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Leading With Love: The Clorox Company Foundation Publishes Annual Report

As I reflect on another year of delivering meaningful impact in our communities, our work has hewed closely to our mission and The Clorox Company’s purpose — we champion people to be well and thrive, every single day — always leading with love.
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Diversity & Inclusion

WBA Achieves Disability Representation Goal for Fiscal Year 2023

This October, which is National Disability Employment Awareness Month in the U.S., WBA remains steadfast in its commitment to employees who identify as having a disability—and the numbers prove it.

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Environment

The Chemicals Exec Looking To Decarbonize — And Rebuild Trust

Amber Wellman is leading Chemours through a new phase in the global chemistry giant’s decarbonization and sustainability journey.

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Energy

Duke Energy Progress Receives Approval for New Rates in North Carolina, Implements New Programs To Help Customers

Duke Energy Progress will implement new rates for North Carolina customers on Oct. 1 as approved by the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC).

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

3BL Announces 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2023

3BL announced today the annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking, recognizing outstanding environmental, social and governance (ESG) transparency and performance among the 1,000 largest U.S. public companies.

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Energy

Entergy Louisiana Partners With City To Bring Eco-Friendly Transportation to West Monroe

Entergy Louisiana representatives and City of West Monroe officials recently celebrated the expansion of eco-friendly transportation to the downtown area with the installment of several electric vehicle chargers.

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Environment

“Rethinking Apparel & Textiles” Features Sustainable Apparel Coalition at ReThink HK 2023

ReThink HK, Hong Kong’s business event for sustainable development, invited Joyce Tsoi, SAC Director of Collective Action Programs APAC, to moderate the “Rethinking Apparel & Textiles” roundtable session.

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Innovation & Technology

Accelerating Sustainability Innovation in the Cloud

“The pace of change has never been this fast, yet it will never be this slow again,” said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when speaking about technology a few years ago.

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Events, Media & Communications

New Holland Agriculture Took Center Stage at the 2023 Farm Progress Show

New Holland Agriculture, a brand of CNH Industrial, recently hosted a booth at the 2023 Farm Progress Show.

Environment

Enterprise, LISC, and the New York Fed to Publish Book on Community Development and Climate Change

Enterprise Community Partners, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced plans to publish book, funded by Wells Fargo Foundation, on community development and climate change.

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Health & Healthcare

Breaking Barriers: The Crucial Role of Partnerships in Addressing Mental Health and Stigma

World Mental Health Day is a global initiative that takes place annually in October and reminds us of the importance of addressing mental health issues and breaking the stigma surrounding them.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FedEx Headquarters Giving: Memphis, Tennessee

We believe that everyone in Memphis should have an equal chance to participate in our city’s education system and workforce to achieve financial stability and mobility. This idea – inclusive economic growth – is essential to our city’s future.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Cummins Board Honored for Approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The Cummins Inc. Board of Directors received a 2023 National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) award recognizing exemplary board practices related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I).

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Events, Media & Communications

Nasdaq's Annual NY Climate Week Conference 2023

In our panels, we explored the role of carbon markets in achieving net zero, best practices in navigating public discourse on ESG and climate, and the importance of ESG data quality and standardization across both investors and corporates.

Diversity & Inclusion

Medtronic Earns Four 5-Star Ratings From the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility

Medtronic is one of only three companies to achieve top scores in all four pillars of employment, governance, philanthropy, and procurement this year.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Provides $36.3 Million of Financing for Affordable Multifamily Housing in Colorado

KeyBank provided a $36.3 million for the new construction of Elevate at Aurora, a 137-unit family project in Aurora, CO. KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) provided $30 million in Low Income Housing Tax Credit.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

2023 Bill Conway Founders Charity Golf Classic

On Tuesday, October 10, Covia hosted more than 115 golfers in support of United Way's efforts to unite people and resources to measurably improve the self-sufficiency of individuals and families.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Northern Trust Employees Volunteer With Cara Chicago

Chairman and CEO Mike O’Grady along with a group of Northern Trust employees recently volunteered with Cara Chicago, which helps people boost their job prospects through resources, education and encouragement.

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Diversity & Inclusion

LA Galaxy Teams Up With the Play Equity Fund and Capitanes Del Futuro To Host Two-Day Career Exploration Event for Girls

Interest and participation in women’s sports has been on the rise as observed most recently during the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 with record breaking attendance numbers and ticket sales. However, women of color have been historically underrepresented in sports leadership roles.

Diversity & Inclusion

Dust Suppression To Help a First Nation’s Celebration

The storytelling begins with the drummers, each of their beats bringing those present into balance with the pulse of the earth.

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Education

Baker Tilly and NACUBO Unveil Path to Sustainability Toolkit to Navigate Higher Education Challenges

Leading advisory, tax and assurance firm Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) in partnership with the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), announces the release of their Path to Sustainability toolkit.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Otis Colleagues Rise Up To Meet 3 in ’23 Volunteer Challenge

As part of its 170th anniversary celebration, Otis encouraged colleagues to join its 3 in ‘23 Volunteer Challenge, a campaign encouraging colleagues to volunteer in their local communities for three hours before the end of the year.

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Education

14-Year-Old Named America’s Top Young Scientist for Development of Skin Cancer Treatment

3M and Discovery Education named Heman Bekele, a 9th grader at W.T. Woodson High School in Annandale, Va., the winner of the 2023 3M Young Scientist Challenge, the nation's premier middle school science competition.

Energy

New Solar Microgrid Trailer To Bring Light to the Darkness During Disaster Response

A coalition of Atlanta-based partners has come together to make disaster response more sustainable in Georgia through the building of solar microgrid trailers that serve as mobile solar power stations to provide clean and portable power.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bread Financial™ Awards $250,000 Grant to the Fedcap Group To Support Financial Empowerment

The Fedcap Group announced it has received $250,000 from Bread Financial™ to make the Single Stop benefits screening platform available when Civic Hall at Union Square opens this fall.

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Environment

What Barbenheimer’s Success Tells Us About ESG’s Popularity

ESG, and societal reflection - all wrapped in the Barbenheimer experience. Learn about how the Oppenheimer and Barbie films reflect society’s drive toward ESG.

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