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OCTO Initiative: Nonprofit Connect - Amplifying Impact with VMware's Nonprofit Customers

Social Impact & Volunteering

At VMware, we believe that technology can be a significant force for good by helping address the world’s societal challenges when integrated with existing processes and in partnership with the people working closest to the challenges.

The CEO Investor Forum Launches Partnership with the Biopharma Sustainability Roundtable to Address the Need for Stronger Industry-wide Sustainability Efforts in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals Sector

Health & Healthcare

The Biopharma Sustainability Roundtable (BSRT) has partnered with CECP’s CEO Investor Forum to enhance sustainability efforts and focus on long-term value creation. The two groups will co-host the first sector-specific CEO-Investor Forum in June 2021

Finding New Value in Old Plastics

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

What if old plastic bottles and wrappers became key ingredients in creating new ones? Through our partnership with Fuenix Ecogy, we’re taking hard-to-recycle plastics to create new polymers for packaging for food and other items.

Mohawk Group Unveils DesignFWD Schedule and Speaker Lineup

Events, Media & Communications

Mohawk Group has officially announced the speaker lineup and schedule for its inaugural Design Forward Virtual Summit, styled DesignFWD, which takes place exclusively online July 15–17.

Whole Planet Foundation Virtual 5K Raises $63,000 for Low-Income Entrepreneurs

Fifteen hundred participants joined Whole Planet Foundation’s Power Your Purpose Virtual 5K to run, walk, bike or move for microcredit.

Wells Fargo Launches $400 Million Small Business Recovery Effort

Following an April 2020 industry-leading commitment to donate all gross processing fees from the Paycheck Protection Program, Wells Fargo unveiled today the details of an approximately $400 million effort to help small businesses impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic keep their doors open

CASE Construction Equipment Donates Skid Steer to Habitat for Humanity

Social Impact & Volunteering

CASE Construction Equipment has donated a new skid steer to Wichita Habitat for Humanity.

50 Investors With US $4 Trillion in Assets Back Strong Methane Emissions Regulation in Pennsylvania

Environment

Today, a group of 50 institutional investors representing US $4 trillion in assets under management issued a statement of support for a strong final regulation to reduce air pollution and methane emissions

The Tools to Thrive

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Product donation is one way NortonLifeLock supports the nonprofit community. Seattle-based East African Community Services supports East African migrants and their first-generation American children in their social, emotional, and educational needs.

Disability-Led Organizations, Corporations and Foundations Launch Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

What do 633 disability leaders from 29 countries spanning six out of seven continents have in common? 100% believe that organizations led by people with disabilities are left out of disaster relief funding from foundations, corporations...

Why Worker Data Protection Should Be Central to a 21st-Century Social Contract

Innovation & Technology

Data protection is rarely discussed during dialogue about the need for a new social contract. However, a modern social contract must address a whole host of new risks and opportunities arising from how employee data are collected, shared, and used.

The Art and Science of Changing Lives

Health & Healthcare

As a graduate student in mechanical engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF), Albert Manero always wanted to use his engineering skills to change the world. One morning in 2013, he caught a glimpse of how he might do it.

"AIDS Won't Stop for COVID-19": Meet 3 Inspiring Women Who Are as Committed as Ever to Making HIV History

As the International Aids Society Conference kicks off virtually this year, we sat down with three attendees, including activist and actress Laverne Cox, to talk about their groundbreaking work with HIV/AIDS in the midst of a global pandemic.

LIXIL Teams Up with Jersey City Rapid Maker Response Group to Distribute Face Shields Across the U.S.

Health & Healthcare

The collaboration between LIXIL and JCRMRG has united the individual efforts of both groups, enabling them to significantly scale production of the much-needed personal protective equipment to make up to 10,000 shields per day.

What Alliant's Big Solar Announcement Means for the Midwest's Energy Transition

Energy

Last week Midwest utility Alliant Energy, which delivers electricity in Wisconsin through its subsidiary Wisconsin Power and Light, made good on a 2019 commitment to significantly boost the amount of solar in its portfolio.

To Drive Financial Inclusion, Businesses and Nonprofits Must Come Together, Says This Executive

For Theresa Bedeau, senior manager for community development banking at Capital One, the racial wealth gap is not some distant concept — it’s personal.

Land Betterment Corporation Discusses ekō - Its Sustainable Housing Division

Green Infrastructure

Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”) is pleased to discuss its sustainable housing division, ekō, in more detail.

#Healthytogether: The IOC, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Join Forces to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic - With Athletes Helping to Spread the Word

Health & Healthcare

On Olympic Day, 23 june 2020, the International Olympic Committee, the United Nations and the World Health Organization launched a partnership to encourage individuals and communities around the world to take action so that we can all be #healthytogether.

Fifth Third Hosts Compost Bin Event in Cincinnati

Environment

The event followed a virtual training event held with the county in which 200 Fifth Third employees learned the how and why of backyard composting, part of the Bank’s efforts to encourage employees to enhance sustainability at home.

SF6-Free MV Switchgear Using Pure Air Nominated for Top Awards

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Schneider Electric’s innovative new SF6-free switchgear technology using pure air has been nominated for the world’s most important industrial prize, the HERMES Award.

New Analysis Shows Momentum Building to Decarbonize the Power Sector

Environment

The U.S. power sector made significant progress in the transition away from coal in 2019, driving substantial reductions in pollution from the power sector, according to a new analysis released today.

Shining the Global Spotlight on Women-Led Startups

After using different forms of contraception for a decade, Marina Pavlovic Rivas was fed up with the various side effects and looking for a better option. She wanted something non-invasive, without hormones but still reliable. Her search came up empty.

Interview With Chris Wellise: Chief Sustainability Officer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

There is steadily growing consensus that corporate sustainability is a business imperative. Audrey Choi of Morgan Stanley tells us: “In one meta-analysis, 88% of studies found that companies that adhered to social or environmental standards showed better operational performance, and 80% of studies showed a positive effect on stock price performance.”

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Partners with Taproot Foundation to Launch Online Volunteering Platform

Social Impact & Volunteering

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana is partnering with Taproot Foundation to launch the state’s first dedicated virtual pro bono platform.