Brightening Our Corner Newsletter - May 2020

Brightening Our Corner is the Ray C. Anderson Foundation's quarterly newsletter. It features positive stories from the Foundation and its key funding initiatives.

Intel Launches First Global Challenges, Marks a New Era of Shared Corporate Responsibility

Today, Intel released its annual Corporate Responsibility Report. The report builds on Intel’s decades of transparency in corporate responsibility and details progress Intel has made in the past decade to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, restore billions of gallons of water to local communities and achieve gender pay equity across its global workforce, among other milestones.

Whirlpool Corporation, Dow, and Reynolds Consumer Products Collaborate to Manufacture and Donate Much-Needed Respirators Through WIN Health Labs, LLC

Whirlpool Corporation, Dow and Reynolds Consumer Products are pleased to announce a collaboration to provide much-needed respirators to the heroic men and women in healthcare who are working on the frontlines to combat the spread of COVID-19.

Land Betterment Corporation Featured on Middle Tech Podcast

Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”), an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining sites to create sustainable community development and job creation.

As COVID Moves Beyond Act One, What Can We Do Better?

Benevity CEO, Bryan de Lottinville shares three ways we can continue to elevate purpose during a global pandemic, and how we can to do better.

The Virtual Responsible Business Week – the Future of Business at Your Finger Tips

As we self-isolate, we must be careful not to isolate our ideas and thoughts.

BIER Member Spotlight: Carine Christophe

Meet Carine Christophe and discover how her company, Pernod Ricard is addressing pressing challenges around water, energy, agriculture, climate change, and what inspires each of them to advance environmental sustainability in the beverage sector and collectively, overall.

Digitalization to Advance Health and Well-Being During a Moment of Crisis

Quarantines and social distancing measures across the globe are driving technology innovations in ways we couldn’t imagine just a couple just a couple months ago. Digital solutions for keeping us connected and safe are evolving rapidly to address

Comerica Bank to Support $1.5 Million Michigan Entrepreneur Resilience Fund Helping Small Businesses Recover, Pivot in Response to COVID-19

Comerica Bank has teamed up with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and Michigan Women Forward to support the creation of the $1.5 million Michigan Entrepreneur Resilience Fund formed to assist entrepreneurs and small businesses negatively impacted by COVID-19 recover from the outbreak, as well as help them meet increased demands in support of COVID-19 response efforts.