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Denver Scholarship Foundation (DSF) has received a $225,000 impact investment from the KeyBank Foundation to expand parent and family engagement programs that support college access, persistence and career success for Denver students.

The funding will help DSF strengthen programming, community partnerships and resources designed to make family engagement a key factor in student educational attainment and workforce success. Founded in 2006, DSF works with Denver Public Schools students to provide college and career advising, scholarships and support services. Since its inception, the organization has served more than 64,000 students and supported more than 11,600 graduates during and after college.

The investment comes as Colorado employers increasingly seek workers with postsecondary credentials. According to DSF, 98 percent of top family-sustaining wage jobs in Colorado require education beyond high school, making support systems for students more important than ever. Eighty-seven percent of DSF scholars are first-generation college students.

“Families are among the most important influences in a student’s educational journey,” said Chris Picardi, KeyBank Colorado Market President. “We are proud to support DSF’s efforts to equip families with the information, resources and support they need to help students achieve their educational and career goals.”

DSF plans to use the funding to expand parent and family resources, improve program measurement, strengthen workforce readiness programming and create additional opportunities for family engagement.

“Families are a powerful part of a student’s success story. For many of the students we serve, especially first-generation college students, family encouragement and support can make a profound difference in navigating the path to and through higher education,” said Lorii Rabinowitz, Chief Executive Officer of DSF. “Thanks to KeyBank’s investment, we can deepen our engagement with parents and caregivers, provide them with the tools and resources they need, and strengthen the network of support that helps students achieve their educational and career goals.”

Brianna Hein, KeyBank Corporate Responsibility Officer, said the investment reflects the bank’s commitment to expanding educational and economic opportunities throughout Colorado.

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CBAM entered its definitive phase on 1 January 2026, and the first declaration falls due in September 2027. And most of what decides whether a verification goes well is settled before it begins. So what does being ready for CBAM verification look like?Join Tarik Bellahcene and Gerard van der Ven as they talk through what to have in place first, what a verification actually involves, and what it costs to find out late.

What they’ll cover:

• How to establish who manufactured your goods, and why one unverified supplier further up the chain can push everything below it onto default values
• What a verification really involves and what has to be in place before it can begin
• What default values cost against verified figures, given they are set deliberately high, and how much ground a year of preparation covers

Who this is for: EU importers and authorized declarants preparing for their first declaration, and the non-EU manufacturers who generate the data behind it.
 

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Originally published on GoDaddy Resource Library

Tell us a little bit about yourself and your career journey to date.

I’ve always been a busy bee, collecting as many hobbies and random skillsets that could fit into my daily life. If something can fit into my day, I’ll find a way to make it part of my world. As a child, I jumped from sketching to chasing the sun on my bike to reading 750+ page books at record speed. I rarely met a thing I didn’t like—and many of them stuck into my young adulthood. Pushing and pulling me towards various professional pathways along the way. After a brief “gap year” working the front desk at my alma mater, I stumbled into the world of copywriting. The deeper I’ve gone, the more the craft continues to surprise me, and the more my own skills keep evolving right alongside it. At this stage in my career, I don’t feel like just a writer, but someone really leaning into the strategic execution and cultural stickiness of the full vision; a more fragmented experience that allows more of that “collect ‘em all” mentality of my childhood to show up here.

Which tools or systems are essential to your day-to-day work?

Before anything else, my favorite tools are my paper planner, notebooks, and pens. I also love a clean word document to help me create anew (even if a doc already exists, sometimes you just got to see a clean page for fresh ideas). As our company evolves, I find myself using our AI tools in creative ways. And sometimes, my AI coworker gets my first pass ideas. The ones that are hilariously bad, but necessary to find the sticky ones. In a remote-first workplace, it’s nice to weed through the junk before finding time with my equally busy human coworkers to further ideate.

Oh, and Slack. I love her dearly.

What’s a recent creative challenge you solved in an unexpected way?

The word “daddy.” It’s right there in our name. And for years, so many talented folks felt like we should lean into it. The question was never if. It was how. So, I wrote daddy-ified scripts that never made it beyond internal reviews. Hinting, winking. Then the window opened. Culture was ready, Walton Goggins was having his moment, and we went for it. The Daddy of Domains script was that moment for me. I wrote the initial draft, then leaned on my creative partner (Shoutout, Yu Chang) and leaders to help evolve it. That was the unexpected part of the solve, really. Not one perfect draft (there’s no such thing!) but doing it as a group and trusting that initial vision to get us there.

How do you maintain GoDaddy’s brand voice while still pushing creative boundaries?

In all my past lives, my process is to treat brand voice like a personality, not a script. Once you know who GoDaddy is (confident, in your corner, cautiously audacious), you can seamlessly walk that personality into rooms it’s never been. The boundaries adapt. The voice evolves. But it will always feel right in the end.

How has ERG involvement influenced your time at GoDaddy?

GoDaddy Black in Tech (GDBIT) taught me confidence before a job title could. Through programs like Scholarship Committee and GDBIT Book Club, I found networks with people that I may have never known.

Beyond the power of gathering, helping lead GDBIT has colored in some of those professional skills (leadership, decision-making, empathy in moments of stress) in a more dynamic way.

It’s been an honor to be part of our community of talented, warm-hearted, and powerful GDBIT folks.

What’s your motto or personal mantra?

Time passes anyway. I say it out loud at least twice a day. It simultaneously reminds me to pick up and keep chasing after my goals, or slow down to take in the moment.

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DUBLIN, September 18, 2026 /3BL/ – Intelligent power management company Eaton today announced it has been named one of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens by 3BL Media. The recognition reflects Eaton’s continued progress embedding sustainability across its operations, innovation strategy and customer solutions as demand for reliable, efficient and sustainable power continues to grow.

“We’re honored to be recognized among the 100 Best Corporate Citizens,” said Harold Jones, chief sustainability officer and chief of staff, Eaton. “Sustainability is not a separate initiative at Eaton — it is embedded in how we innovate, operate and grow. As demand for power accelerates, we’re focused on helping customers use power more efficiently, strengthen resilience and reduce their environmental footprint, while continuing to advance our own goals with transparency and accountability.”

Eaton’s 2025 Sustainability Report, published earlier this year, highlights measurable progress across the company’s sustainability priorities. Since 2018, Eaton has reduced Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 40%. The company also certified 86% of sites as zero waste to landfill, and achieved a “Performer” sustainability rating, Eaton’s standard for improved sustainability performance, for 96% of new products.

This year’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking reviewed the 1,000 largest publicly traded companies in America and increased the weight of factors within the environment and human rights pillars, sharpening the ranking’s focus on how companies assess, disclose, and mitigate risk in those areas. 

For access to the complete 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2026 ranking and methodology visit: https://100best.3blmedia.com/. 

Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to protecting the environment and improving the quality of life for people everywhere. We make products for the data center, utility, industrial, commercial and institutional, machine building, residential, aerospace and mobility markets. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power ─ today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges and building a more sustainable society for people today and generations to come.  

Founded in 1911, Eaton has continuously evolved to meet the changing and expanding needs of our stakeholders. With revenues of $27.4 billion in 2025, the company serves customers in 180 countries. For more information, visit www.eaton.com. Follow us on LinkedIn. 

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The new mini-pitch brings safe access to play to Orchards Elementary School in Vancouver, WA, as part of CVS Health’s multi-year field revitalization commitment

WOONSOCKET, R.I., September 18, 2026 /3BL/ – CVS Health® (NYSE: CVS) announced it has redeveloped a mini soccer pitch in collaboration with Seattle Reign FC and the club’s charitable arm, the RAVE Foundation. The mini-pitch, which is located at Orchards Elementary in Vancouver, WA, is now open to provide students with an accessible, welcoming space to play. This project is an extension of CVS Health’s ongoing sponsorship of Seattle Reign FC, which was announced earlier this year and is rooted in a shared commitment to advancing the health of individuals and communities through sport.

“Every child deserves opportunities to be active, connect with others and experience the benefits of play, and this new mini-pitch will provide a welcoming space for students and families at Orchards Elementary to come together,” said Amoos Bajwa, Region Director, CVS Health. “We’re proud to partner with the Seattle Reign and RAVE Foundation on a project that supports youth wellbeing, encourages healthy, active lifestyles and helps strengthen community connections.”

“We’re grateful to CVS Health for its investment in this mini-pitch and its commitment to creating more opportunities for young people to play, connect and thrive”, said Courtney Carter, Chief Revenue Officer, Seattle Reign FC. “Collaborations like this allow us to bring the game beyond the stadium and directly into the communities we serve. Alongside RAVE Foundation, we’re proud to provide Orchards Elementary students and families with a safe, welcoming space to play and help build healthier, stronger communities through soccer.”

The mini-pitch’s opening was officially commemorated on Friday, September 4th, through a ribbon cutting ceremony featuring Seattle Reign FC star Jordyn Bugg, as well as representatives from CVS Health, RAVE Foundation, Orchards Elementary and more, followed by free play on the new pitch and activities for children and families. Going forward, the mini-pitch will serve as a community space for ongoing health, wellness and youth development programming led by Seattle Reign FC and RAVE Foundation partners.

“We are proud to open RAVE Foundation’s 47th mini-pitch at Orchards Elementary alongside Seattle Reign FC and CVS Health. This field is part of our statewide commitment to invest in 52 mini-pitches by the end of 2026, helping more children play soccer for free in their own communities,” said Midori Hobbs, Associate Executive Director of RAVE Foundation.

The Orchards Elementary location marks the next chapter of CVS Health’s multi-year field revitalization commitment, which includes previously announced multi-use field redevelopment projects at Garfield Park Bridge Spot in Washington, D.C, and Pantera Park in Diamond Bar, CA.

CVS Health is dedicated to supporting Washington markets on and off the pitch. In 2024, the company helped generate $1.4B in annual economic impact across Washington state, provided over $22.5M in community support and supported and sustained over 4,500 jobs.

To learn more about CVS Health’s ongoing commitment to strengthen its communities through soccer, visit https://www.cvs.com/content/soccer.

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About CVS Health

CVS Health is a leading health solutions company simplifying health care one person, one family and one community at a time. As of June 30, 2026, the Company had approximately 9,000 retail pharmacy locations, more than 1,000 walk-in and primary care medical clinics and a leading pharmacy benefits manager with approximately 87 million plan members. The Company also serves an estimated 37 million people through a broad range of health insurance products and related services. The Company’s integrated model uses personalized, technology driven services to connect people to simply better health, increasing access to quality care, delivering better outcomes, and lowering overall costs.

About Seattle Reign FC

Seattle Reign FC was established in 2012 as a founding member of the National Women’s Soccer League. The NWSL is widely considered to be the most competitive women’s professional soccer league in the world. Since the inaugural season in 2013, the club captured the NWSL Shield three times, while making three appearances in the NWSL Championship and eight appearances in the NWSL postseason. Reign FC plays its home matches at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington and trains at Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, Washington.

About RAVE Foundation

RAVE Foundation, the official charitable partner of Seattle Reign FC and Seattle Sounders FC, uses soccer as a vehicle to inspire youth and strengthen communities throughout Washington state. Through investments in free-play spaces, soccer programming, and more, RAVE works to ensure that every child has the opportunity to play. RAVE will achieve its goal of opening 52 mini-pitches by the end of 2026 and is building on that momentum with a commitment to open 100 fields by 2031.

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Sharita Doerga
Sharita.Doerga@CVSHealth.com

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by Lori Adams

Artificial intelligence is quickly moving from novelty to necessity. What began with chatbots and content generation is now expanding into everyday applications: smart homes, immersive entertainment, intelligent collaboration tools, real-time cloud services, and AI-assisted workflows across industries.

As AI becomes more integrated into daily life and business operations, one reality is becoming clear: AI performance is only as strong as the network beneath it.

AI changes what broadband means

For years, broadband conversations focused primarily on download speeds. In the AI era, , modern AI use cases depend on several network characteristics at once:

• Low latency for responsive, real-time interactions
• High reliability for consistent service quality
• Symmetrical speeds to support uploads, sharing, collaboration, and cloud processing
• Scalability to handle rising data volumes and more connected devices

Whether a household is using AI-powered learning tools or a business is running cloud-based automation, the network must keep up without friction. Performance consistency now matters as much as peak speed.

Why fiber is foundational

Fiber broadband is uniquely suited to support AI-driven demand because it combines capacity, stability, and future-ready scalability. It provides the headroom needed for increasingly interactive and data-intensive applications—today and over the long term.

In practical terms, fiber enables:

• Smoother AI-powered video and collaboration experiences
• Better performance for cloud-based creation and compute-heavy applications
• Stronger support for multi-device homes and distributed work environments
• A durable infrastructure foundation for next-generation services

As AI use accelerates, this distinction becomes more important. Networks that cannot deliver consistent performance risk creating uneven access to AI-enabled opportunities.  Recent data shows that those with a fiber connection utilize AI more frequently and for more complex tasks than those with other technology types. 

The new digital divide is about capability

The next phase of digital inclusion is not only about being connected, it is about being connected well enough to participate fully in an AI-enabled economy.

If some communities have infrastructure that can support advanced AI experiences while others do not, the gap widens in education, work, healthcare access, entrepreneurship, and overall economic competitiveness.

That is why fiber is more than a technology choice. It is a long-term economic and societal investment.

From buildout to readiness

Over the past several years, public and private investments helped expand broadband availability to the hardest to reach locations. The next challenge is readiness: ensuring networks are built not only for yesterday’s internet needs, but for tomorrow’s intelligence-driven applications.

This is where industry collaboration matters—across operators, technology partners, policymakers, and ecosystem players—to accelerate deployment, improve resilience, and maximize long-term value from broadband investments.

Looking ahead

AI will continue to reshape how people live, learn, and work. To unlock its full potential, we need infrastructure designed for real-time, high-performance, bidirectional digital experiences.

Fiber is that infrastructure.

The AI era will reward communities and organizations that build with the future in mind. The question is no longer whether we need high-capacity networks—it’s whether we are moving fast enough to ensure everyone can benefit from what comes next.

At Chemours we take a rigorous, science-based approach to evaluating alternative polymerization technologies for use in our fluoropolymer manufacturing processes. Recognizing that no single approach fits all, we tailor our methods to the unique chemistry and performance needs of every product. We evaluate the viability of these alternative technologies against the following four key criteria: 

1. Demonstrated improvement in the environmental footprint of the new technology, relative to the existing technology 
2. Minimization of unidentified byproduct formation, as confirmed through comprehensive analytical methods 
3. Ability to meet customer and end-use processing and application performance needs 
4. Assurance of technical feasibility at commercial manufacturing scale

If the alternative technology fails to meet all four of these criteria, we do not move forward with the next stage of development. This holistic, multi-dimensional assessment allows us to advance technologies responsibly and helps ensure we don’t compromise sustainability, product performance, and reliability. 

For example, in 2025 Chemours launched Viton™ FWRD Advanced Polymer Architecture (APA) fluoroelastomers after testing confirmed that the alternative manufacturing technology met all four of the criteria listed above while maintaining exceptional performance standards and alignment with our sustainability goals. 

Regardless of the technology used, we implement advanced emissions reduction technologies, rigorous byproduct process analytics, and seek to continuously improve.

Learn more about our efforts to control fluorinated organic compound emissions in Chemours’ 2025 Sustainability Report.

When recognition changes everything

In healthcare, some of the most important moments are the quiet ones—the ones where a condition could be spotted early but isn’t. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) rarely knocks on the door with symptoms. It creeps in quietly, often for years, until the damage is done. Because CKD is usually asymptomatic, recognition depends on proactive steps rather than visible signs. – Coding gaps, low awareness, and competing priorities mean opportunities can slip through the cracks. And when those moments are missed, systems lose the chance to act sooner and more equitably.

For the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom, these missed moments matter. They shape how resources are used, how confident clinicians feel, and how equity is delivered across communities. And for patients, they define whether care starts early—or much later.

Why equity is at the heart of this story

CKD doesn’t affect everyone equally. It’s more common in communities already facing health inequalities—in particular areas with socioeconomic challenges and ethnic diversity. That’s why Hampshire and Isle of Wight (HIOW) and North East and North Cumbria (NENC) Integrated Care Boards (ICB) wanted to do something different: to redesign recognition so no early sign goes unnoticed.

In HIOW, the geography encompasses rural market towns, coastal areas including the Isle of Wight, and vibrant and multicultural cities such as Portsmouth and Southampton. For many, navigating the health system can be complex—especially when language, transport, or digital access are barriers. In some areas, shift work or caring responsibilities delay vital tests. For others, cultural norms or limited internet access make it harder to get health information or book appointments.

In the NENC, the Integrated Care System spans one of the largest geographical regions in England, covering urban centers alongside coastal, rural, and post-industrial communities. Strong local identities and community resilience sit alongside significant deprivation and health challenges. Here, data, research, and local insight are being used to deliver fairer outcomes and create opportunities for every community to flourish.

SPOT CKD: Co-creating a new approach

Together with Boehringer Ingelheim, NHS teams in these regions launched SPOT CKD—Screening, Prevention, Outreach, and Treatment for Health Equity. This isn’t a pilot, but a joint working model built on shared ownership. NHS teams set local priorities, Boehringer and the NHS provide the enablers—data insights, training and coordination—and communities shape solutions based on lived experience. Healthcare Innovators across the NHS, Boehringer and partner organisations then bring these plans to life through new technologies and integrated pathways linking primary care with renal specialist services.

Priorities
NHS teams set priorities based on local needs and community health challenges.

Enablers
Boehringer Ingelheim and NHS together provide data insights, training, and coordination.

Outreach
Communities shape solutions based on real-life experience, driving targeted outreach.

Innovation
NHS, Boehringer, and partners lead the adoption of new technologies like digitized, integrated care pathways.
 

Read the whole piece on Imagine – Boehringer Ingelheim’s sustainability story hub.

Inclusion and belonging extend to our communities

Across our business, volunteerism is one of the ways our teams turn our values into action and drive meaningful progress through employee engagement and community involvement.

Around the world, our people contribute their time, skills, and energy through hands‑on volunteering, mentorship, local partnerships, and community‑led initiatives – helping strengthen the communities where we operate.

In our 2025 Corporate Sustainability Report, we highlight a range of volunteer efforts taking place globally. In this article, we take a closer look at one region in particular: Asia Pacific – where our teams led some of our most impactful community initiatives in 2025.

Spotlight on progress: Community impact across APAC

In 2025, our APAC region led the way in community engagement, driven by the passion and dedication of teams across China and Malaysia. Together, they delivered meaningful impact – supporting education, health, sustainability, and inclusion initiatives that strengthen communities and create lasting change.

In China, our teams were recognized for the fourth consecutive year with two prestigious Sustainable Responsibility awards for the Act for A Better Future volunteer campaign. Since 2022, this program has engaged more than 4,000 employees across over 20 initiatives, supporting education, health, and environmental protection- particularly for migrant and rural children. These efforts reflect a deep commitment to creating opportunity where it’s needed most.

In Malaysia, more than 200 volunteers delivered high‑impact initiatives across education, health, sustainability, and inclusion. Their efforts contributed significantly to APAC’s 7,990 volunteer hours in 2025 and earned recognition from AMCHAM CARES – underscoring the power of collective action and community partnership.

In Kuala Lumpur, creativity and sustainability came together at the Hats Off to a Greener Future Annual Dinner. Our volunteers participated in the One World, One Rhythm Sustainability Musical Competition, where teams transformed environmental consciousness into art. From eco-inspired hats crafted from recycled materials to beautifully choreographed dances showcasing cultural storytelling, our people demonstrated their commitment to celebrating a more sustainable future.

Across APAC, these initiatives demonstrate how purpose‑driven volunteerism strengthens communities while reinforcing our culture of care. By empowering our people to take action locally, we are helping advance a more sustainable future across the communities where we live and work.

 

• Bedari Collective contribution will support World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) work on sustainable finance, including the development of Project Finance for Permanence (PFP) initiatives by providing upfront funding to support new global conservation projects. 
• Enduring Earth applies the PFP model to protect land, ocean and freshwater ecosystems in partnership with governments, Indigenous peoples, communities, local partners, and funders with the goal of supporting conservation of one billion hectares by 2030.
• The commitment is the first significant investment by Bedari Collective’s newly expanded platform which seeks to enable a next generation of regenerative infrastructure that aligns human progress with planetary health.

NEW YORK, September 17, 2026 /3BL/ – Bedari Collective, an impact platform focused on regenerative infrastructure, and World Wildlife Fund, today announced a $25 million commitment from Bedari Collective to support WWF’s work on long-term sustainable finance through PFP initiatives. The catalytic grant will support WWF’s engagement in Enduring Earth, which is working to expand land, ocean and freshwater conservation around the world.

PFP is an approach that secures funding, policy changes and legal requirements for conservation success in a single agreement so that conservation areas are well-managed, sustainably financed, and benefit the communities who depend on them for decades. Since its launch in 2020, Enduring Earth—a collaboration founded by The Nature Conservancy, The Pew Charitable Trusts, WWF, ZOMA LAB, with support from Bezos Earth Fund and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation—has worked with more than 200 local partners to durably finance and conserve more than 245 million hectares across nine PFP initiatives in Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Gabon, Mexico, Mongolia, and Namibia.

“Durable conservation takes funding that lasts, policies that hold, and communities in the lead,” said WWF-US President and CEO Carter Roberts. “That’s what the Project Finance for Permanence model delivers. Bedari Collective is backing this work at the start, when upfront capital is hardest to find and most consequential. Building on their support, we look forward to mobilizing $2 billion in public and private capital and $2 billion in government commitments to deliver needed resources to frontline communities and support the global 30×30 commitment.”

“Bedari Collective is committed to developing regenerative infrastructure that strengthens community growth and, at the same time, protects critical ecosystems and supports essential biodiversity. We deploy knowledge, networks and capital into long-term infrastructure and conservation solutions that are community-led, and PFPs apply that approach at scale,” said Matt Harris, Founder of Bedari Collective and a Co-Founder of Global Infrastructure Partners. “We are proud to partner with World Wildlife Fund and Enduring Earth to bring this innovative model to new markets across the globe and advance their work with Indigenous and local communities to achieve durable conservation outcomes.”

Bedari Collective and WWF intend for this commitment to anchor deeper collaboration on shared priorities pursuant to a memorandum of understanding signed in April 2026. WWF will provide technical support to Bedari Collective’s ecosystem-scale infrastructure and conservation initiative with the Government of Rwanda, and the parties are developing a regenerative infrastructure joint venture that supports both built and natural infrastructure.

 

About the Bedari Collective

Bedari Collective is a leading impact platform advancing regenerative solutions that reimagine how we design, build, restore and operate the built and natural infrastructure systems that humanity depends on. Bedari works alongside communities, governments, philanthropists and investors to create the conditions that regenerative solutions need to scale, so that both people and planet can thrive together. To learn more, visit www.bedaricollective.com.

About World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Founded in 1961, WWF works to help people and nature thrive. As a global conservation organization, WWF operates in more than 100 countries, partnering with communities, companies, and governments to protect wildlife, conserve vital habitats, and advance sustainable solutions. Grounded in science and driven by collaboration, WWF works to help nature by conserving biodiversity, supporting resilient communities, and addressing climate change. Nearly 1 million people in the United States and more than 5 million globally are WWF members. To learn more, visit www.worldwildlife.org.

Media Contacts

Bedari Collective: Kylen Fitzpatrick bedari@brunswickgroup.com, 202-820-1159

World Wildlife Fund: Christopher Conner, christopher.conner@wwfus.org, 703-304-0857