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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Announces Neighborhood Investment Program to Transform Historic West End in Charlotte, North Carolina

Fifth Third intends to commit up to $20 million in lending, investments, and philanthropic support, including grants from the Fifth Third Foundation to the Historic West End.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

U.S. EPA 2021 SmartWay Excellence Awards Recipients Georgia-Pacific and KBX Logistics, Building on Historic Recognition for Environmental Performance

Georgia-Pacific and KBX Logistics have done it again. The Koch Industries affiliates have received the SmartWay® Excellence Awards from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for outstanding environmental performance.

Sustainable Development Goals

COP26: Why Organizations Must Step Up and Be Accountable

With the UN Climate Change Conference getting underway in Glasgow next week, GRI is urging all organizations to be open about their impacts on the planet, as transparency is an essential precursor for reaching global solutions to a global problem.

Health & Healthcare

Musim Mas Distributed 23,400 Doses of Covid-19 Vaccines to Help Accelerate Herd Immunity

As support for the government, which is conducting a Covid-19 vaccination program, Musim Mas Group is helping to accelerate herd immunity through vaccination programs for workers, workers' families, and communities around the company.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Real Sustainability Is About People

In this exclusive Social Capital Q and A, Abbott CEO Robert B Ford discusses Abbott’s success in demonstrating how businesses can be a force for good directly through its healthcare products that improve people’s lives and also every day with the way it treats its employees.

Research, Reports & Publications

American Airlines Publishes Latest Environmental, Social and Governance Report

Today, American Airlines published its latest Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, detailing the progress the company made in 2020 on key ESG priorities, such as sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion.

Education

Trane Technologies Healthy Spaces Podcast Season 2 Episode 3: Getting Smart About Schools

In this episode of Healthy Spaces with Trane Technologies, host Rasha Hasaneen is joined by co-host, Portia Mount, from Trane Technologies’ Commercial HVAC business.

Diversity & Inclusion

Engineering Impact: Inclusion, Diversity & Equity

We engineer the extraordinary to give future generations better, healthier lives. Learn more about inclusion, diversity & equity in our FY21 Integrated Performance Report.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Albertsons Companies Thanks Customers for Generous Donations to Nourishing Neighbors Childhood Hunger Relief

Thanks to the generosity of customers, the Albertsons Companies’ Nourishing Neighbors breakfast campaign raised over $9 million through its September campaign to provide healthy breakfasts for children in need across the company’s market areas.

Energy

National Grid Renewables Hosts Celebration Event at Noble Solar and Storage Project

As part of the first annual American Clean Power Week, National Grid Renewables hosted a community event at the Noble Solar and Storage Project (Noble) in Denton County, Texas

Diversity & Inclusion

Vistra CEO Curt Morgan Joins Disability:IN to Further Advance Inclusion and Equality

Vistra (NYSE: VST) is further expanding its commitment to an inclusive global economy through a new partnership with Disability:IN, the leading nonprofit resource for business disability inclusion worldwide.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Ideas That Matter Alumni Busier Than Ever With World-Changing Projects

Since its inception in 1999, Sappi’s Ideas that Matter (ITM) program has granted nearly $14 million to help fund a wide range of social impact causes ranging from sustainable food systems to healthcare to climate change.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

IVECO Spain Donates Van to Food Bank

CNH Industrial brand IVECO in Spain recently donated a Daily van to the city of Valladolid’s Food Bank to help the organization distribute food and perishables to families in need.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Why Your Employee Volunteers Are Bored (And What To Do About It)

In a recent RealTalk webinar, we teed up the very real issue of employee volunteer boredom to Angela Parker, CEO of Realized Worth. Check out her key takeaways and actionable tips here!

Diversity & Inclusion

Fifth Third Bank Celebrates 17 Years of Project SEARCH and Celebrates National Disability Employment Awareness Month

Project SEARCH is a partnership of the Bank, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and high schools, community partners & state vocational rehabilitation agencies which provides vocational training & employment for people with disabilities.

Health & Healthcare

Illumina Supports Israel's National Program to Accelerate Diagnoses of Critically-Ill Newborns with Suspected Genetic Disease

Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced an agreement with Israel's Ministry of Health (MoH) for a pilot program to implement the use of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) in critically-ill infants suspected of having a genetic disorder in neonatal intensive care units (NICU).

Media & Communications

World Environment Center Elects Two New Board Members

In continuation of the commitment to expand and advance our effectiveness as a global sustainability organization, the World Environment Center has elected two new members to the WEC Board of Directors

Research, Reports & Publications

Herbalife Nutrition Launches First Global Responsibility Report

Herbalife Nutrition, a premier global nutrition company, released today its inaugural 2020 Global Responsibility Report.

Energy

SCS Global Services Joins Low Carbon Fuels Coalition

Today, the Low Carbon Fuels Coalition (LCFC), announced its newest member: SCS Global Services. SCS recently became approved as an independent verification body for the Oregon Clean Fuels Program.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Deckers Brands Named to Newsweek's List of the Most Loved Workplaces for 2021

Deckers Brands was recently featured in Newsweek’s Most Loved Workplaces list for 2021, ranking at #6 (#1 in apparel and fashion) among the top 100 companies recognized for employee happiness and satisfaction at work.

Education

Celebrating Money-Smart Children and Community Efforts

Learning important habits and skills at a young age helps build positive lifelong behaviors.

Diversity & Inclusion

Walmart Foundation and Walton Family Foundation Renew Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Northwest Arkansas

The Walmart Foundation and Walton Family Foundation are supporting the efforts of Northwest Arkansas nonprofits to create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive region.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

In Indonesia, Mentors Are Helping Turn Entrepreneurial Spirit Into Business Success

In 2017, Andi Ashar needed to earn some extra money to pay for his studies in information systems at his university in Makassar, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.

Energy

Carbon Neutrality Consultancy Services: Here's How to Achieve Carbon Neutral Certification

in order to achieve carbon neutrality, corporations must have resilient carbon neutrality solutions; otherwise, corporations’ effect on climate change will continue to accelerate, and repercussions will get worse.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Financial Uncertainty in America: 2021 Financial Health Pulse Shows Government Aid Improved Financial Health but Gains at Risk As Relief Programs Subside and Pandemic Lingers

The Financial Health Network, the nation’s authority on financial health, with support from the Citi Foundation and Principal® Foundation, today unveiled the Financial Health Pulse: 2021 U.S. Trends Report.

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