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Diversity & Inclusion

Women Making History: 5 Women Who Got Us to 5G

Mar 26, 2021 11:00 AM ET

As Women's History Month comes to a close, we look at the work five females have done for a promising future of 5G ahead.

Environment

Mohawk Group's Waterways Project Begins National Tour, Moving Design Forward Through Health and Wellbeing

Mar 26, 2021 10:35 AM ET

Mohawk Group announces the launch of its Waterways Project, a luxury mobile showcase featuring new products and innovations from Mohawk Group and Durkan.

Diversity & Inclusion

Compassion as a Management Tool in the Future of Work

Mar 26, 2021 10:15 AM ET

The COVID pandemic has affected us all, but not equally. Several studies emerging show more women have been economically impacted in the last year than we could have imagined.

Research, Reports & Publications

bp Publishes 2020 Sustainability Report: Reimagining Energy for People and Our Planet

Mar 26, 2021 10:00 AM ET

Today bp shares further detail on the sustainability frame underpinning its new strategy and introduces 10 new aims focused on improving people’s lives and caring for our planet. Read more in the 2020 sustainability report.

Diversity & Inclusion

Pro Bono + Inclusive Leadership: Cultural Intelligence

Mar 26, 2021 9:00 AM ET

See how pro bono builds cultural intelligence, one of Deloitte's Six Traits of Inclusive Leadership, in this profile from Pro Bono + Inclusive Leadership.

Events, Media & Communications

Tetra Tech's 2021 Spring Solid Waste Webinar Series

Mar 26, 2021 9:00 AM ET

Tetra Tech continues its 2021 Solid Waste Solutions Webinar Series this spring with a new line-up of great topics focused on emerging technologies and developments in the waste industry.

Green Infrastructure

The First Filling Station to Supply Bio-LNG and Bio-CNG in Northwest Italy Comes Online

Mar 25, 2021 5:00 PM ET

The collaboration between IVECO, a commercial vehicles brand of CNH Industrial N.V., ENGIE, and VULCANGAS has reached an important milestone, just a year after the inauguration of the filling station near IVECO’s global headquarters in Turin, Italy.

Green Infrastructure

Tenebris Fiber, Diode Ventures and JLC Infrastructure Begin Development on Dark Fiber Route in Northern Virginia

Mar 25, 2021 4:35 PM ET

Tenebris Fiber, a dark fiber provider in Virginia, has partnered with JLC Infrastructure (JLC), an infrastructure investor and asset management firm, and Diode Ventures, a global turnkey asset development company, to advance the development...

Environment

Janet, 11, in Zambia Celebrated World Water Day in the Best Way - with Clean Water

Mar 25, 2021 4:15 PM ET

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Schneider Electric Supports Each Ambition of the Biden-Harris Climate Plan

Mar 25, 2021 4:00 PM ET

Innovation & Technology

Personal Safety Is Not Only About Being Prepared. It's About Being Connected.

Mar 25, 2021 4:00 PM ET

During COVID, Wearsafe provided individuals the ability to stay connected with their loved ones when it was unsafe for them to be together.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Herbalife Nutrition and the Herbalife Nutrition Foundation Partner With the Asociacion Mexicana De Bancos De Alimentos to Help Eradicate Hunger and Provide Nutritious Food to Those in Need

Mar 25, 2021 3:30 PM ET

Herbalife Nutrition and The Herbalife Nutrition Foundation have formed a new partnership with the Asociacion Mexicana de Bancos de Alimentos (“BAMX”).

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bacardí® Legacy Cocktail Competition To Fund Creative Project Ideas via ‘El Coco’ Bartender Grants

Mar 25, 2021 3:15 PM ET

The grant will fund each competitor’s time to devise and develop a project or enterprise that supports the industry’s recovery, following the huge impact that the pandemic has had across the bartending world.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bacardí® Legacy Cocktail Competition Fondeará Proyectos Creativos a Través de ‘El Coco Grant’, Una Beca Para Bartenders

Mar 25, 2021 3:15 PM ET

La subvención financiará el tiempo de cada competidor para diseñar y desarrollar un proyecto o empresa que apoye la recuperación de la industria, luego del enorme impacto que la pandemia ha tenido en el mundo de la coctelería.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Alexion Achieves The KeepWell Mark For a Second Time!

Mar 25, 2021 3:00 PM ET

For the second time, Alexion received the Irish Business Employers Confederation’s (Ibec) KeepWell Mark™. Ibec is an evidence-based workplace wellbeing accreditation awarded to companies who successfully meet the standards of the framework.

Innovation & Technology

T‑Mobile Completes STIR/SHAKEN with ALL Major Carriers to Help Protect Customers from Scams and Spam

Mar 25, 2021 2:35 PM ET

T-Mobile is the first US wireless provider to work with all other major networks to implement STIR/SHAKEN to fight number spoofing and further protect customers from scammers.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women's Leadership and COVID-19: Spotlight on Shyama Ghosh

Mar 25, 2021 2:35 PM ET

Throughout March we’re profiling Clarivate women leaders, researchers and scientists. We’re proud of the powerful role that women at Clarivate have played in addressing COVID-19 and creating a more equitable STEM field post-pandemic.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Transforming Business for Resilience

Mar 25, 2021 2:30 PM ET

Christine Diamente, Managing Director of Business Transformation at BSR, shares three insights on how business can be more resilient.

Events, Media & Communications

Changing Our World and ONE HUNDRED Launch Forging Forward Virtual Summit

Mar 25, 2021 2:30 PM ET

As part of Changing Our World and ONE HUNDRED’s ongoing commitment to empower the nonprofit and corporate purpose communities to accomplish more through collaboration, April 14 – 16 the agencies will welcome prominent leaders from across the healthcare, higher education, technology, foundation, nonprofit and corporate spheres to the Forging Forward Virtual Summit.

Environment

Duke Energy Foundation Gives $100,000 to New 'Story of Florida Water' Exhibit at Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville

Mar 25, 2021 2:15 PM ET

Duke Energy Foundation Gives $100,000 as the Florida Museum of Natural History looks to the past, present and future as it tells “The Story of Florida Water.”

Environment

Paris 2024 Commits to Staging Climate-Positive Olympic and Paralympic Games

Mar 25, 2021 2:15 PM ET

The Paris 2024 Board of Directors has approved the Games’ climate strategy, which commits Paris 2024 to organising the world’s first Olympic and Paralympic Games with a positive contribution to the climate.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

'To Fight Poverty, We Must Have Civil Legal Aid'

Mar 25, 2021 2:05 PM ET

“Our lawyers and advocates know firsthand how housing, or a lack thereof, impacts every facet of a person’s life — from a child’s education, to access to fresh food, to the necessity of safety and shelter.”
— Steve Gottlieb, executive director of Atlanta Legal Aid Society

Diversity & Inclusion

United Airlines: A Shared History

Mar 25, 2021 1:45 PM ET

As we take time to reflect this month on the robust accomplishments of the Black community, we are also reminded of how far our country still needs to go.

Environment

7 Steps to Develop and Implement an ESG Strategy

Mar 25, 2021 1:30 PM ET

Now more than ever, investors, employees, and customers are shining a bright light on companies’ ESG strategies, practices, and performance when deciding where and with whom to partner with or invest in. Will your ESG plan pass the test?

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

New and Revised Human Rights Standards to be Explored

Mar 25, 2021 1:30 PM ET

A survey has launched to seek views on the priority human rights issues that could be included in future in revised or new GRI Standards.