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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Supply Chain Due Diligence Pioneer Sourcemap Raises $10 Million to Meet Global Demand for Transparency and Traceability

Sourcemap Inc., the leading provider of end-to-end supply chain due diligence software, today announced it has raised a $10 million Series A funding round, led by Energize Ventures with participation from E14 Fund.

Environment

IPCC Issues Its Starkest Warning yet on the Climate Crisis; Ceres Urges Government and Capital Market Leaders to Respond With Stepped-up Action

Today’s alarming and sobering assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) details the impacts of climate change as a threat multiplier that exacerbates risks to ecosystems, biodiversity, economies, and society.

Education

Meet the 2021 Winners of Cadence's Black Students in Technology Scholarship

We are spotlighting the recipients of Cadence’s Black Students in Technology Scholarship program, sharing their inspirational stories to highlight the importance of supporting underrepresented groups in technology.

Research, Reports & Publications

Ten Steps to Create a Successful Decarbonization Roadmap

Last year saw significant activity as governments, utilities, businesses and other entities zoned in on mitigating climate change by setting aggressive decarbonization goals in an effort to lower carbon emissions.

Environment

Government Authority to Regulate Climate Pollution Is Critical to Our Ability to Build a Thriving Clean Energy Economy

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument today in a case challenging the federal government’s authority to regulate climate pollution and safeguard the health of people and the planet and our economy.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Prometeo Named 2022 Edison Award Finalist

Prometeo, a startup focused on keeping firefighters healthy in the field, has been named a 2022 Edison Awards finalist in the category of Personal Technology.

Diversity & Inclusion

Alliance Data and Zora's House Partner to Support Women of Color

In honor of Black History Month and Women’s History Month, Alliance Data has announced a new community partnership with Zora’s House.

Environment

The Environmental Justice Movement: Turning Concepts into Action Webinar Recap

In a recent webinar, experts explored environmental justice and its history, reviewed the EPA’s plan and infrastructure legislation, examined how to evaluate exposure, and discussed pertinent insurance trends.

Health & Healthcare

Fireside Chats With Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

A Series of videos with HPRC members seeks to bring more awareness to challenges and opportunities for recycling healthcare plastics.

Social Impact & Volunteering

LA Kings Team up With Bikes for Kids Foundation to Surprise 60 Third Graders at Kingsley Elementary School in East Hollywood, Calif. With Bicycles

On February 17, 2022, AEG’s LA Kings recently teamed up with Bikes for Kids Foundation to distribute 60 bicycles to third grade students at Kingsley Elementary in East Hollywood, Calif.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Musim Mas Launched First Smallholders Hub In Sambas

Musim Mas Group officially launched its first Smallholders Hub in Sambas on 14 January 2022 with the local government and key stakeholders.

Environment

Trane Technologies Joins U.S. Department of Energy's Better Climate Challenge to Reduce Operational Emissions by 50% Within 10 Years

Trane Technologies today announced it has joined the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Better Climate Challenge, a national initiative aimed at mitigating climate change impacts while bolstering the clean energy economy.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Finding the Hidden Gold at a Device's End of Life

When a new laptop or other electronic device arrives on an employee’s desk, where does the previous equipment end up? This short documentary explores how Lenovo’s Asset Recovery Services help find new lives for older devices

Innovation & Technology

The Rise of Resilience-Building Technology

In 2021, the world continued to deal with fallout from the pandemic. Every aspect of society has been impacted to some degree, forcing enterprises, small businesses, governments, and private institutions to pivot and accelerate digital transformation with many rethinking how to deliver innovation.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

International Paper Donates $100,000 to Help Rebuild Disaster-Impacted Selma, Alabama

International Paper is proud to be a force for good in our communities by donating $75,000 to Team Rubicon to help rebuild 10 disaster-impacted homes, and $25,000 to Arbor Day Foundation to plant trees, following tornadoes that devastated Selma, AL.

Diversity & Inclusion

Over $2.5M Has Been Committed to Strengthen Black Businesses and Communities in Indianapolis and Charleston, South Carolina Through CARE

In October 2020, Cummins Inc. launched Cummins Advocating for Racial Equity (CARE) to take a leading role in the work to dismantle systemic discrimination against the Black community in the U.S.​

Diversity & Inclusion

Investing in Bright Communities

Embracing diversity means being open to and benefiting from a range of perspectives, backgrounds, strengths, and achievements.

Health & Healthcare

Growing Grassroots Support for the Rare Disease Community in Romania

In 2007, Dorica Dan, the mother of a child with the rare disease Prader Willi Syndrome, envisioned the first and only patient-run reference center for rare diseases in Europe.

Health & Healthcare

Aflac Partners With NeuroFlow to Enhance Group Long-Term Disability Offering With Innovative Mental Health Solution

Mental health and emotional well-being challenges are on the rise, and that's why Aflac, a leading provider of supplemental insurance in the U.S., entered into a strategic relationship with NeuroFlow that adds an innovative mental health solution designed to help individuals screen and monitor existing and undetected behavioral health conditions.

Energy

ENGIE and O-I Drive Green Electricity Transformation in Europe

O-I Glass, Inc. and ENGIE’s business entity “Global Energy Management & Sales” reached a long-term agreement for ENGIE to initially provide an aggregate 4.3 TWh of renewable electricity to O-I sites in Europe.

Energy

PSEG Announces Vision and Mission, Continues Strong Course for a Sustainable, Equitable, Clean Energy Future

PSEG today announced its vision and mission to continue to tackle the 21st century challenges of extreme and damaging weather, protecting the environment and taking action toward a clean, electrified and sustainable economy where all people thrive – Powering Progress.

Education

Millions Get Connected and Close the Homework Gap When We All Work Together

Yesterday at the White House, the world got to meet two incredible people who show the success that can be achieved toward digital equity and closing the homework gap when trusted community partners, business, and government support work together.

Events, Media & Communications

CGF Announces New Members for February 2022

The Consumer Goods Forum is delighted to announce the following new companies have joined our global membership community and, in doing so, have confirmed their commitment to our vision of better lives through better business.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

$300,000 Grant From KeyBank to Help Indiana Black Expo Strengthen and Increase the Capacity of Black Businesses to Grow

The KeyBank Foundation is making a $300,000 grant to the Indiana Black Expo’s (IBE) Black Business Training Institute.

Latest Campaigns

  1. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  2. Accelerating access to healthcare technology
    We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...
  3. IWBI | WELL Building Standard
    Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...
  4. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  5. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  6. Kids to College Powered by Entergy
    Entergy believes in the dreams of the families we serve. Everyone deserves the opportunity to continue their education and, as a corporate leader and...
  7. Financial health
    At Wells Fargo, we're opening pathways to economic advancement for racially and ethnically diverse and low- and moderate-income individuals and...
  8. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
    Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...
  9. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  10. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  11. 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...
  12. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Whirlpool Corporation has several CSR partners including United Way, Habitat for Humanity International, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Consulada...
  13. Arbor Day Foundation News
    Stay up to date on the latest news and events from the Arbor Day Foundation. Subscribe to the Arbor Day e-news arborday.org/accounts/optin.cfm
  14. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  15. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...