Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Philanthropy

KeyBank, in Partnership With the First Niagara Foundation, Donates $1.5 Million to Support WEDI's West Side Bazaar Project

KeyBank, in partnership with the First Niagara Foundation, is donating $1.5 million to support the Westminster Economic Development Initiative’s new West Side Bazaar Project.

Health & Healthcare

China's Red Ribbon School Provides a Refuge for Children Living With HIV

As a physician treating children living with HIV at an infectious disease hospital in Shanxi, China, Guo Xiaoping hatched an ambitious plan. His goals? To create a place for the students to learn and live.

Awards & Rankings

Merck Has Been Named One of the Top Employers in New York by Fortune

Fortune research partner Great Place to Work has compiled the 2021 list of the 60 Best Large Workplaces in New York. Merck was named one of 60 companies that foster supportive cultures, where employees find opportunities for growth with plenty of help from their colleagues along the way.

Energy & Infrastructure

eTransEnergy Named by GM As a Preferred Provider for Fleet Electrification

eTransEnergy, a Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) company, today was named by GM as a preferred provider to help GM fleet and BrightDrop customers transition to electric vehicles through the GM Ultium Charge 360 service.

Philanthropy

Whole Kids Foundation Gives Record $3 Million in Garden Grants

Whole Kids Foundation, a nonprofit established by Whole Foods Market and dedicated to helping to improve children’s nutrition

AI & Technology

Autonomous Vehicles: Partnership for Progress in Image Sensing

As vehicles progress from advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to becoming fully autonomous, a key technology enabler will be the advanced sensors that allow these vehicles to sense the world around them.

Education & Workforce Development

Teachers Spending More Out of Pocket on School Supplies Than Ever Before

AdoptAClassroom.org, the national nonprofit that provides funding for U.S. teachers and schools, today released the results of their 2021 classroom spending survey of 5,400 PreK-12 teachers at public, private and charter schools.

AI & Technology

LifeGuides® Appoints David Hester, Ph.D, LMHC, As Senior Director, Guides Community

LifeGuides® Appoints David Hester, Ph.D, LMHC, as Senior Director, Guides Community

Philanthropy

IVECO Supports Areas Hit by Tornado in the Czech Republic

In June, a violent tornado swept through several villages in the in the Hodonín and Břeclav districts of the South Moravian Region in the Czech Republic.

AI & Technology

Black & Veatch Air Purification Technology Fights Covid-19 Faster, uses Less Energy

Through work with the clean-teach company Energy Cloud Inc., Black & Veatch created a technology that purifies the air of COVID-19 and other pathogens in real time.

Corporate Responsibility

Insulated Corporate Boards Pose a Threat to Shareholders, Others

The report, "Boards and their Stakeholders: The State of Play" — by WBCSD and DNV — shows that corporate board members who fail to communicate with stakeholders beyond their company’s ownership and investors pose a threat to success. “In failing to communicate with all stakeholders, board members could be violating their fiduciary duties to investors because they could overlook new business opportunities or fail to identify reputational risks to their company,” said William Sisson, executive director, North America, WBCSD.

Environment

2020 Sustainability Report: A Letter From the CEO

2020 was a lot of things – but more than anything it was a catalyst. As EHS&S consultants, Antea Group recognized the opportunity during this unprecedented time to step forward and provide more support and value to clients.

Environment

The Trash Problem in National Parks

The issue has prompted the National Park Foundation, the official charity of the NPS, to team up with private companies such as Subaru and Tupperware Brands to divert a reported 10 million plastic bottles from landfills per year.

AI & Technology

Can We Reboot Office Buildings As Data Centers?

It is now almost universally accepted that we are not all going back to the office, at least not full time. So what does that mean for the proportion of commercial real estate that will be surplus to requirements?

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Owens Corning's Material Sustainability Topics

Our Material Topics represent our stakeholders’ priorities with consideration of our impacts, and they’re informed by the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

Energy & Infrastructure

Enbridge: Our Plan to Achieve Net Zero by 2050

At Enbridge, we encourage innovation at all levels of our organization, across and within all business units, through a structured framework that helps us gather and act on ideas.

AI & Technology

Cristiano Amon: 5G for a Digital and Sustainable Economy

For decades, Qualcomm has defined wireless innovation, creating fundamental inventions in many generations of mobile technologies and driving ever-improving speeds, security and latency.

Corporate Responsibility

Grameen America Receives a $1.5 Million Grant From Truist Foundation to Empower Black Women Entrepreneurs

Grameen America, a nonprofit community development financial institution helping low-income women entrepreneurs build small businesses, announced today it has received a $1.5 million grant from Truist Foundation

Events

Land Betterment Corporation Attends Shaping Our Appalachia Region's 3rd Quarter Executive Meeting

Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”) announced that several team members attended Shaping Our Appalachia Region’s (SOAR) 3rd Quarter Executive Meeting on August 11t

Environment

Faces of Acre - Working to protect our Oceans

In our latest Faces of Acre installment, we sat down with Jack Mulloy, Principal Consultant, Sustainable Finance and Impact Investing, to discuss his pro bono work as a business developer for the marine conservation charity Sea Shepherd.

Inclusion & Opportunity

M·A·C Cosmetics Tops Fashion Journal List of Makeup Brands With the Most Inclusive Foundation Shades

The human eye can see 10 million colours, But makeup brands are still trying to convince us that a foundation range of 25 shades is ‘diverse’.

Environment

SCE Funds New Academic Institute to Fight Wildfires

The western U.S. is in the throes of a severe drought as, more locally, California’s parched landscape finds residents bracing for another peak wildfire season.

Events

ESG Fireside Chat: You, Me, and ESG - Uniting Sustainability and Finance

Sustainability leaders want to drive ESG reporting to meet stakeholder needs. Meanwhile, finance teams need to know that ESG data will be held to the same level of scrutiny as financial data in every disclosure.

Corporate Responsibility

Black & Veatch Executive Jenn Shafer Named to Influential Kansas City Region Leadership Class

Jennifer “Jenn” Shafer, associate vice president and director of dispute resolution for Black & Veatch, has been named to the Civic Council of Greater Kansas City’s (CCGKC) latest “Kansas City Tomorrow” leadership class.

Health & Healthcare

Morgan Stanley Survey Reveals Nearly Half of U.S. Teens Are Concerned About Experiencing Anxiety in Returning to Regular Activities

Nearly half (48%) of U.S. teens are concerned about experiencing social anxiety in transitioning back to “normal” life, according to a new survey released today by the Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children’s Mental Health (the “Alliance”).

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Leadership

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Kingfisher Around the World

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Rethinking EHS Podcast

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AEG's Commitment to Sustainable Operations

AEG's sustainability initiatives are designed to reduce our consumption of the planet’s limited resources. Through our comprehensive sustainability...

AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism

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Opportunity for All

At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...

Cascale Governance

Cascale shares updates from its Board of Directors who serve as the principal governing body and are responsible for setting the strategic direction...

Accelerating access to healthcare technology

We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...

Wesco Cares

Life-changing events can happen to any of us, often when we least expect them. Employees in need can turn to the Wesco Cares. Its mission is to be an...

People

As a family-owned business, Bacardi values the importance of creating a warm and welcoming workplace. We do so by fostering an environment where...