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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Herbalife Nutrition Partners With Sambhav Foundation to Launch 'Build It Better' for Women & Children

Herbalife Nutrition announced its partnership with the Sambhav Foundation to support the “Build it Better Program” for women & children across six cities in India over the next ten months.

Sustainable Development Goals

Minera El Abra, a Freeport-McMoRan Company, Earns Gender Equality Certification

El Abra obtained a government-issued Gender Certification known as Norm 3262 for gender equality and conciliation of work and family life, becoming the first private mining company in Chile to obtain such certification.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

LIXIL Taps New Leader of Americas Region With Appointment of Trey Northrup

LIXIL, global pioneer of water and housing products, has brought on a new Americas leader to accelerate business growth through a rapidly changing environment.

Diversity & Inclusion

Comcast Corporation Promotes Dalila Wilson-Scott to Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer

Effective today, Ms. Wilson-Scott will oversee all Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion activities for the corporation. She will also continue to lead the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation and the company’s community impact work.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Capturing the Spirit of BLM: The Art of Protest Signs

In scrawled black marker or elaborate works of art, posters and signs express the personal stories and historical significance of Black Lives Matter protests.

Innovation & Technology

United Launches Online 'Map Search' Feature, A First Among U.S. Airlines

"Leveraging the power of Google's Flight Search technology, we are able to provide an all-in-one solution that streamlines the search process and allows our customers to more easily find the flights that work best for them."

Environment

Take Action for Planet and People in The People's Ecochallenge

The 10th annual People’s Ecochallenge is here again! From October 7th through 28th, this online global event encourages people from all walks of life to take action to create more environmental and social good.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

McCain's President & CEO Max Koeune Speaks About Regenerative Agriculture and Farms of the Future

On September 24th, Max Koeune, President & CEO participated in a virtual event organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the UN Biological Diversity Convention (CBD).

Health & Healthcare

The State of Telehealth and 5G

The COVID-19 pandemic has made telehealth and remote patient care more acceptable, but what are the challenges and potentials?

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Employee Spotlight: Chris Famolare

MilliporeSigma Employee Spotlight: Chris Famolare

As part of our employee spotlight series, we’re sitting down with Chris Famolare, global manager of sustainable operations, to learn more about how he’s driving sustainability at MilliporeSigma. The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada.

Social Impact & Volunteering

America Ferrera and Global Citizen Urge Latinas to #JustVote

International advocacy organization Global Citizen and voter registration organization HeadCount today announced additional artists participating in the Just Vote campaign, with the mission of engaging young Americans to check their status, register and vote in November and elections beyond.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Manufacturing Institute Recognizes International Paper Employee With STEP Award

Paula Wood, director, Global Safety Program was recently recognized by the Manufacturing Institute with a STEP Award. The annual STEP Ahead Awards recognizes women in science, technology, engineering and production careers who exemplify leadership within their companies.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

You Better Bee-lieve It

A protesting hum greets members of the Ørsted Beekeeping Club every Tuesday after work. Covered head to toe in beekeeper suits, including hats and face nets, they pad softly between the beehives

Education

7 Free Resources to Maximize STEM Project-Based Learning

Thinking about science class, many recall Bunsen burners, charts, and experiments. In the new digital learning age, fostering scientific inquiry through STEM studies means trying new things.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Cities Foundation Awards 40 Community First Grants to Amplify Locally Led Healthy Food Access Solutions

Whole Cities Foundation, a nonprofit broadening community access to fresh food and nutrition education, announced today that it will award 40 Community First Grants this fall to nonprofit organizations in the U.S.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Donates $1 Million to Food Banks Across the U.S.

The Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation announced today that a donation of $1 million from Sodexo’s global Stop Hunger Endowment Fund was distributed to 27 food banks during Hunger Action Month. Areas included Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, Louisville, KY, New York City, Washington, and more.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Common Impact Releases Insights & Impact 2020: Measuring the Social Impact of Volunteerism

New methods of measuring volunteerism can more accurately capture and strengthen the value of volunteer hours, according to a new report from Common Impact, a national nonprofit and leader in skills-based volunteerism.

Diversity & Inclusion

Sports Federations Leading the Way to Increase Percentage of Female Coaches and Technical Officials

Women’s sport has made significant progress recently, but efforts to ensure gender balance on and off the field of play continue. Just 10 per cent of accredited coaches at the Olympic Summer and Winter Games over the past decade were female, with women accounting for 30 per cent of technical officials over the same period.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Moody's Enhances Flagship Moody's CreditView Platform With ESG Expertise

Moody’s announced recently that it has enhanced Moody’s CreditView, its leading research, data and analytics platform serving credit market professionals, with a wide range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) and climate analysis. The expansion of Moody’s CreditView is part of Moody’s broader effort to deliver a comprehensive, integrated suite of ESG solutions to the market and addresses user feedback that extra-financial information and analysis are becoming increasingly important for assessing an issuer’s risk profile.

Diversity & Inclusion

Net Impact Announces Black Professionals Chapter

While the mission and work of Net Impact have long included a focus on race and equity, on our journey towards anti-racism, Net Impact understands that we can and must continuously improve.

Research, Reports & Publications

AccountAbility Releases New Translations of the AA1000 AccountAbility Principles (AA1000AP, 2018) in Spanish, Portuguese, and Bahasa Indonesian

Now Available: Spanish, Portuguese, and Bahasa Indonesian translations of AccountAbility's signature sustainability management framework and guidance document, the AccountAbility Principles (AA1000AP, 2018)

Diversity & Inclusion

Empowering Women in Technology at UPS

Being a woman in a technology-driven career can often mean being the only woman in the room. So, in 2019, UPS launched our Leadership Summit focused on increasing the representation and advancement of women in technology at UPS.

Diversity & Inclusion

Investors Are Committing to Action on Diversity. Now What?

Amid a wave of societal commitments to action on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and racial justice, investors are stepping up commitments and vowing to intensify engagement with companies on DEI.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Industry Insight: Our Pandemic Recovery Must Be a Green Recovery

Last summer’s devastating bushfires unified communities and politicians with pledges to recover and rebuild. They also ignited the climate change debate, fuelling the push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and their environmental consequences.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comedy Central, MTV and VH1 to Florida: Let People Exercise Their Voting Rights

ViacomCBS’ effort reflects what is increasingly becoming mainstream across corporate America: ensuring all Americans can show up and make their voices heard without confronting any barrier to their voting rights.

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