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Education

STEM Careers Coalition Offering Educators No-Cost Resources To Celebrate Black STEM Leaders During Black History Month

The STEM Careers Coalition™ – the first-of-its-kind national STEM initiative powered by corporate leaders and anchored in schools by Discovery Education – presents a curated collection of no-cost content celebrating the careers of Black leaders in STEM.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Black History Month: Investing in People and Communities

As we celebrate Black History Month, we lift the contributions and impact of the community and commit to continuing doing the work to strengthen the community, culture, and broader world.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

ConnCORP Receives $1M in Grant From KeyBank Foundation, Deepens Investment in Entrepreneurial Support

KeyBank announced ConnCORP as the recipient of a $1 million grant from KeyBank Foundation to support the ongoing work of the ConnCORP Lab and its entrepreneurial support ecosystem. The grant, which will be dispersed in $200,000 increments over the next five years.

Diversity & Inclusion

International Paper Supports Mississippi Initiative to Combat Leading Cause of Involuntary Land Loss Among Black Families

International Paper announced plans to support The Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation™ as they work alongside the Mississippi Center for Justice to provide legal services, assistance and resources to help historically underserved Mississippians.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MAC Cosmetics Wins PCD Innovation Award for 2022 Bubbles & Bows Advent Calendar

M·A·C Cosmetics was proud to win a PCD Innovation Award under the category “Limited Edition Pack” for the brand’s sustainable “Bursting With Surprises” advent calendar from the Bubbles & Bows Holiday Collection.

Diversity & Inclusion

Valuing Privacy and Inclusion in Software Design

Cisco strives to design and build technology in ways that respect human rights, promote inclusion, and protect privacy and security—so that everyone can benefit from a more connected world.

Diversity & Inclusion

Kimberly-Clark's Robert Long: Nurturing Others Is the Best Investment

We recently spoke with Robert Long, Kimberly-Clark's chief R&D officer, about leadership lessons learned from his childhood, the importance of seizing opportunities and investing in others, and the legacy he wants to leave.

Environment

Bacardi Plants a Tree for Every Employee To Celebrate 161st Anniversary With a Gift to the Planet

The world’s largest privately held spirits company will plant one tree for every employee to support biodiversity, help local communities, and capture a combined 2.5M kg of CO2 during the trees’ lifetime.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Trane Technologies Named to FORTUNE Magazine World’s Most Admired Companies List for Eleventh Consecutive Year

FORTUNE magazine has named Trane Technologies to its World’s Most Admired Companies list for the eleventh consecutive year.

Environment

IAPMO Publishes Children’s Coloring Book “My Mom Is A Plumbing Superhero”

“My Mom Is A Plumbing Superhero” is the first children’s book focused exclusively on women plumbers.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Subaru Helps Those in Need With Milestone Donation Totals of Over 500,000 Pairs of Socks and 100,000 Blankets

Subaru of America, Inc. today announced the automaker and its retailers will provide a sock donation to homeless shelters across the country as part of the annual Subaru Loves to Help initiative.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Aramark Publishes Annual ESG Progress Report: Company’s Be Well. Do Well. Platform Provides Update on Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance Performance

Aramark (NYSE: ARMK), the provider of food, facilities, and uniform services to millions of people in 19 countries around the world, today released its 2022 Be Well. Do Well. Progress Report

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Installnet Launches Brand Refresh Reflecting Purpose and Mission

With a growing roster of Fortune 1000 clients, commercial furniture solutions company Installnet today announces its brand refresh to better reflect its purpose and mission demonstrated through the company’s new offerings and development.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

1 Week To Go! Register Now – Transitioning to a Circular Economy Webinar Series

Our current take-make-waste linear economy is fuelling volatility in the price and supply of key resources, as well as posing a range of operational, legal, and environmental risks for businesses.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Podcast: Scale Your Business and Impact

In this episode of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s Drivers of Change podcast, host Lee Green speaks to NY Times best-selling author, and CEO of We First, Simon Mainwaring on how to scale your purpose-driven business and drive greater impact.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Betterment Harvest Becomes Gold Member in Texas Tech University's Center for Advancing Sustainable and Distributed Fertilizer Production (CASFER)

Betterment Harvest becomes gold member of CASFER who is developing an innovative approach to recycling nitrogen-based fertilizers used in farming.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FOODWORKS, Under the Compass Group USA, Partners With Subaru To Support Camden, New Jersey Businesses Through the Ignite Program

FOODWORKS is proud to partner with Subaru of America, Inc. to donate $20,000 of the IGNITE Program to help support small businesses throughout their hometown of Camden, N.J.

Education

CNH Industrial and Lavazza Imagine a New Era of Coffee Harvesting

CNH Industrial and Lavazza have challenged students to imagine the coffee harvesters of the future.

Health & Healthcare

How Is the Brain Affected by Alcohol?

Some people kick off the new year by abstaining from alcohol with Dry January. However, rethinking drinking is no small feat.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Companies Take Action on Diversity and Inclusion in Bloomberg’s 2023 Gender-Equality Index

Today, Bloomberg announced that 484 companies are included in the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI).

Responsible Production & Consumption

Are You Mindful When Unwrapping a Bar of Chocolate?

With the deadly combination of plastic pollution remaining a major environmental hazard and sales of chocolate predicted to grow by 13 per cent within the next five years to reach £6.66bn, confectionary producers are finally eliminating unsustainable packaging.

Innovation & Technology

Five Ways Digitalization Can Help Build Global Resilience in 2023

Ericsson was founded on the premise that communication is a basic human need. Yet, today’s biggest inequality may be between the connected and unconnected.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Cincinnati Leader of Impact: Cintas’ Katie Gough-Edwards

Cintas Corporation’s Katie Gough-Edwards, a longtime advocate for heart health and the American Heart Association, won a seven-week fundraising challenge to become the AHA’s 2022 Leader of Impact for Greater Cincinnati.

Sustainable Development Goals

From Human to Planet: Smarter Manufacturing for Sustainability

With the importance of sustainability front of mind for so many, Lenovo is constantly reaffirming its vision for net-zero emissions, ensuring an emissions reduction approach aligned to the latest climate science.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Koch Voted ‘Wichita’s Best Place to Work’ in 2022

Koch has been selected as “Wichita’s Best Place to Work” in 2022 in a new survey of employees and community members. The company employs more than 3,300 people in the Wichita area.

Latest Campaigns

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    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...
  2. Southwire Giving Back
    Our neighbors depend on us, just as we depend on them, so we are committed to improving the quality of life in the communities in which we work. At...
  3. Carbon Footprint
    We are accelerating our efforts to help build a low-carbon economy and avert the worst impacts of climate change. Our goal to reduce our GHG emissions...
  4. Environmental Sustainability
    As sustainability leaders, we implement our sustainability strategy across all company activities along the entire value chain, from raw materials to...
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  6. International Paper | HEALTHY & ABUNDANT FORESTS
    Vision 2030 Goal: Lead forest stewardship efforts globally
  7. Sustainability Report
    Our latest Sustainability Report highlights recent accomplishments and progress toward achieving goals in the environmental, social and governance...
  8. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  9. Kingfisher Around the World
    The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...
  10. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...
  11. 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...
  12. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  13. Green Mountain Energy Commitment to Sustainability
    At Green Mountain Energy Company, we share our customers’ commitment to the environment and sustainability. We are inspired by the success that we...
  14. 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...
  15. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...