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NatureVest Celebrates a Decade of Impact

For over a decade, TNC’s NatureVest team has mobilized private capital to drive large-scale conservation. Explore the 2024 NatureVest Impact Report: Investing in Nature, to learn more!

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Southwire's Project GIFT® Provides Disaster Relief in Florida Following Hurricane Ian

On September 28, Hurricane Ian made landfall in Southwestern Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, causing widespread damage and leaving millions without power. In response, Southwire’s Project GIFT® hosted disaster relief drives.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Why One Banker Is on a Personal Mission To Prevent Elder Fraud

Many people think that they would never fall for a scam. In reality, it can happen to anyone. Arthur Schrieber Jr. of St. Louis was restless. He just knew his life was going to change the next morning, so he was too excited to sleep.

Events, Media & Communications

O-I Glass' Sustainable Production of Sustainable Glass Packaging

At O-I, we love glass – and we are not alone. The United Nations has declared 2022 to be the International Year of Glass. And it is easy to see why.

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Health & Healthcare

Illumina and GenoScreen Partner To Expand Access to Genomic Testing for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Illumina announced a partnership to accelerate progress to end tuberculosis (TB) worldwide. The partnership will expand capabilities for countries most impacted by tuberculosis to more effectively detect and combat multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).

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Environment

The Arbor Day Foundation and J.M. Huber Corporation to Strengthen Forests and Communities Around the World

The Arbor Day Foundation and J.M. Huber Corporation (“Huber”) are expanding their partnership to focus tree planting efforts on forests and neighborhoods that need trees the most in the U.S. and around the globe.

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Green Infrastructure

Booster® Partners With Ambipar to Address Hazardous Underground Storage Tanks, Ensure Continuity in Fueling Operations

Leaking underground storage tanks (long used to store fuel on-site) endanger public health, safety and the environment. Booster and Ambipar are attacking the issue with a joint solution to remove tanks & ensure continuity in fueling operations.

Health & Healthcare

Aflac Dental, Vision and Hearing Plans Now Available to Individuals Outside the Traditional Worksite

Aflac, announced the launch of its new Dental, Vision and Hearing insurance plans, specifically designed for individuals and families without access to insurance through a traditional worksite.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Merck Recognized on Fortune's 2022 Change the World List for Expanding Access to HPV Vaccines

Merck has been named to Fortune’s 2022 Change the World list. The annual list recognizes companies that have had a positive social impact through activities that are part of their core business strategy.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

AllianceBernstein: 2022 Global Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement and Report

AllianceBernstein published its third Global Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement and Report in September 2022.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Whirlpool Corp. Named to Forbes' List of 'World's Best Employers' in Back-to-Back Years

Whirlpool Corporation announced today it has been named to Forbes’ 2022 list of the “World’s Best Employers.”

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Events, Media & Communications

3BL Forum 2022's Morning Sessions Span Topics Important to All Business Leaders

3BL Forum: Brands Taking Stands® –Now What? has recently released the full event agenda. Here is a closer look at the morning sessions - along with session speakers - taking place from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm on October 25 at Pier Sixty, New York.

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Education

14-Year-Old From California Named America's Top Young Scientist

3M and Discovery Education have named Leanne Fan, a 9th grader at Westville High School in Poway Unified School District in San Diego, Calif., the winner of the 2022 3M Young Scientist Challenge, the nation’s premier middle school science competition

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Diversity & Inclusion

Employee Resource Groups: Henkel's Grassroots Changemakers

Advancing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion requires creating a culture that values and elevates different viewpoints and perspectives. Employee Resource Groups, or ERGs, are one of the most engaging and important ways for companies to do this.

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Health & Healthcare

Clean Production Action Releases First-Ever GreenScreen Certified™ Standard for the Health Care Sector

GreenScreen Certified for Medical Supplies & Devices applies to a wide range of both consumable and durable products used in health care.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in the Fair Trade Model

For over 24 years, Fair Trade USA™ has worked to provide opportunities for systemically marginalized individuals and communities to gain access to markets on a fair playing field – unlocking the ability to lead themselves to the future they envision.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Financial Inclusion Week 2022

Now in its eighth year, Financial Inclusion Week 2022 is bigger than ever. Convened by our partners at Accion’s Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI), FIW is a global forum for exchanging ideas, research and perspectives from around the world.

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Events, Media & Communications

Mark Jensen, Land Betterment's Executive Chairman, To Speak at 3BL Forum on October 25, 2022

Land Betterment’s Mark Jensen to speak at the 3BL Forum on 10/25/22 in NYC on panel, Focus on Forgotten Populations and Initiatives to Engage Corporate Leaders.

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Diversity & Inclusion

CNH Industrial Presents Its Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives at Panel for International Day of the Girl

Recently, CNH Industrial recognised the International Day of the Girl at the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU) in Brussels by joining an institutional panel discussion entitled, “Dare to dream, girls!”.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

SCS Congratulates Award-Winning FSC® Certified Companies and Leaders

SCS Global Services (SCS), an international leader in third-party environmental and sustainability certification, congratulated this year’s roster of FSC Leadership Award winners, announced today by the Forest Stewardship Council®.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

T-Mobile to Donate Up to $1 Million to Hurricane Recovery this MLB Postseason

T-Mobile committed up to $1 million to support communities impacted by Hurricane Fiona and Ian and other natural disasters with Team Rubicon.

Environment

Kohler Co. and DigDeep Mark One Year Anniversary of Water Is Life Microgrant Program

Kohler Co. and DigDeep celebrate the one year milestone of their Water Is Life microgrant program and the two organizations’ ongoing partnership.

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Environment

United Rentals To Add Several Zero-Emissions Hydrogen Power Generators to Fleet

United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI), the world’s largest equipment rental company, today announced it is adding several hydrogen power generators to its North American rental fleet in the coming months.

Education

Katherine Jin, VentureWell

Katherine Jin fostered her passion for innovation with Qualcomm's STEM education collaborator, VentureWell. Now, she is a co-founder of an infection prevention company and the inventor of a groundbreaking cleaning solution.

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Innovation & Technology

Tracking COVID-19 With Dust at the Ohio State University

When COVID-19 hit, most of The Ohio State University—home of the Buckeyes in the state capital of Columbus—shut down. But the Applied Microbiology Services Laboratory (ASML) within its Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) stayed open.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Transforming the Way Safe Water Is Delivered

As a leading provider of water treatment and sustainable solutions, at Pentair we believe that access to clean, safe water is a fundamental human right.

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