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Environment | International Paper

Celebrating the Role of the Gopher Tortoises in Our Forest

The best way to celebrate Gopher Tortoise Day is to ensure there are more gopher tortoises across their natural range in the southeast United States.

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Earth Week Spring Cleaning

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Leadership Spotlight: Q&A With Kim Frankovich, Global VP of Sustainability, Griffith Foods

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Subaru Ranked As Top Automaker in Forbes Best Brands for Social Impact for Third Consecutive Year

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Home Depot Supplier Showcase: Bonnie Plants Helps Shape the Future of Gardening With a Focus on Giving Back

“There’s nothing quite like growing delicious, fresh food, right at home,” says Mike Sutterer, president and CEO of Bonnie Plants

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Research, Reports & Publications

Essity's Journey to Net Zero: Fossil Fuel Free Production

Going fossil free in a traditionally energy intensive industry is one of our most important and challenging tasks in becoming net zero emitters by 2050. We are committed to redefining the standards of the industry and investing in new technology.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

adidas: Live Your Passion For Sport And Make The Planet More Sustainable

However you pronounce adidas, the company’s CIO, Andreas Hubert, wants you to know that it’s not only possible to sustainably create and deliver over one billion products each year, but the impact on our planet will be exponentially powerful.

Green Mountain Energy

Energy

Global Links Celebrates Achieving Energy Independence

On June 9, 2022, Pittsburgh-based nonprofit Global Links celebrates the completion of Phase II of its Energy Independence Project by flipping the switch on its newly installed LED lighting and motion sensor system.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Åsa Norrie: “Everything Is Possible”

When Åsa Norrie was named regional CEO for the Principal® Global Investors European money management business in June 2021, she took stock of the challenges.

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Energy

E-Flex: The Role of Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Technology in a Sustainable Future

We can’t control time, but we can control how we fill it. Everything we do today, every hour, every minute, every second, will shape what we can do tomorrow.

Environment

Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator Launches First in Nation Cleantech Loan Fund To Accelerate Equitable Climate Action

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) announced the launch of their nationwide LACI Cleantech Debt Fund, a first-of-its-kind green loan program to scale early stage cleantech startups and accelerate equitable climate action.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Do Something Big With Realized Worth

Realized Worth is working on Something Big. After 15 years of experience in the CSR industry, they're providing access to their knowledge, resources, tools and advice. Learn more about what is to come.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Kimberly-Clark's UK Manufacturing Facilities Achieve 1 Million Injury-Free Hours

Safety is an inherent part of Kimberly-Clark’s caring value, and the company is proud to announce that its Flint and Coleshill manufacturing facilities in Wales have achieved more than 1 million hours without a single reportable injury.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

KeyBank Feeds 200 Families at KeyBus Kickoff Event in Buffalo

Following the recent mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, KeyBank Corporate Responsibility Officer Chiwuike Owunwanne knew something had to be done to help the nearby neighborhood recover.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Food and Agriculture: Finding Sustainable Solutions

An Unsustainable System - One example of an extractive model rooted in extraction and exploitation of nature is industrial agriculture.

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Health & Healthcare

The Jewish Home of Rochester Receives IWBI's WELL Health-Safety Rating - First in the Region

Jewish Senior Life, a senior living community serving more than 1,000 residents and patients in Rochester, NY, announced today that it has received the WELL Health-Safety Rating from the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI).

Responsible Production & Consumption

Digitally-Driven Operations Enhance Industrial Sustainability and Performance

By giving greater visibility into overall operations, digital technologies can boost safety, productivity and efficiency in physical industries such as mining, manufacturing and oil and gas.

Black & Veatch

Energy

Natural Gas and Renewables Will Work Together To Achieve Energy Independence

The Russian invasion of Ukraine, along with ensuing decisions to ban or reduce demand for Russian oil and gas exports, have caused significant shifts in the global oil and gas market and reminded citizens and governments worldwide of the need for stability of domestic oil and gas costs.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Purpose 360: Creating a Future With More Cheers at Anheuser-Busch

Anheuser-Busch has been making beer for 170 years. But even with legacy brands that have stood the test of time, like Budweiser and Stella Artois, Anheuser-Busch is a company in constant pursuit of a better, more sustainable future.

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Energy

The Time To Transform Our Energy Future Is Now

The best way to predict the future is to create it. - Peter Drucker

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Environment

ESG Due Diligence: How Proposed Regulations Are Driving Action

Here’s a look at what’s coming in terms of regulations, and the role ESG due diligence plays in ensuring your business isn’t carrying – or taking on – undue financial risk.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Investing in a Circular Economy

Dow is partnering to help build new business models and improve infrastructure to promote the reuse and recycling of materials and address waste management gaps.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Art of the Possible: FedEx Empowers Economic Mobility for Students

With accessible, high-quality educational programs needed now more than ever, FedEx has stepped in to support educational organizations in several markets with the aid of its Community Engagement Councils.

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Energy

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Celebrates Opening of Green Mountain Energy Sun Club Edible Garden and Mindfulness Path

UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation are celebrating the opening of their Edible Garden and Mindfulness Path, thanks to a $78,375 donation by Green Mountain Energy Sun Club.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

A Desire to Never Stop Learning Helped Esther Harper Go From Part-Time Copier to Full-Time Boss

As Esther photocopied giant engineering drawings, it didn't occur to her that one day she might work full time at the facility. But today, Esther is one of the leaders who run Koch companies' manufacturing facilities.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

The Exponential Innovation Potential of Circular, Social Purpose Businesses

As concluded in the seminal circular economy report "Turning Point," issued by the Council of Canadian Academies, material extraction and waste are exceeding planetary thresholds. We are using 1.7 planets’ worth of resources.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Demand Is Growing for Impact-Oriented Professionals | Q&A With Acre's Ian Povey-Hall

Acre's Executive Director and Global Head of Sustainable Finance & Impact Investing was recently featured in PEI Media's Infrastructure Investor magazine to discuss what this means for impact-oriented professionals and the industry as a whole.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Workforce Nutrition Alliance Publishes Booklet Highlighting Key Actions to Improve Workforce Nutrition

The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), as part of the Workforce Nutrition Alliance (WNA), are thrilled to publish the Workforce Nutrition Alliance Case Study Booklet.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Marathon Petroleum Helps Rebuild Community Devastated by Hurricane Ida

“This is the worst it has ever been,” said Gwendolyn Bernard, a lifelong resident of St. John the Baptist Parish in Louisiana.

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