Month: February 2023

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., February 13, 2023 /3BL Media/ – Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE:RF), the parent company of Regions Bank, on Friday announced the company has been named as one of America’s Most JUST Companies by JUST Capital, along with its media partner, CNBC. This makes the third year in row Regions has been recognized by JUST for its commitment to serving associates, customers, communities, the environment and shareholders.

Among 1,000 companies reviewed, Regions received strong rankings for providing a positive customer experience and treating customers with respect. The bank also saw high marks for offering products and services that are beneficial to society. Further, Regions placed in the top 10% in the banking industry for its community engagement efforts.

The bank’s community engagement strategy focuses on creating more inclusive prosperity. Areas of focus include advancing community development, providing impactful philanthropy, delivering consistent volunteerism and supporting job creation. Additionally, Regions was once again recognized for ethical leadership and ranked number one among its banking peers, and in the top three percent overall, for accountability to stakeholders.

Regions Bank associates are committed to leaning on our mission and values when making business decisions and determining how we serve our customers, support our communities, and operate with strict adherence to strong governance standards.
Andrew Nix, Regions Chief Governance Officer

“Regions Bank associates are committed to leaning on our mission and values when making business decisions and determining how we serve our customers, support our communities, and operate with strict adherence to strong governance standards,” said Regions Chief Governance Officer Andrew Nix. “That north star guides us every day and ensures we are making life better and creating shared value for all of our stakeholders. We are proud that JUST Capital and CNBC recognize our commitment, and we are pleased to share this great news.”

For the annual rankings, JUST Capital collects and analyzes corporate data evaluating the 1,000 largest public U.S. companies across 20 categories identified through comprehensive, ongoing public opinion research on Americans’ attitudes toward responsible corporate behavior. JUST Capital has engaged more than 160,000 participants, on a fully representative basis, since 2015.

“There has never been a more important time for businesses to step up, do right by their workers, and restore trust in capitalism and the American Dream,” said JUST Capital CEO Martin Whittaker. “This year’s JUST 100 leaders demonstrate that just business truly is better business.”

Being recognized as one of America’s Most JUST Companies reflects Regions’ strategic commitment to deliver shared value to stakeholders. More information about that commitment, including current reports and disclosures, can be found at this link.

About Regions Financial Corporation
Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF), with $155 billion in assets, is a member of the S&P 500 Index and is one of the nation’s largest full-service providers of consumer and commercial banking, wealth management, and mortgage products and services. Regions serves customers across the South, Midwest and Texas, and through its subsidiary, Regions Bank, operates more than 1,250 banking offices and more than 2,000 ATMs. Regions Bank is an Equal Housing Lender and Member FDIC. Additional information about Regions and its full line of products and services can be found at www.regions.com.

About CNBC
CNBC is the recognized world leader in business news, providing real-time financial market coverage, business content and general news consumed by more than 544 million people per month across all platforms. The network’s 14 live hours a day of news programming in North America (weekdays from 5:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. ET) is produced at CNBC’s global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and includes reports from CNBC News bureaus worldwide. CNBC at night features a mix of new reality programming, CNBC’s highly successful series produced exclusively for CNBC and a number of distinctive in-house documentaries.

CNBC also offers content through its vast portfolio of digital products such as: CNBC.com, which provides financial market news and information to CNBC’s investor audience; CNBC Make It, a digital destination focused on making you smarter about how you earn, save and spend your money; CNBC PRO, a premium service that provides in-depth access to Wall Street; a suite of CNBC mobile apps for iOS and Android devices; Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple Siri voice interfaces; and streaming services including Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV and Samsung Smart TVs. To learn more, visit https://www.cnbc.com/digital-products/.

Members of the media can receive more information about CNBC and its programming on the NBCUniversal Media Village Web site at https://www.nbcumv.com/programming/cnbc. For more information about NBCUniversal, please visit https://www.NBCUniversal.com.

About JUST Capital
JUST Capital is an independent nonprofit dedicated to measuring and improving corporate stakeholder performance – from fair wages to workforce diversity to climate commitments – at America’s largest public companies. Our mission is to tackle the most pressing social challenges of our time by galvanizing the collective power of corporate America. We believe that business and markets can and must be a greater force for good, and that by shifting the resources of the $19 trillion private sector, we can address systemic issues at scale. Guided by the priorities of the public, our research, rankings, indexes, and data-driven tools help deliver on the promise of stakeholder capitalism and an economy that works for all Americans. JUST Capital publishes the annual list of America’s Most JUST Companies, the JUST 100, in partnership with CNBC. To learn more, visit: www.JUSTCapital.com.

MEMPHIS, Tenn., February 13, 2023 /3BL Media/ – FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) recently announced the upcoming launch of its 11th annual Small Business Grant Contest, which will award more than $330,000 in grants and services to ten (10) U.S.- based small businesses. The entry period will be open January 31 until February 21, 2023. After an initial judging period, 100 businesses will be selected as the Top 100 finalists and also take home some prizes. The ten grand prize winners will be announced on May 11, 2023. Qualifying businesses can submit their entries and review contest rules at www.fedex.com/grantcontest.

“Since 2012, we’ve helped small business owners achieve their dreams by growing and expanding their ventures through our Grant Contest,” said Jenny Robertson, senior vice president Integrated Marketing & Communications, FedEx. “FedEx will soon celebrate fifty years of connecting people and possibilities with small businesses serving as a crucial part of our success. We can’t wait to see who wins this year and what the future holds for these incredible entrepreneurs.”

Each of the 2023 FedEx Small Business Grant Contest grand prize winners will receive $30,000 plus a $1,000 FedEx Office print credit, a $300 voucher from My FedEx Rewards, and access to FedEx Premier Customer Service. All winners will also receive, a sustainable packaging consult from FedEx Packaging Lab, a digital consult from the FedEx Digital Sales Solutions team, 20% off of a SEO monthly plan from HigherVisibility, a mentorship session with select member-founders in Entrepreneurs’ Organization, an invite to attend a FedEx Grant Winner Forum, a feature on the FedEx Small Business Center, and an international trade dictionary courtesy of FedEx. Additionally, one of the winners who is also a veteran-owned small business will be awarded an additional $20,000 courtesy of United Services Automobile Association (USAA) Small Business Insurance.

The grant winners won’t be the only ones going home with prizes. The Top 100 finalists will receive a financial consultation with Accion Opportunity Fund. The finalists will also be provided with free access to the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (I.C.I.C.) Annual Conference, its Digital Learning Platform, and access to up to three of its webinars.

An exciting new addition to this year’s contest is the People’s Choice Awards, a 10-day voting period in which the public gets to vote for a daily winner among all of the entrants. The People’s Choice Awards provides entrants a chance to win one of ten $1,000 digital cash gift cards. From February 27 to March 8, 2023, one gift card per day will be awarded to the qualified small business with the highest number of likes on their entry that day.

The 2023 FedEx Small Business Grant Contest is open to U.S.-based for-profit small businesses that have 1-99 employees, have been in operations selling a product or service for six months or more as of January 31, 2023, and have a shipping and printing need. To enter, participants must visit www.fedex.com/grantcontest and enter their business information (including their FedEx shipping account number), write a short profile about their business, and upload up to four photos of their business or product, including their logo. While not required, participants also have the option of submitting a short “elevator pitch” video to supplement their entry. People’s Choice Voting will take place February 27 to March 8, 2023. The Top 100 finalists will be announced April 12, 2023. Following an additional judging period, winners will be announced May 11, 2023 at www.fedex.com/grantcontest.

The 2022 contest attracted close to 18,000 entrants from across the United States. Over the past ten years, more than 68,000 businesses have entered the contest in the United States alone. Over that ten-year span, a total of more than $1.6 million in cash & prizes has been distributed to more than 111 businesses.

International Paper is one of the world’s largest users of recovered fiber. Recovering and reusing fiber after consumer use helps to extend the usefulness of natural resources and to reduce materials to landfills. Every year, our operations recycle 5 million tons of recovered fiber to make new fiber-based products. We also facilitate the sale of an additional 2 million tons for reuse. The recovery and reuse of fiber is core to our business, and we make concerted efforts to continually increase its global recovery.

92% of North America’s corrugate is recycled

Q&A on Recycled Content

If recycling is a vital part of International Paper’s strategy to improve our environmental impact, why doesn’t IP make boxes with 100% recycled material?

The answer is a function of the nature of fiber. While fiber is remarkable in that it can be reused many times, it cannot be recycled indefinitely. Each time a carton is recycled, the fiber becomes shorter and more brittle — in essence, it ends up being too insubstantial to make sturdy new cartons on its own. That’s why making fiber products requires both responsibly grown new fiber as well as recovered fiber.

In our manufacturing processes, we combine new fiber that comes from responsibly managed forests with recycled fiber that we collect through household and industrial recycling programs. Together, this combination of new and renewed creates an infinitely repeatable closed-loop system that become the products our customers can depend on for the long-term.

About International Paper

International Paper (NYSE: IP) is a leading global supplier of renewable fiber-based products. We produce corrugated packaging products that protect and promote goods, and enable worldwide commerce, and pulp for diapers, tissue and other personal care products that promote health and wellness. Headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., we employ approximately 38,000 colleagues globally. We serve customers worldwide, with manufacturing operations in North America, Latin America, North Africa and Europe. Net sales for 2021 were $19.4 billion. See how we’re building a better future for people, the planet, and our company at internationalpaper.com/Vision-2030.

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NEW YORK, February 13, 2023 /3BL Media/ – The results are in for Campaign US’ fifth annual Inspiring Women honorees, previously known as the Female Frontier Awards. Carol Cone, CEO of Carol Cone ON PURPOSE, was named to the ‘Championing Change’ category, which celebrates women who are constantly pushing the boundaries of culture and making brave changes within their workplace or industry.

The Inspiring Women program celebrates female leaders and rising stars breaking boundaries in a historically male-dominated industry across creativity, media, technology, and communications.

“Congratulations to all of our honorees, who are beyond deserving of this award,” said Alison Weissbrot, editor of Campaign US. “Your work to break barriers and pave the way for women to succeed to the highest perches of the industry is invaluable and does not go unnoticed. We appreciate your participation in this program.”

For more than 30 years, Cone has embraced a steadfast commitment to building lasting partnerships between companies, brands, and social issues for business and social impact. She adamantly feels that today, companies must have a deeper meaning beyond the bottom line.

“My purpose has always been to educate, inspire and accelerate purpose programs and impact for organizations and nonprofits around the world,” Cone said. She was the creator of My Special Aflac Duck, a social robot for children with cancer, and has partnered with dozens of organizations to discover and amplify their purpose. Cone and her teams have released more than 30 research reports, and she is the host of Purpose 360 Podcast, which JUST Capital called one of the “must-listen podcasts for the stakeholder economy.”

This year’s list of honorees was selected by a panel of expert industry judges who are empowering other women and working to make gender equality a reality in advertising and marketing. Each honoree has been chosen for her hard work and ability to make positive change.

To learn more about this year’s honorees, click here. To learn more about Carol Cone and her pioneering work to unite businesses with social impact, click here.