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Direct Relief CEO Byron Scott (left) receives the Seoul Peace Prize from Jaeho Yeom, Chairman of the Seoul Peace Prize Cultural Foundation, at an awards ceremony in Seoul on April 28, 2025.

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Direct Relief Accepts 2025 Seoul Peace Prize for Global Humanitarian Impact

Direct Relief today formally accepted the 2025 Seoul Peace Prize, one of the world’s most distinguished honors for humanitarian achievement, in recognition of the organization’s unwavering commitment to aiding people affected by poverty, disasters, and conflict.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Two Months Without Aid

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Events, Media & Communications

AB, EMIA and Societe Generale Host the Impact and Blended Finance Conference

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Innovation & Technology

Ready for Anything: T‑Mobile Strengthens Powerful Technology Arsenal for Hurricane and Wildfire Seasons

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Energy

Ceres Expert Andrew Logan Warns Congress of Oil and Gas Companies' Inadequate and Disingenuous Climate Commitments

Ceres’ top oil and gas expert Andrew Logan warned U.S. House lawmakers today that despite company rhetoric, recent emissions reduction commitments from oil and gas majors are inadequate and fail to meet the urgency of the climate crisis.

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Environment

Eric Lebel: Cooking With Gas?

A study found that methane leaking from stoves inside U.S. homes has the same climate impact as about half a million gasoline-powered cars and, furthermore, that these stoves expose household members to respiratory disease-triggering pollutants.

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Innovation & Technology

Norton and World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Help Make A Safer Internet

This Safer Internet Week hear from World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Leaders on the Surf Smart 2.0 badge, created in partnership with Norton.

Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating Black History - in the Making

As we celebrate Black History Month, P&G is thrilled to support a new generation of makers, moments, and movements paving a way forward and building on the rich legacy of African Americans making history, every day.

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Health & Healthcare

FedEx and GlobalMedic Deliver Aid in Canada

After the province of British Columbia was devastated by recent flooding, mudslides and debris flow caused many highways and roads to close in interior and southern regions.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Verizon Skill Forward Helps Texas Delivery Worker Pivot Into IT

Ten months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Crystal Morris was laid off from her job delivering packages. But instead of sulking, she saw it as an opportunity to upskill and finally enter the tech field through the Verizon Skill Forward program.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Why Brands Should Consider These Tips When Developing Sustainability Messaging for Packaging

There’s often no better place than a product’s packaging to share sustainability information with consumers. But frequently the challenge is how to optimize this valuable real estate in a way that’s meaningful & valuable, while also credible.

Innovation & Technology

Transforming Connectivity

5G will generate significant economic growth and resilience, drive numerous industry transformations and sustainability benefits through digitization, and ultimately enrich lives.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

United Airlines and PGA TOUR Team Up to Provide Travel Grants to 50+ HBCU Golf Programs

Program addresses one of the biggest barriers to golf programs’ growth and success: limited access to funds for air travel

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Earns Top Score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2022 Corporate Equality Index

Scotts Miracle-Gro has received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Committee Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index, the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality.

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Health & Healthcare

Alkermes Educates on the Challenges of Mucosal Melanoma

Did you know that that there is a type of melanoma that is not visible on skin? Watch this video to learn about mucosal melanoma including treatment challenges, and unmet needs.

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Education

Initiative for a Competitive Inner City Launches Tuition-Free Executive Education Program to Help Accelerate Profitable Growth for BIPOC- and Woman-Owned Construction Contractors

ICIC launches Building for Growth - a new tuition-free executive education program to best position minority-owned and woman-owned construction businesses for growth and to effectively compete for larger-scale contracts.

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Innovation & Technology

Technology Companies Are Making Sustainability a Priority in 2022

Ron Nersesian, Chairman and CEO of Keysight Technologies, recently detailed his predictions of the four technology trends that are most likely to shape innovation this year.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

MetLife's Sustainability Story

We’re deploying the full strength of our people, products, services, and investments to be a greater force for good in the world.

Diversity & Inclusion

A Conversation With The Home Depot's Chief Diversity Officer, Derek Bottoms

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) within organizations leads to increased innovation, higher performance and a competitive business advantage, according to studies by the Harvard Business Review and McKinsey & Company.

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Environment

Nigeria's Ekiti State Is Taking Action Against Climate Change

Around the world in 2021, extreme weather events became more frequent, while activists, organisations, and governments worked to understand — and plan — for the drastic changes happening to the earth’s climate.

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Energy

Silicon Ranch Selects Black & Veatch to Build 125-Megawatt Solar Farm in Georgia

Black & Veatch announced today that it has been selected by Silicon Ranch Corporation to build a sprawling, 125-megawatt (MWAC) solar array in Lee County in southwestern Georgia.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bayer's Grants4Ag Program Awards Funding for 21 New Crop Science Research Proposals

Education

Access and Opportunity Podcast: Bridging the Digital Divide

According to the U.S. Census, roughly one in ten homes in America lack a broadband internet connection, and the city of Brownsville, Texas tops the list of least connected cities in the country.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Rockwell Automation Releases 2021 Sustainability Report

Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) announced today the release of its 2021 Sustainability Report.

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Health & Healthcare

Illuminating Rare Disease: Get to Know SLC6A1 Connect

Ahead of Rare Disease Day, Illumina is recognizing four rare disease patient organizations around the world. SLC6A1 Connect is the first in our series this month.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

From Nigeria to Buffalo: How Chiwuike Owunwanne's Journey Is Helping KeyBank Lean in to the Communities It Serves

KeyBank’s new Corporate Responsibility Officer Chiwuike “Chi-Chi” Owunwanne in the bank’s Buffalo, Rochester and Eastern Pennsylvania market brings a unique perspective to his role.

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Health & Healthcare

One Way to Solve Food Insecurity: Healthy Food Distribution Programs

A salad with a rainbow of fruits and vegetables. Celery boats with radish, cream cheese, smoked paprika and chili lime spice. Spiced pear dessert burritos. Those are just some of Catherine Sadler’s creative dishes from the past months.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women Skateboarders at Tokyo 2020 Win Fair Play Award

Sakura Yosozumi and Kokona Hiraki of Japan, Brazilians Dora Varella and Yndiara Asp, Britain’s Sky Brown, Australian Poppy Olsen and Bryce Wettstein of the USA were conferred with the honour for lifting fellow skater Misugu Okamoto after a fall.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Building an Inclusive Future Through Cisco Investments' Aspire Fund

In the summer of 2020, in the face of growing awareness of systemic racial injustice, oppression, and inequality, Cisco reached a tipping point in our commitment to inclusion and collaboration.

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