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KeyBank and the Buffalo Sabres brought together community spirit, philanthropy, and hometown pride on July 16 during a special Give 716 Celebration at KeyBank’s Northtown Branch in Amherst, NY.

Give 716, the annual online giving event led by the Buffalo Bills Foundation and Buffalo Sabres Foundation, has become a powerful platform for connecting residents with the nonprofit organizations that serve local communities. The initiative helps nonprofits raise critical funding while generating awareness for missions that address a wide range of community needs.

Supporting the Organizations That Strengthen Western New York

The event highlighted the power of collective giving in Western New York and encouraged residents to support the nonprofit organizations that strengthen communities across the region. Sabres legends Rob Ray and Derek Roy joined fans alongside Sabretooth for an afternoon that celebrated both local generosity and Buffalo hockey.

As part of the celebration, the first 50 attendees who showed proof of a donation of $71.60 or more to Give 716 received a Rasmus Dahlin jersey, motivating participants to support causes that matter throughout Western New York.

KeyBank is proud to support Give 716 alongside the Buffalo Sabres as part of its ongoing commitment to investing in the people, neighborhoods, and organizations that help Western New York thrive.

“Give 716 is a great example of what makes Western New York special,” said Chiwuike Owunwanne, KeyBank Corporate Responsibility Officer in Buffalo. “When businesses, sports teams, nonprofits, and residents come together around a common purpose, the impact is significant. Every donation helps strengthen our region and the communities we call home.”

A Partnership Built Around Community

KeyBank’s relationship with the Buffalo Sabres extends far beyond hockey. Together, the organizations have partnered on initiatives such as Give 716 and HocKey Assists that celebrate community pride, support local nonprofits, and create opportunities for residents across Western New York.

Community investment is a cornerstone of KeyBank’s corporate responsibility efforts. KeyBank works alongside nonprofit organizations, civic leaders, and community partners across the communities it serves to help create economic opportunity, advance neighborhood revitalization, and support programs that improve quality of life.

• Learn more about KeyBank’s longstanding partnership with the Buffalo Sabres and commitment to the Western New York region.

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• LG Electronics’ just-released 2025-26 Sustainability Report highlights that the company’s Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions in 2025 fell below the company’s 2030 target level, while its waste recycling rate reached 97.3 percent.
• Reinforcing its global ESG leadership, LG is ranked in the S&P Global’s CSA “Top 1%” for the third consecutive year while also earning recognition in other trusted assessments.
• LG expanded accessibility across its products and services with solutions including the LG Comfort Kit, accessible kiosks and LG Easy TV.
• The company strengthened Responsible AI governance, introducing a new Responsible AI section in the report detailing accountability and transparency across AI development and use.

SEOUL, South Korea, July 17, 2026 /3BL/ – Global ESG management leader LG Electronics has released the LG 2025-26 Sustainability Report, which highlights the company’s ongoing worldwide efforts to realize its vision for A Better Life for All.

The newly issued report outlines LG’s key ESG (environmental, social and governance) initiatives for stakeholders around the world and reveals that in 2025 the company surpassed its 2030 targets for both greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions and waste recycling rate.

EMISSIONS

In 2025, LG’s Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 2 (indirect) emissions across all domestic and overseas business sites totaled 842,000 tons of CO₂ equivalent (tCO₂eq) – a figure significantly lower than the company’s 2030 target of 878,000 tCO₂eq. This achievement reflects the success of LG’s organization-wide efforts to reduce GHG emissions by 54.6 percent by 2030 (from 2017 levels). Key initiatives include the adoption of energy-efficient equipment and the transition to renewable electricity.

LG also exceeded its 2030 target for reducing emissions intensity during the use stage of seven major product categories. In 2025, the company reduced carbon emissions per unit during the use stage of its seven major categories by 22.5 percent compared to 2020. The target, a 20 percent reduction in per-unit GHG emissions from product use by 2030 – using 2020 as a baseline – was previously validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). LG is the first South Korean home appliance manufacturer to receive SBTi validation for such a target.

CIRCULARITY

In addition to its GHG reduction targets, LG has exceeded its resource circularity goals. The company recorded a waste recycling rate of 97.3 percent across all domestic and overseas business sites in 2025 – surpassing its 2030 goal of 95 percent.

The company maintained Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWTL) certification across all domestic operations, with all five domestic production sites achieving the highest Platinum rating. LG collected 640,000 tons of used electronics from 91 locations across 56 countries in 2025, bringing its cumulative total of e-waste recovery to over 5.65 million tons since 2006.

ACCESSIBILITY

Along with the effectiveness of LG’s environmentally-focused programs, the 2025-26 Sustainability Report demonstrates the company’s continued drive to enhance the accessibility of its products and services.

Key offerings include the LG Comfort Kit, designed to make home appliances easier to use regardless of age, gender or disability; accessibility initiatives such as the broader application of braille and tactile guides, as well as kiosks equipped with sign-language avatars at service locations; and the LG Easy TV, specifically engineered for seniors. LG also provides a range of inclusive services, including sign language consultations for the hearing impaired, and dedicated consultation services for senior customers.

GOVERNANCE

To strengthen board independence and governance transparency, LG has separated the roles of CEO and board chairperson. Earlier this year, the company further reinforced oversight by appointing an independent director as board chairperson.

The new sustainability report also features a newly-introduced section on Responsible AI, outlining the company’s AI Ethics Principles and governance framework in response to the growing adoption of AI technologies. Going forward, the company plans to continuously bolster its governance framework to ensure accountability and transparency across the development and use of AI.

RECOGNITION

A global ESG leader, LG has again been recognized by the world’s premier ESG rating agencies. The company has now been included in the Dow Jones Best-in-Class World Index (DJBIC World) for 14 consecutive years and has ranked in the “Top 1%” of S&P Global’s Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) for three years in a row.

LG also earned an “AA” rating from Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) this year, one level higher than it achieved the previous year. Additionally, the company has received its second consecutive “Platinum” rating from EcoVadis, a distinction reserved for the top one percent of companies in their industry category.

LG has published its annual sustainability report since 2006. The full 2025-26 report is available on LG’s global website.

* Greenhouse gas emissions generated over a product’s average lifetime, expressed on a per-unit basis.

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About LG Electronics Inc.  

LG Electronics is a global innovator in technology and consumer electronics with a presence in almost every country and an international workforce of more than 75,000. LG’s four Companies – Home Appliance Solution, Media Entertainment Solution, Vehicle Solution and Eco Solution – combined for global revenue of over KRW 89 trillion in 2025. LG is a leading manufacturer of consumer and commercial products ranging from TVs, home appliances, air solutions, monitors, automotive components and solutions, and its premium LG SIGNATURE and intelligent LG ThinQ brands are familiar names world over. Visit www.LG.com/global/newsroom/ for the latest news.

About LG Electronics USA

LG Electronics USA Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics Inc., a smart life solutions company with annual global revenues of more than $60 billion. In the United States, LG sells a wide range of innovative home appliances, home entertainment products, commercial displays, air conditioning systems and vehicle components. LG is an 11-time ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year and was named to the 2026 Forbes Accessibility 200 list. www.LG.com.

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Whirlpool Corporation has once again been recognized for its long-standing commitment to corporate responsibility, earning a position on the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Indices (formerly DJSI). This year marks the company’s fourth consecutive year on the World Index and its 19th appearance on the North America Index.

In addition to its inclusion in the Dow Jones indices, Whirlpool Corporation has been featured in the 2026 S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook. The company placed among the top 10% of more than 9,200 companies evaluated worldwide, a testament to transparency and commitment to corporate responsibility.

“We are proud that our focus on innovation seamlessly integrates sustainability into how we design, how we manufacture, and how products perform and improve life at home.”

“Being recognized for leadership in sustainability and our continued inclusion in these indices validates and reinforces our deep commitment to environmental stewardship,” said Beat Stocker, senior director of global sustainability at Whirlpool Corporation. “We are proud that our focus on innovation seamlessly integrates sustainability into how we design, how we manufacture, and how products perform and improve life at home.”

For more information on Whirlpool Corporation’s sustainability progress and most recent achievements, visit the Corporate Responsibility Resource Center or view the latest Corporate Responsibility reports.

About Whirlpool Corporation

Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is a leading home appliance company, in constant pursuit of improving life at home. As the only major U.S.-based manufacturer of kitchen and laundry appliances, the company is driving meaningful innovation to meet the evolving needs of consumers through its iconic brand portfolio, including Whirlpool, KitchenAid, JennAir, Maytag, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, and InSinkErator. In 2025, the company reported approximately $16 billion in annual net sales – close to 90% of which were in the Americas -41,000 employees, and 35 manufacturing and technology research centers. Additional information about the company can be found at WhirlpoolCorp.com.

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WASHINGTON, July 17, 2026 /3BL/ – The Congressional App Challenge and Qualcomm Incorporated today announced Engineering the Future: Educator Arduino Scholarship, a new national initiative to expand access to physical computing tools for middle and high school students participating in the Congressional App Challenge. Through the program, educators across the country can apply for sets of Arduino® UNO™ Q boards, enabling students to build hands-on, hardware-enabled projects that connect software to real-world applications, from environmental monitoring and health tracking to assistive technology and community-based solutions.

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. acquired Arduino in October 2025 to empower students, educators, and developers by facilitating access to its unmatched portfolio of edge technologies and products. The Arduino UNO Q is a newly released board that helps enable students to bring code into the physical world. This is done by connecting software to sensors, lights, motors, and other components, supporting interactive projects that help students design, test, and iterate real systems while learning core hardware and coding skills.

Apply Here!

Many students participating in the Challenge have strong ideas and technical ability but limited access to hardware. This scholarship is designed to address that gap by placing tools directly in student hands where educators can guide them from concept through working prototypes. The scholarship prioritizes under-resourced and rural schools, expanding access to opportunities that allow students to build, test, and iterate on real systems using Edge AI. Arduino boards are also heavily used in industries such as automotive, aerospace and IOT to help prototype and commercialize products, providing the foundation for students to gain highly valuable skills that directly transfer into industry.

The program is delivered in collaboration with the Congressional App Challenge, the official coding competition of the U.S. House of Representatives, and the largest high school coding competition in the country. Each year, the Challenge engages nearly 14,000 students across all 50 states, and all Arduino UNO Q boards awarded through this scholarship will support students or teams preparing to submit an app, ensuring the tools are tied directly to real projects and outcomes.

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“Students don’t just want to code, they want to build things that work in the real world,” said Joe Alessi, Program Director of the Congressional App Challenge. “What we see every year is that when students have access to tools like Arduino, the quality and ambition of their projects change completely. This partnership collaboration with Qualcomm gives more students that opportunity and brings hardware into classrooms that otherwise wouldn’t have it.”

Members of Congress will have the opportunity to recognize participating schools and educators in their districts, highlight student projects that incorporate both software and hardware, and engage directly with classrooms through visits and local events, strengthening the connection between local innovation and national priorities around technology and workforce development.

As part of the initiative, select Congressional App Challenge alumni will share examples of how they have used Arduino boards in their own projects, from dorm-room automation and smart plant monitors to assistive tools and sensor-based systems, offering practical examples that show what is possible with accessible hardware and giving students a clear starting point for their own ideas. Throughout the academic year, Qualcomm and the Congressional App Challenge will also highlight participating classrooms through local and regional media, school visits, and short video features focused on what students are building and how they are approaching real-world problems.

Applications for the Educator Arduino Scholarship are open now, supporting a new generation of builders preparing to define the next era of U.S. innovation. The program addresses a growing need as more student projects incorporate real-world data, sensors, and AI-enabled features, while many classrooms still lack access to the hardware required to support that work. Awardees will be notified in August, and Arduino UNO Q boards will be distributed shortly thereafter. Students supported through this program will be preparing submissions for the 2026 Congressional App Challenge, with a submission deadline of October 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET.

Educators can learn more about the scholarship and apply below!

Scholarship Application

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As we close fiscal year 2025/2026, I am pleased to share with you our record results and milestones achieved in strengthening our leadership in Hybrid AI. I believe Lenovo is well positioned to seize the AI democratization opportunity to deliver growth and create value for our shareholders.

The Best Year in Lenovo’s History

The fiscal year we just concluded has been the best year in Lenovo’s history. We delivered record revenue and substantial growth in Net Income. Particularly noteworthy was our AI revenue, which increased significantly to become Lenovo’s leading growth engine.

Our intelligent devices business continued to lead the global PC market with record market share. Lenovo is now the global leader in AI PCs while expanding fast in the smartphone market. Our infrastructure solutions business delivered hypergrowth and significant improvement in its bottom line, successfully repositioned as another engine for growth and profitability while capturing the AI inferencing opportunity. Our solutions and services business achieved high growth at high profitability with strong customer retention and satisfaction and continues to build AI solutions for selected vertical industries and horizontal functions.

There are two key pillars behind these achievements. First, an unwavering commitment to innovation. We had an epic Tech World @ CES at the Sphere in Las Vegas, where we showcased our Hybrid AI vision, strategy and innovation. We were joined by ecosystem partners spanning across the entire tech industry and beyond. This event helped elevate Lenovo’s brand perception from primarily a PC leader to full-stack AI leader.

The other pillar is our operational excellence. Even amid ever-changing tariffs and industry-wide supply shortages, we have proven our ability to leverage our global footprint and resilient operations to navigate the situation effectively with one of the best supply chains in the world, delivering on every commitment we made to market consistently. And we continue to unleash the power of technology to make a positive impact on our communities and our planet.

Establishing Hybrid AI Leadership

Over the past decade, AI has advanced more profoundly than any technology we have seen before. Propelled first by computing and models, AI development today is largely driven by data, especially private data. This marks a whole new era of AI democratization, an unprecedented opportunity that Lenovo is determined to seize.

That is why Lenovo is committed to becoming an AI-native company. Every product we make, every solution we build and every service we deliver will be designed with an AI-native perspective.

Our priorities are clear. In Personal AI, we continue to focus on our strategy of “One Personal AI, Multiple Devices,” with Lenovo Qira, our Personal AI Super Agent, at its core. We are shipping Qira-embedded devices to deliver a whole new level of personal AI experience while expanding its ecosystem with more applications. We are also developing more AI-native devices, including wearables, new form factors of PCs and smartphones, and personal computing hubs that enable highperformance, scalable AI compute for personal use.

In Enterprise AI, we continue to unleash the Lenovo Hybrid AI Advantage to help enterprise customers turn their operational data into insights and value. This involves strengthening our infrastructure business across Client–Edge–Cloud to capture the on-prem and atedge AI inferencing opportunity. Furthermore, in our selected vertical industries including manufacturing, retail, and sports, we are building and deploying scalable, repeatable solutions across an expanded customer base.

Lenovo has a big role to play in 2026 to power the FIFA World Cup in Americas and 22 Formula 1 Grands Prix worldwide as the official technology partner, unleashing the potential of our technology to support the teams and bring the best viewing experience to fans around the world while landing our strategy and promoting our brand.

It’s clear that the past fiscal year was a great start of Lenovo’s AI decade. As we now embrace a new era of AI democratization, Lenovo will continue to innovate, lead change and act boldly. Just as once we brought PC to everyone, this time, we will make AI available and accessible to every individual and every enterprise.

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Read Lenovo’s FY2025/26 Annual Report: click here

NEW YORK, July 17, 2026 /3BL/ – The updated analysis from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Prediction Center (NOAA) on 9 July, corroborated by leading international climate models, indicates that the El Niño phenomenon is expected to reach very strong intensity in 2026. For Action Against Hunger, these forecasts serve as a warning: the humanitarian consequences could be severe in contexts already weakened by conflict, economic crises and climate change. This predictability imposes a collective responsibility: to act before disaster strikes, rather than waiting to respond to an emergency

A Known Risk, Predictable Consequences

Previous El Niño events have demonstrated their ability to disrupt rainfall patterns, amplify extreme weather events and cause lasting damage to the livelihoods of already vulnerable populations. In several countries where Action Against Hunger operates, the expected consequences are particularly worrying:

• Madagascar: drought in the south and increased cyclone risk in the east

Southern Madagascar is already experiencing a rainfall deficit of over 300 mm over a 90-day period, which is exacerbating the risks of drought, crop losses and food insecurity. At the same time, the east coast is facing an increased risk of cyclones, exacerbated by a positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) , which is likely to increase the intensity of storms and extreme rainfall, according to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET ).

• Cameroon: the North particularly at risk from this summer onwards

The Adamaoua and Far North regions are among the areas most vulnerable to the expected effects of El Niño. Forecasts point to severe drought, with direct consequences for harvests, agricultural incomes, access to water and the nutritional status of the population. Strategic agricultural sectors such as cocoa could also be affected, with economic repercussions extending far beyond the areas directly affected.

• Yemen: from October onwards, a dangerous combination of extreme heat and flooding

In Yemen, people could face a particularly complex scenario combining extreme heatwaves with an increased risk of flash floods. This combination weakens infrastructure, compromises access to safe drinking water and increases health risks in an already critical humanitarian context.

• Iraq: a water crisis set to worsen this autumn

Already facing a multi-year water crisis, Iraq could see a worsening of water shortages, further degradation of agricultural land and an increase in sandstorms, with significant e impacts on people’s health, livelihoods and food security.

Anticipating and Preparing to Limit the Impacts on the Most Vulnerable

“We know that El Niño is on its way. We know where communities will be most at risk and we know the kinds of impacts they will face. When these impacts coincide with major humanitarian crises, such as those in Nigeria, the DRC or Chad, they act as amplifiers of vulnerability. Waiting for the crisis to happen before taking action comes at an unacceptable human cost and a considerable economic cost,” emphasizes Rowan Cody, Deputy Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response at Action Against Hunger.

The organization is therefore strengthening the integration of anticipatory actions into its emergency preparedness mechanisms. Alongside contingency plans developed in countries where it operates, the strengthening of local preparedness and response capacities, the improvement of early warning systems, and coordination with national authorities and local stakeholders, concrete measures are being put in place to ensure an adequate response when an emergency strikes.

In areas at risk of sudden disasters, such as cyclones or floods, Action Against Hunger pre-positions water, hygiene and sanitation kits to ensure access to clean, safe drinking water and thus limit the risk of waterborne diseases such as cholera or diarrhea. Similarly, non-food kits containing essential items are stockpiled to meet the needs of people displaced by disasters.

In areas threatened by prolonged drought and episodes of extreme heat, measures include, for example, the pre-positioning of stocks of ready-to-use therapeutic foods for the treatment of severe acute malnutrition, the strengthening of nutritional surveillance, and support for communities to safeguard their livelihoods before climate shocks worsen.

However, humanitarian funding remains largely focused on post-disaster response rather than on preventing the impacts.

“We need to increase flexible and predictable funding dedicated to anticipating and preparing for climate-related crises, whilst maintaining funding dedicated to climate change adaptation,” adds Rowan Cody.

As the effects of climate change increase the frequency and intensity of climate-related hazards, the issue is no longer whether intervention will be necessary, but whether to act early enough to prevent a foreseeable climate shock from turning into a humanitarian disaster.

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Action Against Hunger leads the global movement to end hunger. We innovate solutions, advocate for change, and reach 26.5 million people every year with proven hunger prevention and treatment programs. As a nonprofit that works across over 55 countries, our 8,500+ dedicated staff members partner with communities to address the root causes of hunger, including climate change, conflict, inequity, and emergencies. We strive to create a world free from hunger, for everyone, for good.