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Sustainability as a Business Imperative: Investing for Success Mon, 09/18/2023 - 13:00 Type of Content Blog Layout Standard Format Body Originally published in Black Veatch's 2023 Sustainability Report By Deepa Poduval, SVP Global Sustainability Leader, Black Veatch In today’s world, sustainability has evolved from a corporate responsibility to a critical ethical and business imperative. To achieve sustainability goals effectively, organizations must both reexamine traditional thinking of sustai
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Agrology, a leading Predictive Agriculture company, today launched the Arbiter Carbon Monitoring System, the only system that continuously monitors and quantifies soil carbon flux for farmers. The Agrology Arbiter System helps growers track and quantify soil carbon, delivering carbon flux data and soil health data to growers on their mobile and desktop devices. With Arbiter, growers receive critical alerts for anomalies and complex challenges like soil carbon flux and soil microbiome health, the
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Program to empower rising leaders and advance more diverse perspectives in one of society’s most competitive industries
Law schools at NYU, Harvard and Yale among founding participants
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ESG Leadership Also Recognized by Second Consecutive Inclusion on DJSI North America
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Head of Product for Firmwide Employee Experience for Integrated Help at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Past Executive Director of the Kaplan Educational Foundation will be honored at gala event in New York City on Wednesday, October 26th
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Qualtrics’ Classroom Wish List Giveaway honors six teachers committed to creating great experiences for their students
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Google Cloud technology helps Agrology accomplish its work to bring sustainability-driven business transformation to farming
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We believe in a comprehensive approach to wellness, which encompasses four dimensions: physical, emotional, social and financial. SOURCE: Aflac Incorporated DESCRIPTION:At Aflac, we know doing the right thing is good for business, and we do that every day by investing first in our Aflac family. In both Japan and the U.S., the company strives to develop an engaged employee culture by supporting career development, emphasizing work-life balance, listening to our employees' feedback and ideas, and e
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First-generation students comprise 87% of the group joining Summer Institute
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Sustain.Life is a new, fast growing software platform that helps businesses measure, manage and report their carbon emissions and environmental impact
Co-led by both Tapestry VC and Jet.com co-founder Mike Hanrahan, this Seed funding round will enable Sustain.Life to accelerate its hiring, software development and customer acquisition
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AuthenticID, a global leader in identity proofing and fraud prevention solutions, announced a collaborative effort with Carlyle Global Partners motivated philanthropists to help address the accelerating global shortage of nurses. Co-hosted by philanthropists Sandy and Bill Nicholson, the initiative launched on Thursday, April 28th, during a special event at the iconic Barney’s building on Madison Avenue, NYC. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.busines
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Investment in Critical Social Infrastructure Will Support Leading Global School Group’s Continued Growth
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Should ESG Investors Own Cryptocurrency? Tue, 04/19/2022 - 11:00 Subheader The growing popularity of cryptocurrency has created a new wrinkle for investors—how to balance its potential upside against its inherent environmental and social impacts. A look at both sides of the issue. Type of Content Article Layout Featured Media Body Despite the recent exponential growth in the cryptocurrency industry, this emerging asset class leaves many open questions for investors who integrate environmental, s
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Rapiscan Systems Classic Birdies for Charity Campaign Raises $1.6 million for Coastal Mississippi Charities
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-CEO of the Year Award, ‘SafeMoon Saturday’ at SxSW on March 12 and presentation with UN NGO Committee on March 24 underscore the company’s growing Venture Philanthropy role-
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Record growth in 2021: growth in revenue of +25.7% like-for-like(1) and in net profit of +71.9%
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2017-2022 plan revenue target achieved one year ahead of schedule: more than €7 billion
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Outlook for 2022: continued solid like-for-like growth that outperforms the market, and improvement in operating margin
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New medium-term objective (2025) above €10 billion in revenue
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Air Liquide USA LLC received a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). The CEI is a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality in the United States.
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Fort Worth marketing firm gives away $10,000 to individuals in the community.
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Schrödinger will receive $4.9 million research grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support early-stage drug discovery of non-hormonal contraceptives
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The Kaplan Educational Foundation recognizes leaders who have played critical roles in ensuring equity for community college students of color.
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The HIRE Vets Medallion Award is a recognition of Air Liquide’s commitment to actively recruiting veteran talent and proudly employing our nation’s heroes
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Stratasys to pursue its sustainability agenda based on U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
Stratasys becomes Founding Member of Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association
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Highlights role of solutions and services in enabling environmental sustainability technologies
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Skin Releaf is on a mission to tackle skin issues for people of color
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The Melanoma Research Alliance, the largest non-profit funder of melanoma research, is proud to announce $8.1 million in funding for 34 new research awards. The awards, issued near the start of Melanoma Awareness Month, provide critical funding to address urgent unmet needs in melanoma. “COVID-19 has impacted so much, including research and clinical trials. This investment in melanoma research is needed now more than ever,” said MRA Board Chair and Co-Founder Debra Black. “We’re proud to support
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The fund’s first investment goes to BAMBOOLOO, one of the world’s first sustainable bamboo toilet paper brands.
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Esker announces its company headquarters in Lyon, France, received an ISO 14001 certification for its effective environmental management system.
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Horizon Therapeutics plc (Nasdaq: HZNP) today announced that it has provided $500,000 in scholarships to Lake Forest College and created a $500,000 Horizon Therapeutics Endowed Scholarship Fund at Howard University. The scholarships at both institutions will be awarded to economically disadvantaged students and students of color. “Equity in education is a significant global issue and we feel it is important for companies and individuals who have the resources to help remove obstacles that exist
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The companies and Bolt Threads unite to form a first-of-its-kind Mylo consortium, a highly unique and creative collaborative partnership, to usher in a more sustainable future for fashion
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”, or “Company”) (TSXV: FD), a Canadian “people-and-planet first” tech ecosystem, is excited to announce that the company has completed a sign-and-close definitive agreement (the “Agreement”) on August 7th, 2020 (the “Transaction”) to partner and invest in Tally Technology Group Inc. (“Tally”, https://www.playtally.com/), a white-label, free-to-play sports predictions platform founded by Superbowl-winning quarterback Russell Wilson and Jason LeeKeenan. Tally’s sports pre
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”, or “Company”) (TSXV: FD), a Canadian “people-and-planet first” tech ecosystem, is excited to announce that the company has completed a sign-and-close definitive agreement (the “Agreement”) on August 7th, 2020 (the “Transaction”) to partner and invest in Tally Technology Group Inc. (“Tally,” https://www.playtally.com/), a white-label, free-to-play sports predictions platform founded by Superbowl-winning quarterback Russell Wilson and Jason LeeKeenan. Tally’s sports pr
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Impossible Foods has already provided relief to more than 750,000 people experiencing food insecurity since the start of the pandemic; company is on track to donate more than 1 million meals in 2020
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Leading food tech startup is expanding its “social good” program to organizations fighting for social justice -- including Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp
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The collaboration between Impossible Foods and Know Your Rights Camp kicks off today in San Francisco with San Francisco Marin Food Bank and Al Pastor Papi food truck
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Awards recognize the rise of purpose in business and build on Loyola’s role as global leader in social business education
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Air Liquide receives perfect score in Human Rights Campaign’s 2020 Corporate Equality Index
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More Families Now Eligible for $0 Contribution
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Report Showcases Enhanced ESG Framework and Goals
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To celebrate the Virgo Month (August 23 – September 23), VirgoCX has announced that the company will start give-away campaigns consisted of a number of online and offline events, aiming to give back to the community. To encourage more people to devote themselves to charity, with every new funded user on VirgoCX platform during the Virgo Month, VirgoCX is going to donate $20 to Sickkids. The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), affiliated with the University of Toronto, is Canada's most researc
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30 emerging entrepreneurs compete in traveling competition while designing products to improve the financial health of black Americans
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Gift will support opening of three new public middle schools and
sustain growth of others, providing greater access to high-quality
educational opportunities for thousands of students from disadvantaged
communities.
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Long gone are the days of disengaged consumers, whose allegiance is garnered merely through coupons and loyalty programs. Today’s customers are increasingly sophisticated and selective. They like to keep their finger on the pulse of the companies with which they have chosen, or are thinking of choosing, to do business. Does the business align with their values? Is it engaged with the community, and what is it doing for the greater good?
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Benefit includes free college credit for Walmart Academy training and
options for associates to earn a college degree without incurring
student loan debt
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A year of financial returns and strategic achievements
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On Friday, Nov. 10, 21st Century Fox Global Inclusion hosted a breakfast to honor the 25 participants of 20th Century Fox’s inaugural Fox Filmmakers Lab, a highly selective lab designed to help increase the number of female directors working in the industry. The breakfast also celebrated the 40 women directors whose films are showcased in the 31st Annual AFI Fest, which runs Nov. 9-16, 2017, in Hollywood. Over 100 guests, including female filmmakers and Fox executives, networked and continued to
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The LVMH Group Environment Department celebrates its 25th anniversary
in September 2017.
This milestone offers an opportunity to spotlight pioneering
initiatives in sustainability, look to the future with the “LIFE 2020”
roadmap and announce its intention to double its internal carbon funds.