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Innovation & Technology

Xylem Expands Investment in Next Generation of Water Innovators

Global water technology company, Xylem (NYSE:XYL), is expanding its investment in youth innovation to empower the next generation to solve the world’s greatest water challenges.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Ecocentricity Blog: Net Positive: Leaving the World Better Than You Found It

The business world has seen environmental action start with compliance, then to “beyond compliance,” stretch goals, measuring sustainability, measuring net zero, and now to “net positive.”

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Supporting Team Rubicon's Disaster Relief Mission in Haiti

Following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti Saturday, American Airlines is partnering with Team Rubicon to offer assistance to the country.

Social Impact & Volunteering

RW Staff Picks: Our Favorite Books Selected for You

Our team has collected a list of books that guide and shape our business, teamwork, and transformative approach to volunteering. From entrepreneurship to social impact, this list will set you up to get the best out of life and work. Enjoy!

Health & Healthcare

Providence Molecular Genomics Lab Utilizes Illumina Technology to Offer Genomics for All

In the future, what if you could sequence your cancer patients by the thousands, provide answers quicker, and deliver more effective treatment and better care—on a routine basis? For Providence, the nation’s third largest not-for-profit health system, that future is the present.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

KeyBank, in Partnership With the First Niagara Foundation, Donates $1.5 Million to Support WEDI's West Side Bazaar Project

KeyBank, in partnership with the First Niagara Foundation, is donating $1.5 million to support the Westminster Economic Development Initiative’s new West Side Bazaar Project.

Health & Healthcare

China's Red Ribbon School Provides a Refuge for Children Living With HIV

As a physician treating children living with HIV at an infectious disease hospital in Shanxi, China, Guo Xiaoping hatched an ambitious plan. His goals? To create a place for the students to learn and live.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Merck Has Been Named One of the Top Employers in New York by Fortune

Fortune research partner Great Place to Work has compiled the 2021 list of the 60 Best Large Workplaces in New York. Merck was named one of 60 companies that foster supportive cultures, where employees find opportunities for growth with plenty of help from their colleagues along the way.

Energy

eTransEnergy Named by GM As a Preferred Provider for Fleet Electrification

eTransEnergy, a Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) company, today was named by GM as a preferred provider to help GM fleet and BrightDrop customers transition to electric vehicles through the GM Ultium Charge 360 service.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Kids Foundation Gives Record $3 Million in Garden Grants

Whole Kids Foundation, a nonprofit established by Whole Foods Market and dedicated to helping to improve children’s nutrition

Innovation & Technology

Autonomous Vehicles: Partnership for Progress in Image Sensing

As vehicles progress from advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to becoming fully autonomous, a key technology enabler will be the advanced sensors that allow these vehicles to sense the world around them.

Education

Teachers Spending More Out of Pocket on School Supplies Than Ever Before

AdoptAClassroom.org, the national nonprofit that provides funding for U.S. teachers and schools, today released the results of their 2021 classroom spending survey of 5,400 PreK-12 teachers at public, private and charter schools.

Innovation & Technology

LifeGuides® Appoints David Hester, Ph.D, LMHC, As Senior Director, Guides Community

LifeGuides® Appoints David Hester, Ph.D, LMHC, as Senior Director, Guides Community

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

IVECO Supports Areas Hit by Tornado in the Czech Republic

In June, a violent tornado swept through several villages in the in the Hodonín and Břeclav districts of the South Moravian Region in the Czech Republic.

Innovation & Technology

Black & Veatch Air Purification Technology Fights Covid-19 Faster, uses Less Energy

Through work with the clean-teach company Energy Cloud Inc., Black & Veatch created a technology that purifies the air of COVID-19 and other pathogens in real time.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Insulated Corporate Boards Pose a Threat to Shareholders, Others

The report, "Boards and their Stakeholders: The State of Play" — by WBCSD and DNV — shows that corporate board members who fail to communicate with stakeholders beyond their company’s ownership and investors pose a threat to success. “In failing to communicate with all stakeholders, board members could be violating their fiduciary duties to investors because they could overlook new business opportunities or fail to identify reputational risks to their company,” said William Sisson, executive director, North America, WBCSD.

Environment

2020 Sustainability Report: A Letter From the CEO

2020 was a lot of things – but more than anything it was a catalyst. As EHS&S consultants, Antea Group recognized the opportunity during this unprecedented time to step forward and provide more support and value to clients.

Environment

The Trash Problem in National Parks

The issue has prompted the National Park Foundation, the official charity of the NPS, to team up with private companies such as Subaru and Tupperware Brands to divert a reported 10 million plastic bottles from landfills per year.

Innovation & Technology

Can We Reboot Office Buildings As Data Centers?

It is now almost universally accepted that we are not all going back to the office, at least not full time. So what does that mean for the proportion of commercial real estate that will be surplus to requirements?

Responsible Production & Consumption

Owens Corning's Material Sustainability Topics

Our Material Topics represent our stakeholders’ priorities with consideration of our impacts, and they’re informed by the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

Energy

Enbridge: Our Plan to Achieve Net Zero by 2050

At Enbridge, we encourage innovation at all levels of our organization, across and within all business units, through a structured framework that helps us gather and act on ideas.

Innovation & Technology

Cristiano Amon: 5G for a Digital and Sustainable Economy

For decades, Qualcomm has defined wireless innovation, creating fundamental inventions in many generations of mobile technologies and driving ever-improving speeds, security and latency.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Grameen America Receives a $1.5 Million Grant From Truist Foundation to Empower Black Women Entrepreneurs

Grameen America, a nonprofit community development financial institution helping low-income women entrepreneurs build small businesses, announced today it has received a $1.5 million grant from Truist Foundation

Events, Media & Communications

Land Betterment Corporation Attends Shaping Our Appalachia Region's 3rd Quarter Executive Meeting

Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”) announced that several team members attended Shaping Our Appalachia Region’s (SOAR) 3rd Quarter Executive Meeting on August 11t

Environment

Faces of Acre - Working to protect our Oceans

In our latest Faces of Acre installment, we sat down with Jack Mulloy, Principal Consultant, Sustainable Finance and Impact Investing, to discuss his pro bono work as a business developer for the marine conservation charity Sea Shepherd.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  2. Local Communities
    The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...
  3. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  4. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  5. Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator
    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...
  6. Fifth Third's Commitment to Small Businesses
    Fifth Third believes that small businesses form the foundation of our communities – and when they succeed, we all succeed. Supporting them through...
  7. FedEx | Volunteer Campaigns
    Giving back is part of the FedEx culture. Team members support our charitable investments and local community needs by dedicating their time where...
  8. Social Progress
    Social engagement has always been an integral part of our sense of responsibility as a company. We care and we act to do our part to improve the...
  9. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  10. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  11. Digital Safety
    We provide tools and guidance so people can manage digital content in a way that’s right for them and their families. Learn more >>
  12. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...
  13. Nutrition and Health
    Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...
  14. Health and Safety by Antea Group
    Antea Group's health and safety consultants understand what it takes to help make a positive impact on safety culture. Read blogs, insights, and more...
  15. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.