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Innovation & Technology | Keysight Technologies

Collaborative Synergy: The Key to Unlocking 6G’s Potential

As we stand on the brink of the next phase in wireless technology evolution, 6G promises to transform how we connect the digital and physical worlds.

Research, Reports & Publications

Momentum Builds Towards Historic Dakar 2026 YOG

International Olympic Committee

Responsible Production & Consumption

Toxic Release Inventory Reporting: A Q&A With Kara and Friends

Antea Group

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Beets, Basketball and Mid-Bore Engines

Cummins Inc

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Indigenous Community Honours ‘Difference-Maker’

TransCanada employee Peter Knight, a Métis born and raised in Edmonton — has earned an Aboriginal Role Model of Alberta award for his relentless efforts on behalf of First Nations and Métis communities in northern Alberta.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

National Survey Recognizes America’s Best Adoption Friendly Workplaces

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, America’s only nonprofit public charity dedicated to finding adoptive homes for children waiting in foster care, is proud to announce its 10th annual Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces, with a new company atop the list.

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Diversity & Inclusion

DuPont People Spotlight: Championing Communication Access for Those with Hearing Loss

An estimated 15-17 percent of the population has hearing loss. Many don’t wear hearing aids for fear of a stigma. Some gradually acquire hearing loss over time and don’t receive complete diagnoses until later in life.

Black & Veatch

Research, Reports & Publications

Investment, Policy and Holistic Planning Integral to Drive Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure

A new white paper from Black & Veatch’s Smart Integrated Infrastructure (SII) business examines the current hydrogen fueling infrastructure in the U.S. and challenges that complicate development. Costs, financing, siting, policies and safety education are cited as the keys, and sometimes barriers, to greater fueling station deployment.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Mars Symbioscience Joins Global Corporate Leaders as a Founding Partner of IMPACT 2030

Mars Symbioscience (MSS), the global health and life sciences segment of Mars, Incorporated, has joined IMPACT 2030 as a Founding Partner. MSS is an incubator for evidence-based innovations that positively impact the health and well-being of people and the planet.

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Environment

5 Steps Food & Beverage Companies Can Take to Avoid OSHA Penalties and Preserve Their Reputations

For food and beverage companies, compliance with health and safety regulations is always top of mind. Not only do they want to protect their employees and their customers and avoid costly penalties from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), but they also want to protect their organizations’ reputation and integrity.

Education

Meet Delia Borsum from Germany

Delia teaches eight-to-twelve year olds at the Hedwig-Bollhagen-Gymnasium Velten school in Kremmen, Germany. As well as biology and chemistry, she also is a physical education teacher and has 20 years' experience as an educator. Delia participated in Amgen Teach in 2015 and has taken full advantage of the training to help her apply inquiry-based practices in the classroom.

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Environment

Agreeable Agriculture With Eric Toensmeier

Can simply changing how and what we grow really make a difference to a changing climate? This week's guest on Sea Change Radio, author and agricultural expert, Eric Toensmeier, is quite certain it can. We discuss smarter agricultural methods like using trees and grazing animals. And we talk about what might turn an enormous, slow-moving industry like agriculture onto a more sustainable path.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

JetBlue Crewmembers Honor 9/11 with Service

On September 11, more than 100 JetBlue crewmembers gathered to help build a playground with KaBOOM! in Canarsie, Brooklyn.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Kohler Co. Donates Water Filters to Louisiana Disaster Relief

Catastrophic flooding has left much of Louisiana under a boil water advisory. Municipal water supplies across the affected region have been damaged by flood water, debris and lightning strikes. Kohler Co., a global leader in the plumbing industry, has donated 480 KOHLER Clarity water filters to flood victims through Operation Blessing International, a humanitarian organization which provides disaster relief, medical aid, clean water and community development.

Environment

Sodexo’s Sustainability Team Celebrates Growth at Gonzaga’s Hydroponic Greenhouse

Sodexo, world leader in quality of life services, recognized its dining sustainability team at Gonzaga University for celebrating the one-year anniversary of the John J. Hemmingson Center Gonzaga Greenhouse. The team worked to successfully increase crop yields using a greenhouse design that recycles and consumes one-tenth the water of traditional farming.

Green Infrastructure

Masonite Architectural Publishes One of North America’s First Wood Door Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs)

Masonite Architectural published an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for its wood door products, bringing greater environmental transparency to the wood door production process. SCS Global Services (SCS)conducted the independent assessment underlying the declaration.

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Environment

Arbor Day Foundation Lands a Grant Toward Hybrid Hazelnut Research

The Arbor Day Foundation is proud to announce the organization is a recipient of a three million dollar USDA grant as part of the Hybrid Hazelnut Consortium to expand research on hybrid hazelnuts.

Green Infrastructure

Masonite Architectural publie une des premières Déclarations environnementales de produit (DEPs) pour portes en bois en Amérique du Nord

Masonite Architectural vient de publier une Déclaration environnementale de produit (DEP) pour ses portes en bois, apportant une plus grande transparence environnementale au processus de production des portes en bois. SCS Global Services (SCS) a réalisé l’évaluation indépendante sur laquelle se base la déclaration.

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Health & Healthcare

What is the Impact of Regenerative Manufacturing on Health Care?

There’s a term that is known in healthcare as “toxic body burden.” It refers to the level of toxicity that exists in our bodies, accumulated in organs and fatty tissue, based on our exposure to chemicals and other harmful substances that are commonly found in building and consumer products.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

TD - the Only Canadian Bank Listed in the DJSI World Index

For the third year in a row – TD has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability (DJSI) World Index which reflects the top 10 percent of leading companies worldwide. Out of 193 banks, TD was the only Canadian Bank to be included in the short list of 27 banks.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Shaping the American Dream by Investing in Education

Join America's Charities, now through December, as we highlight different nonprofits and share how individuals and companies can Shape the Future of various causes through workplace giving programs. To start a workplace giving campaign, click here.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Introducing Sky’s Bigger Picture Performance Update

Take a look at Sky’s 2015/16 Bigger Picture Performance update to see how we are making a positive contribution, acting responsibly and using our position as Europe’s leading entertainment company to inspire others.

FSG Reimagining Social Change

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

New in Harvard Business Review: The Ecosystem of Shared Value

More and more companies are adopting a shared value approach—pursuing financial success in a way that also benefits society—as they look for new economic opportunities, seek to regain the public’s trust, and work to solve some of the world’s most pressing social problems. But these companies don’t operate in isolation.

Diversity & Inclusion

Video: Bloomberg Working Families Make it Work

Whether you are a parent or thinking of becoming one, a caregiver to a loved one, or are taking care of both children and your elders, Bloomberg is committed to supporting working families.

Research, Reports & Publications

Trees and Trains Add Up to Sustainable Business

In 2015, Norfolk Southern completed a five-year community partnership to reforest 10,000 acres in the Mississippi Delta, a “Trees and Trains” initiative to mitigate carbon emissions the natural way. Partnering with GreenTrees, a reforestation program, NS invested $5.6 million to plant more than 6 million cottonwood and native hardwood trees on land cleared for farming years ago but that had become marginally productive as cropland.

Diversity & Inclusion

Darden for Life — Kathryn Graham of Olive Garden

For some of Darden team members, creating great dining experiences for our guests is so fulfilling that it becomes their life’s work. Today we hear from one of our longtime team members whose years of achievement inspire us all.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fans Can Help Major Leaguers Shine a Light on Community Service During Marvin Miller Man of the Year Voting

Online balloting at www.MLBPlayers.com opened today so fans can select the six finalists for the 2016 Marvin Miller Man of the Year award, which goes to the player whose on-field performance and contributions to his community most inspire others to higher levels of achievement.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Both Investors and Corporate Executives are Seeing Sustainability Benefits

Conflict mineral rules and reporting are heating up on three continents, causing an increase in compliance activity for any and all companies involved in global trade and a look toward unified, simplified reporting and tracking techniques.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Cerro Verde, a Freeport-McMoRan Affiliate, Builds a Multipurpose Center for Community Events

Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde has built a multipurpose facility for the communities near the Cerro Verde mining operations and the community of El Nazareno to use for meetings and events.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Subaru Love Promise: Community
    Subaru is dedicated to supporting those who need it the most in our communities. From donating food to Feeding America, providing essential items to...

  2. Products We Sell
    At your neighborhood Albertsons Companies stores, you’ll find a growing selection of foods and household items under brands we created with your...

  3. Building a Sustainable Future | Decarbonizing the Built Environment
    The building sector accounts for nearly 40% of carbon emissions and nearly 50% of the consumption of natural resources. The industry stands at a...

  4. Environmental Sustainability
    As sustainability leaders, we implement our sustainability strategy across all company activities along the entire value chain, from raw materials to...

  5. FedEx | Delivering for Good
    Doing what we do best for those who need it most. When disaster strikes, and there’s not a moment to lose, our people mobilize the FedEx global fleet...

  6. 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...

  7. AEG's Commitment to Sustainable Operations
    AEG's sustainability initiatives are designed to reduce our consumption of the planet’s limited resources. Through our comprehensive sustainability...

  8. 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...

  9. Planet We Share
    Great food isn’t possible without a healthy planet. We’re committed to reducing our carbon footprint and nurturing the environment. As part of our...

  10. Environmental Sustainability
    As sustainability leaders, we implement our sustainability strategy across all company activities along the entire value chain, from raw materials to...

  11. Aflac Voices
    Hear from Aflac’s senior leaders and subject matter experts about industry trends and more.

  12. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...

  13. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...

  14. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...

  15. Kingfisher Around the World
    The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...