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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

New Holland World's First Production T6 Methane Power Tractor Awarded Sustainable Tractor of the Year 2022 at EIMA Exhibition

New Holland Agriculture with the world’s first production T6 Methane Power Tractor at the EIMA exhibition (Bologna Italy 19-23 October 2021) was crowned Sustainable Tractor of the Year 2022 – the prestigious award decided by the Tractor of the Year® jury.

Innovation & Technology

Why C-V2X Technology Is the Safety Solution Pedestrians Need

Cellular-vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X), a wireless technology that allows vehicles to communicate directly with each other, roadside infrastructure, and pedestrians can actively encourage safe behaviors among drivers and other road users.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Verizon Dials up #ACallForKindness in Advance of World Kindness Day

World Kindness Day is November 13, but Verizon and its “partners in kind” are celebrating all week long through the #ACallForKindness campaign.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Sustainable Investing Sentiment Weathers Economic Uncertainty

For sustainability investors, COVID-19 offered a catastrophic reminder of the need to prepare for large-scale threats. The worldwide public health crisis claimed millions of lives, crippled economies and disrupted every aspect of daily life.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Truist Foundation Supports American Red Cross Humanitarian Mission Through Annual Disaster Giving Program

Today the American Red Cross is recognizing Truist Foundation, headquartered in Charlotte, for supporting Red Cross Disaster Relief through the Annual Disaster Giving Program (ADGP) with an annual pledge of $1 million.

Environment

Using Constructed Wetlands for Green Tech Groundwater Remediation Solutions

In a webinar hosted by Inogen Alliance, experts highlighted the opportunities and benefits of using constructed wetlands for groundwater remediation solutions.

Health & Healthcare

Thumbi Ndung'u on Thinking Beyond Lifelong Treatment in HIV

Forty years into the epidemic, African virologist Thumbi Ndung’u is helping map out a plan to achieve a functional cure of HIV.

Energy

Duke Energy launches Sustainable Financing Framework to Fund Clean Energy Transition

Duke Energy’s new Sustainable Financing Framework defines the investment areas aligned to the company’s clean energy strategy, further enabling it to issue green and sustainability bonds, loans or other financing instruments.

Green Infrastructure

From Leaky Windows to Building Codes, This Is How the Infrastructure Bill Will Tackle Buildings

The $1 trillion bill in President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan has dedicated about $5 billion to a wide range of programs geared to reduce electricity use in buildings, improve the materials used to build them

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Alliance Data's Karin Kimbrough Named to Savoy Magazine's List of 2021 Most Influential Black Corporate Directors

Congratulations to Alliance Data’s newest board member Karin Kimbrough for her inclusion on Savoy magazine’s list of 2021 Most Influential Black Corporate Directors.

Innovation & Technology

Bee Downtown: The Unlikely Pairing of Bees and Technology

Environment

HP and WWF Commit $80M to Protect Critical Forest Ecosystems

As world leaders convene this month at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, HP is pledging to expand its reforestation efforts and partnership with the World Wildlife Fund.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Common Impact Names Ola Duru Chief Operating Officer

Today, Common Impact, the nonprofit pioneer in skills-based volunteerism announced the appointment of Ola Duru as Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

How Shareholders Can Fight Climate Change

Shareholder advocacy is a powerful tool for investors to align social or environmental values with the companies in which they invest and to make a tangible impact.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Faces of Acre - The Value of the Alliance

In our latest Faces of Acre, we sat down with Anna Keen, Acre’s Performance Director & founder of our Learning and Development business, Acre Frameworks, to discuss the Alliance process which is conducted as part of the development of Acre employees.

Education

Lenovo Partners With Yuva Unstoppable to Empower 6000+ Girl Students in Gujarat

Lenovo recently announced its Tablet based learning and lending initiative along with its NGO partner YUVA Unstoppable. This initiative aims to provide about 2590 Make in India tablets to 79 government girls schools in Gujarat.

Diversity & Inclusion

HACR Mourns the Loss of Iconic National Latino Leader and Lifelong Champion for Youth Development

The Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) mourns the unexpected passing of its longtime board treasurer and former board chair Ronald Blackburn Moreno who passed away on November 4, 2021.

Diversity & Inclusion

Building a More Inclusive Tech Workforce for Native Americans

Lack of critical mass often leads to underrepresentation of Native American viewpoints and representation in racial disparity assessments–particularly in the tech industry.

Education

Henkel Expands Researchers' World Program in North America With Online Lesson Series

The lessons, presented in partnership with Mill River Park Collaborative, are specifically tailored to children ages 8 to 10, and take a holistic approach toward teaching and learning by putting children in the role of an actual researcher.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Breaking Down Language Barriers

New program at Whirlpool Corporation’s Amana plant operations helps employees hone English skills

Environment

Trane Technologies Healthy Spaces Podcast Season 2 Episode 4: Home Sweet (Healthy) Home

In Episode 4 of the Healthy Spaces with Trane Technologies podcast series, we connect with two science-driven leaders who spend a lot of time understanding research in the field of indoor air quality - and transforming those insights into solutions that can help make home environments safer and healthier.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Evolution of ViacomCBS' Multicultural Marketing Capabilities

Multicultural marketing is no longer a ‘nice to have’—it’s a necessity.

Environment

Enbridge ESG Forum: Achieving Net-Zero GHG Emissions

Watch Pete Sheffield, Chief Sustainability Officer at Enbridge, discuss the company’s approach to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and lowering scope 3 emissions.

Environment

How Smarter Industries Can Help Decarbonize Our Planet

We humans, and our ability to innovate and find solutions to problems, are key to decarbonizing our planet and limiting the amount of global warming. Ericsson is leading the way by describing how innovative network performance can reduce energy use.

Environment

How Has Technology Changed Farming?

Aided by significant advancements in technology, farming innovation really began to pick up during the second half of the 20th century and into the beginning of the 21st century.

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