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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

DuPont Joins Semiconductor Climate Consortium as a Founding Member

DuPont today announced it has joined the Semiconductor Climate Consortium as a Founding Member.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Four Carol Cone ON PURPOSE Clients Named to Fast Company 'Brands That Matter' List

Fast Company’s annual ‘Brands That Matter’ list celebrates “a company’s connection with its audience through cultural relevance, social impact, and clear, authentic communication.”

Energy

Southern Company Subsidiary and TerraPower Complete Installation of Integrated Effects Test, a Key Milestone in Development of Molten Chloride Fast Reactor

Southern Company and TerraPower have completed installation of the Integrated Effects Test, marking a crucial milestone in the development of TerraPower's first-of-a-kind Molten Chloride Fast Reactor.

Diversity & Inclusion

IOC President: Gender Equality Is a Must-Have for Every Organisation and Country

Sports organisations have a responsibility to advance gender equality, diversity and inclusion, leading by example and making the world a better place

Research, Reports & Publications

Designing a Positive Future: Logitech's FY22 Impact Report

Logitech’s 14th annual Impact Report shares the latest progress toward its goal of Designing a Positive Future, one that defies the logic of the past to create a more equitable and climate positive world.

Innovation & Technology

CSRHub Announces CSRHub ESG Ratings on Salesforce AppExchange, the World's Leading Enterprise Cloud Marketplace

CSRHub ESG Ratings on Salesforce AppExchange will allow customers to have easy access and tools to analyze and compare overall consensus ESG scores.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

A Message on Corporate Responsibility From Richard F. Pops, Alkermes CEO

The importance of corporate responsibility comes more sharply into focus with each passing year.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

World Federation of Youth Clubs Announces 2022 Promise Awards Recipients

World Federation of Youth Clubs (WFYC) recently announced the 2022 Promise Awards recipients during its second annual celebration.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Top Trends in the Plastics Industry Stemming From Global Megatrends

According to the United Nations (UN), five megatrends are shaping the world today:

Environment

Criminal Culpability for Corporate 'Greenwashing'

As greenwashing concerns surge, new report declares existing criminal code sufficient, rise in enforcement inevitable.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Consumer Products at Paramount

While we do not directly manufacture any products, we encourage our partners and suppliers to move toward more sustainable production, packaging, and distribution processes.

Diversity & Inclusion

How Grantmakers Can Reduce Bias in Decision Making

To help you and your team, we’ve laid out common types of bias as well as step-by-step instructions to minimize its impact on your decision making processes.

Diversity & Inclusion

IBM, Hispanic Heritage Foundation Providing Free SkillsBuild Tech Courses to Latino Students

The Hispanic Heritage Foundation has partnered with IBM Education to provide IBM's SkillsBuild education program to Latino high school students free of charge, giving them skills they need to meet workforce demands.

Energy

Electric Vehicles: Fact vs. Fiction (Part Three)

If the fear of being stuck on the roadside with a dead electric vehicle battery is preventing you from considering an EV, watch the third episode of our video series “EVs: Fact vs. Fiction.”

Innovation & Technology

How Three Dynamic Startups Are Changing the World

Three dynamic startups — WonderTree, Positive Carbon, and M-SCAN — were each awarded a Second Runner-Up Prize of $50,000 USD in the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2022.

Environment

Transforming Manufacturing Waste to Protect the Environment

In Bosconero, Italy, Eaton is reducing our site’s environmental footprint, slashing waste to landfill, and lowering our consumption of raw materials with a different approach to the grinding sludge produced in our oil filtration activities.

Research, Reports & Publications

Companies Are Improving As Climate Policy Advocates, but They Aren’t Holding Their Trade Associations Accountable

The report, Responsible Policy Engagement Analysis 2022: How Companies Are — and Aren’t — Leading on Climate Policy, examines the climate-related risk management, governance and lobbying practices of more than 100 S&P 100 companies.

Health & Healthcare

Sesame Workshop and Quest Diagnostics Team Up to Address Health and Well-Being Inequities With Resources Connecting Parents and Healthcare Providers

Sesame Workshop and Quest Diagnostics today announced a new nationwide program to address health and well-being inequities among young children, particularly in low-income, rural, and marginalized communities.

Research, Reports & Publications

How Aker Horizons Embedded ESG Within its Annual Report

Aker Horizons is a developer of green energy and green industry. And they’re on a mission. Founded in 2020 by Norwegian industrial investment firm Aker ASA, its exclusive focus is to support the companies that can accelerate the race to net zero.

Environment

New Partnership Enlists Mars Employees To Tackle Marine Debris

A partnership developed by Mars, Incorporated is sending corporate employees on remote expeditions to help solve the problem of marine debris.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Excellent Customer Experiences Begin With Excellent Customer Service

Since launching our Power Values, NRG continues to be a customer-driven organization. We do this by understanding and delivering compelling energy solutions that meet the needs of our current and future customers.

Health & Healthcare

IGB Gene Drive Aims To Broaden Science Accessibility

Advances in genomic studies have now permeated all aspects of our lives from agriculture to health and wellness. It is therefore becoming increasingly important to help the community understand these innovations so that they can navigate the increasingly complex realm of genomics.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

U.S. Bank Named One of the 100 Best Companies for Working Parents

For Seramount, formerly Working Mother, ranked U.S. Bank as one of the 100 Best Companies for working parents based on the company’s programs and benefits, including parental leave, fertility benefits, adoption, caregiver benefits, mentoring, and opportunities for advancement.

Energy

Duke Energy Proposes New Programs To Help Grow South Carolina Economy by Helping Customers Use 100% Renewable Energy

Duke Energy has proposed the creation of innovative customer renewable programs and a major expansion of an existing one to allow South Carolina customers the option to supplement their power usage with 100% renewable power.

Research, Reports & Publications

ImpactAssets Releases 2022 Impact Report, Highlighting Rapid Mobilization of Private Capital Into Key Issue Areas, Including Racial Equity, Climate Solutions and Gender Equality

ImpactAssets, a leading impact investing firm, released its 2022 Impact Report capturing the crucial role that impact investing plays in enabling investment solutions to solve the world's greatest challenges.

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