Month: May 2025
Live Good, a social impact organization dedicated to community well-being and equity, is proud to announce the relaunch of its transformative initiative, Be The Generation.
IRVINE, Calif., May 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — First introduced years ago to spark civic engagement among youth, Be The Generation returns at a time when it’s needed more than ever. “With government funding being cut in so many critical areas, especially public health and education, we felt called to bring this initiative back,” said Jennifer Chi, Founder and CEO of Live Good. “It’s a reminder to our college student team members that they don’t have to wait for change. They already possess the capacity to lead with purpose, to respond with compassion, and to create lasting impact—right where they are.”
Rooted in the belief that leadership doesn’t begin and end in elected office, Be The Generation highlights how dedicated individuals can move entire communities forward. From voter engagement to service projects, the initiative centers on youth empowerment, community resilience, and collective responsibility.
Currently, Live Good is kicking off the relaunch of the Be The Generation campaign with several key efforts:
- Statewide Food Drive: Live Good is organizing food drives on college campuses including UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, and UC Berkeley, benefitting the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and San Francisco-Marin Food Bank.
- Meal Outreach with Union Station Homeless Services: Live Good volunteers are assembling and delivering hundreds of sack lunches each week to support individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Pasadena and Los Angeles.
- Mentorship Expansion in LAUSD: The Live Good Mentorship Program is expanding to reach more schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Through one-on-one mentoring, students receive support from Live Good team members who are dedicated to helping them explore their passions and develop leadership skills.
“At Live Good, we believe deeply in the next generation,” Jennifer continued. “These are artists, scientists, humanitarians, problem-solvers and leaders in the making. It is our responsibility to ensure that these brilliant young minds are supported, uplifted, and heard.”
As communities across California and the nation face increasing uncertainty, Live Good is doubling down on its mission: to build a future where compassion, equity, and respect for all define what it means to lead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTyWzYcstEA
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BHUBANESWAR, India, May 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Art of Giving (AOG) is a life philosophy that inspires millions around the globe to practice kindness, compassion, and community engagement. It was conceptualised and led by Prof. Achyuta Samanta, educationist and social reformer. It has become a civic movement dedicated to fostering peace and happiness through selfless giving. The movement is based on a simple yet powerful truth: that human beings, in their essence, are wired to give. Happiness and peace, which are the most natural human aspirations, often get buried under material pursuits. Art of Giving calls people back to that natural instinct of sharing, helping, and loving without expectation or reward.
The seeds of AOG were sown long before it had a name. Prof. Achyuta Samanta, having grown up in abject poverty and adversity, began practicing the art of giving as early as the age of five—when he himself had little to give. This lifelong commitment to selfless giving transformed into a mission, and on 17th May 2013, he formally launched the philosophy of Art of Giving as a global movement. Since then, 17th May has been celebrated every year as the International Day of Art of Giving, with each year focusing on a specific theme.
Every year, Art of Giving selects a new theme that aligns with contemporary needs and emotional resonances. It started in 2014 with themes around Society, Spirituality, and Humanity. In 2015, the theme was Kompassion: The Garment Bank, which urged people to donate old clothes to those in need.
During the challenging pandemic period of 2020, the theme was AOG Fights Corona, focusing on supporting frontline workers and affected families. In 2021, My Mother My Hero became a deeply emotional campaign where participants wrote letters of gratitude to their mothers. In 2024, the theme Let‘s AOG broadened the idea of universal participation. And now in 2025, as AOG in its 12th edition compassion, the theme is Neighbour Good – Bringing Good to the Neighbourhood.
This year’s theme focuses on taking kindness to the most immediate circle, our neighbours and local community. From 2nd to 16th May, people around the world observed the Fortnight of Happiness, by engaging in small, meaningful gestures—sharing snacks or tea, visiting elderly neighbours, organising apartment meetups, or participating in neighbourhood events. On 17th May, grand celebrations will take place globally.
Art of Giving has grown exponentially in the last decade. Today, the AOG family includes over 2.5 million active members. Additionally, the philosophy now finds representation in over 220 national federations of the FIVB (Fédération Internationale de Volleyball), extending its values through sports and youth movements worldwide.
Though AOG was formally launched in 2013, its values are timeless. Charity, or ‘daan,’ has always been central to Indian culture. Every major religion—Islam’s zakat, Christianity’s charity, Buddhism’s acts of compassion, Jainism’s saving lives and spreading knowledge, Judaism’s tzedakah, and Zoroastrianism’s call to fight poverty as a moral duty upholds giving as sacred. What Prof. Samanta has done through AOG is to modernise this wisdom, remove religious and geographical filters, and build a global, inclusive, and joyful movement rooted in humanity.
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TORONTO, May 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) (“Waste Connections” or the “Company“) today announced the results of its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting“). All eight director nominees in the Company’s 2025 management information circular and proxy statement were nominated at the Meeting and elected as directors of the Company. Each director will serve until the close of the next annual meeting of shareholders or until his or her earlier resignation, or his or her successor is duly elected or appointed.
Detailed results of the vote are:
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Nominee |
Votes |
% Votes |
Votes |
% Votes |
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Andrea E. Bertone |
214,127,714 |
96.65 |
7,409,752 |
3.34 |
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Edward E. “Ned” Guillet |
207,676,039 |
93.74 |
13,861,427 |
6.25 |
|
Michael W. Harlan |
205,392,441 |
92.71 |
16,145,025 |
7.28 |
|
Elise L. Jordan |
218,350,006 |
98.56 |
3,187,460 |
1.43 |
|
Cherlyn Harley LeBon |
219,710,796 |
99.17 |
1,826,670 |
0.82 |
|
Susan “Sue” Lee |
216,603,442 |
97.77 |
4,934,024 |
2.22 |
|
Ronald J. Mittelstaedt |
215,273,547 |
97.17 |
6,263,919 |
2.82 |
|
Carl D. Sparks |
219,710,824 |
99.17 |
1,826,642 |
0.82 |
All director nominees were elected in accordance with the majority voting policy included in the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and Board Charter, with each receiving a majority of the total votes cast in respect of his or her election.
The shareholders approved on a non-binding, advisory basis the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement (“Say-on-Pay”).
The shareholders approved the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2025 and authorized the Company’s Board of Directors to fix the remuneration of the independent registered public accounting firm.
Final voting results on all matters considered at the Meeting will be filed with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the securities commissions or similar regulatory authorities in Canada.
About Waste Connections
Waste Connections (wasteconnections.com) is an integrated solid waste services company that provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer and disposal services, including by rail, along with resource recovery primarily through recycling and renewable fuels generation. The Company serves approximately nine million residential, commercial and industrial customers in mostly exclusive and secondary markets across 46 states in the U.S. and six provinces in Canada. Waste Connections also provides non-hazardous oilfield waste treatment, recovery and disposal services in several basins across the U.S. and Canada, as well as intermodal services for the movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest. Waste Connections views its Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) efforts as integral to its business, with initiatives consistent with its objective of long-term value creation and focused on reducing emissions, increasing resource recovery of both recyclable commodities and clean energy fuels, reducing reliance on off-site disposal for landfill leachate, further improving safety and enhancing employee engagement. Visit wasteconnections.com/sustainability for more information and updates on our progress towards targeted achievement.
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Mary Anne Whitney / (832) 442-2253 |
Joe Box / (832) 442-2153 |
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CNH (NYSE: CNH) announces that it has signed an agreement with Starlink, a subsidiary of SpaceX, to bring industry-leading satellite connectivity to farmers. This collaboration will provide customers of CNH brands, Case IH, New Holland and STEYR, with robust and affordable high-speed connectivity – further unlocking the benefits of a fully connected fleet – even in the most remote rural locations around the world.
“We’re thrilled to offer our customers access to industry-leading satellite connectivity, enabling them to maximize the potential of our full suite of precision technology in even the most challenging rural environments,” said Stefano Pampalone, Agriculture Chief Commercial Officer at CNH.
How Starlink supercharges the delivery of CNH’s precision tech
Starlink’s advanced satellite network offers reliable, low-latency internet. This enables our intelligent machines to communicate and coordinate efficiently, enhancing productivity and yield. It seamlessly integrates with our FieldOps™ digital platform, giving our customers visibility of their machines and providing data from anywhere, anytime. It also gives our customers greater data streaming capabilities by keeping their farm management devices consistently connected, regardless of location.
Prescription spraying is another powerful use case where Starlink’s fast and reliable transmission technology will benefit farming operations. The lack of connectivity in a market such as Brazil, for example, can make farm logistics challenging. CNH’s FieldXplorer platform uses AI to transform drone images into a field map that distinguishes between weeds and crop. With Starlink we can now export that data near instantaneously to create a prescription spraying map for the machine. This enables farmers to apply crop protection products sooner, controlling weeds earlier, which ultimately helps improve crop yields.
This collaboration underscores CNH’s ongoing commitment to equipping farmers with reliable, tailored solutions that meet the unique demands of agriculture, while amplifying the capabilities of precision technology from wherever they are.
I have always had a dream to be part of a humanitarian mission that shares the same principles I believe in, to relentlessly save souls and alleviate suffering. When I joined Action Against Hunger as a humanitarian worker, I felt that my purpose in life had just begun; I was being given the unique opportunity to serve vulnerable people, particularly those in perilous situations.
From the beginning of the conflict in Gaza up until this very moment, Palestinians have suffered from horrific nutritional deprivation. The reality on the ground gets worse by the day, with constant border closures and blockades of all humanitarian aid, including nutritional supplies. Bakeries are forced to close their doors in the faces of hungry people. Obtaining a loaf of bread is now a wish, and staying alive is a challenge.
I never imagined that, throughout my mission, I would see children with frail, sunken bodies and eyes full of pain and agony; that I would see youthful faces telling a story of unimaginable suffering; or hear a child’s stomach echoing with hunger while he waits for but a drop in his bowl. I could not have anticipated the gut-wrenching sight of a lady gathering food scraps off the ground, or the sound of crying mothers, or the mournful silence of those praying for the crisis to end.
I come across so many cases of children facing malnutrition. My team and I try our best to help them so they can continue to live. I repeatedly ask myself: how can I offer mothers any sense of comfort, even a little? How can I reassure a mother about the wellbeing of her child when she does not know where she can get their next meal? And how can I speak to her about the importance of proper nutrition, when she has nothing that she can provide? Every time, this question haunts me: how can this mother stay resilient in the face of all these challenges and hurdles?
I work as a breastfeeding counselor with Action Against Hunger, and with every consultation, my worst fears are confirmed: there’s no end to this crisis. Breastfeeding and pregnant women are facing double the risk because their bodies are exhausted from pregnancy and childbirth, while enduring prolonged hunger and a severe lack of health and nutrition necessities. Not only are mothers’ health in jeopardy, but also the health of their babies. The situation continues to grow more catastrophic, and the acute shortage in aid is increasing alarmingly.
My colleagues and I continue to work with hearts full of determination despite all the challenges, continuously striving to find a glimmer of hope. Humanitarian work in Gaza is not merely a response to a crisis, but a testament to the resilience of people in the face of unthinkable hardships.
Our team believes that the work we do today, no matter how small it may feel, makes a difference in the lives of those children and women. For us, prospects of the continuation of humanitarian support and the reopening of the border crossings for aid delivery are not merely humanitarian demands and necessities for survival, but a crucial piece of hope that we cling to. Until then, between hunger and hope, countless stories of resilience and optimism for a better tomorrow will continue to be told day after day.
With over 1,500 bird species recorded, the Country of Beauty continues to showcase its singular, awe-inspiring biodiversity.
MIAMI, May 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Colombia has once again soared to the top of the world’s largest bird count. Recording an astonishing 1,563 bird species during the recent edition of Global Big Day 2025, the country reaffirms its title as the most biodiverse nation on Earth for birds and a rising global leader in nature tourism.
This achievement comes amid a landmark moment for Colombian tourism. In 2024, the country welcomed over 6.9 million international visitors — a historic record — with the United States leading the way. Today, Colombia is the number one South American destination for U.S. travelers.
The Global Big Day, coordinated by the scientific platform eBird, is held in over 200 countries each year and unites birders, scientists, and local communities to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day. In this latest edition, Colombia once again topped the leaderboard, outpacing Peru (1,404 species) and Brazil (1,245).
Regions such as Amazon Orinoco and the Pacific were major contributors to the bird count, offering birders access to lush rainforests, mountains, and savannas, all in one destination.
“This achievement affirms our extraordinary natural wealth and our commitment to sustainability,” said Carmen Caballero, president of ProColombia, the country’s promotion agency. “Birdwatching is more than a niche activity; it’s a growing driver of sustainable development across our regions and a vital way we share Colombia’s beauty with the world.”
Explore the Wild Heart of Colombia’s Natural Treasures
Colombia’s leadership in the Global Big Day reflects more than just its biodiversity. With over 1,900 bird species, including 79 endemics, and a strategic location along major migratory routes, the country is uniquely positioned to offer one-of-a-kind birding experiences.
The Colombian tourism sector has embraced this potential, developing infrastructure tailored to birdwatchers, from specialized guides to eco-lodges and scenic trails. Through ProColombia, the country has launched birding routes, attended fairs like the Global Bird Fair, and hosted familiarization trips with U.S. and U.K. tour operators — Colombia’s two main international tourism markets.
This focused investment is paying off. Birdwatching has become not only a conservation tool but also a vital source of income for local communities, connecting travelers with Colombia’s incredible landscapes, wildlife, and culture.
Don’t miss The Country of Beauty’s wild side at the Colombia Nature Travel Mart this September. Register here.
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Originally published in GoDaddy’s 2024 Sustainability Report
About Us
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GoDaddy helps entrepreneurs around the globe start, grow, and scale their businesses. People come to us to name their idea, build a website and logo, sell their products and services, and accept payments. GoDaddy Airo®, the company’s AI-powered experience, makes growing a small business faster and easier by helping customers get their idea online in minutes, enabling them to drive traffic and boost sales. GoDaddy’s expert guides are available 24/7 to provide assistance.
OUR MISSION
To empower entrepreneurs everywhere, making opportunity more inclusive for all.
Our Products & Services
GoDaddy is a global leader serving a large market of entrepreneurs, developing and delivering easy-to-use solutions as a one-stop shop provider, alongside personalized guidance. We serve small businesses, individuals, organizations, developers, designers, and domain investors. We are passionate about our mission and honored that entrepreneurs trust us with their ideas.
2024 Sustainability Highlights
At GoDaddy, we aim to promote a sustainable and inclusive future. Our 2024 environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives reflect our dedication to positively impacting the communities we serve, empowering entrepreneurs everywhere, ensuring ethical business practices, and encouraging innovation while driving business value and minimizing our environmental footprint.
Customers & Communities
Our customers and the communities in which we operate are at the heart of our mission.
- Customer Experience: Our personalized support for every stage of an entrepreneur’s journey sets us apart from our competitors. Our team engaged customers through nearly 12 million inbound voice conversations and messages, obtaining a Trustpilot rating of 4.6 out of 5.
- Inclusive Entrepreneurship: Empower by GoDaddy, our signature social impact program, equips entrepreneurs with training, tools, and peer networks to accelerate their journeys. Empower provided nearly 19,000 learning engagements to entrepreneurs in the United States and Canada1.
- Community Engagement: GoDaddy employees volunteered nearly 3,700 hours in 2024, with almost $1.6 million donated through employee-led efforts, volunteer rewards, corporate funds, and matching donations.
People & Culture
A thriving workplace culture drives our success.
• Employee Engagement: 84% of our employees participated in GoDaddy Voice, our annual employee survey, revealing that employees feel a strong sense of trust and support within our teams. We’re using the feedback to continue creating a positive working environment and culture.
- Inclusive Recruitment: To reach a broad range of the most highly qualified candidate groups, we amplified our inclusive culture, programs, and benefits at conferences and events.
- Learning & Development: We are committed to fostering a culture of continuous learning and development. In addition to a variety of learning opportunities within GoDaddy, 140 employees in our sales training program benefited from our partnership with Rio Salado College, collectively earning 840 college credits for completing select trainings.
Responsible Governance & Operations
We uphold the highest standards of ethics, compliance, and accountability.
- Ethical Conduct: Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics helps to ensure integrity at every level. To hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, we established a Political Contributions, Activities, and Lobbying Policy, launched a new Human Rights Policy, and updated our Anti-Slavery Policy.
- Responsible Artificial Intelligence: As Artificial Intelligence (AI)2 evolves, we continue to adapt our policies and practices to serve and help protect entrepreneurs.
- Innovation: We took our culture of experimentation to the next level conducting more than 2,000 controlled experiments and hosting events focused on building great products that help solve our customers’ problems and save them time.
Environmental Impact
We continue to take decisive action toward environmental sustainability.
- Emissions Reduction: After meeting our initial target two years early, we set a new target to reduce scope 1 and 2 (market-based) greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2030 from a 2019 baseline.
- Climate Risk Analysis: We conducted a climate scenario analysis evaluating potential physical and transition risks and opportunities across multiple time horizons, helping GoDaddy protect the resilience of our operations.
To learn more, read our 2024 Sustainability Report.
About This Report
This GoDaddy 2024 Sustainability Report details our progress toward our corporate sustainability goals, strategies, and initiatives in support of our overarching corporate mission and values. Unless otherwise noted, this report reflects our corporate sustainability performance across our global operations covering the fiscal year period from January 1 to December 31, 2024. To demonstrate our commitment to transparent communication regarding our sustainability progress, we routinely share updates through our website and our annual Sustainability Report. We welcome your questions, comments, and feedback on this report by contacting ESG@GoDaddy.com.
This report references the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, includes select Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) metrics for the Internet Media and Services sector, and the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). We also disclose our contributions and progress toward priority UN SDGs. For additional information on how we align with these frameworks and key indicators demonstrating our sustainability performance, please refer to the Frameworks & Metrics section.
1 Represents the total number of entrepreneurs that have had at least one contact (i.e., group workshop, facilitated course, one-on-one mentorship) or who have completed one course in the online self-serve learning portal.
2AI includes Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Agentic AI, Generative AI, or other similar tools.
PARIS, May 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Clarins Group takes another major step in its commitment to a more responsible business model by obtaining the B Corp™ label, an international benchmark for social and environmental performance, for its Clarins and myBlend brands.
Beyond its recognition of our commitments, the B Corp™ label consolidates the approach initiated by Clarins since its very beginning in 1954: a pursuit of excellence combining innovation, transparency and the drive to make a positive impact on society and the planet.
A world-renowned label, B Corp™ attests to companies’ commitment to reconciling economic performance with social and environmental responsibility. Fewer than 2% of certified companies are large companies*. And so Clarins joins a community of committed companies meeting high social and environmental standards and sharing a common vision and ambition: to show that it’s possible to reconcile economic performance with a positive impact on society and the environment.
“Obtaining the B Corp™ label is a tremendous source of collective pride for all Clarins teams who, on a daily basis, strive for excellence in terms of sustainable development. It’s a recognition that compels and motivates us to do even more. Clarins has been a family business for three generations and is keenly aware of the importance of legacy. B Corp™ is totally in line with this conviction that we are responsible for future generations and this label demonstrates a commitment deeply rooted in our history. More motivated than ever by this certification, we will continue to innovate and look for ever more positive and regenerative solutions to move towards an increasingly responsible business model that meets the expectations of our customers, our employees and the planet,” says Virginie Courtin, Managing Director of Clarins Group.
A long-standing commitment to more responsible beauty
For 70 years, Clarins has benefited from its independent family model to build a long-term vision and make a real commitment to sustainable development:
- 80 % of plants in its herbarium will be certified organic by the end of 2025.
- Two agricultural ‘Domaines’ dedicated to organic and regenerative farming, to provide traceability and a production that respects biodiversity. By 2030, a third of the plants used in Clarins product formulas will come from these sustainable crops.
- 48% reduction in carbon emissions between 2019 and 2024 (excluding monetary services).
- 98 % of freight not handled by air
B Corp™ certification also recognizes Clarins commitments in terms of governance, employee relations and social responsibility:
- Gender equality: 62 % women in top management, gender equality index 94/100 (France sites).
- Responsible relations with partners: supporting 23 fair trade channels, CSR assessment of suppliers (target of 100% by 2030).
- Social commitments: Prix Clarins pour l’Enfance (since 1997), Fondation Arthritis (since 1989), 45 million school meals provided since 2011.
- Transparency and quality for clients: the Clarins TRUST blockchain-powered platform for ingredient traceability, 100% French production, over 250 quality tests per product.
A commitment to the future
The B Corp™ label, awarded for three years, will help to consolidate the ongoing improvement dynamic to which Clarins is resolutely committed. The company believes that value creation cannot be dissociated from positive impact on society and the environment, a path set out by its raison d’être: “Making life more beautiful and passing on a more beautiful planet”.
*more than $100 million in turnover and at least ten subsidiaries worldwide
For more information, please email Lucas Petry: Lucas.Petry@Clarins.com
About Clarins
A family-owned global cosmetics Group founded in Paris in 1954 by Jacques Courtin, Clarins has been innovating for more than 70 years to promote responsible beauty.
A result of ongoing research, its plant-based products formulated and manufactured in France are sold in over 150 countries through 20,000 points of sale.
With nearly 95% of its sales going to export, Clarins is the No.1* skin care brand in Europe and a major player in beauty (skin care and make-up), spa and wellness worldwide.
The Group has also developed the myBlend brand, based on the synergy of targeted skin care, nutri-cosmetics and beauty tech.
The Clarins Group has over 8,000 employees spread across its Paris head office, 28 subsidiaries worldwide, two R&D Laboratories and three industrial sites in France.
Jonathan Zrihen, President and CEO, and two Managing Directors, Dr Olivier Courtin-Clarins and his niece Virginie Courtin, representing respectively the second and third generations, jointly run this French family Group whose raison d’être is: « Making life more beautiful, passing on a more beautiful planet ». A commitment embodied by products made with over 80% ingredients of natural origin and driven by numerous initiatives to preserve nature and care for people.
In 2025, Clarins became a certified B Corp™, a globally recognized certification that acknowledges the Group’s high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.
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*Source: Circana LLC BeautyTrends®, Selective distribution, sales in value (€), total 5 countries (#1 in France / UK / Spain; #2 in Italy; #4 in Germany), over the period January 2024 to December 2024.
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