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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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Innovation & Technology

Qualcomm® Thinkabit Lab™ Launches 5G Academy

The Qualcomm Thinkabit Lab has launched the 5G Academy, an educational resource designed to educate the public and policymakers on how 5G works

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Fair Trade USA Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Certification Program for U.S. Dairy Industry

Fair Trade USA® and Chobani, LLC have launched a groundbreaking certification program for U.S. dairy farms and cooperatives that provides financial premiums to dairy farmers and workers

Environment

La Red de Innovación e Impacto - Conoce a IncubatecUFRO

A través de la Iniciativa La Red de Innovación e Impacto programa, WEC y nuestros socios apoyamos a las pequeñas y medianas empresas que están acelerando el desarrollo empresarial y promoviendo el crecimiento económico sostenible en América Latina.

Environment

La Red de Innovación e Impacto - Meet IncubatecUFRO

Through the La Red de Innovación e Impacto program, WEC and our partners support small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs) that are accelerating business development and promoting sustainable economic growth in Latin America.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Stories of Who We Are: Taiko Kobayashi — Bright Future in Tokyo

At VMware, we believe in what our people make possible. Our Stories of Who We Are puts a spotlight on the unique and compelling perspectives of our people that shape our journey as a company.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Cummins Achieves Major Milestone in 3-D Printing for Production Parts

Global power leader Cummins is finalizing its first production part using a new, high-precision 3D metal printing technology called binder jet. This marks a significant milestone in the company’s additive manufacturing and Industry 4.0 journey.

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Research, Reports & Publications

ScottsMiracle-Gro 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report: Packaging Initiatives

Packaging is critical to multiple aspects of our business. it must be durable enough so that we can deliver on our high product safety and quality standards while withstanding exposure to a wide range of indoor and outdoor environments.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Black & Veatch Names Patty Corcoran Chief Human Resources Officer

Black & Veatch announces that Patty Corcoran, executive sponsor of the company’s growth accelerator and a catalyst in driving positive change across the company, has been named Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO).

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

All About ESG With Bob Hirth (Part 2)

Bob Hirth of Protiviti concludes our conversation about ESG reporting, making the case that finance teams would do well to be an early adopter and not a laggard.

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Education

From Teacher to CEO: How CommonLit's Founder Is Using Technology to Impact Millions of Teachers and Students

CommonLit is an award-winning education technology nonprofit dedicated to closing persistent opportunity gaps in literacy education. The nonprofit is best-known for operating a free online reading program utilized by tens of thousands of low-income schools.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Timberland Reaches Landmark Moment in Journey to Re-Introduce Cotton Farming to Haiti; Releases First Products Made With Community Cotton Fibers

Timberland has reached an important milestone in its five-year journey to re-introduce cotton growing in Haiti in partnership with the Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA), with the launch of new footwear made with Community Cotton™ fiber.

Energy

Green Wave Sweeps Hong Kong

Businesses in Hong Kong are joining the green energy revolution by purchasing renewable energy from sources across the city under an ingenious certificate scheme.

Energy

Energy Supplied to Minera El Abra As of January 1, 2021, Is Emission-Free

Since January 1 of this year, all of the energy used by Minera El Abra, a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan, is from clean and renewable sources.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Meals of Joy Awarded $10,000 ON Semiconductor Foundation Grant

Meals of Joy, a Litchfield Park-based nonprofit meal delivery program that serves seniors throughout the West Valley, has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the ON Semiconductor Foundation.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Boeing Commits $50 Million to Innovation Campus to Become First Foundational Partner

Boeing has been named as the first foundational partner of the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus in Alexandria, Virginia.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children Holds Virtual Fundraiser to Support Children Living in Orphanages

NYC Non-profit Spence-Chapin raises $60,000 to help children living in orphanages through its unique Granny Program during a virtual event on May 4th, 2021.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Schneider Sustainability Impact Report: 6 Long Term Commitments

Act for a climate positive world by continuously investing in and developing innovative solutions that deliver immediate and lasting decarbonization in line with our carbon pledge

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Rockwell Automation Donates $40,000 to Strengthen India's COVID Relief Efforts

Rockwell Automation today announced a $40,000 donation to the United Way’s India COVID-19 Relief Fund.

Environment

EarthX Environmental Justice – New Orleans

New Orleans seems to hold more joy, and more sorrow, than its relatively small frame should allow. The city of 390,000 has an outsized place in the American heart and imagination. And if you’ve ever been there, it’s easy to understand why.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Pro Bono Perspectives S3E9: Dr. Mai Nguyen, The Design Lab & The Filene Research Institute

Dr. Mai Nguyen shares a fascinating take on the social responsibility of credit unions, the significant community investments they’ve made in recent years, and how design thinking can transform them into a true force for equity.

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Health & Healthcare

Bringing Breakthrough Tech Where it's Needed Most

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Health & Healthcare

The Ongoing Need to Fight Food Insecurity After the Pandemic

The pandemic has impacted the world in ways no one could have imagined. Seemingly overnight, global supply chains were disrupted, businesses came to a standstill, and the population grappled with the most significant health crisis in a generation.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Gilead and Kite Present: Episode 4 - Delivering Possible

Even under the best circumstances, logistics requires precision and adaptability to be successful. Factor in a cargo of live patient cells, and things become even more critical.

Health & Healthcare

MTV Tees Up 200 Businesses, Non-Profits For Inaugural Mental Health Action Day

In partnership with nearly 600 brands, nonprofits, government agencies, and cultural leaders, MTV is proud to be a founding partner in the first-ever Mental Health Action Day on Thursday, May 20th.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Applies for SSCI Benchmarking

The Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) has received a benchmark application under the SSCI’s Manufacturing and Processing scope from the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI),

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