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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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Events, Media & Communications

Global Companies Come Together to Create Solutions for Challenges Facing People and the Planet

Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose© (CECP) is bringing together more than 300 leaders from the world’s largest global companies for the 2021 CECP Summit: Strength in Solutions.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FedEx Awards $600,000 to 12 Nonprofits Dedicated to Addressing Climate Challenges

FedEx Cares, FedEx Corp.’s global community engagement program, recently announced that 12 nonprofits will each receive a $50,000 USD grant in recognition of their work in advancing sustainable solutions to improve the environment.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

NACD Attends The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation National Partner Network Meeting

As part of our joint agreement with The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation (SMGF), NACD has the opportunity each year to gather with other nonprofit organizations through SMGF’s National Partner Network (NPN).

Health & Healthcare

American Airlines Customers Can Now Choose Convenient Vaccine Verification Option in VeriFLY

For travel to the Bahamas, El Salvador and Guatemala, customers can upload a photo of both sides of their COVID-19 vaccine record into the app. The VeriFLY team will review that all documentation meets the destination requirements.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Advancing Our Community Impact Around the World

Clarivate champions community partnerships and diverse, innovative contributions to our shared future.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Human Rights Due Diligence: Tesco's Journey

Tesco is a proud member of The Consumer Goods Forum’s Human Rights Coalition — Working to End Forced Labour (HRC), which shares our ambition to eradicate forced labour from consumer goods supply chains and own operations globally.

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Media & Communications

“APAC” & Corporate Sustainability Journeys - Monitoring Progress & Demonstrated Leadership on the Rise in This Vital Global Region

Business and financial activities in “APAC”, the Asia / Pacific Basin Region are vital to the economies of the rest of the world.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Women in Sustainability Leadership Awards Celebrates 10 New Sustainability Trailblazers

The Women in Sustainability Leadership Awards Alumnae Group congratulates the WSLA Class of 2021, women leading with passion, perseverance and planetary results.

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Health & Healthcare

Rockwell Automation Plays a Key Role in ARMI's Development of Replacement Tissues and Organs

Rockwell Automation’s efforts to integrate biomanufacturing science with production techniques are helping to transform regenerative medicine,

Environment

Trane Technologies S&P Global Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Evaluation Score Reflects Focus on Sustainability and Preparedness

S&P Global Ratings has assigned Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT) an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) evaluation score of 78.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

NBCUniversal Awards $3.475 Million Dollars In Grants to 100 Non-Profits

The Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation and NBCUniversal Local announced Project Innovation grants to 100 non-profits in 11 markets to help move their communities forward and continue their important work.

The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada

Responsible Production & Consumption

MilliporeSigma Science Will Tell Podcast Series: SMASH Packaging

Science Will Tell is a podcast series in which we explore infinite solutions to sustainability and community impact from the Life Science Business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

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Diversity & Inclusion

By Leading with Inclusion, Kimberly-Clark Drives Change from the Inside Out

Kimberly-Clark wants to leverage the power of its more than 46,000 employees across six continents to build inclusive communities, using its strength to help navigate a better way forward when racism and bias persist.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation Announces First Global Cancer Disparities Grants in Brazil

The Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation has launched a new initiative in Brazil, awarding four grants aimed at improving the delivery of high-quality care for lung cancer and skin cancer to medically underserved and rural communities.

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Education

How Access to Technology in the Classroom Changed My Life

Considering the significant role that technology and the internet plays for many individuals, it may be a surprise that there are still over three billion individuals worldwide without reliable access to technology or the internet.

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Diversity & Inclusion

GP Employee Spotlight: Stephanie Davis

Georgia-Pacific is shining the light on amazing employees that contribute to the success of our company and their career journey that keeps them fulfilled. Stephanie ​Davis​​ is HR manager, at our Rome, Georgia​, lumber mill.

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Environment

Toxin Free USA Sues Aldi for False Advertising of "Sustainable" Salmon Products

GMO Free USA dba Toxin Free USA, a national public-interest nonprofit dedicated to consumer protection and education, filed a false advertising lawsuit against Aldi grocery stores for deceptively marketing its Atlantic Salmon products as “Simple. Sustainable. Seafood.”

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

CFOs: You Need More Than a Plan for ESG Data, You Need a Flywheel

It’s happening to CFOs more often: An investor asks about the firm’s exposure to climate risk on an earnings call. Or a board member worries after reading the news and wants to know more about the company’s diversity and inclusion status.

Education

The Home Depot Foundation Expands Trades Training Initiatives With Path to Pro Scholarship Program

The Home Depot Foundation is expanding its $50 million trades training commitment with the launch of the Path to Pro scholarship program to train the next generation of skilled tradespeople.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

AEG and UCLA Health Announce 'We Shine Together,' A Virtual Mental Health Awareness Concert Featuring John Legend, Black Pumas and Joy Oladokun

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month and to help raise funds for increasingly vital mental health resources, UCLA Health and AEG, the world’s leading sports and live entertainment company, are proud to announce “We Shine Together,”

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Green Infrastructure

Black & Veatch Completes Commissioning on World's First Zero-Water Consumption Commercial Data Center

Digital modernization has led to an explosion in data, driving companies to increasingly seek out reliable, secure data centers that are both resource-efficient and sustainable.

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Events, Media & Communications

Lenovo CEO Outlines Commitments to a Greener Future

Lenovo CEO Yuanqing Yang recently addressed both the path his company is on & strategies that can help a wide range of industries more effectively address environmental challenges at his keynote address at Caixin Roundtable.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Cummins Posts First TCFD Report on Climate Actions

Global power leader Cummins has posted the company’s first TCFD report, detailing its strategy, approach and advocacy for action on climate issues. The company wants to take a leadership role on the issue.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Papa John's International: Better, Delivered

Papa John’s International recently released its latest Corporate Responsibility Highlights report, covering 2020 initiatives to advance the company’s ESG strategy and topics most important to the company and stakeholders.

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Events, Media & Communications

CGF Sustainability Director Moderates Panel on Food Waste and the SDGs at The Future of Food USA

On March 25TH, Ignacio Gavilan, Director of Sustainability at The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), joined a panel at The Future of Food USA, organised by Innovation Forum.

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