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Environment

Scotts Expands Commitment to Long Island Water Quality with Turf Builder Long Island Lawn Food Designed to Help Local Residents Protect Water

In an effort to help residents do their part to address the issue, today Scotts® introduced Turf Builder® Long Island Lawn Food, an innovation aimed at helping residents care for their lawns sustainably while protecting local water quality.

Environment

The Value of Water: What Does Water Mean to You?

To celebrate World Water Day and inspire an on-going conversation about the importance of protecting water, we've asked our co-workers and partners a very important question - what does water mean to you?

Diversity & Inclusion

United Airlines Names Laysha Ward to Board of Directors

United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (UAL) announced recently that Laysha Ward is joining its Board of Directors.

Education

Empowering Every Student through Computational Thinking

One of the things I love most about being an educator is having the opportunity to learn something new from my students each and every day.

Environment

120-foot Tower Aims to Support Restoration of Longleaf Pine by Taking Carbon and Water Cycling Quantification Efforts to New Heights

Researchers from Clemson University are using a 120-foot research tower to study the role of longleaf pines in carbon and water cycling in South Carolina.

Health & Healthcare

Global Food Safety Initiative Starts New Chapter as CEO-led Coalition of Action

The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) today announced that the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI; the Coalition) is starting a new chapter as the CGF’s Coalition of Action on Food Safety.

Energy

WSP USA to Help Solano County, California Transition to Zero-emission Buses

The zero-emission bus (ZEB) business at WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, has been selected to provide services on two major projects for the Solano Transportation Authority (STA).

Media & Communications

Federal Policymakers & Regulators Embrace or Reject ESG / Sustainability Factors - a Complicated Story of To & Fro

Federal policymaking and regulation with respect to investor risk and opportunity is a complicated story played out over almost a century.

Diversity & Inclusion

A Conversation About Inclusion and Diversity With Glenn Williams

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fifth Third Foundation Announces Recipients of $1.2 Million in Grants for Black, Woman-owned Businesses

The initiative was a partnership between Local Initiatives Support Corporation and the Association for Enterprise Opportunity and was completely powered by Fifth Third as a part of a larger pledge to support small businesses during the pandemic.

Social Impact & Volunteering

How to Host Volunteer Events Inclusive of Employees Who Work Remotely, in Person, in Hybrid Situations, and at All Levels of Your Company

Now and in the future, volunteer events will need to transform to include individuals who work remotely, in hybrid situations, in person, and at various levels of the company.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fourth Annual MICA Grassroots DesignFest Brings Local Nonprofits, Designers, and Students Together

For the fourth year, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and T. Rowe Price, the Baltimore-based global investment manager, are hosting Grassroots DesignFest, an event where undergraduate and graduate students from schools around the region, as well as local professionals, team up with local nonprofits on branding concepts, logo designs, graphic identities, and other design projects.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Pro Bono Perspectives S3E6: Anusha Venkataraman

NYC Chief Service Officer Anusha Venkataraman encourages us to adopt a broader view of service - one that recognizes the many ways that people show up for their communities every day - and shares about the City’s racial inclusion and equity work.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka: “Never Forget To Lift Others up as You Climb”

On International Women’s Day, the IOC speaks to Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, who became the first female Deputy President of South Africa and is now the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Executive Director of UN Women.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Tackling WFH as a Communications Intern at VMware U.K.

Communications intern Isabella Burton joined the VMware UK team amid the first stages of COVID-19. Now almost seven months into her internship, Isabella apprises her typical daily schedule and recounts her experience hunting for a placement

Sustainable Development Goals

Southern California Gas Company Sets Bold Net Zero Emissions Pledge

Largest U.S. gas distribution utility commits to achieving net zero scope 1,2 and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2045.

Media & Communications

SCS Global Services Deploys RizePoint Platform to Seamlessly Administer & Share GLOBALG.A.P. Audits

SCS Global Services (SCS) has partnered with RizePoint to streamline third-party audits and compliance management processes.

Events, Media & Communications

Land Betterment Corporation Sponsored Episode 138 of the Middle Tech Podcast

Hear how Edelen Renewables is bringing social-impact solar and renewable energy to the forgotten places in America

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Benevity Welcomes New Chief Data Officer

Benevity, Inc., the leading provider of global corporate purpose software, today announced Jane Moran will be joining the company’s executive leadership team on April 12, 2021 as its new Chief Data Officer.

Innovation & Technology

March of the Machines

Drones and robots are increasingly used to do different kinds of work. Explore how they can be utilised to help improve power plant operation and reduce work injury.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Policymakers Can Drive Sustainability Reporting

With rising policy measures across global markets in support of responsible business conduct, GRI has launched a new publication to set out how policymakers can use the power of transparency to affect positive change.

Environment

30+ Companies, Companies, Boards and NGOs Join Farmers and Ranchers to Endorse a Shared Vision for Sustainable Food Systems

U.S. Farmers & Ranchers in Action (USFRA) is celebrating National Ag Day by announcing the growing list of companies, organizations and individuals who have joined the Decade of Ag

Research, Reports & Publications

Black Lives Matter & Business - Report

While it is self-evident that “all lives matter”, it is equally obvious that attention must now be paid to correct injustices that impact Black lives in particular.

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