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LGC Announces Incoming Board President Connie L. Lindsey, Fellow Since 2001

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Leadership Greater Chicago (LGC) proudly announces its incoming Board President, Connie L. Lindsey, Executive Vice President Head of Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Diversity & Inclusion at Northern Trust. Her two-year term as Board President will begin this fall.

Continuing Her Daughter’s Fight for Homeless Children in Uganda

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo team member Amy Cook started the nonprofit McKinsey Foundation to honor her daughter’s memory and commitment to fighting homelessness and poverty in Uganda.

Can Businesses Override The White House When It Comes To The Environment?

Environment

According to new research published in Nature Climate Change, we have even less time to address the impact of climate change.

Wells Fargo Donates $500,000 for Raleigh-Durham Revitalization Efforts

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Local NeighborhoodLIFT grants support economic and workforce development, youth programs and neighborhood beautification

The UPS Foundation to Award More Than $7.7 Million to Promote Global Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity & Inclusion

Today, The UPS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of UPS (NYSE: UPS), announced it will award more than $7.7 million in global diversity and inclusion grants to 39 organizations. The grants will support economic empowerment, initiatives to empower women and girls, and, workplace inclusion.

Meet Mary Locke: Helping Chefs Put Nutrition at the Core of their Work

Health & Healthcare

As a Chef for Nestlé Professional, my role is working directly with other chefs, whether they be from regional restaurant chains, large healthcare customers, or large hospitals. I help our customers fully integrate nutrition, health, and wellness, as well as food safety into their day-to-day operations. Nutrition and safety should, after all, be at the very core of food service.

PepsiCo Joins The Recycling Partnership

Environment

National nonprofit The Recycling Partnership is pleased to announce its newest funding partner, the global food and beverage leader, PepsiCo. The organizations have agreed to collaborate on an ambitious cross-sector approach to increasing recycling rates across America.

VIDEO | How Sustainability and Business Strategy Go Hand in Hand at Schneider Electric

Sustainable Development Goals

As a global specialist in energy management and automation, Schneider Electric places sustainability at the forefront of business strategy. Hear from Emmanuel Lagarrigue, Executive Vice President of Strategy, how Schneider helps customers make their data centers, buildings, homes, manufacturing plants, and the smart grid more energy efficient.

Ask an Arborist: How Do I Choose a Nursery Tree?

Environment

Good tree care starts with a healthy tree. When shopping for trees at a nursery, there are numerous types of trees to choose from. Before buying a tree, there are three factors to consider: tree function, form and size, and site conditions. These factors will help you choose a tree that is appropriate for its planting location.

Unreasonable Impact | The Startup That Can Deliver Us from the Age of Fossil Electricity

Energy

The World Health Organization attributes more than 4 million deaths each year to exposure to household stove smoke, especially in developing countries with high poverty rates. One Earth Designs developed the SolSource Solar Cooker, which offers an easy-to-use, off-grid cooking solution using only the power of the sun. CEO and Co-Founder Catlin Powers speaks about the power of coal and kerosene alternatives to reduce health risks, lessen harm done to the environment, and empower women.

JPMorgan Chase to Be 100 Percent Reliant on Renewable Energy by 2020; Announces $200 Billion Clean Energy Financing Commitment

JPMorgan Chase is expanding its comprehensive strategy to advance environmentally sustainable solutions for clients and its own operations. The firm aims to source renewable power for 100 percent of its global energy needs by 2020 and to facilitate $200 billion in clean financing through 2025, the largest commitment by a global financial institution.

Texas A&M Students Create Building Envelope Designs from GM Manufacturing Scrap

Green Infrastructure

General Motors thinks of waste as a resource out of place. To help make the zero-waste mindset more mainstream, the company engages others in its mission, including students. Most recently it was Texas A&M University’s College of Architecture helping reimagine waste materials to keep them in use.

Trump's Dishonorable Transgender Ban

Diversity & Inclusion

Any military's survival -- and by extension any nation's -- depends on its ability to draw on the talents of the widest possible population. Denying the U.S. military this ability undermines U.S. national security.

Wells Fargo: Giving College Dreams a Foundation to Grow From

Education

Jesse III, center, has a better chance of getting a college degree now that his dad, Jesse Swanagan, has opened a 529 college savings account for him. (You-Tube video: 3 minutes)

Mobile Science Lab Arrives in Sheboygan, Sparks Kids' Interest in Science

Education

Called the "Curiosity Cube," the retrofitted 22-foot by 10-foot shipping container is equipped with the latest technology to provide a learning environment for visitors to become immersed in science.

Sands Bethlehem Creates Gardens for Local Community Center

Social Impact & Volunteering

In an effort to provide the community with accessible horticulture, Sands Cares and Sands ECO360 recently partnered with Penn State Extension, Lehigh and Northampton County 4-H and the Community Action Development Corporation of Bethlehem to build planting beds for the Lynfield Community Center in Bethlehem, PA.

ABCs and 529s: Finance Lessons Offer Hope for College

Education

A single father now has a financial plan to help his young son attend college — an accomplishment he was never able to achieve himself — thanks to the Focus on College program from United Way and Wells Fargo.