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Diversity & Inclusion

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Q&A With Home Depot Hawaii Assistant Store Manager

To Kevin Wong, family is everything.

Events, Media & Communications

EarthX Concludes 2022 EarthX Film Festival

EarthX concludes its 2020 EarthX Film Festival.

Diversity & Inclusion

Walker's Legacy and Comcast NBCUniversal Launch New Partnership To Change the Narrative for Black Women-Owned Businesses

On the heels of National Small Business Week, today Walker’s Legacy is announcing its partnership with Comcast NBCUniversal, who will invest $250,000 in grant funding to our 10,000 Capital Ready campaign.

Green Infrastructure

Delta Offshore Energy Americas Subsidiary Receives USTDA Grant to Enable Green Projects in Vietnam

The United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded a grant to DOE Americas LLC via its affiliate, Mekong Clean Energy Infrastructure Co., Ltd. (MCEI) in Vietnam.

Sustainable Development Goals

How to Bring Smallholders on the Journey to Zero-deforestation Food Systems

To combat deforestation, interventions must support both development and inclusion.

Sustainable Development Goals

Heat Resilience Solutions for Boston

Among the most dangerous impacts of climate change, extreme heat presents a serious threat to people, natural environments and infrastructure, especially in the most vulnerable communities.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Illumina Employees Volunteer Their Time at Over 100 Events in Celebration of Global Volunteer Month

Illumina strives to create a purpose-driven culture with opportunities for employees to volunteer in their community through organizations that matter most to them.

Research, Reports & Publications

GoDaddy 2021 Sustainability Report: A Message From Our CEO

At GoDaddy, our mission is to empower entrepreneurs everywhere, making opportunity more inclusive for all.

Health & Healthcare

Gilead at Forefront of Herculean Effort to Combat COVID-19

Gilead scientists had planned for a moment like this through years of research. When coronaviruses with pandemic potential, like SARS and MERS, emerged in the early 2000s, Gilead began searching for potential new antivirals.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Whirlpool Corporation Offers New Benefits for the Modern Family

Whirlpool Corporation has introduced a holistic “Be*Well” initiative which provides a range of support and resources to empower and encourage employees to be well in all aspects of their lives at home and work.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Georgia-Pacific Helps Preserve the History and Legacy of the Brave Female Pilots of WWII

"You can be whatever you set your heart and head to be." Annelle Bulecheck should know; she was part of WASP - Women Airforce Service Pilots - the first females to fly U.S. military aircraft in WWII.

Health & Healthcare

How Innovations in Medical Devices Are Allowing Physicians to Work Better - and Patients to Heal Quicker

Dr. D. Kyle Hogarth, the director of bronchoscopy at the University of Chicago, works in a bustling ICU where he often needs to perform rapid endoscopic procedures.

Education

New Teacher Center: A More Authentic Approach to Teacher Appreciation

With the mission of forging greater educator effectiveness and equity, non-profit New Teacher Center (NTC) has been working for two decades on establishing a comprehensive professional learning program.

Research, Reports & Publications

Whose Data Is This Anyway? Striving for Higher Standards of Emissions Reporting

A new research partnership aims to clarify best practices and help industry come to grips with disclosing Scope 3 GHG emissions.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Duke Energy Florida, Coastal Conservation Association Florida Deploy Artificial Reef off State's Gulf Coast

CCA Florida joined Duke Energy Florida, in partnership with MBARA, to deploy four 38,000-pound and four 5,000-pound high-quality concrete reef modules off the coast of Mexico Beach, Fla., to create the artificial “Duke Energy/CCA Florida Reef.”

Energy

Exploring the Potential of Hydrogen Fuel Cells in North American Trucking

Cummins Inc. and Daimler Truck North America are collaborating to upfit and validate Freightliner Cascadia trucks with a Cummins hydrogen fuel cell powertrain for use in North America.

Health & Healthcare

Ram Jagannath: How Medable Is Transforming Clinical Trials

Blackstone’s investment in Medable, a leading provider of decentralized clinical trial technology, is helping get effective therapies to more patients.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Dow Leaders Achieve Top Recognition on INvolve's 2022 Empower Role Model Lists

Dow (NYSE: DOW) today announced that four leaders have earned recognition on three 2022 Empower Role Model lists: Empower 50 Advocates Role Model List, Empower 100 Executives Role, Empower 100 Future Leaders Role Model List.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Future of Company Reporting is Integrated

At SAP we believe companies need to put sustainability at the heart of their corporate business strategies and embed sustainability data into their end-to-end processes.

Research, Reports & Publications

Kinross Launches 2021 Sustainability Report!

Kinross Gold Corporation is pleased to announce the publication of its 2021 Sustainability Report – a fulsome and transparent summary of the Company’s progress over the past year in furthering its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Investing in Communities: KeyBank Exceeds Community Benefits Plan Financial Commitments

In 2021, Key proudly concluded our groundbreaking five-year, $16.5 billion National Community Benefits Plan. Over the course of the plan period, we provided more than $26.5 billion in lending and investments to communities across America, exceeding the aggregate financial commitments of the plan.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Marathon Petroleum and MPLX G&P Earn 2021 CN Safe Handling Award

Marathon Petroleum and MPLX G&P (registered under MarkWest Energy) earned the 2021 Gold Safe Handling Award from Canadian National (CN) for shipping rail cars on CN lines with zero non-accidental releases (NARs) last year.

Health & Healthcare

PNC Bank Agrees to Year-Round Sponsorship of Health Alliance for Austin Musicians

In another sign of its commitment to the Austin music industry and its economic impacts, PNC Bank today announced a year-round sponsorship with the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM).

Health & Healthcare

Podcast: How Jennifer McVean Is Fulfilling a Childhood Vow to Help Kids Forget That They Have Diabetes

In this episode, Jennifer McVean, MD, medical affairs director at Medtronic’s diabetes business, shares how a devastating childhood diagnosis started her on her mission to help people with diabetes.

Energy

Katie Moberg, Project Manager of the Month, on Supporting Resilient Communities with Clean Energy Solutions

Tetra Tech congratulates our Project Manager of the Month for February 2022, Katie Moberg.

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