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Environment | International Paper

Celebrating the Role of the Gopher Tortoises in Our Forest

The best way to celebrate Gopher Tortoise Day is to ensure there are more gopher tortoises across their natural range in the southeast United States.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Leadership Spotlight: Q&A With Kim Frankovich, Global VP of Sustainability, Griffith Foods

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Subaru Ranked As Top Automaker in Forbes Best Brands for Social Impact for Third Consecutive Year

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Albertsons Companies’ Portland Division Teamed up With Sunshine Division for Thanksgiving Meal Delivery

Albertsons Companies’ Portland Division associates teamed up with Sunshine Division to pack thousands of turkey meal bags for their inaugural Thanksgiving Meal Delivery. Albertsons Companies associates joined hundreds of dedicated volunteers to prep the meal bags.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Celebrating Nonprofits on Giving Tuesday

Nonprofits are the superheroes of our world, providing a lifeline for those in need. This Giving Tuesday, we celebrate the dedication of nonprofits committed to tackling tough social issues facing local communities.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

PotlatchDeltic’s Idaho Tree Planting

Tree planting is one of the most important investments a timberland company undertakes, setting the stage for the future and ensuring all the benefits that forests provide are perpetuated.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Resilience Pays Off: 75% of Microbusiness Owners Relaunch After Setbacks, GoDaddy Reports

According to GoDaddy's 2024 Annual Venture Forward report, 75% of microbusiness owners who close a business don't give up, even if their efforts didn't yield a profit. Instead, they persist, launching new ventures. Of these, 39% become the main income for their households.

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Energy

Our Approach to Clean and Renewable Energy

At Meta, we work to design, build and operate some of the most innovative and sustainable data centers in the world. They provide the technology that billions of people use every day to connect and build community.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Bringing Social Impact and Employee Development Together for Business Success

Companies that prioritize aligning employee development with social impact initiatives are not only investing in the future of their workforce but are also positioning themselves, and the impact businesses they work with for long-term success.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

HanesBrands Celebrates 15 Years of Hanes for Good, Donating Over 6 Million Essential Apparel Items to Support the Unhoused Community Nationwide

HanesBrands is proud to celebrate the 15 th anniversary of its Hanes for Good program. Since 2009, Hanes for Good has donated more than 6 million items, including 4 million pairs of socks, to hundreds of partner organizations across all 50 states.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Cisco's Sustainability 101: What Is E-Waste?

Cisco created Circular Design Principles, which are considered throughout the company’s new product development process so our product and packaging designs can adopt a more circular approach.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Eastman Highlights Circular Economy Growth and Innovation at Circular Economy Deep Dive Event

Eastman Chemical Company hosted investors and analysts at its headquarters in Kingsport for its 2024 Circular Economy Deep Dive.

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Energy

Baker Tilly’s BuzzHouse Podcast: The Incredible Potential of Solar for All

On this episode of BuzzHouse, hosts Donald Bernards and Garrick Gibson sit down with Erica Mackie, CEO and co-founder of GRID Alternatives, the nation’s largest not-for-profit solar installer.

Environment

COP29: Business and Policy in the New Economy

In this episode of ESG Talk, Mandi McReynolds is onsite in Baku at COP29 with Linda-Eling Lee, head of the Sustainability Institute at MSCI, to explore the evolving role of businesses in tackling global climate challenges.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Children’s Home Society of Idaho Receives $300,000 Grant From KeyBank to Support Mental Health for Treasure Valley Youth

KeyBank has awarded a $300,000 grant to Children’s Home Society of Idaho (the Children’s Home) to support expansion of the nonprofit’s Care Farm Therapy Program for Treasure Valley children and adolescents experiencing mental health challenges.

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Innovation & Technology

Accelerating Your Journey: AI’s Transformative Role in Sustainability

Recognizing AI’s potential to drive climate action, SAP has delivered two use cases that highlight how AI-driven sustainability software can streamline processes, eliminate manual work, and enhance precision.

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Environment

Arbor Day Foundation to Distribute 1,200 Trees to Asheville Community Members

The Arbor Day Foundation will help distribute more than one-thousand trees in Asheville, North Carolina in the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

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Innovation & Technology

New Axial-Flow Series Feature As Combine Ordering Period Opens for 2025

With harvest having just wrapped in some regions, and being full-steam ahead in others, CNH brand, Case IH, is already looking to 2025 with its combine ordering period for next year now open.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Comcast NBCUniversal Recognized As Top Employer for Veterans and Military Spouses

As Comcast NBCUniversal celebrates Veterans Day, they are proud to announce their recognition, for the third consecutive year, as the nation’s leading telecommunications company and a top-three overall employer in the Military Times’ “Best for Vets” rankings.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Benevity Celebrates Over $140 Million Donated and a 17% Increase in Volunteer Hours Logged on GivingTuesday

The global corporate community continues to grow support for nonprofits, backing over 56,000 organizations this GivingTuesday via Benevity’s platform.

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Environment

New Research Highlights Marine Biodegradability of Eastman Aventa™ Compostable Materials

A groundbreaking new study published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering reveals that cellulose diacetate (CDA)-based foams made with Eastman Aventa™ compostable materials rapidly biodegrade in the marine environment.

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Events, Media & Communications

The Simplicity of Social Sustainability: A Driving Force for People, Doing Business

This holiday season, it’s not a hit movie ticket or must-have toy you should be concerned with getting your hands on: it’s a pass to IWBI’s Social Sustainability Summit in New York City.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Schneider Electric’s New Researches Forecast AI’s Impact on Energy Consumption

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today released two reports from its Sustainability Research Institute (SRI).

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Providing Support When Disaster Strikes: The Covia Cares Emergency Relief Fund

At Covia, we believe in being there for our people – not just as an employer, but as a resource to support them personally and professionally. We strive to be there for our employees in both prosperous times and challenging moments.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

International Volunteer Day: Celebrating the Pioneering Spirit of Our Employees

This International Volunteer Day, Henkel celebrates our employees’ caring spirit and recognizes their impact on communities.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Continuing the Legacy: Scholarships and Support for First Responder Families

The Motorola Solutions Foundation is committed to solving for safer cities and equitable, thriving communities, notably through strategic partnerships with organizations dedicated to first responder programs, technology and engineering education and programs that combine both.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

PSEG Honoring Our Heroes: Supporting Our Veterans

We’re proud to stand with our veterans, honoring their service and supporting them in meaningful ways. For many veterans, finding an affordable place to call home can be a challenge. That’s where Community Hope steps in.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Aflac Employees Add Creative Spice to 2024 Holiday Duck

This year’s Aflac Holiday Duck holds extra special meaning for two employees whose spicey idea helped spark the 2024 theme. Dressed as a holiday baker complete with a festive plaid apron and baker’s hat, this year’s collectible plush holds in its wings a gingerbread man cookie.

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