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Health & Healthcare

Patient Success Story: Beating Stage IV Lung Cancer

Eight years ago, AJ Patel was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.

Environment

Go Green for the Big Game: Tips for a More Eco-Friendly Party

Hosting a party for this weekend’s Big Game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams?

Innovation & Technology

Safety in Real Time: Web-based Tool Helps Marathon Petroleum Target Risks Before They Arise

The Marathon Refining Safety group developed the Field Audit Scoring Tool (FAST) that allows for quicker trend analysis and more timely notifications to the field to help avoid potential safety issues.

Diversity & Inclusion

Interview With Dr. Leslie Pollard, President of Oakwood University

Dr. Pollard, president of Oakwood University, discusses the university’s partnership with SAIC and the importance of HBCU collaboration to use technology to enhance the university’s initiatives and advance technology careers in underrepresented communities.

Education

How STEM Education Is Advancing Agriculture

There’s no single solution to feeding a growing population. Rather, breakthrough innovations happen where the sciences meet.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whirlpool Corporation Supports Dallas Habitat for Humanity With House and Home Donation

As part of our House + Home social responsibility strategy, we are proud to donate 115 refurbished appliances to 2 Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity ReStores, with more on the way.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Africatown Community Land Trust and Community Roots Housing Break Ground on Affordable Mixed Use Development in Central Seattle

Africatown Community Land Trust (ACLT) and Community Roots Housing (CRH) break ground today at 23rd and East Spring Street in Seattle’s Central District, marking the beginning of construction on their Africatown Plaza development.

Diversity & Inclusion

20 to Watch: Women in HVAC - Stefanie Kopchick

Growing up, I gravitated toward math and science subjects and thought for many years I would be a teacher or doctor because I wanted to help people.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Advancing Sustainability Innovation at VMware

With the rapid adoption of compute-intensive technologies, such as cryptocurrencies, machine learning and big data, datacenter electricity use — currently 200 billion kWh or 1% of global electricity consumption — could increase ten-fold over the next decade.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Blackstone Charitable Foundation Announces $40 Million Commitment to Expand Blackstone LaunchPad and Partnership With UNCF

Blackstone (NYSE: BX) announced that the Blackstone Charitable Foundation will expand its LaunchPad program to support underrepresented students and communities.

Innovation & Technology

Eric Aubertin Is Appointed President & Chief of Strategy at LifeGuides®

LifeGuides® is delighted to announce Eric Aubertin’s appointment as President & Chief of Strategy.

Sustainable Development Goals

#TtInspires: Building an Energy Career Through the Power of “Yes” With Jeannelle Blanchard, International Development Clean Energy Expert

Over the past quarter decade, Tetra Tech’s Jeannelle Blanchard has built an impressive and diverse career leading energy sector reform projects around the world.

Sustainable Development Goals

Freeport-McMoRan Foundation Awards $2.8 Million to Projects in Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico

The Freeport-McMoRan Foundation recently awarded 39 grants to communities and non-profit organizations for projects supporting a range of locally determined priorities from education and workforce development, to childcare and housing.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Hamilton County Resource Names Fifth Third Bank Its 2021 Most Outstanding Partner

Fifth Third Bank was named a 2021 Most Outstanding Partner by Hamilton County R3Source, a division of the Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services in Ohio

Diversity & Inclusion

Echoing Green Launches Documentary Special 'Unwavering: The Power of Black Innovation' in Partnership With Comcast NBCUniversal

Echoing Green, a leading global nonprofit and social impact talent spotter, announced that its documentary film, “Unwavering: The Power of Black Innovation,” will premiere as a special on NBC owned stations nationwide during February.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Support From Case IH for Hardworking Australian Charities Helping Farming Communities

Australian farmers have been through a roller-coaster of fortunes in the past few years – drought, fire and flooding – and Case IH Australia/New Zealand is keen to help with the ongoing recovery of rural and regional communities.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Schneider Electric Lands on Fortune's 2022 World's Most Admired Companies List for the Fifth Year in a Row

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has been named one of Fortune’s 2022 World’s Most Admired Companies for the fifth year in a row.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The IWBI Special Report Chapter Series: “Hard Hit by the Pandemic, Hotel and Hospitality Sector Embraces Well-Being As More Than an Amenity"

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.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Cadence Named to Forbes Best Midsize Employers

Forbes recognized Cadence Design Systems as one of America’s Best Midsize Employers of 2022.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Lenovo Selected in the 2022 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index

Lenovo has once again been recognized in the 2022 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index. “The Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index is an international acknowledgment of the work we’re doing in Gender Equality,” said Calvin Crosslin, Chief Diversity Officer.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Musim Mas Donates $187K to Renovate Iconic Mosque in Medan

Musim Mas Group, one of the leading global palm oil companies, donated IDR 2 billion cash to the Government of North Sumatra for the renovation of the Grand Mosque of Medan.

Media & Communications

Communicating On Purpose: How to Generate and Talk About Enduring Social Impact

The smartest purpose strategies create natural new allies, attract others to you, compelling them not only to share your story, but to become part of it.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Have You Ever Volunteered Your Skills? Taproot Foundation Needs Your Feedback

Participate in Taproot’s Volunteer Community Survey to help them understand your volunteer work, motivations, and how Taproot can better serve you going forward.

Energy

PSEG Joins Energy Impact Partners' Funds to Drive Decarbonization and Clean Energy Innovation

Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) announced today it has committed $35 million to funds managed by Energy Impact Partners (EIP).

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Dow Named a CDP Supplier Engagement Leader

Dow (NYSE: DOW) has been recognized as a Global Supplier Engagement Leader by CDP, a global nonprofit that runs the global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states, and regions to manage their environmental impacts.

Latest Campaigns

  1. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    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. Nutrition and Health
    Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...
  3. 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...
  4. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  5. Retail Logistics
    DP World provides end-to-end retail logistics solutions including comprehensive Purchase Order management from origin consolidation to retailer PO...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. Growth Through Sustainability
    Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...
  10. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  11. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  12. 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...
  13. Financial health
    At Wells Fargo, we're opening pathways to economic advancement for racially and ethnically diverse and low- and moderate-income individuals and...
  14. 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...
  15. 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...