ESG News from Leading Brands

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Mobile health providers at Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers, with Direct Relief-donated field medic packs. The organization is providing community care in western North Carolina area after Hurricane Helene. The organization has received a $25,000 emergency operating grant and a wide array of requested medical support, along with 13 other nonprofit health partners responding throughout the southeastern U.S. (Photo courtesy of Appalachian Mountain Community Health Center)

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives | Direct Relief

Hurricane Helene Relief: Direct Relief Grants $350,000 in Emergency Funds to Health Providers in North Carolina, Florida

In response to the severe impacts of Hurricane Helene, Direct Relief is providing $350,000 in emergency grant funding to support 14 health organizations across North Carolina and Florida.
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Health & Healthcare

Merck for Mothers: Helping End Maternal Mortality

Merck for Mothers began its mission by joining the UN and collaborators around the globe to apply its scientific and business expertise to help save women’s lives.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whirlpool Brand Brings Care Counts™ Laundry Program to Benton Harbor Area Schools

To help maximize K-12 attendance and support educational equality in the Benton Harbor community, Whirlpool brand is expanding its commitment to providing ways for families to care for their loved ones in its own backyard

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Supply Chain Transparency Conference to Feature Speakers From Ferrero, Mars, Williams-Sonoma

The inaugural Supply Chain Transparency Conference is scheduled to take place virtually from October 13th and 14th. The free conference is expected to draw over 1,000 attendees

Research, Reports & Publications

The Next Normal - Path to 2030: VMware Releases 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance Report

VMware’s 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report highlights the company’s ESG performance over the past fiscal year and showcases its 2030 Agenda

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Innovation & Technology

CNH Industrial Joins 5G Open Innovation Lab

CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) announced that it has joined the 5G Open Innovation Lab ("5GOILab"),

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Georgia-Pacific Lends Helping Hand to Flood Residents of Humphreys County, Tn.

Homes in the city of Waverly and Humphreys County, Tennessee were damaged in late August due to heavy flooding.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

DAZN and Common Goal Unite in Multi-Year Global Partnership

Sports streaming platform DAZN and pledge-basedsocial impact football movement Common Goal have united in a global partnership to jointly tackle some of the most vital issues of our times.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Goodyear Invests in Autonomous Trucking Company Gatik and Collaborates to Enhance Safety and Efficiency for Autonomous Middle Mile Logistics

The collaboration combines Gatik’s commercial-grade autonomous technology with industry-leading tire intelligence technology powered by Goodyear SightLine

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

First-of-its-kind 'Electric Island' Public Charging Station Recognized by Fast Company's 'Innovation by Design' Awards

As the first-of-its-kind, high-capacity public charging station for medium- and heavy-duty commercial electric vehicles (EVs), “Electric Island” in Portland, Oregon, has earned honorable mention in the sustainability category of Fast Company magazine’s 2021 “Innovation by Design” awards.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Accelerating O-I Glass' Transformation

As part of an investor presentation, O-I Glass, Inc. will share its business plan to accelerate the company’s transformation and increase value for all stakeholders.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Five Observations From Global Citizen

The Global Citizen Live event was inspiring and brought a great sense of optimism to be a part of this year, so I wrote down my five favorite observations from the weekend.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Meet Francesco Saccaggi, Owens Corning’s 2021 Employee Volunteer of the Year

The Owens Corning Foundation announces the Volunteer of the Year honorees for 2021. For 10 years, Francesco has volunteered more than 20 hours a month with the Italian Relief Corps of the Order of Malta – CISOM.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Ecolab Recognized As a Top Company for Inclusive Pandemic Support of Working Parents and Caregivers

Ecolab has been named one of Seramount’s 100 Best Companies of 2021 for its commitment to inclusive benefits for families, including paid gender-neutral parental leave, backup childcare and providing critical support during the pandemic.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Inspiring More Girls Into Electronics

Over the three days, attendees of the virtual course sponsored by onsemi had the opportunity to learn from female engineers and interns working at Electronics companies, as well as female lecturers and students at UKESF partner universities.

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Environment

International Paper Supports a Renewable Future and P+PB’s New Initiative

International Paper is proud to support the Paper and Packaging Board’s new sustainability initiative, which is helping consumers make healthy choices for the planet.

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Health & Healthcare

National Diaper Need Awareness Week Aims to Spread Awareness and Education Around Diaper Need in the U.S., Which Affects 1 in 3 Families

This week kicks off National Diaper Need Awareness Week, which was created in 2012 by the National Diaper Bank Network (NDBN) and the Kimberly-Clark North America Huggies® Brand

Diversity & Inclusion

The Home Depot Commits $10 Million to Venture Capital Focused on Diversity and Innovation

The Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, will invest $10 million in venture capital funds that promote diversity, technology and entrepreneurship: the Base10 Partners Advancement Initiative, L’ATTITUDE VENTURES and Plexo Capital.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Franklin Templeton Partners to Install Water Purification Plants

Franklin Templeton along with one of its charity partner in India, Balavikasa, installed water purification plants in the rural areas of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, India, where people don't have access to the clean and safe drinking water.

Environment

Enbridge: Asset Integrity and Reliability

We take a lifecycle view of system safety, from design & construction, to prevention & asset integrity, to ongoing monitoring & leak detection. We’ve advanced the use of predictive reliability modeling to support risk-informed decision-making.

Responsible Production & Consumption

A Sexy Little Number

When it comes to carbon, numbers tell an important climate story. And the fact is, that number needs to be much lower in all aspects of our lives including the products we buy, the businesses we interact with and the places where we live.

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Health & Healthcare

Engaging Student Journalists to Promote Health Awareness

Information is power, helping people to make the right decisions. At Quest, our data reveals insights which empowers better health. Quest for Health Equity (Q4HE) is also empowering better health by supporting a group of aspiring health journalists.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

WSP USA's Deborah Brown Wins ARTBA's Ethel S. Birchland Award

Honoring her leadership advocating for women in transportation, Deborah Brown, VP & national dir of alternative delivery at WSP, received the Ethel S. Birchland Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association.

Energy

Food and Fellowship in Baltimore Powered by Ørsted's Skipjack Wind Project

Ørsted has been partnering with local businesses since 2017 to develop Maryland’s first offshore wind project, Skipjack Wind 1, off the coast of the Delmarva Peninsula.

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Education

25 Students Earn Fifth Third Education Scholarships from the Fifth Third Foundation

Since its founding, the Fifth Third Foundation has made education programs a key priority. Its Scholarship Program awards one-time, $2,500 scholarships annually to children of Fifth Third employees for study at a college or university.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Forest Positive Coalition: CEO Introduction 2021

Hear from the CEO Co-sponsors of The Consumer Goods Forum's Forest Positive Coalition, Grant F. Reid, CEO of Mars, Incorporated, and Alexandre Bompard, CEO and Chairman, Carrefour, alongside the CGF's Managing Director, Wai-Chan Chan

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