Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Green Infrastructure

Black & Veatch’s IgniteX Climate Tech Accelerator Program Now Accepting New Applications from Innovators

As climate change presents increasing challenges and opportunities, global critical infrastructure leader Black & Veatch again is sounding the call for climate technology innovators eager to leverage the company’s deep expertise in developing and deploying their solutions.

Diversity & Inclusion

Branch Manager Uses Cross Cultural Experience To Build Team, Help Customers

Cesar Alejandro Roman Gonzalez worked as a lawyer, pet store owner and coffee shop entrepreneur before saying goodbye to his native Venezuela, moving to Ohio and starting his banking career at U.S. Bank in 2015.

Diversity & Inclusion

Kimberly-Clark’s Alison Lewis and Lori Shaffer: Embrace Equity and Stay True to Yourself

Alison Lewis, Kimberly-Clark’s chief growth officer, and Lori Shaffer, the company’s vice president of global nonwovens, are committed to driving positive change for women and girls around the world.

Sustainable Development Goals

Liquibox (Now Part of Sealed Air) Launches Recycle-Ready Urn-Liner for Iced Tea and Coffee Beverage Dispensers

With many of the world’s quick service restaurants pledging to be green by 2025 with improved packaging and recycling practices, Liquibox (now part of Sealed Air) met the need to develop a recycle-ready version of its well-known patented urn-liner product line.

Diversity & Inclusion

KeyBank Reaches Out to Seattle and Tacoma’s Black Community To Promote Financial Wellness

KeyBank is focusing on its commitment to improving financial wellness among the local Black community with March events related to job recruitment and home ownership. Details on the events are below, and all local residents are invited to attend:

Education

IBM Wants You To Learn Tech

IBM — no stranger to anyone who works in the computing field — has launched a series of training modules on a site called skillsbuild.org. 

Environment

Sustainable Apparel Coalition Launches Decarbonization Guide for Members

The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), as an impact-driven global convener of around half of the apparel and footwear industry, today launches its Decarbonization Guide for Members.

Environment

2023 TD Green Space Grant Recipients To Help Improve Community Resiliency and Environmental Equity in Underserved Areas Through Tree Planting

Arbor Day Foundation, TD Bank Group announce grants to support 22 organizations that are helping to expand access to greenspace, proliferate the benefits of trees, and support environmental equity within their communities.

Diversity & Inclusion

Fresh Films & Paramount's Content for Change Present Industry Insights: Season 2

Created by teens for teens, the Industry Insights web series is dedicated to empowering and educating future storytellers and creators on different career paths across media & entertainment.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CNH Industrial Renovates and Donates Resources to Wat Chatthong School in Thailand

CNH Industrial’s Asia Pacific Agriculture Brand and Commercial Services team, together with the Thailand Finance team have helped improve the safety and wellbeing of students at Wat Chatthong school in Ayutthaya, Thailand.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Inaugural LatinX Innovation Hub Launches at the SXSW Interactive & Music Festival This March

My Money My Future, a leading fintech for financial inclusion and Black & Brown Founders, an entrepreneurship focused non-profit, will co-host the first ever LatinX Innovation Hub at the SXSW Interactive & Music Festival this March.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Arrow Electronics Employees Give Back by Building Bikes for Denver Students in Title I Schools

The bike-building project was an initiative with Wish for Wheels, a Denver-based non-profit. Since 2004, they have distributed new bikes and helmets to 75,000 second-graders in underserved schools across the United States.

Diversity & Inclusion

Expedia Group Is Elevating and Celebrating Black Travelers All Year Long

I am really proud of the work Expedia Group is doing to elevate and celebrate Black travelers all year long, not just during Black History Month.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Celebrating Women at IP: Sonya Fleming

Meet Sonya Fleming, lead production safety advocate, Riegelwood, N.C., Mill. Sonya, like all women at IP, provides valuable insight and a unique perspective to our organization.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Tapestry's Stuart Weitzman is Making an Impact and Changing Perceptions

Stuart Weitzman is committed to celebrating the strength of women and girls, inspiring their confidence and empowering them – through authentic partnerships and programs – to create meaningful change in the communities we live and work in around the world.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Work Is Changing; Workspaces Are, Too

Step into any P&G facility worldwide and you might find something new, like creative innovation suites, outdoor workspaces, modular upcycled furniture or calm spaces to recharge and connect with nature.

Diversity & Inclusion

Asset Managers ‘Have a Very Long Way to Go’ on Gender

In this interview with Responsible Investor, Ian-Povey Hall, Acre's Global Head of Sustainable Finance and Impact Investing, discusses the rising prevalence of women being hired into senior leadership roles in sustainability across all companies.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Dedicated to Wildlife: Rayonier’s Efforts To Help Save the Kiwi in New Zealand

Rayonier’s New Zealand team has a deep respect for protecting wildlife including the beloved kiwi.

Education

National Skills Coalition Report: We Must Close the Digital Skill Divide

The digital divide is a complex issue that includes barriers to digital adoption and access. However, there is another key element of the issue that is too often ignored: the digital skills gap.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Global Net Zero Will Require $21 Trillion Investment in Power Grids

Electricity grids are the backbone of the energy transition, yet the networks we have today are not ready for the future.

Energy

2023 Enbridge Day: ‘The First Choice for Energy Delivery’

Energy reliability. Energy sustainability. Energy affordability. It’s an “energy trilemma” facing the world today, and Enbridge is equipped to address it, our President and CEO Greg Ebel told an audience today in Toronto during our 2023 Enbridge Day investor community conference.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

AEG’s LA Kings Celebrate Read Across America Day at Local Elementary Schools Across Los Angeles, CA

AEG’s LA Kings Celebrate Read Across America Day at Local Elementary Schools Across Los Angeles, CA

Diversity & Inclusion

Education Co-Lead for Mosaic, Suncor’s Black Employee Network, Drives Efforts To Promote Knowledge of Black History

Mosaic, works to provide a safe and welcoming space for all employees to positively contribute towards advancing inclusion, and support for personal and professional growth for Black employees.

Events, Media & Communications

ESG Talk: Establishing a Common Language Around ESG

In this episode of ESG Talk, Workiva’s Mandi McReynolds is joined by Mark Horoszowski, co-founder and CEO of MovingWorlds. Mark and Mandi discuss how having a shared language around ESG will move business forward and finding common ground between business leaders and investors.

Research, Reports & Publications

Essity Publishes Annual and Sustainability Report 2022

Hygiene and health company Essity published its Annual and Sustainability Report for 2022 on www.essity.com.

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