Read our roundup of news, announcements, and energy efficiency projects including an interview with Dr-Sudipta-Chakraborty (link to original article), a brief history of batteries and much more.

Bats are hard to find. They’re small (some weigh less than three pennies), they fly by night and hide during the day, but perhaps the most challenging part is that there are fewer of them than there used to be.

Hallmark UK is delighted to have been awarded 3 Trees in the WWF-UK’s 2019 Timber Scorecard, an accolade that underlines Hallmark’s ongoing commitment to finding responsible and sustainable ways to reduce their impact on the environment.

Interface’s story can not only inspire but also instruct us all in how a purposeless company can transform itself to become a vehicle for achieving something important for the world and improve its financial performance in the process.

AEG, the world’s leading sports and live entertainment company, recently teamed up with Mayor Eric Garcetti in Los Angeles to host the Evolve Entertainment Fund (EEF) 2019 Summer Kickoff at L.A. LIVE on June 15, 2019.

Taproot Foundation is transforming how nonprofit and social change organizations access the pro bono support they need to achieve their missions by launching the newly redesigned matchmaking platform Taproot Plus at www.taprootplus.org.

Merck was recognized on PEOPLE’s third annual 50 Companies That Care list for investing $500 million to reduce preventable maternal mortality across the globe with education, tools and technologies for health care providers and moms through its Merck for Mothers program.

For the past 15 years, Strong Beginnings, a program aiming to facilitate healthier pregnancies and births for families in Western Michigan, has been working to improve infant mortality rates for racial minority communities in the region. PNC Bank issued its first “pay-for-success” bond to Strong Beginnings to help continue the momentum of the program.

Plant-based resources often seem infinite until they are suddenly depleted, and because tequila comes from the agave plant - specifically the blue agave - it’s imperative to keep stocks maintained to ensure plentiful supply in the future. But part of maintaining these crops means being mindful of other components of sustainability: energy use, repurposing, and waste. For Patrón Tequila, this means overhauling their existing systems to be more environmentally friendly.

Bridgestone, the only Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner with its global headquarters in Tokyo, is celebrating one year to go until the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 by inviting the world to follow its journey to the next Olympic Games and experience what it means to help people chase their dreams.