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WSP USA Embraces Opportunity to Improve Equity in San Francisco Bay Area

WSP USA eagerly embraces challenge & opportunity to improve quality of life for underserved & marginalized communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Metropolitan Transportation Commission selected WSP as its 2020 equity consultant.

Community and Philanthropic Outreach Through positiveNRG

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

PositiveNRG is our company’s philanthropic giving program. It helps to build our culture by creating a workplace that empowers employees to support communities, causes, and organizations that they elect to champion through donations of their time and/or money.

Entergy Provides Laptops to Students in Need

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Entergy has donated more than 460 refurbished laptops to school districts in our service territory so students have the technology they need when they return to school this fall.

Schneider Electric Communications Services: Address Increasing Investor, Stakeholder Pressure

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced its Communications Service, a strategic addition to the firm’s existing suite of energy and sustainability consulting services.

Small Businesses in the Digital Economy: How Corporate-Community Partnership Models Level the Playing Field for Underserved Entrepreneurs and Their Communities

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The partnership between Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO) and GoDaddy, launched in 2019, provides a premium digital marketing curriculum and expert support and services to small business owners across the country.

M·A·C Cosmetics Teams Up with CultureCon to Celebrate the Beauty of Representation

Diversity & Inclusion

Join host Gia Peppers along with Bresha Webb, June Ambrose, Angeer Amol and the co-founders of Women of Color on Broadway for a discussion about how creatives of color can demand a seat at the table and help dismantle systemic racism in the beauty industry and beyond.

The Power of Holistic Action on Sustainability

Sustainable Development Goals

In the latest episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast, host Louise Chester speaks to Fritz Micus, Director of Corporate Communications at Symrise. Take a listen to hear Fritz speak about Symrise’s innovative, multi-faceted sustainability strategy, and more.

Cisco EDGE Incubation Centers Stimulate Local Economy While Incorporating Global Expertise

Innovation & Technology

An unexpected effect of the global pandemic has been the importance of leaning on and cultivating local business and personal relationships. From your next-door neighbor, to the small business that provides your favorite takeout dinner around the corner, it’s important to start local in order to support your community and stimulate the local economy.

Words Matter: Making ESG Communications With Employees Count

Communicating with employees on environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics has never been more critical.

SCS Global Services Approved as FSSC 22000 Training Provider

Education

SCS Global Services (SCS), a leading food safety training center and third-party certifier, is now launching approved FSSC training courses for the FSSC 22000 Version 5.1 Standard.

Illumina Donates $1 Million in Sequencing Capabilities to Mumbai to Support Sequencing-Based COVID-19 Surveillance in India

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) has donated $1 million in sequencing capabilities to the Molecular Diagnostic Reference Laboratory at Kasturba Hospital, in the Municipal Corporate of Greater Mumbai, to help expand SARS-CoV-2 sequencing capabilities in the region and support the broader genomic surveillance effort across India.

Second in a Series of WEC Executive Roundtables - “Walking the Talk: Accelerating the Transition to a Sustainable Food System and Regenerative Agriculture Per the EU Farm-to-Fork Strategy”

Environment

In this WEC Executive Roundtable series, WEC sought to create a space for bottom-up conversations on what the European Food & Agriculture sector explicitly needs to thrive.

HP Inc.'s Commitment to Gender Parity, Driving DE&I

Diversity & Inclusion

HP was the first Fortune 100 tech company to commit to gender parity in leadership.

Comcast and Knoxville Area Urban League Partner to Donate 50 Dell Laptops to High School Students

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comcast announced a donation of 50 Dell laptops to the Knoxville Area Urban League to help accelerate digital equity efforts in the Knoxville community.

Broader Access is Vital to the Future of Testing and Healthcare Innovation

Health & Healthcare

Building on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, there are significant opportunities to expand the use of rapid testing to address many health challenges around the world- from infectious diseases like malaria and HIV to non-infectious health needs like prenatal care.

Pursuing Purpose and Positive Change: CEO Spotlight With Özgür Tort

In the latest episode of the CGF Podcast, host Louise Chester talks to Özgür Tort, CEO of Migros Ticaret, and outgoing co-chair of The Consumer Goods Forum’s Board of Directors.

American Express' Coalition to Back Black Businesses Awards $25,000 Enhancement Grants to 25 Black-Owned Small Businesses

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

American Express announced that the Coalition to Back Black Businesses will award 25 Black-owned small businesses from the Coalition’s 2020 grant program an additional $25,000 enhancement grant to support their long-term success and resilience.

Complimentary Briefing: Tackling Biodiversity Loss

Research, Reports & Publications

Biodiversity is critically important to human health and livelihoods yet it is declining faster than at any other time in history. The Dasgupta Review found that there has been a 40% drop in the stocks of natural capital between 1991-2014, seriously harming nature’s ability to regenerate

Waislitz Global Citizen Award Winners 2021

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

International advocacy organization Global Citizen and the Waislitz Foundation today recognized Bina Shrestha, Co-Founder and Director of Build Up Nepal, as the 2021 Waislitz Global Citizen Award winner.

CSRHub's Cynthia Figge on CPOstrategy's Procurement Panel Discussion

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Check out CSRHub CEO Cynthia Figge's panel discussion on the latest CPOstrategy INSIGHT panel focused on procurement.

WSP USA Helps the City of Philadelphia As It Invests in a Resilient Future

Green Infrastructure

The City of Philadelphia is investing in a resilient future and WSP USA is thrilled to support them in that effort. Our team has been selected to partner with the City’s Office of Emergency Management to update its 2017 All-Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP).

Safeway Installs Another Electric Vehicle Charging Station

Environment

Albertsons Cos.’ Safeway banner has added another electric vehicle (EV) charging station from Volta Industries, Inc. in Washington state. There are now 24 Safeway locations in Washington with Volta Charging stations.

Ecocentricity Blog: In The Now

Environment

Gravity isn’t something that preserves the status quo - it’s constantly trying to create change, to make things go faster. I feel like a similar force, even if not quantifiable, is acting upon human societies right now.

International Paper Donates 10,000 Euros to Support Disaster Relief for Recent Flood Victims in Belgium and Germany

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Aligned with the company's Vision 2030 goal to strengthen the resilience of its communities, International Paper has provided disaster relief funding of €10,000 following the floods that recently hit parts of Belgium and Germany, among others.

Intel's Nivruti Rai Shares Her Recipe for Success

Diversity & Inclusion

Nivruti’s story exemplifies how women in technology leadership roles can break barriers and shape economies.