ninth year Regions has been named a GEWA winner.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Applying an Economic Lens to ESG

Alex Edmans, finance professor at London Business School and leading expert on sustainable finance, joins Mandi McReynolds, vice president of ESG at Workiva.

Corporate Responsibility

Leveraging Financial Tools To Meet Corporate Sustainability Goals

At Eaton, we’re exploring new ways that financial strategies can help us fulfill our mission, to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services.

Education & Workforce Development

Principal® Foundation Promotes Scholarship Contest: Financial Literacy Bee powered by EVERFI

In observance of National Financial Literacy Month, Principal® Foundation invites 9th – 12th graders, within the U.S., to participate in the 2023 Financial Literacy Bee, powered by EVERFI.

Energy & Infrastructure

UK Government Hydrogen Boost To Help Power Kimberly-Clark Towards 100% Green Energy Target

Three green hydrogen projects that Kimberly-Clark is developing with energy industry partners have won places on the UK Government’s Hydrogen Business Model Strategy (HBMS) shortlist.

Corporate Responsibility

Whirlpool Corp. Achieves Goal of Zero Waste to Landfill for Manufacturing Sites Worldwide

Whirlpool Corporation today announced that it achieved Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWtL) Gold or Platinum status (self-certification) at its large manufacturing sites worldwide, as part of the company’s ambitious and long-standing commitment to sustainable operations.

Health & Healthcare

Medtronic LABS’ Broader Scope Expands Access

LABS has found its success in a sustainable healthcare model that pairs hyper-local services with cutting-edge technology — and that won’t change as it continues to grow.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

AccountAbility Welcomes COSO Study and Guidance To Achieve Effective Internal Control Over Sustainability Reporting

AccountAbility welcomes the release of a groundbreaking study from the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) with supplemental guidance for organizations to achieve effective internal control over sustainability reporting.

Research & Reports

Texas Capital Bank Launches 2023 Environmental, Social, and Governance Report

Texas Capital is proud to announce the publishing of its 2023 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report.

Events

3BL Media Expands Distribution Network With Enhanced Associated Press Relationship and Additional Partners

3BL Media, the world's leading communications partner for purpose-driven organizations, has announced expansions to its distribution network through an existing relationship with the Associated Press (AP) and 3BL’s Affiliate Partner Program.

Corporate Responsibility

New Holland’s New Partnership To Provide Tractors for Farmers in Tanzania

CNH Industrial brand New Holland Agriculture has partnered with leasing company Equity for Tanzania (EFTA) to assist the mechanization of smallholder farmers in Tanzania. The collaboration involves the acquisition of 200 tractors.

Research & Reports

Otis Publishes 2022 ESG Report

Otis Worldwide Corporation published its 2022 ESG report, describing its Environmental, Social and Governance strategy and highlighting alignment with the company’s strategic operating imperatives.

Corporate Responsibility

IOC Receives ISO 20121 Certification for Sustainability Performance at Corporate Events

The International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s efforts to systematically and continually improve the sustainability performance across its corporate events has resulted in it receiving certification to the international standard ISO 20121:2012 for its corporate events.

Awards & Rankings

Applied Materials Ranks No. 11 on Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies

Applied Materials is honored to be named one of Barron's 100 Most Sustainable Companies, moving up from #31 last year to #11 this year.

Corporate Responsibility

Radiating Confidence: International Paper's Employee Networking Circle

The Women in IP Employee Networking Circle is providing tips to improve confidence for Women’s History Month.

Philanthropy

Yum Brands’ Tracy Skeans: ‘Reducing Inequality Is the Biggest Body of Work We Can Do To Change the World’

As the company’s chief operating officer and chief people officer, Tracy Skeans oversees many parts of the global restaurant company. But when it comes to what she’s most passionate about, it’s gender parity.

Volunteering & Community

Podcast: What the Data Says About the Future of Social Impact

To understand the future of corporate purpose, we need to look to the data. Kari guides you through the numbers, insights, and new trends revealed by CECP’s 2022 Giving in Numbers and Investing in Society reports.

Research & Reports

Papa Johns Advances Commitments to People, Pizza and the Planet in 2022 Corporate Responsibility Highlights

Papa Johns recently released its Corporate Responsibility Highlights report, sharing progress on our People, Pizza, Planet framework and commitments.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Inspiring and EMPOWERing Women During Women’s History Month

During Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day in March, Aramark employees organized a packed calendar of events to celebrate women across the company while finding ways to learn from, engage with, and inspire together.

Health & Healthcare

Merck: Aiming for Health Equity and Business Success

Josette Gbemudu is motivated to ensure everyone has the chance to be as healthy as possible. As an executive director of health equity and social determinants of health for Merck, Gbemudu draws on her health policy and public health backgrounds.

Latest Campaigns

Policy and Advocacy

Policy and Advocacy content from IWBI - International Well Building Institute

Emergency Response

Document rapid interventions when crises strike: delivering therapeutic food, water, hygiene kits, and deploying mobile med

Kingfisher Around the World

The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...

Guiding Stars blog: Kitchen Smarts

About the Guiding Stars Kitchen Smarts Blog The Guiding Stars Kitchen Smarts blog is your place for nutritious swaps and budget-friendly cooking tips...

Rethinking EHS Podcast

Join us as we travel the world to uncover real stories of impact—from landfills and energy transition to workplace safety, emerging contaminants, and...

Sustainable Operations

ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)

Recognition of our Company

As the leading sports and live music company in the world, we recognize our responsibility to provide industry leadership and to conduct our business...

Rethinking EHS Podcast

Join us as we travel the world to uncover real stories of impact—from landfills and energy transition to workplace safety, emerging contaminants, and...

Recognition of our Company

As the leading sports and live music company in the world, we recognize our responsibility to provide industry leadership and to conduct our business...

Leadership

Cascale demonstrates industry leadership and collaboration to drive collective action, by sharing insight into key sustainability topics inside and...