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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Applied Materials Earns Intel's 2022 EPIC Outstanding Supplier Award With Supplier Diversity Distinction

Applied Materials has earned the exclusive EPIC Program Outstanding Supplier Award with Supplier Diversity Distinction for 2022. This award recognizes the absolute top performers in the Intel supply chain for their dedication over the past year.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

John Frank Joins Illumina as Chief Public Affairs Officer

Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, announced today the appointment of John Frank as the Company's Chief Public Affairs Officer (CPAO).

Responsible Production & Consumption

Fair Trade USA™ Joins Amazon Climate Pledge Friendly Initiative

Fair Trade USA is proud to join Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly initiative making Fair Trade Certified products more easily discoverable on Amazon’s e-commerce sites.

Green Infrastructure

City of Chicago Drafts 2022 Climate Action Plan

WSP USA congratulates the City of Chicago on the draft release of its updated Climate Action Plan (CAP), which outlines actions to address climate change for its 77 communities.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Responsible Beauty: How P&G is Using Guar

P&G Beauty is joining with Solvay and TechnoServe India in the Sustainable Guar Initiative , an effort designed to further improve the livelihoods of smallholder guar bean farmers in India.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

UNFCU Foundation Accepting Grant Applications for 2023 Support

The UNFCU Foundation announced opening its 2023 grant application period for funding requests up to $50,000.

Innovation & Technology

Identity Management Day Is the Perfect Time to #BeIdentitySmart — And Norton Can Help

Hosted by the Identity Defined Security Alliance and National Cybersecurity Alliance, Identity Management Day aims to inform about the dangers of improperly managing and securing digital identities by raising awareness and sharing best practices.

Education

TCS and Toronto District School Board's Partnership Remains Strong in the Virtual Environment

Ask nearly any teacher and they will all say that 2020 and 2021 have been the toughest years of their teaching career, with seemingly insurmountable challenges around every corner.

Diversity & Inclusion

HP Gets Intentional About Contracting With Black IT Providers

HP CIO Ron Guerrier says the company’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is one of the factors that brought him to the company in September 2020.

Environment

Sustainability Creates Value

Ericsson has been a sustainability pioneer in the private sector and has been reporting on its progress in this area for more than 20 years.

Research, Reports & Publications

The Future is On: Entergy Releases 2021 Integrated Report

Entergy released its 2021 Integrated Report, an assessment of the company’s environmental, social, governance and financial performance for the year.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Improving Your Property? PSE&G Urges You to Call 811 Before You Dig

Spring is in the air bringing with it the scent of wildflowers and freshly cut grass, the return of outdoor family activities and that strange urge to dig. But before you get your fingers dirty, be safe and Call 811.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The USO's Brian A. Cowart - Serving Our Service Members

Having FedEx as a partner which provides financial and logistical shipping support to the USO allows the non-profit to provide expanded expeditionary support to service members in the field.

Research, Reports & Publications

Latest Research Finds Plan Access and Plan Design Significantly Impacts Retirement Savings

T. Rowe Price released new research based on its annual Retirement Savings and Spending survey and analysis of the Census Bureau’s 2021 Current Population Survey.

Research, Reports & Publications

Investics to Provide CSRHub ESG Data

Investics announced an expansion of ESG data and analytics capabilities with the addition of CSRHub data to provide data and CSR analysis on their Investics Cloud Ecosystem platform.

Health & Healthcare

Inspired Curriculum Garners Accolades With Positive Ground-Up Impact on Health & Wellness

This spring, GBM is expanding its reach as they team up with the Quest Diagnostics Foundation, as part of the Quest for Health Equity (Q4HE) initiative.

Environment

Sloan Inaugurates The Water Council's Water Stewardship Program, WAVE

The Water Council is pleased to announce Sloan, a global manufacturer of commercial plumbing systems based in Franklin Park, Ill., has signed onto The Water Council’s WAVE program.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Home Depot Foundation Teams Up With Operation Blessing to Prepare for Disaster Season

The Home Depot Foundation is teaming up with Operation Blessing to build nearly 800 relief kits in preparation for disaster season.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

KKR Appoints Pamela Alexander As Head of Corporate Citizenship

KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the appointment of Pamela Alexander as Managing Director and Head of Corporate Citizenship, effective immediately.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Skills for Cities: Common Impact to Bring the Power of Skills-Based Volunteering to North Carolina

Common Impact will host Skills for Cities North Carolina on April 20, 2022, connecting nonprofits statewide with skills-based volunteers and social impact leaders to generate solutions for their pressing capacity-building challenges.

Diversity & Inclusion

COLORS Training Program Spreads Education of Healthcare Needs in the LGBTQ+ Community

Health disparities have negatively impacted many different groups of patients for decades, and the LGBTQ+ community is no exception.

Environment

SC Johnson Launches DISSOLVE™ Concentrated Pods in U.S. to Reduce Plastic Waste, Provide More Sustainable Choices for Consumers

SC Johnson announced the launch of DISSOLVE™ Concentrated Pods in its Windex®, Scrubbing Bubbles® and fantastik® brands in the U.S. Each DISSOLVE™ refill pod uses 94% less plastic than a 23 fluid ounce or larger same-branded sprayer bottle.

Energy

Zenger Group, National Grid Team up to Install Electric Vehicle Workplace Charging

With a longstanding commitment to sustainability and in anticipation of more electric vehicles among its growing workforce, Zenger Group installed 10 Level 2 electric vehicle charging ports at its Tonawanda headquarters.

Environment

Julie Kreger King Appointed to Lead Antea Group USA Technology Segment

Antea Group USA is pleased to announce that Julie Kreger King, Senior Consultant based in the San Francisco Bay Area, has been appointed to lead our Technology Segment.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Metrio Empowers Companies to Adapt to Changing Climate Disclosure Regulations

Leading sustainability software provider Metrio is harnessing its end-to-end ESG reporting platform help businesses collect, aggregate and interpret data about their non-financial performance to meet climate disclosure requirements.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  2. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  3. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  4. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  5. Emergency Response
    Document rapid interventions when crises strike: delivering therapeutic food, water, hygiene kits, and deploying mobile med
  6. Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator
    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...
  7. Special Economic Zones
    Driving awareness of Special Economic Zones.
  8. Subaru Love Promise: Pets
    Subaru believes all pets deserve a loving home and we are the largest corporate donor to the ASPCA®. Subaru is proud to help make the world a better...
  9. Special Economic Zones
    Driving awareness of Special Economic Zones.
  10. 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...
  11. SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights
    Highlighting the top news, commentary, and research for the week coming from SHQ. The highlights newsletter also spotlights one profiled organization...
  12. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  13. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  14. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  15. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...