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Inclusion & Opportunity

ON Semiconductor Earns 2021 Military Friendly® Employer Designation

ON Semiconductor announced today that it has earned the designation as a 2021 Military Friendly® Employer.

Corporate Responsibility

Enabling High-Impact Sectors to Respond to Shared Sustainability Challenges

GRI are developing a Sector Standard to help oil and gas companies address their sustainability impacts. Contribute now to the public comment period.

AI & Technology

Tetra Tech Helps You #BeCyberSmart During Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2020

The cybersecurity and digital privacy of our employees and clients are vital to our operations.

Philanthropy

Vistra's TXU Energy Donates $100,000 to Texas Food Banks as Pandemic Strain Continues

Vistra's flagship retail electricity brand, TXU Energy, today announced it is committing $100,000 to support Texas food banks, still working through soaring demand and resetting logistics due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Energy & Infrastructure

How Can Regulations Reduce F-gas in Power Networks?

With this realization have come strict measures to help limit the release of SF6 into the atmosphere. These include careful accounting of the production and distribution of SF6 as well as limits on its use.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

CNH Industrial India Lets the Train Take the Strain, Reducing Road Congestion and Ensuring the Supply of Agricultural Tractors

CNH Industrial India has emerged as the first company in India to export 100 agricultural tractors to Bangladesh in an inaugural run of a freight train from the Inland Container Depot (ICD) in Dadri, India which started on September 2.

Philanthropy

VIDEO | Mohawk Offers a "Virtual Hug" to Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walkers

On the first day of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Mohawk Flooring team, a Susan G. Komen 3-Day National Series Sponsor, has a very special video message for the 3-Day community of virtual walkers.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Trailblazer Takeaways: 'Just Mercy' Author Bryan Stevenson on Achieving Equal Justice

Recently, T-Mobile employees tuned in for a livestream conversation between EVP of T-Mobile for Business Mike Katz and Bryan Stevenson, the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI).

Environment

Ceres Set to Launch New 10-Year Action Plan for Sustainable Business Leadership

Global sustainability threats – from the climate crisis to water scarcity to racial, gender and workplace inequality and inequity – are disrupting global operations and supply chains, destabilizing financial markets, and causing widespread human and economic suffering.

Philanthropy

Keep Ghana Beautiful Receives In-kind Support From US National Nonprofit

Keep Ghana Beautiful announces the receipt of generous in-kind support of laptops and a projector from KAB to aid its community and school outreach efforts.

AI & Technology

Stanley Black & Decker Celebrates Third Annual Maker Month Focused on Empowering Skilled Workers & Tradespeople

The campaign will feature several new initiatives, including a “31 Faces of Makers” social campaign, a DEWALT® and STANLEY Security scholarship program, and a new Stanley Black & Decker Vocational Leadership Program.

Environment

Forests as a Natural Climate Solution

How we manage forests is a critical, yet often overlooked, solution in the fight against climate change. Improvements to land stewardship could cost-effectively avoid 11 gigatons of CO2 emissions per year, or 1/3 of the mitigation needed to meet global climate commitments.

Energy & Infrastructure

Alliant Energy Reaches Milestone, Completes 1000 MW of Wind in Iowa

Alliant Energy announces completion of its plan to add 1,000 megawatts (MW) of wind production in Iowa, several months ahead of schedule and within budget.

Socially Responsible Investing

The Impact of COVID-19 on a Company: 6 Questions for the Chief Financial Officer of Johnson & Johnson

When you're the CFO of a company, you have a holistic view of how a pandemic can touch every aspect of a business, especially when it's a healthcare company. So we posed inquiring mind questions to Joe Wolk about what the past eight months have been like for him at the financial helm of the company—via a Zoom interview.

Philanthropy

UnitedHealth Group's Diverse Scholars Initiative

Environment

BIER Stakeholder Spotlight: Hugh Share

Welcome to our series aimed at spotlighting the individual leaders within BIER member companies and stakeholder organizations.

Socially Responsible Investing

Whole Planet Foundation and Microfinance Partners Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis: Update

In March, I wrote the blog Whole Planet Foundation and Microfinance Partners Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis around how those living in poverty are already in a more vulnerable position, which can be further exacerbated during any external shock such as war, earthquakes, droughts or health crises.

Corporate Responsibility

Philip Morris International's Statement of Purpose Moves a Step Closer to Action & Sets Example for Others

The Business Roundtable’s Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation in August 2019 elicited many “nice start, what’s next?” reactions.

Inclusion & Opportunity

How Business Roundtable Companies Have Responded to Four Critical Issues Advancing Racial Equity in the Workplace

Examples like Intel’s demonstrate exemplary commitment to diverse vendors, which contains both leading supplier diversity goals as well as reporting requirements to help their non-diverse suppliers to become more diverse.

Volunteering & Community

Take Time To Volunteer

While the pandemic has disrupted our traditional in-person volunteer program, NortonLifeLock Volunteer Leaders have identified creative ways to engage employees in virtual volunteering.

Education & Workforce Development

How EHS Professionals Design an Effective eLearning Program

eLearning. Online training. Webinars. Web-based training. Microlearning. Trainers today have a myriad of choices on how to deliver training. How do we ensure that our employees not only meet minimum requirements but also learn something useful?

Health & Healthcare

UnitedHealth Group is Working to Reduce The Total Cost of Care

UnitedHealth Group is working to reduce the total cost of health care with initiatives that strengthen transparency, engagement and incentives for consumers; optimize sites of care; apply value-based payment models and eliminate surprise billing.

Health & Healthcare

Biomimicry Innovation: change:WATER Labs

change:WATER Labs is changing the way humans process waste, and it all has to do with water. They recognized that if water is removed from human waste, all that's left is a compact solid that would be much easier to collect and sterilize.

Awards & Rankings

Whirlpool Corporation Named a 'Best Place to Work for People With Disabilities' for Fourth Straight Year

For the fourth year in a row, Whirlpool Corporation has been named one of the best places to work for people with disabilities, as part of the 2020 Disability Equality Index (DEI).

Latest Campaigns

KeyBank: Responsible Banking

Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...

Sustainability by Antea Group

At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...

Greener Products and Solutions

We actively integrate sustainability into the product development process and look at all phases of the product life cycle for opportunities to...

Special Economic Zones

Driving awareness of Special Economic Zones.

Integrated Tools

Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...

Kingfisher Around the World

The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...

Wells Fargo Social Impact and Sustainability

Wells Fargo & Company is a leading financial services company that has approximately $1.9 trillion in assets and proudly serves one in three U.S...

Small Business Growth

We strengthen communities and help create local jobs by investing in underserved small business owners. We fund nonprofits that are focused on...

PSEG Environmental Stewardship

PSEG’s environmental stewardship is evident in programs and strategies that reflect our commitment to clean air, clean water and waste management...

License to Operate

Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...