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Events, Media & Communications

Live From UNGA 77 - September 16 & 17

Catch up on the latest developments at UNGA 77, as well as this month’s other high-level events including the 2022 Fall Meeting of the Broadband Commission and Transforming Education Summit (TES).

Innovation & Technology

US Coalition on Sustainability Partners With Leading Alliances To Create the World’s Largest Sustainability Action Platform

The US Coalition on Sustainability, a startup nonprofit organization established in collaboration with the United Nations, today welcomes more than a dozen leading alliances to SustainChain,

Diversity & Inclusion

Join the Thriving Through Technology Buildathon: Your Chance to “Hack” an Accessible Future

Lenovo, appliedAIstudio, and the Scott-Morgan Foundation will host a “hackathon” event to transform AI, health monitoring, mobility robotics, and communication technology to empower people with disabilities

Environment

Advancing Environmental Sustainability at AMD

According to the World Economic Forum’s 2022 Global Risks Report, “climate action failure” is the number one long-term threat to the world, and it is the risk that has potentially the most severe impacts over the next decade.

Innovation & Technology

Sustainable Innovations Company Changes the Way the World Cleans for People, Planet, and Profit

Tersano is Changing the Way the World Cleans by eliminating the impact that cleaning, sanitizing, and deodorizing have on human health and planet earth. They achieve this by providing markets with technologies that produce Stabilized Aqueous Ozone (SAO®) on-site and on-demand, an all-in-one cleaner, sanitizer, and deodorizer that effectively makes the need for harsh chemicals obsolete.

Environment

Companies Urge States To Adopt Clean Car Standards and Accelerate the Shift to Zero-Emission Transportation

Leading companies are urging state policymakers to pass ambitious new car standards after CA finalized the Advanced Clean Cars II rule last month, which will require all new passenger vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emission models by 2035.

Health & Healthcare

Keep the Wheels Turning

At Bristol Myers Squibb, Global Patient Week stands as a pinnacle of our year-round vision to transform patients’ lives through science, bringing together our more than 32,000 employees around the world to celebrate the individuals we work each day to serve.

Innovation & Technology

CSRHub Partners With Rhetorik To Integrate ESG Ratings to CRMs

Users of Salesforce, HubSpot, MS Dynamics and Marketo others can add CSRHub ratings data to their CRMs using Rhetorick's new app. CRM users will be able to view and use the ESG ratings to create more sustainable business results.

Education

AEG Presents Launches Mentorship Initiative in Nashville, TN Aimed at Growing Diverse Talent in Music and Live Entertainment Business

Through a new mentorship initiative launched by AEG Presents, students who are pursuing careers in the music business at Belmont University in Nashville, TN had the opportunity to connect with and learn from experienced industry professionals.

Diversity & Inclusion

Qualcomm Fuels Creativity and Innovation Through Pipeline of Diverse Talent

Innovation is at the core of our business and is thus imperative to our continued success. Diverse teams – built around different perspectives, demographics, experiences and skill sets – fuel creativity and innovation.

Energy

Black & Veatch Report: Renewable Energy Integration, Aging Infrastructure the Top Issues in a Transforming Electric Sector Embracing a Decarbonizing World

In an increasingly decarbonizing world, the U.S. electric industry is transforming itself as the growth of renewable energy and evolving distributed energy use forces utilities to find ways to accommodate new sources of power.

Environment

ESG Insights for IROs

At Nasdaq, our IR team, in tandem with our Corporate ESG team, focuses on communicating our sustainability efforts.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Alliance of Milwaukee Organizations Announces $7.5 Million Grant From Wells Fargo Foundation to Boost Homeownership for Families of Color

Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and County Executive David Crowley joined 19 public, nonprofit and civic organizations, led by the Community Development Alliance (CDA), to announce the launch of a new initiative to help advance racial equity by funding quality, affordable homes for Milwaukee families.

Environment

The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund Announces Its 2022 Grant Recipients

The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund announced the recipients of its 2022 grants. The projects funded this year will help conserve more than 3,000 acres and protect ecologically sensitive bottomland hardwood forests in the Virginia-North Carolina coastal plains.

Energy

Booster® Expands Renewable Diesel Product Offering to Fleets Across California, Marking Major Milestone

Booster has expanded its renewable diesel product offering to three new markets in California, converting nearly all its California customers to this sustainable alternative fuel & enabling them to slash their greenhouse gas emissions by up to 70%

Social Impact & Volunteering

American Heart Association, Duke Energy Foundation Prepare Thousands of Pasco and Citrus County Students To Help During an Emergency

CPR & first-aid kits, funded through a recent Duke Energy Foundation grant, will help train students and teachers on lifesaving skills

Innovation & Technology

PurCity: How a Startup Is Transforming Urban Buildings Into Carbon Capture Solutions

PurCity provides a patent pending technology solution that can be implemented/installed onto any urban infrastructure’s surface to directly capture carbon (CO2) from air.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Schneider Electric Ranks #1 for Third Consecutive Year in the Gartner® Supply Chain Top 25: Europe Top 15

Schneider Electric, the global leader in energy management and automation, has ranked first in the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25: Europe Top 15, retaining its position for three consecutive years.

Events, Media & Communications

3BL Forum Asks the Question, Now What?

3BL Forum: Brands Taking Stands® –Now What? opens their high-octane conversation with C-suite and other corporate leaders by tackling the question many corporations have asked themselves after nearly three years of influx, “Now What?”

Research, Reports & Publications

Wesco International’s Annual Sustainability Report Now Available; Sets 2030 Goals for Landfill Waste, Green House Gas Emissions and Safety

Wesco International, a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions, issued its annual Sustainability Report.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Cority Acquires ESG Performance Software Platform and Consultancy, Reporting 21

Cority, a leading global enterprise Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) software provider, announced today the acquisition of Reporting 21, a leading ESG and sustainability-focused SaaS platform and consultancy based in Paris, France.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Electrolux and Planet Water Foundation Expand Partnership Into India, To Bring Clean Water Access

Electrolux, a leading global appliance company, and Planet Water Foundation, a nonprofit organization that addresses water poverty, have announced an expansion of their global partnership to provide access to clean, safe drinking water in India.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Futerra Is First Agency/Advisory Firm Officially Named a ‘Climate Solutions Provider’ Under the Un-Backed Race to Zero.

During Climate Week, Futerra becomes the first agency/advisory firm officially named a 'Climate Solutions Provider' under the UN-backed Race to Zero.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Honoring the 2022 HNF Global & Regional Humanitarians

Since 2007, the Herbalife Nutrition Foundation (HNF) has awarded global and regional humanitarian awards to five Herbalife Nutrition Independent Distributors who embody the mission of our foundation.

Environment

Trees Can Help "Get it Done"

With Climate Week 2022 kicking off this week, the Arbor Day Foundation is excited jump into conversations focused on meaningful action and lean into this year’s theme: “Get it Done,”

Latest Campaigns

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    Advancing women and minority-owned small businesses and entrepreneurs around the world. Small to mid-sized businesses power their local economies and...
  12. Opportunity for All
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  15. AEG's Commitment to Sustainable Operations
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