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Georgia-Pacific LLC Attends WFF Leadership Conference

Diversity & Inclusion

Last week I was grateful to attend the WFF Leadership Conference alongside my Georgia-Pacific colleagues to learn more about the unique experiences women face at work.

What Our Nonprofit Partners Are Doing to Support People Impacted by the War in Ukraine - and How You Can Help

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Cisco employees have donated nearly $1M to 19 nonprofit organizations featured in our Ukraine Humanitarian Assistance Fund; with Cisco Foundation matching, we have raised nearly $1.9 million in total giving.

Alibaba's Tmall Pilots Carbon Labeling to Drive Sustainable Consumption

Innovation & Technology

Alibaba Group’s B2C e-commerce platform Tmall has launched eco-friendly product labels to help consumers check the impact of their purchases on the environment and make sustainable choices.

How Biologicals Add a New Dimension to Integrated Crop Management

Environment

The future of agriculture is about striking a delicate balance. A balance between finding ways to grow enough and decreasing its footprint.

Ensuring Grid Reliability in the Clean Energy Transition

Environment

How can we best support rapid decarbonization while maintaining the reliability of our power grid and accomplish these twin goals at least cost to the American people?

Four Ways Investors Can Act on Climate Change

As scientists warn about a shifting climate, more investors are thinking about environmental risks and how they might affect their portfolios.

DICK'S Sporting Goods Huddles up With Meeting of America

Diversity & Inclusion

DICK'S Sporting Goods became a pilot partner in the Meeting of America (MOA) program that brings together a diverse group of industry leaders striving to make a difference through dialogue.

Gildan Participates in Fashion Revolution's 2022 Transparency Campaign

Gildan is participating in Fashion Revolution’s #WhoMadeMyClothes campaign, a global transparency movement to recognize the workers who make our clothes.

Duke Energy Florida Celebrates Significant Milestone by Completing Park & Plug Pilot Program

Green Infrastructure

Duke Energy announced the completion of its Park & Plug pilot program and the installation of 627 EV charging stations in public spaces and on thoroughfares in Florida.

How Strategic Inclusivity Drives Retention at AllianceBernstein

Some problems are daunting, but if solved they generate a huge return. For example, how can you scale inclusive behaviors? How can you combat the Great Resignation?

How Entrepreneur Eric Muthomi Is Achieving Food Security in Kenya

Health & Healthcare

A successful entrepreneurial endeavor is one in which a founder can solve a serious problem that affects livelihoods or businesses.

GRI Program Spreading Responsible Business Practices in Africa

A program to support more business in the African region to engage with sustainability reporting and increase their accountability is underway, thanks to funding from Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).

2022 TD Green Space Grant Recipients Provide Environmental Equity Solutions to Their Communities

Environment

TD Bank Group (TD) and the Arbor Day Foundation today announced the 2022 grant recipients of the TD Green Space Grants program.

Fifth Third Finance Academy Makes Impact

Education

Since 2017, Fifth Third has brought financial education to students throughout our footprint, especially to kids who live in underserved communities. The impact runs deep—to the tune of 1.4 million hours of learning!

Kohler Co. Launches New Three-Year Community Partnership Program to Increase Access to Educational Opportunities Across the United States

Education

Kohler Co. announces a Community Partnership Program starting with 13 organizations across the country to help provide educational and workforce preparedness opportunities to students.

Workiva Supports XBRL US in Pursuit of Standardizing ESG data With XBRL

Research, Reports & Publications

XBRL US, the non-profit consortium for XBRL business reporting standards, this week announced the publication of corporate sustainability data in machine-readable XBRL format for Moody’s Corporation and Etsy, Inc.

MENTOR Announces Amplify Award Winners

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MENTOR, the unifying champion for the mentoring movement, today announces its Amplify Award Winners -- individuals, organizations, school districts, and corporations from across the nation that exemplify the diversity, breadth, and depth of today’s mentoring movement.

Building Efficient 5g Network -the Journey to Net Zero Emissions

Events, Media & Communications

Our roundtable, Building efficient 5G networks—the journey to Net Zero emissions, will cover how service providers can reduce energy consumption and secure network energy and sustainability performance with the introduction of 5G.

The Need for Speed: How Operation Warp Speed Shifted the Pharma Industry

Health & Healthcare

CRB’s Christa Myers provides her insights from topics in our latest Horizons Life Sciences report including operation warp speed, project delivery strategy, and the digital future.

BlackRock's New Goal Could Signal the Investor Transition to Net Zero Is Well Underway

BlackRock’s newly announced goal to invest 75% of its corporate and sovereign assets in issuers with science-based climate goals potentially “sets a new bar that could signal to the rest of the market that the investor transition

Climate Finance: Moving Forward After COP26

Environment

From rising sea levels to the acidification of ocean water, from deforestation to the introduction of invasive species in ecosystems, the global effects of climate change are expanding in scope and scale

Plan to Power: Five Critical Factors to Make California Offshore Wind a Reality

Energy

California’s ambitious zero carbon energy plan will require wind power to succeed; WSP USA’s Silvia Yanez identifies challenges to overcome for a successful power transition.

VolunteerMatch Names New CEO

Social Impact & Volunteering

The web’s largest volunteer engagement network, VolunteerMatch, announced that Jude O’Reilley has been appointed CEO. O’Reilley has more than 25 years of experience in technology, leadership and entrepreneurship in the private sector and in the world of social change. O’Reilley will succeed co-founder Greg Baldwin and assume responsibilities on May 3, 2022.

R.W. Knudsen Commits $100,000 to Alleviate Poverty Through Whole Planet Foundation

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Planet Foundation’s top supplier donors for 2022 are funding essential microbusinesses to alleviate global poverty through the Foundation's microlending programs.

Land Betterment's Environmental Work and Submittal for LBX Tokens Highlighted by Inside INdiana Business News

Innovation & Technology

Land Betterment Corporation was recently featured by Inside INdiana in the story “Rehab Continues at Former Landree Mine Site”