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Education & Workforce Development | AEG

AEG Advances Opportunity for HBCU Interns During L.A. Summit Week Programming

As part of the Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program’s (EICOP) HBCU in LA Summit Week, AEG, the leading sports and live entertainment company, hosted more than 40 interns from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) at its L.A. LIVE campus on May 29, 2026.

Environment

Bombay Sapphire® Distillery Recognised as Environmental Leaders for Conservation Efforts by Tandem Global

Bacardi-Martini, Inc.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Rockwell Automation Supports Liquats Vegetals’ Digital Transformation of Plant Operations in Spain

Rockwell Automation

Energy & Infrastructure

Why Energy Intelligence Is the New KPI for AI

Everpure

Health & Healthcare

Cisco: How Connectivity Is Shaping the Future of Healthcare

Cisco Systems Inc.

Inclusion & Opportunity

A Place for Every Story

Tapestry, Inc.

Environment

Corporate Conservation Awards Announced at the Tandem Global Conference 2026, Presented by ExxonMobil

Tandem Global

Health & Healthcare

Check for Cancer Champion Dr. Heather Bittner Fagan Brings Cancer Prevention to the Frontlines of Care

Aflac Incorporated

Health & Healthcare

Houston Methodist Joins Healthcare Facility Advisory Board

Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

Featured Brands

Guiding Stars: Balance & Build-Your-Own-Plate

Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of “flexible eating,” when routines loosen and cookouts, picnics, and spontaneous gatherings become more frequent. Shared summer meals can have a light, breezy feel for everyone, including the host.

Medtronic Awards First 100 Medtronic Spark Scholarships to Students Pursuing Health Tech Careers Across the Globe

Medtronic, a global leader in healthcare technology, today announced its first cohort of Medtronic Spark Scholarship recipients, recognizing 100 exceptional students from low-income households pursuing careers in health tech.

Guiding Stars: The Mediterranean Diet & Gut Health Connection

The Mediterranean Diet is perennially popular, in large part because of the delicious, plant-forward cuisine of the region. It’s also consistently rated as one of the most healthy eating patterns in the world.

Cisco: How Connectivity Is Shaping the Future of Healthcare

What if the future of surgery didn’t begin in an operating room, but in a fully connected digital sandbox?

Check for Cancer Champion Dr. Heather Bittner Fagan Brings Cancer Prevention to the Frontlines of Care

For more than 20 years, Dr. Heather Bittner Fagan has been practicing and teaching family medicine in Claymont, Delaware, a medically underserved area where disparities in cancer outcomes mirror those in communities across the country.

4 Questions Parents Can Ask Their Kids About AI in Social Media

Any child with access to social media has likely experienced an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. Some well-known examples: Meta has an AI assistant that will show you how to change a tire or help you lose weight.

Cisco | Scaling the Digital Future: Why AI and Skills Investments Matter for Business and Society

AI is no longer just a technology wave; it is the operating system of our modern economy.

Mastercard: Gen Z and Financial Confidence

Gen Z came of age with volatility and screens. Their outlook blends digital fluency with financial caution: they want clarity, control, and immediacy—without downside surprises.

How I Got Here: Ranjith Roy

In the #HowIGotHere series, you’ll read about the career paths of some of the world-renowned leaders at Yum! Brands. Learn more about Ranjith Roy, Chief Financial Officer at Yum! Brands.

Yum!’s Aurélie Dufour Helps Build a More Sustainable Future

Aurélie Dufour leads sustainability regulation and governance across Europe, translating complex requirements into clear priorities for Yum!’s brands and markets, helping embed sustainability into how the business grows.

Recent Alerts

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

CAF and Mastercard Join Forces To Expand Access to Finance for Across Latin America and the Caribbean

CAF –development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean– and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth (the Center), today announced a partnership to support access to credit for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across the region.

Education & Workforce Development

How Trane Technologies' Chris Jones Found Creativity, Community and Autonomy in Energy Services Sales

When Chris Jones walked out of his first traditional job interview, he knew a desk job wasn't for him. Sixteen years later, he leads Trane Technologies' Energy Services sales team across the Northeast, building a culture of consultative selling, community and mission-driven work.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Cascale Opens Board Nominations and MAC Applications for 2026 Governance Cycle

Cascale Board and Advisory Group participants strengthen governance first-hand through shared leadership, expertise, and collective ambitions.

Health & Healthcare

Medtronic Study Reveals AI-Enabled Clinician Alerts Significantly Improve Evaluation and Valve Intervention for Patients With Heart Valve Disease

Medtronic, a global leader in healthcare technology, released data from the Addressing undertreatment and heaLth Equity in aortic stenosis and mitral regurgitation using an integrated ehR plaTform (ALERT) Trial, designed to address health disparities.

Volunteering & Community

Wesco Team Members Join 40th Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project in Atlanta, Ga.

Wesco team members proudly participated in the 40th Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project, hosted by Atlanta Habitat for Humanity from May 3 through May 8. This year’s build took place in Langston Park, Atlanta Habitat’s newest planned community in the historic Sylvan Hills.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Hiring Our Heroes 2026 Small Business Grant Program Awards

Business leaders and community advocates came together for the 2026 Small Business Grant Program Awards ceremony on April 29 in Washington, D.C.

Events

As Systems for Climate Action Expand, Companies Stay the Course but Revisit Language

Carbon pricing systems are now in effect in jurisdictions representing 63% of global GDP. Such systems comprise an important infrastructure for corporate sustainability. This week’s newsletter covers how companies are responding.

Health & Healthcare

Smith+Nephew Joins the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) is pleased to welcome Smith+Nephew, a global medical technology company specializing in orthopaedics, sports medicine, ear–nose–throat (ENT) surgical reconstruction, and advanced wound management, as a new member.

Research & Reports

AllianceBernstein: The Proof Is in the Proxy: Connecting Governance to Returns

Investors have long suspected that companies with poor corporate governance may be more prone to mismanagement and weak returns. Our research suggests they’re right.

AI & Technology

GoDaddy’s Airo for WordPress Delivers AI That Builds, Grows and Continuously Improves Websites

GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY), the world's largest domain registrar, launched Airo for WordPress, an AI-powered experience that transforms how small businesses and web professionals build, manage and grow their WordPress websites.

Health & Healthcare

How a Breast Cancer Diagnosis Inspired Check for Cancer Champion Adamari López

At just 33 years old, Adamari López was thriving in her career and had quickly become a household name. She was successful, happy, healthy and felt unstoppable. It was then that an ordinary moment changed her life.

Environment

Arbor Day Impact Fund, Working Trees Partner to Unlock Catalytic Finance for Reforestation

The Arbor Day Impact Fund, a mission-driven investment initiative of the Arbor Day Foundation, is working to accelerate large-scale reforestation in Brazil alongside its new partner, Working Trees.

AI & Technology

Powering the Future of Energy Smart Data Centers

Learn how Trane Technologies is collaborating with organizations like ES2 to advance energy-smart data centers through breakthrough cooling innovation, AI-driven optimization and sustainable digital infrastructure solutions.

Education & Workforce Development

Bacardi Launches Shake Your Future in Mexico for the First Time

Bacardi, the world’s largest family-owned spirits company, announces the launch in Mexico of Shake Your Future, a program that transforms the lives of young adults by offering free mixology training and a path to formal employment as a professional bartender.

AI & Technology

Continuous Assurance and Sovereign Accreditation Readiness

Test automation isn’t a philosophical debate anymore across defense programs.

Corporate Responsibility

A Healthy Workplace Environment: The Importance of Clean Indoor Air

John Wright, Industrial Hygiene Service Leader with Associate Antea Group USA provides an overview of the importance of healthy workplace environments which includes indoor air quality.

Energy & Infrastructure

Georgia-Pacific Names Ryan Elwart, Senior Vice President - Sales and Innovation, GP Foodservice Solutions and Nick Trainer Vice President, Market Sales of GP PRO

Georgia-Pacific announced that Nick Trainer has been named vice president, market sales of GP PRO. In this role, Trainer will lead market sales strategy and execution, strengthen customer partnerships, and drive growth across the business.

Events

KeyBank and the Buffalo Sabres Rally Community Spirit Ahead of Round 2 Playoffs

As the official bank of the Buffalo Sabres, KeyBank continued its longstanding partnership with the team by bringing excitement directly into the community ahead of the second round of playoffs.

Energy & Infrastructure

Electrification Is Powering the Future of Long-Haul Transport

Long-haul transport was once seen as one of the hardest sectors to electrify. New electrification innovations are changing that, helping fleets reduce fuel use, emissions and operating costs.

Environment

Truist Charitable Fund, Arbor Day Foundation Offering Free Trees To Help Restore Communities in Western North Carolina

In the wake of recent hurricanes that have left lasting impacts across western North Carolina, Truist Charitable Fund is helping communities take an important step toward recovery one tree at a time.

Inclusion & Opportunity

The Truist Championship and the Charlotte Trail of History Unveil Commemorative Statue Honoring Golf Pioneer Dr. Charles Sifford

he Truist Championship, in partnership with the Charlotte Trail of History, unveiled a commemorative statue honoring Dr. Charles Sifford at Elizabeth Park, celebrating the trailblazing golfer’s enduring legacy and ties to the Charlotte community.

Education & Workforce Development

The Teaching Shift That’s Boosting Engagement at This STEM High School

When Dove Science Academy High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, joined Verizon Innovative Learning Schools in fall 2025, its teachers embraced not just the infusion of technology, but also the novel ways they could inspire their students.

Corporate Responsibility

Energy for a Better Future: Our Talent and Culture in 2025

Our human resources team focuses on a talent and culture strategy aimed at increasing our organizational resilience to mitigate risks. Our strategy is only as strong as our leadership, capability and culture.

AI & Technology

Meet the First AI Visibility Tracker Built for Brand Reputation

AI has quietly become the new Google search, and most brands haven’t fully noticed.

Philanthropy

Pierre de Villeméjane Joins Action Against Hunger Board of Directors

Action Against Hunger today announced the appointment of Pierre de Villeméjane to its Board of Directors, strengthening the organization’s leadership with his extensive experience in global industry, private equity, and corporate transformation.

Latest Campaigns

AEG Celebrates Inclusion

At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...

IWBI | WELL Building Standard

Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...

Collective Action

Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...

Planet

At Bacardi, we prioritize reducing our impact on the environment – an approach that dates to the very beginning of the company in 1862 when Bacardi...

SCS_EU

SCS Global Services Europe is the European arm of SCS Global Services, an international leader in sustainability certification, verification, and...

Health and Safety by Antea Group

Antea Group's health and safety consultants understand what it takes to help make a positive impact on safety culture. Read blogs, insights, and more...

Leadership

Cascale demonstrates industry leadership and collaboration to drive collective action, by sharing insight into key sustainability topics inside and...

Sustainable Operations

ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)

Local Communities

The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...

Innovation at Chemours

Chemours chemistry enables products that people rely on to live better and thrive. Our world-class portfolio drives innovation and enables high...