Month: June 2023

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, June 1, 2023 /3BL Media/ – We are excited to announce that Erik Foley has recently joined Antea Group USA as a Senior Consultant.

Erik has over 25 years of experience in sustainability and has held numerous leadership roles working with large corporations to small start-ups across a variety of sectors including renewable energy, agriculture, technology, manufacturing, hospitality, and more. He holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies from Whitman College and a master’s in business administration from Saint Francis University.

“One of our strategic priorities as a company is to make investments that enhance our client’s business resiliency through improved environmental, social, and governance performance,” says Brian Ricketts, CEO of Antea Group USA. “Erik brings a unique business acumen and deep understanding of the ESG landscape, further strengthening our abilities to effectively respond to client needs related to ESG drivers and sustainability services.”

Erik comes to Antea Group from Penn State University where he was the founding Managing Director for the Penn State Sustainability Institute that serves 40,000 employees and 100,000 students and was one of the lead authors of the University’s first Sustainability Strategic Plan. In his previous role, he worked to accelerate the integration of sustainability in business by collaborating across a community of scholars, educators, students, and industry partners. Specializing in sustainability strategy, social entrepreneurship and change leadership, Erik has taught, consulted and led workshops on the role business can play in advancing environmental conservation and regeneration. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Directors for ClearWater Conservancy and Network for Business Sustainability.

Erik is based in Pennsylvania.

About Antea Group

Antea®Group is an environment, health, safety, and sustainability consulting firm. By combining strategic thinking with technical expertise, we do more than effectively solve client challenges; we deliver sustainable results for a better future. We work in partnership with and advise many of the world’s most sustainable companies to address ESG-business challenges in a way that fits their pace and unique objectives. Our consultants equip organizations to better understand threats, capture opportunities and find their position of strength. Lastly, we maintain a global perspective on ESG issues through not only our work with multinational clients, but also through our sister organizations in Europe, Asia, and Latin America and as a founding member of the Inogen Alliance.

At Covia, our commitment to support to our local communities is put into action every day. Many of our initiatives focus on the passions of our own Covia Team Members, but we also understand our commitment to be inclusive of those outside our walls – our friends, neighbors, and other stakeholders.

While Memorial Day is behind us this year, Covia supports actively serving members of the armed forces, veterans, and their families all year long by contributing time and financial support to the defenders of freedom. One of our favorite events is our special golf clinic for veterans, the Stars, Stripes & Links Golf Clinic.

Since 2015, the Covia Foundation, in partnership with The Turn’s – Return to Golf Program, the Stand Up and Play Foundation, and Sand Ridge Golf Club, has hosted the Annual Stars, Stripes & Links golf clinic. This unique event provides a day of golf specifically intended for injured combat veterans at the beautiful Sand Ridge course in Chardon, Ohio, and gives Covia the opportunity to show our immense gratitude for the sacrifices made by our veterans.

Over the last eight years, we have supported more than 200 veterans, representing all five branches of the military, enjoyed a morning of complimentary one-on-one golf instruction, followed by camaraderie during on-course team play and a lunch reception to conclude the day. Covia Team Members generously volunteer their time to ensure the event is fun and informative for the participants. But, most importantly, our volunteers provide moral support and conversation. Last year, we had a record number of volunteers that included not only Covia Team Members, but customers and suppliers as well. Their dedication to this special project ensured our veterans all felt warmly appreciated. We look forward to hosting this event again in the fall.

“Our specialized team at The Turn is proud to have played a key role in the success of this wonderful event over the years,” said Gina Babinec. “It’s been an honor to partner with our friends at Covia and Sand Ridge Golf Club to provide this unique experience for deserving wounded veterans and veterans with physical disabilities from the local community.”

For more than 20 years, The Turn has been on the forefront of serving adults, children, and veterans with physical disabilities, helping them “make the turn” into the next chapter of their lives, both physically and emotionally. The Turn is a growing community in Northeast Ohio, inspiring hope and enhancing the health and well-being their members annually through specialized, adaptive recreation, fitness, and social programs to promote inclusion at its fully accessible campus of the Wharton Center at North Olmsted Golf Club.

The Stand Up and Play Foundation, founded by Anthony Netto, aims to help wheelchair users the opportunity to stand up and participate in sporting, artistic, and other activities, or even just experience the empowerment of looking at someone eye to eye. This volunteer-run endeavor supports paramobile recreation events like our Stars, Strikes and Links Golf Clinic, which gives those in wounded in service the chance to play golf.

Click to learn more about Covia’s valuable partnerships that support positive change. 

M·A·C champions individuality and supports equal rights for all 365 days a year – and the first-ever M·A·C VIVA GLAM Day Of Giving takes decades of social activism to the next level with a 24-hour event dedicated to building awareness, promoting advocacy and raising much-needed funds that benefit grassroots organizations.

Want to support LGBTQIA+ rights this Pride Month? Put your money where your mouth is on June 9!

You have the power to support local organizations championing LGBTQIA+ rights around the globe by loading up on all your fave shades.

100% of the selling price of M·A·C VIVA GLAM products is donated to local organizations championing healthy futures and equal rights for all. The Hetrick-Martin Institute, Grassroot Soccer and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS are just a few of the M·A·C VIVA GLAM grantees that M·A·C partners with on an annual basis.

June also marks a celebration for the iconic M·A·C VIVA GLAM I, II and III Lipstick shades – and their contributions to M·A·C VIVA GLAM’s success over the past 29 years.

To date, the M·A·C VIVA GLAM campaign has raised over $500,000,000 USD globally – and counting – simply by selling Lipstick.

“For many, lipstick is more than just a product,” says Dominic Skinner, M·A·C Global Senior Artist, UK and Ireland. “It harnesses the power of confidence, it symbolizes an act of defiance and sometimes provides an armour to take on the world,” He continues, “However, at M·A·C, lipstick is an ACTUAL life-changer. M·A·C VIVA GLAM Lipstick has been uplifting, supporting and changing people’s lives since 1994. Imagine if EVERY M·A·C Lipstick was this powerful? M·A·C VIVA GLAM Day Of Giving transforms 200+ shades into M·A·C VIVA GLAM Lipstick shades – meaning every cent from every sale of every Lipstick* will be donated to organizations empowering individuals and changing lives for the better.”

“Philanthropy has always been at the heart of the M·A·C brand and we are proud of the incredible strides we’ve made with M·A·C VIVA GLAM over the past three decades,” says Aïda Moudachirous-Rébois, M·A·C Global Chief Marketing Officer. “This year’s first-ever VIVA GLAM Day Of Giving offers yet another opportunity for M·A·C to support local organizations that serve as a starting point for the meaningful change that is necessary to promote and support equality for all.”

*All Lipstick sales from M·A·C free-standing stores and online at www.maccosmetics.com on June 9, 2023, from 12am to 11:59pm, will be donated to non-profit organizations that support the health and rights of people of All Ages, All Races and All Genders. Exclusions include but are not limited to lip gloss, lip balm, lip palette and lip primer products.

Available: 

All M·A·C free-standing locations/online, 1.800.588.0070 and www.maccosmetics.com

Global Contact:

Kristen Joyce, krjoyce@maccosmetics.com

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M·A·C (Make-Up Art Cosmetics) is a leading brand of professional cosmetics and part of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Since its creation in Toronto, Canada, over 30 years ago, the brand’s popularity has grown through a tradition of word-of-mouth endorsement from Makeup Artists, models, photographers and journalists around the world. M·A·C is now sold in over 130 countries/territories worldwide. Follow M·A·C on Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok and Pinterest (@MACcosmetics); become a M·A·C fan on Facebook (facebook.com/maccosmetics); follow M·A·C on Instagram (instagram.com/maccosmetics) and watch M·A·C videos on YouTube (youtube.com/maccosmetics). For a M·A·C location near you, visit maccosmetics.com.