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Diversity & Inclusion

Alliance Data Leadership Discuss Gender Equality in the Workplace to Close Women's History Month

As part of its continued commitment to gender equity and supporting its female workforce, throughout the month of March, Alliance Data cast the spotlight on four influential leaders who are enabling the company’s success in this arena

Education

COVID-19 Didn't Stop Energy-efficient Improvements at Schools in Indiana

While remote digital learning during the pandemic has challenged parents, teachers and students, it opened the door for energy-efficient improvements on school campuses.

Social Impact & Volunteering

How Replate Uses Technology to Maximize Food Rescue

Maen Mahfoud is the CEO and founder of Replate, a tech nonprofit with a mission to reduce food waste and food insecurity through its food recovery system. See how Cisco supports Replate to help those experiencing food insecurity.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Northern Trust Celebrates National Volunteer Month

Over the last 10 years Northern Trust employees have donated more than 1 million hours of their time. As part of National Volunteer Month, we celebrate this commitment by highlighting some of our past volunteering efforts.

Environment

Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) and the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (ARO) Announce Historic Farming Collaboration in San Gregorio, CA

Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) and the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (ARO) today announced the launch of a historic collaborative relationship.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

American Airlines Partners With National Park Foundation to Support Generations of Exploration

American Airlines is beginning a new partnership with the National Park Foundation to encourage exploration of some of the country’s most iconic natural wonders, historic sites, and cultural treasures, and to connect customers with opportunities to support the future of America’s national parks.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Making Playtime Electrifying

The first energy-themed playground in Hong Kong is now open! The CLP E-Playground offers a new dimension in learning for young people curious about the electricity that powers their daily lives.

Green Infrastructure

Enbridge's Green Push Could Use Canadian Tax Credits, CEO Says

Enbridge Inc.’s push into new frontiers of the energy transition such as carbon capture and clean hydrogen production could use Canadian tax credits similar to those in the U.S., the company’s CEO said.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

GRI and SASB Reporting 'Complement Each Other'

Joint research from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) explores the experiences of companies that use the two sets of standards together to fulfil their reporting needs.

Research, Reports & Publications

Get Your Free Reuters Events Briefing - Transitioning to a Zero-Carbon Economy Now

Last week Reuters Events Sustainable Business had an incredible three days with thought-provoking and inspiring discussions on how to deliver ambitions ahead of COP26 and Beyond.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Albertsons Companies Introduces Kalyana Sustainable Wines to its Own Brands Offerings

New wines help promote ecological balance and biodiversity; current varietals include cabernet sauvignon, pinot noir, chardonnay

Health & Healthcare

Mohawk Group Achieves Well Health-safety Rating for All Showrooms and Design Studios

Mohawk Group has officially achieved the WELL Health-Safety Rating for all of its commercial showrooms and design studios through the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI).

Social Impact & Volunteering

Black Innovation Alliance and Village Capital Launch Project to Build Infrastructure for Founders of Color

Black Innovation Alliance and Village Capital today announced Resource, the first-ever country-wide project in the United States to support entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) led by and focused on founders of color.

Events, Media & Communications

Alkermes Celebrates World Health Day 2021

This year, World Health Day is focused on building a fairer, healthier world. We support the World Health Organization in its commitment to ensuring that everyone can realize the right to good health.

Innovation & Technology

T‑Mobile’s Next Un‑carrier Move: #5GforAll

The Un-carrier plans to build hundreds of new retail stores in small towns all across America over the next two years. These new stores will create 5,000 direct new jobs, plus thousands more in construction and services to build and maintain them.

Environment

World Water Day: On the Frontlines - France Guertin, Global Technical Leader for Nature-based Solutions

What does valuing water mean to you? We asked that question of Dow people who are on the frontlines of implementing the company’s water strategy. See what they had to say.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Valley Bank Releases 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

Valley Bank issues Catalyst For Change Corporate Responsibility Report highlighting the bank's commitment to building strong communities and advance its mission to promote social and economic justice.

Education

Empowering Students to Say Yes to Healthy Lifestyles and No to Underage Drinking During Alcohol Responsibility Month and Beyond

We all need some good news right now, especially related to education and student progress.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Bank, National Minority Development Council Launch Certificate Program for Small Businesses

The program will strengthen corporate supplier selection processes and help minority businesses compete in a global environment.

Education

College Board and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises Help Students Reach Their College Dreams

The College Board and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises announced last week on Telemundo’s Hoy Día the scholarship recipients of the College Board and Telemundo Academy Triunfadores campaign

Environment

Dark Sky, Bright Lights: Protecting the Night Sky

Venture outside the city and you’ll see how beautifully dark the sky can get. But in metropolitan areas, the starry night sky is overpowered by the lights we use to illuminate our roads and pathways.

Health & Healthcare

Building a Fairer, and Healthier World

Today, in observance of World Health Day, Medtronic and the Medtronic Foundation are announcing several new financial commitments, partnerships, and other measures aimed at eliminating healthcare disparities around the globe.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

In Conversation: Faurecia and Schneider Electric CEOs Talk Carbon Neutrality

Schneider Electric CEO, Jean-Pascal Tricoire recently met with Patrick Koller, CEO of Faurecia, to discuss the challenges of climate change and the opportunities to accelerate corporate action towards decarbonization.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Yoplait Donates Refrigerated Truck To Help Feed Those in Need

Did you know dairy is one of the most requested but least donated items at food banks? Yoplait is on a mission to bridge that gap and make dairy more accessible through its support of Feeding America.

Diversity & Inclusion

How One Bus Ticket Changed Everything

When Irma Olguin was a child, she rolled raisins alongside her parents, aunts, uncles and cousins in the fruiting fields of Central California, supplier of 30% of the world’s food. “Coming from a place like that, growing up in that way and that’s all you know, that’s all that surrounds you, you don’t see things in front of you like starting a company or becoming a tech CEO or anything but that life that is laid out in front of you,” she says.

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