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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy | Lenovo

Celebrating the Importance That Recycling Plays in Securing Our Planet’s Future

As we continue to pave the way towards a more sustainable future, we need to embrace the circular economy in everything we do, helping to reduce waste and emissions.

Education

Otis Furthers STEM Education in China with 160 Scholarships for Female Students

Otis Worldwide Corporation

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

HSN Raises Awareness for Military Appreciation With Foundation for Women Warriors

Qurate Retail Group

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

HARMAN: Designing With Purpose Is a Team Sport

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Discovery Education

Education

Helping Students Build STEM Dreams with No Cost Digital Resources

Astronaut and physicist Sally Ride famously said: “If you can see it, you can be it.” This now common phrase has special truth in education. Wherever students are learning, seeing people like them represented – especially...

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Sustainable Development Goals

Bright Spots: Covestro Shares Key THINC30 2020 Takeaways in New Blog

In her latest Medium blog, Rebecca Lucore, Covestro LLC’s head of CSR and Sustainability, reflects on sustainability as a thread that ties physical health with economic health with environmental health and the health of our social institutions.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Ecocentricity Blog: Supply and Demand

Emerging market countries are likely to provide supply-side interventions into their auto markets. Whether the issue is energy independence, air quality, or cost savings, transitioning to electric vehicles makes good sense.

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Environment

Spreading Holiday Cheer: How One Tree Becomes 50,000

NBCUniversal has partnered with the Arbor Day Foundation in celebrating the 2020 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony by committing to plant one tree for each of the 50,000 bulbs strung around this year’s tree.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Mobile Money Ensures Continued Success Amidst the COVID-19 Crisis in Uganda

For three entrepreneurial women business partners in Uganda, the emerging COVID-19 crisis posed an immediate threat to their newly started business. Pictured above, the three entrepreneurs, Nancy, Lilly, and Irene stand on their business premises in Patira East Village.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Gains in Social Responsibility from a Mid-Year Surge Have Been Erased Based on Eighth Annual Conscious Consumer Spending Index

The eighth annual Conscious Consumer Spending Index (#CCSIndex) suggests that converging crises and ongoing uncertainty are causing a decline in conscious consumerism and charitable giving.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Future Can Be Female - Starting the Finance CEO Pipeline

When Jane Fraser was announced as the next CEO of Citigroup, there was much celebration for the first woman to head a Wall Street bank. One Fortune headline promised a tell-all about how Fraser “broke banking’s highest glass ceiling.”

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Booz Allen's Brad Medairy Named Cyber Exec of the Year by Northern Virginia Technology Council

Each year, the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) recognizes leaders making substantial contributions to their company and the Greater Washington cybersecurity environment.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Tetra Tech's Little Artists Share Their Vision for a Happier, Healthier World

The competition was open to children, grandchildren, and nieces and nephews of Tetra Tech employees. Our little artists created artwork that depicted their answer to the question, “What is your vision for a happier, healthier world?”

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Kimberly-Clark Mentors Collaborate With Female Entrepreneurs to Create Shared Value in the Sanitation Economy

“The Innovation Lab offers an incredible opportunity to interact with talented professionals who have great experience,” said Nyaga. “I look forward to receiving support around the manufacturing process, design, commercial viability and quality of our products. We are so excited to grow!”

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Yum! Brands Advances Its Sustainability Journey Through Transparent Reporting To CDP

This year, the company achieved both climate and water scores of an A-, a year-over-year improvement for each response. Yum! also continued expanding its forest reporting beyond paper and palm to include beef.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Women and Working from Home: How To Prevent Downshifting

T-Mobile addresses the challenges women say they’re facing in a COVID-19 remote world with a nationwide virtual panel discussion of employees.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fighting Food Insecurity: CNH Industrial Helps Wisconsin Food Bank Feed Hungry Americans

Hunger in America has skyrocketed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving food banks struggling to meet demand.

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Innovation & Technology

Arrow Electronics' SAM Car Displayed at National Corvette Museum

Arrow Electronics has loaned its original Semi-Autonomous Motorcar (SAM) to the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky. The 2014 C7 Stingray will remain on public display in the museum’s Skydome gallery until mid-March 2021.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Scotiabank Women Initiative™ Celebrates Second Anniversary With the Launch of a Digital Hub and Expansion of Program Into Scotia Wealth Management

In celebration of its two-year anniversary, The Scotiabank Women Initiative ™ has launched a new Digital Hub, focused on delivering key resources to help women entrepreneurs adapt to uncertain economic times.

Health & Healthcare

American Airlines Offers Preflight COVID-19 Testing for All US Destinations With Travel Requirements

American Airlines is expanding its preflight testing program for domestic travel.

Environment

Turning the Page on 2020

As I write this, encouraging reports on President-elect Joe Biden’s early cabinet picks and policy plans suggest that we are starting to turn the page on 2020 at last.

Sustainable Development Goals

Evolving Markets in Metaphysical Reconstruction

The earliest markets for metaphysical reconstruction evolved continually from changing belief systems, religions, creation stories, cultural fashions, and later from science fiction, futures forecasting scenarios.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

HanesBrands Recognized for Sustainability Leadership with First 'A List' Score in CDP 2020 Climate Change Report

HanesBrands (NYSE:HBI) today announced it has earned its first “A List” recognition for leadership in corporate sustainability in the CDP 2020 Climate Change Report.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Northern Trust Recognized for Efforts to Address Climate Change With Placement on CDP "A List"

Northern Trust announced today that it has been recognized for leadership in corporate sustainability by global environmental non-profit CDP, receiving an “A” score for climate change, based on data reported through CDP’s 2020 climate change questionnaire.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Anheuser-Busch InBev Recognized by CDP for Leadership in Corporate Sustainability

We are proud to have been recognized for leadership in corporate sustainability by CDP as one of a small number of companies that achieved a double ‘A’ score for global climate and water stewardship.

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Health & Healthcare

Supporting Employee Wellness Beyond the Workplace

Gildan introduced its Saving Our Family program to help employees embrace personal growth and take hold of their lives by providing them with mental health support through counselling and other resources.

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Research, Reports & Publications

The Road to a Green Recovery

For sustainability professionals and environmental activists, the past decade has seen, arguably, the most dramatic shift in acknowledgment of our planet’s climate crisis to date.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Schneider Electric Expands Energy & Sustainability Services Operations in East Asia & Japan

Schneider Electric’s ESS helps thousands of organizations across the globe develop strategic plans, and implement projects and programs to meet their energy, sustainability and climate goals.

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Environment

CIT to Plant 50,000 Trees in Angeles National Forest

CIT and its Pasadena-based banking subsidiary CIT Bank, N.A. today announced that it will plant 50,000 trees in Angeles National Forest through a collaboration with One Tree Planted, a nonprofit organization focused on global reforestation.

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