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Initiative for a Competitive Inner City Launches Tuition-Free Executive Education Program to Help Accelerate Profitable Growth for BIPOC- and Woman-Owned Construction Contractors

Education

ICIC launches Building for Growth - a new tuition-free executive education program to best position minority-owned and woman-owned construction businesses for growth and to effectively compete for larger-scale contracts.

A Conversation With The Home Depot's Chief Diversity Officer, Derek Bottoms

Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) within organizations leads to increased innovation, higher performance and a competitive business advantage, according to studies by the Harvard Business Review and McKinsey & Company.

Nigeria's Ekiti State Is Taking Action Against Climate Change

Environment

Around the world in 2021, extreme weather events became more frequent, while activists, organisations, and governments worked to understand — and plan — for the drastic changes happening to the earth’s climate.

Illuminating Rare Disease: Get to Know SLC6A1 Connect

Health & Healthcare

Ahead of Rare Disease Day, Illumina is recognizing four rare disease patient organizations around the world. SLC6A1 Connect is the first in our series this month.

Rockwell Automation Releases 2021 Sustainability Report

Research, Reports & Publications

Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) announced today the release of its 2021 Sustainability Report.

Silicon Ranch Selects Black & Veatch to Build 125-Megawatt Solar Farm in Georgia

Energy

Black & Veatch announced today that it has been selected by Silicon Ranch Corporation to build a sprawling, 125-megawatt (MWAC) solar array in Lee County in southwestern Georgia.

Access and Opportunity Podcast: Bridging the Digital Divide

Education

According to the U.S. Census, roughly one in ten homes in America lack a broadband internet connection, and the city of Brownsville, Texas tops the list of least connected cities in the country.

One Way to Solve Food Insecurity: Healthy Food Distribution Programs

Health & Healthcare

A salad with a rainbow of fruits and vegetables. Celery boats with radish, cream cheese, smoked paprika and chili lime spice. Spiced pear dessert burritos. Those are just some of Catherine Sadler’s creative dishes from the past months.

From Nigeria to Buffalo: How Chiwuike Owunwanne's Journey Is Helping KeyBank Lean in to the Communities It Serves

KeyBank’s new Corporate Responsibility Officer Chiwuike “Chi-Chi” Owunwanne in the bank’s Buffalo, Rochester and Eastern Pennsylvania market brings a unique perspective to his role.

Women Skateboarders at Tokyo 2020 Win Fair Play Award

Diversity & Inclusion

Sakura Yosozumi and Kokona Hiraki of Japan, Brazilians Dora Varella and Yndiara Asp, Britain’s Sky Brown, Australian Poppy Olsen and Bryce Wettstein of the USA were conferred with the honour for lifting fellow skater Misugu Okamoto after a fall.

Every Part of the Tree

Environment

Cellulose is the main building block for the pulp and paper products we make at GeorgiaPacific. When creating this product, we aim to use every part of the tree to its best and highest purpose.

Living Well With Hepatitis B: Lai's Journey

Health & Healthcare

Hepatitis B is known as the “silent disease” because most people have no symptoms. If left untreated it can lead to liver failure and cancer.

Manpowergroup's Sustainability Journey - a Fireside Chat

Events, Media & Communications

In this fireside chat, we'll hear from JoAnn Strickon of ManpowerGroup as she shares the triumphs and challenges in implementing her organization's corporate sustainability strategy.

Reinforcing Community Partnerships Through a Skills-Based Day of Service

Social Impact & Volunteering

To create a skills-based day of service that would deliver on volunteer programming and community impact goals, Citizens tapped on Common Impact, a national leader in skilled volunteering. Find out how they generated $97K in value for 10 nonprofits!

CGF Members Publish New Guidelines for Ecomodulation of Extended Producer Responsibility Fees

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Members of The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Coalition of Action of Plastic Waste (the Coalition) have today released a paper outlining guiding principles for the ecomodulation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) fees.

Chemours' CEO Mark Newman Awarded "Culture Builder of the Year" in Technical.ly Awards - Delaware

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

“It’s an honor to be recognized as Technical.ly Delaware’s Culture Builder of the Year for the work being done within the Chemours organization and in our broader community,” said Mark Newman, President and CEO for Chemours.

Black & Veatch: Decarbonization Roadmaps First Step to Fair Energy Transition in Asia

Energy

Clear and ambitious decarbonization roadmaps will help Asia achieve an equitable energy transition, yet more than 50 percent of industry respondents in Black & Veatch’s 2022 Asia Electric Report lack such plans.

AMD Named to the 2022 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index and the 2022 Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AMD continues to strive for high performance in both our products and people. We believe embracing differences amongst employees is the best way to foster a more creative and collaborative workforce – and drive business performance.

Bridging the Net Zero Innovation Gap: How Collaboration and Technology Is Critical to a 1.5C Pathway With PME and BT

Events, Media & Communications

With 45% emissions reductions needed by 2030 to keep warming below 1.5°C governments and corporates need to go further and faster to reach Net-Zero.

Stakeholder Capitalism Revolution Well Underway

What does adopting ‘stakeholder capitalism’ really mean, and why should companies be accountable for their impacts on society and the environment, and not only the interests of investors?

Yum! Brands, the University of Louisville and Howard University Introduce First-Ever Franchise Accelerator Fellowship to Advance Underrepresented People of Color and Women MBA Talent in Franchising

Education

Yum! Brands, the University of Louisville and Howard University launch the Yum! Franchise Accelerator, a one-of-a-kind MBA elective opportunity supporting underrepresented people of color and women interested in the franchise restaurant industry.

Tonight: Join NortonLifeLock and National PTA's Safer Internet Week Webinar

Events, Media & Communications

NortonLifeLock's Chief of Cyber Safety Education Paige Hanson sits down with National PTA to discuss what's coming up this week and hear about the updated #TheSmartTalk - the free digital safety tool made for families.

Happy Safer Internet Week!

Innovation & Technology

Norton breaks down what internet safety is, why it's important, and offers 20 internet safety tips to help families stay safer online.

CNH Industrial Achieves “S&P Global Gold Class” in Sustainability Yearbook 2022

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CNH Industrial has achieved a Gold Class medal in the Sustainability Yearbook 2022, published by S&P Global and based on the assessment of the sustainability profiles of over 7,500 companies