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.

Medtronic

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Diversity & Inclusion

Taking an Innovative Approach to Recruiting and Retaining Black Leadership Talent

At Cisco, I’m able to combine my passion for this process—and for making it as inclusive as possible—with the Social Justice Actions we launched in 2020.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Bath & Body Works Appoints Maurice Cooper as Chief Customer Officer

Bath & Body Works, Inc. (NYSE: BBWI) today announced the appointment of Maurice Cooper as chief customer officer, effective May 22, 2023.

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Diversity & Inclusion

U.S. Bank Climbs to No. 11 on the DiversityInc Top 50 List

U.S. Bank continues to demonstrate its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, providing career advancement opportunities for current and future team members, investing in communities, and supporting initiatives that enable diverse business owners to achieve their purpose.

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Diversity & Inclusion

KeyBank Names Carla Frost Corporate Responsibility Officer in Western Pennsylvania

KeyBank announced Carla Frost has been named Corporate Responsibility Officer for its Western Pennsylvania market. Among other responsibilities, she is part of the enterprise-wide corporate responsibility team that oversees KeyBank’s philanthropic budget and investment strategies

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Tourism Destinations Begin Transition to a Greener Economy

Many Hotels are taking a “holistic approach” to reduce costs and enhance value for companies, destinations & guests. Hotels will measure and manage the impacts of tourism: water use, waste, emissions, and impacts on biodiversity; while delivering protection of human rights, etc

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Environment

Building a Gateway to Community Through Design

Designed by HGA, the Westwood Hills Nature Center, located in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, won the architecture industry’s highest honor for sustainable design. Explore how the Net Zero Energy / Net Zero Positive Center creates a gateway to the community.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Benevity Reveals Top Five Trends Shaping the Future of Corporate Purpose

Benevity's 2023 State of Corporate Purpose report uncovers the trends shaping the future of CSR in the workplace.

Environment

Georgia-Pacific's David Brabham

David Brabham, Georgia-Pacific’s director of stewardship strategy, has been concerned with environmental stewardship since he was just a little boy – and he can prove it.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Ceres Releases New Report To Help Private Equity Investors Measure and Report Portfolio Emissions

For the global economy to reduce emissions in half by 2030, as scientists say is necessary to avert irreversible climate catastrophe, it cannot be only publicly traded companies that decarbonize.

Education

How VMware and Howard University Are Teaming Up To Prepare the Next Generation of Technology Leaders

In 2020 VMware teamed up with Howard University to expose students to VMware’s Telecommunications technology and the Telco industry at large.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Gilead Emphasizes Unique Ways To Hire Top Talent

When Jamari Brooks was looking for a new job last fall, he knew he wanted his future employer to have a few key qualities.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

McDonald’s Partners With the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research

Organizations like FFAR provide critical support for public-private partnerships that are investing in regenerative agriculture and building more sustainable supply chains.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Pathway To Premier: Entergy’s Corporate Citizenship

Entergy's 2022 Integrated Report focuses on a number of key sustainability and ESG initiatives, including our sustainability strategy. Read on for an overview of Entergy's approach to sustainability and view our full report at integratedreport.entergy.com.

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Events, Media & Communications

You're Invited! Sustainability Summit (July 13 - 14, New York, NY)

Roughly half of CEOs globally say climate change is already having a significant impact on their business or will in the next 1-5 years. Moreover, CEOs identify the greatest climate change-related threats to business operations as higher costs related to energy and regulation.

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Events, Media & Communications

5 Points of Light Conference 2023 Sessions That Will Keep Your Social Impact Work on Trend

The Points of Light Conference is a gathering for social impact professionals who are passionate about civic engagement. It empowers nonprofit, government, business and civic leaders to make a bold impact in their communities, providing the resources and inspiration to do so.

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Environment

International Paper VP and CSO Sophie Beckham Named to the American Forest Foundation Board of Trustees

The American Forest Foundation (AFF), a conservation organization that empowers family forest owners to improve forest health and fight climate change, announced that it has appointed three new members to its board of trustees

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Research, Reports & Publications

CooperCompanies Publishes 2022 Environmental, Social, and Governance Report, Shares Progress on Creating Value for Stakeholders

CooperCompanies (“Cooper”) (NYSE: COO) today released its 2022 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report. It highlights the company’s progress on social and environmental issues most important to its businesses and stakeholders.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Bath & Body Works Issues ESG Report

Our first-ever Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report marks an especially exciting milestone as we transparently share our progress and approach with our stakeholders.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

CASE Dealer Supports Team Rubicon Disaster Relief Efforts in Selma, Alabama

Tidewater Equipment, a CASE Construction Equipment dealer in the Southeastern United States, has donated equipment and support for Team Rubicon's recent tornado disaster response and recovery efforts in Selma, Alabama.

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Education

Students See Ocean Life Up Close Through Augmented Reality

The first time Carlos Abreu designed his own virtual fish, it was too skinny and too small to survive in its environment; the fish quickly perished from starvation.

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Innovation & Technology

Innovation and Product Sustainability at Covia

At Covia, our commitment to ESG helps us meet the various needs of our stakeholders through innovation built on valued partnerships.

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Environment

Consumers Care About Sustainability: Mastercard Shows How Business Can Respond

Mastercard is among the leading businesses pushing for a more environmentally sustainable future — and as far as the company is concerned, the momentum for these efforts is coming directly from consumers.

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Energy

Southern Company To Co-Chair Diversity-Focused Clean Tech Energy Innovation Fund

Elevate is focused on driving diversity in the energy ecosystem by providing capital to underrepresented founders of clean technology companies and supporting diversity and minority-owned businesses in the associated supply chain.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Schroeder Is CRB’s New CEO, Kitchell Named COO

"There is no one better positioned to further raise CRB’s leadership position in the marketplace while simultaneously nurturing and advancing our coveted culture."

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Research, Reports & Publications

FedEx Publishes 2023 ESG Report

At FedEx, we use data to measure our progress and inform how we continue to transform and connect the world in responsible and resourceful ways into the future.

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