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Wesco volunteers at the Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter worksite.

Volunteering & Community | Wesco International

Wesco Team Members Join 40th Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project in Atlanta, Ga.

Wesco team members proudly participated in the 40th Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project, hosted by Atlanta Habitat for Humanity from May 3 through May 8. This year’s build took place in Langston Park, Atlanta Habitat’s newest planned community in the historic Sylvan Hills.

Events

As Systems for Climate Action Expand, Companies Stay the Course but Revisit Language

Governance & Accountability Institute

Health & Healthcare

Smith+Nephew Joins the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

Research & Reports

AllianceBernstein: The Proof Is in the Proxy: Connecting Governance to Returns

AllianceBernstein

AI & Technology

GoDaddy’s Airo for WordPress Delivers AI That Builds, Grows and Continuously Improves Websites

GoDaddy

Health & Healthcare

How a Breast Cancer Diagnosis Inspired Check for Cancer Champion Adamari López

Aflac Incorporated

AI & Technology

Powering the Future of Energy Smart Data Centers

Trane Technologies

Education & Workforce Development

Bacardi Launches Shake Your Future in Mexico for the First Time

Bacardi-Martini, Inc.

AI & Technology

Continuous Assurance and Sovereign Accreditation Readiness

Keysight Technologies

Featured Brands

Spotlight on Digital Transformation | FY25 Purpose Report

At Cisco, we see resilience as the ability to turn disruption into growth and innovation. Whether it’s responding to a crisis, building AI skills, or investing in nonprofit partners, our goal is to make people and places stronger for the future. Here’s how.

Mastercard: How Technology Is Turning Sustainability Goals Into Measurable Action

For decades, environmental sustainability was treated as a long-term ambition. In 2026, that framing is changing. Across industries, technology is accelerating progress in ways that are tangible, measurable and increasingly embedded into the day-to-day operations of businesses.

Universal Destinations & Experiences and the University of Central Florida Introduce New School to Develop the Future Leaders of Themed Entertainment and Immersive Experiences

Universal Destinations & Experiences and the University of Central Florida introduce the Universal School of Experience Leadership and Innovation.

Bear-y Good News: FedEx Helps Welcome Cub No. 3 to North Carolina Museum

The Museum of Life and Science received a one-year-old male American black bear cub for its Explore the Wild: Black Bear habitat. The 110-pound cub joins the Museum’s two adult black bears, Little (5) and Murray (3).

Inside PNC’s Bilingual Approach to Early Learning

More than 20% of U.S. households speak a language other than English at home, with Spanish by far the most common. Families are also more likely to engage with educational materials when those resources are available in their first language.

Guiding Stars: Heart Health Guidelines Update

Last month, the American Heart Association (AHA) released recommendations for heart disease prevention. This updated guidance highlights the importance of a diet pattern that decreases risk of heart disease. The AHA emphasizes nine key features of a heart-healthy lifestyle.

SAP Named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Carbon Accounting and Management Applications 2026 Vendor Assessment

SAP is proud to be recognized as a Leader for the second time in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Carbon Accounting and Management Applications 2026 Vendor Assessment (doc #US54117126, April 2026).

CAF and Mastercard Join Forces To Expand Access to Finance for Across Latin America and the Caribbean

CAF –development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean– and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth (the Center), today announced a partnership to support access to credit for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across the region.

Medtronic Study Reveals AI-Enabled Clinician Alerts Significantly Improve Evaluation and Valve Intervention for Patients With Heart Valve Disease

Medtronic, a global leader in healthcare technology, released data from the Addressing undertreatment and heaLth Equity in aortic stenosis and mitral regurgitation using an integrated ehR plaTform (ALERT) Trial, designed to address health disparities.

Hiring Our Heroes 2026 Small Business Grant Program Awards

Business leaders and community advocates came together for the 2026 Small Business Grant Program Awards ceremony on April 29 in Washington, D.C.

Recent Alerts

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Profile Products Receives Veriflora Certification for Sunterra Horticulture Line of Products

Profile® Products recently earned the renowned Veriflora Responsibly Managed Peatlands designation for its family of Sunterra sphagnum peat products.

Volunteering & Community

The Home Depot Foundation Teams Up With World Central Kitchen To Provide Safe Drinking Water to Jackson, Mississippi Schools

This week, The Home Depot Foundation helped its national nonprofit partner World Central Kitchen source 650-gallon water tanks for each elementary school in the district and 1,000-gallon water tanks for each middle and high school.

Corporate Responsibility

Corporate Governance at Northern Trust

Our vision for ESG is embedded at all levels of our organization. Our board of directors, and its Corporate Governance Committee engages in active oversight of ESG matters of significance to the corporation and its subsidiaries.

Education & Workforce Development

How a Middle-School Summer Program Builds Self-Identity With Tech and Mentorship

"It’s a really important time to be able to have them reflect on who they are: What do they value? What do they see themselves to be in the future?"

Corporate Responsibility

ESG Talk Podcast: Shaping the Global Climate Transition for All Ft. Simon Mundy

Join our author chat with Simon Mundy, Moral Money editor at the Financial Times and author of Race for Tomorrow: Survival, Innovation and Profit on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis.

Philanthropy

Grant Bolsters Bi-National Effort To Expand Air Monitoring Along the Border

“An international border may separate us from Juárez, but we share the same environment and understand the pace of growth, so we recognize how impactful this could be.”

Research & Reports

Human Trafficking Prevention

American Airlines has become an industry leader in combating human trafficking and child exploitation.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Southern Company Scores 100 Percent on Disability Equality Index for the Sixth Consecutive Year

The 2022 Disability Equality Index (DEI) has rated Southern Company as one of the "Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion."

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Dow and Nexus Circular Announce Plans to Build New Advanced Recycling Facility in Dallas, TX, Expediting Circular Plastics Production in USA

The new facility will process and convert over 26,000 MTs of previously non-recycled plastics into highquality circular feedstocks to accelerate sustainable virgin plastics production.

Socially Responsible Investing

CSRHub Adds Data-Driven ESG Signals From GaiaLens

CSRHub has added data from GaiaLens—a fintech platform that integrates ESG information. Our analysis found overlap and correlation between our data and signals.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Striving To Close the Workplace Gender Gap: Supporting Our Women in Tech

Here at GoDaddy, we truly believe that diverse teams, built with all employees, build better products and make for a better place for us all to work. We strive for equality for all of our employees regardless of gender, race, and sexual orientation.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Franklin Templeton Expands Its Partnership With Envestnet

Franklin Templeton has expanded its partnership with Envestnet and signed on to sponsor the Envestnet Institute on Campus (EIOC) program.

Corporate Responsibility

Libra Group Becomes Signatory of UN Women's Empowerment Principles Recognizing Need to Accelerate Global Equality for Women

Libra Group, a privately-owned international business group whose subsidiaries own and operate assets in nearly 60 countries, today announced that it has become a signatory of the United Nations (UN) Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEP).

Energy & Infrastructure

U.S. Power Sector Emissions Ticked Back Up in 2021, According to Annual Ceres Benchmarking Report

Carbon dioxide emissions from the U.S. power sector increased by 7% in 2021 over the previous year, as economies around the world reopened following shutdowns related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Corporate Responsibility

GM's Vision for a More Sustainable and Equitable Future

GM is driving towards an all-electric, more sustainable future and moving faster than ever.

Philanthropy

Wells Fargo Foundation Awards $7.5 Million to LISC Houston to Expand Homeownership for Families of Color

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and local elected officials joined LISC Houston and the Harris County Homeownership Collaborative, or HCHC, to announce the launch of a new initiative

Corporate Responsibility

Platform.sh Hires Leah Goldfarb As Environmental Impact Officer To Oversee Greener Web Hosting Strategy

Platform.sh, a unified, secure, enterprise-grade platform for building, running and scaling web applications, today announced the appointment of Leah Goldfarb as Environmental Impact Officer.

Philanthropy

My Special Aflac Duck® Helps Bring Joy to Young Patients Diagnosed With Cancer and Sickle Cell Disease at Nicklaus Children's Hospital in South Florida

September marks Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and to encompass activities designed to bring attention to these diseases, Aflac delivered My Special Aflac Ducks to young patients with pediatric cancer and sickle cell disease at Nicklaus Children's Hospital.

Corporate Responsibility

Transforming Traditional Safety Training With the Power of Virtual Reality

As part of our Stewardship Framework, our safety teams are continually building capability in our employees and resilience in our systems to prevent serious incidents.

AI & Technology

Shorter corn stalks, drones and more: Inside Bayer Crop Science's $2B R&D pipeline

Bayer Crop Science has put those two topics at the center of its research and development initiatives, developing new products that it believes will help mitigate food insecurity and climate change.

Philanthropy

Connecting Employees With NGOs for Impactful 3-Month Assignments

Each year, approximately 30 employees from around the world are selected to participate in our Fellowship program, a three-month, corporate pro bono program to support the efforts of non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Energy & Infrastructure

How Cisco's CDA Program Facilitates Sustainable Real Estate

Over the past year, the Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) team has worked to develop sustainability pilots and projects across the globe, as sustainability becomes more important to Cisco and our customers.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Making Supply Chains More Inclusive and Secure

Access to digital tools and platforms has given a new generation of small businesses owners the ability reach customers far beyond Main Street. But, there is work to be done to reduce frictions in gathering global trading system.

Education & Workforce Development

DataSetGo To Promote Financial Literacy and Future-Ready Job Skills for 70,000+ High School Students

With a goal of shaping a diverse and future-ready workforce, Principal® Foundation and EVERFI have joined together to create a new data science and financial literacy program for high school students in the U.S.

Events

Danai Gurira To Host Global Citizen Festival: Accra on September 24

Global Citizen today announced more artists set to participate in the 10th anniversary Global Citizen Festival, taking place on September 24th in NYC’s Central Park and Black Star Square in Accra, Ghana.

Latest Campaigns

Nutrition and Health

Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...

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...

Enriching Women's Lives

60 years ago, Mary Kay Ash created an unparalleled opportunity for women to define their own successes and control their own futures. Her vision of...

Titanium Technologies

Chemours’ Titanium Technologies (TT) business is a leading, global provider of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment used in coatings, plastics, and...

Thermal & Specialized Solutions

Chemours’ Thermal & Specialized Solutions (TSS) business sits at the intersection of chemistry, physics, and design, making it a leading provider of...

Policy and Regulation

Cascale shares insights regarding policy and regulation impacting the consumer goods industry, and highlights how it's supporting members prepare for...

Cascale Events

Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...

Leadership

Cascale demonstrates industry leadership and collaboration to drive collective action, by sharing insight into key sustainability topics inside and...

PSEG Awards & Recognition

PSEG and its employees are honored to receive a number of awards and recognition from organizations from a variety of disciplines. This recognition...

Southwire Giving Back

Our neighbors depend on us, just as we depend on them, so we are committed to improving the quality of life in the communities in which we work. At...