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Funding will Support Communities Most Impacted by Air Pollution

DIAMOND BAR, Calif., Feb. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On February 6, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) Governing Board approved $30 million to help communities disproportionately impacted by air pollution replace older school buses with new, zero-emission models and install supporting charging infrastructure.

South Coast AQMD’s Assembly Bill (AB) 617 Clean Community School Initiative is an incentive program supporting school-related projects in overburdened communities identified through the AB 617 Program. Applicants must be the operators of privately-owned school buses contracted with and servicing public school districts within the identified communities.

The initiative is expected to significantly reduce air pollution, including smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter (PM10)—tiny particles that can penetrate deep into the lungs. Reducing exposure to these pollutants is especially critical for children, whose lungs are still developing and who are more vulnerable to respiratory illnesses such as asthma. Zero-emission school buses help create cleaner air around schools and along bus routes, supporting healthier learning environments and improving long-term health outcomes for students and surrounding communities.

Eligible existing school buses must be diesel-, compressed natural gas-, or propane-fueled; have a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 8,501 pounds; be currently registered with the California Department of Motor Vehicles; and comply with the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) Truck and Bus Regulation. Buses must also have a valid California Highway Patrol (CHP) certificate at the time of application, with continuous CHP safety certificates for at least the past two years. Existing buses must be crushed or dismantled upon replacement.

Replacement buses must be CARB-certified, zero-emission vehicles with a GVWR greater than 8,501 pounds and in the same weight class as the existing school bus, unless otherwise approved by South Coast AQMD. Replacement buses are required to maintain valid CHP certificates for the duration of the contract.

Application Deadline: Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. PST.

To apply, visit South Coast AQMD’s AB 617 Community Action Plan Incentives page at: www.aqmd.gov/cleancommunityschools.

South Coast AQMD is the regulatory agency responsible for improving air quality for large areas of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, including the Coachella Valley. For news, air quality alerts, event updates and more, please visit us at www.aqmd.gov, download our award-winning app, or follow us on Facebook, X (formerly known as Twitter) and Instagram.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Today the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) announced Catherine Coleman Flowers and Lindsey Liles as the winners of its 2026 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Award. Their work exemplifies the power of storytelling to capture some of the most important environmental issues facing the South.

The Reed Award celebrates writers who achieve both literary excellence and offer extraordinary insight into the South’s natural treasures and environmental challenges. Presented annually, the award recognizes outstanding writing on the Southern environment in two categories: Book and Journalism. The Book category honors work of nonfiction that are not self-published, and the Journalism category honors newspaper, magazine, and online writing published by a recognized institution such as a news organization, university, or nonprofit group. 

An award ceremony will be held in honor of the winners during the Virginia Festival of the Book. This event is free and open to the public. It will start at 5 p.m. on March 20, in the CODE Building, located at 225 West Water Street on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, Va. The event will also be streamed for free online.  

Christian Cooper will serve as the keynote speaker for the 2026 Reed Environmental Writing Award ceremony. Christian Cooper is an Emmy Award-winning host and the New York Times bestselling author of “Better Living Through Birding.” Known for his work as the host of National Geographic’s “Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper,” he brings his lifelong passion for birding and environmental advocacy to a wide audience. A former president of the Harvard Ornithological Club and current vice president of the New York City Bird Alliance, Cooper champions safe, accessible green spaces and engages underserved communities in the joys of birdwatching.

Register now to attend the ceremony or watch the livestream. The first 400 virtual registrants will receive a copy of Catherine Coleman Flowers’s book, “Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope.”  https://www.selc.org/reed-award-registration/

Here are additional details for this year’s winners:

Book Category

Catherine Coleman Flowers, a two-time recipient of the Reed Environmental Writing Award, is receiving the 2026 Reed Award for “Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope.“

In “Holy Ground,” Flowers shares an inspiring collection of deeply personal essays, with an urgent message. Drawing from a lifetime of organizing and advocacy, Flowers frames the defining challenges of our time, from climate change to rural poverty, through the lived experiences of the communities most often left behind. Grounded in the history of the South, the essays lay bare how planned disinvestments and systemic neglect continue to deprive people and communities of the basic right to clean air, safe drinking water, and a healthy environment. Flowers weaves together reflections on ancestry, faith, loss, resilience, and responsibility, honoring the trailblazers who paved the way while candidly reckoning with the personal costs of fighting for the common good. With grace, moral clarity, and unwavering hope, “Holy Ground” charts a path toward social and environmental justice, calling readers to take action for their communities and for the planet we share.

Journalism Category

Lindsey Liles receives the 2026 Reed Award for the Garden & Gun feature “Inside the Fight to Save the World’s Most Endangered Wolf.“

Liles’ reporting takes readers inside the ongoing struggle to protect the red wolf, the most endangered wolf species on the planet, whose only wild population remains in a small corner of eastern North Carolina. Through vivid reporting and careful attention to science, policy, and place, the story explores the fragile balance between wildlife conservation, land use, and public will. By centering on the people, ecosystems, and stakes involved, Liles’s work underscores the broader implications of species loss and the urgency of preserving the South’s natural wonders—and leaves readers with hope for the red wolf’s future.

Southern Environmental Law Center

The Southern Environmental Law Center is one of the nation’s most powerful defenders of the environment, rooted in the South. With a long track record, SELC takes on the toughest environmental challenges in court, in government, and in our communities to protect our region’s air, water, climate, wildlife, lands, and people. Nonprofit and nonpartisan, the organization has a staff of 200, including more than 130 legal and policy experts, and is headquartered in Charlottesville, Va., with offices in Asheville, Atlanta, Birmingham, Chapel Hill, Charleston, Nashville, Richmond, and Washington, D.C. selc.org  

About the Reed Award

SELC created the Reed Environmental Writing Award in 1994 to enhance public awareness of the value and vulnerability of the South’s natural treasures and to recognize and encourage the writers who most effectively tell the stories about the region’s environment. The award is named for SELC founding trustee Phil Reed, a talented attorney and committed environmental leader who believed deeply in the power of writing to change hearts and minds.

Selected by a distinguished panel of judges, Reed Award winners recently have included Jared Kofsky, Maia Rosenfeld, and Steve Osunsami of ABC News, Jonathan Mingle, author of “Gaslight,” Emily Strasser for her book “Half-Life of a Secret,” NPR’s David Folkenflik with Floodlight’s Mario Ariza and Miranda Green, Corban Addison for “Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial,” Isabelle Chapman author of “Gambling ‘America’s Amazon” for CNN; and J. Drew Lanham, author of “The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature.”

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Today the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) announced Catherine Coleman Flowers and Lindsey Liles as the winners of its 2026 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Award. Their work exemplifies the power of storytelling to capture some of the most important environmental issues facing the South.

The Reed Award celebrates writers who achieve both literary excellence and offer extraordinary insight into the South’s natural treasures and environmental challenges. Presented annually, the award recognizes outstanding writing on the Southern environment in two categories: Book and Journalism. The Book category honors work of nonfiction that are not self-published, and the Journalism category honors newspaper, magazine, and online writing published by a recognized institution such as a news organization, university, or nonprofit group. 

An award ceremony will be held in honor of the winners during the Virginia Festival of the Book. This event is free and open to the public. It will start at 5 p.m. on March 20, in the CODE Building, located at 225 West Water Street on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, Va. The event will also be streamed for free online.  

Christian Cooper will serve as the keynote speaker for the 2026 Reed Environmental Writing Award ceremony. Christian Cooper is an Emmy Award-winning host and the New York Times bestselling author of “Better Living Through Birding.” Known for his work as the host of National Geographic’s “Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper,” he brings his lifelong passion for birding and environmental advocacy to a wide audience. A former president of the Harvard Ornithological Club and current vice president of the New York City Bird Alliance, Cooper champions safe, accessible green spaces and engages underserved communities in the joys of birdwatching.

Register now to attend the ceremony or watch the livestream. The first 400 virtual registrants will receive a copy of Catherine Coleman Flowers’s book, “Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope.”  https://www.selc.org/reed-award-registration/

Here are additional details for this year’s winners:

Book Category

Catherine Coleman Flowers, a two-time recipient of the Reed Environmental Writing Award, is receiving the 2026 Reed Award for “Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope.“

In “Holy Ground,” Flowers shares an inspiring collection of deeply personal essays, with an urgent message. Drawing from a lifetime of organizing and advocacy, Flowers frames the defining challenges of our time, from climate change to rural poverty, through the lived experiences of the communities most often left behind. Grounded in the history of the South, the essays lay bare how planned disinvestments and systemic neglect continue to deprive people and communities of the basic right to clean air, safe drinking water, and a healthy environment. Flowers weaves together reflections on ancestry, faith, loss, resilience, and responsibility, honoring the trailblazers who paved the way while candidly reckoning with the personal costs of fighting for the common good. With grace, moral clarity, and unwavering hope, “Holy Ground” charts a path toward social and environmental justice, calling readers to take action for their communities and for the planet we share.

Journalism Category

Lindsey Liles receives the 2026 Reed Award for the Garden & Gun feature “Inside the Fight to Save the World’s Most Endangered Wolf.“

Liles’ reporting takes readers inside the ongoing struggle to protect the red wolf, the most endangered wolf species on the planet, whose only wild population remains in a small corner of eastern North Carolina. Through vivid reporting and careful attention to science, policy, and place, the story explores the fragile balance between wildlife conservation, land use, and public will. By centering on the people, ecosystems, and stakes involved, Liles’s work underscores the broader implications of species loss and the urgency of preserving the South’s natural wonders—and leaves readers with hope for the red wolf’s future.

Southern Environmental Law Center

The Southern Environmental Law Center is one of the nation’s most powerful defenders of the environment, rooted in the South. With a long track record, SELC takes on the toughest environmental challenges in court, in government, and in our communities to protect our region’s air, water, climate, wildlife, lands, and people. Nonprofit and nonpartisan, the organization has a staff of 200, including more than 130 legal and policy experts, and is headquartered in Charlottesville, Va., with offices in Asheville, Atlanta, Birmingham, Chapel Hill, Charleston, Nashville, Richmond, and Washington, D.C. selc.org  

About the Reed Award

SELC created the Reed Environmental Writing Award in 1994 to enhance public awareness of the value and vulnerability of the South’s natural treasures and to recognize and encourage the writers who most effectively tell the stories about the region’s environment. The award is named for SELC founding trustee Phil Reed, a talented attorney and committed environmental leader who believed deeply in the power of writing to change hearts and minds.

Selected by a distinguished panel of judges, Reed Award winners recently have included Jared Kofsky, Maia Rosenfeld, and Steve Osunsami of ABC News, Jonathan Mingle, author of “Gaslight,” Emily Strasser for her book “Half-Life of a Secret,” NPR’s David Folkenflik with Floodlight’s Mario Ariza and Miranda Green, Corban Addison for “Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial,” Isabelle Chapman author of “Gambling ‘America’s Amazon” for CNN; and J. Drew Lanham, author of “The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature.”

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Today the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) announced Catherine Coleman Flowers and Lindsey Liles as the winners of its 2026 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Award. Their work exemplifies the power of storytelling to capture some of the most important environmental issues facing the South.

The Reed Award celebrates writers who achieve both literary excellence and offer extraordinary insight into the South’s natural treasures and environmental challenges. Presented annually, the award recognizes outstanding writing on the Southern environment in two categories: Book and Journalism. The Book category honors work of nonfiction that are not self-published, and the Journalism category honors newspaper, magazine, and online writing published by a recognized institution such as a news organization, university, or nonprofit group. 

An award ceremony will be held in honor of the winners during the Virginia Festival of the Book. This event is free and open to the public. It will start at 5 p.m. on March 20, in the CODE Building, located at 225 West Water Street on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, Va. The event will also be streamed for free online.  

Christian Cooper will serve as the keynote speaker for the 2026 Reed Environmental Writing Award ceremony. Christian Cooper is an Emmy Award-winning host and the New York Times bestselling author of “Better Living Through Birding.” Known for his work as the host of National Geographic’s “Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper,” he brings his lifelong passion for birding and environmental advocacy to a wide audience. A former president of the Harvard Ornithological Club and current vice president of the New York City Bird Alliance, Cooper champions safe, accessible green spaces and engages underserved communities in the joys of birdwatching.

Register now to attend the ceremony or watch the livestream. The first 400 virtual registrants will receive a copy of Catherine Coleman Flowers’s book, “Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope.”  https://www.selc.org/reed-award-registration/

Here are additional details for this year’s winners:

Book Category

Catherine Coleman Flowers, a two-time recipient of the Reed Environmental Writing Award, is receiving the 2026 Reed Award for “Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope.“

In “Holy Ground,” Flowers shares an inspiring collection of deeply personal essays, with an urgent message. Drawing from a lifetime of organizing and advocacy, Flowers frames the defining challenges of our time, from climate change to rural poverty, through the lived experiences of the communities most often left behind. Grounded in the history of the South, the essays lay bare how planned disinvestments and systemic neglect continue to deprive people and communities of the basic right to clean air, safe drinking water, and a healthy environment. Flowers weaves together reflections on ancestry, faith, loss, resilience, and responsibility, honoring the trailblazers who paved the way while candidly reckoning with the personal costs of fighting for the common good. With grace, moral clarity, and unwavering hope, “Holy Ground” charts a path toward social and environmental justice, calling readers to take action for their communities and for the planet we share.

Journalism Category

Lindsey Liles receives the 2026 Reed Award for the Garden & Gun feature “Inside the Fight to Save the World’s Most Endangered Wolf.“

Liles’ reporting takes readers inside the ongoing struggle to protect the red wolf, the most endangered wolf species on the planet, whose only wild population remains in a small corner of eastern North Carolina. Through vivid reporting and careful attention to science, policy, and place, the story explores the fragile balance between wildlife conservation, land use, and public will. By centering on the people, ecosystems, and stakes involved, Liles’s work underscores the broader implications of species loss and the urgency of preserving the South’s natural wonders—and leaves readers with hope for the red wolf’s future.

Southern Environmental Law Center

The Southern Environmental Law Center is one of the nation’s most powerful defenders of the environment, rooted in the South. With a long track record, SELC takes on the toughest environmental challenges in court, in government, and in our communities to protect our region’s air, water, climate, wildlife, lands, and people. Nonprofit and nonpartisan, the organization has a staff of 200, including more than 130 legal and policy experts, and is headquartered in Charlottesville, Va., with offices in Asheville, Atlanta, Birmingham, Chapel Hill, Charleston, Nashville, Richmond, and Washington, D.C. selc.org  

About the Reed Award

SELC created the Reed Environmental Writing Award in 1994 to enhance public awareness of the value and vulnerability of the South’s natural treasures and to recognize and encourage the writers who most effectively tell the stories about the region’s environment. The award is named for SELC founding trustee Phil Reed, a talented attorney and committed environmental leader who believed deeply in the power of writing to change hearts and minds.

Selected by a distinguished panel of judges, Reed Award winners recently have included Jared Kofsky, Maia Rosenfeld, and Steve Osunsami of ABC News, Jonathan Mingle, author of “Gaslight,” Emily Strasser for her book “Half-Life of a Secret,” NPR’s David Folkenflik with Floodlight’s Mario Ariza and Miranda Green, Corban Addison for “Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial,” Isabelle Chapman author of “Gambling ‘America’s Amazon” for CNN; and J. Drew Lanham, author of “The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature.”

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Today the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) announced Catherine Coleman Flowers and Lindsey Liles as the winners of its 2026 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Award. Their work exemplifies the power of storytelling to capture some of the most important environmental issues facing the South.

The Reed Award celebrates writers who achieve both literary excellence and offer extraordinary insight into the South’s natural treasures and environmental challenges. Presented annually, the award recognizes outstanding writing on the Southern environment in two categories: Book and Journalism. The Book category honors work of nonfiction that are not self-published, and the Journalism category honors newspaper, magazine, and online writing published by a recognized institution such as a news organization, university, or nonprofit group. 

An award ceremony will be held in honor of the winners during the Virginia Festival of the Book. This event is free and open to the public. It will start at 5 p.m. on March 20, in the CODE Building, located at 225 West Water Street on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, Va. The event will also be streamed for free online.  

Christian Cooper will serve as the keynote speaker for the 2026 Reed Environmental Writing Award ceremony. Christian Cooper is an Emmy Award-winning host and the New York Times bestselling author of “Better Living Through Birding.” Known for his work as the host of National Geographic’s “Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper,” he brings his lifelong passion for birding and environmental advocacy to a wide audience. A former president of the Harvard Ornithological Club and current vice president of the New York City Bird Alliance, Cooper champions safe, accessible green spaces and engages underserved communities in the joys of birdwatching.

Register now to attend the ceremony or watch the livestream. The first 400 virtual registrants will receive a copy of Catherine Coleman Flowers’s book, “Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope.”  https://www.selc.org/reed-award-registration/

Here are additional details for this year’s winners:

Book Category

Catherine Coleman Flowers, a two-time recipient of the Reed Environmental Writing Award, is receiving the 2026 Reed Award for “Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope.“

In “Holy Ground,” Flowers shares an inspiring collection of deeply personal essays, with an urgent message. Drawing from a lifetime of organizing and advocacy, Flowers frames the defining challenges of our time, from climate change to rural poverty, through the lived experiences of the communities most often left behind. Grounded in the history of the South, the essays lay bare how planned disinvestments and systemic neglect continue to deprive people and communities of the basic right to clean air, safe drinking water, and a healthy environment. Flowers weaves together reflections on ancestry, faith, loss, resilience, and responsibility, honoring the trailblazers who paved the way while candidly reckoning with the personal costs of fighting for the common good. With grace, moral clarity, and unwavering hope, “Holy Ground” charts a path toward social and environmental justice, calling readers to take action for their communities and for the planet we share.

Journalism Category

Lindsey Liles receives the 2026 Reed Award for the Garden & Gun feature “Inside the Fight to Save the World’s Most Endangered Wolf.“

Liles’ reporting takes readers inside the ongoing struggle to protect the red wolf, the most endangered wolf species on the planet, whose only wild population remains in a small corner of eastern North Carolina. Through vivid reporting and careful attention to science, policy, and place, the story explores the fragile balance between wildlife conservation, land use, and public will. By centering on the people, ecosystems, and stakes involved, Liles’s work underscores the broader implications of species loss and the urgency of preserving the South’s natural wonders—and leaves readers with hope for the red wolf’s future.

Southern Environmental Law Center

The Southern Environmental Law Center is one of the nation’s most powerful defenders of the environment, rooted in the South. With a long track record, SELC takes on the toughest environmental challenges in court, in government, and in our communities to protect our region’s air, water, climate, wildlife, lands, and people. Nonprofit and nonpartisan, the organization has a staff of 200, including more than 130 legal and policy experts, and is headquartered in Charlottesville, Va., with offices in Asheville, Atlanta, Birmingham, Chapel Hill, Charleston, Nashville, Richmond, and Washington, D.C. selc.org  

About the Reed Award

SELC created the Reed Environmental Writing Award in 1994 to enhance public awareness of the value and vulnerability of the South’s natural treasures and to recognize and encourage the writers who most effectively tell the stories about the region’s environment. The award is named for SELC founding trustee Phil Reed, a talented attorney and committed environmental leader who believed deeply in the power of writing to change hearts and minds.

Selected by a distinguished panel of judges, Reed Award winners recently have included Jared Kofsky, Maia Rosenfeld, and Steve Osunsami of ABC News, Jonathan Mingle, author of “Gaslight,” Emily Strasser for her book “Half-Life of a Secret,” NPR’s David Folkenflik with Floodlight’s Mario Ariza and Miranda Green, Corban Addison for “Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial,” Isabelle Chapman author of “Gambling ‘America’s Amazon” for CNN; and J. Drew Lanham, author of “The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature.”

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WELLESLEY, Mass., Feb. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sun Life U.S. has received its 17^th consecutive 100% score on Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion. Sun Life continuously engages employees in fostering an inclusive, supportive workplace that encourages every employee to bring their authentic selves to work.

“Maintaining a perfect score on the Corporate Equality Index year after year confirms our genuine commitment to the inclusion and belonging of all employees,” said Diontha Fancher, director of Inclusion & Belonging for Sun Life U.S. “Our dedication to a culture of inclusion helps attract and retain talent from all backgrounds, and drives how we support our employees in meaningful ways.”

As a leading benefits provider, Sun Life has been intentional in offering benefits that support all employees, and include considerations for the LGBTQ+ community so they can also thrive. This includes access to fertility and family building benefits without needing to provide a medical diagnosis of infertility, and a “chosen family” option within paid family leave coverage.

“For nearly a quarter of a century, the Corporate Equality Index has put a marker down for businesses committed to inclusion and transparency for all workers. Now, more than ever, we celebrate them,” said Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. “No matter the environment, companies that communicate clearly and lead with transparency earn trust, retain talent, and strengthen their business. We are always here to collaborate with employers who want to foster a workplace where team members can bring their best selves to the office.”

Sun Life’s Pride Inclusion Network supports GLAAD, and is a sponsor of Out & Equal, attending the Out & Equal 2025 Workplace Summit, and offering its resources to Sun Life employees.

Sun Life U.S. has been named a Best Employer for Diversity by Forbes and receives the Great Place to Work recognition each year. Sun Life’s other U.S. workplace recognitions include the Top Places to Work lists in the Boston Globe, Hartford Courant, Baltimore Sun, Kansas City Star, and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and the Top Workplaces list in the Kansas City Business Journal. Sun Life U.S. is also listed on the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index.

For more information on Sun Life’s Inclusion Networks and culture of belonging, visit https://www.sunlife.com/us/en/about/inclusion-at-sun-life/. 

For more information about working at Sun Life, visit https://www.sunlife.com/us/en/about/careers/.

About Sun Life
Sun Life is a leading international financial services organization providing asset management, wealth, insurance and health solutions to individual and institutional Clients. Sun Life has operations in a number of markets worldwide, including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Bermuda. As of September 30, 2023, Sun Life had total assets under management of C$1.34 trillion. For more information, please visit www.sunlife.com.

Sun Life Financial Inc. trades on the Toronto (TSX), New York (NYSE) and Philippine (PSE) stock exchanges under the ticker symbol SLF.

Sun Life U.S. is one of the largest providers of employee and government benefits, helping more than 50 million Americans access the healthcare and coverage they need. Through employers, industry partners and government programs, Sun Life U.S. offers a portfolio of benefits and services, including dental, vision, disability, absence management, life, supplemental health, medical stop-loss insurance, and healthcare navigation. Sun Life employs more than 8,300 people in the U.S., including associates in our partner dental practices and affiliated companies in asset management. Group insurance policies are issued by Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (Wellesley Hills, Mass.), except in New York, where policies are issued by Sun Life and Health Insurance Company (U.S.) (Lansing, Mich.). For more information visit our website and newsroom.

Media contacts

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CHICAGO, Feb. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Experience healthier, deeper sleep with a new organic mattress and bedding during the winter season. For Presidents’ Day, My Green Mattress is offering steep discounts on luxury organic mattresses and bedding that will enable you and your family to get the sleep you’ve been dreaming of. From February 6 to 24th, 2026, customers receive 15% off mattresses and bedding. No discount code is needed; discount is automatically applied. Shop the sale.

My Green Mattress’s organic sleep products are known for their handcrafted quality, rigorous safety and ecological standards, and their commitment to making all their organic products in the USA, at their family-owned facility. Now is a great time to upgrade your mattress and bedding to safer, more ecological organic products that are proudly handcrafted in the USA.

Mattresses featured in this sale include the luxury organic Natural Escape Mattress, with up to 1462 pocketed coils and a 7-zone lumbar support system, nestled in lush GOLS- and GOTS-certified organic latex and wool. Or, the best-selling Kiwi Organic Mattress, a great option for kids and adults alike, with a two-inch layer of GOLS-certified contouring latex on top of a 7-zone lumbar support system – starting at just $675.

From the Emily Organic Crib Mattress, to the Pure Eco Organic Kids Mattress for growing kids, My Green Mattress offers a non-toxic, handcrafted sleep solution for every member of the family. The discount also applies to GOTS-certified organic sheets and bedding, as well as mattress protectors and organic mattress toppers for improved comfort and breathability.

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Shop the sale today to improve your sleep, your health and the health of our planet.

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