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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Benevity Releases Fourth Annual list of Top 10 Causes Supported by Companies and Their People

This year’s Top 10 Causes received $232 million and were among 189,000 nonprofit organizations that saw a record-breaking $2.3 billion donated through the Benevity platform in 2020 — a 63 percent increase over the previous year.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Enviva's Port of Chesapeake Terminal Receives The “Sustained Distinguished Performance River Star Business” Award From The Elizabeth River Project

Enviva, a leading renewable energy company specializing in sustainable wood bioenergy, today announced it was the recipient of the Elizabeth River Project’s “Sustained Distinguished Performance River Star Business” award.

Environment

Healthy Spaces With Trane Technologies Podcast: At the Intersection of Healthy and Efficient Spaces

How healthy is your indoor environment? On average, we spend an incredible 94% of our time indoors! Factors like air, temperature, lighting and noise have sizeable, yet unseen impacts on our lives.

Environment

Richard Heinberg: What If Preventing Collapse Isn't Profitable?

It’s out with the old and in with, if not something completely new, something very different.

Innovation & Technology

Watch: A Conversation on 5G

Axios' Ina Fried hosted a conversation on the potential of 5G and its capacity to disrupt everything from emergency response technology to sports, featuring Qualcomm's Cristiano Amon and others.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Eight Awardees Announced as Part of $10 Million data.org Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge

Today, data.org announced the eight global awardees of the $10 million Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge. Launched in partnership with the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and The Rockefeller Foundation, the Challenge...

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

IBM Gets It Right on Cancel Culture and Corporate Responsibility

Christopher A. Padilla, IBM’s vice president of government and regulatory affairs, is among those recognizing the threat that the “cancel culture” slur poses to the corporate voice on matters of moral, social and civic concern.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Bloomberg and Rockefeller Asset Management Launch ESG Improvers Index

Bloomberg and Rockefeller Asset Management today announced the launch of the Bloomberg Rockefeller U.S. All Cap Multi-Factor ESG Improvers Index, available through the Bloomberg Terminal.

Environment

Why Providing Alternatives to SF6 and Other Greenhouse Gases is Important for Carbon Reduction Initiatives

The urgency to act on climate change has never been greater, and, in the absence of global regulation, companies are voluntarily stepping up to fill the gap.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Bridgestone Collaboration with NRGene Achieves New Milestones in the Assembly of Multiple Guayule Genomes

Bridgestone Corporation (Bridgestone) today announced results of its four-year collaboration with genomic big data solutions company NRGene to further advance the commercialization of guayule, an alternative to natural rubber, as part of the effort to diversify its sources of raw materials.

Innovation & Technology

Black & Veatch Addresses Digital Living, Smart Cities in Forbes

Driven by increasingly tangible visions of the future, smart cities are evolving into holistic communities built on fully integrated digital ecosystems.

Innovation & Technology

Rockwell Automation Joins Tech Companies to Support Purdue University's Polytechnic Institute's Smart Manufacturing Program and Facilities

Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute (Purdue Polytechnic) is receiving support from major technology companies for the college’s Smart Manufacturing program and facilities.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

BET Joins Forces With [tbh] in the Fight To Combat Hate for National Religious Freedom Day and Martin Luther King Day

BET and Together Beat Hate are joining forces to shine a light on heroes of the past and leaders of today who are using their platforms to combat hate.

Environment

Fishing in a Wind Farm: How Fisheries and Wind Farms Co-exist

This film is a summary of this study and the success case of our collaboration with the local fisheries.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: Poetry for the Planet

It’s going to be a short post today, mainly because I want to lift up the work of someone else. A friend of mine sent me a 2018 Youtube video of a young poet reciting a poem she wrote about climate action (thanks Deron!).

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Ashley's Story: ScottsMiracle-Gro's Holistic Approach to Associate Wellness

ScottsMiracle-Gro’s holistic approach to associate health and wellness, as part of our purpose to GroMoreGood.

Diversity & Inclusion

P&G's Always Teams With Walmart to Urge Girls to Stay in Sports

Procter & Gamble's feminine care brand Always launched a campaign with Walmart this week to urge people to help girls stay in sports as part of their personal growth.

Media & Communications

Land Betterment Corporation Featured on Inside Indiana Business

Land Betterment was featured on Inside Indiana Business highlighting its project in Greene County, Indiana to convert an old, decommissioned thermal coal mine into Coal Craft Spirits, an organic, farm-to-bottle craft distillery.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

GRI Backs EU Proposal for Separate Pillar on Non-Financial Reporting

As part of the European Commission review of the Non-financial Reporting Directive (NFRD), it is exploring how new European sustainability standards could be created and managed.

Energy

Splendid Isolation

When the Hong Kong government built a 1,500-room quarantine centre on a barren corner of Lantau Island to prevent the spread of COVID-19, CLP Power rose to the challenge by connecting it to the grid to make it habitable in a matter of just weeks.

Sustainable Development Goals

Tetra Tech's Charity of the Year Update: Water.org

Each year Tetra Tech partners with a charity organization to support communities in need around the world. At our virtual all-company meeting, we were pleased to announce our partnership with Water.org that is dedicated to changing lives with access to clean water.

Diversity & Inclusion

National Grid Welcomes Natalie Edwards as Chief Diversity Officer

“I want to ensure we have a culture where every employee feels seen, heard and valued for their uniqueness.”

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Together Apart at Cisco Galway

Almost a year ago now, Cisco decided to ensure the safety of all employees and closed our offices globally. It was clearly the right move to make in the wake of so many unknowns. As a Site Engagement Manager for our Galway, Ireland offices...

Health & Healthcare

Abbott Receives FDA 510(K) Clearance for the First Rapid Handheld Blood Test for Concussions

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) has received 510(k) clearance for the first rapid handheld traumatic brain injury (TBI) blood test, which will help clinicians assess individuals with suspected mild TBIs, including concussions.

Green Infrastructure

Todd Semonite to Lead WSP USA Federal Programs

Retired Lieutenant General Todd T. Semonite, former Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), has joined WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, as President of the Federal Programs business.

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