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EcoVadis Launches New eLearning Platform to Help Customers Improve Sustainability Practices and Performance

Events, Media & Communications

EcoVadis, the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, today launched its EcoVadis Academy.

Luminant Honored With Award of Excellence for its Reclamation and Restoration of Previously Mined Land

Environment

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) announced Luminant, a subsidiary of @VistraCorp as a recipient of its 2021 Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Award.

Students and Faculty at IU and Kelley Build Home With Whirlpool and Habitat for Humanity

Social Impact & Volunteering

This will be the largest house built by IU and Kelley students since Whirlpool Corporation – a key corporate supporter and recruiter of students from the Kelley School – began a partnership with Habitat for Humanity International to construct homes in Monroe County in 2010.

Edge at Hudson Yards and Discovery Education Launch New Partnership Empowering Students to Engineer STEM Dreams

Education

Edge at Hudson Yards and Discovery Education today announced a new educational initiative that shows students nationwide the transformative power of STEM during a virtual trip to the tallest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere

Leveling the Playing Field on Employee Engagement

This month, we launched Dow’s first-ever global Volunteer and ERG Participation policy, which allows all of our employees paid time-off to volunteer and engage in Employee Resource Group (ERG) activities.

Nunam: Meet the Team Unlocking the Socioeconomic and Environmental Potential of Used Batteries

Energy

Now that the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2021 winners have been officially announced, we are excited for you to learn more about each winning team and the story behind each innovation.

Cleaning Up: See How KeyBank Teammates Helped Beautify a City Park on Neighbors Make the Difference Day

Social Impact & Volunteering

On September 14, 2021, hundreds of KeyBank teammates across the nation volunteered at more than 600 projects in the neighborhoods where they live and work on Neighbors Make the Difference Day.

Pro Bono Perspectives S3E22: Dan Noyes, Tech Goes Home

Innovation & Technology

Tech Goes Home Co-CEO Dan Noyes joins the podcast for a conversation on the root causes of the digital divide, the fundamental changes we must make for digital equity, and why this is both a social and economic imperative.

Corporate Innovation in Support of the SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals

Leading global experts from the private and public sector share their views on how technology can promote better health for all, as well as establish education systems that are fit for the future – in the latest podcasts from GRI.

Trane Technologies to Donate $1 Million to Address Racial Inequities and Boost Opportunity in Charlotte-Mecklenburg

Diversity & Inclusion

Trane Technologies plc (NYSE:TT), a global climate innovator, is donating $1 million to a communitywide public-private partnership to address racial equity in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.

First-of-Its-Kind Certification Eliminates Harmful PFAS in Foodware and Shifts Market to Preferred Alternatives

Responsible Production & Consumption

Non-profit organizations Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Clean Production Action (CPA) have unveiled the GreenScreen Certified™ Standard for Food Service Ware.

MIT Collaborates With Biogen on Three-Year, $7 Million Initiative to Address Climate, Health, and Equity

MIT and Biogen today announced that they will collaborate with the goal to accelerate the science and action on climate change to improve human health.

FedEx and Orbis: Fighting Blindness Side-by-Side for More Than 30 Years

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

As the Director of the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, Maurice Geary is responsible for the smooth running of every Flying Eye Hospital project, working closely with all members of the team from the flight mechanics to the staff nurses.

Mondelēz International Commits to 2050 Net Zero Emissions Target

Environment

As part of its commitment, Mondelēz has signed the Science Based Targets Initiative’s Business Ambition for 1.5°C, aligning its long-term emissions targets with the ambitious aim of limiting temperature rise in accordance with the Paris Agreement.

DuPont Receives Innovation Award for New Low GWP Froth-Pak™ Spray Foam

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

DuPont Performance Building Solutions’ Low GWP Froth-Pak™ Spray Foam Blown with Liquid HFO and CO2 was recognized by the Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) with the 2021 Innovation Award.

Lenovo Helps Estimated 3 Million People Across India During COVID 19

Health & Healthcare

As India continued to take action against COVID-19, Lenovo reached out again to both the government and people of India through the Lenovo Foundation, its charitable arm.

CIT Launches Annual One Million Meals Campaign

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

IT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) today announced the start of its annual partnership with Feeding America® to help provide One Million Meals1 to people facing hunger across the country.

Listen Up! Doing Corporate Citizenship Better, Together - November 2021

Social Impact & Volunteering

Leverage uncertainty and the unknown as the path to innovation, impact, and “smart luck" on this episode of the Listen Up! Show with guest Christian Busch, Director, CGA Global Economy Program NYU, and author of The Serendipity Mindset. Register now!

Subaru of America Expands Partnership With National Forest Foundation With Commitment to Plant One Million Trees

Environment

Subaru of America, Inc. and its retailers in California, and now with the support of Idaho, Oregon and Washington retailers, are proud to announce they will replant one million trees by 2022 in forests devastated by wildfire.

WSP USA Supports Initiative Generating Economic SURGE in Philippines

USAID’s Strengthening Urban Resilience for Growth with Equity effort is helping disadvantaged Filipino producers improve income, market share and resiliency.

Arrow Electronics Cultivates New Generation of Innovators Through Support of 2021 Collegiate Inventors Competition

Innovation & Technology

A first-year engineering student from the University of Texas at Austin won the Arrow Electronics People’s Choice Award at the 2021 Collegiate Inventors Competition.

Keysight to Install Rooftop Solar Array in Penang, Malaysia

Energy

Keysight is committed to achieving net zero emissions in company operations by the end of fiscal year 2040, in alignment with the Paris Agreement's preferred goal to limit global warming to 1.5°C.

Fifth Third Issues Inaugural $500 Million Green Bond

With this issuance, Fifth Third is the first U.S. financial institution under $250 billion in assets to issue an ESG bond of any type.

ESG Enhancement: A Post-Acquisition Playbook

Environment

Join us Wednesday, November 17, 2021, at 2:00pm EST for our webinar, ESG Enhancement: A Post-Acquisition Playbook, and learn how to integrate ESG throughout the investment lifecycle.