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What Survived the L.A. Wildfires

The stark images of a single home standing amid charred ruins of its neighbors are an apocalyptic memory of the Eaton and Palisades fires across Los Angeles in January 2025, 18 months ago. There was one house left standing in Malibu. Another in Altadena.

Corporate Responsibility

Motorola Solutions Foundation Champions 15 Years of the Connected by Safety Program

Motorola Solutions

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

MetLife 2025 Sustainability Report: Responsible Investments

MetLife

Inclusion & Opportunity

Lenovo Foundation, David Beckham, and Street Child United Create Life-Changing Opportunity for Young Leaders at FIFA World Cup 2026™ Final

Lenovo

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

SungEel HiTech Implements Rockwell Automation’s PlantPAx® DCS for Eco-Friendly Battery Recycling

Rockwell Automation

Corporate Responsibility

Carnival Corporation Expands Surplus Meal Donation Program to The Bahamas

Carnival Corporation

Awards & Rankings

Discovery Education's Digital Citizenship Initiative Named 2026 CODiE Award Winner

Discovery Education

Environment

LG Electronics Reports 2025 Scope 1 and 2 Emissions Below 2023 Target Levels in Latest Sustainability Report

LG Electronics USA

Philanthropy

$2M Philanthropic Investment Will Help Charlotte Cultivate New Tech Talent To Keep Pace With City’s Growth

Wells Fargo & Company

Featured Brands

How Whispp and Qualcomm Brought Voice Reconstruction AI to Snapdragon X Elite

“This collaboration with Qualcomm allowed us to test Whispp where the technology ultimately needs to perform: in real conversations, on the devices people already use..."

Digital Financial Education Sparks Transformation for Microentrepreneurs in Bolivia

Every morning in El Alto, Bolivia, Yoselin has dozens of financial considerations to think about before her first customer arrives. How much oil should she buy this week? Will rising food prices cut into her profits again?

A Tampa Family Finds Peace Under a New, Hurricane-Ready Roof

When Hurricane Milton tore through Tampa, Florida, on October 9, 2024, Michelle watched as floodwaters destroyed everything in her home—including clothes, furniture, and bedding—and shattered her sense of security.

Carnival Corporation Expands Surplus Meal Donation Program to The Bahamas

One year after celebrating the grand opening of Celebration Key on Grand Bahama Island, Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL), the world’s largest cruise company, has another reason to celebrate, today launching its surplus meal donation program in The Bahamas.

LG Electronics Reports 2025 Scope 1 and 2 Emissions Below 2023 Target Levels in Latest Sustainability Report

Global ESG management leader LG Electronics has released the LG 2025-26 Sustainability Report, which highlights the company’s ongoing worldwide efforts to realize its vision for A Better Life for All.

Engineer the Future: Educators Can Apply for the Arduino Scholarship Now!

The Congressional App Challenge and Qualcomm Incorporated today announced Engineering the Future: Educator Arduino Scholarship, a new national initiative to expand access to physical computing tools for middle and high school students

$2M Philanthropic Investment Will Help Charlotte Cultivate New Tech Talent To Keep Pace With City’s Growth

National nonprofit CodePath today announced a $2 million philanthropic investment from Wells Fargo and the Wells Fargo Foundation to accelerate the number of local college students who are prepared to participate in Charlotte’s growing technology economy.

STEM Next is Testing a New Model for AI Learning in Afterschool. Early Results Show What Works.

With leadership support from partners including Qualcomm and Arconic Foundation, STEM Next launched the Opportunity AI pilot project in fall 2025

Real-World Skills for Real World Challenges: AI-Led Updates Across Cisco Certification Portfolio

Advances in technology continue to make increased demands on networking and technology professionals. In just a few years, AI has become an integral part of how networks are designed, managed, and secured—driving a shift in the skills most critical to IT professionals.

Guiding Stars: Making the Case for Eat-and-Repeat Meals

As a dietitian, I often extol the nutrition benefits of eating a variety of foods. You know the drill: more variety equals a wider range of nutrients and other healthy food compounds.

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Corporate Responsibility

Baker Tilly’s Buzzhouse Podcast: What’s Shaping Housing Development Today

The BuzzHouse team introduces a new segment, Housing Happenings, with Baker Tilly’s Larissa Fogarty sharing the latest developments in affordable housing policy.

Awards & Rankings

Mary Kay Extends Winning Streak With Fourth Year As #1 in Global Direct Selling Beauty

Mary Kay Inc., the iconic beauty and entrepreneurship company, has once again been named the #1 Direct Selling Brand of Skin Care and Color Cosmetics in the World by Euromonitor International, sustaining its legacy of excellence for the fourth consecutive year.

Health & Healthcare

The Melanoma Research Foundation and Neutrogena® Convene a Meeting to Discuss Advancement of Skin Cancer Prevention Tools

The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF), the largest independent organization devoted to melanoma eradication, today announced a joint one-day consensus meeting sponsored by Neutrogena® to coincide with the start of UV Safety and Awareness Month.

Awards & Rankings

Trane Technologies Earns Top 20 Ranking Among TIME’s 2026 World’s Most Sustainable Companies

Trane Technologies, a global climate innovator, has been named to TIME’s 2026 list of the World’s Most Sustainable Companies, ranking 19th.

Research & Reports

Subaru Releases 2025 Corporate Impact Report

Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) today released its eighth annual Corporate Impact Report, highlighting how the automaker continued to live its Subaru Love Promise® in 2025 through meaningful action for customers, employees, retailers, partners, and the communities it calls home.

Education & Workforce Development

Alexia Nepola: Mind Your Family Business | GoDaddy School of Hustle with Angie K.

Angie K. sits down with Alexia Nepola of “The Real Housewives of Miami” and co-owner of Alexia + Frankie’s Beauty Bar to talk about launching a business with her son, taking the leap from idea to action, and finding the confidence to pursue something new.

Corporate Responsibility

Fifth Third’s “Protect Your Money” Event in Detroit Provides Scam Awareness and Banking Safety Education

In recognition of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15, Fifth Third hosted “Protect Your Money: Banking Safety & Scam Prevention.”, the first event in a new financial education series created in response to the growing threat of financial scams nationwide.

Environment

K4GGWA and CNH Brand New Holland Launch Innovation Call to Accelerate Land Restoration Across the Great Green Wall

The Knowledge for Great Green Wall Action (K4GGWA) programme, in partnership with New Holland has launched the K4GGWA Innovation Facility’s fifth call for innovation, seeking innovative tools and technologies that can help restore degraded land across Africa's Great Green Wall

Awards & Rankings

For More Than a Decade, Entergy Earns the Civic 50 Honor for Its Commitment to Communities

Entergy has been named a 2026 honoree of The Civic 50, an annual recognition by Points of Light that identifies the nation’s most community-minded companies.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Bio-Based Solvents Take Center Stage at CHEMUK

MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, took center stage at CHEMUK 2026 with the launch of its first bio-based solvent portfolio for HPLC and LCMS, underscoring how sustainability is reshaping both science and business

Inclusion & Opportunity

LA Kings’ Black, Silver & Bold Program Concludes 2025 -26 Season, Expanding Access and Driving Measurable Impact in Youth Hockey

On Wednesday, June 17, 2026, AEG’s LA Kings concluded the 2025–26 season of Black, Silver & Bold, a year-long initiative focused on expanding access, advancing development, and fostering inclusion in youth hockey across Los Angeles.

Corporate Responsibility

Advancing With Purpose: Fostering Inclusion and Belonging

Welcome to Advancing with Purpose, an AMD video series featuring the people behind our corporate responsibility efforts.

Events

The Ocean on the Balance Sheet

For most of this newsletter’s two decades, the ocean has appeared in our pages as a conservation story — something to protect, mourn, or clean up. Its sustainable use and conservation are the subject of Sustainable Development Goal 14 (life below water).

AI & Technology

Cisco and Generation Are Scaling AI-Powered Pathways to Employment

As AI reshapes industries and redefines how work gets done, the question of who benefits and who gets left behind has become one of the more pressing challenges to solve in economic mobility.

Awards & Rankings

KeyBank Named Honoree of The Civic 50 for the Thirteenth Consecutive Year

For the thirteenth time, KeyBank (NYSE:KEY) has been recognized by Points of Light as one of the 50 most community-minded companies in America in 2026.

Environment

DP World's Canada Operations Remove More Than One Tonne of Shoreline Litter Through Ocean Wise Partnership

Through its growing partnership with Ocean Wise, DP World's Canada operations are helping advance both objectives. Since launching shoreline cleanup initiatives with Ocean Wise, DP World teams across Canada have removed more than 1,077.5 kilograms (2,378 pounds) of litter.

AI & Technology

Powering the Future: EHS Challenges in Data Centers

Explore the rapid global growth of data centers and the evolving environmental, health and safety (EHS) challenges that come with it.

Corporate Responsibility

CVS Health: Thank You! Mews at St. Mary Grand Opening - Williamstown, NJ

Last week, we proudly celebrated the Grand Opening and Building Dedication of Mews at St. Mary in Williamstown, NJ, alongside our amazing colleagues, local leaders, community organizations, development partners, and The Bishop of Camden.

Environment

What CDP and SBTi's New Capital Structures Mean for Your Disclosure Strategy

A briefing on why CDP and SBTi’s shift to commercial capital is a sign of how central disclosure has become, and what that growth will cost you.

Events

IWBI CEO Rachel Hodgdon To Speak at Aspen Ideas: Health on the Critical Role of Healthy Buildings in Advancing Public Health

Rachel Hodgdon, President and CEO of the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), will join leading experts in public health, architecture and healthy buildings

Events

The Howard University & PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship Convenes Entrepreneurs, Investors, HBCU Leaders for Fourth Annual Summit in Washington, D.C.

This national convening brings together founders, investors and ecosystem leaders to explore how entrepreneurs can plant seeds for prosperity and ownership that extend far beyond a single generation.

Research & Reports

Yum! Brands Publishes 2025 Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report Highlighting Business Resilience and Operational Progress

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) published its annual Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report, spotlighting how the company is integrating sustainability into its growth strategy to manage long-term risk, improve operational resilience and support franchisee success.

Research & Reports

What 2025 Taught Us About the Internet: Inside GoDaddy’s Domain Trends Report

Today, over 20 million customers in more than 100 countries trust us to help them claim their corner of the internet - which means that when we look at our proprietary data, we're not just looking at GoDaddy. We're looking at a meaningful slice of the open web itself.

Energy & Infrastructure

Expeditionary Energy’s Future: Fewer Convoys, More Control

Moving fuel remains one of the most persistent risks in modern military operations. It slows maneuvers, extends vulnerable supply lines, and exposes personnel to unnecessary danger.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Private Investment in Nature Grows Fivefold Over the Past Decade, Gaining Momentum With Major Investors

Gaining Ground: State of Private Investment in Nature, 2026, a new report from Forest Trends and The Nature Conservancy, offers the most comprehensive analysis to date on global private capital flows to nature. The findings point to a field that has expanded significantly ...

Latest Campaigns

Collaboration and Partnership

Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...

Smile Train: World Cleft Awareness Day 2026

Observed annually on July 20, World Cleft Awareness Day (WCAD) raises global awareness about cleft lip and/or palate, helps reduce stigma, and...

Rethinking EHS Podcast

Join us as we travel the world to uncover real stories of impact—from landfills and energy transition to workplace safety, emerging contaminants, and...

Advocacy

Position Action Against Hunger as a leading advocate for policy change and investment—calling for increased public health spending, improved nutrition...

Smile Train: World Cleft Awareness Day 2026

Observed annually on July 20, World Cleft Awareness Day (WCAD) raises global awareness about cleft lip and/or palate, helps reduce stigma, and...

Growth Through Sustainability

Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...

Sustainability- Carnival Corporation's Way of Doing Business

Carnival’s approach to sustainability is a full-time commitment; it is not a cost of doing business, it is a way of doing business. We at Carnival...

Policy and Regulation

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

Disaster Relief

During times of natural disaster and other events Verizon will provide emergency relief to the area(s) impacted.

KeyBank's Community Investment

In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...