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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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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Protecting What Matters Most With GAF

To GAF, the roofs over the heads of the company’s customers do far more than provide shelter. Each shingle designed and produced by GAF – North America’s largest roofing manufacturer – upholds the company’s purpose: We protect what matters most.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Applied Materials Raises More Than $4M to Help Fight Hunger Around the Globe

Each fall for 30 years, Applied Materials employees across North America have rallied to raise funds to help alleviate hunger in their communities.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

SAMBAZON Commits $25,000 to Alleviate Poverty through Whole Planet Foundation

Since 2011, SAMBAZON has donated $410,975 to Whole Planet Foundation to fund 9,795 microloans and created 53,392 opportunities for low-income entrepreneurs – mostly women.

Green Infrastructure

Ørsted and Maersk Sign Landmark Green Fuels Agreement, as Ørsted Enters the US Power-to-x Market

As the world races to fight climate change, the maritime sector urgently needs new zero-emission fuels at scale to reduce its climate impact.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Chemours Supports Nonprofits during 'Do More 24 Delaware'

Chemours joined the United Way of Delaware and Spur Impact during Do More 24 Delaware, a 24-hour day of giving to help Delaware-based nonprofits raise funds and engage new donors.

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Health & Healthcare

Delivering for Good: Chartered Flight Provides Emergency Supplies to People in Lebanon

FedEx chartered flights provide emergency supplies to 1.8 million people in Lebanon and India Responding to the explosion in Lebanon.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Augmenting Staff Without Increasing Headcount: The RaaS Advantage

We’ll walk through some of the roles that can be filled using the RaaS solution while highlighting a few examples and scenarios where organizations might need to augment staffing with RaaS.

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Health & Healthcare

Illumina and Trivitron Partner to Accelerate Disease Detection and Diagnosis for Patients in India

Illumina Singapore, subsidiary of Illumina Inc (NASDAQ: ILMN) and Trivitron Healthcare, one of India's largest medical technology companies, have entered into a strategic partnership to develop and expand the use of next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based in-vitro diagnostic tests (IVD) in India.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

How to Engage With Suppliers to Join the 1.5°C Journey

The 1.5°C Supplier Engagement Guide is a guide for how to engage suppliers to take climate action.

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Health & Healthcare

PPMOF Is Here to Stay

In the race to deliver an effective COVID-19 vaccine, strategies like PPMOF took the lead as roughly 90% of our clients relied on PPMOF strategy for pandemic-related projects.

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Health & Healthcare

Green Communities + WELL: First Affordable Housing Development Receives Joint Certification

Enterprise Community Partners (Enterprise) and the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) today announced the first affordable housing development in the country to receive joint certification for healthier, more efficient and environmentally responsive homes and communities.

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Environment

Net Impact Announces the 2022 Food Solutions Challenge

Net Impact announces the 2022 Food Solutions Challenge, an accelerator and pitch competition focused on finding solutions to the most pressing issues facing food systems and climate change. Applicants must submit their ideas through the Net Impact website by May 1, 2022.

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Environment

ICYMI: Fifth Third Publishes Second TCFD Report

The 2021 TCFD Report demonstrates the Company’s progress in implementing the TCFD’s recommendations and summarizes the Bank’s advancement in climate-related disclosures since its inaugural report in late 2019.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Mission Driven Responsible Gaming Promotes Safer Play

Gaming operators like DraftKings, along with several sports leagues and teams, have joined the AGA’s Have A Game Plan.®Bet Responsibly.™ public service campaign to promote responsible gaming, aiming to reach fans across the country.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating Women's History Month and the Exponential Growth of Cummins Powers Women

In 2018 Cummins launched Cummins Powers Women. To date, the program has served 26 million women and girls worldwide, and helped change 32 laws and policies to improve gender equity.

Education

STEM Next Opportunity Fund's Million Girls Moonshot Initiative Announces Its Inaugural Youth-led Flight Crew

STEM Next Opportunity Fund’s Million Girls Moonshot today announced the inaugural class of its Flight Crew.

Gilead Sciences

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Opinion: Why Corporate Philanthropy Must Stand Against Stigma

While as a company, we have unsurprisingly always taken a clear stance against stigma, Gilead has prioritized its grant-making to support organizations working at the community level in recent years.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Add a Splash of Green to Your Digital Wallet With LBX

The goal of the LBX token is to leverage the innovative power of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies to turn this long-standing and poorly addressed issue into a thriving market with real incentives for participation.

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Diversity & Inclusion

DuPont Performance Building Solutions and Corian® Design Recognizes the Women Advancing Sustainability in the Built Environment

DuPont Performance Building Solutions and Corian® Design sat down with several of the women who are shaping the built environment and helping the business build a more sustainable future in acknowledgement of the International Women’s Day.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Quest Diagnostics Foundation to Support Humanitarian Efforts in Ukraine With $500,000 Gift to Project HOPE

The Quest Diagnostics Foundation today announced a $500,000 donation to Project HOPE to support its humanitarian crisis relief efforts in Ukraine and for Ukrainian refugees in Eastern Europe.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

$25,000 Fund Donors Help Entrepreneurs Build Small Businesses in the U.S., Canada, and Abroad in March

Suppliers of Whole Foods Market are empowering microentrepreneurs, primarily women, with economic opportunity.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Does Month of Service Undermine Employee Volunteer Programs?

Is month of service undermining your employee volunteer program? It might be if you don't have these few additional elements that are essential for consistent participation increases and a culture of volunteering at your company.

Environment

A Deep Dive on the Water Crisis

Water is the source of life—and it’s becoming increasingly scarce. By 2030, the gap between global demand and supplies of fresh water is expected to reach 40%.

Diversity & Inclusion

#BreakTheBias: Celebrating VMware's Security Talent This International Women's Day

Today is International Women’s Day, a global acknowledgement of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Weed Management: A Holistic Approach to Unwelcome Plants

A weed is a plant, in the wrong place, at the wrong time. These plants compete with crops for nutrients, water, and sunlight. When uncontrolled, weeds can take over a field, ruining a farmer’s chances of a productive harvest.

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