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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

What Small Businesses Really Need to Make a Comeback

Oct 2, 2020 11:05 AM ET

There’s a myth in the small business world: if you give an entrepreneur enough access to capital, they will succeed. The truth is, access to technical expertise around areas like budgeting, marketing, customer development, and supply chain management can be just as important as financing.

Diversity & Inclusion

ACTing on our Commitments

Oct 2, 2020 11:00 AM ET

Racism and discrimination are personal, and we believe it will take people of all backgrounds partnering together to alter history’s course.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Aflac Ranks No. 10 on LATINA Style's List of 50 Best Companies for Latinas to Work for in the U.S.

Oct 2, 2020 10:40 AM ET

Aflac, a leading provider of supplemental insurance and products in the U.S., today announced the company has once again been honored by LATINA Style as one of the 50 Best Companies for Latinas to Work for in the United States, landing at No. 10 on the prestigious list.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bacardi Raises Spirits With a Guinness World Records Title for Hosting the World's Largest Virtual Toast

Oct 2, 2020 10:35 AM ET

The organization is pledging donations to Another Round Another Rally, a nonprofit financial resource for the hospitality industry, on behalf of participants.

Green Infrastructure

REI Achieves 14-Year Carbon Neutral Goal

Oct 2, 2020 10:00 AM ET

While the globe still reels from the continued impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, other threats loom on the horizon. Indeed, some pundits are reminding us not to lose sight of other crises – including climate change.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Dr. Amir Mokhtari, Booz Allen Chief Scientist, Uses Real-Time Data to Empower Decision Makers

Oct 2, 2020 9:40 AM ET

During his decade-long career in mathematical modeling and data science, Dr. Mokhtari has realized the importance of using advanced methods in computational modeling and the need for empowering decision-makers with clear, timely, and relevant data.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Enabling High-Impact Sectors to Respond to Shared Sustainability Challenges

Oct 2, 2020 9:30 AM ET

GRI are developing a Sector Standard to help oil and gas companies address their sustainability impacts. Contribute now to the public comment period.

Diversity & Inclusion

ON Semiconductor Earns 2021 Military Friendly® Employer Designation

Oct 2, 2020 9:30 AM ET

ON Semiconductor announced today that it has earned the designation as a 2021 Military Friendly® Employer.

Innovation & Technology

Tetra Tech Helps You #BeCyberSmart During Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2020

Oct 2, 2020 9:15 AM ET

The cybersecurity and digital privacy of our employees and clients are vital to our operations.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Vistra's TXU Energy Donates $100,000 to Texas Food Banks as Pandemic Strain Continues

Oct 1, 2020 5:30 PM ET

Vistra's flagship retail electricity brand, TXU Energy, today announced it is committing $100,000 to support Texas food banks, still working through soaring demand and resetting logistics due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Energy

How Can Regulations Reduce F-gas in Power Networks?

Oct 1, 2020 5:15 PM ET

With this realization have come strict measures to help limit the release of SF6 into the atmosphere. These include careful accounting of the production and distribution of SF6 as well as limits on its use.

Responsible Production & Consumption

CNH Industrial India Lets the Train Take the Strain, Reducing Road Congestion and Ensuring the Supply of Agricultural Tractors

Oct 1, 2020 4:30 PM ET

CNH Industrial India has emerged as the first company in India to export 100 agricultural tractors to Bangladesh in an inaugural run of a freight train from the Inland Container Depot (ICD) in Dadri, India which started on September 2.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

VIDEO | Mohawk Offers a "Virtual Hug" to Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walkers

Oct 1, 2020 4:20 PM ET

On the first day of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Mohawk Flooring team, a Susan G. Komen 3-Day National Series Sponsor, has a very special video message for the 3-Day community of virtual walkers.

Diversity & Inclusion

Trailblazer Takeaways: 'Just Mercy' Author Bryan Stevenson on Achieving Equal Justice

Oct 1, 2020 4:15 PM ET

Recently, T-Mobile employees tuned in for a livestream conversation between EVP of T-Mobile for Business Mike Katz and Bryan Stevenson, the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI).

Environment

Ceres Set to Launch New 10-Year Action Plan for Sustainable Business Leadership

Oct 1, 2020 3:50 PM ET

Global sustainability threats – from the climate crisis to water scarcity to racial, gender and workplace inequality and inequity – are disrupting global operations and supply chains, destabilizing financial markets, and causing widespread human and economic suffering.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Keep Ghana Beautiful Receives In-kind Support From US National Nonprofit

Oct 1, 2020 3:35 PM ET

Keep Ghana Beautiful announces the receipt of generous in-kind support of laptops and a projector from KAB to aid its community and school outreach efforts.

Innovation & Technology

Stanley Black & Decker Celebrates Third Annual Maker Month Focused on Empowering Skilled Workers & Tradespeople

Oct 1, 2020 3:00 PM ET

The campaign will feature several new initiatives, including a “31 Faces of Makers” social campaign, a DEWALT® and STANLEY Security scholarship program, and a new Stanley Black & Decker Vocational Leadership Program.

Environment

Forests as a Natural Climate Solution

Oct 1, 2020 2:30 PM ET

How we manage forests is a critical, yet often overlooked, solution in the fight against climate change. Improvements to land stewardship could cost-effectively avoid 11 gigatons of CO2 emissions per year, or 1/3 of the mitigation needed to meet global climate commitments.

Energy

Alliant Energy Reaches Milestone, Completes 1000 MW of Wind in Iowa

Oct 1, 2020 2:25 PM ET

Alliant Energy announces completion of its plan to add 1,000 megawatts (MW) of wind production in Iowa, several months ahead of schedule and within budget.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

UnitedHealth Group's Diverse Scholars Initiative

Oct 1, 2020 2:00 PM ET

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Impact of COVID-19 on a Company: 6 Questions for the Chief Financial Officer of Johnson & Johnson

Oct 1, 2020 2:00 PM ET

When you're the CFO of a company, you have a holistic view of how a pandemic can touch every aspect of a business, especially when it's a healthcare company. So we posed inquiring mind questions to Joe Wolk about what the past eight months have been like for him at the financial helm of the company—via a Zoom interview.

Environment

BIER Stakeholder Spotlight: Hugh Share

Oct 1, 2020 1:10 PM ET

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

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Whole Planet Foundation and Microfinance Partners Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis: Update

Oct 1, 2020 1:05 PM ET

In March, I wrote the blog Whole Planet Foundation and Microfinance Partners Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis around how those living in poverty are already in a more vulnerable position, which can be further exacerbated during any external shock such as war, earthquakes, droughts or health crises.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Philip Morris International's Statement of Purpose Moves a Step Closer to Action & Sets Example for Others

Oct 1, 2020 1:00 PM ET

The Business Roundtable’s Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation in August 2019 elicited many “nice start, what’s next?” reactions.

Diversity & Inclusion

How Business Roundtable Companies Have Responded to Four Critical Issues Advancing Racial Equity in the Workplace

Oct 1, 2020 12:00 PM ET

Examples like Intel’s demonstrate exemplary commitment to diverse vendors, which contains both leading supplier diversity goals as well as reporting requirements to help their non-diverse suppliers to become more diverse.