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Fifth Third ESG Report: Collaborations for Community Benefit: Northwest Activities Center

Research, Reports & Publications

Northwest Activities Center (NWAC) is a community staple in Detroit—and so is Fifth Third Bank. The two have worked together for years and the relationship has yielded lasting, sustainable results for individuals and families in the Motor City.

Responsible Business Alliance Launches Worker Voice Platform

The Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) today announced the launch of its worker voice platform to help members and their suppliers improve conditions in their international supply chains

VMware Commits to Building a More Equitable, Sustainable and Resilient World

Research, Reports & Publications

VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced its 2030 Agenda, a decade-long commitment to address critical challenges facing the global community.

CBRE Announces Industry-Leading Science-Based Greenhouse Gas Emission Target

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE) today announced that the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved the company’s science-based target to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from both CBRE’s own operations and the properties it manages for investors and occupiers.

Stepping Up With Tech Support: CNH Industrial Helps Schools With Online Learning Transition

Education

A CNH Industrial manufacturing site in Wisconsin is helping local families get access to much-needed tech support for homeschooling and online learning.

Antea Group Announces New Service Offering: Resources-as-a-Service

Environment

Antea Group USA introduced a new service to their Health and Safety offerings called Resources-as-a-Service (RaaS). RaaS is Antea Group’s customizable staffing solution for temporary EHS & sustainability resourcing needs.

Two Technologies Available Today to Resolve Climate Change

Innovation & Technology

The primary driver of climate change is carbon emissions, and 80% of carbon emissions are energy related. To confront this climate crisis, we must reduce these emissions drastically.

Manisha's Lesson

Health & Healthcare

It’s time to unite behind the front line. Hear from Manisha, a clinical lead in the UK, to see how COVID-19 didn’t create health equity, but it exasperated it. Manisha describes how the effort to #BacktheFrontline requires a commitment to equity.

Retraining and Adult Education Help Close the Skills Gap

The global pandemic has highlighted long-standing economic and social disparities faced by minorities and unemployed and underemployed people.

Powering an Inclusive Future Through Corporate Social Responsibility

Research, Reports & Publications

Cisco’s purpose to power an inclusive future for all is something the company has been committed to for decades. The power of our technology to create positive and inclusive outcomes on a global scale was immediately apparent...

International Paper Global Cellulose Fibers Business Donates 1,000 Feminine Hygiene Kits to Combat Period Poverty

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Each year, more than 40 million women and girls around the world are affected by period poverty – the lack of access to sanitary products, feminine hygiene education, toilets, handwashing facilities or waste management during menstrual cycles.

Fifth Third ESG Report Feature: New Life Springs Within Old Bank Building in Lima, OH

Research, Reports & Publications

With one investment, Fifth Third was able to improve families' lives while preserving a building on the National Register of Historic Places, revitalize a neighborhood, create affordable housing, & contribute to an environmentally-sound building.

CGF China Brings Together CGF Members and Recyclers for Upstream-Downstream Solutions Panel on Plastic Waste

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

At the China Plastics Reuse and Recycling Association (CPRRA) member conference, the CGF China Office held a panel discussion in Hangzhou, China, to discuss the CGF, its members and other industry actors on their plastic waste and recycling efforts.

Continuous Improvements on Saving Energy and Waste Powered by #TeamDow Employees

Sustainable Development Goals

Our Dow teams continue to find creative ways to optimize energy use and reduce waste, helping us advance our sustainability goals and save costs.

Timberland's Commitments to Better Product and a Greener Future Converge With a Program to Increase Factory Efficiency

Responsible Production & Consumption

Timberland’s commitment to create better product focuses on what goes into each product as well as how it is made.

GoodCarts Offers Platform To Help Mission-Driven Retailers Succeed and Grow

Innovation & Technology

GoodCarts, a platform supporting social impact ecommerce brands, recently launched as a way to connect tens of thousands of purpose-driven e-commerce brands and retailers in order to exchange customers who share the goal of “shopping for good.” The platform is free for all impact brands and generates exclusive free discounts for consumers.

Ninety One North America Named a Best Place to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments

Ninety One, an active, global investment manager’s North America franchise, Ninety One North America, is recognized in the 2020 Best Places to Work in Money Management awards announced by Pensions & Investments in its annual survey.

Financial and Sustainability Reporting Must Be Given Equal Footing

GRI has called for strengthened financial reporting that complements sustainability reporting and takes account of the financial risks and opportunities related to a company’s sustainability impacts – with mandatory disclosure to ensure transparency on corporate contributions to global challenges.

Kaiser Permanente, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, and Discovery Education Offer New, No-Cost, Digital Resources Supporting Emotional Resiliency in Teachers and Students

Education

In what has been an unprecedented and challenging year for schools across the U.S., educators now have access to new, no-cost digital content that supports their own and their students’ emotional resiliency from Ready, Set, RISE!

Communities Campaign Raises $658,787 to Support Local and Global Communities

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Whole Foods Market Foundations combined forces in a Communities Campaign in October to raise awareness and funds, enabling shoppers to join causes such as poverty alleviation in the United States and around the globe through Whole Planet Foundation.

ScottsMiracle-Gro Associates GroMoreGood This Holiday Season

Social Impact & Volunteering

From toy drives to care-package deliveries, these programs exemplify the true passion of our associates to GroMoreGood in their communities.

New York State Common Retirement Fund Becomes First US Pension Fund to Commit to Net-Zero by 2040

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced that New York State Common Retirement Fund will commit to the goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its portfolio by 2040