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Artists rendering: Silos Apartments, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment | KeyBank

KeyBank Provides $64.7 Million of Financing for New Affordable Housing in Salt Lake City

Jul 22, 2024 1:40 PM ET

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) provided $16.6 million in low income housing tax credit equity (state and federal), a $21.3 million construction loan and $6.3 million taxable equity bridge for the construction of Silos Apartments.

Sustainable Development Goals

Paris 2024: Setting New Standards in Sustainable and Inclusive Sport Events

International Olympic Committee

Responsible Production & Consumption

Human Rights Across Hershey’s Value Chain

The Hershey Company

Research, Reports & Publications

Logitech Reports Carbon Reduction Progress in FY24 Impact Report

Logitech

Diversity & Inclusion

How Harman Celebrated Extraordinary Leaders This Women’s History Month

Mar 31, 2023 11:35 AM ET

At HARMAN, our ongoing commitment to support gender diversity in our workplace and beyond, is focused on empowering women today and into the future, and Women’s History Month gives us another opportunity to do our part in supporting female leaders of tomorrow.

Energy

Cummins and Leclanché SA to Collaborate on Lower Emission Solutions for Marine and Rail

Mar 31, 2023 10:30 AM ET

Global power and technology leader Cummins Inc. and leading provider of energy storage solutions, Leclanché S.A, have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on providing customers with a broader portfolio of integrated power solutions.

Diversity & Inclusion

Timberland Supports Communities of Color and Releases the Hip Hop Royalty Boot To Commemorate 50th Anniversary

Mar 31, 2023 10:30 AM ET

To continue Timberland’s 50th anniversary celebration and honor the communities that helped propel the brand to where it is today, Timberland will host five youth design workshops in partnership with Black-owned creative brand CNSTNT:DVLPMNT.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women in Leadership Spotlight: Christina Bryan

Mar 31, 2023 10:15 AM ET

We are thrilled to highlight one of our outstanding leaders at Common Impact: Christina Bryan, Chief of Staff to the CEO.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Katie Fitzgerald Announced as New President & CEO

Mar 31, 2023 10:00 AM ET

Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC®) Global Board of Trustees appoints Katie Fitzgerald as President and CEO, effective March 6.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Viatris Continues Support of SBP, Celebrates Restoration of 250th Home Damaged by Hurricane Maria

Mar 31, 2023 10:00 AM ET

Five years after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, disaster recovery and rebuilding nonprofit SBP Puerto Rico celebrated a major milestone in December 2022: 250 homes were rebuilt after the severe damage done by that storm.

Diversity & Inclusion

Empower by GoDaddy Celebrates America's Small Business Development Centers Day

Mar 31, 2023 10:00 AM ET

According to GoDaddy’s Venture Forward research initiative, microbusinesses play an essential role in the U.S. economy. Areas with a higher density of microbusinesses can benefit from an increase in growth of median household income and greater job creation.

Environment

We Need Chemistry to Scale the Hydrogen Economy – And Not Just the Scientific Kind

Mar 31, 2023 9:55 AM ET

As we work to build that future, we must turn to energy solutions that fuel our planet cleanly, efficiently, and perpetually – solutions like green hydrogen, which can cleanly power everything from cars to heavy industry if harnessed effectively.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Insights and Advice From Bloomberg First-Gen Professionals

Mar 31, 2023 9:30 AM ET

Access to educational and employment pathways are not always easy to come by for people in underserved communities.

Education

Pensole Lewis College and Logitech Collaborate To Revolutionize the Next Generation of Design

Mar 31, 2023 9:15 AM ET

Pensole Lewis College (PLC), the first and only HBCU (Historically Black College and University) with a focus on design, and Logitech International (SIX: LOGN) (Nasdaq: LOGI) announced today a multifaceted long-term partnership aimed at revolutionizing the next generation of desi

Events, Media & Communications

EcoVadis Network Impact Report Showcases Progress on Environmental & Social KPIs and Metrics from 40,000 Business Sustainability Ratings

Mar 31, 2023 9:00 AM ET

ESG performance insights from ratings covering $2.6 trillion in procurement spend mark acceleration of positive actions & improvement across the EcoVadis Network

Environment

U.S. Bank, First Mile Continue To Reduce Ocean-Bound Plastic, Build Communities

Mar 31, 2023 9:00 AM ET

Going the extra mile is a well-known phrase to U.S. Bank Product Manager Ted Gamble. In a 2021 project call with First Mile®, he began a journey that took him from exchanging smiles on video calls to logging miles on the running trail — with far reaching impact.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Fifth Third eBus Rolls Into Norcross, Georgia

Mar 31, 2023 8:53 AM ET

Sometimes opportunity knocks. Other times, it rolls. The Fifth Third Financial Empowerment Mobile, or eBus, rolled in Norcross, Georgia, on Wednesday, March 22, to bring financial empowerment into the Gwinnet County community.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Four Plays for Improving Your Financial Health

Mar 31, 2023 8:15 AM ET

LaRese Purnell, an author, brand ambassador for Our Money Matters, shared financial health tips and tricks with the student-athletes that can also help you win in the game of financial health.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Herbalife Nutrition Foundation Donors Raise Over $346,000 for Casa in Turkey After Devastating Earthquake, Surpassing Initial Goal

Mar 31, 2023 7:55 AM ET

On February 6, 2023, a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southeast Turkey, near the Syrian border. The earthquake sadly led to thousands of deaths, injuries, and huge destruction to buildings.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Paychex Charitable Foundation to Donate $1 Million to Mental Health America

Mar 30, 2023 4:05 PM ET

Paychex, Inc. announced that Mental Health America (MHA) will receive a $1 million grant from the Paychex Charitable Foundation to support the organization’s work raising awareness about the importance of prioritizing mental health care.

Diversity & Inclusion

New Holland Is Fostering Careers in Agriculture for Young Women Across Australia

Mar 30, 2023 4:00 PM ET

CNH Industrial brand New Holland Agriculture has proudly announced a partnership with UNIQ You – a not-for-profit increasing the proportion of women working in industries where they are currently under-represented in Australia.

Energy

Eaton and Sunverge Expand Strategic Collaboration To Help Utilities Manage Residential EV Charging Infrastructure

Mar 30, 2023 3:50 PM ET

Intelligent power management company Eaton and Sunverge announced expanded collaboration to enable dynamic utility management of home electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bread Financial, Cleveland Cavaliers Partner to Help Plant a Billion Trees

Mar 30, 2023 3:35 PM ET

Bread Financial and the Cleveland Cavaliers have partnered with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to plant more than 58,000 trees across the world.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

SkysTheLimit.org Spotlights Tiffany Shelly, Visionary Redefining the Self-Care Industry, This Women’s History Month

Mar 30, 2023 3:30 PM ET

During Women’s History Month, Sky’s the Limit is shining a light on Tiffany Shelly, a visionary entrepreneur who designed a product that revolutionizes the self-care industry and single-handedly redefines how consumers buy and shops sell self-care and beauty products.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Living Cities Grants $3.2 Million Across Six U.S. Cities to Support Wealth Building Pathways

Mar 30, 2023 3:20 PM ET

Living Cities today announced a $3.2 million grant investment across six cities -- Albuquerque, NM, Austin, TX, Memphis, TN, Minneapolis, MN, Saint Paul, MN, and Rochester, NY -- to help close racial gaps in income in wealth.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Why Your Employee Volunteer Program Engagement is Low (and How to Fix It)

Mar 30, 2023 3:15 PM ET

Improving employee volunteer program engagement starts with putting the employee experience first, prioritizing what they find important, and giving them a voice in decision-making.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

“We’re With You.” Regions Bank and the Regions Foundation Announce Storm Response

Mar 30, 2023 2:45 PM ET

Regions Bank and the Regions Foundation announced steps to support people, businesses and nonprofits following severe storms and destructive tornadoes that impacted Southern states beginning Friday, March 24 and lasting into the following week.

Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainability: Rescue From Buzzword Territory

Mar 30, 2023 2:40 PM ET

If you were to give a sustainability report to the technology industry, what grade would you give?

Sustainable Development Goals

TCS Infographic: Technology Takes Us from Farm to Fork to Feed More People

Mar 30, 2023 2:30 PM ET

As the world encounters new challenges, from climate change to disruption of supply chains, we face an age-old question: how do we feed the world in a sustainable and healthy way?

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Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

The vision of Paris 2024Paris 2024 will see a new vision of Olympism in action, delivered in a unique spirit of international celebration.We will...
AEG Celebrates Diversity and Inclusion

AEG embraces the diversity of the communities where we do business and appreciates our differences in ethnicity, gender, gender identity, age...
Key Supports Affordable Housing

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment helps fulfill Key’s purpose to help clients and communities thrive by financing projects that...
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