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For over 12 years, the Covia Foundation has helped the dependents of our employees turn their educational aspirations into achievements, opening doors to opportunities throughout the United States and Canada. Through our Aspire Scholarship programs, we invest in the next generation by recognizing academic excellence, encouraging personal growth, and providing meaningful support as students pursue their postsecondary education. These scholarships allow students to pursue their dreams with confidence, enabling them to focus on what matters most: their education.

An impressive group of applicants from the United States and Canada applied for the 2026 scholarship program. After a thorough evaluation by an independent selection committee, eight outstanding students were selected to receive scholarships. This year’s recipients are Emily Bonnell, Elizabeth Cox, Isabelle Cox, Tamya Curry, Hrish Dave, Gracie Dean, and Thompson Willoughby. Along with one recipient who has chosen to remain anonymous, these students exemplify academic achievement, dedication, and future potential.

“The Covia Foundation’s scholarship program reflects our commitment to investing in the future and creating opportunities for the next generation. We are proud to celebrate these students as they pursue their educational dreams and look forward to continuing this tradition of developing tomorrow’s leaders,” said Bruno Biasiotta, Covia’s President and CEO.

Find out more about Covia’s community involvement and charitable efforts.

Key Takeaways:

• A well-crafted EHS policy gives structure and accountability to what might otherwise remain good intentions, anchoring leadership’s commitment in something employees and stakeholders can actually reference and act on.
• The strongest policies are built around four foundational questions: why EHS matters to your organization, who will read the policy, what scope it covers, and who will sign it.
• Customization is what separates a useful policy from a generic one. The needs of low-risk offices look nothing like those of heavy manufacturing facilities, and your policy should reflect that difference.
• If your organization is pursuing or maintaining ISO certification, alignment with standards like ISO 14001 or 45001 needs to be built into the policy from the start.
• Regular communication through training, internal refreshers, and visual tools transforms a written commitment into a cultural one.

Showing a commitment to environment, health, and safety (EHS) remains a priority for not just customers, but for investors, NGOs, and employees too.

In recent years, that commitment has taken on new urgency as companies respond to ESG disclosure requirements, growing stakeholder expectations, and the need to demonstrate resilience through clear governance. Capturing these priorities in a formal policy helps ensure consistency across operations and provides a clear reference point for accountability.

Let’s take a deeper dive into creating a strong and compelling EHS policy, customizing it for your company, and then communicating it to your target audience.

Creating Your EHS Policy

An EHS policy makes leadership’s commitment tangible by defining how environmental, health, and safety priorities are built into daily operations and decision-making. It’s a critical reference point for employees and stakeholders, outlining the function, philosophy, and authority of EHS within the organization. Without it, even the best-intentioned programs can lose direction.

To create a meaningful and compelling EHS policy for your organization, leadership should consider the following:

Purpose: Why is EHS important to us?

Defining your purpose is an opportunity to tie EHS into company values and business strategy. This could include protecting employees, reducing accidents, ensuring environmental protection, and/or maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements and consensus standards.

Audience: Who will be reading the EHS policy?

Will this only be shared internally or will it be published on your company’s external website? Possible audiences include customers, suppliers, investors, employees, and the public. The policy should be tailored to the intended audience and their interests wherever possible.

Scope: What parts of the business are included?

Who and what is affected by the policy? Is it single facility, multiple facilities, suppliers, or surrounding environments? The scope is important in ensuring that the policy can be properly applied and implemented. This becomes especially critical if going for ISO certification.

Signature: Who will sign the policy?

Ideally, the policy is signed by the highest-level executive within the organization.

To get insights into the above, leaders can review results from past audits, materiality assessments, customer questionnaires, industry reports, and community feedback. It’s also crucial to make sure you have buy-in from all stakeholders before proceeding.

Customizing Your EHS Policy

Once the framework is in place, the next step is adding detail. While most EHS policies share the same overarching goals of demonstrating leadership commitment and addressing material EHS topics, they should reflect the specific risks and realities of your organization. Think of a tech company with low-risk offices as compared to a heavy manufacturing company; the EHS priorities and needs of each are very different, which should be reflected in their respective EHS policies. Will the organization’s operations involve activities such as data centers or warehousing that may affect (or have the perception of affecting) local communities? The policy should address these challenges through its commitments, but it’s important to ensure that the commitments remain practical and achievable. Overextending commitments and not achieving them will often do more harm than good.

Tone matters, too. The language and presentation of your policy should reflect your organization’s culture, whether concise and pragmatic or detailed and formal. Reviewing policies from peer organizations can provide inspiration, but your version should ultimately sound and feel like your company.

Layering in this perspective helps you create an EHS policy that is fit-for-purpose and aligned with company values and culture.

ISO Alignment/Conformance

Is your organization ISO certified, planning to become certified, or simply looking to align to ISO standards such as 14001 (Environmental Management Systems), 45001 (Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems), and/or 50001 (Energy Management Systems)? If so, ensure that, when developing your organization’s policy, it also aligns with the expectations and requirements of these standards.

Communicating Your EHS Policy

Once your EHS policy is finalized, the next step is to make it part of daily operations. The launch of a new EHS policy is an ideal opportunity for company leadership to publicly communicate the policy and demonstrate leadership’s commitment to EHS.

Integrating the policy into existing EHS programs, trainings, and company presentations helps ensure it is understood and applied consistently. If the EHS policy is new (rather than an update of an existing policy), consider offering trainings to help employees understand their roles and responsibilities. Ongoing internal refresher communications, like EHS newsletters, printed copies of the policy at every office, or other types of information sharing are vital for keeping employees informed and engaged. You can also extend communication through intranet dashboards, sustainability updates, or briefings for managers and key stakeholders.

To relate your EHS policy back to the real world, try including examples of incidents and success stories, office location maps, or quotes from employees. If you want to take things a step further, develop interactive or visual tools like videos, infographics, or interactive websites to tell your EHS story.

Following the internal launch, brands with many external customers might choose to post the policy publicly for easy access, while smaller companies with fewer clients might choose to keep access more limited.

An EHS policy is the cornerstone of an effective EHS management system for all companies. No matter which industry you’re in, a compelling and well-communicated EHS policy establishes a solid foundation for successful environment, health, and safety programs.

Antea Group experts have helped companies all over the world create and implement EHS policies that reflect their values, priorities, and needs. Contact us today to learn more.

Originally published on newsroom.marykay.com 

For more than two decades, the Mary Kay Ash Foundation^® has helped shape the national response to violence against women through its 21-year commitment as Presenting Sponsor of the Conference on Crimes Against Women (CCAW). As the Foundation marks its 30^th anniversary, this strategic, sustained investment in saving lives, strengthening systems, and building safer communities nationwide is a cornerstone of the Foundation’s key initiatives toward ending domestic violence and better supporting survivors.

A National Platform for Real-World Change
Each year in Dallas, the Conference on Crimes Against Women convenes one of the largest, most comprehensive gatherings of professionals dedicated to combating gender-based violence. Law enforcement officers, prosecutors, advocates, healthcare providers, and social service organizations come together to share best practices, educate on new technological advancements, and remove roadblocks to ensure they are addressing the most relevant and widespread issues facing survivors and frontline responders.

The scale and impact are significant. From the data reflected in the conference’s recent infographic:

• 2,483 attendees participated, representing all 50 U.S. states and 4 countries or territories.
• 280 workshops were delivered, offering practical, real-world strategies.
• 270 expert speakers shared insights from across disciplines.
• 80 scholarships helped expand access to critical training.

“This is one of the nation’s most important training and collaboration forums, equipping thousands of frontline professionals with the knowledge, tools, and partnerships needed to better identify, prevent, and respond to violence against women,” said Michael Lunceford, President of the Mary Kay Ash Foundation Board of Directors. “Year after year, the Mary Kay Ash Foundation is honored to serve as Presenting Sponsor. By investing in individuals and organizations supporting survivors and strengthening systems of accountability, we help expand access to safety, healing, and justice – creating a safer world for women everywhere.” 

This aligns directly with the Foundation’s broader mission. Since its founding in 1996, the Mary Kay Ash Foundation has granted more than $100 million to initiatives focused on domestic violence prevention and response, as well as cancer research. Its work consistently targets areas where funding can drive meaningful, measurable outcomes.

“For more than 20 years, Conference on Crimes Against Women (CCAW) has been honored to stand alongside the Mary Kay Ash Foundation in a shared commitment to ending domestic violence and strengthening the professionals who respond to it every day,” said Becky Park, Executive Director, Conference on Crimes Against Women. “Because of the Mary Kay Ash Foundation’s partnership, CCAW has trained more than 60,000 professionals nationwide. Each trained professional represents countless survivors who are met with greater understanding, trauma-informed responses, and coordinated systems of support within their communities.”

Honoring a Founder’s Vision
Mary Kay Ash built her company and her legacy on the belief that women should feel safe, valued, and empowered. That philosophy continues to guide the Foundation today. Its partnership with CCAW is a direct extension of that vision: 

• A future where every woman can live free from violence is not aspirational – it is actionable.
• By supporting CCAW for 21 consecutive years, the Foundation has demonstrated that real change requires consistency, collaboration, and long-term commitment.

Building a Network That Works Year-Round
While the annual conference remains the cornerstone, the Conference on Crimes Against Women is the tip of a much broader ecosystem of education and collaboration, including:

• Advanced summits focused on specialized issues in gender-based violence
• Ongoing training platforms that extend learning beyond a single event
• Community-based initiatives that strengthen coordinated responses in underserved areas
• Storytelling and awareness channels that elevate survivor voices and expert insights

Together, these efforts ensure that progress doesn’t stop when the conference ends – it continues in courtrooms, hospitals, shelters, and communities across the country.

Why This Work Matters Now More Than Ever
Violence against women remains a persistent and complex issue, requiring informed, coordinated cross-sector responses. The Mary Kay Ash Foundation® understands that solving this challenge demands more than awareness – it requires education, resources, and sustained investment.

Through its partnership with CCAW, the Foundation is addressing a critical gap: ensuring that those who respond to survivors are equipped with the most current, evidence-based tools and strategies available. This is how systemic change happens – not in isolation, but through shared knowledge and collective action. For 22 years, CCAW has been a beacon of hope, healing, and working to make positive changes within a broken system. 

Learn more about the Foundation’s mission and impact in the Mary Kay Ash Foundation’s 30^th Anniversary Report and discover how sustained partnerships are making a lasting difference nationwide.

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About the Mary Kay Ash Foundation^® 

Guided by Mary Kay Ash’s dream to enrich the lives of women everywhere, the Mary Kay Ash Foundation® raises and distributes funds to end domestic violence and invest in breakthrough cancer research to find cures for women-related cancers. Since 1996, the Mary Kay Ash Foundation has contributed more than $100 million to organizations aligned with its two-fold mission. In addition, the Foundation supports awareness initiatives, community outreach programs, and advocates for legislation to ensure women are healthy and safe. Together, we can make the world better for women. To learn more about how to educate, advocate, volunteer, donate, and join life-saving work to support and empower women, visit marykayashfoundation.org, or find us on Facebook and Instagram.

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We’re helping solve our customers’ big challenges by innovating and delivering solutions that are better for their business and for the environment. Through our Gigaton Challenge, we aim to reduce 1 gigaton of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from our customers’ footprints by 2030.

PROJECT AT-A-GLANCE:

The opportunity:

Significantly reduce refrigerated trailer fleet emissions and improve efficiency.

The solution:

AxlePower dynamic energy recovery system from Thermo King®, a Trane Technologies company.

Sustainability outcomes:

• Reduces CO2 emissions by up to 7.5 tons per vehicle annually for typical long-haul operations, and up to 12 tons for intensively used trailers.
• Enables Logista to operate 84% of transport miles with sustainable fleet technology.
• Eliminates dependency on diesel-powered refrigeration units during battery operation.

When Logista deployed its first AxlePower-equipped refrigerated trailers across Europe in 2024, one of the region’s top logistics operators took a major step toward revolutionizing cold chain transportation. Thermo King’s electric, self-charging trailer cooling system recovers energy that would otherwise be lost, cutting emissions while maintaining the precise temperature control that modern logistics demands.

Known for its commitment to environmental sustainability, Logista continuously seeks innovative ways to reduce vehicle emissions and improve efficiency. The company found its solution in AxlePower, a fully integrated system that generates its own electricity as the trailer moves down the road. The technology combines a generator axle made by German manufacturer BPW with a Thermo King ENERG-e battery pack and smart power management technology.

The technology behind this transformation is as innovative as it is practical. “AxlePower provides an innovative and efficient way to recover energy that traditionally would simply be lost,” said Claudio Zanframundo, President Thermo King EMEA, Trane Technologies. “By recuperating the energy, we reduce emissions, fuel consumption and dependency on external power sources, supporting the transition to greener transport and meeting the increasing environmental demands of the logistics industry.”

The environmental impact is substantial. A single AxlePower system can reduce the CO2 emissions of a typical long-haul refrigerated transport vehicle by up to 7.5 tons per year compared to a standard diesel truck. That number jumps to 12 tons per year for an intensively used trailer, one that logs over 3,000 hours per year.

The Thermo King AxlePower system is based on a proprietary, smart power management technology, which continuously monitors both road conditions and driving operations to recover as much kinetic and thermal energy as possible from the trailer’s e-axle. Fleet managers can monitor a single truck’s battery charge and performance remotely and in real time, making it possible to adjust the system from afar without driver intervention.

Unlike other energy recovery systems, AxlePower intelligently disengages the e-axle during uphill driving, reducing drag on the truck’s engine. This smart design minimizes fuel consumption and keeps operating costs low, while maximizing energy recovery on flat terrain and downhill stretches.

As an added benefit, the AxlePower system operates silently with zero CO2 emissions while running on battery power. This capability is especially valuable for deliveries in noise-sensitive areas and inner-city, Ultra-low Emission Zones.

Today, Logista operates sustainably for 84% of its transportation miles. The company aims to reach 90% by 2026 to meet its environmental, social and governance targets. “With this addition to our fleet, we continue to innovate to offer increasingly sustainable services and reduce the carbon footprint of our transportation division,” said Pedro de Bernardo, General Manager Iberia and Polonia at Logista.

With this addition to our fleet, we continue to innovate to offer increasingly sustainable services and reduce the carbon footprint of our transportation division.

Pedro de Bernardo
General Manager Iberia and Polonia, Logista

As Logista works toward its goal of operating 90% of its fleet sustainably by 2026, the company serves as a model for how large logistics operations can reduce their carbon footprint without compromising performance. For Thermo King and Trane Technologies, collaborations like this demonstrate that cutting-edge, energy recovery technology can transform even the most challenging transportation applications into sustainability success stories.

See how we’re making sustainability scalable. – Read our latest Sustainability Report.

To live healthier lives, people need access to health information, supportive services, nutritious food and opportunities for physical activity. Local organizations, advocacy groups, public institutions and private-sector partners are increasingly working together to address these challenges and connect people with resources where they live.

This collaborative approach was on display in Trenton, New Jersey, where Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) joined forces with the FIFA World Cup 2026™ New York New Jersey Host Committee, the U.S. Soccer Foundation, the City of Trenton with Mayor Reed Gusciora, and the Trenton Parks & Recreation Department to host the BMS Kickoff for Community Health event, designed to expand access to health resources and strengthen local connections.

The shared goal of the day was profound: making health and wellness resources more accessible to those who need it most. It celebrated the opening of a new mini-pitch, designed as a gift and permanent asset for the city of Trenton and its residents, providing a space for soccer, recreation and community connection for years to come. Families also enjoyed a community health fair with live music, connected with advocacy organizations, received educational health materials, learned about local services and received fresh groceries through a collaboration with Goodr, a social impact company working to address food insecurity across the United States.

More than 27,000 pounds of food—equivalent to approximately 22,500 meals—were distributed to 750 households representing 23 zip codes.

“At its core, health equity is about access and making sure where people live doesn’t determine the opportunity to be healthy,” said Andrew Whitehead, Vice President and Head of Population Health at Bristol Myers Squibb.

Around the world, access to care, health information and essential resources continue to shape health outcomes. The BMS Kickoff for Community Health brought that support directly to Trenton—combining food access, health education and key services in one place, while uniting community organizations, local leaders, advocacy groups and private-sector partners around a shared goal.

The event also left something permanent behind: a new mini-pitch that will continue to serve residents long after the day concluded. The mini-pitch represents a tangible symbol of what becomes possible when collaboration is rooted in the community itself.

This event was made possible through the collaboration of Bristol Myers Squibb, the FIFA World Cup 2026™ New York New Jersey Host Committee, U.S. Soccer Foundation, the City of Trenton with Mayor Reed Gusciora, and the Trenton Parks & Recreation Department.