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Originally published by Sysco on November, 29, 2023.

HOUSTON, November 29, 2023 /3BL/ – Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY), the leading global foodservice distribution company, launched its One Planet. One Table. assortment, the foodservice industry’s largest offering of certified and sustainably focused products.   

The Sysco One Planet. One Table. assortment includes over 3,000 items across 15 categories that are:  

Backed by one of 20+ leading sustainability certifications and standards, Included in Sysco’s sustainability commitments for seafood or fresh produce, or  Plant-based alternative proteins.   

“At Sysco, we’re taking action to protect the health of our one and only planet. We have a growing market of customers looking for more sustainable products. Whether it is to meet their own sustainability commitments or consumer demand, they are interested in where their food came from and how it was produced,” said Neil Russell, Sysco’s SVP and Chief Administrative Officer. “Under One Planet. One Table., Sysco customers in the U.S. can now easily discover more sustainable options for their menus with the new capabilities in our e-commerce platform, Sysco Shop.”   

One Planet. One Table. represents another step forward in Sysco’s commitment to lead the industry towards a more sustainable future.  

“We are cultivating partnerships and encouraging others to join us at the table in solving climate and sustainability challenges together,” said Victoria Guitierrez, Sysco’s Senior Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer. “Sysco is leveraging its scale and position at the center of the food ecosystem to help drive change in a way that will compel others to follow. By making it easier for customers to discover and shop for more sustainable options, we can increase demand and inspire more suppliers to produce products more sustainably.”

This announcement comes in conjunction with the release of Sysco’s 2023 Sustainability Report and DEI report, which highlights progress against the company’s goals across three pillars of sustainability: People, Products, and the Planet. Top accomplishments from FY23 include: 

Contributing over $280 million through FY23 towards the company’s $500 million Global Good Goal, including donating over 17 million meals globally this past year. Exceeding its goal of increasing spend with certified diverse suppliers by 25%. Achieving its goal of establishing responsible sourcing guidelines for five key commodities by naming cocoa as the fifth commodity in addition to beef, soy, paper and coffee. Unveiling a first-of-its-kind Electric Vehicle (EV) Hub in Riverside, CA, and deploying more than 20 electric vehicles globally, plus 5 electric refrigerated trailers.  Exceeding its goal for sustainable agriculture and expanding the program to include 14 fresh crops. 
 

Customers can learn more about Sysco’s certified and sustainably focused assortment by contacting their sales representative or visiting the One Planet. One Table. landing page on Sysco Foodie. To become a customer, visit https://sysco.com/. 

About Sysco

Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. With more than 72,000 colleagues, the company operates 334 distribution facilities worldwide and serves approximately 725,000 customer locations. For fiscal year 2023 that ended July 1, 2023, the company generated sales of more than $76 billion. Information about our Sustainability program, including Sysco’s 2022 Sustainability Report and 2022 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Report, can be found at www.sysco.com.

For more information, visit www.sysco.com or connect with Sysco on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SyscoFoods. For important news and information regarding Sysco, visit the Investor Relations section of the company’s Internet home page at investors.sysco.com, which Sysco plans to use as a primary channel for publishing key information to its investors, some of which may contain material and previously non-public information. In addition, investors should continue to review our news releases and filings with the SEC. It is possible that the information we disclose through any of these channels of distribution could be deemed to be material information.

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Originally published in Alkermes September 2023 Corporate Responsibility Report

We understand the significant potential impacts that pharmaceuticals can have on the environment. We maintain strict internal protocols to adhere to the parameters of our applicable licenses and permits, mitigate the impacts of our operations on natural resources such as surface water and groundwater, and assist us in effectively controlling our air and wastewater emissions.

As part of our development and manufacturing scale-up of new, proprietary molecules, we have implemented programs to enable us to understand and mitigate associated environmental impacts. For example, we partner with third- party experts to identify practices to assist us in characterizing and understanding appropriate eco-toxicology and safe discharge limits.

We have implemented science- and data-driven environmental risk mitigation strategies and continually evaluate opportunities to improve our emissions control systems in order to better protect the environment and enhance the environmental sustainability of our operations.

Preserving the Biodiversity of our Local Communities

Alkermes is committed to conserving and enhancing biodiversity in the local communities where we operate. We recognize the importance of protecting natural areas and habitats. In this context, we established a biodiversity action plan in 2019, which includes assessment of opportunities to enhance biodiversity at our sites.

At our Wilmington facility, we conducted a full-site survey and developed a plan to convert 12 acres of planted grassland into a pollinator field. Twenty-five unique species of plants were planted to increase site biodiversity, which are expected to become full grown by 2026. A maintenance plan was also established to drive plant and insect diversity.

At our Athlone facility, employees have undertaken various actions to preserve and promote local plant and animal life around our site. In 2022, we completed planting of a “pollinator garden” to support local plant and animal populations.

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Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are not just words but values that are exemplified through our One-Team culture at Cadence. In the DEI@Cadence blog series, you’ll hear the many unique perspectives and experiences of our global employees.

During November, Cadence is showing appreciation for our Veteran employees, commemorating their service, and recognizing their contributions to our business success. Cadence has a Veterans Inclusion Group with members across our U.S. sites who are helping to plan fun and educational events in celebration of Veterans Day. Additionally, our group members and Veterans Inclusion Group leaders collaborated on selecting two organizations that are committed to supporting U.S. Veterans and their families to which Cadence will make a donation.

Speaker Showcase

Cadence employees will hear from Dr. David Smith, PhD, and former Navy pilot, a Veteran who is doing his own work to support inclusion in the military. During Dr. Smith’s 30-year military career, he led a combat squadron and accumulated more than 3,000 flying hours, about four months’ time. Now, as an associate professor at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, he uses his training in sociology to study gender biases surrounding performance evaluations, retention, and dual-career and military families. He has also researched and authored books on gender bias and workplace equity and speaks on this topic around the world. We are looking forward to hearing about his experience in the military and learning how we can become better allies.

Veteran Employee Spotlight

We had the opportunity to connect with Veteran employees and hear their stories of accomplishment in education, extraordinary circumstances, and applying skills acquired in the military when transitioning into the technology industry. Read more about their journeys:

Bob Jolly, Application Engineer Architect

“My four years of active military service provided me with a jump-start into a career working with electronics. The transition from military service through college, and ultimately into the EDA world, has been more rewarding than I could have imagined. Now, I get to work on leading-edge technology and help bring innovation into our daily lives.”

Gary Lytle, Product Management Director

“I served in the U.S. Navy as an electronics technician for five years on submarines and as a mineman in the Reserves for another three. I followed that with a small break in service and joined the US Coast Guard, where I am currently in the reserves and am just completing my 15th year. A few interesting things from my experience: I’ve called my wife from 400 feet underwater in Alaska, traversed the Panama Canal, and I have been in three underwater fires—not fun! All of these and other adventures have helped me stay cool, think under pressure, and avoid getting rattled. I have seen tech used in the field and have “MacGyvered” some to produce unique solutions, which is a skill that I have leveraged throughout my professional technology career.”

Shawn Mills, Principal Application Engineer

“Four years of active service and six years of part-time service with our military, focusing on RF communications and music, provided me with the skills to earn my master’s degree in electrical engineering from Arizona State University, a bachelor’s in guitar performance from Berklee College of Music, and a rewarding career at Cadence. The transition from military service to the technology industry equipped me for success and has allowed me to accomplish incredible things. I am proud to continue to support our military and defense customers through my work as a civilian.”

M·A·C Cosmetics UK & Ireland was proud to participate as a Platinum Sponsor in this year’s Red Run in London, helping to raise over £230K+! The Red Run is an annual 5k or 10k charity run and walk that has existed for 14 consecutive years to unite the HIV sector to raise awareness and vital funds for HIV support and prevention projects. The event fundraises for 30 HIV charities, including for the organization Positive East, which is an existing M·A·C VIVA GLAM grantee and has been awarded over £1.2M since 2007 via the charity initiative in the UK. M·A·C employees turned out loud and proud in their M·A·C VIVA GLAM T-shirts on Saturday, November 25th in Victoria Park to raise funds and drive visibility for the cause ahead of World AIDS Day, which is coming up this Friday, December 1st.

M·A·C has a long and proud history of furthering the fight against HIV/AIDS with the goal to support healthy futures and equal rights for all. This year marks the 29th year of the VIVA GLAM campaign, which has raised over $520 million (and counting) globally to support women and girls, the LGBTQIA+ community and people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS.

Learn more about M·A·C VIVA GLAM here: M·A·C Cosmetics | VIVA GLAM (maccosmetics.com)

M·A·C Cosmetics UK & Ireland was proud to participate as a Platinum Sponsor in this year’s Red Run in London, helping to raise over £230K+! The Red Run is an annual 5k or 10k charity run and walk that has existed for 14 consecutive years to unite the HIV sector to raise awareness and vital funds for HIV support and prevention projects. The event fundraises for 30 HIV charities, including for the organization Positive East, which is an existing M·A·C VIVA GLAM grantee and has been awarded over £1.2M since 2007 via the charity initiative in the UK. M·A·C employees turned out loud and proud in their M·A·C VIVA GLAM T-shirts on Saturday, November 25th in Victoria Park to raise funds and drive visibility for the cause ahead of World AIDS Day, which is coming up this Friday, December 1st.

M·A·C has a long and proud history of furthering the fight against HIV/AIDS with the goal to support healthy futures and equal rights for all. This year marks the 29th year of the VIVA GLAM campaign, which has raised over $520 million (and counting) globally to support women and girls, the LGBTQIA+ community and people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS.

Learn more about M·A·C VIVA GLAM here: M·A·C Cosmetics | VIVA GLAM (maccosmetics.com)

KeyBank will sponsor a homeownership workshop in Cincinnati, OH in partnership with the Jurisdiction-Wide Advisory Board (J-RAB). Chris Browning, KeyBank Mortgage Loan Officer (NMLS# 1486631), will offer advice and details on products and assistance programs that may be available to homebuyers.

The workshop will take place on Wednesday, December 6 from 5-8 p.m. at the Community Action Agency located at 1740 Langdon Farm Rd.

Admission is free. Please visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-the-dream-1st-time-homebuyer-workshop-tickets-748549791577?aff=ebdsoporgprofile to register.

Get tips on homeownership from KeyBankHow (and Why) To Buy a Home Despite an Uncertain Market

ABOUT KEYCORP 

KeyCorp’s roots trace back nearly 200 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Key is one of the nation’s largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $188 billion at September 30, 2023.

Key provides deposit, lending, cash management, and investment services to individuals and businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National Association through a network of approximately 1,000 branches and approximately 1,300 ATMs. Key also provides a broad range of sophisticated corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity, syndications and derivatives to middle market companies in selected industries throughout the United States under the KeyBanc Capital Markets trade name. For more information, visit https://www.key.com/. KeyBank Member FDIC.

NOTICE: This is not a commitment to lend or extend credit. Conditions and restrictions may apply. Information and offer are subject to change without notice. All loans are subject to credit and collateral approval. Not all loans or products are available in all states. Mortgage and Home Equity Lending products offered by KeyBank are not FDIC insured or guaranteed. KeyBank extends credit secured by residential real estate without regard to race, color, religion, Equal Housing Lender. NMLS #399797

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Nasdaq

Throughout 2023, the areas of sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) have been in the midst of a major evolution. The pressure on companies to deliver transparent and credible disclosures and commitments are seemingly increasing as stakeholders, like customers and investors, ask for more information and regulatory standards come into view. Despite progress in standard-setting this year, companies appear to be confused in the ever-changing market landscape.

To help companies navigate complexity and stakeholders’ asks for greater transparency, Nasdaq is launching Nasdaq Sustainable Lens™, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) based ESG intelligence platform that harnesses the power of generative artificial intelligence (AI).

Nasdaq Sustainable Lens equips sustainability, investor relations, legal and accounting professionals with on-demand, data-driven insights from over 9,000 companies globally—say goodbye to manual research based on limited data sets. The SaaS platform arms companies with an AI-powered ESG assistant to summarize disclosures and answer questions, the ability to search through and access more than 9,000 companies’ documents, access to workflows to benchmark disclosures against standards and an unlimited number of companies, and enterprise-grade AI governance from Nasdaq. Leveraging Sustainable Lens, companies can get one step closer to addressing the growing pressures around sustainability and ESG.

In recently-released Nasdaq research, The State of Sustainability and ESG in 2023, Nasdaq Sustainable Lens’ AI workflows were leveraged to review and analyze documents from approximately 7,200 companies globally. The findings indicated that only 44% of the 7,200 companies analyzed currently provide climate-related disclosures aligned with the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), International Sustainability Standards Board’s (ISSB) sustainability and climate-related standards and U.S. Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed rules. This compares to 64% of companies analyzed providing disclosures aligned with the CSRD and ISSB standards in business ethics and business conduct (governance) disclosures and 75% of companies proving disclosures aligned with the CSRD and ISSB in human capital (social) disclosures.

As some of these regulatory standards become disclosure requirements in 2024 and beyond, and others might move from proposed to final status in certain jurisdictions, the pressure is on companies to enhance their disclosures.

Leveraging technology to reduce the burdens on companies

The resources required to credibly respond to stakeholders’ questions, meet regulatory demands and understand areas to focus on are significant. While companies have invested in programs, sustainability and ESG are still new disciplines for many companies with small teams. In addition, those teams are largely populated by employees that migrated from other internal teams or voluntarily took on the sustainability and ESG responsibilities on top of an existing role.

Enter AI. Sustainability and ESG disclosures are an ideal AI and language model use case. These disclosures are largely qualitative, unstructured, and dispersed across several documents. Combine that with the fact that humans are reading thousands of pages to identify a best practice sentence or single data point to validate a disclosure in a regulatory document or benchmark their company disclosures against peer disclosures to understand the competitive landscape or guide program priorities. Modern technologies and AI capabilities can help boost productivity and reduce costs for improved efficiency in reporting.

Meet Sustainable Lens, a generative AI ESG intelligence platform

Two powerful trends are colliding. The sustainability and ESG landscapes are evolving simultaneously as AI technology advancements provide teams with newfound productivity gains.

As Nasdaq strives to meet customer demands, we maintain our overarching goal to leverage technology as an enabler – to power economic progress, help humans work smarter and uncover new proprietary data and insights.

We’ve taken another step by creating a generative AI ESG intelligence platform that enables transparency and credibility. Nasdaq Sustainable Lens helps companies make faster decisions using data, power productivity through AI workflows, enable credibility with transparent in-document examples and leverage enterprise-grade AI governance from a trusted innovator in Nasdaq.

To learn more about Nasdaq Sustainable Lens, contact us here.

Global chemistry company Chemours, has created an international F-gas Lifecycle Program across the Americas, Asia, and Europe. The program aims to advance safe, global recovery, reclaim, and reuse of fluorinated gases (F-gases) across its low global warming potential (GWP) Opteon™ products, Freon™ refrigerants, and FM-200™ portfolios.

This program, which began as region and country-specific initiatives, will now include global oversight to drive additional adoption, partnerships, and reclamation. As part of the program, Chemours will complete a global review to identify opportunities for expansion and increased collaboration. The program’s creation reinforces Chemours’ commitment to supporting a global circular economy and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, as outlined in the most recent Chemours Sustainability Report. It also advances the net zero objectives of Chemours, broader industry, and global legislative bodies through overall emission reduction.

Chemours’ international F-gas Lifecycle Program includes agreements across the:

AmericasCanadaThe United StatesAsia PacificJapanEuropeAll 27 countries in the European UnionUnited Kingdom

“At Chemours, we are dedicated to harnessing the power of our chemistry to create a more sustainable and circular future,” said Joe Martinko, President of Thermal & Specialized Solutions at Chemours. “We have committed to, and are advancing, significant emission reduction within our gates. Now, we’re expanding our focus to emission reduction throughout the product lifecycle. F-gases—unlike so-called “natural” alternatives—can be recovered, reclaimed, and reused across multiple applications, maximizing resource efficiency, minimizing waste, and lowering emissions. This international F-gas Lifecycle Program will help advance circularity and sustainability around the world, ultimately supporting global climate targets and minimizing impact on our shared planet.”

The company continues to invest in and expand reclaim channels, including in the U.S. and the recent extension of its EU and UK program to reclaim low GWP refrigerants.

In addition to offering the potential for circularity, Chemours’ portfolio of F-gas technologies also play an important role in the decarbonization of multiple industries and delivers significant socioeconomic value through innovation, reliability, safety, and efficiency.

To learn more about the program or Chemours’ commitment to circularity, contact Circularity@chemours.com or visit TheWorldNeedsF-gases.com or Opteon.com.

Hello – I’m Stephanie Conzelman, Stakeholder Engagement Director with Land Betterment. We are excited to share the fourth interview in the five-part series titled, “Meet the ekō Solutions Management Team.”

In the previous episodes, we had the opportunity to get to know three senior members of the ekō team – Stetson Schaible, General Manager, Josh Caleau, Finance Administrator and Alex Hutcheson, Technical Team Lead. These are the guys who are driving ekō Solutions forward every day.

Recently, I met with Peter Rodriguez, President of ekō Solutions and we spoke about why his team is poised to continue innovating at ekō Solutions and taking the Company to new levels.

Pete spoke about how invaluable it is that this team has a breadth of knowledge and experience. He said, “We try to bring in folks who will challenge one another. So, when we walk into new building situations, someone on the team will most likely have encountered a particular building situation that is unique to this project. Someone somewhere on our team has delt with the situation before. We can create just about anything and at this point we are making the custom projects repeatable and scalable.”

VIEW THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE 

ekō Solutions, a division of Land Betterment a Certified B Corporation, is rapidly growing and now offers a full array of dwelling solutions for commercial, recreational, residential and crisis recovery using customized up-cycled shipping containers. These sustainable and energy-efficient structures combine contemporary design with practicality.

With growth it is so important to have the right team in place in order to move the Company forward in the smartest possible way. We have an amazing and capable team ready to bring our innovative up-cycled shipping container dwellings to market.

Our final interview in the series will air in December and will feature Kirk Taylor, Land Betterment’s Co-Founder. He will speak about Land Betterment’s mission of fostering a positive impact through upcycling former coal mining and industrial sites to create sustainable community development and job creation and how ekō Solutions ties into this.

To learn more about ekō Solutions’ products, visit – www.ekosolutionsllc.com 

About ekō Solutions 
ekō Solutions, a Land Betterment Company, is a sustainable development company utilizing innovative, low-cost, up-cycled shipping container structures to provide durable, high-end solutions to the building marketplace while also maintaining the ability to be utilized in a mobile environment. ekō Solutions uses innovative ecological structures to replace legacy inefficient and ineffective methods of living, growing and working. The sustainable craftsmanship of our up-cycled shipping container structures is what separates us from the alternatives. Our structures are suitable for residential, crisis recovery, commercial and recreation use. For more information visit ekosolutionsllc.com and connect with ekō Solutions on Facebook, LinkedIn and X.

About Land Betterment Corporation 
Land Betterment Corporation, an Indiana Benefit Corporation and Certified B Corp, is an environmental solutions company focused on fostering a positive impact through upcycling former coal mining and industrial sites to create sustainable community development and job creation. The Company utilizes a complete solution-based lifecycle program to restore and rehabilitate the environment and revitalize communities in need of change and opportunity. Land Betterment accomplishes this by identifying un-reclaimed, run-down and neglected coal mining sites, fixing the environment through reclamation and remediation, and then repurposing the land to support a sustainable business that serves the community. Land Betterment firmly believes that with real solutions it is possible for restoration of impacted areas to live side-by-side long term employment, while building sustainable and safe surroundings for communities and our planet. For more information visit landbetterment.com or connect with the Company on Facebook, X and LinkedIn.

Contacts: 

Mark LaVerghetta 
317.537.0492 ext. 0 
Chief Governance Officer, Corporate Finance 
info@landbetterment.com

Stephanie Conzelman 
207.205.0790 
Stakeholder Engagement Director 
info@landbetterment.com

Zak Owens 
Fleur de Lis Communications 
502.386.5704 
zak@fdlcomms.com

Originally published by Progressive Grocer.

By Emily Crowe.

Suzanne Long, Chief Sustainability and Transformation Officer at Albertsons Cos., has made it a personal and business imperative to figure out the best ways to contain food waste. Long took the stage at Grocery Impact in Orlando to discuss why food waste initiatives are good for both business and society.

See full article on Progressive Grocer and read more about Albertsons Companies and our Recipe for Change on our website.