Month: September 2024

MEMPHIS, Tenn., September 26, 2024 /3BL/ – Chocolate milk, chocolate chip cookies, and filling up the piggy bank he plans on donating to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® are some of the favorite things of 2024 Purple Eagle honoree, Micah. A 7-year-old who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia after he started kindergarten in the fall of 2022, Micah was honored Wednesday ahead of the first day of competition at the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind.

The Purple Eagle program began in 2011 when FedEx vice president of airline safety Bill West, a long-time volunteer for the FedEx St. Jude Championships, decided that he wanted to see more than just FedEx trucks and vans around the golf course during tournament week. As the then-managing director of Feeder Operations, the turbo prop planes operating for FedEx into smaller airports, he proposed a plan to tow and park a Cessna Caravan aircraft at the golf course and name one each year for a St. Jude patient whose parent or grandparent is a FedEx team member. One year later in 2012, the first plane was dedicated. Now, a dozen years later, the tradition continues with Micah’s plane, tail number N788FE.

“Everyone may know that our big jets are named for children of FedEx team members,” said West. “But after today’s dedication, just 12 of our feeder planes are named. Each one is named for a patient of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital whose parent or grandparent works at FedEx, which means these are special planes for special kids.”

Micah’s grandfather, Craig, is a manager for the FedEx line maintenance team in Memphis and for Micah’s seventh birthday, he gave Micah seven one-dollar bills. Micah responded that he was saving that money to give to St. Jude, where he one day hopes to be a nurse.

Micah’s plane will sport his name under the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital logo for the duration of the Cessna Caravan’s time in service as part of the FedEx supplemental aircraft fleet. There are over 300 turboprop airplanes in the supplemental fleet.

“We are incredibly grateful to our longtime partners at FedEx for providing this opportunity to honor Micah and all of the other Purple Eagle recipients over the years in such a special way,” said Richard C. Shadyac Jr., President and CEO of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “It’s because of generous partners like FedEx that St. Jude can help more of the 400,000 kids around the world who will get cancer each year.”

12 Years of Purple Eagle Honorees

 HonoreeDiagnosisCessna Caravan Tail Number2024 
 Micah 
 Acute lymphoblastic leukemia 
 N788FE2023 
 Olivia 
 Neurofibromatosis 
 N884FE2022 
 Riley 
 Acute lymphoblastic leukemia 
 N986FX2021 
 Kenzie 
 Acute lymphoblastic leukemia 
 N753FX2020 
 No honoree due to COVID protocols 
  2019 
 Reid 
 Rhabdomyosarcoma and Ectomesenchymoma 
 CFEXN2018 
 Mya 
 Sickle cell disease 
 N981FE2017 
 Calvin 
 Craniopharyngioma 
 N846FE2016 
 Alyssa 
 Melanoma 
 N933FE2015 
 Tyler 
 Acute lymphoblastic leukemia 
 N752FX2014 
 Allie 
 Anaplastic Ependymoma 
 N987FX2013 
 Hayes 
 Rare kidney cancer 
 N981FE2012 
 McKaylee 
 Anaplastic Astrocytoma 
 N773FE

About FedEx Corp.

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce, and business services. With annual revenue of $88 billion, the company offers integrated business solutions utilizing its flexible, efficient, and intelligent global network. Consistently ranked among the world’s most admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 500,000 employees to remain focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards, and the needs of their customers and communities. FedEx is committed to connecting people and possibilities around the world responsibly and resourcefully, with a goal to achieve carbon-neutral operations by 2040. To learn more, please visit fedex.com/about.

About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Its purpose is clear: Finding cures. Saving children.® It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. When St. Jude opened in 1962, childhood cancer was largely considered incurable. Since then, St. Jude has helped push the overall survival rate from 20% to more than 80%, and it won’t stop until no child dies from cancer. St. Jude shares the breakthroughs it makes to help doctors and researchers at local hospitals and cancer centers around the world improve the quality of treatment and care for even more children. Because of generous donors, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food, so they can focus on helping their child live. Visit St. Jude Inspire to discover powerful St. Jude stories of hope, strength, love and kindness. Support the St. Jude mission by donating at stjude.org, liking St. Jude on Facebook, following St. Jude on X, Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok, and subscribing to its YouTube channel.

Click here to learn about FedEx Cares, our global community engagement program.

SAN JOSE, Calif., September 26, 2024 /3BL/ – Silicon Valley companies committed to sustainability and social impact performance will share best practices and encourage networking with like-minded professionals on Oct. 23 during 3BL Network Effect: San Jose. The event is free.

The half-day program, taking place at Logitech’s San Jose campus, is open to those working in corporate social responsibility, sustainability, social impact, communications, marketing and investor relations roles at companies, agencies and nonprofits. Breakfast will be provided.

Register for Network Effect: San Jose here. 

“Tech is the largest industry in the world, employing nearly 5 million people in the United States,” said Dave Armon, 3BL vice chair and host of Network Effect: San Jose. “We’re excited to discuss sustainability and corporate citizenship topics with companies whose products, people and cultures can change the world for the better.”

Among the organizations participating in 3BL Network Effect: San Jose are Cadence Design Systems, Cisco Systems, Fast Forward, Intuit and Logitech.

In addition to panel discussions, fireside chats and research revealing consumer sentiments about sustainability, the event is designed so practitioners from Silicon Valley companies, nonprofits and NGOs can explore opportunities to partner for more impact.

Here’s a sneak peak of what awaits on our agenda:

Size of the Prize: The Billion-Dollar Impact of Growing Consumer Demand
There’s growing pressure on businesses to prioritize sustainability, but how much of an impact does it have? Are consumers actually switching brands for sustainability reasons? The answer is yes, and the impact of sustainability-driven brand switching totals $44 billion across 12 U.S. industries. We’ll share new research.

Evolution of ESG Strategy and Reporting Practices
Jeff Rangel, Director of ESG Strategy and Reporting, Intuit, will join a fireside chat with Peggy Brannigan, Board Member, Business Council on Climate Change, to discuss how the software giant behind QuickBooks, TurboTax, Mailchimp and Credit Karma embeds its True North sustainability goals across the company to yield data alongside impactful stories.

Fem.AI: Changing the Future Workforce of Tech
Nicole Johnson, Director of Social Impact, Cadence Design Systems, and Kendall Arthur, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Fast Forward, will explore Cadence’s groundbreaking Fem.ai approach, which propels women and the industry towards a fairer tech sector.

Circular Transformation: Doing the Work, Telling the Story
Wendy Ng, Program Manager, Supply Chain Sustainability, Cisco Systems, will share circular design principles that are transforming product development to minimize environmental impact, enhance repairability, and promote reuse and recycling. Stacey Faucett, Manager Sustainability Communications, Governance and Compliance, Cisco Systems, will explore the power of effective storytelling in driving internal and external action, fostering innovation, and making progress on sustainability goals.

Gaming Without Barriers 
Logitech has eliminated barriers of all kinds in product design, promoting equity and inclusivity in communities throughout the world. Logitech’s Aurora Product Collection and the Adaptive E-Sports Tournament were intentionally designed to challenge existing biases and stereotypes, enhancing inclusivity in gaming.

Register today at no cost. Breakfast is included.

Nasdaq

Review the results from a survey that primarily polled corporate carbon credit buyers, who share insight into how the market for durable carbon removal credits has changed over the past year and the role carbon credits play in net zero strategies. The goal of this report is to help close carbon removal credit knowledge gaps and support carbon market stakeholders with fresh insights.

How has the VCM changed in the last 12 months?

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) continues to be a necessary tool within the corporate net zero toolbox. But if CDR efforts expect to leverage the voluntary carbon market (VCM) as a financing vehicle for conventional and novel CDR, a deeper analysis of buying preferences is critical.

Considering the detail uncovered within the VCM from last year’s Nasdaq Global Net Zero Pulse survey, the Nasdaq ESG Advisory team used this year’s survey to capture answers to the question: How has the VCM changed in the last 12 months? To do so, the team uncovered insights that span three key themes necessary to scale the VCM and CDR adoption: 

Corporate net zero alignmentCarbon credit purchase strategiesCarbon market dynamics

Key Findings

Despite demand-side uncertainty in the market, there appears to be a need for durable CDR to achieve net zero. 

Respondents associate using carbon removal credits as an integral part of their net zero strategy. 57% plan to invest in nature-based and technology-based carbon removal solutions to neutralize their residual emissions and less than 10% expect to reach net zero without using any carbon credits.

To guide the carbon credit procurement process, companies are setting a strategy that aligns to their sustainability goals and targets.

93% of carbon credit buyer respondents report their company has a carbon credit strategy in place. In line with last year’s survey findings, strategies that focus on carbon removal credits are favored by respondents from larger companies, whereas smaller companies are more likely to have strategies that focus on carbon reduction or avoidance credits.

With carbon offset claims at risk of being viewed as greenwashing, corporate buyers are concerned about properly evaluating credits. 

Consistent with 2023 survey results, MRV, cost, and permanence are prioritized components for corporate buyers purchasing carbon removal credits.

The evolving regulatory landscape plays a larger role in determining how companies approach their carbon credit procurement strategy.

While carbon removals have been largely unregulated, regulators and policy makers have focused more attention on the voluntary carbon markets. 72% of survey respondents report feeling pressure from this suite of policies, especially the SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rules and California’s AB-1305.

Familiarity with carbon removal credit types is not uniform – corporate buyers are interested in further education on carbon removals.

Survey respondents report familiarity with reforestation (83%), DAC (76%), and biochar (63%), suggesting that corporate education for individual CDR pathways is still needed. In addition, ocean-based CDR pathways are the least understood by survey respondents.

Download the report

Regency Centers recently participated in the Jacksonville Jaguars second Annual Community Day alongside other local partners.

Participating organizations were given projects addressing one of four primary areas of need: food insecurity, education, the homeless community, and military veterans.

Volunteers from Regency and other community members came together to pack 200 care packages that will be sent to military members serving our country, fulfilling a request made by a Jacksonville native who is currently serving overseas.

We are always proud to partner with the Jaguars and are happy to know that our efforts will bring joy and a taste of home to 200 brave individuals serving our country.

About Regency Centers Corporation (NASDAQ: REG)

Regency Centers is a preeminent national owner, operator, and developer of shopping centers located in suburban trade areas with compelling demographics. Our portfolio includes thriving properties merchandised with highly productive grocers, restaurants, service providers, and best-in-class retailers that connect to their neighborhoods, communities, and customers. Operating as a fully integrated real estate company, Regency Centers is a qualified real estate investment trust (REIT) that is self-administered, self-managed, and an S&P 500 Index member. For more information, please visit RegencyCenters.com

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