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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment | KeyBank

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

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

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Research, Reports & Publications

Logitech Reports Carbon Reduction Progress in FY24 Impact Report

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Diversity & Inclusion

Freda Lam Zietlow, CFA Recognized as One of Women We Admire’s ‘Top 50 Women Leaders of San Francisco’ for 2023

Fiduciary Trust International, a global wealth manager and wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Templeton, proudly announces that Freda Lam Zietlow, CFA, managing director and senior portfolio manager, has been selected by Women We Admire as one of the honorees.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Oportun Unveils New App and Brand Identity

Oportun Financial Corporation has revealed its new brand identity and the launch of a new product experience. Together, they mark the seamless unification of Oportun and Digit as a single brand and app that meets Oportun’s members.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

SCS Standards Seeks Public Comment on New Recycled Content Optional Criteria for Electrical and Electronic Equipment

SCS Standards is pleased to announce that its popular SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content now includes a new annex focused on the electrical and electronics equipment sectors.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Women's History Month: Bacardi Spotlights Fearless Female Founders

Discover the HERstory of these fearless women who empowered their families and communities while paving the way for their spirits brands to one day become global icons.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

AllianceBernstein: Strength in Numbers

“I believe there is strength in numbers, and women are stronger together,” Bigley says. In her position, she ensures that AllianceBernstein, an asset management firm, maintains responsible practices and strategies.

Diversity & Inclusion

Kohler Co. #EmbracesEquity for International Women’s Day and Beyond

Over the past 150 years, Kohler Co. has been inspired by and celebrated the many women, past and present, who have impacted communities around the world.

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Diversity & Inclusion

International Women’s Day: Meet MPC Director of Finance and Administration for Latin America Antinea Reyes Galvan

Today, women and allies are coming together to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) and the many achievements made by women in our society and the workplace. It also is a time to learn and raise awareness of gender equality.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Cummins Inc. Employees Diverting Tons of Single Use PPE Waste From Landfills Each Year

In April of 2022, Columbus Mid-Range Engine Plant (CMEP) Materials Manager, Sven Creutz and Continuous Improvement Leader, Clayton Johnson, implemented a nitrile glove recycling program to divert waste from landfills.

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Diversity & Inclusion

CNH Industrial’s Women Builders on the CASE

Find out what happened when volunteers representing CNH Industrial’s brand CASE Construction Equipment joined forces with non-profit housing charity Habitat for Humanity in Racine, Wisconsin, USA.

Diversity & Inclusion

See Equal. Act Equal. Lead Equal.

The strides taken by female trailblazers, such as Else Schulze, P&G’s first female PhD hired in 1926, are part of our collective history and lead us to today where we see the impact being made by countless organizations that are deeply committed to advancing gender equality.

Diversity & Inclusion

Helping HBCU Students As They Become the Leaders of Tomorrow

Leroy Clarke speaks with pride as he describes how his student experience at Johnson C. Smith University more than two decades ago still influences his current job at Wells Fargo.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Cintas Honored with Multiple Workplace and Employment Practices Awards

Cintas Corporation has recently been honored with a host of awards that celebrate the company’s workplace environment and the support it provides for its diverse, female and military-affiliated employee-partners.

Diversity & Inclusion

Logitech Celebrates International Women’s Day

As Logitech celebrates International Women’s Day, we join the rest of the world in recognizing women’s incredible achievements around the globe, while raising awareness and encouraging organizations and people everywhere to advocate for gender equality.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

‘One Person at a Time’

Regions Bank’s celebration of Black History Month culminated in a true grand finale Monday evening, by recognizing McPherson’s commitment.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Empowering Women To Transform Their Lives and Communities

Thanks to partners like Whirlpool Corporation, together, we are making the cost of a house something women, like Jannetta, around the world can all afford and the reality of a home possible to achieve.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

MAC Cosmetics Celebrates International Women’s Day With a Call To Accelerate Equality

This International Women’s Day, M·A·C Cosmetics is joining this year’s call to accelerate equality.

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Diversity & Inclusion

What’s Next for the World of Women’s Wearables?

In recognition of Women’s History Month, we spoke with the CEO of Women of Wearables — a global advocacy group for female innovators and founders — who shared her expert insights on the promise of 5G and the growing femtech space.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Schneider Electric and Avarni Partner To Expand AI-Enabled Scope 3 Decarbonization Solutions

Collaboration enhances Schneider’s market-leading, AI-enabled software and sustainability consulting services with Avarni’s global supply chain data set and AI-driven analytics to help the companies accelerate their Scope 3 decarbonization efforts for clients.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Digitalization’s Role Advancing Our EHS&S Commitments

The value of the EHS&S Innovation Center at the Zhangjiagang Site is in the interactive solutions we are developing that show how both Team Dow and its visitors can experience safety and sustainability training with real-life simulations.

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Diversity & Inclusion

International Paper Partners With Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) Always® to #EndPeriodPoverty

Once again, International Paper (NYSE: IP) and Always® are celebrating International Women’s Day by teaming up to address period poverty – an issue facing more than 500 million women and girls globally.

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Health & Healthcare

Keeping Kids and Families Healthy and Active

Q4HE supports local, regional, and state programs to help engage under-resourced communities, providing educational programs to promote lifelong healthy behaviors.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Women in Forestry: Spotlight on Terri Hall (Florida, USA)

Few people can say they’ve been with the same company since graduating college 30+ years ago. Forester and Resource Land Manager Terri Hall is one of those people.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Inclusive Technology Supports Diverse Customers

Lenovo’s commitment to responsible and more sustainable innovation is fueled by a greater purpose to provide smarter technology for all.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

HBI, Atrium Health’s WakeECHO and Community Partner to Restore Visions to Hundreds of Hondurans

HanesBrands partnered with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Hospital, WakeECHO Global Ophthalmology and Hospital del Ojo Club de Leones Fraternidad in San Pedro Sula to perform cataract surgeries and corneal transplants.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Fifth Third Women’s BRG Celebrates International Women’s Day

The event featured a keynote address by Denisha Porter of All-In Cincinnati, a racial equity coalition working to dismantle racial inequities in five priority areas of health, housing, education, economic mobility and justice with a goal to uplift and advance Black women in Ohio.

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