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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Share the Warmth Helps People in Crisis Pay Heating Bills

Tanisha Love isn’t afraid of much, but on winter’s coldest days, she’s scared to turn on the heat in her apartment. A native of Jamaica, Love moved to the U.S. with her mother in 2005 to finish her senior year of high school.

Environment

Corporations Can Accelerate Climate Solutions

Achieving sustainability requires audacious goals, stair-step improvement, and collaboration with others to drive lasting change. Share owners of private and public companies should use investment dollars to ensure climate solutions can scale.

Research, Reports & Publications

Novartis in Society US Report 2020

Novartis is building a leading focused medicines company powered by advanced therapy platforms and data science.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Video - Meet the World's First Certified Carbon Neutral Beer

SCS Global Services, certifier of New Belgium Brewing’s iconic Fat Tire Amber Ale as America’s first nationally distributed carbon neutral beer, announced its support of Fat Tire’s new IsMyBeerSustainable.com campaign to build awareness of carbon neutrality in the beer industry.

Health & Healthcare

Crest and Oral-B Advance Healthy Oral Care Habits in the U.S. through Access, Education and Innovation

A healthy smile expresses who a person is and how they feel, but something as simple as a smile can sometimes be taken for granted. Tooth decay is the No. 1 chronic disease in America, with children in underserved communities disproportionately impacted.

Energy

Blue Sky Thinking Gives CLP the Edge on Green Technology

Talk is cheap when it comes to clean energy: Achieving it takes commitment and a willingness to accept hefty short-term costs. CLP India has demonstrated that commitment and is now reaping the benefits.

Environment

Caring for Our Coast

Green Infrastructure

SCE Helps Pomona Fairplex Install 200 EV Chargers

Southern California Edison recently completed the largest Charge Ready electric vehicle charging project to date at the site of the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona — on time and under budget, even amid challenges related to COVID-19.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

When it Comes to Divergent Generational Perspectives, Can Compromise Drive Profits?

Many families face an ongoing tension between the decision-maker “Patriarch” perspective and the younger “NextGen” perspective on how to approach investing and whether alpha should have primacy in investment decisions.

Environment

Tetra Tech's 2020 Year in Review

Tetra Tech’s 20,000 employees around the world positively impact our planet through their work on our projects and in our communities.

Environment

New Episode of Healthy Spaces With Trane Technologies Podcast: A Symphony Without a Conductor

How would a symphony sound without a conductor? Uncoordinated, out of rhythm - you wouldn't want to listen! So why do people still invest in buildings that are so unharmonious?

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Carnival Corporation Again Named Among America's Most Responsible Companies

Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL;NYSE: CUK), the world's largest cruise company, has been named for the second consecutive year by Newsweek as one of America's Most Responsible Companies for 2021.

Sustainable Development Goals

New Collaborative Approaches Drive Natural Climate Solutions

Natural Capital Partners and the Arbor Day Foundation have collaborated with projects based in Nicaragua and the United States to deliver two of the solutions in the portfolio of nature and technology-based carbon removal projects recently announced by Microsoft. The portfolio is part of Microsoft’s commitment to remove 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Innovation & Technology

This Safer Internet Day Take Charge of Your Digital Life

As we work together for an internet where everyone is empowered to use technology responsibly, respectfully, creatively, and safely, we're sharing a tutorial on how you can limit your device from tracking your location.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CNH Industrial Is Recognized by the CDP As a Supplier Engagement Leader

CNH Industrial is proud to have been recognized by CDP as a Supplier Engagement Leader.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Rockwell Automation: Harbor View Plaza Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Rockwell Automation is proud to be the naming sponsor of Harbor View Plaza, the first waterfront public park in Milwaukee’s Harbor District.

Environment

ViacomCBS Commits To Climate Action in Sports

ViacomCBS’ Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report team, in partnership with CBS Sports, will promote greater environmental responsibility and increase awareness of the effect of sports on the climate.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Corporate Action on Climate Change Needed More Than Ever

For all the pain that 2020 wrought upon societies and economies around the world, it also brought some positives. Chief among them was the increased awareness for all of us—big corporates included—to prioritize climate change and the delicate balance of nature as we head into 2021 and beyond.

Responsible Production & Consumption

The Science of Sustainable Design

HP has created “the world’s most sustainable PC portfolio” through a commitment to energy efficiency, recycled materials usage, product longevity, design for product end-of-life and innovative packaging.

Media & Communications

Land Betterment Corporation Sponsored Episode 132 of the Middle Tech Podcast

Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”), an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, is proud to be the Season 4 sponsor of the Middle Tech Podcast.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Carnival Corporation Named by Forbes as one of America's Best Large Employers

Carnival Corporation & plc, the world's largest cruise company, announced it has been named one of America's Best Large Employers of 2021 by Forbes, a leading source of business news worldwide.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comcast RISE to Award $5 Million in Grants to Small Businesses

Beginning on March 1 through March 14, eligible businesses in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Houston and Philadelphia specified areas can apply for a $10,000 grant at www.ComcastRISE.com.

Energy

Driving to an All-Electric Future

We introduce a new blog series discussing all things electric vehicles (EVs).

Environment

Save the Redwoods League Protects Nearly 15,000 Acres in Mendocino County

Save the Redwoods League Protects Nearly 15,000 Acres in Mendocino County; $24.7 million project secures conservation easements that permanently protect redwood forest from future subdivision and development.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

FORTUNE Names UnitedHealth Group Top-Ranked Company in Health Care

For the 11th consecutive year, UnitedHealth Group was the top-ranked company in the Health Care: Insurance and Managed Care sector in all key attributes of reputation for FORTUNE's 2021 World's Most Admired Companies.

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