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Tire Manufacturers Collaborate to Accelerate Progress on the SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals

Following on the heels of the forest, chemical, electric utilities, and oil and gas industries, the tire sector is the latest to come together under the auspices of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) to develop a roadmap for how it can work to support the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

ReSource Plastic Member Companies Eliminated More Than Half of Their Problematic Plastic From 2018-2020; Waste Infrastructure Posed Challenges to Increasing Recycled Content

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

A new report from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) finds that Principal Members in the organization’s ReSource: Plastic program – Keurig Dr Pepper, McDonald's Corporation, Procter & Gamble, Starbucks, and The Coca-Cola Company – cut their use of problematic plastic[1] by 57% between 2018 and 2020.

Getting the Most Out of Your ESG Materiality Assessment

Research, Reports & Publications

In this Insights Paper, thinkPARALLAX provides ESG practitioners with strategies for crafting materiality assessments that lead to meaningful results.

Regions Financial Releases 2019-2020 SASB Disclosure

Regions Financial released its second-ever SASB disclosure, an independent nonprofit organization that develops and disseminates sustainability reporting standards that help public companies disclose climate-related information to investors.

East Side Avenues, Funded In Part by KeyBank and the First Niagara Foundation, Reports on Community Development and Revitalization Progress in Buffalo

East Side Avenues, a unique public/private partnership formed in 2019 to revitalize Buffalo’s East Side, has issued its 2020-2021 annual report on community development and revitalization progress.

Supply Chain in the Spotlight: EcoVadis Wins German Sustainability Award 2022

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

For the 14th time this year, the German Sustainability Award, initiated by Stefan Schulze-Hausmann, was presented by the Stiftung Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis e.V. (DNP) in cooperation with the German government on December 3.

Black & Veatch Accelerates Clean Energy and Stem Learning Through Operation Breakthrough Solar Deployment

Innovation & Technology

With the search for clean energy solutions a major focus of STEM education programs, Black & Veatch has teamed with local Kansas City-based organizations to fund and complete a new solar canopy installation at Operation Breakthrough’s new Ignition Lab.

Plastic Waste Reduction Now Verified by SCS Global Services Under the Verra Plastic Standard

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

SCS Global Services has been approved to perform validation and verification under Verra’s Plastic Waste Reduction Program (“Plastic Program”).

It's Time to Problem Solve - Not Paper Over - Inequities in Our Cities

Responsible Production & Consumption

As our cities slowly recover from the pandemic, we need to hit the fast-forward button and speed up efforts to erase the stark inequalities the crisis has exposed.

Operations, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Sustainability Efforts

Sustainable Development Goals

For more than 40 years, Herbalife Nutrition has been a leader in providing nutrition products that support people’s health and wellness goals. They are also on a mission to ensure their products are manufactured responsibly and sustainably.

Bayer, Microsoft Enter into Strategic Partnership to Optimize and Advance Digital Capabilities for Food, Feed, Fuel, Fiber Value Chain

Environment

Bayer announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to build a new cloud-based set of digital tools and data science solutions for use in agriculture and adjacent industries, to accelerate innovation, boost efficiency and support sustainability.

GRI and CDP to Deliver Enhanced Reporting on Biodiversity

Environment

The development of a new global standard to enable organizations to increase their accountability on biodiversity impacts is progressing, paving the way for a harmonized approach to disclosure.

More Than $330,000 Available in Winter Energy Bill Assistance for Duke Energy Indiana Customers

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Duke Energy Indiana has dedicated more than $330,000 in financial assistance to customers who are struggling to pay their electric bills this winter. The funds come from Duke Energy contributions and customer and employee donations.

The Women Leading the Climate Change Fight and How We Can Support Them

While it has taken far too long for financial professionals to see us women as key decision-makers, at last that seems to be changing and here's why that's good for the climate, etc...

Fifth Third Earns Recognition as ESG Leader With Third Consecutive Leadership Score From CDP

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB) today announced it has received a Climate Leadership score of A- from CDP for its efforts and disclosures related to climate change.

Ørsted Becomes the First Energy Company in the World With Long-term Science-based Net-zero Target

Energy

SBTi’s new Net-Zero Standard provides a robust and science-based definition of net-zero and offers companies a way to set verified decarbonisation targets. Ørsted is the first and only energy company to receive the new net-zero validation.

Accelerating the Transition to Clean Energy at CLEANPOWER 2021

Events, Media & Communications

Tetra Tech will share our industry-leading, global clean power expertise and discuss the transition to more sustainable forms of energy generation, transmission, and storage at CLEANPOWER 2021.

New Holland & AGXTEND Present the XPower XPN Concept, an Electric Weeding Solution for Narrow Vineyards

Innovation & Technology

New Holland Agriculture, a brand of CNH Industrial, extends the XPowerTM family of electric weeding solutions with the new XPN concept for narrow vineyards integrated in the New Holland Braud 9000N carrier

Middle-Mile Infrastructure Development Will Expand Internet Connectivity

Innovation & Technology

Few people think about the journey their data takes to and from their devices.

Small Towns With Big Dreams: T-Mobile Announces the Next 25 Hometown Grant Recipients

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) reveals the names of 25 more American small towns that will receive Hometown Grants to jumpstart vital community projects.

Business Takes a Leading Role at COP26

Sustainable Development Goals

For Dow, participation in events like COP26 are important, because we understand and embrace our responsibility to reduce global carbon emissions and use our expertise to innovate products that are essential to the world achieving net-zero emissions.

Industry Collaboration: Voluntary Carbon Offsets and the Journey to Net-Zero

Energy

In a collaboration with Inogen Alliance and Environment Analyst, the insight report, Integrity at stake: Voluntary carbon offsets on the journey to net-zero, was developed.

Qualcomm Education-as-a-service: Transforming the Digital and Hybrid Classroom and Campus Experience

Innovation & Technology

Qualcomm Technologies’ customized Education-as-a-Service (EaaS) IoT platform offers educators a new way of thinking about the role technology can play not only in the classroom but on campuses too.

Hayley Nenadal Appointed Festival Director for Earthx's Rebranded 2022 Film Festival

Events, Media & Communications

EarthX, the environmental organization dedicated to a sustainable future worldwide, has promoted Hayley Nenadal, formerly with Telluride and Sundance Film Festivals, to Festival Director to relaunch EarthX 2022 Environmental Film Festival.

International Paper Joins the #Fight4Literacy for Fifth Year

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Amid unparalleled educational challenges brought on by COVID-19, Memphis-based International Paper has renewed its commitment to fighting childhood illiteracy, joining Coaching for Literacy as its signature partner for the fifth straight year.