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Management: Finding and Using Best Practices For Working Forests

Environment

More than 90 percent of International Paper’s fiber supply in the United States comes from privately-owned forests, many of which are small and family-owned. We work with landowners to ensure the responsible management of those forests.

PNC Pledges $20 Billion In Environmental Finance

Environment

This commitment is an extension of PNC's long-standing support for accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Podcast: How to Find STEM Success? Learn to Pivot.

In this edition of Shaping the Future of STEM, host and high school intern Jomi Babatunde-Omoya speaks with Dr. Beth McQuiston, a neurologist, registered dietician and medical director for Abbott’s diagnostics business. Jomi calls her a "STEM triple threat.

Working Hard to Make a Positive Impact on Our Local Waterways

Social Impact & Volunteering

We took action on this promise in partnership with Coosa River Basin Initiative and Waterkeeper Alliance to spend the day cleaning local rivers and trails!

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 2021 Lifetime Achievement Winner: Shundrawn Thomas

Diversity & Inclusion

Shundrawn Thomas, the president of Northern Trust Asset Management, talks about “the unfortunate deaths of people of color not being a new thing” even though it drew a lot of attention in 2020.

What We Can Do Today to Promote Better Connected & Automated Technologies Tomorrow

Innovation & Technology

Automated vehicles and connected infrastructure promise smarter, safer transportation networks.

In Her Element - Susie Wolff

Diversity & Inclusion

Get to know our trailblazer Susie Wolff, the first and only woman Formula E Team Principal. Susie joins #HPEDiscover to tell her story of how she's ensuring the next generation of women have a place in the pitlane

Hershey's 2020 Cocoa & Forests Initiative Annual Report Shares Progress Toward Ending Cocoa-Related Deforestation

Research, Reports & Publications

Our 2020 Cocoa & Forests Initiative Annual Report shares progress toward ending cocoa-related deforestation.

Nurturing a More Impact-Minded Workforce

Social Impact & Volunteering

Adam Robinson, ViacomCBS’s VP of Corporate Social Responsibility, shares why volunteering matters so much to his team, especially over the past year and a half, and how to maintain the impact and engagement of projects when going virtual.

Xylem Expands Investment in Next Generation of Water Innovators

Innovation & Technology

Global water technology company, Xylem (NYSE:XYL), is expanding its investment in youth innovation to empower the next generation to solve the world’s greatest water challenges.

5 Ways You Can Support Those in Need in Afghanistan

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The scenes of thousands of Afghans desperately pleading for assistance and running for refuge as the Taliban solidified rule over Afghanistan for the first time since 2001 have been broadcast across the world and left it reeling.

Ecocentricity Blog: Net Positive: Leaving the World Better Than You Found It

Responsible Production & Consumption

The business world has seen environmental action start with compliance, then to “beyond compliance,” stretch goals, measuring sustainability, measuring net zero, and now to “net positive.”

Supporting Team Rubicon's Disaster Relief Mission in Haiti

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti Saturday, American Airlines is partnering with Team Rubicon to offer assistance to the country.

RW Staff Picks: Our Favorite Books Selected for You

Social Impact & Volunteering

Our team has collected a list of books that guide and shape our business, teamwork, and transformative approach to volunteering. From entrepreneurship to social impact, this list will set you up to get the best out of life and work. Enjoy!

KeyBank, in Partnership With the First Niagara Foundation, Donates $1.5 Million to Support WEDI's West Side Bazaar Project

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

KeyBank, in partnership with the First Niagara Foundation, is donating $1.5 million to support the Westminster Economic Development Initiative’s new West Side Bazaar Project.

Providence Molecular Genomics Lab Utilizes Illumina Technology to Offer Genomics for All

Health & Healthcare

In the future, what if you could sequence your cancer patients by the thousands, provide answers quicker, and deliver more effective treatment and better care—on a routine basis? For Providence, the nation’s third largest not-for-profit health system, that future is the present.

China's Red Ribbon School Provides a Refuge for Children Living With HIV

Health & Healthcare

As a physician treating children living with HIV at an infectious disease hospital in Shanxi, China, Guo Xiaoping hatched an ambitious plan. His goals? To create a place for the students to learn and live.

Merck Has Been Named One of the Top Employers in New York by Fortune

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Fortune research partner Great Place to Work has compiled the 2021 list of the 60 Best Large Workplaces in New York. Merck was named one of 60 companies that foster supportive cultures, where employees find opportunities for growth with plenty of help from their colleagues along the way.

eTransEnergy Named by GM As a Preferred Provider for Fleet Electrification

Energy

eTransEnergy, a Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) company, today was named by GM as a preferred provider to help GM fleet and BrightDrop customers transition to electric vehicles through the GM Ultium Charge 360 service.

Whole Kids Foundation Gives Record $3 Million in Garden Grants

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Kids Foundation, a nonprofit established by Whole Foods Market and dedicated to helping to improve children’s nutrition

Autonomous Vehicles: Partnership for Progress in Image Sensing

Innovation & Technology

As vehicles progress from advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to becoming fully autonomous, a key technology enabler will be the advanced sensors that allow these vehicles to sense the world around them.

Teachers Spending More Out of Pocket on School Supplies Than Ever Before

Education

AdoptAClassroom.org, the national nonprofit that provides funding for U.S. teachers and schools, today released the results of their 2021 classroom spending survey of 5,400 PreK-12 teachers at public, private and charter schools.

LifeGuides® Appoints David Hester, Ph.D, LMHC, As Senior Director, Guides Community

Innovation & Technology

LifeGuides® Appoints David Hester, Ph.D, LMHC, as Senior Director, Guides Community

IVECO Supports Areas Hit by Tornado in the Czech Republic

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

In June, a violent tornado swept through several villages in the in the Hodonín and Břeclav districts of the South Moravian Region in the Czech Republic.

Black & Veatch Air Purification Technology Fights Covid-19 Faster, uses Less Energy

Innovation & Technology

Through work with the clean-teach company Energy Cloud Inc., Black & Veatch created a technology that purifies the air of COVID-19 and other pathogens in real time.