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Health & Healthcare

Delivering for Good: Cold-chain Storage Enables Greater Vaccine Distribution

FedEx is a long-time supporter of Heart to Heart International, and through a recent donation helped the organization create cold chain storage capabilities.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

What SEC's Climate Disclosure Rule Could Mean for Students and Job Seekers

Recent media coverage of the SEC’s proposal on climate risk and emission disclosure has focused on the impact for companies and their investors. But what about their talent pool — the rising cohort of students and job seekers? How could they be best prepared in this emerging job market?

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Pet Homelessness Shouldn't Be Happening: Here's How Companies and Individuals Can Help

Despite Americans’ overall affection for pets, the reality is that at any given time nearly 48 million cats and dogs don’t have a home in the U.S.

Health & Healthcare

At the Forefront of HIV Health and Healing in Spain: Ferran's Story

As the founder and director of BCN Checkpoint, a community HIV program geared toward gay men and transgender women in Barcelona, Ferran Pujol has helped provide hope to those living with HIV for nearly 30 years.

Innovation & Technology

Pioneering New Solutions for Sustainable Horticulture

Innovation is at the heart of everything we do. Our R&D teams work around the clock—and globe—to enhance productivity on the farm and dive logistical solutions throughout the entire supply chain.

Environment

Let’s Talk About the Birds and the Bees

I have always loved bees, and I have spent a good part of my life working with them.

Environment

Essity Annual and Sustainability Report: Climate-Related Risks and Opportunities

Climate change affects Essity and the company continuously maps the risks and opportunities this entails by means of, for example, scenario analyses

Research, Reports & Publications

Owners of Small and Midsized Businesses Turn to Employee Benefits to Attract and Retain Top Talent

In response to the ever-changing environment small and midsized businesses (SMBs) operate in today, Principal Financial Group® recently conducted a “check-in” with business owners.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CDL's Integrated Sustainability Report 2022 Zeroes in on Bolder Decarbonisation Targets

CDL is pleased to announce that its Integrated Sustainability Report 2022 has been published.

Education

Qualcomm® Thinkabit Lab™ and the American Association of University Women (AAUW) All-Girls Tech Trek Camp Fosters the Role of Girls in STEM Through Innovation and Awareness

The All-Girls camp is for students with an interest in math and sciences. The end goal of this camp is to cultivate a professional and educational interest in STEM among girls and young women by engaging them in programs that foster their interest.

Energy

Whirlpool Corporation Continues to Move Forward on Its Sustainability Journey With New Wind Farm Project in West Texas

On March 23, Whirlpool Corp. celebrated the groundbreaking of a 340 Megawatt wind farm in Callahan County, Texas.

Green Infrastructure

Ecocentricity Guest Blog: What About Those EV Batteries?

We've gone from no one paying attention to the electric vehicle battery supply chain to everyone freaking out about it.

Health & Healthcare

Fighting COVID-19: 'An Intersection Between My Military and Civilian Careers'

Col. Craig Maceri, director, vaccines value chain management, never would have guessed that his career at Merck would someday benefit his role as a commander in the National Guard. But the COVID-19 pandemic took everyone by surprise.

Diversity & Inclusion

Opening Doors for Military Members

The following is based on an excerpt from the 2021 Cisco Purpose Report, published on December 13, 2021.

Green Infrastructure

Data Center Sustainability Relies on Water and Power Infrastructure

The data center market in India is booming. Investment in Indian data centers is expected to reach $7 billion in the next three years, with a compound annual growth rate of 11.4 percent until 2022, making it the second fasted growing data center market in the world.

Sustainable Development Goals

Del Monte Foods Announces Commitment to Net-Zero Emissions Goal

Del Monte Foods, Inc. announced today its commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 in line with the Science Based Targets Initiative’s (SBTi) Net-Zero Standard. To achieve this goal, the company has also committed to define near-term science-based targets to reduce Scopes 1, 2 and 3 carbon emissions that support SBTi’s focus on limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C.

Environment

How Genomics Will Support Gorilla Conservation

Dr. Magdalena Bermejo is calling from a 50-square-meter house deep in a rainforest in the Republic of Congo.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Duke Energy Awards More Than $300,000 in Grants to Innovative K-12 Education Initiatives Across Indiana

The Duke Energy Foundation today announced it is awarding more than $300,000 in grants to 24 innovative K-12 education programs serving communities across Indiana.

Events, Media & Communications

Walking the Tightrope: ESG Communications During a Global Crisis

Over the past two years, senior leaders have been navigating “business not as usual.” For corporate communicators, this has been a balancing act between wading into discourse on multiple global crises and updating key stakeholders on ESG goals

Environment

Hog Wild: Susanne Rust on the Feral Pig Problem

You may not have seen them running through your yard, but just wait. Feral pigs are everywhere and they’re a growing problem.

Environment

IPCC Report Affirms That We Have the Tools to Address the Climate Crisis, but We're Running Out of Time to Act

A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change affirms that we have the tools to address the climate crisis, but we are running out of time to act.

Diversity & Inclusion

Join Verizon and The Paley Center for Media for a Conversation on Leading Through Change

Verizon Business and The Paley Center for Media present “Moving the Dial from the Top: Harnessing the Power of Diversity & Inclusion”

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

STEYR® Design Flair Recognized by Red Dot Design Award for Terrus CVT

The Terrus CVT, the STEYR® flagship tractor range, has received a major international design award that recognizes the contribution of key styling features to its capabilities, comfort and efficiency.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Aided by Black & Veatch, Atlanta Water Project Wins Coveted Engineering News-Record Top Prize

Exemplifying resilience, sustainability and collaboration, a massive, $320-million project aided by Black & Veatch to bolster Atlanta’s strained water supply has won top honors as the Engineering News-Record’s water and wastewater global and Southeast project of the year.

Energy

Entergy Louisiana Completes $86M Improvement Project in the Bayou Region

Entergy Louisiana recently completed an $86 million transmission system upgrade in Lafourche Parish, improving resiliency and reliability of the local power grid for approximately 10,000 customers in the Bayou Region.

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