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Social Impact & Volunteering | Motorola Solutions

Youth Encouragement Services and Motorola Solutions Foundation Renovate Nashville Youth Centers

Youth Encouragement Services (YES), together with the Motorola Solutions Foundation and volunteers from the Motorola Solutions Galvin Masters sales organization, refreshed YES’ Nashville-based youth centers.
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Diversity & Inclusion

KeyBank Names Helena Haynes-Carter as Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer

KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) today announced that Helena Haynes-Carter has been named Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer for the company. In this role, Helena will lead the strategy and tactics to improve the acquisition, development, and retention of diverse talent and suppliers.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

International Paper: Circular Economy Leader Sets Production Record at Spanish Recycled Containerboard Mill

International Paper (IP), one of the world’s leading producers of renewable fiber-based packaging and absorbent pulp solutions, achieved a major production milestone at its Madrid Mill in Fuenlabrada, Spain.

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Diversity & Inclusion

From Dove to Guinness, Kathy Parker Has A Gift for Creating Timeless Campaigns

Learn more about Kathy Parker’s leadership style that aims to create a safe space for her team, how a major life event led to a breakthrough in her career and why she believes all companies should have a pay equity analysis.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Financial Times Recognizes AccountAbility As a Leading Management Consultant for the 5th Year in a Row

AccountAbility, a Sustainability Consulting & Standards Firm with offices in New York, London, Dubai, and Riyadh, has been ranked as a Premier Sustainability Consultant following a survey of 5,200 partners and executives.

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Energy

T-Mobile Achieves U.S. Telecom Industry First (Again): 100% Renewable Energy

In 2018, T-Mobile was the first and only U.S. provider to create an ambitious plan to source 100% of its total electricity usage with renewable energy by the end of 2021. Today the company announced it was the first in wireless to do it.

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Health & Healthcare

Alkermes Highlights Signs and Symptoms of Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a complex brain disorder that can significantly impact patients. Fortunately, there are treatment options that may help.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

2021 Year in Review: An Update from Whole Planet Foundation

Whole Planet Foundation remains focused on its mission to alleviate poverty by funding financial opportunities for underserved entrepreneurs. Implementing partners and the entrepreneurs they serve are facing threats to their wellbeing.

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Green Infrastructure

PepsiCo Awards $1.2 Million Grant to the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority to Replace Infrastructure and Eliminate Loss of Water Supply in the Guadalupe River and San Antonio River Basins

PepsiCo Beverages North America and Frito-Lay North America grant will fund the replacement of a deteriorating flow control structure, helping to preserve freshwater and reduce saltwater intrusion in Calhoun County, Texas

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

4th Consecutive 100% For Blackstone on the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index

Blackstone has achieved a score of 100% on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI), earning the designation as a “Best Place to Work for LGBT+ Equality” for the fourth year in a row.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Entergy's Top 10 Corporate Social Responsibility Moments of 2021

At Entergy, we are on a journey with our stakeholders to improve lives, build businesses and create prosperity. This was no different even during another year of unprecedented challenges.

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Research, Reports & Publications

FedEx Publishes Delivering for Good 2021 Report: Using Our Global Network and Logistics Expertise to Help People and Communities in Need

We are one the few companies in the world that has the global network and logistics expertise capable of assisting with precious shipments or responding quickly in times disaster. It’s a responsibility that we take seriously.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Pentair Awarded EcoVadis Silver Medal

Pentair has been awarded a Silver Medal by EcoVadis in its first enterprise-wide sustainability assessment.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Corporate Equality Index: Rockwell Automation Earns Perfect Score for 10th Consecutive Year

Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) has earned a top score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Regions Investment Management Named a Best Place to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments, Inc.

Regions Investment Management based in Birmingham, Alabama, is one of a small number of firms to be named a 2021 Best Places to Work in Money Management award recipient announced by Pensions & Investments.

Environment

How Airthings Reinvented Radon Monitoring with Modern Technology

Radon is an undetectable radioactive gas that naturally occurs as uranium decays in rocks and soil. Outside, radon concentration remains low, but it can build up to dangerous levels over time inside homes.

Health & Healthcare

Top 8 Critical Illness Insurance Providers in the US

To find out which critical insurance providers in the US have the best offerings, health and wellness information website Verywell Health reviewed the policies of 20 companies, factoring in the extent of coverage, monthly rates, benefit period, how quickly the plan begins, payout terms, and financial stability.

Environment

Beijing 2022 Pre-games Sustainability Report Outlines Climate Solutions, Development of Winter Sports and Regional Regeneration in China

Beijing 2022 released its Pre-Games Sustainability Report today, detailing the measures implemented to reduce and compensate carbon emissions, protect local ecosystems and create long-term benefits to local communities and economies.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Quest Diagnostics Receives Perfect Score on Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Corporate Equality Index for Sixth Consecutive Year

Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced that it has received a score of 100% on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI)

Diversity & Inclusion

Chevron Earns Top Score for 17th Consecutive Year in Human Rights Campaign 2022 Corporate Equality Index

Chevron has received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index, the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

GoDaddy's National Social Impact Program Expands to Charm City

GoDaddy’s global community and philanthropic program, Empower by GoDaddy, is launching in Baltimore in partnership with Impact Hub Baltimore.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Meaningful Investments and Support Keep Small Business Doors Open

Over the last two years, many of us have discovered just how much we depend on small businesses to meet our needs. Whether it’s visiting a nearby diner for a chorizo omelet, calling up your friendly florist to create a bouquet of colorful blooms, or relying on the vital services of a trusted child care provider to nurture our little ones, small businesses are at the heart of our communities.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Partners With CAHS to Expand Bank-On Resources to Returning Citizens Program

KeyBank and The Connecticut Association for Human Services (CAHS) are partnering to expand CAHS’ successful Bank On CT coalition into the greater Hartford area.

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Environment

Whirlpool Corporation Celebrates 2021 Achievements in Social and Environmental Sustainability

Whirlpool Corp’s 110-year anniversary was a year that built on its Environmental, Social, and Governance initiatives and a continuation of the commitment to being the best kitchen and laundry company, in constant pursuit of improving life at home.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Land Betterment Begins Delivery of Next Four Homes to West Kentucky Through Innovative Sponsorship Model

Land Betterment Corporation announced that ekō Villages of Hope has begun shipping the next four homes to Dawson Springs, Kentucky through its private sponsorship model.

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Innovation & Technology

Smart Chemistry to Improve Energy Performance of Buildings in Europe

Achieving net zero by 2050 hinges on innovation, some of which will be nearly invisible, hiding in the walls of our houses, in heating and cooling systems, or in the wiring of smart homes.

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