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Environment

Hank Green Joins Arbor Day Foundation Podcast in Latest Episode

In a conversation with Arbor Day Foundation CEO and host Dan Lambe, Hank Green explores the significance of the Internet in the environmental movement and what meaningful engagement can look like. 

Awards & Rankings

Discovery Education's Digital Citizenship Initiative Named 2026 CODiE Award Winner

Discovery Education today announced that its Digital Citizenship Initiative has been named a 2026 CODiE Award Winner in the category Best Digital Citizenship Solution, presented by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA).

Research & Reports

GoDaddy 2025 Global Stakeholder Impact Report: People & Culture | Business Aligned People-Centered Strategy

At GoDaddy, we are committed to attracting, motivating, and retaining qualified talent from around the world. We work to create a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where employees can learn, grow, and succeed.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Need to Know: EU’s New Rules on Environmental Claims

The EU’s new rules on environmental claims are approaching. Gabriele Ballero, Cascale's public affairs manager, shares what companies should do now to prepare.

Philanthropy

KeyBank and the Buffalo Sabres Foster the Spirit of Giving During Give 716 Celebration

KeyBank and the Buffalo Sabres brought together community spirit, philanthropy, and hometown pride on July 16 during a special Give 716 Celebration at KeyBank’s Northtown Branch in Amherst, NY.

Environment

LG Electronics Reports 2025 Scope 1 and 2 Emissions Below 2023 Target Levels in Latest Sustainability Report

Global ESG management leader LG Electronics has released the LG 2025-26 Sustainability Report, which highlights the company’s ongoing worldwide efforts to realize its vision for A Better Life for All.

Awards & Rankings

Whirlpool Corp. Recognized for Sustainability Leadership in Dow Jones Best-in-Class Indices and S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook

Whirlpool Corporation has once again been recognized for its long-standing commitment to corporate responsibility, earning a position on the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Indices (formerly DJSI).

Education & Workforce Development

Engineer the Future: Educators Can Apply for the Arduino Scholarship Now!

The Congressional App Challenge and Qualcomm Incorporated today announced Engineering the Future: Educator Arduino Scholarship, a new national initiative to expand access to physical computing tools for middle and high school students

Corporate Responsibility

Lenovo’s 2025/26 Annual Report: Chairman & CEO Opening Letter

As we close fiscal year 2025/2026, I am pleased to share with you our record results and milestones achieved in strengthening our leadership in Hybrid AI.

Philanthropy

Super El Niño 2026: Food and Nutrition Crises on the Horizon, According to Action Against Hunger

The El Niño phenomenon is expected to reach very strong intensity in 2026. For Action Against Hunger, these forecasts serve as a warning: the humanitarian consequences could be severe in contexts already weakened by conflict, economic crises and climate change.

Philanthropy

$2M Philanthropic Investment Will Help Charlotte Cultivate New Tech Talent To Keep Pace With City’s Growth

National nonprofit CodePath today announced a $2 million philanthropic investment from Wells Fargo and the Wells Fargo Foundation to accelerate the number of local college students who are prepared to participate in Charlotte’s growing technology economy.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Explore Global Due Diligence and Sustainability Reporting Laws

Cascale’s new interactive Global Legislative Overview Map helps companies explore 21 key due diligence and sustainability reporting frameworks across global markets.

Research & Reports

Why Featured Images Matter More Than You Think

In a feed full of competing headlines, the featured image is often what decides whether your story gets a second look at all. Readers scroll fast, and a strong image is what stops the scroll — before a single word of your headline even registers.

Research & Reports

IWBI, Brown Pandemic Center and Air Club Launch New Global Report Showing Indoor Air Quality Policy Has Entered a New Era

The International WELL Building Institute, the Brown University Pandemic Center and Air Club released today Advancing Healthy Indoor Air: Five Leading Policy Models from Around the World, a new report highlighting a rapidly expanding wave of indoor air quality policy innovation.

AI & Technology

STEM Next is Testing a New Model for AI Learning in Afterschool. Early Results Show What Works.

With leadership support from partners including Qualcomm and Arconic Foundation, STEM Next launched the Opportunity AI pilot project in fall 2025

Environment

Inside BIER's Water, Energy, and Emissions Benchmarking Study

In this blog, are highlighting BIER’s Water, Energy, and Emissions Benchmarking Study, one of the coalition’s longest-running initiatives, providing detailed benchmarking analysis to the beverage industry for nearly two decades.

Research & Reports

Giving in Numbers® 2026 Edition Data Reveals a Stark Divide in Corporate Giving

New CECP Giving in Numbers® data reveals a widening divide in corporate giving. While median community investments rose 7.5%, 52% of companies reduced giving in 2025 and overall giving remained flat—showing topline growth masked a broader trend of pullbacks.

AI & Technology

Real-World Skills for Real World Challenges: AI-Led Updates Across Cisco Certification Portfolio

Advances in technology continue to make increased demands on networking and technology professionals. In just a few years, AI has become an integral part of how networks are designed, managed, and secured—driving a shift in the skills most critical to IT professionals.

AI & Technology

GoDaddy Reimagines the Domain Experience for Developers

GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY), the world's largest domain registrar, announced the launch of the GoDaddy Developer Platform, a developer offering designed for a world where AI agents, coding assistants and automated workflows are increasingly doing the work of getting a business online.

Corporate Responsibility

At Consequential Moment for Corporate Reporting, G&A’s Louis Coppola Chairs GRI Stakeholder Council

Louis D. Coppola, CEO and Co-Founder of Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc., a leading US-based sustainability and ESG consulting firm, has been appointed Chair of the Stakeholder Council of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Bacardi and ecoSPIRITS Deepen Collaboration With New Global Agreement on Circular Packaging

Family-owned Bacardi has signed a new global agreement with ecoSPIRITS, deepening the companies’ collaboration on circular packaging and broadening the access of Bacardi brands to the ecoSPIRITS’ technology platform.

Corporate Responsibility

How to Build a Positive Safety Culture in the Workplace

Dedicated and passionate EHS (Environmental, Health, and Safety) leaders understand that even the most robust safety policies are ineffective unless there is a culture that promotes – and even celebrates – safety.

Education & Workforce Development

Industry Collaboration in Action: Updates From Antea Group Consortiums

Learn about recent updates and work plans from Antea Group consortiums, including BIER, DCSC, and HPRC, and how you can get involved.

Philanthropy

CVS Health® Sponsors Kansas City Current’s 9th & Van Brunt Youth Soccer League

CVS Health® (NYSE: CVS) today announced it is a presenting sponsor of the Kansas City Current’s 9th & Vant Brunt youth soccer league – a new, no-cost, no-barrier league that’s designed to increase youth soccer participation in Kansas City.

Philanthropy

KeyBank Foundation Awards $300,000 to Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund to Expand Youth Banking Access and Financial Education Nationwide

The KeyBank Foundation announced a $300,000 grant to the national nonprofit Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund (CFE Fund) to support the expansion of the organization’s Youth Banking Connect (YBC) initiative, formerly known as Summer Jobs Connect.

Latest Campaigns

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...

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...

Rethinking EHS Podcast

Join us as we travel the world to uncover real stories of impact—from landfills and energy transition to workplace safety, emerging contaminants, and...

Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)

The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...

Advocacy

Position Action Against Hunger as a leading advocate for policy change and investment—calling for increased public health spending, improved nutrition...

AEG Celebrates Inclusion

At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...

IWBI | Workplace Wellness

A WELL Certified™ project has the potential to add measurable value to the health, well-being and happiness of people in the buildings. It can also...

Southwire 2025 Sustainability Report

Since 1950, Southwire has powered progress, from bringing light to rural communities to enabling the infrastructure that drives modern life. Today, we...

Sustainable Products and Innovation

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

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...