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Direct Relief CEO Byron Scott (left) receives the Seoul Peace Prize from Jaeho Yeom, Chairman of the Seoul Peace Prize Cultural Foundation, at an awards ceremony in Seoul on April 28, 2025.

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Direct Relief Accepts 2025 Seoul Peace Prize for Global Humanitarian Impact

Direct Relief today formally accepted the 2025 Seoul Peace Prize, one of the world’s most distinguished honors for humanitarian achievement, in recognition of the organization’s unwavering commitment to aiding people affected by poverty, disasters, and conflict.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Two Months Without Aid

Action Against Hunger

Events, Media & Communications

AB, EMIA and Societe Generale Host the Impact and Blended Finance Conference

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Innovation & Technology

Ready for Anything: T‑Mobile Strengthens Powerful Technology Arsenal for Hurricane and Wildfire Seasons

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Education

The Home Depot Foundation Partners With Girl Scouts of the USA to Launch Skilled Trades Training Program for Young Women

The Home Depot Foundation announced a new strategic partnership with Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) to provide introductory trades training experience and career education for young women.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity in Sustainability Launches Advisory Panel

Last week, Diversity in Sustainability (DiS)announced its Advisory Panel; a distinguished and diverse group of sustainability practitioners and leaders, all united by their shared passion and commitment for advancing equity in the sector.

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Health & Healthcare

Biogen and Eisai Launch Multiple Initiatives to Help Patients With Alzheimer's Disease Access ADUHELM™

Programs now available to support patients and families with their treatment journey

Environment

We Rise Q&A: Vanessa Lanas Delbridge on Conserving and Restoring Water

Vanessa Lanas Delbridge, Intel’s Water Program Manager, discusses the importance of water to Intel, conservation and restoration progress, and what’s next.

Research, Reports & Publications

2021 Comcast NBCUniversal Impact Report

Comcast NBCUniversal is excited to share our 2021 Impact Report, highlighting our company's efforts to build a more equitable and connected society.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Keysight Recognized Among Top 100 U.S. Companies Supporting Healthy Families & Communities

Keysight always strives to support our local communities, particularly after the tough year that was 2020, and are proud to be featured among the 100 U.S. Companies Supporting Healthy Families & Communities.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Aflac SVP Rich Gilbert on How to Use Digital Transformation to Take Your Company to the Next Level

While I joined Aflac for the digital opportunities I saw at the company, what ultimately sold me was its commitment to community.

Diversity & Inclusion

Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Week at Takeda

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is an integral part of our corporate philosophy. We create an equitable environment where diversity is welcomed and everyone can bring their true self to the workplace.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Americares, Xylem Partnership Delivers Clean Water And Sanitation To 3.5 Million People In 10 Countries In 2020, Aiding COVID-19 Response

Xylem Watermark and Americares aim to reach 1 million people in 2021 through their collaboration to improve access to clean water and sanitation.

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Environment

Do ESG Scores Really Matter? The Answer May Surprise You

ESG scores are frequently used by organizations to evaluate and report on environmental, social, and governance factors But there’s a problem.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

HP Inc. Announces Sustainable Bond Framework and Inaugural Sustainability Notes Offering

HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) today announced the release of its Sustainable Bond Framework, which the company will use to issue bonds to help finance HP projects that contribute to a more sustainable and just future.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

What Does Resilience Really Mean?

Resilient business strategies are essential to achieving a just world and an economy that delivers inclusive and sustainable prosperity. What does resilience mean for business and its ability to capture strategic advantage?

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Research, Reports & Publications

Ecolab Helps Customers Achieve Sustainable Operations, Providing Safe Food to 1.3 Billion People and Saving Enough Water for 712 Million People

Ecolab Inc. has launched its 2020 Corporate Sustainability Report, entitled Partners for Greater Purpose: Leading in a Changing World, highlighting Ecolab’s work with leading companies to advance environmental and operational outcomes.

Diversity & Inclusion

T. Rowe Price Earned Perfect Score in Human Rights Campaign's 2021 Corporate Equality Index

T. Rowe Price received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index, the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

M&T Bank Corporation Releases Inaugural ESG Report

M&T Bank Corporation (M&T Bank) today released its 2020 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report.

Education

New Training on Tax Transparency

Sustainability and tax professionals have a new opportunity to deepen their understanding of tax reporting – and better address global requirements for tax transparency – following the launch of a training course on the new GRI Tax Standard.

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Environment

Environmental Stewardship Partners

4-H Club members from Early County High School joined volunteers with the Cedar Springs, Georgia Wildlife Habitat Conservation Team on a recent project work event.

Sustainable Development Goals

Global Battery Alliance Pledges to End Child Labour

Global Battery Alliance Pledges to End Child Labour

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Shining a Light on Heritage

A rural Hong Kong village abandoned in the 1970s has been brought back to life thanks to power supply restoration. Visitors can now enjoy its rich cultural heritage and diverse ecological environment.

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Media & Communications

Podcast: Lessons from Schneider Electric (Part II)

Businesses have a unique opportunity to create a better world, addressing major environmental and social challenges in a way that creates new business value and competitive advantage.

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Research, Reports & Publications

HPE Delivers Sustainable Digital Transformation Through Pivot to As-a-service, According to Annual ESG Report

Hewlett Packard Enterprise released its annual Living Progress Report for fiscal year 2020, demonstrating its ongoing commitment to help customers drive digital transformations that reduce their carbon footprint, protect human rights throughout its value chain, and help customers and communities weather the unprecedented challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Events, Media & Communications

Griffith Foods & The Social Gastronomy Movement: The Power of Sustainable Collaboration Models to Create Circular Food Waste Products

Griffith Foods and the Social Gastronomy movement host dialogue focused on the power of sustainable collaboration models to create circular food waste products. This is part of their dialogue series in preparation for the UN Food Systems Summit.

Innovation & Technology

Meet Dr. Marta Karczewicz, the Qualcomm Inventor Who Helped Make It Possible to Stream, Share, and Communicate Over Video

Dr. Marta Karczewicz leads a team dedicated to improving multimedia R&D, making breakthroughs as video moves into more categories than ever before, including everything from remote education & telemedicine to XR & machine-to-machine communication.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

4 Ways Governments Can Help Small Businesses Flourish in a Post-COVID World

Two things that united us during the pandemic were the recognition that small businesses are the lifeblood of our communities, and our collective determination to keep them afloat. But small business owners need support on both sides of the checkout counter.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Kimberly-Clark Partners With Leading Biotech Innovator to Design Sustainable Alternatives to Traditional Plastics

Kimberly-Clark wants to create the next generation of sustainable materials without compromising on product performance and quality.

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