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New Report: Carbon Pricing is Essential for Achieving a Clean, Reliable Energy Grid

Energy

An economy-wide carbon price is key to ensuring all Americans have access to affordable and reliable electricity.

Home Depot's Women Who Code Are Creating Opportunities in Technology

Diversity & Inclusion

The Home Depot depends on technology associates. Whether they’re building innovative solutions to problems or laboring to expand business capabilities, their hard work is a big part of the company’s success.

Ethisphere Announces Fifth Third Bank as One of the 2022 World's Most Ethical Companies

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Today’s announcement marks the third time Fifth Third has been recognized by Ethisphere in the “banks” category. In 2022, 136 honorees were recognized, spanning 22 countries and 45 industries.

Initiative for a Competitive Inner City Releases Third Report in Series Analyzing How the Coronavirus Recession and Recovery Have Affected Businesses and Jobs in the Nation's 100 Largest Metropolitan Areas

Research, Reports & Publications

New ICIC report tracking COVID-19 recession recovery in top 100 U.S. metro areas finds business and job losses in the final quarter of 2021 reversed gains from earlier in the year

FigBytes Ranked Among Top 14 Sustainability Management Vendors

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

FigBytes recently announced their ESG platform has been recognized among the top 14 providers in The Forrester New Wave™: Sustainability Management Software, Q1 2022. The report is an evaluation of the most significant vendors in the emerging market.

Ørsted and Eversource Joint Venture Takes Final Investment Decision on New York's South Fork Wind Offshore Windfarm

Green Infrastructure

South Fork Wind, a 50-50 joint venture between Ørsted and Eversource, has taken final investment decision (FID) on the project that will be New York’s first offshore wind farm.

How Opportunity International Empowers Financial Inclusion Through Digital Banking

Opportunity International’s (Opportunity) mission for over five decades has been to reach those living in poverty and offer them access to otherwise unavailable financial opportunities, like loans, savings accounts, and capacity-building services.

EcoVadis Announces 2022 Sustainable Procurement Leadership Award Winner

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

EcoVadis, the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, announces the winners of its sixth annual Sustainable Procurement Leadership Awards program. Winners were announced at the EcoVadis Sustain 2022 virtual conference.

Supporting Women in Skilled Trades: Regions Foundation Announces $100,000 Grant for Moore Community House

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Regions Foundation announced a $100,000 grant to Moore Community House to support Moore’s Women in Construction (WinC) program that prepares women for lucrative careers in construction and advanced manufacturing.

PepsiCo and N-Drip Partner to Provide Water-saving, Crop-enhancing Benefits to Farmers Around the World

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) and N-Drip have announced a partnership to help farmers around the world adopt game-changing technology in water efficiency across 10,000 hectares (25,000 acres) by 2025.

SAIC Partners With Yale University School of Nursing on Research to Improve Pandemic Response in Underserved Communities

Health & Healthcare

Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has partnered with Yale School of Nursing to fund research and provide recommendations to improve access to resources such as vaccines during a national response to a crisis.

Enbridge to Receive Award for Improving Gender Representation

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

On March 17, Enbridge will be recognized by the global nonprofit Catalyst for its work increasing female representation across its workforce.

Ecocentricity Blog: Climate Town

Environment

Climate Town is a YouTube channel produced by the comedian and climate expert Rollie Williams. He creates some of the best, and certainly the funniest, climate videos available.

ISSB: A “Badly Needed” Step in ESG Disclosure Push

Research, Reports & Publications

The creation of the new International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) was a major step in the effort to establish a global consensus for sustainability disclosures and simplify the complex landscape, according to industry participants.

Aflac Celebrates Sweet 16 on Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies List

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

For the 16th year in a row, Ethisphere recognized Aflac Incorporated as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies. A leader in supplemental insurance, the Fortune 500 company is the only insurer around the globe to make the prestigious list since the recognition program began in 2007.

Inspiring the Next Generation of Young Innovators

Education

To foster the next generation of innovators, AMD & the AMD Foundation make investments in STEM education programs to attract students to technology early & create awareness of educational/career opportunities they may not have known existed.

Tacoma Urban League Receives $75,000 Grant from KeyBank

Tacoma Urban League [today] announces a $75,000 donation from KeyBank to bolster its Small Business Navigator Program, which is designed to support Black entrepreneurs expand their businesses.

Adam Sobel: A Climate Science Midlife Crisis

Environment

Imagine you go to graduate school for a bunch of years, conscientiously studying the nuanced interactions of the variables that underlie the globe's climate.

Two Women at Whirlpool Corporation's Findlay, Ohio Plant Honored by Manufacturing Institute With STEP Ahead Awards

Diversity & Inclusion

The Manufacturing Institute announced that it has awarded Amy Doroff and Tyra Woodruff from Whirlpool Corp’s manufacturing facility in Findlay, Ohio, with Women in Manufacturing STEP Ahead Awards.

Dold Foods Donates $16,000 to Wichita YMCA for Summer Camp Meals

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Dold Foods, the local manufacturing facility owned by Hormel Foods Corporation, announced a donation of $16,000 to the Greater Wichita YMCA to provide meals for youth in the Wichita, Kan., area.

Cadence 2021 Women in Technology Scholarships Winners Share Their Learnings

Education

The Cadence 2021 Women in Technology Scholarship recipients have provided inspiring lessons for us all. We asked these talented women about their passions, vision for the future, and advice to underrepresented groups in technology.

Wrapping up the Third Edition of GoDaddy's New Roots: An Initiative to Empower Underserved Entrepreneurs

Diversity & Inclusion

Entrepreneurship is an important pillar of the economy – not only because it has the power to drive innovation, but also due to the fact that it holds a great potential for advancing social inclusion by creating jobs and alternative opportunities of income.

#TtInspires: Jillian Jack Discusses Thriving in an Engineering Career as a Black STEM Professional

Diversity & Inclusion

Jillian Jack has nearly 20 years of experience in the water and wastewater industry with expertise in project management, construction management, and design.

The Infinite Possibilities of Citizen Philanthropy: Pi Day and Every Day

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

At VMware, we have established an annual tradition of celebrating Pi Day each March 14 by embracing our core EPIC2 values and getting geeky about giving back.

Alnylam Issues 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report

Research, Reports & Publications

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), the leading RNAi therapeutics company, today published its 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report.