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Collaboration Unites Forces to Bolster Education, Drive Voter Engagement and Fight Misinformation in the Hispanic Community
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New survey from Abrigo finds more than half (53%) of Americans believe credit card theft is most common, but check fraud may be the bigger liability — especially for small businesses
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Campaign Goal is to Drive Record Latino Voter Registration and Increase Turnout to 20 Million
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Emmanuel Schalit Named CEO
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As the voluntary carbon market continues to see exponential growth, an important aspect of carbon project quality is how projects create social benefits beyond emission reductions - that is, how carbon finance transforms a local community. This is what Cool Effect calls The Good on the Ground.This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230509005099/en/A group of workers plant mangroves along the Bay of Bengal through a shoreline re
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10th annual ComEd Green Region Program helps communities build climate resilience
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Kansas City Southern (KCS), Canadian Pacific (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP), GATX (NYSE: GATX), Monterrey Metropolitan Rotary Club (Rotary) and NASCO today announced the launch of the Save the Monarch Butterfly 60,000 Tree Challenge North American Boxcar Tour to raise $100,000 USD. The funds raised will be used to plant 60,000 oyamel trees at El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary in Michoacán, Mexico to help reestablish the monarch population. This past week, the Monarch Mariposa Boxcar rolled out of the
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Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) announced today that the company has been notified that our CDP climate change disclosure, submitted earlier this year, earned a score of A- for 2021. This is an improvement from KCS’ 2020 score and moves KCS to the “Leadership Level” category of participating companies. CDP disclosures are submitted by corporations around the globe to measure their actions to cut emissions and mitigate climate change risks.“Fighting the climate crisis is one of today’s mos
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Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) announced today that it will celebrate the 21st anniversary of its KCS Holiday Express program and partnership with The Salvation Army with a fundraiser to benefit the Salvation Army in 21 communities on its U.S. rail network. Due to the ongoing pandemic, KCS will not operate its Holiday Express train, which traditionally draws large crowds in free, public events.“KCS is pleased to celebrate 21 years of Holiday Express benefiting The Salvation Army in commu
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The Global Mercy®, the newly built ship of Mercy Ships, completed its journey through the Suez Canal free of charge and is scheduled to dock in the Port of Antwerp in mid-September for further equipping.
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Customers Should Recreate Safely to Reduce Wildfire Risk and Create Defensible Space Around Their Property to Help Halt the Progress of an Approaching Wildfire
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Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) announced in September that it would celebrate the 20th anniversary of its KCS Holiday Express program and partnership with The Salvation Army with a fundraiser to benefit the Salvation Army in 20 communities on its U.S. rail network. To date this year, the KCS Holiday Express project has raised $148,115 for this cause. The company is now issuing a challenge grant to raise even more.“This year, contributions from the KCS Holiday Express project to The Salva
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Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) announced today that it would celebrate the 20th anniversary of its KCS Holiday Express program and partnership with The Salvation Army with a fundraiser to benefit the Salvation Army in 20 communities on its U.S. rail network. Due to the pandemic, KCS will not operate its Holiday Express train, which traditionally draws large crowds in free, public events.“KCS is pleased to celebrate 20 years of its Holiday Express program benefiting The Salvation Army in
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Fresh Del Monte Produce continues to fulfill its commitment to create a positive impact on the environment with the addition of six new energy efficient reefer container vessels to its fleet. The addition of the new vessels named – Del Monte Gold, Del Monte Rose, Del Monte Harvester, Del Monte Spirit, Del Monte Valiant and Del Monte Pride – marks a new chapter in environmental sustainability for the company. The first of the six vessels, the Del Monte Gold, embarked on the high seas earlier this
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Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) announced today its 19th annual Holiday Express will distribute $170,450 to The Salvation Army at stops along the route to provide warm clothing and other necessities for kids in need this holiday season.“KCS looks forward to bringing Santa and his elves on the Holiday Express train to communities throughout our U.S. network. We are especially pleased to continue the long-standing tradition of charitable giving,” said KCS president and chief executive offic
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RepRisk Special Report on Plastics ranks top 10 companies and infrastructure projects with highest frequency of plastics-related ESG risk incidents
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Funds will Help Pay for Small Business Training Programs in San Antonio’s South Side
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Battelle has funded a new portfolio of 19 different out-of-classroom education programs that build skill in Central Ohio students. Battelle has awarded $753,000 to fund 19 new or expanded learning programs in Central Ohio. It’s the largest-ever total funding in a single year as the Battelle STEM Grant Program completes its seventh annual round of awards. Providing new opportunities for students to experience quality science, technology, engineerin
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Washington's First Lady Trudi Inslee joined the United Health Foundation and Whole Kids Foundation for a grant presentation today.
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Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) announced today its schedule for the 18th annual Holiday Express train, which will stop in 22 communities in eight states on 27 dates. At each stop, visitors can board the train, visit with Santa and his elves and tour the inside of three cars of the festive six-car train. Each event is free and open to the public. In addition to free, public events, KCS’ Holiday Express has a charitable component. Over the p
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Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) has released its 2017 sustainability report, “For the Long Haul: Delivering Prosperity, Valuing People, Protecting the Planet”. The report is available in the Corporate Responsibility section of www.kcsouthern.com. “We believe that responsible business practices are essential to supporting the KCS vision, values and culture, as well as building and maintaining accountability, trust and strong relationships wi
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Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) has released its 2016 sustainability report, “For the Long Haul: Delivering Prosperity, Valuing People, Protecting the Planet.” The report is available in the Corporate Responsibility section of www.kcsouthern.com. ”While KCS is committed to creating maximum value for our stockholders, we also fully understand that to achieve consistent and sustainable financial success, we must be equally committed to protec
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Today, Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) was honored by the Women’s Forum of New York at the fourth biennial Breakfast of Corporate Champions for achieving at least 25 percent female representation on their board. The company, which has a representation of 25 percent women on the board, was applauded as a corporate game changer who is making special efforts to advance women in the boardroom. In addition, Latino Leaders magazine has recognized three
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Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) announced today that its 17th annual Holiday Express will distribute a total of $172,500 in gift cards to The Salvation Army at stops along the route. The gift cards are designated for the purchase of warm clothing and other necessities for kids in need. As part of the total, in addition to matching employee gifts up to $20,000, The Kansas City Southern Charitable Fund donated another $5,000 designated to sup
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The National Kidney Foundation announces Peter E. Gladitsch, chief financial officer; Karen Gledhill, senior vice president and general counsel; and Brian Silva, senior vice president of human resources and administration, Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA), will serve as this year's Corporate Chair Team for the Boston Kidney Walk to be held Sunday, Oct. 15, at Canal Park. As the Corporate Chair Team for the event, Gladitsch, Gledhill and Silv
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OKI Data Corporation, an OKI Group company specializing in the printers business, today announced it participated in an effort to plant 6,000 saplings of nationally protected tree species on September 23 in clear-cut areas in Amphoe Muak Lek, Saraburi Province, in central Thailand, where OKI Data Corporation operates a manufacturing site. This effort is expected to newly increase greenery area by 48,000 square meters. A total of 150 personnel from Thailand's M
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Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) has released its schedule for the 17th annual Holiday Express train, which will stop in 22 communities in six states on 26 dates. At each stop, visitors can board the train, visit with Santa and his elves and tour the inside of three cars of the festive six-car train. Each event is free and open to the public. In addition to free, public events, KCS’ Holiday Express has a charitable component. Over the past 1
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Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) today announced its charitable fund will immediately donate $50,000 to the American Red Cross to aid in Hurricane Harvey relief efforts in south Texas. In addition, it will also match employee gifts to the American Red Cross via the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation-KCS Fund, dollar for dollar up to $25,000 for a total possible gift of $100,000 from KCS and its employees. Employee gifts can be made here.