News by subject: Corporate Social Responsibility

Regulatory News: Teleperformance (Paris:TEP), a leading global group in digitally integrated business services, announced today its award-winning operations in Turkey have been recognized with the first-ever Great Place to Work® (GPTW®) Award....

Black women account for less than 3% of all U.S. doctors, even though Black people make up 13% of the U.S. population. While the reasons that contribute to this low percentage necessitate a broader conversation on systemic racism in medicine, one...

o9 Solutions, a premier AI-driven integrated planning and operations solution provider for the enterprise, announced today it has joined Pledge 1%, a movement dedicated to empowering companies to donate 1% of their efforts back to the community....

The Travelers Companies, Inc. today published its annual Sustainability Report, which outlines the company's multifaceted strategy for creating shareholder value over time and highlights its 2020 environmental, social and governance (ESG)...

Lineage Logistics, LLC ("Lineage" or the "Company"), the world's largest and most innovative temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider, today announced its sponsorship of American singer and entertainer Kelley James and...

EagleClaw Midstream today announced it has issued its first ESG report and identified bold steps in its plan to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This plan will position EagleClaw Midstream to be an industry leader in sustainability...

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP today announced that it will donate a total of $6 million to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the Equal Justice Initiative ("EJI"), EJI's Legacy Museum, Fisk University and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights...

ImpactWayv, Inc. today announced the public launch of its pioneering social media platform, ImpactWayvtm, which is now available to download on the Apple App Store. The new platform's focus is to connect people, businesses and philanthropy for social...

Wayfair Inc. , one of the world's largest destinations for the home, today announced its partnership with Community Solutions, a leading non-profit organization working to achieve a lasting end to homelessness. As part of its long-term partnership,...

Emerson today announced the publication of its 2020 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, highlighting how the company develops and delivers technologies, software and services to enable greater sustainability, efficiency and safety for...

GE Aviation and Safran today launched a bold technology development program targeting more than 20 percent lower fuel consumption and CO2 emissions compared to today's engines. The CFM RISE (Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines) program...

Today Moody's Corporation released its inaugural Stakeholder Sustainability and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) reports, which highlight its ongoing commitment to sustainability leadership by placing sustainability considerations at the core...

As college students across the globe are beginning to return to universities after Covid-19 put so much on hold, a few select university students at the American University of Iraq in Sulaimani (AUIS) are starting their college careers with new hope,...

Global flexible space provider WeWork announced earlier this week the winners of Women For Tomorrow, a new initiative providing selected women-led businesses with up to $5 million worth of workspace and mentorship for a year in the U.S. and Latin...

PVH Corp. [NYSE:PVH] published today its 2020 Corporate Responsibility (CR) report, noting progress toward key targets in the company's Forward Fashion CR strategy to advance inclusion and diversity, environmental sustainability, and human rights,...

Inclusiv and Comcast Corporation today announced that Comcast has committed to invest $10 million specifically aimed at building equity in credit unions led by and/or serving people of color through Inclusiv's Racial Equity and Resilience Investment...

Last weekend Proton Technologies began loading a trailer with compressed hydrogen from its oilfield. "As we scale up, costs below 25 cents per kg of H2 seem probable," says Chair and CEO, Grant Strem. The process involves injecting oxygen and CO2...

Andy Trainor, Vice President of Learning, released the following statement today: For the past few years, Walmart Academies have focused on training our associates to succeed in their jobs and upskill for the future. We've always known our Academies...

Caliburn International announced today its intention to commit an initial $250,000 toward a new scholarship campaign with the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS). The campaign, called "We Share the Future," will raise money to provide...

Razertm, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers (Hong Kong Stock Code: 1337), today announced a partnership with marine waste cleaning enterprise, ClearBot, in celebration of World Oceans Day. In line with Razer's 10-year #GoGreenWithRazer...

Today, World Ocean Day, The Bumble Bee Seafood Company is making its 2021 Seafood Future Report available to share progress made this past year against sustainability and social responsibility goals, as well as to announce new alliances in the ocean...

CLEANHUB, the digital platform that enables local communities in developing countries to create large-scale collection businesses for non-recyclable plastics, announced the successful closing of its seed funding round today. The funding round was...

Xcel Energy announced today that the company delivered for customers, achieved key carbon reduction goals, supported its communities and kept customer bills low despite challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic downturn and civil...

Owens & Minor, Inc. today announced the launch of the Owens & Minor Foundation, which is committed to building healthier communities through engagement and financial support of trusted charitable and civic organizations. The three primary areas of...

Physicians Realty Trust (the "Company") announced today the publication of the Company's 2020 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report. The comprehensive and fully interactive report, available digitally at www.docreit.com/esg, details the...

The Mary Kay Foundation?, a decades-long leader in the charge to eliminate cancers affecting women, recently donated $150,000 to CancerCare®, the leading national nonprofit organization providing free, financial and professional support services to...

The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC) has been recognised in this year's Ethical Boardroom Corporate Governance Awards, by winning the ?Special Recognition Award for Real Estate Developer - Middle East'. The tourism destination development company...

A new recycling plant in the Netherlands will recycle expanded polystyrene (EPS) demolition waste and also handle a legacy additive. The PolyStyreneLoop recycling plant in Terneuzen, Netherlands, is scheduled to open on the 16th of June. The plant...

Colgate-Palmolive is committed to reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets, and our planet. Progress in support of this purpose is outlined in its newly released 2020 Sustainability & Social Impact Report, which shows that 99% of new...

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that as of 2021, Arena received an MSCI ESG Rating of "A." MSCI ESG Research provides MSCI ESG Ratings on global public and a few private companies on a scale of AAA (leader) to CCC (laggard), according to...

Today, Newmont Corporation launched its 2020 Annual Sustainability Report, part of the suite of reports on the Company's environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices in key areas that include health, safety and security, human rights, the...

Edison International has published its Sustainability Report for 2020, detailing progress toward meeting long-term sustainability goals, successes and challenges faced in executing its clean energy strategy, its commitment and approach to advancing...

As a paragon of corporate social responsibility and a champion of altruistic endeavors, Belmont Village Senior Living and nonprofit partner JVS SoCal (Jobs Vision Success) have enjoyed a fruitful, storied partnership that has benefitted Southern...

Pentair plc , a leading provider of water treatment and sustainable solutions, today announced its Social Responsibility Strategic Targets. The new targets were launched with the release of Pentair's 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report, which...

Arconic Corporation ("Arconic" or "the Company") has published its 2020 Sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report. The report, which can be downloaded from the ESG page of the Company's website...

Symetra Life Insurance Company has been named a 2021 Corporate Champion by the Puget Sound Business Journal as part of the publication's annual Corporate Citizenship Awards recognizing nine companies that "give back to their communities and inspire...

Facedrive Inc. ("Facedrive" or the "Company") , a Canadian "people-and-planet first" tech ecosystem, today announced its Q1 interim Financial Statements for the period ended March 31, 2021 ("Q1 2021"). All financial results are reported in Canadian...

Regulatory News: In a move to reinforce its commitment to its employees, partners and communities throughout the world, Teleperformance (Paris:TEP), a leading global group in digitally integrated business services, introduced its "Inspired to be the...

AptarGroup, Inc. , a global leader in drug delivery, consumer product dispensing and active material science solutions, today released its 2020 Corporate Sustainability Report. The 2020 Sustainability Report highlights Aptar's extensive...

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o9 Solutions, a premier AI-driven integrated planning and operations solution provider for the enterprise, announced today it has signed the Business Ambition for 1.5°C pledge as part of the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi). In the pledge, o9...

AptarGroup, Inc. , a global leader in drug delivery, consumer product dispensing and active material science solutions, announces the launch of the company's first fully recyclable mono-material pump for the beauty and personal care industries,...

Yum! Brands, Inc. and the University of Louisville today announced the launch of the Yum! Center for Global Franchise Excellence. The Center will feature the first business program of its kind at a public university to provide existing and potential...

Facedrive Inc. ("Facedrive" or the "Company") , a Canadian "people-and-planet first" tech ecosystem, is pleased to announce that the Company's EcoCRED mobile application will be part of a pilot project ("Pilot Project") partnering with The...

The Ichikowitz Family Foundation, a leading African foundation encouraging active citizenship across the continent, have won two prestigious SABRE Awards for its global campaign to raise awareness of its inaugural African Youth Survey 2020, the most...

Hyperinflation of virtual assets, financing conditions favorable to negative real rates, health crisis: The last forty years have not spared the global economy. In a report published by Agora, Philippe Béchade explains how the deflationary cycle we...

GE Appliances (GEA), a Haier company, partnered with Chicago nonprofit Kitchen Possible to provide GE Digital Air Fry 7-in-1 Toaster Ovens to 46 households in Chicago's Pilsen and East Garfield Park neighborhoods as part of GEA's community engagement...

Lazard Ltd and New Visions for Public Schools announced today the launch of the Lazard New Visions Academy, a signature initiative funded by the Lazard Foundation that provides New York City public high school students access to post-secondary...

HSBC Bank USA, N.A., (HSBC) and the Midwest Row Crop Collaborative (MRCC) announced that HSBC has made a $1.6 million grant to MRCC to accelerate conservation and the adoption of regenerative practices such as cover crops, nutrient management,...

Last December, Best Buy announced a five-year plan with bold commitments for building brighter futures for our communities. Today, we're sharing that as part of the plan we are committing $10 million to provide a new network of opportunities for...