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Republic Services Launches $20 Million "Committed to Serve" Initiative to Help Employees, Customers and Communities

Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) today announced the launch of its "Committed to Serve" initiative to help its employees, customers and communities across the United States. The Company has committed $20 million to support frontline employees...

VIDEO | Overflow: Mohawk Makes a Wave of Change

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Commissioned by Mohawk Flooring North America, and built using materials sourced from its internal recycling facility, “Overflow” is an artistic interpretation that incorporates the stages that single-use PET plastic bottles undergo during the patented Continuum process

Earth Day 2020: Top Lessons from COVID-19 to Flatten the Climate Curve

Environment

April 22, 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. On the first event in 1970, over 20 million Americans took to the streets in protest calling for increased protections for the planet. A collective generation asked for cleaner water...

Xylem Partners With Americares for COVID-19 Response and Global Health Work

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The new global partnership will deliver much-needed personal protective equipment, water and sanitation infrastructure repairs and WASH education to frontline healthcare facilities around the world.

Protect Sport by Taking Care of Biodiversity, Says New IUCN Guide Supported by the IOC

The guide, “Mitigating biodiversity impacts of sports events”, offers advice to sports event organisers on how to reduce the impact on biodiversity and promote its conservation throughout all phases of event planning.

UPS Longitudes | Planting a Better Tomorrow

Environment

As we rush to address the urgent, overwhelming global coronavirus pandemic, it’s easy to overlook the long-term support systems that maintain our health and wellness.

Medtronic Provides Update on COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Impact

Health & Healthcare

Medtronic has taken a number of steps to mobilize its global resources to support employees, patients and physicians, and communities in this time of need, including a rapid expansion in the production and distribution of critical products in the fight against COVID-19.

Sustainable Site Energy Solutions: Ten Things You Can Do Now for Big Impact

Energy

While sustainable site energy solutions are not a new thing, their economical payback has improved considerably with increased technological strides and available incentives.

Smithfield Foods to Donate 40 Million Servings of Protein to Food Banks Nationwide as Part of COVID-19 Response

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The donation of over 10 million pounds of protein to food banks nationwide builds upon Smithfield’s recently launched “Good Food Challenge” to raise awareness and increase support for Feeding America in this critical time of increased need.

Earth Day 2020: What COVID‐19 Teaches Us About Responding to Global Challenges

On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans united to demand action for our planet, marking the first Earth Day. Fifty years later, the risks and impacts of our warming planet, diminishing resources and degradation of natural habitats make the need for action more urgent than ever.

T-Mobile Adds More Green Energy to the Grid, Taking Another Step Toward Its Industry-Leading Environmental Commitments

Environment

Just in time for Earth Day, T-Mobile’s partnership with Otter Creek Wind Farm has fully achieved commercial operation, and is expected to generate more than 504,100 MWh of clean energy annually, enough to power approximately 60,000 homes for a year.

Raizes do Mogi Guaçu: International Paper Talks Forest Restoration with WWF for a Better Future

Environment

Earlier this year, Matt Inbusch, manager of natural capital stewardship, International Paper, joined WWF and some of his colleagues in Brazil for a visit to the Mogi Guaçu river basin

Whirlpool Corporation Procures Critical Medical Supplies for Spectrum Health Lakeland

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

In order to help in the fight against COVID-19, Whirlpool Corporation has worked rapidly since the pandemic began to obtain several shipments of medical supplies over the last few weeks for donation to Spectrum Health Lakeland.

Responsible Gender Lens Investing: How Diversity Helps Preserve and Grow Wealth

Within a holistically-designed investment process, diversity of an Executive Team and Board of Directors is a powerful variable to analyze the stock’s long-term capability of preserving and growing wealth for shareholders.

Timberland Shares an Emotional Open Letter to Nature for 50th Anniversary of Earth Day with a Bold Message: "Caring is no Longer Enough"

Environment

At the heart of the Timberland® brand is the belief that a greener future is a better future. For the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Timberland has a bold new message to share about humanity’s relationship with nature: “Caring is no longer enough.”

Geronimo Energy, a National Grid company, and Cargill Announce Virtual Power Purchase Agreement for 200 MW MISO Illinois Solar Project

Energy

Geronimo Energy (Geronimo), a National Grid company, and Cargill announced today the execution of a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) for the Prairie Wolf Solar Project (Prairie Wolf) in Coles County, Illinois.

Ecocentricity Blog: My Calling

Environment

Though Ray Anderson is John Lanier's greatest inspiration as an environmentalist, it is John's faith that fundamentally motivates him to care for the earth.

Owens Corning Releases Green Bond Report

In August 2019, Owens Corning completed the issuance of our inaugural green bond, in keeping with our aspiration to be a net- positive company whose handprint is greater than its footprint.

Earth Day 50 Years On: The Next Generation Steps Up

Environment

In his speech inaugurating Earth Day in 1970, its founder, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson noted, “Ecology is a big science, a big concept, not a narrow one. It is concerned with all the ramifications of all the relationships, of all the living creatures, to each other and their environment.” Taking Nelson’s words to heart, it’s impossible to think about the future of our planet on Earth Day’s fiftieth anniversary without considering the long-term effects of COVID-19. The well-being of our planet depends on the well-being of the people who inhabit it.

SC Johnson Converts Line at Largest Global Manufacturing Plant to Produce Hand Sanitizer for COVID-19 Health Workers and First Responders

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Responding to a shortage of hand sanitizer nationally that is leaving those on the front lines at risk for COVID-19 infection, SC Johnson is building new capacity to manufacture up to 75,000 bottles of hand sanitizer per month.

From Homeless to Hope: Door Opens to a Better Future

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

For Johnna Blocker, the future may have seemed bleak. Homeless with no prospects in sight, she and her children lived in a local shelter while she looked for an apartment she could afford to rent in the uber-expensive Los Angeles market.

Refugee ETF Wins 2020 Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge

Environment

Morgan Stanley’s Institute for Sustainable Investing and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management today announced that the Refugee ETF team was named the winner of the 2020 Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge.

Restoring California Forests — Arhaus + American Forests

Environment

Arhaus has always taken pride in its dedication to maintaining the environment & utilizing safe, eco-friendly materials & practices. That's why they have a longstanding partnership with American Forests to help protect, preserve & restore our planet.