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Bloomberg Launches U.S. Municipal Bond Impact Index to Track Green, Social, and Sustainability Bonds

Bloomberg today announced the launch of the Bloomberg U.S. Municipal Impact Index designed to track the market of municipal bonds categorized as Green, Social, and Sustainability.

Ceres' Impact at the Start of This Critical Decade Grows With Scores Joining Its Powerful Networks and Participating in New Initiatives

Environment

Amid rising action in tackling the climate crisis and other sustainability challenges, Ceres grew significantly in 2021 with scores of new institutional investors and major companies joining its powerful networks and global collaborations and five new groundbreaking initiatives that will drive more equitable market-based and policy solutions throughout the economy.

Medtronic LABS Reimagines Community Healthcare Through Collaborations

Health & Healthcare

Medtronic LABS is creating technology-powered healthcare solutions to accelerate patient access for disadvantaged communities around the world, and is now expanding their work to include the United States.

Enbridge ESG Forum: Workforce Diversity

Diversity & Inclusion

Watch Melissa Harper, Chief Human Resources and Inclusion Officer at Enbridge, discuss the company’s approach to workforce diversity, equity and inclusion.

P&G Publishes 2021 Citizenship Report and Continues Acts of Good

Research, Reports & Publications

At P&G, doing good has been in our DNA since we were founded more than 180 years ago. For generations, we’ve supported consumers and communities through unexpected challenges, and last year has been no different.

Drones, Digitalization and More: The Key Trends Driving Wind Energy Investment in Asia and Beyond

Energy

As adoption of wind energy gains momentum worldwide, Black & Veatch looks to Asia—in which wind expansion almost doubled in 2020 compared to 2019—as a promising region for development of wind energy.

Griffith Foods Canada Recognized as One of Greater Toronto's Top Employers for 2022

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

For the 7th year, Griffith Foods Canada was recognized as one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers for 2022 by Canada's Top 100 Employers!

Kohler Co. Launches a Home Energy Management Systems Division Within Its Residential and Power Products Business

Energy

Kohler announces a new division within its Residential and Power Products business – the Home Energy Management Systems team led by Jennifer Rindt. The HEMS team is focused on providing products and services to support energy resiliency.

How to Tackle Air Quality Prediction Using Machine Learning

Innovation & Technology

Ericsson teamed up with Uppsala University in Sweden to research air quality prediction using machine learning and federated learning.

SCS Global Services Announces First Companies to Achieve Certification to GreenBlue’s New Recycled Material Standard

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

SCS Global Services, a global leader in third-party environmental and sustainability certification, auditing, testing & standards development, announced the certification of three plastics innovators to the newly launched Recycled Material Standard.

Diversifying Clinical Trials: A Global Initiative With Local Roots

Diversity & Inclusion

Increasing diversity in clinical trials (DiCT) is imperative to improve the health of populations around the world.

How to Leverage CDP Reporting to Benefit Corporate Sustainability Initiatives

Green Infrastructure

WSP USA has identified three essential areas for all organizations to prioritize when preparing and developing a CDP response to communicate sustainability efforts and progress.

CIT Serves as Coordinating Lead Arranger for $210 Million Financing for Brazoria West Solar Project in Texas

Energy

CIT Group announced that its Power and Energy business served as coordinating lead arranger on nearly $210 million in financing for the Brazoria West Solar Project in Texas.

Verizon Foundation Donates $100,000 to Support Midwest Tornado Relief Efforts

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

In the aftermath of tornadoes that recently devastated communities in Kentucky, Illinois and other parts of the Midwest, the Verizon Foundation is making a $100,000 donation to the American Red Cross.

Tips and Frameworks for Successful ESG Strategies

Environment

The most challenging part of launching an #ESG strategy is determining where to focus and how to measure progress. This post offers tips to guide your priorities and introduces the top five standardized ESG frameworks.

The Tech Tools Helping Tribal Nations Preserve and Share Their Heritage

Social Impact & Volunteering

Indigenous and Native Americans are using digital technology to raise awareness—and correct misperceptions—of their communities and culture, and preserve and pass down their heritage.

Disaster Relief. Community Support. Regions Bank and the Regions Foundation Announce Tornado Recovery Initiatives

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Regions Bank announced a series of financial services to help people and businesses impacted by tornadoes that tore through much of the South and Midwest on the night of Dec. 10 and early morning of Dec. 11.

Mumbai's Only Genome Sequencing Lab Is Five Months Old and Fronted by Six Women

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Dr Jayanthi Shastri, professor and head of the microbiology department at BYL Nair hospital, was in the US last December to visit her children, when a new COVID variant, Alpha (B.1.1.7), was identified in the UK

National Grid and Town of Hempstead to Develop One of the First Green Hydrogen Blending Projects in the Country

Innovation & Technology

National Grid and the Town of Hempstead, today announced a joint project to build one of the first and largest clean hydrogen projects in the country, to decarbonize networks.

Innovation Yields Cleaner Glass for Recycling

Innovation & Technology

The Julia Vitrum Cullet Treatment plant in Italy is one of O-I Glass' creative, innovative and collaborative solutions to ensuring more glass stays in the manufacturing loop and out of landfills.

Change From the Ground Up

Environment

At Bayer, we’re committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in major agricultural markets by 30% by the year 2030. And how will we get there? By enlisting the help of farmers and tapping into a climate-smart solution farmers know well— soil.

5 Tips for Developing a Growth Mindset

​In the days following COP26, I can't help but observe an overwhelming amount of commentary around the role that businesses have to play in changing the fate of our planet.

Going Beyond ESG: Understanding and Managing the Economics of Impact

How much does true change cost? Economics of Impact is an emerging practice by which purpose-led companies are answering these questions and starting a whole new conversation with their ESG investors.

This Social Enterprise Wants to End Period Stigma and Empower Women and Girls

Health & Healthcare

When Diana Sierra founded Be Girl a decade ago, global period protection wasn't yet a hot topic. In traveling to Uganda, she was surprised to learn that girls lacked effective ways to manage their periods.

Everyday Is World AIDS Day at M·A·C Cosmetics

Events, Media & Communications

To mark the 40th anniversary of the first AIDS related death in the UK, ITN Productions partnered with the British HIV Association, Elton John AIDS Foundation and Terrence Higgins Trust to produce a program titled “HIV at 40.”