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Environment | International Paper

National Forest Week: How International Paper Helps Restore Longleaf Ecosystems

National Forest Week, held annually during the second week of June, raises awareness for the 193 million acres of National Forests across the United States and the benefits these landscapes provide.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

EIB Backs Ørsted With €500 Million Loan Agreement, Boosts Green Energy

The 752 MW Borssele 1 & 2 wind farms count 94 wind turbines which, through inter-array cabling, transfer their energy to an offshore substation before reaching the grid via a high-tension line which the EIB previously helped finance with TSO TenneT.

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Education

M·A·C Cosmetics Launches Tomorrow's Artist Program to Empower Next Generation of Makeup Artists

M·A·C Cosmetics UK & Ireland has teamed up with Incredible Brilliant Youth to launch a six-week makeup artistry training program for young people from marginalized backgrounds.

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Environment

International Paper Heads to Climate Action's Sustainable Innovation Forum 2021

International Paper is headed to Glasgow for Climate Action’s Sustainable Innovation Forum 2021. The hybrid event, which is taking place Nov. 8-10, is uniting heads of state and unilaterals, environment ministers, business leaders, investors and NGOs

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Environment

PSEG CEO Ralph Izzo Attends COP26, Calls for Urgent Action on Climate

PSEG Chairman, President and CEO Ralph Izzo is traveling to Glasgow, Scotland, to attend the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26), where he will call for urgent action to address climate change.

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Sustainable Development Goals

The Consumer Goods Forum Becomes UN Race to Zero Accelerator at COP26

The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) today announced it is an official “Accelerator” of the UN’s Race to Zero campaign, to encourage faster progress on carbon reduction across its global membership.

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Health & Healthcare

How Parents Can Help Their Children Prioritize Mental Health and Excel in School

In an interview with Authority Magazine, Inner Explorer’s co-founder Dr. Laura Bakosh shares insightful advice for parents seeking to create the best learning environments for their kids and how they can prioritize their child’s mental health for future success.

Environment

Bloomberg Tackles Air Pollution - Inside and Out

Breathe in, breathe out. The average human takes this subconscious action 20,000 times a day. It’s easy to take for granted that the air surrounds us is healthy and clean, but according to the World Health Organization (WHO) an estimated nine out of 10 people worldwide breathe dirty air.

Research, Reports & Publications

Biodiversity Reporting and the Private Sector: It's Time for a New Paradigm

Biodiversity is often considered too immaterial, complex or expensive to integrate into private-sector monitoring programs, often leaving it sidelined next to mainstream carbon reporting.

Health & Healthcare

Giving Voice and Hope to Children With Sickle Cell Disease, One Duck at a Time

Over the years, corporations have become more creative in developing characters synonymous with their brands.

Diversity & Inclusion

OLAY Introduces Easy Open Lid For People with Disabilities, Shares Design With Beauty Industry

OLAY North America is introducing the Easy Open Lid, a limited-edition prototype developed with and for people with disabilities.

Environment

Sport Sets Pace for Climate Action as IOC and Other Sports Organisations Join Race to Zero Campaign

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has joined the UN-backed “Race to Zero” campaign, which is aimed at rallying climate leadership from non-government entities to work towards a carbon-free world.

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Environment

Her Mission: Plant Trees to Ensure City's Future

With the help of thousands of volunteers, TreesCharlotte has planted 42,481 trees since the nonprofit launched in 2012. But keeping Charlotte’s tree canopy healthy will require much more than volunteers with shovels and saplings. It takes a city.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Engineer Becomes a Mother While Responding to Pandemic

Abbott's Working Mother of the Year says she strives to integrate family and career to create work/life success.

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Green Infrastructure

Cummins Powers a New Battery Electric Transit Bus: The Electrip

Cummins Inc. takes another step toward its path to zero, as it powers Letenda’s new 30-foot, zero-emissions transit bus named the Electrip®.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Clarivate Named in Inc.'s First-Annual Best-Led Companies

Clarivate is on a bold entrepreneurial mission to help customers reduce the time from new ideas to life-changing innovations.

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Energy

Black & Veatch and Industry Dive: Climate Resilience Strategies Command Top Priority in Utility, Manufacturing, Transportation Sectors

The increased frequency of extreme weather events is driving companies to realize the best way to protect their economic interests and maintain their social license to operate is to invest in climate resilience strategies.

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Events, Media & Communications

The Land Betterment Exchange (LBX) Expands Team with the Hiring of Lyndsay Kline Ahead of its Cryptocurrency Exchange Launch

Land Betterment, an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining and industrial sites to create #sustainable community development, announces Lyndsay Kline as Manager of Social Media and Outreach.

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International Sustainability Standards: Levelling the Disclosure Playing Field

All eyes are on COP26. At the highest possible level, world leaders are discussing how best to tackle climate change and hold each other accountable for their efforts to reduce global warming, writes Andromeda Wood, VP of Regulatory Strategy, Workiva.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Sappi North America Employee Ambassadors Deliver Sustainability Commitment to Communities

Our Lead Sustainability Ambassadors, a team of 10 passionate leaders at sites around North America, work together to drive employee engagement

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The New Holland Agriculture T6 Methane Power Tractor Wins 'Sustainable Tractor of the Year' at EIMA

New Holland Agriculture, a global agriculture brand of CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI), has been awarded the prestigious title of ‘Sustainable Tractor of the Year 2022’ for its T6 Methane Power, the world’s first production methane tractor, at the EIMA Agricultural Trade Show in Bologna, Italy.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Biogen Launches Supplier Climate Action Program “Energize” With Leading Pharmaceutical Companies

we’re pleased to be one of 10 global pharma companies launching Energize, a new program to increase access to renewable energy for our supply chains. Together, we aim to engage our suppliers in bold climate action and work towards decarbonization.

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Health & Healthcare

The IWBI Special Report Chapter Series: “Oceania: Leading With Discipline and Determination”

In June 2019, humanitarian public health and disaster response professionals from across Oceania met on the lush campus of James Cook University.

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Health & Healthcare

Global Food Safety Initiative Sets First-Ever Benchmarking Requirements for Food Safety Auditor Training and Development

By raising the profile of the profession of auditing, and focusing entry requirements on competence, the aim is to attract and retain talents into this vital profession.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Musim Mas Launches Interactive Webpage and 3rd Annual Aceh Report to Communicate on Progress in the Aceh Province

Musim Mas publishes our third Aceh Progress Report. Aceh Province is a priority landscape to Musim Mas due to its unique biodiversity, history, and 87% of the Aceh-Leuser Ecosystem lies in the Aceh province.

Events, Media & Communications

Kohler Co. Announces Kohler Living Virtual Event on Nov. 4-5

Through the introduction of new products and thought-provoking conversations, Kohler Living will help present a path toward a more beautiful and sustainable future.

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