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PNC Volunteers Bring Basic Financial Knowledge to New Volunteer Opportunity

For about two years now, the PNC Center for Financial Education (CFE), an effort led by Community Development Banking, has been collaborating with community-based nonprofits to offer financial education to individuals, first-time homebuyers and small businesses.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

KEEN Footwear Launches Industry First 'Field to Foot' Sneaker Featuring Agricultural Waste, Launching Sept. 30

KEEN, Inc. (KEEN) today debuted its proprietary manufacturing method using agricultural waste to create the industry's first sneakers with plant-based soles constructed without chemical solvents

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Health & Healthcare

Abbott Commits to Reducing Malnutrition Globally With Launch of Abbott Center for Malnutrition Solutions

Abbott announced today the creation of the Abbott Center for Malnutrition Solutions, an innovation hub focused on reducing malnutrition around the world.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Griffith Foods Colombia Receives Carbon Neutral Certification

Griffith Foods Colombia recently become carbon neutral certified!

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Green Infrastructure

TCFD Framework Is a Key Tool for Insurance Climate Risk Management and Disclosure

As society’s risk manager, the insurance industry has a long history of embracing practices that protect people and society from systemic threats, but as climate threats have ramped up dramatically

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Alliance Data Continues to Fight Hunger, Support Mid-Ohio Food Collective

Alliance Data has a long history of supporting Mid-Ohio Food Collective, a non-profit organization that strives to end hunger in central and eastern Ohio.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Green Building Expert Keith Amann Named 2021 LEED Fellow

Keith Amann, vice president on the Built Ecology team at WSP USA, a leading engineering & professional services consultancy, was recognized as a 2021 LEED Fellow by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) & Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI).

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Active Forest Management to Help Maximize Long-Term Carbon Benefits

While it may seem counterintuitive, selectively removing trees from the forest through harvesting is often the best way to maximize the benefits that forests provide for mitigating climate change.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

LA Galaxy and LAFC Team Up for the Unveiling of “Tommy's Field” at Westwood Park Recreation Center

As part of Tommy Mark's legacy, and in support of the public-private partnership between the City of Los Angeles and the TM23 Foundation, the LA Galaxy and LAFC recently came together for the unveiling of "Tommy's Field"

Sustainable Development Goals

Home Depot Joins RE100’s Mission of 100% Renewable Energy Consumption

RE100 is a global and collaborative initiative that is driving the change to renewable electricity. Short for “renewable 100 percent,” the coalition is led by Climate Group and CDP (formerly known as Carbon Disclosure Project).

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Environment

Webinar Recap: Getting a Handle on Climate-Related Risks and Opportunities Through TCFD

In a webinar moderated by Antea Group’s Vice President of Risk and Financial Services, Ben Hansen, two of our TCFD experts provided tangible knowledge on how to conduct TCFD-aligned analysis and prepare public disclosures.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Over Half of U.S. Children Have Detectable Levels of Lead in Their Blood, Finds Quest Diagnostics Health Trends® Study Published in JAMA Pediatrics

One in two (50.5%) American children under six years of age tested have detectable levels of lead, a toxic metal, in their blood, according to a new Health Trends® study from Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) published in JAMA Pediatrics.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Land Betterment Corporation Innovates Environmentalism with the LBX Crypto Token

The LBX Token is the Environmentally Positive Cryptocurrency aimed to incentivize environmental cleanup

Environment

BIER Member Spotlight: Abelardo Moctezuma

Welcome to our series aimed at spotlighting the individual leaders within BIER member companies and stakeholder organizations.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FlexPrint Is Creating Opportunities for Entrepreneurs Around the Globe

FlexPrint’s latest support occurred as a Silver Sponsor of the Whole Planet Foundation Virtual 5K.

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Environment

Healthy Climate, Healthy Lives: Fossil Fuel Free Operations

In September 2020, Biogen launched a a 20-year, $250m commitment to eliminate fossil fuel emissions from its operations by 2040 and advance action on the deeply interconnected challenges of climate, health and equity.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Aramark Commits To Increased Local Seafood Sourcing In New England

To coincide with the start of National Seafood Month (October), Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) a global provider of hospitality, facilities, and uniform services, today announced a new commitment to increasing local seafood sourcing in New England, through a partnership with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI).

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

A Primer on Sustainable Investing

The investment management industry has seen a rapid rise in investor interest in sustainable investing strategies.

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Health & Healthcare

CSRHub Data Used for COVID-19 Research and Analysis

New research, using CSRHub data, reveals that the practice of CSR strategies helped to alleviate the strong negative effects of the pandemic on firms int he tourism and hospitality industry.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Mastercard Invests $5 Million in Historically Black Colleges and Universities to Drive Innovation and Economic Inclusion

Mastercard has announced grants totaling $5 million to two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Morehouse College and Spelman College, to develop the Center for Black Entrepreneurship (CBE).

Energy

Enbridge and Vanguard Renewables Strike Clean Energy Partnership

Series of eight facilities across the U.S. will transform organic waste to carbon-neutral RNG - It’s where waste becomes wealth, where flotsam becomes fuel, where poop becomes power.

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Education

Tech World 2021: Why I'm Choosing Hybrid Teaching in the Next Reality

I believe adapting to the “next reality” includes being prepared for the unexpected.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

All Hands on (the Flight) Deck to Hire 10,000 Pilots by 2030

It’s all hands on (the flight) deck to hire 10,000 pilots by 2030! Our pilot development program and flight school recruiters and 30 aspiring pilots joined us at the largest airshow in the world last week.

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Events, Media & Communications

Arbor Day Foundation and International Paper Host Tree Planting and Distribution Event in Chicago's Big Marsh Park to Support Urban Tree Canopy

On September 17, 2021, International Paper, Arbor Day Foundation and the Chicago Region Trees Initiative (CRTI), planted 40 trees in Chicago’s Big Marsh Park.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

GreenScreen Certified™ for Cleaners & Degreasers in Manufacturing Launched to Promote Innovation in Safer Chemicals Use in the Global Electronics Sector and Beyond

Today, Clean Production Action released GreenScreen Certified,™ for Cleaners & Degreasers in Manufacturing to promote safer chemical use and innovation in the electronics sector and beyond.

Innovation & Technology

Thinkabit Lab Inventions: COVID-19 Response - Part 2

In 2020, everyday life was suddenly impacted by COVID-19. Students, naturally observant, were drawn to the pandemic-related problems and inspired to invent relevant and highly valued solutions.

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