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Security Highlight: Cyber Resilience Act Requirements for Boot Managers

In 2024, the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) became law, reshaping security expectations for digital products sold in the EU. By 2027, the regulation will be fully enforced, and new digital products will need to demonstrate compliance.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Caesarstone Wins “Most Innovative” Award in the Inaugural 2026 KBIS Innovation Hour

Caesarstone

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Engage for Good Names Keep America Beautiful 2026 Nonprofit of the Year

Engage for Good

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FHLB Dallas and Wells Fargo Celebrate Opening of Affordable Apartments That Received $1.75M Grant

Wells Fargo & Company

Research, Reports & Publications

Mastercard: What Financial Health Looks Like Right Now

Mastercard

Green Infrastructure

Southwire Achieves Its First LEED Certification for a Manufacturing Plant

Southwire

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bath & Body Works Donates Detergent Products for National Laundry Day

Bath & Body Works

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Why a Perpetual Purpose Trust Model Works for Sustainable Investing Firms

GreenMoney Journal

Environment

Insights From Dr. Marshall Shepherd on Georgia’s Climate Outlook and Resilience

Ray C. Anderson Foundation

Featured Brands

New California Training Academy To Power Next-Gen HVAC Innovation

Global HVAC technology leader LG Electronics celebrated the grand opening of its new LG Air Conditioning Technologies Training Academy in Orange, Calif.

During an Altaviva™ Implant, the Patient Talked About Lunch. That Was the Point.

The Altaviva™ device was recently named a 2026 Edison Award winner in the Health, Medical and Biotech category. The award honors the most consequential innovations across the globe.

What Teens Told Researchers About AI for Homework—and How Parents Can Help

Teens are already using AI for homework. Research suggests they use it more responsibly when clear expectations are in place—yet many say they don’t have them.

How To Raise a Connected Kid (Without Raising a Screen Kid)

A Paw-sitively Powerful Partner in Care: How One Furry Teammate Is Transforming Maynard Children’s Hospital

At first glance, James and Connie Maynard Children’s Hospital at ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville, North Carolina, looks like any other bustling pediatric center.

FHLB Dallas and Wells Fargo Celebrate Opening of Affordable Apartments That Received $1.75M Grant

Wells Fargo, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) and Foundation Communities celebrated the grand opening of the 156-unit Norman Commons affordable apartment complex that will support families and individuals in Austin, Texas

Mastercard: What Financial Health Looks Like Right Now

Financial health is often framed as a long-term goal: building wealth, buying a “forever home,” planning for retirement, perhaps even early retirement. But new global research from Mastercard suggests that for many consumers today, financial health is far more immediate.

Bath & Body Works Donates Detergent Products for National Laundry Day

Bath & Body Works is donating 3,000 detergent products — enough for 200,000 small loads of laundry — to Home for Families and Good360 in honor of National Laundry Day in 2026.

Guiding Stars: Global Goodness, Star-Earning Simplicity

Did you know that you can explore global flavors using Guiding Stars as a guide to balanced, nutrient-rich ingredients and recipes? At first it might be intimidating to recreate your favorite flavors in your own kitchen.

Newsweek: Medtronic Built a Care Platform for Ghana. Now, It’s Working in New Jersey

Alexis Kayser, Healthcare Editor at Newsweek, recently connected with Geoff Martha, CEO of Medtronic, and Dennis Pullin, CEO of Virtua Health, to learn how they transformed a tactic used in Kenya, Ghana and India into a community health program in New Jersey.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Team Work Brings Magnificent Results to Turkey

At Mining Technique Turkey, even though selling is our profession, we believe that crucial assets of a company are the ones that you can not sell- your corporate DNA, your culture, your reputation, your values and your people.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Ekip Çalişmasi, Atlas Copco Maden Tekniği Türkiye'ye Muhteşem Sonuçlar Getiriyor

Başarılı olmak ve başarıyı sürdürmek için, ekibin her üyesi organizasyonumuzun ortak hedefi doğrultusunda çalışır. Yüksek performanslı ekipler kurabilmek için şart olan aidiyet duygusunu sağlamaya odaklanırız ve güçlü bir ekip çalışması, başarılı kazançları ve olumlu sonuçları doğal olarak beraberinde getirir.

Events, Media & Communications

Register for G&A Institute's Feb 28th Webinar: Why 2017 Should Be The Year You Respond to RobecoSAM (DJSI)?

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Self Defense For Taxpayers: Five Common Scams Targeting U.S. Taxpayers

Tis the season - Tax Time. Law-abiding residents across the nation are sharpening their pencils, gathering receipts and scrambling to find the correct forms, in order to fulfill their duties as tax-paying citizens.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Subaru of America, Inc. Returns As Premier Sponsor of 2017 Philadelphia Flower Show for 16th Consecutive Year

Energy

The Value of Certification and Verification for Green Power Purchases Webinar

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership (GPP) will host a webinar with Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) examining the value of certification and verification in the green power market.

Education

CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery Promotes STEM Classroom Learning Through Workshops for Educators

In an effort to promote science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education in the classroom, the CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery partnered with The National Energy Education Development Project (NEED) to host an all-day hands-on learning workshop for 27 STEM teachers from 10 local middle and high schools.

Environment

Larry Nielsen: Environmental Trailblazers

Social Impact & Volunteering

Coca-Cola and Wendy’s Add Excitement to Central Ohio Families’ Holiday Celebrations

The excitement of running to the family room and seeing presents under the tree; we all remember tearing into the wrapping paper to see what Santa left for us. But families that have recently grown through adoption sometimes strain to provide gifts for their newly-expanded family during the holidays.

Innovation & Technology

Grid Modernization: Utility 2.0 has arrived, but it brings opportunity and caution

For years, utilities have struggled to define the more responsive operational systems and customer-centric performance models that would trumpet the arrival of Utility 2.0. Lacking a singular event marking the shift, it seems more likely a steady, incremental advance through technology deployments, analytics and a focus on customer engagement represents the path towards a continually evolving future state.

Environment

Protecting Our Business While Safeguarding Forests

As one of the world’s largest buyers of market pulp, Kimberly-Clark knows that protecting forests is critical to addressing climate change, conserving terrestrial biodiversity and ensuring a resilient, healthy supply chain, so sustaining this natural resource through responsible forestry is just one of the ways we care for the planet.

Energy

The Four Product Future Transforming the Energy Industry Today

Last year, renewable energy sources represented more than half the new power capacity around the world.

While this is an important step toward achieving a clean energy future, successfully integrating this large amount of renewable generation into the current U.S. transmission system – in a safe and reliable manner – is currently a monumental challenge. The intermittent nature of both wind and solar challenges our ability to fully depend on these resources. As we see in Figure 1, not only is wind energy variable, but it can also defy forecasting – even “hour-ahead” forecasting.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Scotiabankers Erika Osmond, Deanne Harada, Anastasia Kotsidis & Marta Cano win Executive Coaching Awards

Women in Capital Markets (WCM), a non-profit advocacy organization which promotes the entry and advancement of women into leadership roles in the financial sector, announced seven recipients of the 2017 WCM Executive Coaching Award at a reception in Toronto.

Environment

New Exhibition at Marina Bay Sands ArtScience Museum Uses Augmented Reality to Raise Awareness of Rainforest Conservation Issues

Into the Wild: An Immersive Virtual Adventure, is the latest permanent development at Marina Bay Sands’ ArtScience Museum in Singapore. The virtual reality adventure transforms nearly 11,000 square feet into a virtual rainforest, which can be explored using one’s smartphone device.

Environment

Greenwashing: What Is It, and How Does Domtar Avoid It?

With eco credentials proliferating and corporations looking to capitalize on the sustainability trend, greenwashing is becoming more common. Domtar remains truthful by following the Federal Trade Commissions' Green Guides.

Environment

Bald Eagle That Survived Lead Poisoning Released at Consumers Energy’s Karn Generating Plant

Responsible Production & Consumption

Wishing You a Very Floral Veriflora Valentine's Day!

Responsible Production & Consumption

If It Makes the Dictionary, It Must Be Important

Every year Merriam-Webster, the word authority, expands its dictionary. This year, I took particular notice of one of those new words: food insecure. It’s an important recognition of the 50 million Americans who struggle every day to get adequate nutrition (Source USDA) including 13.1 million children (source Feeding America).

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

5 Steps to Develop a Supply Chain Risk Assessment Process

Gaining as much value from the supply chain as possible while meeting consumer expectations for sustainably and ethically produced products is a difficult balance to achieve. To do so successfully, companies need to identify where threats exist across the supplier network and implement iterative mitigation strategies.

Social Impact & Volunteering

MGM Resorts International, News 3, the CW Las Vegas and iHeartMedia join the Red Cross to Host First Community Blood Drive at T-Mobile Arena

It’s a safe bet that donating blood can help save lives. The American Red Cross is wagering that the Las Vegas community will answer the need.

Diversity & Inclusion

21st Century Fox and AMC Theatres Celebrate Black History Month With Free Screenings of “Hidden Figures” in Communities Across the Country

In celebration of Black History Month, 21st Century Fox and AMC Theatres are joining forces to provide free screenings of Academy Award nominated film “Hidden Figures” in communities across the country. The film – starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe – tells the 'untold' story of three African American female NASA mathematicians during the Space Race of the 1960's.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Kansas Communities Receive $2,500 Bluechip® Awards From Kansas Recreation And Park Association, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Kansas

Five Kansas communities and one state park – varying in both population size and programs – have two things in common; each is striving to improve the health of those who live, work and play in their community.

Events, Media & Communications

21CF Earns 11 Wins at NAACP Image Awards with Honors for ‘Empire,’ ‘Atlanta,’ ‘Hidden Figures’ and More

21st Century Fox businesses took home a collective 11 trophies from the 48th NAACP Image Awards on February 11, scoring wins for acting and directing on film and television projects such as Empire, Atlanta, The People v. O.J. Simpson, This Is Us, and Hidden Figures. The ceremony, which celebrates the accomplishments of people of color across the media landscape, was broadcast live on TV One and was hosted by Anthony Anderson.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

2017 AIAG Corporate Responsibility Summit - Registration Now Open!

The 2017 AIAG Corporate Responsibility Summit is the leading event for manufacturing professionals to discuss sustainability issues, share best practices and network with like-minded individuals.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Keep America Beautiful, Lowe's Heroes Leave Lasting Legacy in Las Vegas

Keep America Beautiful recently teamed up with Lowe’s at its National Sales Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the largest Lowe’s Heroes project in the company’s history.

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Rethinking EHS Podcast

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Greener Products and Solutions

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Accelerating access to healthcare technology

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Sustainability Regulations

Get key updates on trends that are shaping the global ESG regulatory landscape. In this space, Novata provides insights on sustainability regulation...

Health and Safety by Antea Group

Antea Group's health and safety consultants understand what it takes to help make a positive impact on safety culture. Read blogs, insights, and more...

Enriching Women's Lives

60 years ago, Mary Kay Ash created an unparalleled opportunity for women to define their own successes and control their own futures. Her vision of...

Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business

The Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business at Georgia Tech acts as a catalyst and connector, bringing together students, research faculty...

Sustainable Operations

ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)

Growth Through Sustainability

Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...

Emergency Response

Document rapid interventions when crises strike: delivering therapeutic food, water, hygiene kits, and deploying mobile med