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PNC Volunteers Bring Basic Financial Knowledge to New Volunteer Opportunity

For about two years now, the PNC Center for Financial Education (CFE), an effort led by Community Development Banking, has been collaborating with community-based nonprofits to offer financial education to individuals, first-time homebuyers and small businesses.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

How Merck Is Prioritizing Supply

From the earliest stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, we knew we had a responsibility to mobilize and innovate to rise to the challenge of this unique moment.

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Environment

Six Best Practices for Carbon Offsets

As investors and companies increasingly seek to address the risks of climate change, there is growing debate about the use of carbon offsets in achieving net-zero emissions.

Environment

Surface Tech Completes EPD for JUNO C33 Supplementary Cementitious/Fine Aggregate Material

Surface Tech announced today that it has completed the verification process to achieve an Environmental Product Declaration for JUNO C33 its advanced alternative supplementary cementitious/fine aggregate material (SCM).

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Surface Tech Completes EPD for ACE XP Polymer Fiber Asphalt Additive

Surface Tech announced today that it has completed the verification process to achieve an Environmental Product Declaration for ACE XP Polymer Fiber®, its advanced aramid polymer fiber additive.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

U.S. Soy Achieves Key Benchmark Certifying Sustainable, Responsible Production for Customers Across the European Union

Soy Export Sustainability, LLC, and the U.S. Soybean Export Council announced that the U.S. Soy Sustainability Assurance Protocol (SSAP) has passed stringent independent benchmarking to confirm its compliance with FEFAC Soy Sourcing Guidelines 2021.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Case IH Donates Tractor to Support Rural Communities in Angola

Case IH, a brand of CNH Industrial, has donated a new JX75T tractor to the Angolan rural communities of Canda and Dala Dungue

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Events, Media & Communications

Human and Social Capital in Your ESG Strategy

Join us on Jan. 11 at 11 a.m. E.T. for a webcast to learn more about how WELL can steer your sustainability roadmap and human and social capital performance in ESG.

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Education

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation Welcomes Applications for 2022 Grassroots Grant with KidsGardening to Connect Children to Benefits of Gardening and Greenspaces

To address the need to connect more children to gardens and outdoor play, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation today opened its GroMoreGood Grassroots Grants with national nonprofit KidsGardening.

Energy

Pollinators & Productive Sheep: A More Sustainable Solar Development Method

Implementation of co-beneficial land-use practices around solar power arrays improves upon sustainable energy development in a practice known as ‘agrivoltaics’.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Measuring Success in Energy, Emissions, Water and Waste

This year we included Matane in our KPI metrics. Renewable energy is the dominant source of energy at our four SNA mills, as indicated in this pie chart and the following ones.

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Environment

Download our Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Ebook

In our latest ebook, we provide a detailed look into what ESG is and how it is becoming a key framework in evaluating the health and resiliency of a business’s operations.

Environment

The Importance of Understanding Cultural Awareness and Diversity in Global Business

With a global mindset of doing business, we need to remember that we do not all share the same instincts nor approach, but in fact, we are operating in many nuanced geographic regions and countries that are unique in the way they do business.

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Innovation & Technology

Illumina Enters Co-Development Partnership with SomaLogic to Help Researchers’ Understanding of Biology and Disease

Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced it has entered into a definitive co-development agreement with SomaLogic to bring the SomaScan® Proteomics Assay onto Illumina's current and future high throughput next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms

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Innovation & Technology

Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Improve Project Delivery

Before 2020, technologies designed for remote work played an important but mostly supporting role. Project teams used simple video conferencing tools to meet over long distances.

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Green Infrastructure

BrightDrop Announces Walmart As New EV Customer and Expands Collaboration With FedEx at CES

At CES, BrightDrop, the technology company decarbonizing last-mile delivery, announced it is adding Walmart to its growing roster of customers, and expanding its relationship with FedEx.

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Education

Texas Students Create Assistive Technology for Classmates With Disabilities

Rosemary Parker, Active Learning teacher, explains how the 3D printed keyguard is useful to Jayden Hernandez in the classroom.

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Events, Media & Communications

LG's Onsite Presence at CES 2022 Spotlights Sustainability

Environmental sustainability is front and center at CES 2022 in the 22,000-square-foot LG Electronics booth, which was constructed entirely of upcycled, recycled and recyclable materials.

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Diversity & Inclusion

How Tech Companies Benefit from Multigenerational Teams

A multigenerational workforce can provide the necessary ingredients for continuous disruptive innovation by creating productive tension between the past and future, so teams don’t get stuck in one mindset.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Private Equity Propels Top ESG Hires Into 7-Digit Pay League | Featuring Ian Povey-Hall, Acre

According to headhunters, a growing number of ESG specialists are now being propelled into a completely different income bracket from the one they inhabited just a few years ago. That’s as the market for ESG assets hurtles past $35 trillion.

Diversity & Inclusion

Hitting the Slopes and Moving Mountains

When her first child was born with a disability, this Wisconsin mom hung up her skis.

Innovation & Technology

Adding Sustainability to the Definition of Fab Performance

This is the second in a series of blog posts about how fabs are being conceived and equipped in new ways to promote a sustainable industry.

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Education

Owens Corning Provides Learning Tools for Toledo Public Schools Foundation

Our collaboration with the Toledo Public Schools Foundation through The Dream Bigger series is one way we offer our support to help prepare these high school students for college and the next phase of their lives.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

At Regions, Our Reputation Matters

Regions leaders talk about the importance of relationships and trust—with customers, associates, shareholders and communities—and how their teams are working to enhance their reputation with all stakeholders.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

International Paper's Kally Hodgson Recognized As Recipient of Women in Manufacturing STEP Ahead Award

Kally Hodgson, vice president, Global Sourcing, is being recognized by The Manufacturing Institute - MI as a recipient of the ninth-annual Women in Manufacturing Science, Technology, Engineering and Production (STEP) Ahead award.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Fifth Third Foundation Announces More Than $23 Million in 2021 Grants

The philanthropic organization made the awards to nearly 140 organizations that focus on culture, civic and community programs, nonprofits, small businesses, affordable housing, financial literacy and workforce development efforts.

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