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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fifth Third Bank Partners to Offer Free Career and Financial Coaching

Fifth Third Bank announced it is making its NextJob Job Seekers Toolkit available to the public through January 2021. It also is offering Operation HOPE’s financial coaching services to individuals and small businesses.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Kids Foundation and Lettuce Grow Unite to Donate Hydroponic Growing Systems to Schools and Nonprofits Across the U.S.

Whole Kids Foundation, a nonprofit focused on children’s nutrition and wellness, announced today that Lettuce Grow is donating 125 hydroponic growing systems and supplies, valued at $1,000 each, to K-12 schools and school garden-support organizations across the U.S.

Research, Reports & Publications

Blackbaud Releases Eighth Annual Employee Engagement, Corporate Social Responsibility Trends Report

Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the world’s leading cloud software company powering social good, today releases its eighth annual Industry Review, which provides key learnings and trends in employee philanthropic behavior and companies’ corporate social...

Media & Communications

3BL Media Newsfeed Debuts on EngageForGood.com

3BL Media announced today the expansion of its news distribution network to include EngageForGood.com, a community of business and nonprofit professionals working at the intersection of cause and commerce.

Research, Reports & Publications

Parker’s 2019 Sustainability Report Highlights How Team Members are Leading With Purpose

Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, has released its 2019 Sustainability Report.

Health & Healthcare

Freeport-McMoRan Contributes to COVID-19 Relief Efforts

Freeport-McMoRan is using the strength of its global supply chain to acquire, purchase, donate and deliver much needed medical supplies and more to Covid-19 relief efforts. Many of the healthcare clinics and hospitals in communities where the company operates are in rural, remote locations.

Research, Reports & Publications

Investing for a Climate-Positive Future

Hannon Armstrong is the first U.S. public company solely dedicated to investments in climate change solutions.

Environment

Frederick Kaufman: Voices Inside Our Heads

When faced with something overwhelming, terrifying, or incomprehensible, the human mind can get pretty creative.

Diversity & Inclusion

It’s Time to ‘Restructure Everything’ — and Push Diversity

VMware recently held its annual Women Transforming Technology (WT2) conference, which focuses on promoting diversity and inclusion in the technology sector. As much as I’d been looking forward to attending the event — my first time — as...

Health & Healthcare

Are Healthcare Flexibles the Next Big Plastic Recycling Feedstock?

Learn how HPRC set out to pilot a mechanical recycling methodology for mixed-flexible packaging materials.

Health & Healthcare

Comerica’s ‘Yo Baker Man’ Inspired to Help Metro Detroit Healthcare Frontline Workers

Comerica Bank employee Will Rawls, a senior analyst in the bank’s institutional trust group and affectionately known as “Yo Baker Man,” began a Facebook fundraising effort in hopes to make and provide baked goods to local health care workers on the frontlines amid COVID-19.

Environment

WBCSD and BIER Will Develop Guidance to Monitor and Measure Water Circularity

The Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) announce collaboration on creation of water circularity metrics.

Sustainable Development Goals

How Farmers Are Keeping Us Fed through the Global Crisis

In the space of a few weeks, life around the globe has been upended in the wake of COVID-19. Industries of all kinds have been forced to rapidly change how they work, and agriculture is no different.

Research, Reports & Publications

FedEx Releases 2020 Global Citizenship Report

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) recently announced the release of its 2020 Global Citizenship Report (GCR), which details the company’s corporate social responsibility strategies, goals, programs and progress.

Green Infrastructure

Case IH Tractors Play Key Role in Turning Sugarcane Waste into Valuable Commodity

With energy generated from renewable sources predicted to be among the major sources of power in the next decade, a company in the Philippines is tackling the challenge head-on and turning trash into a highly prized commodity.

Environment

More Than 330 Major Businesses Call on U.S. Congress to Build Back a More Resilient, Sustainable Economy From COVID-19

On May 13, CEOs and representatives from more than 330 businesses, including Adobe, Capital One, CommonSpirit Health, DSM North America, Dow, Eileen Fisher, General Mills, Mars, Inc., Microsoft, NIKE, Salesforce and VISA called on a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers to build back a better economy by infusing resilient, long-term climate solutions into future economic recovery plans.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

CIT Provides $37.3 Million Investment for Jordan Downs Apartment Project

CIT today announced a $37.3 million investment in the Jordan Downs Apartments Project, a 92-unit multifamily apartment complex to support low-to-moderate income families in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Health & Healthcare

United Airlines Launches United CleanPlus: A New Standard of Cleanliness and Safety in Partnership with Clorox and Cleveland Clinic

Today, United Airlines is introducing United CleanPlus: the company's commitment to putting health and safety at the forefront of the entire customer experience, with the goal of delivering an industry-leading standard of cleanliness.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Truist Doubles its Commitment to COVID-19 Relief Efforts, Totaling $50 Million

Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC) today announced it will commit an additional $25 million philanthropic pledge as part of its Truist Cares initiative, now totaling $50 million. The financial services company launched Truist Cares*...

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

T-Mobile Gives Graduates a Ceremonious Send-Off With TikTok #TossYourCap Challenge for Charity

For every TikTok video using #TossYourCap, T-Mobile will donate $5 — up to $200,000 — to Jobs for America’s Graduates, a non-profit dedicated to helping youth reach economic and academic success.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Road to a Vaccine, Ep. 6: How the Global Community Is Coming Together to Battle COVID-19

In Episode 6, Ling talks with Jane Halton, Chair of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, about her work to ensure people globally get access to vaccines.

Research, Reports & Publications

CSRHub ESG Webinars

In case you missed it with all that is going on in the world these days, we thought we would curate a list of recent webinars for your ESG investing education.

Innovation & Technology

Virtual Demo Day for Cox Enterprises Social Impact Accelerator Powered by Techstars

Join us online for Cox Enterprises Social Impact Accelerator powered by Techstars Virtual Demo Day on May 28th!

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Bank Helps More than 31,000 Small Businesses Secure Paycheck Protection Program Loans

Fifth Third Bank has secured more than $5.5 billion in funding approval for more than 31,000 businesses through the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program. These loans have the potential to support up to 555,000 jobs.

Health & Healthcare

Dow Collaborates With Multiple Partners to Develop and Donate Level 2 Medical Isolation Gowns

For healthcare professionals battling the COVID-19 pandemic, isolation gowns are among the most used and needed personal protective equipment (PPE).

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