Month: March 2023

Denise Roberson, chief purpose officer at TBWAChiatDay, joins Mandi McReynolds, Workiva’s head of global ESG, this week on ESG Talk. Denise and Mandi discuss what Mandi has coined the value versus values debate in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and how ESG reporting is accelerating corporate transparency.

Listen Now

Looking for more? Subscribe to the ESG Talk podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google, and YouTube.

Regenerating an urban space means reinterpreting existing places, not only from an architectural point of view but also according to economic, social and cultural perspectives that imply new standards of psychophysical well-being, general livability, biodiversity protection and micro climate mitigation.

Within this framework, urban reforestation projects are among the tools that cities and large urban conglomerates use. These projects are large-scale planting interventions to protect and increase permeable and green surfaces in the city. This practice often includes creating new parks and gardens, transforming city rooftops into urban lawns and gardens, using tree roots to remediate polluted soil, and developing orbital forests and woodlands around city areas.

Manifestation of these interventions includes the Stura Park urban forestation in Turin, Italy; ten parks where native species have been used to restore endangered biodiversity in Bangkok, Thailand; reforestation for soil stabilization in areas around Lima, Peru; and the planting of 54 million trees under the Forest City Program in Beijing, China. Milan’s environmental and territorial project, “Forestami“, also aspires to this latter goal. To improve air quality and green spaces, there are plans to plant a tree for every person residing in the metropolitan city by 2030.

Regeneration, on a human scale, with which to boost the environmental and social sustainability of places. To achieve a quality of life better centered on the balance between social and ecological needs.

About The Sofidel Group    

The Sofidel Group, a privately held company owned by the Stefani and Lazzareschi families, is a world leader in the manufacture of paper for hygienic and domestic use. Founded in 1966, the Group has subsidiaries in 12 countries – Italy, Spain, the UK, France, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Hungary, Greece, Romania, and the USA – with more than 6,400 employees. A member of the UN Global Compact and the international WWF Climate Savers program, the Sofidel Group considers sustainability a strategic imperative and is committed to promoting sustainable development.  For more information, visit www.sofidel.com.         

Media Contact:    

Brianna Fitzpatrick 
Mulberry Marketing Communications 
bfitzpatrick@mulberrymc.com 

Fifth Third Bank has earned inclusion on several industry rankings due its commitment to renewable solar power. The rankings by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Solar Energy Industries Association grade companies based on green power use.

Fifth Third has achieved 100% renewable power since 2019 and has been carbon neutral for its own operations since 2020. The Bank recently completed installations of solar panels on five of its financial centers in Florida, the first time the Bank has had installations on its owned properties.

The Bank earned inclusion on three rankings by the Environmental Protection Agency for the quarter ending Dec. 21, 2022. They include:

100% Green Power Users.National Top 100 Green Power Partner List. Fifth Third ranked #90.Green Power Partnership Fortune 500 Partners List. Fifth Third was #47.

The EPA Green Power Partnership’s Top Partner Rankings highlight the annual green power use of leading Green Power Partners within the United States and across individual industry sectors. According to the EPA, organizations can meet partner requirements through renewable energy certificates, or RECs, on-site generation and utility green power products.

Fifth Third also ranked #19 on Solar Energy Industries Association® 2022 “Solar Means Business Report.” The report tracks U.S. solar photovoltaic (PV) installations that support commercial activities at U.S. facilities. Businesses ranked include the country’s largest brands to small business. Fifth Third was the #2 ranked financial services company.

A leader in environmental sustainability, Fifth Third has a $100 billion environmental and social finance target and bold operational sustainability goals to be achieved through 2030. Through Dividend Finance, the Bank is a national market leader for sustainable home improvement products and services for consumers.