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Smart EV Charging in Buildings: A Key Lever for Accelerating EVs' Adoption

Research, Reports & Publications

Electric vehicles (EVs) are transforming and decarbonizing the mobility industry. With millions of new EVs expected on the roads in the near future, this trend will only accelerate in the coming years.

Black & Veatch Urges Prioritization of Water System Resilience Through Holistic Asset Management

Green Infrastructure

Factors like climate change, thinning groundwater resources, rises in seawater temperature, reduced flow of rivers and streams and public demand for water conservation are driving water and wastewater utilities

Intelligent Transport Systems Enable the Decarbonization of Road Transportation

Green Infrastructure

A whole-system approach to achieve net zero ambitions: Our planet is warming at its fastest pace in history. Securing a world that can support life now & future generations requires all countries to tackle the urgent global climate change challenge.

DuPont Takes Action to Underscore Climate and Water Commitments

Environment

Last month, DuPont shared three announcements to reaffirm the company’s 2030 climate action and water stewardship commitments.

Developers: Building Smarter Edge Computing Solutions With Smart Sensors

Innovation & Technology

As edge computing evolves, new demands are being placed on edge technology, which is driving a trend towards the development and integration of smart sensors.

Supporting Employees' Emotional Health During the Pandemic

“Quest is committed to supporting employees’ mental and emotional health with services that empower them to bring their best selves to work.” - Jay Wohlgemuth, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Quest Diagnostics

Decarbonizing Value Chains Requires the Next Tier of Sustainability Leaders

Media & Communications

Private sector decarbonization commitments are more vital than ever to meet the challenge of climate change.

The IWBI Special Report Chapter Series: “K-12 Education: The Pandemic's Impossible Choice”

Health & Healthcare

When the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic in March of 2020, school officials around the world faced often impossible choices

Drawdown Georgia Celebrates First Year: Kicks Off Business Compact with Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business

Drawdown Georgia is offically one year old today, and we're celebrating with the launch of the Drawdown Georgia Business Compact, hosted at the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business.

Entergy Mobilizes Customer Information Centers in Areas Hard Hit by Ida

Entergy employees from across our four-state service territory have traveled to join their coworkers in serving Louisiana customers’ needs, in-person, at Customer Information Centers until power is restored to the area.

Quiz: What Type of Conscious Consumer Are You? Let Us Guess!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Choosing where to put your philanthropic efforts can be difficult when there are so many important causes out there that need our help! Walk through this “day in the life” quiz, and we bet we can guess the charitable cause that matters most to you.

BIER Stakeholder Spotlight: Rachel Nally

Environment

Welcome to our series aimed at spotlighting the individual leaders within BIER member companies and stakeholder organizations.

Philadelphia Union, Subaru Team Up to Help Dogs Find Forever Homes. Make a Dog's Day Fest 10/24

Events, Media & Communications

Before every home game, fans can gather at the Subaru Pet Plaza to meet and greet cuddly pups in need of a forever home. Working with local shelters, the hope is to unite adoptable dogs with loving fans.

Greener Chemistry for a More Sustainable World

Responsible Production & Consumption

How can a running track be better for people and planet? How does a paint coating also help clean the air? What can make one soda can more sustainable than another? The answer, of course, is green chemistry or more sustainable chemistry.

FedEx Works Alongside Local Food Banks to Help Fight Hunger

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

In response to the hunger crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, FedEx quickly ramped up its longtime support of local food banks across the country last spring, creating a lifeline for hungry people in key cities of operation.

Imagine a Day Without Water

Environment

Water plays a vital role in our day to day lives, yet an estimated 785 million people globally do not have access to basic water services.

ESG Reporting Frameworks & Standards - Continue to Multiply

Media & Communications

The number of ESG disclosure and reporting guidelines, frameworks and standards continues to expand – here comes the GRI Universal Standards, the SASB XRBL Taxonomy, and much more.

Musim Mas Group Releases Its 4th Annual Sustainability Report With Selected Disclosures in the Report Independently Assured by Ernst & Young LLP (EY)

Research, Reports & Publications

Musim Mas Group releases its fourth annual Sustainability Report, which updates the Group’s sustainability performance for the 2020 calendar year.

Fifth Third Announces Neighborhood Investment Program in Collaboration with Enterprise Community Partners and CDC of Tampa to Transform East Tampa

Fifth Third intends to commit up to $20 million in lending, investments and philanthropic support, including grants from the Fifth Third Foundation to East Tampa.

Skills for Cities: Common Impact to Connect Corporate and Nonprofit Worlds to Advance Efforts Around Racial and Digital Equity

Social Impact & Volunteering

Skills for Cities will bring together volunteers from 16 companies including Verizon, Boston Dynamics, Equitable, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, John Hancock, and Truist and leaders of 17 BIPOC-led, racial equity, and digital inclusion nonprofits.

Safety on All Frequencies in Canada's Extreme Climates

Social Impact & Volunteering

Enbridge has a relationship with Sahtu Search and Rescue dating back to 2015, giving $7,500 each year as part of our commitment to improving safety in communities near our operations.

Xylem Expands Partnership with Imagine H2O to Support Water Innovation Entrepreneurs

Environment

Xylem’s recently launched Xylem Innovation Labs will work across Imagine H2O’s programs to support entrepreneurs pioneering sustainable solutions to the water challenges facing communities and businesses.

5 Ways Johnson & Johnson Is Working to Improve the Well-Being of the World by 2025

Health & Healthcare

With its just-announced Health for Humanity 2025 Goals, Johnson & Johnson is taking on two critical health challenges currently confronting people around the world: pandemics and epidemics and health equity.

Yum! Brands Extends Partnership With NextGen Consortium To Accelerate Circular Foodservice Packaging Solutions

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

As a supporting partner, Yum! and its KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell & The Habit Burger Grill brands will continue to collaborate with other companies to help advance sustainable foodservice packaging solutions that are recoverable across infrastructures.

Coastal Enterprises Inc. (CEI) Leads $2 Million Debt Facility for Cleantech Startup Standard Biocarbon's First Manufacturing Facility

Environment

Standard Biocarbon (SBC) announced today that it secured $2 million in financing from three Maine-based institutions to purchase equipment for producing high quality biochar at the former site of the Great Northern Paper mill in East Millinocket.