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Three Pioneers of Gender Lens Investing Recognized for Decades of Work and Collaboration

Yamaha Rightwaters™ marked its fifth anniversary on Saturday, June 8, World Oceans Day 2024. During the past five years, Yamaha Rightwaters supported programs that made significant progress in the fight to keep waterways clean and promote sustainability for generations to come. Several key metrics include:This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240610698709/en/Yamaha Rightwaters marks its fifth year supporting projects that hel

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE: LBRT; “Liberty” or the “Company”) proudly announced today the release of our 2024 Bettering Human Lives report, highlighting the central role that energy plays in human lives.“A thriving energy system enables a thriving society and a future of opportunity. Unfortunately, politics is increasingly dominating the trajectory of American energy with growing consequences. The costs of getting energy wrong include reduced living standards, fewer job opportunities, reduced nat

Sagamore Institute, Innopower, Georgia Institute of Technology, Wellstar Health System, and others partner with Metaimpact to focus on improving access to affordable healthcare, meeting workforce needs, advancing climate solutions, closing the racial wealth gap, and more.

Established with a philanthropic investment of almost $17 million from Robert G. and Sue Douthit O’Donnell, the new center will bring together the best minds from a wide range of fields.

DATA Communications Management Corp. (TSX: DCM; OTCQX: DCMDF) (“DCM” or the “Company”), a leading provider of marketing and business communication solutions to companies across North America, today announced it has surpassed a new milestone in its sustainability efforts: the planting of one million trees worldwide through its partnership with PrintReleaf.This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230912751760/en/(Graphic: Business

From the canvas to the court, two philanthropists with Memphis ties to be honored for outstanding achievements in advancing lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

BlackRock’s Emergency Savings Initiative creates custom solutions for employers and financial services institutions of all sizes to make access to savings easier for over 10 million Americans, addressing a critical gap in the US savings systemOver the past four years, BlackRock has provided $30 million in philanthropic support to financial health non-profits to help build emergency savings initiatives, resulting in over $2 billion in savings for everyday Americans

Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) announced today that Professor Noreena Hertz, global economist and author, has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors effective March 29, 2023, and will serve on its Governance and Social Responsibility Committee.Ynon Kreiz, Chairman and CEO of Mattel, said: “Noreena is a highly influential economist and a global thought leader on ESG. We look forward to the benefit of her expert insights and perspectives as we continue to execute our strategy to grow Matte

In celebration of International Women’s Day, global education organization Room to Read today announced She Creates Change, the first nonprofit-led animation and live action film project to promote gender equality through the stories of young women around the world. The multi-media initiative — which in addition to a six-episode film series also includes books and audio stories — boldly aims to reach all 432 million adolescent girls (ages 12-18) in the world with content and educational curricul

Peloton Interactive Inc. (NASDAQ: PTON) today announced the publication of its second annual ESG report outlining recent progress made in its fiscal year 2022. The report shares key updates across social and environmental initiatives and introduces a new Impact Framework articulating Peloton’s approach and commitment to supporting the well-being of its people, communities, and planet.During a year of transformation, the company has remained committed to ESG as a key component of its growth strat

Xpansiv, the premier market-infrastructure platform for environmental commodities, today announced the launch of a new benchmark carbon-offset contract, Sustainable Development Global Emissions Offset™ (SD-GEO™).The standardized contract, tradable on Xpansiv market CBL, provides a benchmark for market participants and corporates to transact high-quality carbon offsets from projects that also deliver high social impact. The SD-GEO will allow for delivery of cookstove projects with a minimum of fi

Xpansiv, the premier market-infrastructure platform for environmental commodities, today announced an agreement to acquire Evolution Markets, a leading brokerage firm in global carbon, renewable, and energy markets. The combined entity will benefit from Evolution Markets’ base of more than 2,000 customers, including many of the world’s largest energy firms, corporations, utilities, and financial institutions."We’re excited to further leverage our environmental and energy market infrastructure th

Xpansiv, the premier market-infrastructure platform for global carbon and environmental commodities, today completed its acquisition of APX, the leader in registry infrastructure for energy and environmental markets. The acquisition brings together two innovators with the technologies and capabilities to empower markets to scale with liquidity and efficiency.Xpansiv connects buyers and sellers of environmental commodities and provides market data for voluntary carbon offsets, renewable energy cr

Valhalla Boatworks is the most recent addition to the list of boat manufacturers currently recycling plastic protective covers through the Yamaha Rightwaters plastics recycling program. To date, the program, which launched in August 2021, is responsible for returning 17,911 pounds of Polyethylene and Polypropylene sheet plastics back into base materials, reducing the amount of plastics in U.S. waterways.This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.

Toshiba Recycles More than 64 Tons of E-Waste & Replants 18,952 Trees Globally in 2021

Support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities Key to Improving Health Equity

Women entrepreneurs are solution multipliers in building an inclusive and sustainable future

The Yamaha Rightwaters plastics recycling program returned more than 10,000 pounds of Polyethylene and Polypropylene sheet plastics back to base materials during 2021, proving a pilot concept the sustainability initiative hopes to expand in 2022. Yamaha Rightwaters announced the program in August and continues to work with Nexus® of Atlanta, Georgia and Tommy Nobis Enterprises® of Marietta, Georgia, to develop a larger national program intended to reduce plastic waste in America’s waterways.“Pol

Six Pines Investments LLC (“Six Pines”), a wholly-owned, sustainable investment subsidiary of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (“CPChem”) announced today its equity investment in two leading circular plastics recyclers, Nexus Circular LLC (“Nexus”) and Mura Technology Ltd. (“Mura”).In October 2020, CPChem announced success in its first commercial scale production of polyethylene using advanced recycling technology. The company markets its new circular polyethylene under the name Marlex® Ane

The Yamaha Rightwaters sustainability initiative expands overseas as Yamaha Motor Australia announces plans to build on the company’s commitment to marine conservation by forming a strategic alliance with clean technology start-up Seabin™, its first Yamaha Rightwaters initiative.Yamaha Motor Australia joins the Australian-founded company as a major sponsor of the world’s first “100 Smarter Cities for Cleaner Oceans” campaign in Sydney.“At Yamaha, we are all passionate about boating and the long-

Topic at Kenai Classic Roundtable on Recreational Fishing

From creating tools to help distribute COVID-19 vaccines to helping address food insecurity, this year's notable changemakers are rising to the occasion in a year unlike any other

Five breakthrough innovations from across Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe and North America will each receive a $250,000 award and participate in a strategic new collaborative to focus on systemic solutions to complex sustainability challenges.

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“Exciting Breakthroughs in the Future of Limb Loss Care for 2,100,000 Americans,” 3 p.m. (EDT), Apr 27, 2021Shines a light on the overlooked, underserved population of limb loss patients

Company Recycles More Than 68 Tons & Replants 21,422 Trees Across the Globe in 2020

Nexus Pharmaceuticals Inc., a US-based healthcare company and domestic manufacturer, today announced that they transported via a special air freight charter through DB Schenker 82 tons of vaccine filling equipment, including a vaccine filling machine and isolator from Bausch + Stroebel and Franz Ziel. Once the production line is operational, Nexus will have the capability to produce up to 30 million doses of vaccines per month.This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: h

One year into COVID-19 and amidst a growing mental health crisis, MTV Entertainment Group and nearly 200 organizations team up to plan inaugural ‘Mental Health Action Day’ on May 20Learn more at www.MentalHealthActionDay.org *Hi-res assets here

Advanced facilities and industry-leading researchers at the University of Chicago, Argonne, and Fermilab position the Midwest as an innovation hub.

In partnership with The Colorado Health Foundation and the Finance Authority of Maine, Arctaris will deploy Opportunity Zone capital to deliver affordable broadband access to underserved communities.

Recover is a family-owned company bringing more than 70 years of innovation in the production of sustainable, recycled cotton fiber; STORY3 Capital invests and fuels expansion

The U.S. Bank Foundation fund supports leaders of color and addresses inequities, with initial $5 million going toward Twin Cities

Battelle President and CEO Lou Von Thaer announced today that Battelle is donating $1 million to the Washington State STEM Education Foundation to advance science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education in the Tri-Cities. The news was shared during virtual visit by Von Thaer to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as part of the celebration of Battelle’s 90th Anniversary.Battelle manages and operates PNNL for the U.S. Department of Energy.Specifically, the gift will help launc

Eighteen Channel Partners to receive total of $900,000 to help startups retain staff, stay on path to commercialization during pandemic

Goal is to Get Needed Medical Supplies Where They Need to Be Faster During Coronavirus-Related Supply Chain Challenges

 Leading Immigrant Rights Organization Invests to Support Clients at the Forefront of Global Pandemic, Focusing on Securing the Release of Immigrants in Detention to Avoid a Human Rights Catastrophe as the Virus Spreads to American Jails

The company, along with its employees and advisors, donated $17.5 million and volunteered close to 100,000 hours in 2019

10 companies join partnership to boost clean technologies, decrease energy costs, make housing more affordable

Every year, 250,000 people leave the military. This is a very challenging transition. In many metropolitan areas, up to 80% of veterans leave without a job lined up, and about half of veterans leave their first post-military job within a year. Companies are failing to recognize veterans’ skill sets. Only 17% of companies consider military veterans to be useful contributors to the workplace.Starting immediately, fintech startup Better.com will hire 80 veterans through Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup Shift.org, which places veterans with growth tech companies.In addition to veterans, Better.com’s new military hiring program commits to hiring veteran spouses. The military spouse unemployment rate is a staggering 16%.Better.com follows fellow tech companies Amazon, Dell, Uber, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, who also pledged to hire veterans and military spouses.

Partnership with St. Louis’s Danforth Center seeks to accelerate technologies that advance the U.S. agriculture industry

More than 3,000 Employees, Family Members and Friends Join Nonprofits Statewide to Make Change Happen

Washington Institute for Business, Government & Society to activate international consortium of corporate, academic and policy partners to address opportunities, challenges of interconnected world

Company volunteers also devoted more than 78,000 hours to their favorite charitable causes

Two $40,000 Grants Awarded to Help Communities Convert Plastic Waste into Valuable Resources

Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (NYSE:ELAN) and Farm Radio International (FRI) have partnered to produce a 13-week series of radio programs designed to support and educate small-scale livestock farmers in North Tanzania to manage the challenges around livestock health and wellbeing, supporting a drive to greater food security, livestock health and care in the region. FRI and Elanco are working closely with local radio stations - Sauti ya Injili

Through the East Africa Growth Accelerator project, Elanco supports World Food Day by drawing attention to achieving a #zerohunger world by 2030

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U.S. Election Security supported by William Lautman of Nexus Health through additional donation to The Bipartisan Policy Center

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