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This unique packaging is 90% renewableCurrently available on shelf in Portugal, with industrial scale production expected by 2025

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, November 28, 2023 /3BL/ – Following successful commercial consumer testing in 2022, Tetra Pak and Lactogal have now launched an aseptic beverage carton featuring a paper-based barrier. This is part of a large-scale technology validation, involving around 25 million packages and currently ongoing in Portugal. Made of approximately 80% paperboard, the package increases the renewable content to 90%, reduces its carbon footprint by one third (33%1) and has been certified as Carbon Neutral by the Carbon Trust™.2

Greenhouse gas emissions, food waste and plastic littering are cited as the top three environmental sustainability concerns facing food and beverage (F&B) businesses today, and this is expected to remain the case over the next five years.3 Packaging solutions like these, that expand the amount of paper and lower the carbon footprint, while ensuring food safety, can help the industry overcome these challenges.

In 2015, Tetra Pak was the first in the industry to introduce a package made fully from plant-based renewable materials – paperboard and sugarcane-based plastic. The Tetra Rex® Plant-based package, suitable for cold chain distribution, is fully renewable, and the company has delivered approximately 6.5 billion of these packages to customers around the world to date.

Now, the launch of the Tetra Brik® Aseptic 200 Slim Leaf carton with paper-based barrier, together with Lactogal, provides a package that can be distributed under ambient conditions, while hitting the 90% renewable content mark. This brings Tetra Pak one step closer to its ambition of a beverage carton made solely from responsibly sourced renewable or recycled materials, fully recyclable and carbon neutral. The company is aiming for industrial scale production of the solution by 2025.

José Capela, President of Lactogal, comments: “Our collaboration with Tetra Pak centres on a shared belief that a more sustainable future is possible. Innovating together is a big part of that. We are both focused on an ambitious sustainability transformation, and this new carton’s 33% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions4, together with its Carbon Neutral certification by the Carbon Trust™, is a significant achievement towards this goal.”

Ola Elmqvist, Executive Vice President Packaging Solutions, Tetra Pak adds: “The development represents a critical marker in our longstanding work to design beverage cartons for recycling – something that is continuing to set the pace for the paperisation of packaging. By joining forces with Lactogal, we’re now demonstrating that it’s possible to progress the sustainability of aseptic beverage cartons while securing food safety and enhancing food access.”

In 2022, together with its industry partners in the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE), Tetra Pak jointly adopted Design for Recyclability guidelines for beverage cartons, which provide technical guidance for optimised recycling of this type of packaging. More recently, the 4evergreen alliance added beverage packaging design guidance to its fibre-based circularity toolset. 4evergreen is a cross-industry platform that aims to boost the contribution of fibre-based packaging in a circular and sustainable economy, with Tetra Pak amongst its founding members. Their updated Circularity by Design Guideline covers fibre-based composite packaging types (including beverage cartons) and informs designers on their compatibility with specialised recycling processes.

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Tetra Pak 
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Lucia.freschi@tetrapak.com

1Certified by the Carbon Trust™ – benchmark: Tetra Brik® Aseptic 200 Slim Leaf carton package with aluminium foil layer. 
2‘’Carbon neutral’’ means that, after reducing the CO2 emissions by converting the package’s fossil-based polymers into plant-based polymers to the highest possible extent, the residual CO2 emissions associated with the packaging manufacture are offset by funding Gold Standard-certified climate projects around the world. 
3Tetra Pak B2B research on Planetary Challenges and their impact on F&B manufacturers’ operations (2023). 
4Certified by the Carbon Trust™ – benchmark: Tetra Brik® Aseptic 200 Slim Leaf carton package with aluminium foil layer.

Green Building Council of Australia releases ‘Unlocking the Value,’ a practical guide to sustainable finance in the Australian real estate sector

Around the world, investors, regulators and organizations are prioritizing non-financial indicators such as human and social capital criteria to better understand risk and return, and demonstrate value and impact.

According to the European Commission, sustainable finance “refers to the process of taking environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into account when making investment decisions in the financial sector, leading to more long-term investments in sustainable economic activities and projects.”

This investment landscape, increasingly shaped by ESG factors, has long been in need of more practical, clarifying resources with regards to accessing capital. This is where Green Building Council of Australia’s (GBCA) new Unlocking the Value report sheds light.

The real estate industry is rife with opportunity to better address environmental and social issues, making access to sustainable financing, like green loans and bonds, more crucial than ever to reach these goals.

While Unlocking the Value is geared towards the Australian market, much of the content applies to the global real estate industry. It is one of the most comprehensive resources addressing green capital to date, providing much needed guidance on how to work with the finance sector to enable sustainable financing for development and operational improvement projects.

The guide breaks down more than ten [sustainability] frameworks and rating systems – the WELL Standard among them – to demystify the space and demonstrate how their application can facilitate access to sustainable capital. Importantly in regards to IWBI, the report positions a ‘focus on people’ as a major initiative within the industry through a focus on health, equity and well-being. IWBI informed the inclusion of social considerations within this guide and categorized how the WELL Standard relates to leading sustainable finance frameworks.

“In a landscape that continues to rapidly evolve, it’s energizing to see such a practical guide for the real estate industry. Unlocking the Value will encourage more owners and developers to leverage sustainable finance to achieve higher levels of environmental and social performance,” said Kelly Worden, VP of ESG and Investing for Health, IWBI.

We know that investments in sustainable buildings can improve indoor air quality, reduce noise pollution, and promote healthier lifestyles, thereby contributing to public health. In the past, we’ve seen a great deal of movement in relation to climate change mitigation (i.e., the ‘E’ pillar within ‘ESG’), but there has long been a lack of visibility of the connection between human health and the financial bottom line (the ‘S’).

Green frameworks are primarily concerned with equipping physical assets to withstand environmental risks, in order to protect the investor’s financial interests. WELL addresses social risks that are relevant to investors, but aren’t comprehensively addressed today by existing investment and regulatory frameworks. However, as more publications and reports like this one help guide organizations how to mitigate these risks, it’s clear that the industry is moving in the right direction.

Unlocking the Value will help more organizations follow the lead of those who have already integrated WELL achievements into their sustainable finance strategies, including Aviva Investors, CBUS Property, Champion REIT, Colliers International, Mexico Ministry of Finance and Qatar National Bank.

With this new resource, and a spotlight on WELL, we’re confident that the real estate industry will be better equipped to understand the significance of protecting any organization’s most valuable asset – their people.

To download the report, please click here.

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Sustainability is more than just a target; it’s part of our everyday efforts here at Taco Bell. Earlier this year, we announced our collaboration with National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and Cargill to help restore the habitats where we source our cattle. Via the Rocky Mountain Rangelands Program, our partners have identified the first round of grant recipients, who will be doing restoration and regenerative ranching work to ensure the enjoyment of both land and tacos for generations to come.

Originally published by The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced $2.4 million in grants to restore, improve and conserve sagebrush, mesic wet meadow and big game migratory corridor habitats in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming. The grants will generate $3.7 million in matching contributions for a total conservation impact of $6.1 million.

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Climate change is threatening agriculture. And not just in the ways you think. Ebunoluwa Ajobiewe works to defend crops from diseases as they spread into new areas and ecosystems as a result of shifting weather patterns. We asked young, global farmers and scientists like Ebunoluwa for their own words about the importance of this month’s climate talks. As climate leaders prepare to tackle important questions at COP28, let’s ensure agricultural experts and farmers have a seat at the table.

Bayer

Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the life science fields of health care and nutrition. Its products and services are designed to help people and planet thrive by supporting efforts to master the major challenges presented by a growing and aging global population. Bayer is committed to drive sustainable development and generate a positive impact with its businesses. At the same time, the Group aims to increase its earning power and create value through innovation and growth. The Bayer brand stands for trust, reliability and quality throughout the world. In fiscal 2020, the Group employed around 100,000 people and had sales of 41.4 billion euros. R&D expenses before special items amounted to 4.9 billion euros. For more information, go to www.bayer.com.

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LOS ANGELES and NASHVILLE, Tenn., November 28, 2023 /3BL/ – Socially responsible spending is on the rise in a big way, based on the latest results from the Conscious Consumer Spending Index (#CCSIndex). At the same time, charitable contributions and earth-friendly practices are both regaining momentum after declines in recent years.

Conducted annually each fall since 2013, the #CCSIndex is an ongoing benchmarking study. Good.Must.Grow., a socially responsible marketing consultancy, administers the Index to gauge momentum for conscious consumerism, charitable giving and earth-friendly practices.

The Index score is calculated by evaluating the importance consumers place on purchasing from socially responsible companies, actions taken to support such products and services, and future intent to increase the amount they spend with responsible organizations. Based on the design of the Index’s algorithm, even a one-point change in overall score indicates meaningful movement of consumer sentiment.

The Index has seen major fluctuations recently. After reporting a record-low of 39 in 2020, the Index made a dramatic recovery in 2021 by posting a record-high of 51. Last year, it saw a slight decline to 48. This year, the Index raged ahead to shatter its previous peak with a score of 57. Amidst this volatility, the last three-years have resulted in a major step forward for the do good economy compared to the first three years of the Index.

“We’ve been waiting for a breakthrough, or more aptly a tipping point, with conscious consumerism, and we may be on the precipice of it with this year’s results,” said Heath Shackleford, founder of Good.Must.Grow. “This movement seems to be clicking with consumers at a quickening pace. As always, there is more work to do, but our latest findings are very encouraging, particularly in light of the economic, political, environmental, societal and humanitarian crises we continue to face as a world.”

One helpful factor spurring growth in conscious consumerism is that Americans are gaining more familiarity with key terms that describe do good brands. More than a quarter of respondents said they were familiar with the term B Corp (26%), which describes companies who aspire to a higher purpose than profit and voluntarily subject themselves to higher standards via a rigorous certification process.

This is up from 22% in 2022 and significantly improved from 2013 when only 7% of Americans were familiar with the term. Additionally, 32% recognize benefit corporation as a term, up from 25% in 2022 and 17% in 2013. Social enterprise rings a bell for almost half the country (42%), up from 34% last year and 30% in 2013. Conscious consumerism was recognized by 39% of individuals this year, compared to 34% in 2022 and 33% in 2013.

Plenty of Good News for Good Deeds in 2023

In this year’s findings, 71% of Americans felt it was important to support socially responsible brands, while 66% confirmed they had purchased do good products or services in the past year. Additionally, 42% said they planned to spend more with socially responsible companies in 2024. Not only are all of these results better than 2022, they are all record highs.

Meanwhile, other do good behaviors are on the rebound as well. The percentage of Americans who reported being green was up to 86% from 81% a year ago, while 71% of reduced consumption this year, compared to 66% in 2022. Support for charities was up across the board as well. Consumers were more likely to volunteer their time and donate goods to nonprofits this year. They also were more likely to contribute financially to charities, as 55% of survey respondents did so in 2023, compared to 52% in 2022.

Is Socially Responsible Spending Partially Cannibalizing Nonprofit Giving?

While this year’s Index shows an uptick in both socially responsible spending and charitable donations, the broader view illustrates a slightly troubling trend for the nonprofit space. The percentage of Americans who have bought goods and services from a socially responsible company have risen from 62% in 2013 to 66% this year, yet the number of individuals confirming financial donations to charities has dropped from 64% in 2013 to 55% in 2023.

In the latest results, more than half of Americans (55%) said they prefer to give back either by purchasing socially responsible products and services (25%) or through a combination of socially responsible spending and charitable donations (31%). More than 50% of individuals who prefer to give back through purchases cited convenience as the reason for their preference.

Historically, increases in the #CCSIndex score have corresponded with bumps in charitable giving as well. But in total, it seems socially responsible spending is elevating, while charitable donations are still clawing their way out of a hole. This aligns with findings from Giving USA, which reported that individual giving as a percentage of disposable income fell to a 30-year low in 2022.

“One of the dynamics we’ve watched closely since the inception of this Index is whether increases in conscious consumerism result in a positive or negative impact on financial donations to nonprofits,” said Shackleford. “It does appear that consumers view socially responsible spending as a form of giving back, and that might be influencing, to some extent, their approach to charitable contributions.”

Conscious Consumers Commit to Personal Research of Socially Responsible Brands

Americans were more likely this year to leverage a range of tactics to support them in determining which products and services are socially responsible. Celebrities and personal research fueled higher Index scores among respondents, however many more individuals turned to personal research (40%) versus following the lead of celebrities (10%). People who said they read product packaging or took cues from social media, advertising, news media or friends and family produced lower Index scores.

The World Keeps Getting Worse, and That Negatively Impacts Index Scores

For the fifth straight year, more Americans said the world is getting worse. In 2023, almost half (48 percent) of respondents thought so, compared to 45 percent in 2022, 44 percent of respondents in 2021, 42 percent in 2020 and 36 percent in 2019.

Pessimism about the state of the world comes with consequences for do good behaviors. According to this year’s findings, those who said the world was getting better had an index score of 73, while those saying it was getting worse posted an Index score of 48.

Top 20 Good Company Poll

This year marked the #CCSIndex’s ninth annual top 20 “Good Company” poll, compiled by responses to the question, “What company or organization do you think of first when you think of socially responsible companies/organizations?” Based on unaided recall, organizations were ranked by how frequently they were named.

For the fifth straight year, Amazon tops the list and does so with a dominant showing. Social enterprise Bombas almost cracked the top-10 in its first appearance on the list, while TOMS returned after missing the cut in 2022. Facebook, Tesla and Johnson & Johnson find themselves excluded from the poll this year after strong performances the previous two years.

This year’s top 20 are as follows:

1. Amazon

2. Walmart

3. Goodwill

4. Salvation Army

5. Google

6. American Red Cross

7. Microsoft

8. Patagonia

9. Starbucks

10. Apple

11. Bombas

12. Target

13. Nike

14. St Jude

T- 15 Ben & Jerry’s

T-15. Habitat for Humanity

17. TOMS

18 Chick-fil-A

19. UNICEF

20. Coca Cola

About the Study

Conducted annually each fall since 2013, the #CCSIndex is an ongoing benchmarking study that gauges momentum for conscious consumerism and charitable giving. In total, 1,021 Americans were surveyed (margin of error is +/- 3%). Sampling was provided by Dynata. For more information on the Conscious Consumer Spending Index, please visit www.goodmustgrow.com/ccsindex

About Good.Must.Grow.

Doing good by any means necessary. That’s our motto. We are obsessed with helping good organizations grow. We provide strategic marketing support for socially responsible businesses, nonprofit causes and individuals committed to making our world a healthier place. We also fuel our own initiatives aimed at specific causes, ranging from human trafficking to addiction to health and wellness. Proud to be a Certified B Corp and ranked as three-time Best for the World company. Learn more at goodmustgrow.com

November 28, 2023 /3BL/ – The Ray C. Anderson Foundation’s NextGen Committee has awarded a $94,000 grant to Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA) for two of their Women in Forests programs in Indonesia and Kenya.

WEA’s Women and Forests program is designed to enhance women’s leadership in community-led forest restoration and protection efforts around the world. They partner with local women-led NGOs to co-design community centered programs, providing grassroots and indigenous women leaders with the skills, tools, and resources they need to grow the impact of their land protection, conservation, and climate resiliency initiatives.

The NextGen Committee’s grant funds will be directed towards projects; the Clungup Mangrove and Native Forest Conservation (CMC) project in Indonesia, and the Kakamega Rainforest in Kenya.

“Women are incredible environmental leaders all around the world, but so often under-resourced, “ said John A. Lanier, Executive Director of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation. “WEA is working to solve that, and these two projects are important examples of their inspiring work. On behalf of the entire NextGen Committee, we are grateful to WEA and the women leaders in Indonesia and Kenya who are supported by this grant.”

“This grant will enable WEA to deepen our long-standing work to equip grassroots women in Kenya and Indonesia with skills and resources to excel as conservationists and land stewards,” said Melinda Kramer, WEA Co-Founder and Co-Director. “We are thrilled to partner with the Ray C. Anderson Foundation to build the capacity of grassroots forest protectors in these regions, and to support their initiatives to protect and regenerate degraded forests, sequester carbon, and create viable livelihood alternatives that reverse deforestation and promote long-term forest and community resilience.”

Clungup Mangrove and Native Forest Conservation, Indonesia

In Indonesia, WEA leaders have restored 20 square miles of coral reefs and 13 miles of shoreline, while integrating local communities in decision-making, generating sustainable jobs, and collectively benefitting 40,000 people.

The NextGen Committee’s grant will support work to replace mangrove seedlings and tree planting efforts led by Lia Putrinda Anggawa Mukti, Co-Founder of Bhakti Alam Sendang Biru Foundation, a participant in WEA’s 2019 Indonesia Women and Forests Accelerator Program who is also known as the “Mother of Mangroves.”

Kakamega Rainforest, Kenya

The Committee’s grant will also fund reforestation efforts in the Kakamega Rainforest—the last remaining tropical rainforest in Kenya. Grant funds in Kenya will be directed to WEA and Women in Water and Natural Resource Conservation (WWANC), a Kenyan, women-led NGO. The two organizations are working in partnership to restore the Kakamega Rainforest and promote women’s participation in community-led forest restoration. Women participating in the program establish tree nurseries and train others in forest management, ensuring ongoing rehabilitation, restoration, and protection of this critical ecosystem. The promotion of women’s leadership in community-led forest restoration cultivates widespread community buy-in on time-tested climate adaptation measures for long-term climate resilience.

About the NextGen Committee:

Ray C. Anderson’s five grandchildren, along with their spouses, comprise the NextGen Committee. The Committee makes recommendations to the Board of Trustees of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation for worthwhile grants and initiatives. The Committee has awarded over half a million dollars in grants related to climate change mitigation and education since 2014.

About WEA:

Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA) empowers women’s leadership to protect our environment, end the climate crisis, and ensure a just, thriving world. Since 2006, WEA has catalyzed over 35,000 women-led environmental justice projects in 30 countries, ensuring health, safety, economic stability, educational opportunities, and wellbeing for thousands of women — all while proliferating life-saving solutions like safe water and sanitation, food security, clean energy, waste management, and reforestation. WEA invests in and equips grassroots women leaders with the technical tools, entrepreneurial skills, financial resources, and networks of support they need to scale their solutions for change — because when grassroots women leaders take action to prevent environmental destruction and build healthier and more climate resilient communities, real transformation takes root.

Quest volunteers recently served lunch to children and families battling pediatric cancer and other serious illnesses at Ronald McDonald House New York, in collaboration with Quest for Health Equity (Q4HE) and Sesame Workshop.

“On behalf of our entire community, our heartfelt gratitude for spending time with our families,” said Colleen Lee, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Ronald McDonald House New York. “Your team had such a warm spirit and presence. It was our pleasure to have you with us.”

Ronald McDonald House New York, “the House,” has supported more than 59,000 families since 1979. Families who are seeking the world’s best treatment programs for cancer and other pediatric illnesses are welcomed at the impressive facility located on East 73rd Street, complete with family living quarters, imaginative activity spaces, caretaker accommodations, and shared dining spaces.

“I wanted to volunteer at the House because I value their mission of supporting families whose children have cancer or other conditions,” said Ilene Rothblat, Sr. QMS Program Manager. “We lost my brother to cancer when he was 9 years old, and I know the impact that has on a family.”

The volunteers served lunch the day before Halloween and the House was decorated based on the beloved children’s board game, Candyland.

East Region volunteers also hauled more than 25 pounds of aluminum can tabs to the House. The organization works with a local recycler to redeem can tabs for money that helps provide services for the families staying at the House. The tabs came from Clifton, Norristown, and Baltimore labs. For scale: one pound equals approximately 1,000 tabs!

To continue the excitement for the families, the Q4HE team arranged for a special guest appearance later that evening – Super Grover – thanks to a collaboration with Sesame Workshop. The global impact nonprofit behind Sesame Street, Sesame Workshop is one of the organizations that Q4HE collaborates with across many sectors to drive change and empower better health in underserved communities.

“I volunteered to help the House because of the feeling of fulfillment I get for helping others,” said Natasha Nunez, CSR ll/ Paramedical Examiner with ExamOne. “The best part of working with this program was seeing the smiles and happiness of the children and the parents.”

International Olympic Committee news

On the occasion of the 2023 Finance in Common Summit (FICS), Public Development Banks (PDBs) expressed their wish to “harness the power of sports and cultural industries for the Sustainable Development Goals, recognised as a source of numerous kinds of jobs, of income at various scales, and as a social lever to connect, transform and actively engage people”.

At the FICS, held in Cartagena (Colombia) from 4 to 6 September, a roadmap to support PDBs was launched by the Coalition for Sustainable Development through Sport. The aim is to leverage sport as an innovative tool, building on the inspiring role of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, major international sports events, and the potential of the grassroots sports movement.

The FICS members also welcomed the initiative proposed by France to organise a Summit on “Sport for Sustainable Development”, to be convened in 2024.

The full final communiqué is available here.

A side event of the Coalition was delivered at the FICS. One of the main outputs was to showcase the progress and the economic and social value of joint sport-based projects initiated by Coalition members, including the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

Cooperation with PDBs is a priority of the IOC’s Olympism365 strategy, and some case studies were discussed at the side event, including the partnerships established with the French Development Agency (AFD), the Inter-American Development Bank and the Latin American Development Bank.

One recent example is the tripartite agreement signed by the IOC, AFD and the Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, with the goal of extending the social legacy left by Paris 2024 at international level.

Another joint sport-based project is Sportic, a result of the collaboration between the IOC and the Inter-American Development Bank, with Fundación SES being the implementing organisation. This is a Latin America-based initiative that combines sport and technology to foster the socio-emotional development of local children and teenagers.

More information on the progress of the Coalition, and its roadmap to support PDBs, can be found in the Joint Declaration of the Coalition.

The Coalition for Sustainable Development through Sport

The IOC is one of the Supporting Partners of the Coalition, launched under the leadership of PDBs on the occasion of the Finance in Common Summit in November 2020. The goal of the Coalition is to mobilise resources for sports projects, leveraging its impact and capacity to foster development and inclusion.

Coalition members pledge to strengthen their financial resources, investments and expertise to build a sustainable world together, in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The contribution of sport to SDGs: the IOC strategy

Launched in 2021, Olympism365 is the IOC’s strategy to strengthen the role of sport as an important enabler for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which it achieves by collaborating with a range of partners from both within and outside the Olympic Movement, including Public Development Banks and Development Financing Institutions. The themes and priority areas for Olympism365 reflect the positive role that sport and Olympism can play in society for the SDGs by contributing to creating healthier and more active communities, more equitable, sustainable, safer and inclusive communities, peacebuilding, and education and livelihoods.

For more information about Olympism365 and its work across the globe, go to olympics.com/ioc/olympism365.

There’s a brand-new boulder playground in the heart of Boitanio Park in Williams Lake.

At first glance, it might appear to be just another climbing structure for children to burn off their energy—but this park stands proud and holds a story that must be told to children and their families who climb and play within its bounds.

So what’s so special about it? Other than it being the second public playground in Williams Lake outside of schools, this boulder park is a testament to a tightly knit community coming together to create something truly exceptional for their youngsters.

About 70 businesses and families pooled their resources to bring this boulder park to life. The driving force behind it—the Rotary Club of Williams Lake Daybreak, led by its president Andrew Sandberg.

“I had a vision of doing a new playground in Williams Lake. Being born and raised here myself and having kids of my own, I wanted to give them more than what I had growing up here. The one park we have is consistently packed,” explains Sandberg.

After receiving the approval from the city council to build a boulder park in February 2022, the club put on its working hat to find funding for the playground. It took approximately 10 months to reach the target budget of C$130,000. But the fundraising process served to further strengthen the sense of community, as both funds and volunteers readily stepped forward to contribute to the project.

“People were really excited about the idea. They wanted to see something new come to the community, and cheques just started coming in. It’s very overwhelming to see the support from our local community,” Sandberg proudly says.

Enbridge was one of the silver sponsors that donated $5,000 to build the playground. The grant is part of our Fueling Futures program, reaffirming our commitment to fostering vibrant communities where we live and work.

“This new boulder park serves as a symbol and an inspiration that we can build something meaningful by working together,” says Dean Freeman, BC Pipeline field operations director with Enbridge.

“This also reminds us not to wait for things to happen. When there’s a need, we must look within ourselves and ask, ‘What can I do to help?’ And that’s precisely what the people of Williams Lake have done!”

CENTENNIAL, Colo., November 28, 2023 /3BL/ – Arrow Electronics’ 2023 “Season of Wellbeing” was a season well done.

Throughout October, thousands of Arrow’s global colleagues came together for the company’s wellbeing campaign to enhance their health and wellbeing and strengthen the communities where they live and work. During the four-week event, Arrow employees logged nearly 4,300 combined volunteer hours, supported 44 different charitable organizations, and represented 89 cities from across the world.

“At Arrow, we harness the power of our teams to benefit the lives and communities where we operate around the world,” said Steven Vogel, vice president of corporate affairs. “Giving to others helps us make a difference while doing good in our own lives.”

During Arrow’s global campaign, employees made a positive impact by prioritizing four areas of wellbeing:

Social, to share kindness, gratitude, and collaborationEmotional, to take charge of the mental health and support those in needPhysical, to promote fitness, nutrition, and action and encourage healthy habitsFinancial, to educate themselves and others on how to manage money and reach savings goals

The Arrow team also volunteered in-person and virtually throughout the month to amplify their impact across the globe. Some examples include employees teaming up to support Junior Achievement’s Finance Park to promote personal financial planning and career exploration in the U.S., creating math resources for underprivileged communities in Asia, and donating sports equipment to local schools and organizing athletic activities in China.

In addition, Arrow contributed to four nonprofit organizations related to each area of wellbeing, including to the Global Mentorship Initiative, UNICEF On My Mind Campaign, International Paralympic Committee, and Junior Achievement Worldwide.

“Wellbeing is such a critical part of living a happy, healthy life,” said Stephanie Casto, vice president of global human resources and sustainability. “Arrow is committed to making the world a better place, for both our employees and our communities. The more we work together, the more people we can inspire.”

About Arrow Electronics

Arrow Electronics guides innovation forward for over 210,000 leading technology manufacturers and service providers. With 2022 sales of $37 billion, Arrow develops technology solutions that help improve business and daily life. Learn more at fiveyearsout.com.