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Responsible Production & Consumption

Merchant Q&A: Sourcing Better Building Products

Recently, we sat down with Katie Hunt, Associate Merchant for Lumber and Building Materials at The Home Depot, to learn more about the industry that is the backbone of home improvement and find out how her department is approaching sustainability.

Diversity & Inclusion

Comcast Announces Premiere of Two Documentaries Showcasing the Stories of Diverse Entrepreneurs

Comcast is excited to announce two documentaries highlighting the stories of underrepresented entrepreneurs premiering during Black History Month.

Events, Media & Communications

PNC Women's History Month Event - You Are More Than Your Title with Princess Sarah Culberson

Join PNC Diversity & Inclusion for a Women's History Month event featuring Princess Sarah Culberson, Princess of Sierra Leone, author and humanitarian.

Environment

Crowley Puts the Pieces Together for a Decarbonized Maritime Industry

Decarbonizing the maritime industry will involve a host of clean technologies that complement each other in efficient, economical systems. It also requires stakeholders to replace a transactional business model with a more collaborative one.

Innovation & Technology

Bayer To Distribute Pheromone-Based Biological Crop Protection Solutions From M2i Group

Bayer announced a partnership with French company M2i Group to supply fruit and vegetable growers around the world with pheromone-based biological crop protection products.

Diversity & Inclusion

QVC Announces Expanded Commitment to Accessible Product Assortments & Video Shopping Experiences

QVC®, a world leader in live video commerce (“vCommerce”), today announced an expanded commitment to growing its accessible and adaptive assortments, streamlining how customers find and explore them, and enhancing the accessibility of its end-to-end shopping experience.

Diversity & Inclusion

Supporting Women in STEAM with HARMAN and 1,000 Dreams Fund

Businesses around the world have been trying to improve gender parity and invest in supporting women in the workplace. Despite recent progress, women remain underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) industries.

Diversity & Inclusion

Own Your Career Podcast — Advocating for Yourself: Meet Ebony Janelle

Throughout this series, you will hear inspiring interviews with everyday employees who have achieved internal growth through promotions and movement, as well as actionable tips and best practices to help implement in your career journeys here at GoDaddy.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Sustainable Feed Critical to Meeting Global Climate Targets

A new WWF report details how the livestock and poultry feed industry can implement environmentally responsible practices and help create a sustainable, climate-resilient global food system.

Diversity & Inclusion

Building Momentum Toward a More Sustainable and Equitable Future

Two years ago, VMware laid out our 2030 Agenda, a decade-long initiative to build a more sustainable, equitable, and secure future for all. Since then, we have been steadily working toward these ambitious 30 goals across all levels of the company.

Health & Healthcare

Gilead Sciences: Global Community Accountability Groups Pave Way Forward for Inclusive Clinical Trials

Many of the communities who could most benefit from pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention haven’t been included in clinical trial design and execution over the years – but Gilead’s PURPOSE studies made their inclusion a primary goal.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Georgia-Pacific Supports The Go Fund

GP PRO (Georgia-Pacific) is proud to lend a helping hand to those in need by supporting The GO Fund (Global Opportunity Fund), a non-profit organization that provides economic empowerment programs to women and children in Africa.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Webster Bank Invests in Community Success Through Outreach and Innovation

A modern bank is much more than just a vault. Today’s financial institutions know that they have a responsibility to reach beyond the secure walls of their physical buildings.

Events, Media & Communications

Register Today for Ceres Global—Join Al Gore, John Kerry, and Other Leading Experts in NYC To Set the Course for a More Just and Sustainable Economy!

Join us for Ceres Global, Ceres’ flagship event taking place in New York City in just a few weeks (March 22–24).

Education

Cisco Networking Academy Offers Inclusive and Equitable Education to Power Global Development

Cisco’s purpose is to Power an Inclusive Future for All. Purpose has driven Cisco Networking Academy—one of the world’s longest-running IT skills-to-jobs education programs—for the last 25 years.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Boys and Girls Club in Puerto Rico Shares Gratitude for HNF

Over the last few years, Puerto Rico has been affected by two major hurricanes, plus the global pandemic.

Diversity & Inclusion

Embracing Equity: Highlighting Gildan’s Women Empowerment Initiatives for International Women’s Day

Today, Gildan pays homage to the International Women’s Day global theme of Embracing Equity by highlighting some of the Company’s efforts that promote a culture of equity within the organization.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

KeyBank Makes $12,500 Donation to The Next Door

KeyBank has announced a $12,500 donation to The Next Door. The gift will be used to support its foundation and Financial Beginnings educational programs designed to empower economically vulnerable adults with financial strategies.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Planet Water Foundation Airlifts Emergency Water Systems in Urgent Response to Earthquake Suffering in Türkiye

Planet Water Foundation, a leading non-profit organization focused on providing access to clean, safe water, is deploying 12 of its disaster response water filtration systems in Türkiye as the country continues calls for global support to provide drinking water.

Diversity & Inclusion

ESG Talk: DEI’s Role in Human Capital Management

Alicia Petross, chief diversity officer at The Hershey Company, joins Workiva’s Steve Soter in the latest episode of ESG Talk. Alicia and Steve discuss the labor shortage, how ESG reporting has evolved, and the connection between DEI and HCM.

Education

Applied Materials Makes Space for Girls in Tech

Over the past four years, Applied Materials and the Applied Materials Foundation have centered three primary tenants in our approach to girls’ empowerment – funding, employee volunteering and capacity building.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Putting Equity at the Heart of Sustainability This International Women’s Day

Today, we celebrate International Women's Day. In this blog post, Amina Razvi, CEO of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition shares her thoughts on the importance of putting equity at the heart of sustainability.

Diversity & Inclusion

Bacardi Promotes Stephanie Macleod To Drive Premiumization and Growth of Its Whisky Business

Stephanie became the first female Master Blender for DEWAR’S in 2006, following her official three-year training with the then Master Blender. This International Women's Day, Bacardi celebrates Stephanie by showcasing her next career move.

Diversity & Inclusion

Boston Scientific: Three of My Teachable Moments on Embracing Equity

If culture was soil, what are the fertilizers that leaders would need to mix in for equity to blossom? I’ve been mulling over this question to recognize the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day: Embrace Equity.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sappi North America Shows Continued Commitment to Promoting Employee Engagement

Every two years, the entire Sappi group undertakes an employee engagement survey, from which we have established two metrics: participation and sustainable engagement.

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