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Diversity & Inclusion

These 3 #WomenInTech are Leading the Way at Cisco Dubai

The future of engineering is strong at Cisco, and that was especially apparent to me during a recent visit to the Dubai Co-Innovation Centre where this eye-catching facility (like many of its global counterparts) offers an exciting...

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The TD Community Resilience Initiative Allocates $25 Million to Organizations Engaged In COVID-19 Response and Community Recovery

TD Bank Group (TD) yesterday introduced the TD Community Resilience Initiative, a comprehensive program that includes funding, employee engagement and on-going collaboration with organizations and community groups across TD's operating footprint that are critical now and into the future. With global economies in historic decline, many of them have been directly impacted just when society needs them the most.

Diversity & Inclusion

Mastercard Builds on COVID-19 Response with Commitment to Connect 1 Billion People, 50 Million Small Businesses, 25 Million Women Entrepreneurs to the Digital Economy by 2025

The health and economic consequences of COVID-19 have highlighted the critical need to support vulnerable populations, many of whom are disproportionately impacted.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CNH Industrial Is Helping to Tackle Covid-19 in South America

CNH Industrial’s social programs are fully embedded in South America across a variety of sectors including education, culture and local community initiatives.

Environment

Putting Down Roots: Businesses Act on Reforestation

Each year, the Earth Day Network calls on people around the world to act for the environment. For Earth Day 2020—the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the nonprofit’s theme is climate action.

Health & Healthcare

Tork Launches “Safe at Work” Toolkit to Help Front Line Healthcare Workers Carry On

In connection to World Hand Hygiene Day on May 5, Tork, the leading global professional hygiene brand, is launching the Safe at Work: COVID-19 Healthcare Toolkit.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

School Operations Changed Almost Overnight Due to COVID-19

The disruption caused by the pandemic has created an unprecedented challenge for school leaders, and New Leaders is working overtime to support them through a virtual platform, in addition to continued remote mentoring.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Our Partners: Bamby Salcedo Focuses on Supporting Transgender Latina Women

For Bamby Salcedo, founder of the Los Angeles-based TransLatin@ Coalition, her work is more than just a job – it’s personal. She and her team work every day to serve the diverse needs of the transgender community, from healthcare and housing...

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Entrepreneurship in Nepal through the Microfranchise Approach

Kalpavriksha is one of the newest social enterprise partners in our Asia/Pacific portfolio. Kalpavriksha belongs to Pollinate Group and its sister organization, Asha Kiran, operates in India.

Innovation & Technology

Alliant Energy Adds Solar and Battery System at DNR Site near Sauk City

An Alliant Energy solar generation and battery storage project will provide power to a park building and cabin when they reopen later this year just south of Sauk City, Wisconsin.

Health & Healthcare

Health and Well-being in Buildings Can Help Deliver Systemic Efficiency, IWBI Shares with World Economic Forum Members

Health and well-being must be integrated into a broader systems change approach in buildings and cities, alongside net zero carbon and energy efficiency targets, if we are to accelerate the transition to a healthy and sustainable future.

Environment

BIER Stakeholder Spotlight: Tom Williams

Meet Tom Williams, Director of WaterCompany: World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and learn how his company is addressing pressing challenges around water, energy, agriculture, climate change and what inspires him to advance environmental sustainability in the beverage sector and collectively, overall.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

ENR Rankings Put Black & Veatch at the Heart of Digital Transformation

At its heart the world’s digital transformation relies on clean energy and the rapid, resilient transmission of data and information.

Health & Healthcare

EarthxCities 2020: Urban Resilience After the Pandemic

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Giving Back Never Goes Out of Style: Levi Strauss Foundation Responds to Issues Affecting Marginalized and Disenfranchised Communities

The Levi Strauss Foundation is the corporate foundation of Levi Strauss & Co., one of the world's largest brand-name apparel companies and a global leader in jeanswear. The Foundation’s philanthropic work is grounded in the company's values...

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Verizon Expands COVID-19 Small Business Support up to $7.5M With New Grant to LISC

Verizon today announced an additional $2.5 million donation to small business support through the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), bringing the total funding of LISC’s Verizon Small Business Recovery Fund up to a potential $7.5 million.

Health & Healthcare

Uniting to Fight COVID-19 with Ultraviolet Light

As the world continues to adapt and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, a team from Koch Industries is working around the clock with Violet Defense to rapidly develop a unique solution to destroy the deadly virus using ultraviolet (UV) light.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How to Maintain Clean Commercial Spaces in the COVID-19 Era

In the wake of current events, we understand the increased anxiety and heightened concerns around the best ways to clean and disinfect commercial finishes, including hard surface flooring and carpeting.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Supporting Our Communities Through New Forms of Volunteerism During COVID-19

With the current work-remote protocols in effect for many companies across the country due to the novel coronavirus, most traditional team-based community service events have been suspended, including ours at ScottsMiracle-Gro.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Novartis US Foundation Supports Telehealth Programs to Provide Access to Care for New Jersey’s Most Vulnerable Communities

The Novartis US Foundation announced that a grant provided to the New Jersey Primary Care Association (NJPCA) made it possible to launch five new telehealth programs for community health centers in the state.

Health & Healthcare

Health & Conservation Leaders Issue Joint Call to Shut Down High-Risk Wildlife Markets to Help Curb Future Outbreaks

More than 100 scientists and conservation leaders from 25 countries are calling on governments across the globe to address high-risk wildlife trade to reduce the chance of another outbreak.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CITGO Private Foundation Announces Early Applicants’ Grantees for COVID-19 Program

The Simón Bolívar Foundation Inc. ( Simón Bolívar Foundation ), the non-profit, private foundation of CITGO Petroleum Corporation, is awarding up to $200,000 to five nonprofit organizations working in health-focused initiatives for vulnerable Venezuelans as part of its COVID-19 Small Grants Program.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Schneider Electric Responds to COVID-19 Crisis

As part of the UN Global Compact Uniting Business initiative, Global Compact’s CEOs Taking Action, our CEO, Jean-Pascal Tricoire, is sharing how Schneider Electric is mobilized to address the challenges brought by COVID-19.

Diversity & Inclusion

How to Celebrate Diversity Month at Home During COVID-19

Diversity and Inclusion is a key part of our DNA at ON Semiconductor. We work on a daily basis to provide our employees with a safe, respectful and inclusive environment where each of our unique attributes, abilities and personalities can thrive. From working with our partners at Fairygodboss and DiversityComm to being listed on the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index, our employees are the focus of all of our efforts.

Environment

Marie Mutskui Mockett: American Harvest

Anyone who has gone to the grocery store during the COVID-19 health crisis must have wondered to themselves at some point why there was no toilet paper, milk or flour all of a sudden.

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Integrated Tools

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

IWBI | WELL Building Standard

Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...

Sustainable Products and Innovation

Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...

Nutrition and Health

Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...

License to Operate

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

Subaru Share the Love® Event

Since the launch of the Subaru Share the Love Event in 2008, Subaru of America and our retailers have donated more than $256 million to charity, with...

CARE Corporate Partnerships

CARE works with corporate partners globally to invest in innovative, scalable, impactful, community-based solutions.

Employee and Community Engagement

At MilliporeSigma, we look for opportunities to use employee and community engagement to spark scientific curiosity and breakthroughs. We know that...

Drawdown Georgia

Informed by Project Drawdown, the world’s leading resource for climate solutions, Drawdown Georgia is the first state-centered effort to crowdsolve...

Accelerating access to healthcare technology

We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...