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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Arrow Electronics Tops Industry Ranking in FORTUNE's World's Most Admired Companies List For Ninth Consecutive Year

Arrow Electronics was named to FORTUNE’s World’s Most Admired Companies list, topping the “Wholesalers: Electronics and Office Equipment” category for the ninth consecutive year. Their overall score included a #1 ranking in social responsibility & innovation.

Events, Media & Communications

A Chat With Kevin O'Leary: ESG Investing for a Better Future

With razor-sharp candor and business smarts, Kevin O'Leary of ABC’s Shark Tank draws on his encyclopedic knowledge of finance, investing, economics, and business to discuss a variety of topics without pulling punches

Energy

New Renewable Energy Deals Position Verizon to Achieve Key Energy Goal

Verizon continues to be a leading corporate buyer of U.S. renewable energy, announcing seven new Renewable Energy Purchase Agreements (REPAs) for an aggregate of approximately 910 megawatts (MW) of projected renewable energy capacity.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Beijing 2022 Venues: Reusing, Reducing and Modernising

The first city in the world to host both Summer and Winter Olympic Games (2008 and 2022), Beijing has been able to reuse many of its iconic sporting venues.

Health & Healthcare

Illumina Collaborates With National Cancer Center Japan to Address a Leading Cause of Death in Asia

Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) and the National Cancer Center Japan have announced an international joint research project that will use Illumina's high-throughput DNA sequencing to analyse the blood-based genomic profile and clinical information of patients living with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.

Research, Reports & Publications

Spend Matters Vendor Analysis: Technology Review

As popular understanding of the climate crisis and a range of correlational social inequalities has, in recent years, grown exponentially, sustainability has risen to the summit of the executive agenda.

Diversity & Inclusion

Gilead Sciences Named a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality in 2022

We’re pleased to be named a Best Place to Work for LGTBQ+ Equality by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Bacardi Celebrates 160 Years With a Look Back at the Legacy It Created Since 1862

For 160 years Bacardi has developed a portfolio of iconic brands and nurtured talented teams that applaud the Company's Good Spirited CSR initiatives, family-oriented culture, and the founder's mentality & fearless attitude it instills in its people.

Diversity & Inclusion

This Leader Works To Ensure Diversity and Inclusion Is Visible in Everything We Do

Deepak Khanna, president, Europe and Canada, demonstrates how “diversity is a fact, but inclusion is an act”

Energy

The Most Ambitious AMD Energy Efficiency Goal Yet

After achieving in 2020 the AMD 25x20 Energy Efficiency Goal for mobile processors, the company’s engineers were hungry for a new, bold challenge in processor energy efficiency to benefit customers and our world, which we have now identified.

Diversity & Inclusion

Comcast and Team Gleason Partner to Revolutionize TV Control and More for People With Physical and Speech Disabilities

Comcast and Team Gleason have partnered to drive inclusive innovation to improve the independence and quality of life for people with physical and speech disabilities, including those living with ALS.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

DraftKings Announces $1 Million+ Responsible Gaming Initiative Providing Multi-Year Financial Commitments to State Problem Gambling Councils

DraftKings Inc. has announced a multi-year financial commitment to assist the state councils across the country providing critical funding which will support the work of local nonprofit organizations.

Education

Through the 'Mujeres en Campaña' Programme, New Holland Offers Agricultural Training for Women

New Holland Agriculture, a brand belonging to CNH Industrial, launched a dedicated Mujeres en Campaña (Women in Campaign) programme during 2021

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Fortune Magazine Names Truist to World's Most Admired Companies List

Being named again as one of Fortune Magazine's Most Admired Companies is a honor. Especially when the recognition is for how we do business—through real, unwavering care.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Boston Scientific: One of Glassdoor's Best Places to Work in 2022

We are one of Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work in 2022 because of our amazing employees.

Health & Healthcare

The New Rules for Wellness at Meetings & Events

“Wellness is no longer a luxury to include—it’s a must-have,” says Peter Scialla, president and COO of global wellness and real estate tech company Delos.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

FORTUNE Magazine Names Quest Diagnostics One of 2022 "World's Most Admired Companies" For Eighth Consecutive Year

Quest Diagnostics, the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced that it has been selected as one of FORTUNE's World's Most Admired Companies in 2022 for the eighth consecutive year.

Environment

The IWBI Special Report Chapter Series: “Sustainability Requires Both Thriving People and a Thriving Planet”

In 2021, IWBI released an in-depth report that lays out research approaches and specific operational strategies as the world continues to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and prepares for acute health threats into the future.

Innovation & Technology

Sharing Innovations to Accelerate Meaningful Change

Sappi exists to build a thriving world by unlocking the power of renewable resources to benefit people, communities, and the planet.

Energy

£26m Biomass Project To Boost Renewable Energy Drive

The use of grasses, hemp and seaweed are to be promoted via a new £26million government project to help the UK reach net zero.

Education

Principal® Foundation Sponsors EVERFI Black History Month Challenge

Principal® Foundation is inviting high school students across the U.S. to participate in the Black History Month Challenge for a chance to win a college scholarship. The challenge was created by EVERFI, an innovator in digital social impact education, to help students in grades 9

Diversity & Inclusion

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Girls and STEM

We are entering our fourth year of the Applied Materials Foundation’s Generation Girl initiative, a U.S. program focused on inspiring girls to pursue their dreams and equipping them with the academic and socioemotional support they need to succeed.

Diversity & Inclusion

PNC Foundation Commits $2 Million to Advance Black Entrepreneurship in North Carolina

The PNC Foundation is awarding more than $2 million to five Historically Black Colleges to establish the PNC North Carolina HBCU Initiative, an effort that aims to enrich the future of entrepreneurship and create workforce opportunities in the state.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Visionary Therapist and CEO Levels Up Her Business Through Verizon Small Business Digital Ready

After nearly 20 years as a therapist, Chantel Bratcher-Coleman has dreamed of expanding her business to include vital wraparound services people often need alongside therapy. But that vision requires new knowledge and skills, especially around financing.

Media & Communications

World's Largest Asset Management Firm Sees Opportunity in Stakeholder Capitalism & Sustainability

“I believe the de-carbonization of the global economy is going to create the greatest investment opportunity of our lifetime.” This bold prediction is part of the annual letter sent to CEOs

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