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Education | Henkel

Fueling Education for the Next Generation

The Henkel Scholarship Program was established to assist the children of employees in North America who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs.
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Environment

ScottsMiracle-Gro: Stay Connected With Nature Through Fall Gardening

Gardening has many positive physical and mental benefits, so don’t miss out on the opportunity to keep them going during the fall season.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sustainability Reporting Leader GRI Deepens Multi-Stakeholder Governance

The stakeholder forum that advises the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) on key strategic issues has appointed new leadership and members.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Foundation Forward: The Latest Truist Foundation News | Q3 2024

This quarterly newsletter showcases how Truist Foundation supports Truist Financial Corporation’s purpose to inspire and build better lives and communities through strategic investments in a wide variety of nonprofit organizations

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Entergy Mississippi Helps Customers Keep Cool and Save Money This Summer

Entergy Mississippi is committed to helping our customers stay cool and save money this summer with bill management tools, customer assistance events and programs.

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Diversity & Inclusion

How this Clorox Teammate is Helping Change Stigmas Around Mental Health

The Clorox Change Makers initiative spotlights people who actively celebrate diversity, promote inclusion and practice allyship, making a positive impact on our business and culture. In this installment, we focus on Cassie Hairston.

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Events, Media & Communications

2024 Sands Shopping Carnival Draws the Highest Number of Visitors Since Its Inception

Sands China’s long-standing commitment to advancing local businesses is most notably headlined by the annual Sands Shopping Carnival.

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Innovation & Technology

Embracing Innovative Practices To Drive Circularity and Sustainability

Circularity plays a key part when it comes to sustainability, especially for technology. E-waste makes up 70% of overall toxic waste, after all, and only 20% of it is currently formally recycled.

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Education

Principal Foundation and We Are Teachers Team Up To Promote Financial Literacy in U.S. Schools

Principal® Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to helping people and communities build financially secure futures, is collaborating with We Are Teachers, a community of over three million educators across the United States, to support financial literacy in classrooms.

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Events, Media & Communications

Nasdaq Annual New York Climate Week Broadcast 2024 Campaign: Nasdaq ESG Events & Sponsorship

Tune in virtually to the Nasdaq Annual New York Climate Week Conference 2024, where we bring together professionals working in sustainability across both the corporate and investor communities for a groundbreaking event.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

2024 Seramount Inclusion Index Recognizes Whirlpool Corporation for Leadership in Building an Inclusive Workplace

Whirlpool Corp., recognized for its leadership in fostering an inclusive workplace, has earned a spot on the 2024 Seramount Inclusion Index.

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Green Infrastructure

Owens Corning Breaks Ground for Sustainability Investment at Paroc Hällekis

Owens Corning, owner of Paroc AB, celebrated breaking ground on its new sustainability investment at the Paroc Hällekis plant in Sweden.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating Louis Vega: Honored in INvolve Hall of Fame for LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion Leadership

Congratulations to Louis Vega on his recent induction to INvolve - The Inclusion People’s Hall of Fame for his ongoing work to champion LGBTQ+ inclusion within the workplace and around the world.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Race to Resilience: The Role of Small Business in Driving America’s Success

NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin shares pit-stop wisdom on small business preparedness and resilience.

Diversity & Inclusion

Earning While Learning: A Can’t-Miss Summer Program for Indigenous Youth

Sabre-Anne Elkins, then 17, was scrolling through her Facebook feed in the summer of 2021 when she spotted an ad, encouraging her to join a summer program and get paid.

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Research, Reports & Publications

SAIC Publishes Fifth Annual Corporate Responsibility Report

Science Applications International Corp. (NASDAQ: SAIC) today published its fifth annual Corporate Responsibility Report, highlighting the company’s progress toward its environment, social and governance goals, and underscoring the mission-based culture that serves its customers.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Provides $2 Million Loan to C3 Fund for the Advancement of Women and BIPOC Real Estate Investors

KeyBank Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Lending and Investment Group has provided a $2 million loan to C3’s Impact Fund.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Training and Corporate Culture

Corporate culture has long been regarded as the set of organizational procedures and knowledge of the organization. Today it is much more than that: it is the set of values, actions, principles, goals, and rules that characterize the business.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Why Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts and KFC Are Teaming Up to Test Reusable Cups

The restaurants even compromised on traditional brand colors for the three-month pilot being conducted in Petaluma, California.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Businesses Address Housing Gap To Increase Employment

In Sheboygan County, four family-owned companies are coming together to help new hires become homeowners.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Leveraging Sustainability Strategy and Inflation Reduction Act Credits To Optimize Capital Assets

At the 2024 NACUBO Annual Meeting, a panel of industry specialists from Baker Tilly, UMaine and UWEC addressed the specific issues faced and discussed strategies for positioning institutions for fiscal and environmental sustainability.

Innovation & Technology

Cadence Accelerates the Sustainability of AI Factories with NVIDIA Omniverse

By bringing digital twins to the design and operation of data centers, Cadence can deliver AI's benefits to society while reducing the power consumption and environmental impact of data centers.

Health & Healthcare

Routine Matters: How a Regular Wellness Exam Helped Identify Prostate Cancer Early

Personal health and fitness have always been important to Nigel Graham — volunteer firefighter, Northern Ireland native, Spartan® race veteran and key member of the Aflac flock in Columbia, South Carolina.

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Events, Media & Communications

AllianceBernstein To Host the EMIA 8th Annual ESG Engagement Conference

AllianceBernstein is proud to host the Emerging Markets Investors Alliance (EMIA) 8th Annual ESG Engagement Conference, at our London office on September 16.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Crown Holdings Secures New Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Certifications

Throughout the last year, we have continued to pursue and secure new Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) certifications as we strive to uphold high standards for responsible sourcing.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Agriculture of America Podcast Interviews PepsiCo’s VP of Sustainable and Regenerative Agriculture, Margaret Henry

PepsiCo Foods North America (PFNA) is spearheading transformative change in the agricultural industry through its innovative Planting Pathways initiative.

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