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IWBI Closes Out 2021 With Continued Growth of Membership Program

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) is pleased to announce new organizations that have joined its membership program, an expanding program that offers commercial benefits, as well as brand visibility and networking opportunities.

Ecocentricity Blog: At the Beach

Environment

Coastal habitat degradation is currently a contributor to global warming, but it doesn’t have to stay that way. If we prioritize the conservation, management, and regeneration of coastal ecosystems, we can turn that ship around.

How Algorithms and Algorithmic Bias Shape Our Lives at Work

Innovation & Technology

From hiring and promotion to scheduling, algorithms play an essential role in analyzing data for decision-making or automating processes.

Abbott Announces Future of Biowearables at Consumer Electronics Show

Health & Healthcare

Making CES history, Abbott presented a keynote at the most influential tech event in the world, the first healthcare company ever to do so.

Georgia-Pacific: Sustainable Outcomes That Benefit Society

Research, Reports & Publications

The role of business in society is to help people improve their lives by providing products and services they value more highly than their alternatives, and to do so responsibly while consuming fewer resources.

Bayer Invites Global Researchers to Submit Novel Crop Protection Compounds Through New Testing4Ag Program

Environment

Bayer today announced the launch of Testing4Ag, a new program which allows research scientists to submit novel chemistries to Bayer for testing in hopes of identifing potential new modes to control fungal diseases, insect pests, or weeds.

Tetra Tech Wins 2021 SAME Large Business Award

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) selected Tetra Tech as the recipient of its 2021 SAME Large Business Award.

Understanding Triple-Bottom-Line Value

Sustainable Development Goals

The late eighties and early nineties were a watershed period for our global society.

Trane Technologies Named to JUST Capital's 2022 JUST 100 List

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Trane Technologies has been named one of America’s Most JUST Companies for the fifth consecutive year, and a member of the JUST 100 by JUST Capital.

Risk Management Association, Top U.S. and Canadian Banks Form Consortium to Tackle Climate Risk

The Risk Management Association (RMA) announced today that 19 leading banks have formed the RMA Climate Risk Consortium (“The Consortium”), which will develop standards for banks to integrate climate risk management throughout their operations

National Grid Wins Two EEI Awards for Emergency Response

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) has announced National Grid as a recipient of EEI’s Emergency Response Award and Emergency Recovery Award.

MENTOR Launches a New, Free Resource During National Mentoring Month

Research, Reports & Publications

MENTOR, the unifying champion for the mentoring movement, has released a new, free resource for mentors: Becoming a Becoming a Better Mentor: Strategies to be There for Young People.

Illumina Announces New Innovative Partnerships, Along With New Groundbreaking Technologies at 2022 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Innovation & Technology

Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) Chief Executive Officer, Francis deSouza, discussed the company's strong growth trajectory, including 2021 results and 2022 guidance. deSouza also announced new partnerships and technologies that will advance the company's mission of improving human health by unlocking the power of the genome.

Invenergy Announces Approximately $3 Billion Investment From Blackstone Infrastructure Partners to Accelerate Renewable Development Activities

Blackstone Inc. announced that funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure Partners have entered into a definitive agreement with CDPQ and Invenergy for an approximately $3 billion equity investment in Invenergy Renewables Holdings LLC.

Energy Transfer and the Arbor Day Foundation Partner to Plant 25,000 Trees

Environment

Dallas-based Energy Transfer is partnering with the Arbor Day Foundation to plant 25,000 trees this year in three domestic forests.

Developing Future Social Justice Leaders at Tougaloo College

Diversity & Inclusion

As the ninth of 13 children, Dr. Carmen J. Walters grew up in New Orleans, where her father built houses during the day and worked at the railroad at night, and her mother did a variety of jobs, such as cooking for local schools.

Grupo Modelo Partners With WestRock and Grupo Gondi in Transition to CanCollar® Eco Packaging, Eliminating Over 100 Tons of Plastic Waste

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

In a partnership with WestRock and Grupo Gondi, Grupo Modelo is investing roughly 4 million dollars in the sustainable, fiber-based CanCollar® Eco solution in Quintana Roo, a Mexican state on the Yucatan Peninsula.

Whirlpool Corporation Named One of America's Most Just Companies for 2022

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Whirlpool Corp. has been recognized as one of America's Most JUST Companies in the annual rankings published today by CNBC and JUST Capital.

Swimming With the mRNA Current

Health & Healthcare

Bill Jarvis, our Senior Process Engineer, Sr. Associate, shares, "Those of us at CRB feel like we have grown up with the RNA industry; we’ve watched this technology space go from niche to one of the hottest areas of biopharma development."

One Year Under President Biden: What's Changed for EHS&S?

Environment

It’s been a busy year for the Biden administration and there’s been a lot of progress on his environmental policy since the start of his term. Let’s run through the most significant EHS&S initiatives of his first year and what lies ahead.

Boston Scientific Leads Industry As a Most JUST Company

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CNBC and Just Capital released the 2021 list of America’s top 100 JUST companies: Boston Scientific ranked 50 out of 1,000 companies, first among health care equipment and services industry, first for workers and the environment in our industry.

People-First Automation: How Koch Is Building the Plant of the Future

“Helping our employees transform and using fewer resources – those are fundamental to any plant of the future,” he says.

D&I Weekly News Round-Up: Microaggressions, Bias and More

Diversity & Inclusion

Welcome to the latest edition of our Diversity & Inclusion News Round-Up. We are talking about an encyclopaedia of microaggressions, how to interrupt bias in the workplace, gender pay gaps in medicine, and more.

Abbott Named One of America's Most JUST Companies by JUST Capital and CNBC for Sustainable Business Leadership

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Announced by JUST Capital and its media partner CNBC, the JUST 100 list recognizes companies that outperform on the issues that matter most to the American public – including meeting the needs of employees, customers, communities and the environment.

Global Innovation for Global Nutrition

Innovation & Technology

Bayer scientists are hungry to create new, exciting solutions that support farmers and strengthen food security. We transcend borders and boundaries to bring new thinking to how we can improve the nutrition, health and wellness.