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Education

Tools and Textbooks: The Home Depot Foundation’s Path to Pro Program Paves the Way for Skilled Trades Students

In partnership with SkillPointe Foundation, The Home Depot’s Path to Pro program is redefining the back-to-school experience, equipping students with the essential tools required to navigate their journey.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Cities and GrowGeneration® Unite To Grow Locally Led Hydroponic Agriculture Initiatives

Whole Cities, a project dedicated to broadening community access to fresh food and nutrition education, announced today their partnership with GrowGeneration Corp.

Events, Media & Communications

Cisco’s Grantee and Investee Partners at Climate Week NYC

Cisco and the Cisco Foundation, along with our Climate grantee and investee partners, understand that the sustainable future we want to move towards is one that is inclusive, resilient, and regenerative.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Vacant Buildings in Northern Kentucky Get New Life Thanks to $60,000 Duke Energy Foundation Grant and Catalytic Fund

Duke Energy has teamed up with the Catalytic Fund to distribute Urban Revitalization grants to three Northern Kentucky recipients. The program, which was launched in 2011, has distributed over $3.3 million to more than 100 grantees across Greater Cincinnati.

Social Impact & Volunteering

The Art of Relationships at Suncor

A vibrant mural commissioned by Suncor, is now a dazzling display for employees flying into our Firebag operations.

Innovation & Technology

LyondellBasell Demonstrates Commitment to Sustainability With Launch of +LC (Low Carbon) Solutions

LyondellBasell announced the launch of its +LC (Low Carbon) solutions, a new range of Intermediates and Derivatives (I&D) chemicals produced under an International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certified mass balance methodology.

Events, Media & Communications

Public Health Leaders, Including Six Former Surgeons General, Call on Policymakers To Prioritize Buildings As Instruments of Public Health

In an effort to shift the paradigm of building policy, the sign-on letter draws attention to an often overlooked policy opportunity—reimagining the nation’s buildings as a prescription for health.

Sustainable Development Goals

Rayonier 2022 Sustainability Report: Climate Change

Climate change is affecting forest ecosystems worldwide, causing shifts in the distribution, abundance, productivity, and health of forests. Our commitment to sustainable forest management requires that we understand both the risks and opportunities posed by climate change.

Diversity & Inclusion

SEE’s "Better Together" Podcast: Hispanic Heritage Month

SEE employee Hector Larrazabal talks about everything from food celebrations to career advice in this episode of the company's "Better Together" podcast, which focuses on Hispanic Heritage Month.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Building a Career at Bloomberg: A Recruiter’s Perspective

At Bloomberg, we have been free of titles from the start. The way we are structured allows our employees to network more freely, learn about new career paths, and pursue them. And we openly encourage this kind of movement across departments, locations, and time zones.

Research, Reports & Publications

Unite to Ignite: Amplify 2023

ESG Talk and Off The Books join forces at Amplify! Workiva’s Catherine Tsai interviews Mandi McReynolds, Steve Soter, and conference attendees to explore trends like generative AI and how finance and accounting, ESG, and audit and risk are evolving—together.

Sustainable Development Goals

DP World: Solidifying South America’s Central Role in Enabling Trade Across the Americas

In a groundbreaking moment for South American trade, DP World welcomed the mammoth CMA-CGM Alexander Von Humboldt ship from the CMA-CGM shipping line to its port facilities in Callao, Peru and Posorja, Ecuador earlier this month.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Protecting Your Brand in a Precarious Time

To make sure employees and visitors feel like they are in good hands, providing everything they need for proper and frequent hand hygiene is crucial.

Research, Reports & Publications

Abbott Shares Progress on Sustainability Performance, Including Company’s Priority of Innovating for Greater Health Access

Abbott recently released its 2022 Global Sustainability Report, highlighting efforts to help the greatest number of people live better, healthier lives.

Social Impact & Volunteering

MetLife 2022 Sustainability Report: Inspiring Colleagues to Make an Impact

In addition to location-based “green teams” that drive initiatives at the office level, every MetLife line of business, function and region has a climate goals champion responsible for helping the enterprise achieve our short- and long-term goals.

Innovation & Technology

Healthy Spaces With Trane Technologies: Building a Net-Zero Future With CEO Dave Regnery

Listen to Trane Technologies’ CEO Dave Regnery in this episode of Healthy Spaces from Climate Week on climate tech's role in decarbonizing buildings and optimism for a sustainable future.

Sustainable Development Goals

Crown Holdings 2022 Sustainability Report: Letter From Our Sustainability Lead

I am thrilled to present to all of Crown’s stakeholders our 2022 Sustainability Report. Crown, like many companies, has transitioned through some significant changes— particularly since we rolled out the Twentyby30™ program in 2020.

Research, Reports & Publications

Farmers Share Their View of a Sustainable Future

The Farmer Voice survey is the response of 800 farmers in 8 different countries. In our biggest survey of modern agriculture to date, what farmers said was both surprising and inspiring to us all.

Sustainable Development Goals

Take a Look Inside McDonald’s Hong Kong’s New LEED Zero Carbon Restaurant in Tai Wo

A newly renovated McDonald’s restaurant in Hong Kong is setting an example for how more sustainable design can come to life in unexpected places.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sustainable Apparel Coalition and International Apparel Federation Announce Collaboration Agreement

The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), has today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), outlining a strategic collaboration with the International Apparel Federation (IAF).

Education

Inspiring the Next Generation of Digital Citizens

To help get appropriate and effective resources into the hands of educators, Norton – a leader in consumer Cyber Safety and part of Gen™ – has teamed up with Discovery Education to create My Digital Life.

Energy

Michael R. Bloomberg Doubles Down With Additional $500M To Help End Fossil Fuels and Usher In a New Era of Clean Energy in the United States

UN Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions Michael R. Bloomberg announced an additional $500 million commitment to expand the Beyond Carbon campaign, one of the largest philanthropic efforts to fight the climate crisis in the U.S.

Events, Media & Communications

IWBI Announces the Works with WELL Program

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) today unveiled the Works with WELL offering, a new product licensing program designed to help product manufacturers validate and showcase how their products align with WELL strategies based on IWBI licensing criteria.

Innovation & Technology

The Mindset of Progress Over Perfection: Kimberly-Clark's Jeannette Chantalat Offers Insights in Sustainable Innovation

Global Head of Innovation and Sustainability Accelerator, Jeannette Chantalat, recently joined the Tech Transformation Podcast hosted by Lisa Johnston, editor of Consumer Goods Technology, where she discussed leveraging consumer insights in product development.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Future of Cancer Research: Insights From Women in the Field

Since 1996, the Mary Kay Ash Foundation and Mary Kay Inc. have contributed more than $36 million to cancer research, support programs and services.

Latest Campaigns

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  15. Cascale Events
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