ESG News from Leading Brands

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Events, Media & Communications | Wildlife Habitat Council

New White Paper Highlights Air and Water Quality Conservation Efforts

WHC (Wildlife Habitat Council) offers a new white paper available for download today, Protecting Earth’s Most Valuable Resources | Conservation Activities to Benefit Water and Air Quality.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Uniting to Restore Glad Plant Operations After Arkansas Tornado

The Clorox Company

Environment

Partnering for a Cleaner Port of Long Beach

Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Diversity & Inclusion

Medtronic Recognized for Disability Inclusion in U.S., U.K.

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Green Infrastructure

West Branch Local School District To Complete Energy-Saving Upgrades for a More Resilient and Sustainable Future

Trane® – by Trane Technologies has collaborated with the West Branch Local School District in Beloit, Ohio to develop and implement each of the energy savings measures.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Motorola Solutions Foundation Announces Another Exceptional Year of Impact

The Motorola Solutions Foundation, the charitable and philanthropic arm of Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI), today announced its year-end results for 2023.

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Research, Reports & Publications

CECP Study on the “S” in ESG Shows Connection Between a Company’s Positive Business Performance and Its Commitment to Purpose

Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose© (CECP), in collaboration with the CECP Global Exchange, released the Global Impact at Scale: The S in ESG.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Build. Give. Invest: A New Framework That’s Worth the Risk

I can sum up most of the teaching I’ve encountered about Christian finances in two words: make and give.

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Energy

Delmarva Power Advocates for Continued Energy Assistance Funding and Reminds Customers To Act Now To Secure Support

February 7th was Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Action Day and Delmarva Power employees were on Capitol Hill to meet with representatives and advocates for policies that protect funding for LIHEAP and support vulnerable households in Delaware and Maryland.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Forming Strategic Alliances

“You’re better than that.” The sentence rang louder than any classroom bell John Martin heard his tenth-grade year.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Driving Hope: Operation Warm and Subaru® Team Up To Make an Impact

During their Subaru Loves to Help® month, from January 15 through the end of February, our collaboration with Subaru will help serve over 150,000 children living in urgent need.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Electrification 101: Ensuring Equitable EV Charging Access

RMI’s Electrification 101 series explores the challenges and opportunities that a rapidly electrifying transportation sector presents for the power grid, offering solutions to support proactive grid planning for oncoming EV charging needs. Find the other articles in the series be

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Education

2024 Executive Predictions: Navigating the Tech Talent Gap

Keysight is committed to nurturing tomorrow’s innovators and helping students to lean into their curiosity and love of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and make that passion into a career.

Research, Reports & Publications

Electric Vehicle Trends and Challenges for Industrial Real Estate

EVs are now more popular than ever, with significant growth still ahead. There are over 3 million EVs on U.S. roads today and 26 million are projected by 2030, according to the Edison Electric Institute (EEI).

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Rumpke and Eastman Join Forces To Expand Recycling of PET Waste

Leading North American recycler, Rumpke Waste & Recycling (Rumpke) and molecular recycling pioneer Eastman, announced a groundbreaking partnership to help address the global plastic waste crisis.

Education

Fifty-One Youth Leaders Selected To Represent All 50 States As Stem Learning Ambassadors

STEM Next Opportunity Fund’s Million Girls Moonshot initiative announced its third cohort of the Flight Crew - a youth ambassador program that is advancing equity for girls in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Latino Network Hosts Fundraiser and Receives $300,000 Grant From KeyBank

Latino Network hosted a Gather for Good fundraiser on Thursday, February 8th in downtown Portland and received a $300,000 grant from KeyBank to support its Escalera (11th and 12th grades) and Fuerza (post-secondary) programs.

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Events, Media & Communications

Fifth Third Bank Loan Opens Doors for Cinnaire’s Community Development Work in Illinois, Michigan

Cinnaire Lending Corporation (CLC), a certified Community Development Financial Institution has been awarded a $5 million Equity Equivalent investment, or EQ2, from Fifth Third Bank.

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Energy

National Grid Provides More Than $1 Million in Incentives to Gore Mountain for Energy Efficient Snow-Making Equipment

Making sure the slopes have enough snow on them for the thousands who come to ski and snowboard each season at Gore Mountain is critical to the resort’s success.

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Innovation & Technology

Five Predictions for Food and Agtech in 2024

I spoke to over a dozen top food and agtech experts, entrepreneurs and investors about their predictions for the food and agtech market in 2024. I asked, What food tech trends are you most bullish on for 2024? 

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Breweries are Working to Make Super Bowl Sunday Greener

Breweries across the United States are stepping up to help fight climate change, and Super Bowl weekend is no different.

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Events, Media & Communications

$7M: How the Cost of a Super Bowl Ad Could Transform Lives

Seven million dollars can do a world of good, especially when those funds are put to work by nonprofit organizations. The same amount of money can also put a talking cat or a low-carb beer in front of hundreds of millions of viewers in between touchdowns — for just 30 seconds.

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Events, Media & Communications

CNH Brands Shine at the Coopavel Rural Show

Case IH, a brand of CNH, recently attended the Coopavel Rural Show. Held from February 5 to 9 in Cascavel, West of Paraná, the fair celebrated its 36th edition where Case IH presented a portfolio designed for the needs of the Paraná farmer.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Dow Achieves 23rd Year on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index

Dow (NYSE: DOW) announced that it has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI) by S&P Dow Jones Indices, the world's leading index provider focused on providing essential sustainability intelligence.

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Events, Media & Communications

Bath & Body Works Hosts the "Amazing Shake"

Picture this: 12 students ages 11 to 14 are given an assignment. In less than 24 hours, fly to New York City and present a unique idea to the product experts at one of the world’s leading personal care and home fragrance brands.

Education

Lift Zones: Empowering Communities by Bridging the Digital Divide

The global pandemic in 2020 changed the way we work, learn, and communicate. Among the biggest shifts were mandatory remote learning and work-from-home policies that called attention to the persistence of the digital divide.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Baker Tilly Supports Emerging Affordable Housing Developer in Gaining Industry Access and Knowledge To Scale Development Projects

As an emerging developer in the affordable housing industry, KG Development Group needed help conceptualizing, organizing and applying for funding sources to close its deals.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Athian and Elanco Animal Health Team Up to Transform Food Production through Methane Reduction

Athian (athian.ai) announced the establishment of the first-of-its-kind voluntary livestock carbon insetting marketplace, with the first accepted protocol aimed at reducing enteric methane emissions and improving feed utilization by using innovative feed management products from

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Home Depot Named on Fortune’s 2024 Most Admired Companies List, Ranking #1 in Specialty Retail for the Second Year

The Home Depot is proud to be recognized on Fortune’s 2024 Most Admired Companies List. The company ranked #1 in the specialty retail category for the second year in row and #19 overall, moving up one spot from the previous year.

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