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Infographic: 2026 Grant impact at a glance: Strengthening communities globally.

Education & Workforce Development | Motorola Solutions

Supporting Today’s Heroes and Tomorrow’s Innovators

Behind every siren is a first responder facing the emotional toll of protecting their community. In classrooms worldwide, students are facing a different hurdle: a lack of the technology and mentorship required to succeed. These disparate challenges share a common solution.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Cascale Explores Sustainable Finance Enablers at Climate Bonds Initiative Connect Hong Kong

Cascale

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Strong by Form Closes €5.8M To Make Wood as Strong as Steel and Concrete

Ray C. Anderson Foundation

Education & Workforce Development

Entergy, Ampirical Invest $1.5M in LSU New Orleans Energy Lab

Entergy Corporation

Volunteering & Community

From Lumber to Lifelines: Aflac Employees Help Ensure No Child Sleeps on the Floor

Aflac Incorporated

Awards & Rankings

Industry Safety Organizations Recognize Georgia-Pacific for Excellence and Innovation

Georgia-Pacific Corporation

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Biopharma Circular Systems Will Move Beyond Park Benches

MilliporeSigma

Health & Healthcare

Guiding Stars: The Most Underrated & Simple Balanced Meal? A Sandwich

Guiding Stars Licensing Company LLC

AI & Technology

You Don’t Need $1,000 to Start a Business. You Might Not Even Need $100.

GoDaddy

Featured Brands

Guiding Stars: Cooking With Limited Equipment

There are many reasons why you may need to cook with limited equipment or without a full kitchen. Maybe you have a very small space, or it doesn’t make sense to heat up a large oven.

From Lumber to Lifelines: Aflac Employees Help Ensure No Child Sleeps on the Floor

On a Friday afternoon, when many people were looking ahead to weekend plans, 31 Aflac employees gathered in a Columbus, Georgia, warehouse with a different purpose in mind.

Guiding Stars: The Most Underrated & Simple Balanced Meal? A Sandwich

It’s time to stop sleeping on sandwiches—these lunchtime staples have a lot going for them. You have to appreciate the efficiency of packing all the food groups between two slices of bread.

Boutique Optician Uses AI To Save Time and Keep Clients Coming Back

Destynee Turner became an optician because she loves helping people see. But growing The Optical Experience, her boutique optical shop in West Palm Beach, Florida, demanded business skills no opticianry program taught her.

AI for Small Business: How Mannequin Madness Found a New Partner in AI

Judi Henderson has “always been curious about the next, newest thing.” That’s how she found herself buying a single mannequin in 1999 for an art project—and ended up an entrepreneur.

Guiding Stars: An Easy Protein for Low-Effort Meals: Tinned Fish

The American Heart Association recommends consuming fish at least twice per week to lower risk of heart disease. Tinned fish can help you meet this goal. It’s a shelf-stable, cost-effective protein that makes quick meals more accessible.

Idealist Awarded $220,000 From the Andrew Carnegie Foundation for Volunteering and Community Service

Idealist has received a $220,000 philanthropic grant from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation to strengthen participation in volunteering and community service throughout the United States. This investment comes at a pivotal time, following the 2025 merger of Idealist and VolunteerMat

Idealist Hosts Annual New York City Graduate School Fair for Social-Impact on September 29

Idealist will once again host an in-person graduate school fair in New York City on September 29th at the Metropolitan Pavilion for all those interested in social-impact careers.

T-Mobile Supports Indiana Communities Following Severe Weather and Prolonged Power Outages

Following destructive storms across the Midwest, T-Mobile teams helped support impacted customers and communities, including offering unlimited talk, text and data to customers in affected areas who don’t already have it, through Tuesday, September 15.

Verizon Combines Tech, Readiness and Grants for Complete Disaster Relief

As natural disasters become more frequent, evidenced by recent weather across the country, communities are left increasingly vulnerable. Verizon is meeting this challenge holistically by combining long-term resilience investments with immediate aid.

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Philanthropy

More Than Water: How PepsiCo Is Helping Communities Build Long-Term Resilience

Through local programs, PepsiCo is aiming to expand access to safe water in communities where time, reliability, resilience and opportunity are deeply connected.

Events

CASE Showcases Advancements in Innovation and Alternative Fuels at Its Construction Experience Center Event in Sarzedo

CASE Construction Equipment welcomed customers, partners, and the press to the Construction Experience Center (CEC) in Sarzedo (MG) to provide a hands-on demonstration of its product portfolio and the key trends and technologies shaping the future of the construction industry.

Energy & Infrastructure

DP World Advances Lower-Emission Port Operations With Hybrid Crane at Prince Rupert

DP World recently launched its first hybrid rubber-tired gantry (RTG) crane retrofit at the terminal, converting an existing diesel-powered crane into a hybrid diesel-electric system that has reduced fuel consumption by more than 60% compared with a conventional diesel RTG.

AI & Technology

Trane Technologies AI Lab Marks Breakthrough in Predictive Control for Smart Building Optimization

Trane Technologies today announced a major milestone in building automation research: the development of a Model‑Based Predictive Control (MPC) system powered by Neural Ordinary Differential Equations (Neural ODEs) forecasting.

Health & Healthcare

Reaching Beyond Distance: How Salta, Argentina Built a System for Stroke Care Equity

When a real patient arrived during a stroke-response training exercise, clinicians didn’t hesitate—they acted. That moment became early proof that Salta Stroke 360° wasn’t just preparing teams for emergencies but building a system ready to respond when every second matters.

Research & Reports

How AMD Is Helping Drive the Computing Industry Forward Responsibly

From advancing high-performance and energy-efficient AI computing to cultivating an innovative, inclusive workforce, AMD is committed to driving the computing industry forward responsibly.

Corporate Responsibility

How Entrepreneurial Is Your Province?

Alberta has earned the title of Canada’s most entrepreneurial province, according to fresh findings from the GoDaddy Small Business Research Lab.

Volunteering & Community

Building Resilience: 3 Ways Businesses Can Support Local Communities

Strong communities aren’t built overnight. They grow through steady investments in people, partnerships and systems that help neighborhoods weather economic uncertainty and evolving social needs.

AI & Technology

The Ray Hosts a Webinar With the Connected Construction Data Alliance Transportation Pooled Fund

The Ray recently hosted a webinar with the Connected Construction Data Alliance (CCDA) Transportation Pooled Fund Featiromg State DOT Leaders

Environment

MetLife 2025 Sustainability Report: Reducing Our Environmental Impact

MetLife seeks to strengthen long-term business performance by reducing our environmental impact, creating operational efficiencies, managing risk, and enabling sustainable growth.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

AllianceBernstein - AI Ethics and Regulation: How Investors Can Navigate the Maze

From brand risks to regulatory uncertainty, AI poses investment challenges. Is there a way forward?

Education & Workforce Development

Discovery Education Announces Availability of Mystery Writing for Grades K-5

Discovery Education today announced that Mystery Writing, its supplemental writing solution for kindergarten through grade 5, is now available to educators nationwide.

Corporate Responsibility

Behind the Doors of the Bacardi Archives: A Conversation With the Heritage Curator of the Iconic Rum Brand and Company

For most people, history lives in textbooks, museums, or old family photo albums. At Bacardi, the world's largest privately held international spirits company, heritage is actively preserved, protected, and put to work every day.

Awards & Rankings

Wesco Recognized With 2026 Blackbaud Impact Award for Advancing Global Community Impact Through Collaboration

Wesco has been named a Europe winner in the 2026 Blackbaud Impact Awards, earning the Silo Buster Award for its leadership in transforming Wesco Cares from a primarily U.S.-based initiative into a more globally integrated community impact program.

Corporate Responsibility

Mary Kay China Enters Its Next Chapter of Digital-First Beauty and Growth Under General Manager Mark Chen

After more than three decades of empowering women, transforming lives, and building one of the most recognized beauty entrepreneurship platforms in China, Mary Kay is entering a new era of growth and innovation.

Health & Healthcare

Elanco’s Trutect™ Provides the Tool Veterinarians Need To Fight Parvo and Win

By implementing Trutect™, the Riverside Department of Animal Services has successfully achieved a 63% reduction in Parvo-related euthanasia rates year-to-date.

Events

3BL Launches Moments Ahead: An Editorial Planning Tool Informed by Real-Time Intelligence

Communications, marketing and sustainability professionals have long relied on editorial calendars built around fixed dates such as earnings releases, awareness days, recurring campaigns, and planned events.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Why Should My Company Join Cascale, and What’s Coming Next?

In this blog, Cascale’s Jeremy Lardeau takes an honest look at what Corporate membership delivers — and how the value is sharpening under CEO Ying McGuire.

Energy & Infrastructure

SLB Selected As Strategic Reservoir Partner for the Havstjerne Carbon Storage Project

Global energy technology company SLB (NYSE: SLB) today announced it has been selected as strategic reservoir partner for the Havstjerne carbon storage project in the Norwegian North Sea, providing technology and engineering services for the concept and front-end engineering

AI & Technology

CSRHub Announces Strategic Partnership With SG Analytics, a Straive Company

CSRHub has partnered with SG Analytics, a Straive company, combining CSRHub ESG ratings and benchmarking with SGA's AI-driven ESG research, advisory and reporting.

Philanthropy

KeyBank Foundation Invests $100,000 in Boys & Girls Club of Burlington to Expand STEM Education and Workforce Development for Underserved Youth

KeyBank Foundation has awarded $100,000 over two years to the Boys & Girls Club of Burlington to support a new STEM education and workforce development initiative designed to increase access to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) opportunities.

Philanthropy

Wells Fargo Expands Affordable Senior Housing and Financial Education With $1.2 Million in North Dakota

Wells Fargo and the Wells Fargo Foundation are providing $1.2 million in North Dakota to support affordable senior housing and accessible financial education.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Millipore Express® Ace Is Helping Push Sustainable Innovation Forward

For MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, building sustainability into product development is the standard.

AI & Technology

GoDaddy 2025 Global Stakeholder Impact Report: Responsible Governance & Operations | Responsible AI

As AI technologies continue to evolve, GoDaddy adopts these tools thoughtfully to empower our customers and employees to thrive in a rapidly changing world.

Health & Healthcare

Take the Guesswork Out of Back-to-School Food Shopping

With so much information in the news and online about nutrition, it’s easy for caregivers to feel confused and overwhelmed about making the best choices for their kids.

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Collective Action

Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...

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...

Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator

The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...

Cascale Events

Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...

Collaboration and Partnership

Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...

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...

GoDaddy | Customers

GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain name registrar, helps millions of entrepreneurs globally start, grow, and scale their businesses. People come to...

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...

The Ray

News and information about The Ray, Georgia's restorative, sustainable highway of the future.