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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Challenge of Greenwashing: An International Regulatory Overview (2025)

KPMG

Research, Reports & Publications

Meet ISO 22716, the Gold Standard in Global Manufacturing: Mary Kay Certified for Cosmetic Good Manufacturing Practices

Mary Kay

Health & Healthcare

Early Diagnosis and Local Solutions Are Critical To Combat Lung Cancer

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Innovation & Technology

Southwire Announces Strategic Investment in Verdigris

Southwire

Environment

Making the Most of Your Water Risk Assessment

Antea Group

Events, Media & Communications

From Pitch to Possibilities: Leveraging Sports to Create Economic Mobility

Comcast

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo Launches National Challenge to Uncover Innovative Housing Solutions

Wells Fargo & Company

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sappi Recognized With Climate Performance Award From ClimateWork Maine

Sappi North America

Featured Brands

From Ideas To Impact: Empowering Africa’s Next Generation of Climate Innovators

In December, the future of African innovation took center stage in Abuja, Nigeria, as students from across the continent gathered for Junior Achievement (JA) Africa’s Company of the Year (COY) competition.

Guiding Stars: Cereal Sense

The cereal aisle can feel overwhelming—especially when every box claims to be the right choice. Call-outs like “whole grain,” “fortified,” “heart healthy,” or “high protein” add to the confusion. When you’re short on time, you may not be able to review the nutrition facts panel.

Spring Cleaning Your Budget: A Fresh Start for Your Finances

If spring cleaning your closet feels satisfying, scrubbing your budget might feel downright transformative. Just like clutter tends to accumulate in the corners of your home, unused subscriptions, autopay traps and shifting expenses gather quietly in your financial life.

Comcast and Seattle Sports Commission Bring Team USA Spirit to Veterans in Burien

As the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games capture global attention, a powerful local gathering in Burien highlighted the inspiring connection between elite adaptive athletes and the veterans in our own community.

Jacksonville Military Moms Receive Surprise Gifts at Golf‑Inspired Operation Shower

Days before The PLAYERS Championship kicked off at TPC Sawgrass, 40 military moms and moms-to-be gathered with their loved ones inside Patriot’s Outpost for a special event.

Mastercard: Bottling the Creative Process: A Woman Founder’s AI-Powered Approach to Innovation

Catalina Banuleasa knows that most exciting new products aren’t born from sheer luck. As an entrepreneur who’s developed products for some of the world’s most innovative companies, she’s learned that “lightning bolt ideas” typically happen when you lay the groundwork for them.

Triple Pundit: Camden Healthcare Workers Confront the Barriers Holding Back Their Neighbors’ Health

The Healthy Neighbor program, led by healthcare provider Virtua Health and supported by global medical technology company Medtronic and Medtronic LABS, recognizes that health goes beyond medicine and visits to the doctor.

2025 JA Americas Company of the Year Celebrates the Spirit of Possibility

For three unforgettable days at the Junior Achievement (JA) Americas Company of the Year (COY) competition, the spirit of possibility took hold of Rio de Janeiro.

The Challenge of Greenwashing: An International Regulatory Overview (2025)

Regulatory frameworks for sustainability are shifting, shaped by geopolitical volatility, economic uncertainty and growing public demand for transparency. Jurisdictions are responding in kind with diverging approaches.

From Pitch to Possibilities: Leveraging Sports to Create Economic Mobility

On February 12, at the Kia Forum, seven Los Angeles-based entrepreneurs took center court at the NBA Foundation’s 2026 All-Star Pitch Competition.

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Innovation & Technology

Smart Buildings: Leveraging Sustainable AI to Reduce Carbon and Costs

From energy use and asset management to the workplace experience, smart buildings use AI-enabled intelligence to reduce costs and turn sustainability goals into operational outcomes.

Events, Media & Communications

Stephen Ritz of Green Bronx Machine To Visit Greater Denver, Colorado Area for Great Day Colorado Media Appearance

Stephen Ritz of Green Bronx Machine to visit greater Denver, Colorado area for Great Day Colorado media appearance, public speaking, school visits, teacher training, screening of the award-winning documentary – GENERATION GROWTH – www.generationgrowthfilm.com

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Milano Cortina 2026 in Numbers: Record Engagement, Efficient Delivery, World-Class Performance

Across 19 days of competition, athletes produced historic performances that raised the standard of winter sport, breaking Olympic and world records and showcasing the extraordinary level of today’s competitors.

Education

CRYPTO.COM To Donate $1 Million to After-School All-Stars in Collaboration With the LA Kings and the Kings Care Foundation

Crypto.com today announced that it will donate $1 million to After-School All-Stars as part of its partnership with the LA Kings and the Kings Care Foundation (the award-winning charitable arm of the team), reinforcing a shared commitment to youth development and community impact

Events, Media & Communications

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council Appoints Paul D’Annunzio as Chair of the Healthcare Facility Advisory Board

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council is pleased to appoint Paul D’Annunzio, Sustainability Manager at The Resource Group, as Chair of the Healthcare Facility Advisory Board (HFAB).

Social Impact & Volunteering

Benevity Impact Labs Releases State of Corporate Volunteering 2026 Report

It's time for a re-think. Benevity Impact Labs’ State of Corporate Volunteering 2026 report reveals that while workforce volunteering is surging, there is a urgent need to move beyond counting hours and better align with shifting nonprofit needs to achieve real impact.

Events, Media & Communications

The Push & the Pushback: Why the Courts and States Are the New Front Line for Climate Policy

Two weeks ago we wrote that the U.S. sustainability agenda is decentralizing — moving from Washington to courtrooms, statehouses, and corporate boardrooms. This issue’s Top Stories make the case even harder to ignore.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

AllianceBernstein | Proxy Voting Outlook: Spotlight Turns to Governance in Transition Year

The agenda is being reset for US shareholder meetings in 2026. Regulatory shifts have led to a steep decline in overall shareholder proposals while governance issues are becoming the biggest battleground.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

CVS Health and Aetna Celebrate the Grand Opening of Alta Vista at St. Joseph’s Park in Rochester, NY

On February 5th, we celebrated the Grand Opening of Alta Vista at St. Joseph’s Park in Rochester, NY, alongside our dedicated colleagues, development partners, local officials, and community leaders. This milestone reflects CVS Health-Aetna’s commitment to expanding access.

Diversity & Inclusion

Year of the Woman Farmer Call for Action: Build Supply Chains That Work for Everyone

Women feed the world, yet discrimination against women in farming is still a stark reality. They typically earn less, have limited access to financing and miss out on education and training.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

AXS Expands Tickets for Good Partnership to the UK, Enabling More Community Access To Live Events

AXS, a trusted leader in advanced ticketing and live event technology, and Tickets for Good (TfG), the mission-driven ticket distribution platform for live events, have announced the launch of their collaborative API integration in the UK

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Beyond the Blueprint: Leadership Journeys From Tapestry’s Black Alliance Employee Business Resource Group

Leadership stories are often told as straight lines: clear goals, deliberate moves, steady climbs. But many leaders don’t follow a blueprint — they grow into leadership by showing up, contributing and letting their impact speak for itself.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Baker Tilly’s Buzzhouse Podcast: How EB-5 Capital Fits Into Multifamily Housing

In this episode of BuzzHouse, Don Bernards and Garrick Gibson are joined by their Baker Tilly colleagues Warren Oakes and Jillian O’Brien, two professionals with deep experience in EB-5 project structuring, compliance and advisory services.

Energy

Baker Hughes and Giammarco Technologies Collaborate To Advance and Commercialize Hot Potassium Carbonate for Post-Combustion Carbon Capture

Baker Hughes and Giammarco Technologies S.r.l., renowned licensor of Hot Potassium Carbonate (HPC) process, announced an exclusive collaboration to advance and commercialize HPC solutions for post-combustion capture across a range of energy and industrial sectors.

Education

UNLV STEM for Girls Camp Inspires Future Pathways With Seed Funding From Sands

In December, the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) culminated the first semester of the 2025 UNLV STEM for Girls Camp, a year-long extracurricular program for elementary and middle school-aged girls aimed at encouraging interest in science, technology, engineering and math

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

From Waste Into Worth: How Trane Technologies’ Tiffany Waymer Drives Circularity Through Scrap

Where most people see waste, Tiffany Waymer sees materials with untapped value. As a materials engineer at Trane Technologies, she works inside real-world constraints to turn circular design into measurable climate impact.

Events, Media & Communications

OECD Forum Spotlights New Reality of Due Diligence in Garment Sector

At the recent 2026 OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector held in Paris, responsible purchasing practices, upstream due diligence, and the industry’s role came into focus.

Innovation & Technology

GoDaddy ANS Integrates with Salesforce's MuleSoft Agent Fabric

GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) recentlyy announced an integration with Salesforce's MuleSoft Agent Fabric that helps companies of all sizes discover AI agents and verify their identity. This helps prevent rogue agents from interacting with business systems and sensitive data.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Saint-Gobain Video Series: Success in the Making: Andreas Faber

Being proud of what you do and how you impact the world through your work is a powerful feeling. Just ask Andreas Faber, Product Manager with Saint-Gobain North America. Ever since watching a rocket take off in Cape Canaveral as a kid, he has been passionate about aerospace.

Research, Reports & Publications

Guiding Stars: Refining Our Guidance With Good Science

The Guiding Stars algorithms, the formulas used to assign Stars to foods and beverages, were recently updated to reflect new information about nutrition science and the current landscape of food product labeling in grocery stores.

Events, Media & Communications

PSEG: Record Storm. Jersey Ready Response.

When one of the most severe winter storms our region has seen in more than 30 years tore through New Jersey, it didn’t just bring snow. It brought blizzard conditions, record-breaking snowfall and punishing winds that tested all of us.

Energy

Baker Hughes Expands Cordant™ Industrial Software To Deepen Insights, Improve Reliability and Advance Sustainable Operations

Baker Hughes announced the latest release of Cordant™ (Release 26.1) industrial software, featuring expanded capabilities to help customers improve operational reliability, enhance performance consistency, and support sustainability initiatives.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Lillehammer 2016 Turns 10: From Olympic Legacy to Youth Olympic Innovation

Leveraging the venues and expertise of the Lillehammer 1994 Olympic Winter Games, the 2016 organisers delivered a YOG edition centred on high-level sport, education and leadership development — while embedding sustainability and long-term use into planning and delivery.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comcast and Boys & Girls Clubs of Snohomish County Open Lift Zone in Granite Falls to Help Youth Build Digital Skills

Comcast and Boys & Girls Clubs of Snohomish County (BGCSC) have opened a new Lift Zone at the Granite Falls Club to help youth build their digital skills.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

DP World Delivers 2025 Sustainability, Inclusion, and Community Impact Milestones in Ecuador

DP World in Ecuador closed 2025 with major milestones in sustainability, education, and workforce development. From expanding technical training and advancing gender equity to strengthening mangrove conservation and clean water access, the company advanced responsible growth.

Latest Campaigns

Aflac Insights

Learn more about Aflac’s survey findings to better understand workplace trends as well as consumer attitudes, habits and opinions toward health and...

Whirlpool Corporation & Sustainability

At Whirlpool Corporation, we have a history of advances in sustainability founded on a simple principle: "Do the right things, the right ways. Always...

IWBI | WELL Building Standard

Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...

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...

Accelerating access to healthcare technology

We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...

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...

Sustainable Operations

ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)

Housing affordability

We drive solutions to enable people to open doors to a safe and affordable place to call home, the foundation for wellness, dignity, and economic...

FedEx | Empowering Entrepreneurs

Advancing women and minority-owned small businesses and entrepreneurs around the world. Small to mid-sized businesses power their local economies and...

FedEx | Empowering Entrepreneurs

Advancing women and minority-owned small businesses and entrepreneurs around the world. Small to mid-sized businesses power their local economies and...