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Innovation & Technology | U.S. Soy

New Documentary Sheds Light on the Surprising Scope of Soy’s Sustainability Benefits

From food to fuel to plastic, soy is making the Earth more sustainable in thousands of surprising ways. In the years ahead, it might even do the same on Mars.
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Diversity & Inclusion

Valuing Privacy and Inclusion in Software Design

Cisco strives to design and build technology in ways that respect human rights, promote inclusion, and protect privacy and security—so that everyone can benefit from a more connected world.

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Environment

Bacardi Plants a Tree for Every Employee To Celebrate 161st Anniversary With a Gift to the Planet

The world’s largest privately held spirits company will plant one tree for every employee to support biodiversity, help local communities, and capture a combined 2.5M kg of CO2 during the trees’ lifetime.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Kimberly-Clark's Robert Long: Nurturing Others Is the Best Investment

We recently spoke with Robert Long, Kimberly-Clark's chief R&D officer, about leadership lessons learned from his childhood, the importance of seizing opportunities and investing in others, and the legacy he wants to leave.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Trane Technologies Named to FORTUNE Magazine World’s Most Admired Companies List for Eleventh Consecutive Year

FORTUNE magazine has named Trane Technologies to its World’s Most Admired Companies list for the eleventh consecutive year.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Subaru Helps Those in Need With Milestone Donation Totals of Over 500,000 Pairs of Socks and 100,000 Blankets

Subaru of America, Inc. today announced the automaker and its retailers will provide a sock donation to homeless shelters across the country as part of the annual Subaru Loves to Help initiative.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Aramark Publishes Annual ESG Progress Report: Company’s Be Well. Do Well. Platform Provides Update on Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance Performance

Aramark (NYSE: ARMK), the provider of food, facilities, and uniform services to millions of people in 19 countries around the world, today released its 2022 Be Well. Do Well. Progress Report

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Environment

IAPMO Publishes Children’s Coloring Book “My Mom Is A Plumbing Superhero”

“My Mom Is A Plumbing Superhero” is the first children’s book focused exclusively on women plumbers.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Installnet Launches Brand Refresh Reflecting Purpose and Mission

With a growing roster of Fortune 1000 clients, commercial furniture solutions company Installnet today announces its brand refresh to better reflect its purpose and mission demonstrated through the company’s new offerings and development.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

1 Week To Go! Register Now – Transitioning to a Circular Economy Webinar Series

Our current take-make-waste linear economy is fuelling volatility in the price and supply of key resources, as well as posing a range of operational, legal, and environmental risks for businesses.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Podcast: Scale Your Business and Impact

In this episode of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s Drivers of Change podcast, host Lee Green speaks to NY Times best-selling author, and CEO of We First, Simon Mainwaring on how to scale your purpose-driven business and drive greater impact.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Betterment Harvest Becomes Gold Member in Texas Tech University's Center for Advancing Sustainable and Distributed Fertilizer Production (CASFER)

Betterment Harvest becomes gold member of CASFER who is developing an innovative approach to recycling nitrogen-based fertilizers used in farming.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FOODWORKS, Under the Compass Group USA, Partners With Subaru To Support Camden, New Jersey Businesses Through the Ignite Program

FOODWORKS is proud to partner with Subaru of America, Inc. to donate $20,000 of the IGNITE Program to help support small businesses throughout their hometown of Camden, N.J.

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Education

CNH Industrial and Lavazza Imagine a New Era of Coffee Harvesting

CNH Industrial and Lavazza have challenged students to imagine the coffee harvesters of the future.

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Health & Healthcare

How Is the Brain Affected by Alcohol?

Some people kick off the new year by abstaining from alcohol with Dry January. However, rethinking drinking is no small feat.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Companies Take Action on Diversity and Inclusion in Bloomberg’s 2023 Gender-Equality Index

Today, Bloomberg announced that 484 companies are included in the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI).

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Are You Mindful When Unwrapping a Bar of Chocolate?

With the deadly combination of plastic pollution remaining a major environmental hazard and sales of chocolate predicted to grow by 13 per cent within the next five years to reach £6.66bn, confectionary producers are finally eliminating unsustainable packaging.

Innovation & Technology

Five Ways Digitalization Can Help Build Global Resilience in 2023

Ericsson was founded on the premise that communication is a basic human need. Yet, today’s biggest inequality may be between the connected and unconnected.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Cincinnati Leader of Impact: Cintas’ Katie Gough-Edwards

Cintas Corporation’s Katie Gough-Edwards, a longtime advocate for heart health and the American Heart Association, won a seven-week fundraising challenge to become the AHA’s 2022 Leader of Impact for Greater Cincinnati.

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Sustainable Development Goals

From Human to Planet: Smarter Manufacturing for Sustainability

With the importance of sustainability front of mind for so many, Lenovo is constantly reaffirming its vision for net-zero emissions, ensuring an emissions reduction approach aligned to the latest climate science.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Suncor Adds a High Tech System To Improve Mine Safety

Jason Mercer is a miner and a frontline leader with more than two decades of experience operating heavy equipment. He sees the new collision awareness system as “a game changer” for safety in the mines.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Koch Voted ‘Wichita’s Best Place to Work’ in 2022

Koch has been selected as “Wichita’s Best Place to Work” in 2022 in a new survey of employees and community members. The company employs more than 3,300 people in the Wichita area.

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Health & Healthcare

Video: UK Festival of Genomics & Biodata Inspires and Connects Genomics Leaders

The Festival of Genomics & Biodata 2023, held in London in January, is the largest event in the UK’s genomics events calendar. More than 4000 delegates from health care, academia, technology, and pharma came together to network and share the latest findings.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Eaton Named to Newsweek’s First Annual List of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity

Intelligent power management company Eaton announced it has been named to Newsweek’s inaugural list of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Bath & Body Works Celebrates Perfumer Michael R. Carby During Black History Month

Perfumer Michael R. Carby has created some of Bath & Body Works’ most-loved fragrances, including Cactus Blossom, Sun Washed Citrus, Eucalyptus Rain and Beach Weather.

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Innovation & Technology

How 3M Shrank the Problem of Bulky VR Headsets

3M owns more than 180 patents relating to optical technology in VR and believes it’s in a good position for the growing market.

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