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Small Business Spotlight Marks Two-Year Anniversary With Over 200 Entrepreneurs Featured So Far

Qurate Retail Group has donated more than $7 million through Small Business Spotlight, which gives national exposure to underrepresented entrepreneurs on QVC, HSN and Zulily.

National Grid Launches Scholarship To Aid Diverse Engineering Students in MA and NY

Education

National Grid today announced the launch of a scholarship program aimed at increasing diversity in engineering across Massachusetts and New York.

Comcast RISE Investment Fund Provides $16 Million in Grants To Support Small Businesses Hardest Hit by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comcast announced a new round of cities will receive grants from the Comcast RISE Investment Fund, providing an additional $5 million dollars to hundreds of small businesses, bringing the total to $16 million in grants awarded.

What’s the Most Effective Way for Companies To Ensure Digital Transformation Strategies Align With Climate Goals?

Sustainable Development Goals

Mapping out a plan from the start, regularly monitoring progress toward goals and evaluating their own sustainability efforts is the best way for companies to ensure their digital transformation strategies align with climate goals.

Owens Corning Celebrates National Safety Month by Living Safely

We aspire to achieve the following goals: make it impossible for injuries and illnesses to occur, achieve a level of safety at least equivalent to the rest of Owens Corning within one year and emphasize the elimination of serious injury risks.

Black & Veatch Water Report: Data, Resiliency Drive Industry Amid Challenges of Aging Infrastructure, Climate Adaptation and Talent Acquisition

Research, Reports & Publications

When Black & Veatch launched its first annual analysis of the U.S. water industry a decade ago, funding for needed upgrades to aging infrastructure was considered lacking as the economy dealt with the ongoing impacts of the “Great Recession.”

10 Employee Communication Tips to Help You Stay in Touch With Your Team

Health & Healthcare

The Center for Creative Leadership once observed that, in a crisis, “People are overwhelmed with the amount of information coming at them.

The Summer Calls for Preparation

Energy

As the summer season approaches, the value of staying informed takes on added importance for everyone.

The Promise and Progress of Renewable Diesel

Energy

Even with electric vehicles on the horizon, the greatest barrier to decarbonizing transportation, particularly in the last mile, is clean energy infrastructure. But fleets can still decarbonize now by making the transition to renewable diesel.

V2X Demo Day on The Ray Highway

Green Infrastructure

Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), The Ray, Kia Georgia and Panasonic recently held a press conference to demonstrate the benefits of a connected vehicle (CV) technology in action in a real-world environment.

Rebuilding Together and Wells Fargo Join to Address Urgent Housing Challenges Nationwide Through Critical Home Renovation and Repairs

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Wells Fargo Foundation has awarded $1.3 million in grants to Rebuilding Together to provide critical home repairs to nearly 100 homes in 45 communities across the U.S.

Report Reveals Gap to Going Green

Research, Reports & Publications

Recent research by Oxford Economics and SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) has uncovered significant barriers to corporate sustainability initiatives.

Lori Shaffer: What I Now Know

Diversity & Inclusion

What advice would you give your younger self? Kimberly-Clark’s vice president of its global nonwovens business, Lori Shaffer, recently answered this question and more during a candid conversation

GRID Alternatives Receives Grant to Expand Solar Power and Job Training Access Nationwide

Environment

Science and social justice join together to advance climate and environmental justice as GRID Alternatives, a nonprofit organization providing access to clean, affordable renewable energy, transportation, and jobs to the communities most often harmed by systemic oppression across the nation, announced a $500,000 grant with Illumina, a global leader in DNA sequencing and arraybased technologies, headquartered in San Diego, CA.

KeyBank's Key4Women, TheWMarketplace, UW and UWT To Host Women-Owned Business Pitch Contest

Diversity & Inclusion

KeyBank’s Key4Women program, TheWMarketplace, University of Washington Foster School of Business, and University of Washington Tacoma Milgard School of Business are collaborating to host a business pitch contest for women-owned businesses located in Seattle and Greater Puget Sound.

HP Inc. Reports Progress Toward Its 2030 Sustainable Impact Goals, Including Achieving a Significant Reduction in Single-Use Plastic Packaging

Research, Reports & Publications

Sustainable Impact is at the heart of HP’s business strategy and the company aims to be the world’s most sustainable and just technology company.

Chemours Receives Gold Medal From EcoVadis for Its Sustainability Program

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Chemours is a different kind of chemistry company – focused on working together with our suppliers, customers, communities, and employees – to create a better world through the power of our chemistry.

Herbalife Nutrition Expands Commitment to Environmental Sustainability and Economic Empowerment With Plastic Bank Partnership

Environment

In commemoration of the upcoming World Oceans Day on June 8, 2022, Herbalife Nutrition announced a two-year global responsibility partnership with Plastic Bank, a social enterprise that is empowering Ocean Stewards around the world.

Purdue and Duke Energy To Explore Potential for Clean, Nuclear Power Source for Campus

Energy

With interest rising worldwide in new technologies that are reliable and carbon-free, Purdue and Duke Energy intend to study power produced through Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), a move that may be unprecedented for a college campus and a potential fit for Purdue’s energy needs.

Sedex Drives Better ESG Risk Assessment With 340,000+ Data Points

Innovation & Technology

Sedex, the trusted partner for environment, social and governance (ESG) and sustainable data, has released an update to its industry-leading risk assessment technology.

KoboToolbox: Transforming Humanitarian Work Through Voice Capture and Translation

Innovation & Technology

The Transformational Tech series highlights Cisco’s nonprofit grant recipients that use technology to help transform the lives of individuals and communities.

A Global Bank's Way To Welcome People Back Equitably

IWBI’s Signature Interview Series: Jack Noonan, IWBI Vice President, Asia Pacific, sits down with Peter Simpson, Global Head Safety & Security,

Preserving, Protecting Los Padres National Forest

Social Impact & Volunteering

On an overcast, late spring Saturday, a group of Southern California Edison and Edison International employees began a trek into Los Padres National Forest in Ojai, California.

U.S. Mayors Double Down on Healthy Buildings To Support Healthier, More Resilient Cities

Green Infrastructure

Today, as part of a renewed commitment to public health and national resilience, the nation’s mayors passed a major resolution to advance healthy buildings as a key strategy to support community preparedness and foster healthier, stronger cities.

DraftKings and True Patriot Love Team up to Give Back & Support the Veteran Community

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

In honor of DraftKings’ recent Sportsbook launch in Ontario, DraftKings S.E.R.V.E.S. has teamed up with True Patriot Love in efforts to support and give back to the local veteran community and their families.