ESG News from Leading Brands

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Savings Group

Diversity & Inclusion | CARE

Transforming Daily Lives Through Digital Savings

In Sierra Leone, small savings groups have a long history of supporting farmers and marginalized communities, especially women. In short, saving groups have transformed lives, offering financial support and fostering community resilience.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Aflac Incorporated Marks First Appearance on 2020 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index

Aflac Incorporated today announced that it is one of 325 companies across 50 industries included in the 2020 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index. This is the first year that Aflac participated in the survey to become part of this prestigious index.

Media & Communications

BlackRock’s CEO’s 2020 Letter to Corporate CEOs – Explaining the World’s Largest Asset Manager’s Perspectives and Actions on the Global Climate Change Crisis

The big news this week for sustainability professionals: The publication of the much-anticipated annual letter to corporate chief executive officers by Larry Fink, Chair and CEO of BlackRock -- the world’s largest asset manager.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Scotiabank included in 2020 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index

Scotiabank, a leading bank in the Americas, today announced that it has been included in the 2020 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI), which recognizes companies committed to transparency in gender reporting and gender equality in the workforce

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Moody’s Named to 2020 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for First Time

Moody’s Corporation (NYSE: MCO) today announced that it has been named to the 2020 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for the first time.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Your Guide to Giving Back Through Pro Bono

Team up with nonprofits to make our world a better, kinder place in 2020! Make a difference volunteering your time and professional skills to nonprofits in need.

Education

T. Rowe Price Relaunches Money Confident Kids Website With Five-step Program

T. Rowe Price has relaunched its Money Confident Kids® program, a financial education program teaching basic financial concepts to middle school-age children, as a new five-step program with a refreshed website.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CIT Earns Top HRC Corporate Equality Index Score and Named a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality

CIT today announced it received a score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2020 CEI, the nation’s premier benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

General Mills Employees Help Raise Over $263,000 in 2020 Let’s Kick Hunger Day Radiothon

General Mills was proud to sponsor and participate in the 2020 Let’s Kick Hunger Day Radiothon to support Second Harvest Heartland. Just over $263,000 was raised to help provide meals to those in need in Minnesota and Western Wisconsin.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Qualcomm Wireless Reach Program Nominated for United Nations’ Prestigious WSIS Prizes 2020

We are excited to share that our Wireless Reach program in Senegal was nominated for the United Nations' prestigious World Summit on the Information Society Process Prizes award.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Bolstering Supply Chain Diversity

Recently, we announced a partnership with Certify My Company to assist self-classified suppliers in obtaining third-party diversity certifications.

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Events, Media & Communications

Ethical, Bold, Innovative: Nominations Open for 2020 Responsible CEO of the Year Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award

Being bold, being innovative, being ethical: Either one of these attributes, let alone all three of them, would be ideal to have in a leader.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Taking Action to Make a Global Impact

Following the devastating wildfires in Australia & powerful earthquakes that shook Puerto Rico last week, we're taking action to make a global impact through our international partnerships as well as nonprofit organizations Afya Foundation and ADRA

Black & Veatch

Research, Reports & Publications

Communication Networks Are Key to Delivering the Grid of the Future

Black & Veatch’s 2020 Strategic Directions: Smart Utilities Report analyzes how major trends are reshaping the grid of the future. From two-way power flows to DER, utilities are working to ensure a more sustainable, reliable and resilient future.

Events, Media & Communications

Join the Live Watch Party for “The Promise of Biomimicry” Premiering January 23

Tune in on January 23 to get a firsthand perspective of how the Biomimicry Institute is pioneering an open-access platform for nature-inspired design.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ingersoll Rand Named One of the World’s Most Admired Companies by FORTUNE

Ingersoll-Rand plc (NYSE:IR), a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments, has been named one of the “World’s Most Admired Companies” by Fortune for the eighth consecutive year.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Embracing the Value of All at DOW

At Dow, our employees are the very source and catalyst for Dow's innovation, value creation and sustainability. We are committed to fostering an environment where every individual is included and contributing their personal best.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

An eBay for Charity Story: More Than Just a Second Chance

eBay for Charity is celebrating $1 billion raised in support of charities like Goodwill San Francisco. By selling on the eBay for Charity platform, charities like Goodwill are able to donate 100 percent of every sale to furthering their mission.

Black & Veatch

Research, Reports & Publications

Black & Veatch: Reliability, Efficiency and Resiliency Drive Utilities’ Grid Modernization Efforts

Data is poised to tell the story of #utility systems, but are we ready to listen? Black & Veatch's 2020 Strategic Directions: Smart Utilities Report explores challenges & opportunities facing utilities as they build the promised grid of the future

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Blackbaud Employees are Committed to Being Change Agents for Social Good

Blackbaud attracts people with world-class talent and a deep, personal connection to their jobs, and are provided many opportunities to increase their satisfaction at work.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ecolab Named to Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index

Ecolab Inc., the global leader in water, food safety and public health technologies and services, has been named to Bloomberg’s 2020 Gender-Equality Index (GEI).

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Harnessing Algorithms for Healthier Hearts: The Booz Allen/Kaggle Data Science Bowl

Each year, Booz Allen partners with Kaggle to challenge people across the globe to use their passion, grit, and curiosity to change the world in areas from ocean health to lung cancer detection to biomedical research.

Sustainable Development Goals

Thriving, Sustainably - Q&A With GM's Mary Barra and Dane Parker

Our vision at General Motors is to create a world with zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion. We know it won’t happen overnight, but given the upside of that future, we are pursuing our vision as aggressively as we can.

Research, Reports & Publications

New Year's Resolutions for a Clean Energy Future

No matter which way you commit to cleaner air or energy-efficiency this year, every little bit counts. A clean energy future is attainable when we all work together to achieve it.

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Events, Media & Communications

Join Our Free Webinar on Purpose – Driven Communications With Clariant, Pernod-Ricard, Merck and OP Financial Group

The issues businesses face, and in turn need to communicate, are vast and complex. There’s increasing pressure for business to communicate its actions, vision and impact in a way simplified manner that engages key audiences whilst demonstrating integrity and leadership

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comerica Honors MLK Day Volunteering in Michigan

Make it a day on, not a day off. That’s the goal of the Corporation for National and Community Service in honoring Dr. Martin Luther King.

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