ESG News from Leading Brands

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Diversity & Inclusion | CARE

Transforming Daily Lives Through Digital Savings

In Sierra Leone, small savings groups have a long history of supporting farmers and marginalized communities, especially women. In short, saving groups have transformed lives, offering financial support and fostering community resilience.
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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Franklin Templeton's Tom Deane, Recognized by Firm's Charity Partner As a 2021 Volunteer of the Year.

Congratulations to Franklin Templeton’s Tom Deane, who was recognized by Junior Achievement of Northern California (JA) as a 2021 Volunteer of the Year. The award recognizes contributions made to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

WSP USA's Tanya Adams Elected to COMTO National Board Chair

Tanya Adams, VP of inclusion & diversity at WSP USA, a leading engineering & professional services consultancy, has been elected chair of the National Board of Directors for the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO).

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Innovation & Technology

Rockwell Automation Advanced Tech Lead on Why Industrial Automation Matters for U.S. Economy

rom bottle manufacturing to machine repair, automation has made just about every industry more efficient and adaptive to consumer demands.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Laura Kohler Named Finalist for Innovative Leader of the Year by Fast Company's Best Workplaces for Innovators

Through programs like Innovation for Good, the I-Prize, Safe Water for All and the Kohler WasteLAB, our teams are thinking outside the box to help solve the world’s most pressing societal challenges.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Keysight Named One of the 2021 Bosch Global Supplier Award Winners

Events, Media & Communications

Former Kellogg VP and CSO Amy Senter Joins WBCSD in New York

Amy Senter, former vice president and chief sustainability officer for the Kellogg Company, one of the world’s largest food companies based in North America, has joined the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, a global, CEO-led organization of over 200 leading businesses working together to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Oportun's Pamela T. Lujan Named As “Top 40 Under 40" Honoree

We are proud to share that our Director and Corporate Legal Counsel, Pamela T. Lujan, was recently named as a “Top 40 Under 40" honoree by the Silicon Valley Business Journal.

Green Infrastructure

Advanced Digital Optimization Solutions From Xylem Reduce Sewer Overflows by 247 Million Gallons Annually

The Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati continues to expand Xylem’s Wastewater Network Optimization solution across their system, delivering savings to rate-payers, while protecting the local watershed to make the city more sustainable.

Sustainable Development Goals

Human Rights - a Shared Imperative for Sustainable Development

We strive to treat everyone with dignity and respect, and we’re committed to doing what’s right to lift up people and communities wherever we can. We take a stand against modern slavery and human trafficking across our business and hold our partners and our supply chain accountable to do the same.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Why ESG Ecosystems Are Key to Financial Reporting Success

The rise of collective social consciousness, coupled with a growing desire to minimise the environmental impact of industry practices have resulted in environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors shooting to the top of corporate agendas.

Energy

Local Leaders Share the Importance of a Clean Energy Future

PSEG and TechUnited:NJ team up to offer a $50K cash prize to be awarded to the startup demonstrating innovative solutions for promoting electrified transportation through the TechUnited:BetterPlanet Challenge.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Hershey and Land O'Lakes Partner on Sustainability for Dairy Supply Chain

The Hershey Company and Land O'Lakes are partnering on a new initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at Pennsylvania dairy farms and improve water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Transforming Cotton Dyeing Through Collaboration

As we saw the potential for ECOFAST™ Pure growing, we looked for a leader in the fashion industry who had mutually ambitious sustainability goals and a vision for positive change.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Community First: Building Latinx Wealth

Rita Soledad Fernández Paulino shares her journey to debt free and how she’s breaking the stigma around money talk in her community. Then, Carla sits down with Beatriz Acevedo, co-founder of SUMA Wealth, a digital platform that empowers the Latinx community to build wealth.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Principal Financial Group® scores 100 in Disability Equality Index®

For the second year in a row, Principal® scored 100 in the Disability Equality Index® by Disability:IN and American Association of People with Disabilities.

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Health & Healthcare

Illumina Coordinates Research and Efforts in China’s Rare Disease Community

There are nearly 7,000 types of rare diseases, and about 80 percent of them are caused by genetic mutations. “Compared with common diseases, rare diseases are difficult to diagnose from the very beginning,” says Yiou Wang, Founder of the Illness Challenge Foundation. “Diagnosis is the first step in the patient journey, but it’s a key step to identify the direction.”

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Energy

Florida's Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority Joins Duke Energy to Unveil 4 New Electric Depot Bus Chargers

The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) today unveiled four new electric depot bus chargers at the bus lot at PSTA headquarters.

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Events, Media & Communications

2021 Global Inclusive Growth Summit: Rebuilding for All - Register October 14th, 2021

The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and the Aspen Institute proudly present the 2021 Global Inclusive Growth Summit.

Green Infrastructure

Janet is Working on Health and Safety at Chevron

Meet Janet. At Chevron, she’s focusing on human performance factors to help influence the health and safety of our global workforce. Actions like these have resulted in meaningful progress.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

GFSI Welcomes Four New Members Into Coalition of Action

Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI; the Coalition), The Consumer Goods Forum’s Coalition of Action on food safety, is pleased to announce that four more companies have joined its ranks. The four companies – Develey, Kerry, Spinneys and Sysco

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Environment

3M Joins Water Resilience Coalition, CEO Water Mandate

3M (NYSE:MMM) announced it is joining the Water Resilience Coalition (WRC) today, taking one more step forward in the company’s ongoing commitment to help the nearly two billion people worldwide living in water-stressed and water-scarce communities.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Trane Technologies Named One of the Best Employers for Women by Forbes

Trane Technologies plc (NYSE:TT), a global climate innovator, has been named to Forbes list of The Best Employers for Women in 2021.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Briefing: Moving Ambition to Action With Unilever, IKEA, & Google

Sustainability is no longer at the fringes of business strategy; it is intrinsic to any successful business' future. We know what we need to do, and why, but the inescapable question is how.

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Education

Back to School Digital Safety Tips

Before your kids go back to school, join National Parent Teacher Association and NortonLifeLock Cyber Safety experts for quick tips to get your family's devices and online privacy ready. Join us Wednesday 8/18 at 3 p.m. ET LIVE on Facebook!

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Social Impact & Volunteering

CNH Industrial South America Holds Clothes and Blanket Drive

Following the success of its recent food and hygiene items drive, CNH Industrial South America organized a winter clothing and blanket drive at its manufacturing sites in Brazil to support people in need during the winter season.

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