ESG News from Leading Brands

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Energy

Life-Extending Protection for Renewable Energy Production

Harnessing abundantly available solar energy to generate electricity is an important tool in reducing GHG emissions that contribute to global climate change.

Sustainable Development Goals

Lenovo's Journey to Net-Zero: Sustainable Product Design

In this video series, we aim to demonstrate how Lenovo is taking action and measuring progress toward net-zero emissions through sustainable product design, conserving natural resources, and increasing sustainability in our supply chain.

Environment

WEBINAR: The PFAS Risk Game - Are You on Offense or Defense?

Join us Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at 2:00 pm EDT as our PFAS experts present “The PFAS Risk Game – Are You on Offense or Defense?” to get critical updates and learn more about risk management steps you can take.

Responsible Production & Consumption

North America's Building Trades Unions and Ørsted Agree To Build an American Offshore Wind Energy Industry With American Labor

A first in the U.S., the National Offshore Wind Agreement sets industry on a course to build an equitable offshore workforce with family-sustaining careers

Environment

Enbridge Commits to Net-Zero Emissions by 2050

Climate change requires serious solutions. And at Enbridge, sustainability is central to everything we do. As a leading North American energy delivery company, we’re positioned to help society transition to a lower-emissions future.

Health & Healthcare

Men Press Snooze on Their Health Care, New Survey Finds

Men aren’t paying enough attention to their personal health care and they’re particularly tight lipped when it comes to mental health, according to the newly released Aflac Men’s Health Survey.

Innovation & Technology

Partnership With Bravo Motor Company Offers Cutting-Edge Solutions for EV Battery Manufacturing

Rockwell Automation announced a partnership with Bravo Motor Company. With the new alliance, Rockwell will contribute to cutting-edge solutions for the manufacture of batteries and electric vehicles in Brazil, based on the circular economy.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Bringing Financial Clarity to ESG Investing

Global Head of Sustainable Investing and Stewardship Julie Moret shares insight on evaluating ESG factors as pre-financial indicators and how they play a role in future-proofing portfolios.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Do You Know What Your Employees Really Think About Their Jobs?

The cost to replace an employee is about one-third an annual salary—if not more expensive for experienced or highly specialized workers.

Environment

Swimming in Plastic Potential: The Innovation That's Turning Trash Into Cash

Turning ‘trash into cash’ – the latest spark to emerge from Ericsson ONE, Ericsson’s internal accelerator for intrapreneurs – is one of many breakthrough technologies that is using the circular economy model to tackle the plastic crisis head on.

Environment

Resilient Cities Catalyst (RCC) Announces New Collaboration With UN-Habitat’s Cities Investment Facility

New collaboration between Resilient Cities Catalyst and UN-Habitat will identify and solve bottlenecks for projects currently in the Cities Investment Facility pipeline, helping to bring resilience projects to reality in cities around the globe.

Diversity & Inclusion

Quest Diagnostics Celebrates Culture of Inclusion by Raising Pride Flags

We’re proud to celebrate our culture of inclusion this month with the raising of the Pride Flag at our facilities across the country.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fifth Third Bank, Employees, Customers Provide More Than 8.4 Million Meals for Those in Need

Fifth Third Bank’s “Feeding Our Communities” initiative, held each year in May, this year provided more than 8.4 million meals to fight hunger across its footprint. The total far exceeded the 5.3 million-meals goal the company set for its 2022 effort

Environment

5 Questions for Polar Explorer Robert Swan

Three decades ago, polar explorer Robert Swan became the first person to walk to both the North and South Poles. Since his epic trek, he has dedicated himself to protecting those regions by bringing others along.

Research, Reports & Publications

Boeing Releases 2022 Sustainability Report, Maps Sustainable Aerospace Progress

Boeing [NYSE: BA] today released its annual Sustainability Report, which further defines the company’s sustainability goals and includes key metrics to measure progress of core enterprise priorities.

Energy

Long-Duration Energy Storage Is Essential for Deep, Rapid Decarbonization

Energy storage is now recognized as an essential feature of a modernized, decarbonized electricity grid.

Health & Healthcare

Illumina Invests in £30M Venture Fund To Advance Breakthroughs in Human Health

Illumina, Inc. announced its participation in Time Boost Capital I LP, a £30 million genomics venture fund dedicated to providing match funding to startups graduating from Illumina Accelerator with the aim to advance breakthroughs in human health.

Diversity & Inclusion

T-Mobile Pride Spotlight: I Have Impact

Meet Ellis and hear about his coming out story.

Social Impact & Volunteering

The Purpose of Community Day at Paramount

As a company, giving back is a part of Paramount’s DNA. So while our employees can volunteer, come together, and be a part of something bigger on Community Day, our commitment to service extends beyond a single occurrence.

Diversity & Inclusion

Cadence Highlights Women in Computational Fluid Dynamics: An Interview with Carolyn Woeber

To highlight the achievements of women in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), Cadence spoke with Carolyn Woeber, applications engineering director at Cadence.

Green Infrastructure

Coming Soon: Charge Your Car at a Power Pole

Soon, ordinary streetlights, street poles and transformers along Southern California roads will have an extraordinary role to play in the electric transportation revolution, thanks to an innovative pilot program.

Diversity & Inclusion

Marathon Petroleum Helping El Paso Neighborhoods Close the Digital Divide

Using the internet is a routine part of life across most of the U.S., but not in the 79905 ZIP code of El Paso, Texas.

Green Infrastructure

Ensuring a Coherent Pathway to Decarbonize EU Buildings

We at Chemours support ambitious and binding renovation rates for all buildings across the EU.

Environment

Hormel Foods to Invest in Carbon Sequestration, Air and Water Quality

Hormel Foods, and Target along with MBOLD are supporting an innovative agriculture pilot project focusing on advances in soil health practices to improve water and air quality, sequester greenhouse gasses and increase farmland profitability.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Trane Technologies Recertified by Great Place to Work®

Trane Technologies has been Certified™ by Great Place to Work® for the second year in a row. The recertification recognizes employers who create an outstanding employee experience and is based on feedback from current Trane Technologies employees.

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