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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ecolab Ranks #33 on Corporate Knights' 2022 List of the World's Most Sustainable Corporations

Ecolab has again been named to Corporate Knights' index of the 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World, ranking #33 on the 2022 list. This is the fourth time Ecolab has appeared on the Global 100 Index since 2015.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Tackle Your To-do List With Support From Skilled Volunteers

Join Taproot Foundation’s free webinar for nonprofits on Tuesday, January 25 at 1 PM ET/10 AM PT for all the tools you’ll need to partner with skilled volunteers this year.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

ViacomCBS Named One of America's Most JUST Companies

Of the 954 public companies analyzed, ViacomCBS came in at the #80 ranking and #2 for Media Companies.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Duke Energy Florida Awards $250,000 to Organizations That Empower Students, Educators, Families During Season of Giving

Duke Energy has awarded $250,000 in grants to support a wide range of education and community assistance initiatives across Florida.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: Reflecting on Corporate Sustainability, Climate Change, and the (Electric) Road Ahead

What follows below is a friendly back-and-forth exchange on the state of corporate sustainability and how it intersects with climate change between me and my friend Jeff Gowdy, a director at the sustainability consultancy Sustainserv.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Blackstone Charitable Foundation's Annual Season of Service Initiative

The Blackstone Charitable Foundation’s annual Season of Service initiative is in full swing!

Research, Reports & Publications

Mondelēz International Releases Third Annual State of Snacking™ Report Highlighting Emerging Trends and Expanding Role Snacking Plays for Consumers

Mondelēz International announced the launch of the third annual State of Snacking™ report, a global consumer trends study examining year-over-year insights on how consumers make snacking decisions.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Supplying an Award-Winning Model for Diversity and Inclusion

The commitment to diversity at Johnson & Johnson extends beyond the company's employees. For more than two decades, we have been actively building a community of suppliers that reflects the many backgrounds of our consumers, patients and customers.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

WSP Recognized by Verdantix As a Top Leader in ESG and Sustainability Consulting

WSP, a leading environmental, engineering and professional services consultancy, has been recognized as one of the top four global market-leading providers of environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainability consulting services in Verdantix’s Green Quadrant: ESG & Sustainability Report 2022.

Environment

Decarbonizing Agriculture: Learnings From Working in International Coalitions

It feels like yesterday that Sir David Attenborough opened the global UN Climate Change Conference with one of the most powerful speeches I’ve ever heard on climate change. In his speech he made one thing very clear: “We must halve carbon emissions this decade. We must recapture billions of tons of carbon from the air.”

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Keysight Technologies Named One of America's Most JUST Companies

Of the 954 public companies analyzed, Keysight was recognized as #52 overall and #1 for Industrial Goods.

Diversity & Inclusion

Does Ethnic Diversity on Corporate Boards Affect Stock Prices?

Diversity in corporate hiring has become more than a social imperative.

Innovation & Technology

Helping Kenyan Small Businesses Cross the Digital Divide

Like small businesses all around the world, companies with fewer than 10 employees across sub-Saharan Africa have been hit hard by COVID-19.

Education

Illumina's Nonprofit Partner Future Kings Is Cultivating the Next Generation of STEM Leaders

As a middle school math teacher in Woodbridge, Virginia, Dr. Arik King saw firsthand how boys of color trailed their peers in test scores, attendance, and graduation rates—part of an alarming and persistent national trend.

Education

MilliporeSigma Provides Hands-on STEM Experience for Harris-Stowe State University Interns

Thanks to a summer internship program sponsored by MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, students received hands-on exposure to help see what a career in science and technology has to offer.

Diversity & Inclusion

Merck Scientists Launch Research Award to Support Rising Chemists of Color

The new Merck Research Award for Underrepresented Chemists of Color adds to our company’s efforts to promote diversity, inclusion and equity in all that we do.

Innovation & Technology

The Innovative Chemistry Enabling Green Hydrogen

The increasing frequency of climate-related events worldwide has spurred a growing dialogue about the importance of a clean energy transition. Most believe that the deployment of a comprehensive set of solutions will be required.

Research, Reports & Publications

Georgia-Pacific: Working Forests - Responsible Sourcing

Georgia-Pacific is committed to only sourcing from sustainable, legal and responsible sources.

Diversity & Inclusion

DEI Update: Looking Back on 2021 and Powering Ahead to 2022

Despite the turbulence we all experienced in 2021, I’m happy to share that VMware’s Office of the CTO (OCTO) made major headway on our DEI goals. In today’s post, I’ll share the results, as well as our major DEI focuses for 2022.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Herbalife Nutrition Foundation Awards More Than $5 Million in 2021 Benefitting Communities Around the World

The Herbalife Nutrition Foundation (HNF), a global nonprofit foundation, dedicated to improving the lives of children and families around the world, announced today that it awarded more than $5 million in 2021.

Diversity & Inclusion

Progress on Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Journey

Over the past year, we have become more intentional in our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) efforts.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Texas Diversity Council to Recognize Woman of the Year at the 18th Annual Women in Leadership Symposium

The Texas Diversity Council (TXDC) will celebrate Women’s History Month at the 18th Annual Women in Leadership Symposium, “Paragon of Womanhood: Restoration, Reintegration, Reemergence” honoring the 2022 Woman of the Year on Tuesday, March 15, from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. virtually via Zoom.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MENTOR Announces 2022 Excellence in Mentoring Honorees

MENTOR, the nation’s unifying champion of the mentoring movement, announces the 2022 Honorees of the Annual Excellence in Mentoring Awards.

Diversity & Inclusion

In Celebration of MLK Jr. Day, Comcast's Black Experience on Xfinity Announces Exclusive Premiere of 'Avenues Of Dreams: Reclaiming MLK Boulevards'

In celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Comcast NBCUniversal is proud to announce the exclusive premiere of Avenues of Dreams: Reclaiming MLK Boulevards on the Black Experience on Xfinity Channel.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Purpose 360 Podcast: Living Up to the Expectations of Your Children

To better understand what the next generation of talent wants, and how companies today are responding, we invited a father-son team to Purpose 360. Alan VanderMolen, CCO of SC Johnson, the company with the purpose goal to be the planet’s most trusted company, and Elijah VanderMolen, a junior at NYU studying Public Policy and Environmental Studies, joined the show to share their insights and experiences.

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