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Launch of the latest Finance Lab with Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester.

Education | Webster Bank

Webster Bank Celebrates Opening of Dorchester Finance Lab

In recognition of Financial Literacy Month, Webster Bank, together with Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester, Massachusetts, (BGCD) celebrated the opening of the Webster Bank Finance Lab, a program created to provide local students the skills needed for financial empowerment.
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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Subaru of America, Inc. Named 2022 Best Place to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality for Sixth Consecutive Year

Subaru of America, Inc. announced today it was named a 2022 Best Place to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI).

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

SC Johnson Earns Perfect Score on Human Rights Campaign's 2022 Corporate Equality Index

SC Johnson, the maker of household brands such as Windex®, Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day® and Scrubbing Bubbles®, today announced it has received a perfect score of 100% on the Human Rights Campaign's 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) survey and report.

Events, Media & Communications

Evolving Your Sustainable Procurement Program From a Rated to Requesting Organization

In this panel featuring Qosina/Qosmedix, Greif, and W.R. Grace, we look at how and why organizations who began their sustainable procurement journey as an assessed supplier evolved into a requesting organization themselves

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Education

Discovery Education and TrueSport Partner to Present a Unique, Virtual Town Hall Exploring the Life Skills Students Need for Success in Sports and Beyond

TrueSport and Discovery Education announce a partnership providing powerful educational tools to equip students with resources that help build life skills and core values for success on and off the field of play.

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Environment

Chemours Supplies Lower Global Warming Potential Refrigerant to Three Ice Rink Venues in Beijing

This February, while the eyes of the world will be on the best-of-the-best performances of athletes on the ice in Beijing, the minds of Chemours and the HVACR industry will be on what lies beneath the surface — ice made possible by Chemours’ Opteon™ XP40.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Busting Myths and Creating More Inclusivity for Asian Americans

When Mia Mae Bischoff first learned about the Pacific East Asian Resources in Leadership employee resource group (PEARL ERG) at Boston Scientific, she saw it as an opportunity to belong. “I'm an Asian-American, and even though I was born in the U.S., I still felt like I was different from others," Mia says.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Proposed DOL Rule a Big Step Forward for ESG in DC Plans

The US Department of Labor proposed a revised rule clarifying fiduciary responsibilities when selecting investment options for defined contribution plans.

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Events, Media & Communications

The Consumer Goods Forum Launches Purpose-Driven Future Leadership Programme in Collaboration With Egon Zehnder and Boston Consulting Group

The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) today announced it has joined forces with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Egon Zehnder to launch the next generation of its Future Leaders Programme (FLP)

Diversity & Inclusion

A Commitment to Transparency, Equality, and Parity in the Workplace

Enbridge named again to Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index, earns first spot on Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

IBAT and the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)

IBAT is uniquely positioned to inform company disclosure for the SFDR through data and reports based on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, World Database on Protected Areas and World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas (a.k.a areas of high biodiversity value).

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Dow Named to Bloomberg's Gender-Equality Index for Second Consecutive Year

Dow (NYSE: DOW) has been named to Bloomberg's Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for the second consecutive year, demonstrating its continued commitment to gender inclusion and data transparency.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Enlivant Becomes First Senior Living Portfolio to Achieve WELL Health-Safety Rating

Enlivant and the International WELL Building Institute announced today that Enlivant has become the first senior living provider to earn the WELL Health-Safety Rating for Facility Operations and Management.

Innovation & Technology

Ericsson Webinar: Solving the Digital Divide One Community at a Time

If your community suffers from insufficient broadband capabilities, and you are eager to make a difference in closing the digital divide while taking advantage of new available funding, you should attend this insightful webinar.

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Energy

By Refuting Clean Energy Rules, Arizona Also Passes on an Unprecedented Economic Opportunity

The Arizona Corporation Commission’s rejection of the state’s proposed Clean Energy Rules is a disappointing outcome for companies, institutions, employers, and energy consumers

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Environment

Global Investigative Journalism Network + Pandemic Plastic Use

An icon of 20th Century journalism, Walter Cronkite, once said, “The profession of journalism ought to be about telling people what they need to know – not what they want to know.”

Gilead Sciences

Health & Healthcare

Improving HIV Care With Telehealth

Telehealth has transformed HIV service delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

T-Mobile Brings the Federal Affordable Connectivity Program to More Customers With FREE Wireless Service at Metro by T-Mobile

To keep more income-insecure households connected and to broaden #5GforAll, T-Mobile is expanding its participation in the federal government’s Affordable Connectivity Program to Metro by T-Mobile.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bloomberg's 2022 Gender-Equality Index Shows Companies Increasingly Committed to Reporting ESG Data

Today, Bloomberg announced that 418 companies representing a combined market capitalization of USD16 Trillion and headquartered in 45 countries and regions are included in the 2022 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI).

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Health & Healthcare

Project HOPE Awarded Grant to Reduce Transmission of COVID-19 Variants in Long-term Care Facilities

Project HOPE is pleased to announce that Quest Diagnostics has made a commitment to support COVID-19 testing services that will help to reduce transmission and prevent infection among long-term care facility staff and residents in Illinois and Texas.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Walgreens Boots Alliance Releases New Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report

Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) today published its 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report

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Environment

Arbor Day Foundation Names New Chief Executive

The Arbor Day Foundation Board of Trustees elevated Dan Lambe to Chief Executive at its board meeting today, Jan. 26. The move makes Lambe only the third CEO in the Foundation’s 50-year history.

Diversity & Inclusion

WSP USA Recognizes Alva Carrasco on Her Reelection As President of Latinos in Transit

Join us in congratulating Alva Carrasco, vice president, Transit and Rail West Region market lead at WSP USA, on her reelection as president of the Latinos In Transit (LIT) board of directors.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Lenovo Awarded Gold in the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants Best Corporate Governance & ESG Awards 2021

To support the drive for Hong Kong listed companies to become more sustainable and resilient, the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) created the Best Corporate Governance & ESG Awards, to highlight excellence and celebrate success.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Boston Scientific Proud to be Included in the 2022 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index

We are committed to supporting gender equality and women in our workplace, and are proud to be included in the 2022 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

PSEG Included in 2022 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index

PSEG is proud to announce that it is one of 418 companies in the 2022 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI).

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