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Bacardi-Owned BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® Announces ‘Electrifying’ Global Partnership With E1 Series

BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® is stepping into the world of sports entertainment, announcing a new global partnership with E1 Series – the world’s first all-electric race boat Championship that combines sports, entertainment and a respect for the world’s ‘natural blues.’

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Responsible Investment Momentum for Colombia

The public and private sectors in Colombia have united in support of responsible investment practices that enable a fair and sustainable economy.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

UPS Longitudes | Building a More Resilient Supply Chain: Part II

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every part of the global supply chain — from procurement and logistics to manufacturing and warehousing.

Health & Healthcare

Cerro Verde, a Freeport-McMoRan Company, Donates Oxygen Generating Plant to Arequipa Hospital

After a surge in coronavirus cases left Peruvian hospitals struggling to keep pace with increased demand for medical-grade oxygen amid a supply shortage, Cerro Verde donated an oxygen generating plant to Honorio Delgado Regional Hospital in Arequipa, Peru at the end of July.

Innovation & Technology

Transform Your Properties Into Smart, Sustainable Buildings

Check out technologies and best practices for smart, sustainable buildings in a new white paper commissioned by CLP’s Smart Energy Connect. It includes market forecasts, evolving customer expectations, and key enabling technologies.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Clean the World and Las Vegas Sands Partner with Seven Clean Seas to Prevent Plastic from Reaching the Ocean

Clean the World Foundation, a global leader in water, sanitation, hygiene, and sustainability has partnered with Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) to facilitate The Drop by Drop Project.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Yum! Brands and KFC U.S. Invest $6 Million to Advance Equity and Opportunity in Louisville

This expanded investment in Louisville will target endeavors that tackle inequality and uplift Black students, educators, entrepreneurs and social change agents.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Subaru of America, National Parks Conservation Association, and National Park Foundation Team Up to Reduce Waste at National Parks, Eliminating 16 Million Pounds of Waste from Landfills

Subaru of America, Inc., the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), and National Park Foundation (NPF) announced that through an innovative partnership three of America’s most iconic national parks are at the forefront to reduce the amount of waste that parks send to landfills.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Xylem Delivers More Than 100,000 Face Shields to Front-line Workers

Xylem Inc. announced it manufactured and delivered through Xylem partners more than 100,000 protective face shields in Europe and the United States in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Innovation & Technology

Racecar Driver Sam Schmidt Tests New Arrow SAM Car

Arrow Electronics debuted the newest version of its Semi-Autonomous Motorcar (SAM) at a private racetrack in Indiana, where racecar driver Sam Schmidt took several high-speed laps in the modified 2020 Chevrolet Corvette.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

How Does Herbalife Nutrition Make Its Products? It Starts with Quality Ingredients

Quality is at the heart of everything Herbalife Nutrition does. From sourcing the ingredients to the final package, their products go through numerous checks, including quality assurance, safety, science, regulatory, sensory, and label design.

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Innovation & Technology

Keysight's CX3300 Anomalous Waveform Analytics Contributes to Waseda University's Hardware Trojan Detection Research

While the use of the IoT is expanding, outsourcing of circuit design and manufacturing from in-house, as well as the use of IP progressed from other companies, is increasing. As a result, cybersecurity threats due to hardware trojans are on the rise.

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Innovation & Technology

Communications Are Critical to Bridging the Digital Divide

There is no doubt that advanced communication networks are changing how we interact with data, technology and one another.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Walmart Makes Progress Toward Positive Societal, Environmental Change Through ESG Initiatives

Walmart takes a shared value, whole-system approach to ESG. Their ESG initiatives aim to go beyond mitigating business risk. The company aims to address societal issues through business initiatives that create value for all stakeholders; and they seek, in collaboration with others, to transform underlying societal systems (such as retail workforce development and food supply chains) for long-term social, environmental and economic sustainability.

Events, Media & Communications

EarthX to Mark Climate Week with the Launch of EarthxTV

EarthX will launch EarthxTV whose mission is to become the foremost streaming network for environmental programming, covering cross-disiplinary solutions to the critical issues facing the natural world.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

ScottsMiracle-Gro is Helping the World Grow a Little More Extraordinary

"We help people express themselves on their own piece of the Earth—and there is virtually no limit to how they do that." –Jim Hagedorn, Chairman and CEO

Diversity & Inclusion

The Road to a Vaccine: Why Does COVID-19 More Greatly Affect Communities of Color?

In this bonus clip from “The Road to a Vaccine,” health experts explain why communities of color in the U.S. are disproportionately affected by COVID-19—and how to help solve this glaring disparity.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Can Job Training Close the 'Opportunity Divide' Post-Pandemic?

Roughly one in five U.S. workers are collecting unemployment benefits, and as coronavirus case numbers surge across the country, job prospects seem slim for many. Even before the pandemic, nearly 28 million Americans were unemployed or underemployed due to a lack of relevant job training, a lack of education, or simply a lack of access to pipelines for better paying and more stable positions.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

United Airlines' Janet Lamkin Talks About Its Clorox Deal and Leading in a Crisis

After leading Bank of America's California operations through the 2008 financial crisis, United Airlines California President Janet Lamkin shares lessons she learned to help navigate the carrier through today's Covid-19 crisis.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Hershey: Crafting With Care

Climate change, natural resource scarcity and extreme weather all pose risks to the snacks our consumers love, as well as the farmers and local communities we rely on.

Media & Communications

'Kiss the Ground:' Netflix Movie Features Soil Health Pioneers Ray Archuleta, Gabe Brown

The 85-minute movie explores key soil health and regenerative agricultural principles, featuring interviews with a wide range of authors, researchers and scientists.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Sedex Now Mandates APSCA-approved Auditors for all SMETA Audits

Global retailers and brands are increasingly demanding greater ethical accountability within their supply chains, including third-party social compliance audits. Not surprisingly, these companies want assurance that the organizations and individuals conducting these audits have the qualifications and integrity needed to do the job right.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: Cringe Watching

The folks at Tree Media produced this 20-minute film that both explains biomimicry and features many of the teams who have participated in the Biomimicry Launchpad and competed for the Ray of Hope Prize.

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Health & Healthcare

The Doctor Will Not See You: Trends in Remote Healthcare During and Post COVID-19

The ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic is bringing about changes in every aspect of our lives. From the way we perform our jobs to the way we educate our children and attend tradeshows, we’ve all had to quickly adapt to remote models to limit the human contact that enables the virus to spread.

Sustainable Development Goals

Clear Access Banking: Peace of Mind, No Checkbook

Wells Fargo has introduced a new low-cost and checkless bank account with no overdraft fees to make it easier for customers to manage their money, make payments, and save. Clear Access Banking helps customers avoid spending more than what they have in their accounts, which makes it ideal for people who are either newer to banking, like teens, or need help managing their account balances, said Urmila Raghavan, leader of Consumer Deposit Product and Portfolio Management for Wells Fargo.

Events, Media & Communications

Hear from BP, GSK, and Pernod Ricard at BSR20

BSR20's plenary lineup is growing and will cover some of today’s most talked about issues: from preparing for the next pandemic to purpose-based budgeting.

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