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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.

Diversity & Inclusion

Regions' Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Three-Year Historical Walk

Regions is proud to celebrate the three-year anniversary of the bank’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Center of Expertise.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Hormel Foods and Justin's Donate $10,000 to Conscious Alliance to Help Those Impacted by Colorado Wildfires

Hormel Foods Corporation and its Justin’s subsidiary announced a donation of $10,000 to help Conscious Alliance with its hunger-relief efforts, including efforts to help those impacted by the recent Colorado wildfires.

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Innovation & Technology

Land Betterment Corporation Highlighted by Inside INdiana Business News for its Environmental Work Throughout 2021

Land Betterment’s environmental cleanup and upcycling of the Landree Mine in Indiana continues with COAL Craft Spirits moving forward to open in late 2022.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Boost the Sustainability of Your Manufacturing Operations

As businesses invest in improvements to the sustainability profile of their products, they’re looking at all aspects of the value chain — from material sourcing to packaging and end-of-life.

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Events, Media & Communications

2021 SPOTLIGHT: International Presented at COP26

Matt Inbusch, senior manager, Sustainable Operations, represented the company in multiple panels centered around nature-based solutions.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Next Stop for the Tire Industry: The Circular Economy

Tires may not be the first commodity that comes to mind when imagining a circular economy.

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Energy

Cummins Part of Partnership to Increase Supply of Green Hydrogen in China

Global power leader Cummins Inc. is partnering in a new joint venture to accelerate the affordability and availability of green hydrogen in China through increased technological innovation, research and development and manufacturing capacity.

Research, Reports & Publications

The Next Frontier of Sustainable Procurement

Over the past three decades, sustainable procurement has slowly become an accepted part of doing business for large multinational companies.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Essity Invests in World's First Tissue Machine Running on Geothermal Steam

Essity is investing in enhanced efficiency in the company´s site in Kawerau, New Zealand, including the world’s first tissue machine running a fully geothermal steam drying process

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Environment

Pizza Hut Adds Beyond Meat Sausage To Canadian Menus Permanently

Through the partnership, the restaurant giant is hoping to attract customers who are eating less meat but may not want to follow strict vegetarian or vegan diets.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Aflac Group Awards $365,000 in Grants to South Carolina Nonprofits

Aflac has awarded $365,000 in grants to 47 local nonprofits in its Spring and Fall 2021 grant cycles.

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Innovation & Technology

From Despair to Hope: How Technology Was Used for Good in Lebanon

Following the massive Beirut, Lebanon port explosion in 2020, it made my heart ache to see many people in my country traumatized and struggling.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

VolunteerMatch Partners With AmeriCorps and California Volunteers to Honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

VolunteerMatch is partnering with AmeriCorps and California Volunteers, Office of the Governor to help people find ways to give back in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Guiding the Next Generation: Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Maytag Honor Dependable Club Leaders

Each year, in collaboration with Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Maytag honors and rewards a group of stand-out Club professionals and volunteers who make a difference to kids and teens every day in communities across the nation.

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Diversity & Inclusion

AllianceBernstein Is A Proud Partner of East Harlem Tutorial Program

AllianceBernstein is a proud partner of East Harlem Tutorial Program, an after-school program and charter school focused on increasing the college graduation rate in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York City.

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Health & Healthcare

What is Nutrient Density and Why Is It Important?

Whenever you eat foods, you are getting a certain number of calories. But what else are you getting? Nutrition is more than calories alone and it takes well-balanced meals.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

2021 Moskowitz Prize at Northwestern University Awarded to Research on the Time Horizons of ESG-investors

From a field of over 175 submitted papers, Corporate ESG Profiles and Investor Horizons was selected as the winner of the 2021 Moskowitz Prize at Northwestern University.

Energy

Clean Energy New Year's Resolutions You Can Start Today

You don’t have to wait until the new year to start thinking about your resolutions. Southern California Edison is encouraging you to make clean air and sustainability a priority in 2022.

Environment

How Do We Speed Up Climate Action? Mads Nipper and Bjarke Ingels in Conversation

Against the backdrop of COP26, CEO of Ørsted, Mads Nipper, and BIG founder, Bjarke Ingels sat down to discuss one of the most pressing issues of our time: how do we speed up climate action?

Environment

Rodelta Optimizes Pumps for Max-Impact/Min-Consumption with Cadence Omnis CFD

Rodelta Pumps International B.V. uses Cadence Omnis for optimizing their designs helping minimize the impact of pumps on our environment.

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Green Infrastructure

Black & Veatch's Electric Vehicle Charging Expertise Helps Accelerate 'Charge Ready' in Southern California

With communities across Southern California seeking to accelerate electric vehicle adoption efforts, Black & Veatch announces the completion of 12 charging stations at Cathedral City High School (CCHS) in Palm Springs, California.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

2022 Will Be the Great Reckoning for Corporate Purpose

Amid an ongoing pandemic, climate crisis, Great Resignation, and battles for the most basic human rights, stakeholders continue to demand more of organizations.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

How Powercoders Gives Refugees Skills to Shape Their Futures

“Powercoders was founded in 2017 in Bern in Switzerland by an entrepreneur who had been very touched by the refugee crisis and felt that it was unfair by the luck of his birth he was able to live peacefully.”

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arrow Electronics and Close the Gap Support Global Livingston Institute

As part of its ongoing effort to bridge the digital divide in East Africa, Arrow Electronics provided laptops and cell phones to GLI, a nonprofit focused on improving health, the environment and economic development opportunities in the region.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

A Guide to Rising Salaries in the Sustainability & ESG Market - War for Talent As COP26 Paves the Way for New Sustainability Hires

Working in a purposeful role that embraces accountability and engages others to commit towards a brighter environmental future is an attractive prospect, with a salary to match.

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