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

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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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Environment

Georgia’s Changing Carbon Footprint

Georgia’s overall greenhouse gas emissions are declining, experts and researchers from the Drawdown Georgia Research Team announced. Most emission reductions come from the use of cleaner fuels to generate electricity in the state

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Franklin Templeton Employee Volunteers Assemble Meals Bags, Sort Clothes, Teach Students and Walk Pets for Charity

On March 30, Baltimore volunteered at Junior Achievement’s Finance Park where students had the opportunity to explore their personal financial futures first-hand.

Environment

Turning Ambition Into Bold Action and Impact

Trane Technologies has clear ambitions to reduce our customers’ carbon footprint by one gigaton; to lead by example in the way we approach carbon, waste, water and energy in our own operations; and to create opportunity for all by removing barriers.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Girls in ICT Day: Preparing the Next Generation for a Digital and Low-Carbon Economy

At Cisco, we want the future to be sustainable, inclusive, and resilient. To prepare for this future, the global workforce is transitioning to jobs that will focus on finding innovative solutions to some of our biggest challenges, including climate change.

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Health & Healthcare

Healthier Lives’s Co-Chairs Carrefour and Danone Create Appetite for Flexitarian Diets With “Le Meilleur Du Végétal”

Collaboration kicks-off between major french retailers and manufactuers to nudge consumers towards healthier and more sustainable diets

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Environment

IP and NFWF Celebrate the Role of Sustainable Forest Management in Conserving Habitat for the Swallow-Tailed Kite and Other Feathered Friends

To mark World Migratory Bird Day, International Paper (IP) and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) are celebrating how sustainable forestry provides critical habitat for birds and at the same time, delivers a sustainable, renewable source of fiber for paper products.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Community Rallies Together To Rebuild Playground Destroyed by Fire

Nearly two years after a fire destroyed the playground at Admiral Kidd Park in Long Beach, California, community leaders and partners, including representatives from Marathon Petroleum’s Los Angeles refinery in nearby Wilmington, came together at the site to break ground.

Innovation & Technology

Humans in the Loop: AI & Machine Learning in the Bloomberg Terminal

The Bloomberg Terminal provides access to more than 35 million financial instruments across all asset classes. That’s a lot of data, and to make it useful, AI and machine learning (ML) are playing an increasingly central role in the Terminal’s ongoing evolution.

Innovation & Technology

Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator Announces 2023 Channel Partner Strategic Awards to Catalyze Innovation and Inclusion

N² distributed $970,000 among seven winners to fund innovative and impactful projects that are intended to strengthen and diversify the cleantech and agtech ecosystems.

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Environment

Media Advisory: Business Leaders To Call on Congress To Invest in America and Accelerate the Just Transition to an Advanced Clean Economy

C-Suite executives and investors to hold a virtual roundtable and media briefing with key congressional lawmakers at LEAD on a Clean Economy 2030.

Education

Testimony of Lydia Logan, Vice President, Global Education and Workforce Development, Corporate Social Responsibility, IBM

In our experience and research, IBM has found that time and money are two of the greatest barriers for workers as well as businesses looking to create new skills programs.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Applied Materials Recognized as EPA Green Power Top Partner

Applied Materials is excited to be recognized by the U.S. EPA Green Power Partnership program as #16 in the Top 30 Tech & Telecom, #32 in the Fortune 500® Partners List, and #56 in the National Top 100.

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Energy

Hot Functional Testing Completed for Vogtle Nuclear Unit 4

Georgia Power today announced the completion of hot functional testing for Unit 4 at the Vogtle nuclear expansion project near Waynesboro, Ga.

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Environment

Financing Authentic Climate Action: Banking on Integrity, Innovation, and Impact

Climate action requires integrity, innovation, and, most importantly, financing. This raises two questions: firstly, what mechanisms do we have for companies to fund climate action, especially in the window until 2030? And secondly, how can we ensure that the finance is producing

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Health & Healthcare

Healthy Buildings Becoming the New Normal in Real Estate

Earlier this year, Tanger announced it achieved the International WELL Building Institute’s (IWBI) WELL Health-Safety Rating for its 36 North American shopping centers and its corporate headquarters.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bread Financial Included on Newsweek’s Most Trustworthy Companies in America 2023 List

Committed to operating responsibility based on the highest standards of ethics and integrity, Bread Financial today announced that it has been included on Newsweek’s Most Trustworthy Companies in America 2023 list.

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Diversity & Inclusion

GoDaddy Small Biz Weekly, Vol. 01: Jane Malone of Cursed Drawings

We’re celebrating National Small Business Week 2023 by championing small business owners who are making an impact with our tools and support. Here’s our first editorial celebrating Jane Malone.

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Education

The Taco Bell Foundation Serves Up $10 Million In Live Más Scholarships To Educate, Inspire, And Connect Future Leaders

The Taco Bell Foundation is breaking down barriers to education for young people pursuing their passions, in a record-breaking year for applications and awards.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

AEG’s LA Kings Partners With Melissa’s Produce and SuperFd To Recognize Local Educators and Nurses During National Teacher Appreciation Week and National Nurses Week

In celebration of National Teacher Appreciation Week, May 8 – 12, 2023, and National Nurses Week, May 6 – 12, 2023, the LA Kings teamed up with Melissa’s Produce and SuperFd to show their gratitude to Los Angeles-based teachers and nurses by delivering fresh food and gifts.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Florida Company Gives Multiple Lives To Logging “Leftovers”

The logging company owners use leftover pine shavings in more ways than one to provide a circular business model that benefits their bottom line, the horse community and the earth.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

U.S. Bank Celebrates the Small Business Community

Melanie Cedargren, founder of The Spicy Olive in Ohio, brought her passion for the freshest and finest olive oils and balsamic vinaigrettes to life when she opened her first shop in 2012. She has since expanded to three locations and now offers wine tastings and cooking classes.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Understanding Stakeholders for Better Governance

Matthew Sekol, ESG and sustainability advocate at Microsoft, joins Mandi McReynolds on the latest episode of ESG Talk. Sekol explains why he believes understanding stakeholders is a critical component of the “G” and why governance is too often overlooked in the world of ESG.

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Education

Coach Foundation Hosts Dream It Real Scholars From Pensole Lewis College

As part of the Dream It Real program, the Coach Foundation and Tapestry proudly partnered with Pensole Lewis College to create a 6-week custom design course with a focus on sustainability, supporting the development of nine young creatives.

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Events, Media & Communications

Kimberly-Clark’s Alison Lewis Featured on CMO Podcast: 'Inspiring Others to Be Better Leaders Is the Greatest Legacy'

Alison Lewis, Kimberly-Clark’s chief growth officer, was a recent guest alongside Pree Rao, the global co-head of Egon Zehnder’s marketing and sales practice, on the CMO Podcast with Jim Stengel.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Announcing the 2023 Corporate Goodness Award Winners

Congratulations to the winners of Benevity's Corporate Goodness Awards, celebrating the inclusive & creative ways brands make a difference through giving, volunteering & community investment.

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