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Editors Pick

Forbes 2025 Top Companies for Women logo over a group photo
Bacardi Recognized by Forbes for Championing Women

Bacardi-Martini, Inc.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

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Baker Hughes Foundation Donates New Delivery Van to Kids’ Meals

Baker Hughes Energy Services LLC

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Competing by Connecting

At CooperCompanies, our mission of improving lives one person at a time is grounded in enhancing health and wellness worldwide. For us, it’s not just business. It’s deeply personal.

Research, Reports & Publications

ACCP Releases 3rd Annual Making the Case for Socially Responsible Business Toolkit

The Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals (ACCP) today released its third annual Making the Case for Socially Responsible Business

Health & Healthcare

Surprise Medical Bill Law: What the No Surprises Act Means for You

Employees have had a win on Capitol Hill, even if they don’t know about it.

Health & Healthcare

Illumina Collaborates With Nashville Biosciences to Accelerate Medicines Development

Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) and Nashville Biosciences, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), today announced a multi-year agreement to accelerate medicines development through large-scale genomics and the establishment of a preeminent clinico-genomic resource. Using Illumina's next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms, scientists and researchers will be able to better identify disease associations and targets for intervention by analyzing data derived from VUMC's extensive, high-quality biobank of approximately 250,000 de-identified human DNA samples and associated longitudinal, structured medical data.

Sustainable Development Goals

How You Can Help Accelerate the Sustainable Transition in the New Year

With the breadth of challenges facing humanity, each new year gives us the collective opportunity to reflect on the progress we’ve made toward creating a more sustainable future for all.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Next Generation ESG Strategy: Q&A With Peter Iliopoulos, SVP, Taxation, Sustainability, and Governmental Affairs at Gildan

As 2022 begins, Gildan, a leading vertically integrated apparel manufacturing company, has started the new year strongly by announcing its Next Generation ESG strategy and future targets.

Sustainable Development Goals

Welcome Progess on SDGs Reporting - Thanks to GRI Standards

A new study has revealed that four-in-five companies assessed now include a commitment in their sustainability reports to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Social Impact & Volunteering

A Virtuous Circle of Giving - Cisco Meraki Employees Pay It Forward to 826 Valencia

Founded in 2002, 826 Valencia supports students ages 6-18 from under-resourced communities with their creative and expository writing skills, and helps educators inspire their students to write.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Humanity-Centric Innovation: Redefining the Meaning of Billionaire

In a recent TEDxOshkosh talk, Kimberly-Clark’s chief scientist Pete Dulcamara discussed how a new focus on humanity-centric innovation can help solve the most significant problems facing society and the environment.

Education

San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District Improves Indoor Air Quality With Trane and Synexis

Students and staff in the San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District (SFDRCISD) are breathing easier with new district-wide indoor environmental quality enhancements. The school district teamed up with Trane® – by Trane Technologies and Synexis® to improve the quality of indoor environment across the district’s five campuses in Texas.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ørsted Ranked World's Most Sustainable Energy Company and Publishes Climate Leadership Handbook

Ørsted was ranked as the world’s most sustainable energy company on Corporate Knight’s 2022 Global 100 index for the fourth year running.

Social Impact & Volunteering

CASE Donates Compact Track Loader to Zac Brown's Camp Southern Ground to Support Veteran and Youth Programs

CASE Construction Equipment, a brand of CNH Industrial, donated a TV450B compact track loader (CTL) and numerous attachments to Camp Southern Ground, a multi-missioned non-profit organization in Fayetteville, Georgia founded by GRAMMY Award-winning artist Zac Brown of Zac Brown Band.

Energy

National Grid US Crosses Milestone, Connects 3 GW of Clean Distributed Generation

National Grid announced today that the company has reached a milestone in connecting more than three gigawatts (GW) of renewable distributed generation across its network.

Energy

Advance Planning, Future-Proofing Key to Unlocking Worldwide Fleet Electrification

As calls for sustainability and global decarbonization rise, the electrification of commercial fleets — many from high-profile companies like Amazon and FedEx — has become commonplace.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Boston Scientific Wins Premier Catalyst Award for DE&I Excellence

Boston Scientific was honored with a 2022 Catalyst Award, the premier recognition of organizational diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) initiatives that drive representation and inclusion for women.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Timberland's Race to End Waste with Timberloop Program

Introducing Timberloop™, Timberland's circular design platform taking back worn items and giving them new life. It is our goal that by 2030, 100% of our products are designed for circularity and Timberloop™ will help us get there.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Mark Donohue, Founder of LifeGuides, Honored As “Top 100 Thought Leader in Trust” by Trust Across America

The global leader in measuring organizational trust, Trust Across America, has honored Mark Donohue, Founder and Executive Chairman of LifeGuides, with the respected “Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trust” award.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Catalyst Award Is ‘Something to Be Proud Of’

Enbridge would like to thank Catalyst for this award recognizing our diversity and inclusion program.

Environment

Preparing an SPCC Plan for Your Technology Facility

While each SPCC Plan is unique to the facility, there are four major elements that must be included in all plans. In this post, we provide a breakdown each element specifically for Technology Facilities.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ecolab Ranks #33 on Corporate Knights' 2022 List of the World's Most Sustainable Corporations

Ecolab has again been named to Corporate Knights' index of the 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World, ranking #33 on the 2022 list. This is the fourth time Ecolab has appeared on the Global 100 Index since 2015.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Announces Acquisition of Dividend Finance

Fifth Third announces a definitive agreement to acquire Dividend Finance, a leading fintech point-of-sale lender, providing financing solutions for residential renewable energy and sustainability-focused home improvement.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Tackle Your To-do List With Support From Skilled Volunteers

Join Taproot Foundation’s free webinar for nonprofits on Tuesday, January 25 at 1 PM ET/10 AM PT for all the tools you’ll need to partner with skilled volunteers this year.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

ViacomCBS Named One of America's Most JUST Companies

Of the 954 public companies analyzed, ViacomCBS came in at the #80 ranking and #2 for Media Companies.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Duke Energy Florida Awards $250,000 to Organizations That Empower Students, Educators, Families During Season of Giving

Duke Energy has awarded $250,000 in grants to support a wide range of education and community assistance initiatives across Florida.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Blackstone Charitable Foundation's Annual Season of Service Initiative

The Blackstone Charitable Foundation’s annual Season of Service initiative is in full swing!

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