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Education & Workforce Development

Is Your Company Ready to Launch a Scholarship Program This Fall?

America's Charities

AI & Technology

3M Innovates To Help the Automotive Industry Navigate What’s Ahead

3M

Corporate Responsibility

GoDaddy 2025 Global Stakeholder Impact Report: About GoDaddy | Corporate Sustainability Approach

GoDaddy

Health & Healthcare

Guiding Stars: Dairy & Live & Active Cultures in a Balanced Diet

Guiding Stars Licensing Company LLC

Inclusion & Opportunity

Mary Kay Ash Foundation® Celebrates 30 Years and Over $100 Million Donated Toward Advancing Women’s Health and Safety

Mary Kay

Energy & Infrastructure

Connected Equipment is Protecting Louisiana’s Drivers

Ray C. Anderson Foundation

Education & Workforce Development

Truist Foundation Announces New Inspire Awards Challenge To Support Adult Workers in the Age of AI

Truist

Environment

Biochar’s Triple Win: Healthier Soils, Improved Crops, and Decarbonization

Cisco Systems Inc.

Featured Brands

3M Innovates To Help the Automotive Industry Navigate What’s Ahead

The automotive industry is under pressure from every direction. Electrification, software-defined vehicle architecture, lightweighting, manufacturing transformation, repair and recycling are not isolated challenges.

Guiding Stars: Dairy & Live & Active Cultures in a Balanced Diet

Have chronic congestion? “Stop consuming dairy.” Unrelenting belly problems? “Mmmm, could be cow’s milk.” Have you let this thinking guide your decision to avoid dairy? If so, you may lose out on essential macro and micronutrients.

Guiding Stars: I’m Done Losing Weight on a GLP-1—Now What?

Using GLP-1 agonist medications can improve health outcomes for a growing number of conditions including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, liver disease, and kidney disease. However, it’s no secret that lots of people take them primarily for weight loss.

Truist Foundation Announces New Inspire Awards Challenge To Support Adult Workers in the Age of AI

Truist Foundation today announced the launch of its fourth Inspire Awards, a capacity-building grant program for nonprofit organizations across the markets Truist Bank serves. This year’s challenge aligns to Truist Foundation’s focus on creating career pathways

Biochar’s Triple Win: Healthier Soils, Improved Crops, and Decarbonization

We often think of agricultural waste, such as crop residues, forestry byproducts, or even manure, as an end-of-the-line byproduct. But what if it were actually a valuable resource? Enter Biochar.

Check for Cancer Champion Dr. Ryan Schoenfeld Has a Vision for Earlier Detection

When it comes to cancer, progress is often measured not only by new treatments, but by how early the disease can be found. For Ryan Schoenfeld, Ph.D., CEO of The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research, that distinction has become a defining focus

Medtronic Receives FDA Clearance for Nellcor™ Pulse Oximetry System With Nell-EQ™ Intelligent Processor, a New Technology Designed To Improve Reliability Across Diverse Patients and Conditions

The Nell-EQ™ intelligent processor is a new pulse oximetry processing technology designed to support more consistent and reliable oxygen saturation (SpO₂) and pulse rate monitoring across diverse patient populations, skin tones, and clinical care settings.

Guiding Stars: The Many Benefits of Maintaining Muscle

The amount of muscle on your body matters—for everyone. Whether you’re an athlete, on a weight loss journey, or enjoying your 8th decade of life (or more!), having adequate muscle is important for your health.

Idealist to Celebrate 30 Years of Impact in 2026

For thirty years, Idealist has served the social-impact sector in myriad ways. In 2026, the anniversary of idealist.org’s launch, the nonprofit will feature thirty stories of impact and invite community members to share their own stories.

Guiding Stars: Balance & Build-Your-Own-Plate

Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of “flexible eating,” when routines loosen and cookouts, picnics, and spontaneous gatherings become more frequent. Shared summer meals can have a light, breezy feel for everyone, including the host.

Recent Alerts

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

What We Heard in 2025 — and Where We’re Going Next

When an industry is trying to move faster on climate and decent work, clarity makes action easier. Last year, more than 7,000 people took part in Cascale’s Industry Awareness Benchmark Survey. Our new survey is open now!

Corporate Responsibility

Complimentary Webinar - Beyond the Basics: Elevating Your Approach to CSRD Metrics

CSRD assurance requirements are approaching, and organizations are advancing their readiness for external audit and assurance. In our previous webinar 'Preparing for CSRD Mandatory Assurance: What Companies Need to Do Now'

Corporate Responsibility

How I Got Here: Ranjith Roy

In the #HowIGotHere series, you’ll read about the career paths of some of the world-renowned leaders at Yum! Brands. Learn more about Ranjith Roy, Chief Financial Officer at Yum! Brands.

Environment

Ask Nature Podcast Now Available

Introducing the Ask Nature Podcast: an exploration of the power of reconnecting with the rest of nature––and the changes it creates in technology, strategy, society, and our own hearts and minds.

Awards & Rankings

Bacardi in Costa Rica Earns Great Place To Work® Certification™

Bacardi in Costa Rica has once again earned Great Place to Work® Certification™, coming in at #13 in the country and reinforcing a commitment to creating a supportive and high-performing workplace culture.

Health & Healthcare

Subaru Loves to Care® Provides Warmth, Love, and Support to Cancer Patients in Partnership with Blood Cancer United

Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that, in over 10 years of partnership as the largest automotive donor to Blood Cancer United®, Subaru and its retailers will have supported more than 550,000 cancer patients and their families nationwide.

AI & Technology

CVS Health: Helping Seniors Navigate Digital-First Health Care

For millions of older adults, managing their health now means making sense of apps, online portals, digital forms and telehealth visits. These tools can make care simpler, but only when people feel confident using them.

Inclusion & Opportunity

The Corporate EmpowHER Team Member Resource Group for Women Creates Connections Locally and Globally

The EmpowHER Team Member resource group for women at Sands’ Las Vegas headquarters has pursued an ambitious slate of programming over the past year, highlighted by a recent series of activities for Women’s History Month.

Awards & Rankings

Trane Technologies Recognized for Sustainability Leadership by Dow Jones and Financial Times

Trane Technologies has been recognized for continued leadership in sustainability and climate innovation through inclusion on the Dow Jones Best-in-Class World and North American Indices and the Financial Times Europe’s Climate Leaders 2026 list.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Military Appreciation Profile: Spotlighting Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Mike Shields, Ensuring Mission-Ready Solutions

Lieutenant General (Ret.) Michael H. “Mike” Shields built a distinguished 34‑year career in the U.S. Army before bringing his operational insight and strategic leadership to CACI.

Corporate Responsibility

Keysight Releases 2025 Corporate Social Responsibility Progress Report and Disclosures

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) released its 2025 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Progress Report, highlighting the company’s recent achievements across ethical business and governance, environmental sustainability, and positive social impact.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Scaling Circular Cotton Through Measurement and Collaboration

A Cascale Corporate member since 2020, Recover recognized that advancing circularity would require material innovation supported by trusted data, consistent measurement, and collaboration across the value chain.

Corporate Responsibility

From Vision to Impact: How KeyBank Helped L&M Hair Studio Thrive

Through KeyBank’s Key4Women program, Melody discovered an opportunity that would change the trajectory of her business: a small business pitch competition.

Corporate Responsibility

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment Expands Equity Platform With New Leadership Appointments and Key Hire

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI), a national leader in affordable housing finance, today announced a key hire and new leadership appointments to further strengthen and scale its equity syndications platform.

Corporate Responsibility

From Compliance to Leadership: How WELL Supports ESRS and Advances Social Sustainability

Social sustainability is not yet universally central in practice. In some sectors, it is advancing rapidly; in others, it is still emerging or even being prioritized amid regulatory uncertainty. Yet this is precisely where leadership matters most.

Environment

Yum!’s Aurélie Dufour Helps Build a More Sustainable Future

Aurélie Dufour leads sustainability regulation and governance across Europe, translating complex requirements into clear priorities for Yum!’s brands and markets, helping embed sustainability into how the business grows.

Volunteering & Community

Beyond the Trade Show: Giving Back During GEOINT 2026

During the first week of May, thousands of national security professionals from industry, academia and the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) gathered in Aurora, Colo., for the 2026 United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation GEOINT Symposium.

Volunteering & Community

Aetna Better Health® of West Virginia Opens New Community Resource Center in Clarksburg

Aetna Better Health® of West Virginia, a CVS Health® company (NYSE: CVS), announced the opening of a new Community Resource Center (CRC) located within the Community Care of West Virginia’s Clarksburg facility.

Philanthropy

CACI Champions Military Families With Charitable Support for Fisher House Foundation

CACI International Inc (NYSE: CACI) announced today a new donation to the Fisher House Foundation totaling approximately $35,000.

Education & Workforce Development

Middle Schoolers Discover New Ambitions Thanks to Digital Lab Sponsored by Arrow Electronics

Ask a few students at Monarca Academy in Indianapolis what they plan to do when they grow up and you’ll get some pretty impressive responses: engineer, architect, nurse, astronomer.

Corporate Responsibility

From Deposit to Dedication: Inside Covia’s Portage Plant

For more than a century, Covia’s Portage Plant has been part of Wisconsin’s industrial landscape.

Energy & Infrastructure

IWBI Evolves Works With WELL Program To Expand Alignment Pathways for Products and Services

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) today announced a significant evolution of its Works with WELL program, introducing expanded alignment pathways and a redesigned platform experience that broadens how manufacturers, service providers and solution providers

Philanthropy

Donated Semi-Truck Helps El Paso Food Bank Reach Those in Need

The tractor portion of a semi-truck that delivered fuels for years is now hauling cargo of a much different kind: food for people in need in the El Paso, Texas, area.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

How the Member Analytics Portal (MAP) Makes Higg Index Data Sing

Cascale's Aaron Di Silvestro shares how the Member Analytics Portal (MAP) makes data-driven reporting accessible, visible, and engaging.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Championing Accessibility Through Inclusive Design at Lenovo

On Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Lenovo is spotlighting how its Inclusive Product Design Office (IPDO) is partnering with teams across the company to champion accessibility through both hardware and software innovation.

Latest Campaigns

Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship

The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.

Antea Group Brand

Antea Group Brand Content

2026 Wesco International Sustainability Report

Wesco’s 2026 Sustainability Report outlines progress toward long-term goals, demonstrates how sustainability shapes business decisions, and provides...

Emergency Response

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

SCS Consulting

Any news coming from SCS Consulting

Guiding Stars blog: Health & Wellness

About the Guiding Stars Health & Wellness Blog The Guiding Stars Health & Wellness blog is your place for the latest in health and nutrition news...

IWBI | Community News

We believe that people's health and wellness should be at the center of design. That’s why we’re working with industry professionals in real estate...

Truist Foundation

Truist Foundation is committed to Truist Financial Corporation's (NYSE: TFC) purpose to inspire and build better lives and communities. The Foundation...

AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism

AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...

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...