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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.

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Paris 2024: Setting New Standards in Sustainable and Inclusive Sport Events

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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

Wesco Named to 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index

Wesco has been named to the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for the fifth consecutive year. The GEI serves as a touchstone for companies seeking to track their progress in gender inclusion and how the implementation of diversity policies shape company performance.

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Education

A Suncor Pathway Magazine Story: Degrees of Achievement

For Kaylee Welsh, receiving a Belcourt Brosseau Métis Award (BBMA) was more than just financial support for university—it was a key step on her journey to discover her family’s culture and history.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Nielsen Foundation 2022 Grantmaking Highlights

To advance its mission of supporting organizations that give voice and opportunities to historically under-represented groups and communities, the Nielsen Foundation provided more than $2.0 million in grants to 53 nonprofit organizations in 2022 across its three priority areas.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Open Hiring for Wide Open Dreams With Greyston

Greyston, a for-profit benefit corporation, is committed to unlocking the power of human potential through inclusive employment, one person at a time. Founder Bernie Glassman built Greyston bakery to hire people who faced barriers to employment.

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Energy

Duke Energy Begins Operation of Its Largest Solar Plant

Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions (DESS), a nonregulated commercial brand of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), is now operating its largest solar power plant ever – the 250-megawatt (MW) Pisgah Ridge Solar project in Navarro County, Texas.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Rebuilding After Fire To Keep a Community Connected

At the height of the pandemic, Comcast began its Lift Zone program so that more students, who were unable to participate in remote education at home, could access free WiFi inside neighborhood community centers.

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Innovation & Technology

Machine Learning and AI Combined Can Boost Energy and Chemical Production

Numerous organizations, including Schneider Electric™, have found that a fundamental enabler of successful and ground-breaking ML deployment is to team up with expert outside partners.

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Innovation & Technology

New Acre Project Leverages Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for Carbon Credit Quantification

New Acre Project partners with Albo Climate to apply novel technologies to quantify carbon for farmer-delivered tree and shrub projects.

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Education

Partnering for Greener Chemistry Education Globally: MilliporeSigma Announces Expanded Partnership With Beyond Benign

MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, is expanding its partnership with global green chemistry education nonprofit Beyond Benign.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Veteran Receives Mortgage-Free Home

For U.S. Army Sergeant Xanthin Luptak, a home was something he always wanted. U.S. Bank, in partnership with Freedom Alliance and Ole South, teamed up to help Luptak realize his dream with the gift of a mortgage-free home.

Education

Sustainability in Action: Powhatan County Public Schools

Powhatan County (Virginia) Public Schools’ partnered with Trane® for district-wide upgrades that increased energy efficiency, reduced carbon emissions, lowered energy costs, and enhanced the learning environment for the district’s 4,500 students.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Cisco: Women Use Technology to Solve the Issues Facing Humanity—And the World Needs More

The theme for the United Nations International Women’s Day on March 8, 2023, is “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”, and Cisco Networking Academy is at the forefront of providing education for everyone interested in technology as a career.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CRB Board of Directors Adds CEO Title to President Ryan Schroeder; Company Announces Sam Kitchell as New Chief Operating Officer

CRB, a leading global provider of sustainable engineering, architecture, construction, and consulting solutions to the biopharmaceutical and food and beverage industries, today announced the Board of Directors has named President Ryan Schroeder as Chief Executive Officer.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Whirlpool Corporation Celebrates Ribbon-Cutting for Second Offsite Wind Farm

While commercial operations began in late December, today Whirlpool Corp. announced a formal ribbon cutting at the Limestone Wind wind farm in Dawson Texas.

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Innovation & Technology

ekō Solutions To Host Exhibit at the World of Modular Annual Conference and Tradeshow

ekō Solutions to host exhibit at the World of Modular Annual Conference and Tradeshow from March 29th – April 1st, 2023 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

American Airlines Donates $1.1 Million to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

American Airlines and its partners raised more than $1.1 million to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation this month at the Celebrity Ski event in Beaver Creek, Colorado. To date, American has raised more than $45 million for CF Foundation through the annual event.

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Environment

Fifth Third Speaks on Climate Transition at Ceres Global Conference

Fifth Third Bank’s Director of Climate and Reputation Risk Kevin Quatman spoke last week at Ceres Global, which was held in New York from March 22-24. Quatman spoke alongside other banking influencers on how Fifth Third Bank engages customers on their climate transitions.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Our People: Shelly Kirk, Mother, Grandmother, Truck Driver

In 2007, Shelly Kirk was a single mother struggling to make ends meet. She was making minimum wage at a convenience store trying to support her three children. She tried working at fast food restaurants, and then she was a medical assistant. But those jobs weren’t cutting it.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AMD Named a Supplier Engagement Leader on Climate Change by CDP

AMD has again been recognized by CDP as a Supplier Engagement Leader (2022) for its actions to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate risks in its global supply chain.

Diversity & Inclusion

Bloomberg To Expand EU Women in Finance Initiative To Keep Inspiring the Next Generation

Bloomberg today announced the expansion of the EU Women in Finance initiative, following a successful first year.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Amplifying HBCUs – A Conversation With Mark Berry, Bobbie Knight & Tony Allen

Across Southern Company, our journey to propel historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is moving boldly forward.

Diversity & Inclusion

Being Black in America - A Discussion

Our Ericsson African American Alliance employee resource group (EAAA ERG) kicked-off the first of several informative and educational events to honor Black History Month.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Focus on Supply Chain: International Paper's US Supplier Diversity Program

International Paper values the contributions of businesses that are owned by individuals of diverse backgrounds in order to deliver the best products, with the greatest value, to an increasingly diverse marketplace.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Rise Against Hunger Food Packets Contribute To Better School Attendance

According to the General Secretary of the Maine-Soroa District, Mr. Hassan Lawan Marouma who officially received the food ration for the month of June on behalf of the Barbara Kirker, the food assistance provided by RAH plays a great role in the security of the region.

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Events, Media & Communications

WEBINAR: Development and Implementation of a Pipeline Safety Management System – An API 1173 Journey

Loin our API RP 1173 experts for our webinar, Development and Implementation of a Pipeline Safety Management System – An API 1173 Journey on Wednesday, April 12, at 2:00pm EDT to learn more about the foundations of an API 1173 pipeline safety management system.

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