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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Truist Earns Top Score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2022 Corporate Equality Index

Truist once again earned a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index, the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Commemorating Our Veterans During Veterans Day

On Veterans Day, and all month long, Cadence showed our gratitude for our Veteran employees, their families, our Veteran friends, and all Veterans that have served the United States of America.

Diversity & Inclusion

Albertsons Companies Executive Presents Diversity Webinar

Don’t miss an enlightening and empowering webinar by Jonathan Mayes, Senior Vice President, External Affairs & Chief Diversity Officer at Albertsons Companies, focusing on the most common forms of bias, and how to identify and remove these barriers.

Social Impact & Volunteering

FedEx Road Safety Training Leads to National Seat Belt Law in Tunisia

In August 2016, FedEx hosted road safety advocates from 15 countries across the globe to participate in a two-week advocacy training course with the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety. One of the advocates, Afef Ghenia, took what she learned in Memphis and managed to enact a

Sustainable Development Goals

Albertsons Companies Commits to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Joins Influential Seafood Task Force

Responsible Production & Consumption

Closed Loop Partners joins with CVS Health, Target & Walmart to Announce Winners of “Beyond the Bag” Innovation Challenge

The Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners announces the nine winners of the Beyond the Bag Challenge: ChicoBag, Domtar, Eon, Fill it Forward, GOATOTE, PlasticFri, Returnity, SmartC and Sway.

Diversity & Inclusion

Albertsons Companies Continues Its Commitment to Provide Opportunities and Access for Diverse Suppliers

Albertsons Companies (NYSE: ACI) today reaffirmed its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion as the company expands its Supplier Diversity Program.

Education

Don't Get Hit By a Car

For 17 years, FedEx has been helping keep kids safe though our sponsorship of Safe Kids Worldwide and the Walk This Way program.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

This App Could Help Save Your Child’s Life

Five Hundred children die each day in road traffic crashes around the world. Tens of thousands more are injured on a daily basis.

Diversity & Inclusion

Albertsons Companies Joins the #ChooseToChallenge Campaign

This International Women’s Day, Albertsons Companies is joining the #ChooseToChallenge campaign. We choose to call out gender bias and inequity, seek out and celebrate women’s achievements and work together to help create an inclusive world.

Events, Media & Communications

Fifth Third to Present at GreenBiz 20 Conference Hosted by Renewable Energy Buyer’s Alliance on February 4-6

Fifth Third’s Director of Environmental Sustainability Scott Hassell will take part in a tutorial panel at the GreenBiz 20 conference presented by the Renewable Energy Buyer’s Alliance (REBA).

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Cadence Celebrates Women in CFD With Virginie Barbieux

“We, women engineers, are as resourceful and contribute at equal levels as our male counterparts.”

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Digitization Meets Sustainability: Pouch-to-Pouch Concept Receives Digital Product Passport To Enable Traceability for Better Recycling

Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics (P&SP), a business unit of Dow (NYSE: DOW), together with HP Indigo, Reifenhäuser, Cadel Deinking and Karlville have implemented the application of a digital product passport using the R-Cycle database.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Building Confidence Through the Cadence Returnship Program

When Sanjita, Lead Application Engineer and Cadence Returnship alum, was ready to re-enter the workforce, she had to learn to navigate new technological developments and trends.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Albertsons Companies Fulfills Pledge to End Use of Eel (Unagi) in Sushi 3½ Years Ahead of Planned Deadline

Albertsons Companies, an industry leader in seafood sustainability, announced today that it completed the phase-out of freshwater eel (unagi) from sushi products 3½ years ahead of its self-imposed deadline of year-end 2022.
The nation’s second-largest supermarket company vowed in

Sustainable Development Goals

Planning Today for Tomorrow's Sustainably Built Environment

We know a forward-thinking mindset must remain at the heart of our approach to materials science innovation.

Environment

Fifth Third Employees Claim Tree Saplings, Plant Trees in Honor of Arbor Day

In honor of Arbor Day, Fifth Third Bank gave away 400 bur oak and pin oak seedlings April 28 to employees at its Madisonville Campus and downtown Fifth Third Center in Cincinnati where Fifth Third is headquartered.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

FedEx Takes to the Road to Fight #1 Killer of Youth Worldwide

Working with Safe Kids Worldwide, more than 20,000 FedEx volunteers have helped reach more than 17 million children in 10 countries with lifesaving road safety education and training.

Energy

Fifth Third Opens EV Charging Station in Michigan During National Drive Electric Week

Fifth Third Bank opened four electric vehicle (EV) charging ports for employee-use in the parking lot of Fifth Third’s Corporate Service Center campus in Michigan during National Drive Electric Week in September.

Environment

Fifth Third Appoints Michele Mullins Climate Risk Officer; Role Reflects Bank's Commitment to Managing Climate Change Risk

Her responsibilities include benchmarking with peer firms and ensuring Fifth Third remains aligned with industry trends, including the Bank’s efforts around publishing the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures report.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

FedEx Road Safety Award Celebrates NGO Role Models

This year’s awards celebrate three organizations that have significantly grown their capacity to achieve national and international significance, influencing national policies and public perceptions of road safety. Their impacts and approaches make them role models for other NGOs

Responsible Production & Consumption

Meet the Fishermen Behind Fair Trade Certified Seafood

The launch of Fair Trade USA Certified yellow fin tuna provides a solution that addresses both social and environmental responsibility in global fishing communities.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Cadence Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month and Cadence is spotlighting some of our incredible AAPI-identifying employees to celebrate.

Diversity & Inclusion

Albertsons Companies and the Albertsons Pride Alliance Donate $16,000 to the Trevor Project

The Albertsons Pride Alliance celebrates a recent donation to The Trevor Project to help create a safer world for LGBTQ+ youth. Hear from the Pride Alliance, Albertsons Cos Executives, and the Trevor Project about the importance of this partnership!

Health & Healthcare

Video: Increasing Genomic Capability in the United Arab Emirates

Emirati scientists, clinicians, and dignitaries attended the opening of the Illumina Solutions Center in Dubai on November 8. The new state-of-the-art facility will expand genomics capabilities and build local expertise in genomics to advance and deliver precision medicine to pat