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Inogen Alliance is hosting a Live LinkedIn webinar, 23 February, The New CSRD Reality: What Changed and What to Do for 2026 with global experts in Sustainability from denxpert and HPC Italy.

 

Register for the webinar or find it on-demand after the date here!

Whether you are an EU company, a multinational, or a non-EU supplier in an EU value chain, recent CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) developments directly affect your reporting strategy.

This webinar provides a focused, practical update on what changed under the Omnibus package, how ESRS (European Sustainability Reporting Standards) expectations are evolving, and what companies should realistically prepare for 2026. We cut through assumptions and speculation and explain what applies, what no longer does, and where companies should still invest effort.

Key insights you will gain:

• How the CSRD scope has changed: who is in, who is out, and why
• What the Omnibus updates mean in practice for EU and non-EU companies
• What “simplified ESRS” actually changes and what remains mandatory
• How ESRS 2.0 affects data collection, processes, and assurance readiness
• When voluntary standards make sense, including VSME as a supply-chain tool
• Practical next steps based on company size, location, and role in the value chain

Speakers:

Valentina Vieri – ESG Sustainability Consultant at HPC Italy, GRI-certified, specializing in ESRS reporting, ESG analysis, stakeholder engagement, and sustainability action plans.

Anna Csonka – Senior Sustainability Reporting Expert and early CSRD adopter, with hands-on experience implementing CSRD at Arla (DK).

Keith Knoke (moderator) – EVP Antea Group USA and Director Antea Group UK, with 20+ years of EHS and risk management consulting experience.

 

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February 9, 2026 /3BL/ – The premier annual event for sustainable business leaders, GreenBiz 26, is just weeks away and features keynotes and dynamic discussions led by innovators managing teams across some of the world’s largest companies, including Google, Microsoft and REI.

GreenBiz 26 takes place Feb, 17-19 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix. Register by Feb. 13 to save $200 on an all-access pass.

The peers that sustainability leaders benchmark against — and partners they want to meet — are already registered. Seventy-nine percent of attendees are at manager level and above – leading sustainability at some of the world’s largest B2B and B2C organizations.

Among the companies that have confirmed their attendance: 4Ocean, Amazon, Anthesis, Best Buy, Ceres, Citi, Constellation, EY, General Motors, Google, Hasbro, Intuit, KEEN, KIND Snacks, L’Oreal Groupe, lululemon, Microsoft, Nasdaq, Nat Geo, Nike, Patagonia, PepsiCo, Pinterest, Procter & Gamble, Prologis, Recology, REI, Rivian, Siemens, Starbucks, Toyota and Walmart.

Register here.

Attendees may choose from 75+ sessions tackling sustainability’s toughest challenges that are practical, expert-led and impact-focused:

• Credible Storytelling in the Age of the Algorithm
• Getting the Work Done as a Team of One
• Scope 3 Tutorial – Solving Product-Level Emissions
• Ratings, Rankings, and Voluntary Reporting in 2026
• How Hyperscalers Are Addressing Water and Energy in Data Centers

About Trellis Group

Since 1991, Trellis Group has grown from one of the first sustainability-focused newsletters into a global platform uniting events, peer networks, and digital media. From the flagship GreenBiz conference to the Trellis Network and year-round news, research, and resources, we connect sustainability leaders worldwide to share ideas, accelerate solutions, and grow what’s next.

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While we often look to the sky for climate solutions – like wind turbines and solar panels – one of the most powerful technologies is right under our feet. This World Soil Day, we celebrate more than just the ground we walk on, but it’s un-canny capability to store CO2.

Soil: Nature’s Carbon Storage System

Recent breakthroughs in Enhanced Weathering (EW) are turning agricultural fields into carbon sponges. As highlighted in a recent Research Update from the Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture (YCNCC), EW accelerates a natural geological process. In nature, rain combines with CO2 to form a mild acid that slowly breaks down rocks over thousands of years, locking away carbon. By spreading finely crushed rock, like basalt or limestone, over farmland, farmers can enhance this natural process and help soil lock away carbon much faster – keeping it out of the atmosphere for thousands of years.

Good for the Earth, Great for Farmers

But it’s not just about carbon; it’s about soil health, too. The beauty of EW lies in its co-benefits.

As explained by industry experts like Jigar Shah, this process acts as a powerful soil amendment. The crushed rock raises soil pH in acidic fields and releases essential nutrients like magnesium, calcium, and potassium. Think of it like a multivitamin for soil.

Farmers who adopt these practices are seeing tangible results: stronger root systems, better nutrient uptake, and potentially lower fertilizer bills. It is a climate solution that directly supports rural economies and could improve food security while supporting climate adaptation.

Why We Need Real Data

To make sure these solutions work on a bigger scale, scientists and farmers need solid proof. As noted in the recent YCNCC white paper Agricultural Soil Carbon: A Call for Improved Evidence, relying on models alone isn’t enough. To build a high-integrity carbon offset market, we must move toward empirical “measure-and-remeasure” approaches.

Just like how pharmaceuticals are tested carefully before being widely used, carbon farming needs real-world data from farms – not just computer models based on limited experiments. This way, we can trust that carbon is truly stored in the soil.

Digging Deeper

This World Soils Day, let’s recognize that healthy soil is the foundation of a healthy climate. By combining natural geological processes with modern data science and farming wisdom, we could unlock a gigaton-scale solution that benefits everyone—from the smallholder farmer to the global atmosphere.

The soil beneath us isn’t just dirt – it’s a powerful nature-based climate solution. Let’s celebrate it and help it work even harder.

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

Leidos employees show up for their communities. In small towns to big cities, employees volunteer at food banks, mentor students in STEM clubs, retrofit community gardens, and stand beside military families. These everyday acts are powered by a belief that focused giving, thoughtful partnerships, and an employee-led spirit turns time and talent into measurable impact.

Leidos employees created meaningful change in many ways in 2025. A defense employee led a team of 15 volunteers in sorting and packing over 21,000 pounds of food into 1,008 boxes. These boxes, distributed to food pantries, ensured senior citizens in need received nutritious meals delivered right to their doorstep. Another team spent a weekend updating an Elementary School Outdoor Learning Lab creating a vibrant environment where students engage in hands-on learning across science, math, literacy, and more.

Leidos concentrates its support on five strategic areas — Healthier Lives, Leadership and Inclusion, National Security and Military, Education/STEM, and the Environment — aligning resources where they matter most. Our Employee Volunteer Incentive Program spotlights those who go above and beyond, amplifying a culture of service across the company.

Together, corporate giving and employee passion creates improved health and resilience, stronger schools, honored service members, and a healthier planet.

by Holly Mosher, Belle Farm

My business partner Kathleen had been looking at some land in Wisconsin for over a year when we first spoke about it. The City of Middleton (near Madison) asked Kathleen if we would consider building much-needed housing. I knew that Madison was always on the Best Places to Live lists and that they were growing rapidly compared to the rest of the country. I thought back to what my father always said: “You need to sell things that people need, and people NEED housing.” I also saw so many people struggling with affordability, both in rentals and ownership. So, building housing could be a social enterprise creating housing while also doing so in a green way aligned with our values.

I encouraged Kathleen to visit an intentional community in Georgia called Serenbe. She was struck by the thoughtful land planning and the sense of place — the walkability and the way nature and community were interwoven. We worked closely with their team in order to build something similar in Wisconsin. The result was Belle Farm, a gorgeous walkable neighborhood featuring a wonderful mix of housing, neighborhood amenities, and commercial spaces. With Phil Tabb and the team helping us design the overall layout of the land, a sense of community and flow emerged. Our guiding principles are wellness, sustainability, time outside, camaraderie, presence, respite, and so much joy.

Read Holly’s full article and see renderings as this real estate project is now fully underway with single family homes, multi-family units and an apartment complex, all here- https://greenmoney.com/mixed-use-social-enterprise-and-green-housing-at-belle-farm

 

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NEW YORK, February 9, 2026 /3BL/ – Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose® (CECP) announced today that three distinguished executives will join the organization’s Board of Directors: Steve Beard, Chairman and CEO of Covista, Steven H. Collis, former Executive Chair of Cencora, Inc., and Ann Fairchild, interim President and CEO of Siemens USA.

“CECP continues to attract exceptional leaders who understand that corporate purpose drives business success,” said Daryl Brewster, CEO, CECP. “Steve Beard, Steven Collis, and Ann Fairchild bring decades of experience leading purpose-driven organizations and a deep commitment to creating positive societal impact. Their strategic insights and proven track records in building sustainable, values-driven businesses are invaluable as we guide companies on their purpose journeys.”

Steve Beard is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Covista (formerly Adtalem Global Education), America’s largest healthcare educator serving more than 97,000 students across five accredited institutions. The company graduates 24,000 healthcare professionals annually, with 290,000 alumni practicing across the country. Beard was named CEO in 2021 and elected Chairman of the Board in 2024. Under his leadership, Covista transformed from a diversified education and training company to one centered on healthcare education. He joined the company in 2018 as General Counsel and soon became Chief Operating Officer, where he led the now divested financial services segment and the portfolio repositioning that enabled Covista’s new strategic direction. Prior to Covista, Beard served as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at Heidrick & Struggles International. He serves as board chair of A Better Chicago, a venture philanthropy expanding opportunity for underserved Chicago youth. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his law degree from the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University-Bloomington.

“Expanding access to quality education is how we’re helping to solve one of society’s most pressing workforce challenges.” said Steve Beard, Chairman and CEO, Covista. “At Covista, we’ve seen how purpose-driven work creates meaningful impact for students, communities and healthcare systems. I look forward to working with CECP and its network to advance the connection between corporate purpose and sustainable business success.”

Steven H. Collis is former Executive Chair of Cencora, Inc. (NYSE: COR) (formerly AmerisourceBergen), a leading global pharmaceutical solutions organization headquartered in the Philadelphia region. Collis served as President and CEO of Cencora from 2011 to 2024, during which time he delivered phenomenal growth in domestic and international markets. He led the company through several strategic investments and acquisitions that enabled expansion of services and solutions, built unprecedented partnerships, and deepened expertise to speed innovation and improve access to healthcare in meaningful ways. With more than 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical solutions industry, Collis is passionate about health equity and global inclusion and has a depth of experience in supply chain efficiency, specialty pharmaceuticals, oncology, and international business growth.

“Throughout my career at Cencora, I witnessed firsthand how purpose-driven leadership creates healthier futures and drives business performance,” said Steven H. Collis, former Executive Chair, Cencora Inc. “CECP’s work in helping companies integrate purpose into their core strategies is essential in today’s business environment. I’m honored to join the Board and contribute to advancing corporate purpose as a driver of sustainable value creation.”

Ann Fairchild serves as interim President and CEO of Siemens USA, the company’s largest market, where she leads strategy and engagement across the United States. Siemens employs approximately 45,000 people nationwide and delivers $21.1 billion in annual revenue, supporting critical infrastructure and industrial innovation across all 50 states. With more than 25 years at Siemens, Fairchild is a trusted executive leader known for supporting business growth while strengthening governance, compliance, and enterprise risk management. She has played a pivotal role in shaping the company’s U.S. strategy through expertise in corporate governance, M&A, regulatory policy, and operational excellence, while building high-performing, mission-driven teams. Fairchild serves on the Siemens Corporation Board of Directors and the Board of the German American Business Council, where she advances transatlantic business collaboration with policymakers and industry leaders. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Commerce from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from the College of William & Mary School of Law.

“I’m honored to join the board of an organization that has consistently demonstrated how purpose and performance go hand in hand,” said Ann Fairchild, interim President and CEO, Siemens USA. “At Siemens, purpose is core to how we develop and apply technologies like Industrial AI to create real-world impact. I look forward to working alongside the talented CECP team to drive sustainable growth, foster innovation, and create lasting value for its network of leading companies.”

CECP is the only nonpartisan business counsel and network dedicated to driving measurable returns on purpose. It promotes responsible purpose-driven business as it increases customer loyalty, builds employee engagement, improves brand trust, attracts top talent, connects with strategic investors, and contributes to the bottom line. More than 200 of the world’s leading companies seek to improve their return on purpose through access to CECP’s solutions in insights and benchmarking. With our companies, we harness the power of purpose for business, stakeholders, and society.

Since its founding in 1999, CECP has developed the gold-standard for companies to achieve a return on purpose by providing affiliated companies with tangible frameworks, data, strategies, and goal setting. CECP advises its companies through custom benchmarking and flagship publications such as Giving in Numbers™, the largest and most historical data set on corporate community investment trends. The organization is regularly quoted by top-tier publications as a go-to source on corporate purpose. CECP has grown to a movement of more than 200 of the world’s largest companies from ten industries that represent $8.3 trillion in revenues, $33 billion in total community investment, 31.4 million hours of employee engagement, and $21 trillion in assets under management.

The new members will join the current Board of Directors, which includes:

Co-Chairs:

• Barbara Humpton, CEO, American Rare Earth (formerly CEO, Siemens USA)
• Bill McNabb, Former Chairman and CEO, The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Board Members:

• Alex Gorsky, Executive Chairman, Johnson & Johnson
• Amit Bajaj, President, TCS North America
• Calvin Butler, President and CEO, Exelon Corporation
• Douglas R. Conant, Former Chair, CECP; CEO, ConantLeadership, DRC LLC
• Fran Horowitz, CEO, Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
• James White, Former Chairman, President, and CEO, Jamba Juice
• Jessica Foster, CEO, RHR International LLP
• John Wood, Vice Chair, Heidrick & Struggles
• Kelly Grier, Former EY US Chair and Managing Partner (CEO)
• Mauricio Gutierrez, Former President & CEO, NRG
• Megan Myungwon Lee, Chairwoman and CEO, Panasonic Corporation of North America
• Richard Edelman, CEO, Edelman
• Sara Armbruster, Former CEO, Steelcase Inc.
• Shelly Lazarus, Chairman Emeritus, Ogilvy & Mather
• Theodore Dysart, Managing Director, Russell Reynolds Associates

CECP’s Board of Directors also includes the following Directors Emeriti:

• Co-Founders
  • Peter Malkin, Chairman Emeritus, Empire State Realty Trust
  • Paul Newman, Actor and Philanthropist, in memorium
• Alan G. Hassenfeld, Former Chairman, Executive Committee, Hasbro, Inc. in memoriam
• Kenneth T. Derr, Former Chairman & CEO, Chevron Corporation, in memoriam
• Henrietta Fore, Chairman and CEO, Holsman International
• Surya Kant, Senior Advisor, Tata Sons; Former Chairman, TCS North America
• Harold McGraw, III, Chairman Emeritus, S&P Global
• Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Former Chairman and CEO, Carlson Holdings, Inc.
• David Rockefeller, Former Chairman & CEO, Chase Manhattan Corporation, in memorium
• Michael I. Roth, Former Executive Chairman & CEO, Interpublic Group
• Paul Volcker, Former Chairman, Federal Reserve, in memorium
• Sanford Weill, CEO, Casa Rosa Ventures, LLC
• John C. Whitehead, Former Co-Chair, Goldman, Sachs, & Co., Former Deputy Secretary of State, in memorium

CECP also works with a group of CECP Ambassadors, which includes:

• Mitch Barns, Former CEO, Nielsen
• Lynne Doughtie, Former Chairman & CEO, KPMG
• Bill Goodwynn, CEO, Discovery Education
• Ralph Izzo, Chairman of the Board, PSEG
• Hubert Joly, Former Chair & CEO, Best Buy
• David Kenny, Former CEO, Nielsen
• Deanna Mulligan, CEO, Ceres Life Insurance Company
• Phillipe Krakowsky, CEO, Interpublic Group
• Duncan L. Niederauer, Former CEO, NYSE, Euronext
• Penny Pennington, Managing Partner, Edward Jones
• John Veihmeyer, Former Chairman & CEO, KPMG
• Mark Weinberger, Former Chairman & CEO, EY

 

CECP Media Contact

Katie Leasor

kleasor@cecp.co

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About Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP)

Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose® (CECP) is the only nonpartisan business counsel and network dedicated to driving measurable returns on purpose. We promote responsible purpose-driven business as it increases customer loyalty, builds employee engagement, improves brand trust, attracts top talent, connects with strategic investors, and contributes to the bottom line.

More than 200 of the world’s leading companies seek to improve their return on purpose through access to CECP’s solutions in insights and benchmarking. With our companies, we harness the power of purpose for business, stakeholders, and society.

For more information, visit http://cecp.co.