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International Paper Vicksburg Mill Awards $70,000 in Foundation Grants to Community Organizations

Jan 14, 2021 11:40 AM ET - The International Paper Vicksburg Mill awarded $70,000 in International Paper Foundation grants to 15 area non-profits in 2020.

Duke Energy Establishes Relationship with Optus Bank to Support Minority-Owned Businesses

Jan 14, 2021 11:20 AM ET - Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) announced today it has deposited $5 million into Optus Bank, a Black-owned bank based in South Carolina, furthering the company’s support for diverse and minority-owned businesses, individuals and low income communities.

Three GRI Standards Come Into Effect for Sustainability Reports in 2021

Jan 14, 2021 8:45 AM ET - Companies disclosing their impacts through the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting standards are to adhere to three new and updated standards, for reports they publish from this year onward.

Money Managers and the Growth of ESG Investing

Jan 13, 2021 9:15 AM ET - The $16.6 trillion in assets incorporating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria represent a nearly 43 percent increase over the $11.6 trillion in such assets identified in 2018.

The Transforming Global Supply Chain: Optimizing for Business Resiliency

Jan 13, 2021 8:35 AM ET - Companies must account for sustainability and business continuity along their entire supply chain. How can they turn this into an opportunity for growth and business resiliency? Read more.

Acre & John Elkington | Building Back Better: From Sustainability to the 'Regenerative Economy' Live Stream

Jan 12, 2021 10:50 AM ET - As the world peeks beyond COVID-19 and Biden’s administration takes up residence in D.C., humankind faces an existential challenge: How do we reignite the global economy while prioritizing investments that slow the march of climate change?

ESG Will Define the Post-COVID Era

Jan 12, 2021 10:00 AM ET - At first glance, nothing ahead in 2021 could be as bad as 2020. We have been enduring the worst economic crisis in 80 years and the worst global health crisis in 100 years—events that have profoundly damaged lives and livelihoods around the world.

Experts Discuss Global Water Challenges, Trends, and Solutions

Jan 11, 2021 10:15 AM ET - Antea Group water resource experts from around the world share trends they are seeing and offer solutions to get in front of these shared water challenges including declining surface water resources, extreme weather events, water policy, etc.

New Report on Sustainable and Impact Investing Trends - Executive Summary

Jan 11, 2021 10:10 AM ET - Sustainable investing in the US continues to expand at a very healthy pace.

Cummins Invests in the Future of 12 Black Female Entrepreneurs Through Grant Program

Jan 8, 2021 10:15 AM ET - Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) and the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) are proud to announce the recipients of the inaugural WBENC Cummins Grant for Black Student Female business owners

Five Ways to Optimize Sustainability Across Global Facilities

Jan 7, 2021 9:25 AM ET - Now is the time to make sure your company’s “house is in order” and your facilities have optimized their energy, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, water, and wastewater. Here are five ways to optimize sustainability across global facilities.

Tree City USA: Celebrating the Importance of Urban Tree Canopies

Jan 7, 2021 9:00 AM ET - The Tree City USA program has strengthened and sustained urban forests across the country thanks to support of Foundation members and partners. From the Gulf of Alaska to the Gulf Coast, nearly 155 million Americans are living in Tree City USA...

Net Zero Gaining Momentum Like Never Before Among Investor and Business Community

Jan 5, 2021 11:40 AM ET - 2020 can't get behind us fast enough. But the shocking realization we've all faced about how vulnerable our society and global economy is also one of the reasons we've seen the remarkable embrace of ‘net zero’ by the business...

Ceres Opposes Proposed OCC Rule That Would Make the U.S. Banking System More Vulnerable to Climate Risk

Jan 4, 2021 12:20 PM ET - Ceres submitted formal comments today in opposition to a newly proposed rule from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC), explaining how it fundamentally misrepresents climate risk management, and warning that it would put the country’...

WSP Receives an "A-" on CDP 's Climate Change Questionnaire

Dec 30, 2020 11:50 AM ET - For a second year running, WSP has received an "A-” score for CDP’s Climate Change Questionnaire. We are proud to maintain our commitment to environmental disclosure and to continue to deliver on our greenhouse gas reduction ambitions. ...

Alliance for Community Trees Groups are United in an Effort to Plant Trees for a Better Tomorrow

Dec 29, 2020 4:00 PM ET - Local impact happens when community-based tree planting organizations create projects that involve citizens, schools, churches, and government.

How Women Founders Can Shine in 2021 and Beyond

Dec 28, 2020 8:05 AM ET - World Tree's core mission is to “Elevate, Educate, and Innovate for the Planet.” And we are and here is how.....

UPS Longitudes | Sustainable Development in a Post-COVID World

Dec 23, 2020 11:00 AM ET - This year has unleashed an onslaught of global challenges: natural disasters, economic volatility, social protests and a pandemic that has upended our way of life and illuminated longstanding inequities.

Maintaining Aboveground Storage Tanks in Accordance With SPCC Requirements

Dec 23, 2020 9:40 AM ET - Besides the federal SPCC regulatory requirement to inspect aboveground storage tanks, what other benefits are there to proper tank integrity inspection and maintenance? Find out here.

WEC Gold Medal Roundtable Convenes Business Leaders on Future of Sustainable Mobility

Dec 22, 2020 2:00 PM ET - On the occasion of awarding the Gold Medal 2020 to Ford Motor Company, the World Environment Center convened an Executive Roundtable to learn from leaders in the transportation sectors about their efforts to drive sustainability in transportation...

Sustainability-Focused Movies, Shows, and Documentaries Worth Binging

Dec 22, 2020 10:35 AM ET - From “Before the Flood” to “A Plastic Ocean” and beyond, these are some of Antea Group's favorite streamable shows and movies that focus on a sustainable environment...

Antea Group Announces Environment+Energy Leader 100 Honorees for 2020

Dec 22, 2020 9:25 AM ET - Three Antea Group USA employees were presented with the Environment+Energy Leader (E+E) 100 Award on December 5, 2020. Peylina Chu (Antea Group), Angie Dickson (Antea Group and Inogen Alliance), and Charlie Quann (Antea Group) all received the honor.

World Environment Center Jury Adds New Members

Dec 21, 2020 3:10 PM ET - The World Environment Center’s (WEC) is honored to have three new members join this unique group of sustainability leaders, which independently selects the recipient of the annual WEC Gold Medal Award for International Achievement in Sustainable...

Nest Pensions Takes Another Step on Net-Zero Journey

Dec 21, 2020 8:30 AM ET - Northern Trust AM to manage new climate aware strategy investing in emerging markets

2020's Top 10 Trends in Purpose

Dec 18, 2020 4:30 PM ET - To capture the top trends of 2020, Porter Novelli reviewed and analyzed a year’s worth of Purpose-driven news, activities, campaigns and announcements. Through this, we distilled our 10 need-to-know trends for today and tomorrow.

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