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Direct Relief CEO Byron Scott (left) receives the Seoul Peace Prize from Jaeho Yeom, Chairman of the Seoul Peace Prize Cultural Foundation, at an awards ceremony in Seoul on April 28, 2025.

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Direct Relief Accepts 2025 Seoul Peace Prize for Global Humanitarian Impact

Direct Relief today formally accepted the 2025 Seoul Peace Prize, one of the world’s most distinguished honors for humanitarian achievement, in recognition of the organization’s unwavering commitment to aiding people affected by poverty, disasters, and conflict.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Two Months Without Aid

Action Against Hunger

Events, Media & Communications

AB, EMIA and Societe Generale Host the Impact and Blended Finance Conference

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Innovation & Technology

Ready for Anything: T‑Mobile Strengthens Powerful Technology Arsenal for Hurricane and Wildfire Seasons

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Philly Food Truck Chef Levels up Her Business With Verizon's Free Online Courses

Verizon Small Business Digital Ready is designed to help small business owners like V’Esther Goode, owner of Boomer’s Kitchen & Catering, succeed in today’s digital world.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Truist Foundation Grant Supports United Way Worldwide's Launch of MyFreeTaxes in English and Spanish for 2022 Tax Season

Truist supports United Way Worldwide’s launch of MyFreeTaxes in English and Spanish for 2022 tax season to help more people file for free, get help they need this tax season

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Innovation & Technology

Alternative Meats Gain Popularity

Alternative meats are taking the food and beverage industry by storm. Currently valued at $20 billion, the market is projected to grow to $155 billion by 2027.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

O-I Glass Sustainability Rating Upgraded; Designated Top-Rated ESG Performer

O-I Glass, Inc. has received two significant acknowledgments for its continued Sustainability transformation.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Listen Up! Doing Corporate Citizenship Better, Together - February 2022

We are thrilled to have Michael Lenczner, the CEO of Ajah, join us for a frank and uncensored discussion about the current data that is available, how it is helpful or unhelpful, and what we can do about it at a national level.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New Field to Market Report Recommends Opportunities for Financial Innovations to Accelerate Sustainable Agriculture

Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture released today a new report, Financial Innovations to Accelerate Sustainable Agriculture: Blueprints for the Value Chain, highlighting the need for innovative financial mechanisms and incentive strategies to accelerate the transition to sustainable agriculture.

Energy

How Can We Decarbonize Labs, Without Compromising Science?

How can we decarbonize labs without compromising science? Carbon reduction and lab requirements can be opposing forces. But pioneering efforts are revealing a roadmap to a healthier environment and better science.

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Diversity & Inclusion

KeyBank Names Helena Haynes-Carter as Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer

KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) today announced that Helena Haynes-Carter has been named Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer for the company. In this role, Helena will lead the strategy and tactics to improve the acquisition, development, and retention of diverse talent and suppliers.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

International Paper: Circular Economy Leader Sets Production Record at Spanish Recycled Containerboard Mill

International Paper (IP), one of the world’s leading producers of renewable fiber-based packaging and absorbent pulp solutions, achieved a major production milestone at its Madrid Mill in Fuenlabrada, Spain.

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Diversity & Inclusion

From Dove to Guinness, Kathy Parker Has A Gift for Creating Timeless Campaigns

Learn more about Kathy Parker’s leadership style that aims to create a safe space for her team, how a major life event led to a breakthrough in her career and why she believes all companies should have a pay equity analysis.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Financial Times Recognizes AccountAbility As a Leading Management Consultant for the 5th Year in a Row

AccountAbility, a Sustainability Consulting & Standards Firm with offices in New York, London, Dubai, and Riyadh, has been ranked as a Premier Sustainability Consultant following a survey of 5,200 partners and executives.

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Energy

T-Mobile Achieves U.S. Telecom Industry First (Again): 100% Renewable Energy

In 2018, T-Mobile was the first and only U.S. provider to create an ambitious plan to source 100% of its total electricity usage with renewable energy by the end of 2021. Today the company announced it was the first in wireless to do it.

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Health & Healthcare

Alkermes Highlights Signs and Symptoms of Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a complex brain disorder that can significantly impact patients. Fortunately, there are treatment options that may help.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

2021 Year in Review: An Update from Whole Planet Foundation

Whole Planet Foundation remains focused on its mission to alleviate poverty by funding financial opportunities for underserved entrepreneurs. Implementing partners and the entrepreneurs they serve are facing threats to their wellbeing.

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Green Infrastructure

PepsiCo Awards $1.2 Million Grant to the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority to Replace Infrastructure and Eliminate Loss of Water Supply in the Guadalupe River and San Antonio River Basins

PepsiCo Beverages North America and Frito-Lay North America grant will fund the replacement of a deteriorating flow control structure, helping to preserve freshwater and reduce saltwater intrusion in Calhoun County, Texas

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

4th Consecutive 100% For Blackstone on the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index

Blackstone has achieved a score of 100% on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI), earning the designation as a “Best Place to Work for LGBT+ Equality” for the fourth year in a row.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Entergy's Top 10 Corporate Social Responsibility Moments of 2021

At Entergy, we are on a journey with our stakeholders to improve lives, build businesses and create prosperity. This was no different even during another year of unprecedented challenges.

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Research, Reports & Publications

FedEx Publishes Delivering for Good 2021 Report: Using Our Global Network and Logistics Expertise to Help People and Communities in Need

We are one the few companies in the world that has the global network and logistics expertise capable of assisting with precious shipments or responding quickly in times disaster. It’s a responsibility that we take seriously.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Pentair Awarded EcoVadis Silver Medal

Pentair has been awarded a Silver Medal by EcoVadis in its first enterprise-wide sustainability assessment.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Corporate Equality Index: Rockwell Automation Earns Perfect Score for 10th Consecutive Year

Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) has earned a top score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Regions Investment Management Named a Best Place to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments, Inc.

Regions Investment Management based in Birmingham, Alabama, is one of a small number of firms to be named a 2021 Best Places to Work in Money Management award recipient announced by Pensions & Investments.

Environment

How Airthings Reinvented Radon Monitoring with Modern Technology

Radon is an undetectable radioactive gas that naturally occurs as uranium decays in rocks and soil. Outside, radon concentration remains low, but it can build up to dangerous levels over time inside homes.

Health & Healthcare

Top 8 Critical Illness Insurance Providers in the US

To find out which critical insurance providers in the US have the best offerings, health and wellness information website Verywell Health reviewed the policies of 20 companies, factoring in the extent of coverage, monthly rates, benefit period, how quickly the plan begins, payout terms, and financial stability.

Environment

Beijing 2022 Pre-games Sustainability Report Outlines Climate Solutions, Development of Winter Sports and Regional Regeneration in China

Beijing 2022 released its Pre-Games Sustainability Report today, detailing the measures implemented to reduce and compensate carbon emissions, protect local ecosystems and create long-term benefits to local communities and economies.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Quest Diagnostics Receives Perfect Score on Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Corporate Equality Index for Sixth Consecutive Year

Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced that it has received a score of 100% on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI)

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