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VMware Unveils Carbon Avoidance Meter to Optimize Data Center Energy Usage

May 23, 2019 1:35 PM ET - VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW), a leading innovator in enterprise software, has announced the Carbon Avoidance Meter (CAM), to provide data center operators with near-real time “carbon scores” – determined from the level of one’s carbon footprint and...

HPI Principles Guide Our Safety Journey

May 23, 2019 1:20 PM ET - Domtar safety leaders first encountered the idea of human performance improvement (HPI) in 2013 at a Pulp & Paper Safety Association conference focusing on human behavior. HPI principles have driven our safety journey ever since, leading to a...

Caterpillar Reports Progress on Enterprise Strategy, Sustainability

May 23, 2019 8:00 AM ET - Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) has released its 2018 Annual Report and Sustainability Report. Both titled “Let’s Do the Work,” the companion reports detail the company’s progress on executing the enterprise strategy and the benefits being realized for...

GM Digital Vehicle Platform Debuts, Enables Adoption of Future Technologies

May 22, 2019 2:00 PM ET - General Motors has debuted the company’s all-new electronic platform necessary for its next-generation of vehicles, EVs, active safety, infotainment and connectivity features, and the evolution of the Super Cruise driver assistance feature*. These...

STMicroelectronics Reports Progress Towards 2025 Sustainability Goals

May 22, 2019 2:00 PM ET - STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, announced the publication of the Company’s 2019 Sustainability Report. The 22nd report contains details and highlights...

Lockheed Martin and Drone Racing League Announce 2019 AlphaPilot Teams

May 22, 2019 12:35 PM ET - Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Drone Racing League (DRL) today announced the nine teams that were accepted into the 2019 AlphaPilot Innovation Challenge, an open competition to develop artificial intelligence (AI) for high-speed racing drones...

Stanley Black & Decker and Discovery Education Award $50,000 in Grants and Prizes to “Innovation Generation Contest” Grand Prize Winners

May 22, 2019 9:30 AM ET - Stanley Black & Decker and Discovery Education today named two Innovation Generation Contest Grand Prize Winners, including William Davies Middle School of Mays Landing, New Jersey and St. Mary School of Bellevue, Nebraska. Both schools have...

The Big Book of Goodness

May 22, 2019 9:30 AM ET - Your ultimate guide for year-round giving, volunteering and small acts of Goodness is here—so dive in and explore 25+ creative ideas to help you harness the power of your employees and amplify their impact through your Goodness programs.

Innovation Expo at SB’19 Detroit Sets Stage for Global Collaboration

May 22, 2019 9:00 AM ET - Sustainable Brands recently revealed the full programming and schedule for the Innovation Expo at SB’19 Detroit, running June 3-6 at Cobo Center in downtown Detroit. The Innovation Expo will be the focal point for networking, collaboration and co-...

Calling All Business and Community Leaders: Join Us for a Half-Day on June 7 in Washington, D.C., to Catalyze Social Change and Chart a Course for Collective Impact

May 21, 2019 12:25 PM ET - The America’s Charities Collective Impact Conference is the only event of its kind that brings together private and public sector employers and nonprofits for a rich discussion of what’s new, what’s tried and true, and what is yet to come as it...

Schneider Electric Helps City of Holland Adopt 40-year Community Energy Plan

May 21, 2019 11:10 AM ET - With aspirations to be a national leader in energy efficiency and sustainability, City leaders in Holland, Michigan adopted a progressive Community Energy Plan with goals to ensure economic competitiveness, provide reliable and affordable energy and...

Innovation Gets in the Weeds Under Solar Panels

May 20, 2019 4:00 PM ET - Solar power plants provide many benefits but at least one perpetual challenge: How do you keep grass under the panels from growing too high? Mowers with traditional blades can damage equipment. Hand-held weed-whackers are a labor-intensive solution...

Arrow Electronics and Posner Center for International Development Collaborate on Innovation in Technology Award

May 20, 2019 2:00 PM ET - Arrow Electronics and The Posner Center for International Development have awarded the 2019 Arrow Innovation in Technology Award to Moving Up the Coffee Chain via Blockchain, a project that will tap technology to connect Honduran coffee farmers with...

CNH Industrial Working to Make Manufacturing Even Safer in Brazil

May 20, 2019 1:15 PM ET - CNH Industrial (NYSE: CNHI /MI: CNHI) achieved a year-on-year reduction of 55% in the total number of incidents causing an absence of one or more days in 2018, at its production facilities in Brazil. These results are testament to the effectiveness...

Announcing the 2019 Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge Winners

May 20, 2019 1:05 PM ET - Today, in our third year of the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge, we are proud to be recognizing a new group of young entrepreneurs who are creating cutting-edge, technology-based solutions capable of solving some of the world’s toughest...

Sustainability in Tech: How Tech and Human Ingenuity Can Save Our Future and Our Climate

May 20, 2019 10:05 AM ET - The numbers don’t lie – the effects of climate change are overwhelming and happening right now. Wildfires are more frequent and more destructive in recent years and the wildfire season ...

Water Reuse, Resilience Gain From New Black & Veatch Appointment

May 20, 2019 9:15 AM ET - As climate change carries increasingly varied challenges of both too little and too much water, cities and utilities are renewing their focus on reuse strategies to ensure a safe and resilient supply. Black & Veatch announced today the addition...

Interview With Alexandra Der, Mechanical Design Engineer

May 20, 2019 8:00 AM ET - Alexandra Der is a mechanical design engineer at Tetra Tech. She has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Boise State University, and she is currently working on completing her master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Seattle...

Sustainability and business results align in “Innovating for Impact,” ArcelorMittal’s 2018 United States Integrated Report

May 20, 2019 8:00 AM ET - ArcelorMittal announces the publication of its annual United States Integrated Report, Innovating for Impact. This marks ArcelorMittal’s tenth year of reporting on our corporate responsibility and sustainability initiatives in the United States...

CLP Commits to Reinforce Cyber Resilience and Data Protection

May 17, 2019 4:00 PM ET - The CLP Group has pledged in its new Sustainability Report to focus on investing in people and resources to manage the increasing scale and severity of cyber security risks.

Comcast Partners with Three More State Attorneys General on Internet Safety Through Internet Essentials

May 17, 2019 3:15 PM ET - Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama attorneys general join the nationwide effort to address challenges seniors, parents, and students face online. Comcast surprised students and seniors with free laptops and invests in digital skills training...

New Nonprofit Resource: Transforming Technology Pro Bono

May 17, 2019 12:15 PM ET - On the heels of last week’s Global Pro Bono Summit, Taproot Foundation and VMware are releasing their latest research—a compilation of guides to Transforming Technology Pro Bono—in an effort to support nonprofit organizations in maximizing the...

A More Sustainable Way to Print on Fabric

May 16, 2019 5:35 PM ET - First plastic, then glass and wood, and now — fabric. At FESPA this week in Germany, HP touted its new lineup of large-format printers, marking the company’s first foray into the fast-growing $3.6 billion textile market for printing everything...

MilliporeSigma Receives 2019 Environmental Leader Product of the Year Award for Cyrene™

May 16, 2019 9:00 AM ET - MilliporeSigma’s Cyrene is a solvent that the science and technology company says is safer, more sustainable, and can offer better performance than petroleum-derived products. Cyrene is manufactured in two steps from tree-derived waste cellulose...

‘Can a Tobacco Company Be Sustainable?’ Philip Morris International Says ‘Absolutely,’ and Outlines Clear Progress Toward a Sustainable, Smoke-Free Future

May 15, 2019 2:00 PM ET - Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE:PM) today published its fourth Sustainability Report, detailing its progress in key areas across its value chain. PMI’s mission to unsmoke the world is core to its sustainability ambition and business...

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