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Originally published in Southern Company’s 2021 Corporate Responsibility Executive Summary Report

Southern Company is proud to support the communities we serve, and we are committed to protecting the environment we all share. We recognize our obligations to:

Reduce our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through both internal efforts and partnerships with customers, communities and other industries. Our goal of net zero by 2050 includes direct Scope 1 emissions across our electric and gas businesses. We are also committed to reducing our Scope 2 emissions and working with partners and customers to reduce Scope 3 upstream and downstream emissions.Support a Just Transition for our employees and communities as we decarbonize our energy portfolio.Continuously improve energy efficiency through technological advancements and innovative programming across our service territories.Meet or surpass all environmental laws and regulations – compliance is the foundation of our environmental commitment.Practice conservation, promote biodiversity on our land and in the communities we serve.

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Among Industry Leaders in Emissions Reporting 

Southern Company reports all relevant Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions through its annual CDP submission and other company disclosures. Notably, we received limited assurance from Deloitte & Touche, LLP for our 2021 and 2020 Scopes 1 and 2 GHG emissions, and we continued to expand our Scope 3 emissions reporting in 2022. Our enhanced reporting is responsive to feedback received through Southern Company’s robust stakeholder engagement efforts.

Spotlight: GHG Emissions Reductions

Southern Company’s net zero strategy considers both direct and indirect emissions reductions. Drivers for direct emissions reduction include: reduced reliance on coal-fired generating assets, use of natural gas to enable the low-carbon energy transition, further growth in our portfolio of zero-carbon resources, enhanced energy efficiency initiatives, negative carbon solutions and continued investment in research and development (R&D) of clean energy technologies. While our net zero goal is focused on direct emissions, we are also committed to reducing emissions across our full value chain through engagement, energy efficiency measures and partnerships with customers, suppliers and other organizations.

As we transition to net zero, we believe having a diversified energy portfolio is crucial to reducing emissions while maintaining reliability and affordability for our customers. Since 2007, we have significantly reduced our reliance on coal-fired generation, meaningfully increased generation from zero-carbon resources and made strategic decisions around our use of natural gas.

Southern Company continues to reduce the number of generating units in our coal fleet, lowering emissions and retiring uneconomic resources. We have proposed to have just eight coal units remaining in our generating fleet with a nameplate capacity of less than 4,500 MWs by the end of 2028, and we expect to further reduce our coal fleet in the 2030s, pending regulatory approval. In July 2022, Georgia Power received approval of its 2022 Integrated Resource Plan that includes a transformation of Georgia’s energy resources, growing renewable resources, investments in reliability and resilience and diverse, flexible customer programs.

Importantly, we continue to emphasize the well-being of our employees and communities by focusing on a Just Transition as we seek to make significant changes to our generating mix in a relatively short timeframe. In early 2022, Southern Company published a set of Just Transition Principles that aim to foster:

Strong governanceEffective stakeholder engagement and transparent communicationEmployee support and coordination with labor unionsOngoing community and environmental commitmentContinued safety, reliability, resilience and affordability

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by Susan Galer

Energy-intensive industries are hot on the trail of business resilience in an uncertain world. Caught between skyrocketing and unpredictable fuel costs and increasing greenhouse gas emission regulations, the stakes are especially high in sectors such as transportation, real estate, telecommunications, and manufacturing. As with all aspects of modern business, the journey to sustainable profitability starts with data that leads to intelligent strategies.

“Organizations are struggling to forecast energy costs in a volatile market and understand the impact of new trends such as e-mobility on operations and finance,” said Catherine Garcera, global head of Sustainability, Services Industry at SAP. “They need resilience against the current energy crisis and the ability to grow and generate profits while meeting corporate sustainability goals.”

Step 1: Power Up Energy Savings with Digital Twins

Lowering energy consumption and operating costs begins with a thorough understanding of an organization’s energy data. Leading-edge companies are using digital twins to capture and analyze real-time energy usage data including electricity, natural gas, and renewables. That’s the purpose behind Flexinergy, an energy management software platform developed by Evolution Energie, an SAP partner. The platform creates a digital version of an organization’s energy contracts and usage, allowing the customer to pre-calculate the bill. Information can include distribution costs across subsidiaries, taxes, size and location of facilities, occupancy rates, external temperatures, and more. This helps customers catch invoice mistakes, evaluate energy efficiency, and reduce consumption.

“It’s not unusual to find discrepancies between what the bill should be and the provider’s actual invoice,” said Erwin Guizouarn, CEO and founder of Evolution Energie. “Customers also use our software to better forecast energy costs in case of price fluctuations, new contracts, or supply chain disruptions.”

Guizouarn said that customers can be overcharged up to 5% on an annual basis due to billing errors. As for cost reductions, one large airport saved 17% in energy consumption.

Real-time data became particularly important for organizations during the recent energy crisis. Guizouarn said that customers can explore what-if scenarios, factoring in changeable energy prices and other parameters like lower carbon emission fuels, revised contract terms, or hedging to lower risk in case of energy price fluctuations. Ongoing alerts notify decision-makers of deviations to the plan, say if energy prices climb higher than expected, helping companies adjust strategies as needed.

Evolution Energie first began working with SAP through its participation in the Green Tech and Sustainability cohort of SAP.iO Foundry Paris, the company’s global B2B accelerator. With shared business-to-business target markets, both companies are proving the incredible power of connected data.

“Merging energy-related data with financial information from your SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information from SAP Sustainability Control Tower, you can see the impact on profitability and emissions objectives,” said Garcera. “You can adjust operations by day, week, or even season to gain efficiencies that could increase profits while meeting sustainability commitments.”

Step 2: Transition to Green Energy

Moving to green energy is another step that energy-intensive companies can take to achieve ambitious decarbonization targets. Some customers are increasingly focused on purchasing renewable energy, as well as producing green energy and investing in green assets. Here, too, a digital twin can help companies capture energy usage and resultant costs while tracking CO2 emissions from electricity, biomass, hydrogen, and other renewable sources.

“You can balance your green energy strategies against the cost of new contracts and greenhouse gas emission targets,” said Garcera. “In addition, companies need to ensure the provenance of the green energy they consume for accurate reporting against corporate sustainability objectives, supporting the brand’s image and building trust with customers and investors.”

Step 3: Realistically Explore New Energy Trends

While the vision is to consume as much green energy as possible, organizations are tempering sustainable business plans with reality. Some industries like aviation aren’t ready for full decarbonization; there’s limited availability of sustainable aviation fuel and it will take significant efforts to revamp complex infrastructure. In any case, organizations require energy strategies that combine finance, risk management, and sustainability.

“Fast-moving energy prices on top of changing sustainability regulations mean that companies have to continually monitor costs to find more efficiencies, and prove compliance with corporate commitments and industry regulations,” said Garcera. “The more you can accurately anticipate disruptions, the better you can make decisions to adapt for business resilience.”

Green Market Revolution Fueled by Informed Data

Connected data is foundational to managing energy consumption and costs. IDC analysts predicted that by 2025, 75% of large cities and communities will form industry ecosystems with IT, architectural, engineering, and real estate firms to share data, applications, and expertise to address ESG issues. With zero-emission mandates moving apace, Gartner researchers advised organizations to continuously follow the price and performance and capability improvements in renewable energy systems and also “work with supply chain partners to improve procurement efficiencies.” As unpredictable as the next crisis may be, organizations can stay grounded with accurate data to build a resilient future.

Susan Galer is a communications director at SAP. Follow me @smgaler.

CINCINNATI, March 29, 2023 /3BL Media/ – Fifth Third Bank, National Association, has been awarded on the Fortune list of America’s Most Innovative Companies 2023. This prestigious award is presented by Fortune and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. The awards list was announced on March 29 and can currently be viewed on the Fortune website.

“Innovation is core to who we are at Fifth Third and we’re proud to be recognized by Fortune as one of America’s Most Innovative Companies. We invest in technology to empower our customers to do the things they need to do better, faster and with more control and efficiency,” said Tim Spence, president and CEO of Fifth Third Bank. “Focusing on our customers and the future is how we became the first bank in the U.S. to establish an online network of ATMs in 1977. Today, it’s through our fintech platforms Dividend Finance and Provide, or Fifth Third Momentum Banking, a first-of-its-kind everyday banking solution that helps customers manage their everyday financial needs.”

Fortune and Statista selected America’s Most Innovative Companies 2023 based on product innovation, process innovation and innovation culture. For the evaluation of the innovation culture and the internal view of process innovation, Statista deployed online surveys where employees could score their own company on a scale system. For the evaluation of the external view of process innovation as well as product innovation, Statista surveyed experts in various fields – from recruiters to management consultants and patent attorneys. For the evaluation of the IP portfolio, Statista cooperated with LexisNexis PatentSight and used their platform to analyze the quantity and value of a company’s patents. The 300 US-companies with the highest score were awarded as America’s Most Innovative Companies 2023.

About Fifth Third

Fifth Third is a bank that’s as long on innovation as it is on history. Since 1858, we’ve been helping individuals, families, businesses and communities grow through smart financial services that improve lives. Our list of firsts is extensive, and it’s one that continues to expand as we explore the intersection of tech-driven innovation, dedicated people and focused community impact. Fifth Third is one of the few U.S.-based banks to have been named among Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical Companies® for several years. With a commitment to taking care of our customers, employees, communities and shareholders, our goal is not only to be the nation’s highest performing regional bank, but to be the bank people most value and trust.

Fifth Third Bank, National Association is a federally chartered institution. Fifth Third Bancorp is the indirect parent company of Fifth Third Bank and its common stock is traded on the NASDAQ® Global Select Market under the symbol “FITB.” Investor information and press releases can be viewed at www.53.com. Member FDIC.

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March 29, 2023 /3BL Media/ – Ceres stands in opposition to H.R. 1, the wide-ranging and unbalanced energy bill that the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on this week, calling it a step backward for U.S. energy security and away from building an advanced, clean economy that reduces costs for American businesses and consumers.

“Ceres encourages House lawmakers to vote against H.R. 1 and work toward an alternative deal that responsibly reforms permitting processes, accelerates clean energy deployment, and achieves the full benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act without harming communities that have long suffered from pollution,” said Zach Friedman, director of federal policy, Ceres.

House lawmakers introduced H.R. 1 at the beginning of March. It includes a number of provisions aimed at expanding fossil-fuel production on public lands, repealing key environmental regulations, and rolling back the landmark Inflation Reduction Act.

“At a time when a potent mix of private and public investment has created legions of U.S. jobs and dramatically accelerated the transition to affordable, secure, domestic clean energy, H.R. 1 threatens to undermine this momentum and its many economic benefits for communities across the country. H.R. 1 features several concerning provisions, including its support for highly polluting, volatilely priced energy sources and its repeal of critical cost reduction, energy security, job creation, and environmental justice programs in the Inflation Reduction Act. We urge Congress to instead focus on further harnessing the momentum of the Inflation Reduction Act and the clean energy boom it has created,” Friedman added.

“To that end, Ceres welcomes the significant bipartisan agreement on the need to change permitting processes to achieve our environmental, energy, economic, and equity goals,” Friedman continued. “We will not be able to maximize the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act or deliver affordable, reliable, and domestically produced clean energy at the necessary scale and speed without first addressing hurdles that slow the deployment of clean energy projects and modernization of the grid. Lawmakers have an opportunity to strike a deal that achieves these goals this Congress. Ceres remains committed to bringing businesses and investors to the table with all stakeholders for these negotiations, and to ensuring that any such legislation empowers disadvantaged communities. We firmly believe that all communities across the U.S. should benefit from the clean energy transition and retain the right to meaningfully shape projects and prevent further disparities in exposure to pollution and other public health risks.”

In recent months, Ceres has been educating member companies about the risks and opportunities of various permitting reform proposals. The nonprofit, which works with businesses and investors on sustainability practices and policies, was highly active during the last Congress to organize corporate support for the Inflation Reduction Act and the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Ceres remains deeply engaged at both the federal and state levels to help guide the implementation of those landmark laws, which are already yielding tens of billions of dollars in domestic clean energy investment and producing tens of thousands of jobs in manufacturing and supply chains.

About Ceres

Ceres is a nonprofit organization working with the most influential capital market leaders to solve the world’s greatest sustainability challenges. Through our powerful networks and global collaborations of investors, companies and nonprofits, we drive action and inspire equitable market-based and policy solutions throughout the economy to build a just and sustainable future. For more information, visit ceres.org and follow @CeresNews.

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Cummins Inc. employees celebrated World Water Day March 22 by conducting more than 20 projects over the month of March highlighting the importance of fresh water and the critical issues facing the natural resource.

The activities have ranged from a river cleanup in South Africa and a community engagement event at a dam along a river in India, to an oil recycling project in Turkey and an education program targeting students in Brazil.

“Our company and employees work diligently to be better stewards of this increasingly important world issue,” said Scott Saum, Program Manager for Cummins Water Works, the company effort to address the global water crisis. “We have been very successful in implementing creative solutions to reduce water consumption in Cummins’ facilities and operations around the world. And I’m proud to know we are creating positive change in local communities with our many employee involvement activities.”

Water scarcity is growing exponentially around-the-world. There are currently an estimated 785 million people globally lacking access to safe water. About 1.7 billion – 1 in 4 – don’t have access to a toilet. At current consumption rates, it’s estimated by 2050 around two-thirds of the world’s population will be facing water shortages.

Those sobering statistics led Cummins to create Cummins Water Works. Launched in 2021, the program partners with leading water experts to invest and engage in sustainable, large-scale, high-impact water initiatives around the world. By 2030, the program’s goal is to help Cummins become net water positive by creating community water benefits that exceed the company’s water usage in all regions where Cummins has a presence.

The multi-million-dollar program has projects underway in Brazil, Canada, China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines, South Africa and the United States.

One of the larger efforts taking place this month was in Guarulhos, Brazil, near São Paulo, the most populous city in the country. Cummins Brazil, working with Trata Brasil, a public interest organization dedicated to improving sanitation, and Water.org, held 18 sessions in three public schools to reach 1,200 students, 7- to 13-years old, on the importance of sanitation and clean water.

“The objective of this action is to promote environmental education through playful actions focusing on water supply and sanitary sewage, impacting not only students, but also school professionals, the school community, and the students’ parents,” said Soraia Senhorini Franco, Regional Corporate Responsibility Manager for Cummins in Brazil.

All of the employee initiatives around the world have the same bottom-line goal as Cummins Water Works: strengthening communities by helping them address the global water crisis.

Originally published in Sustainable Brands.

Your taste buds may be familiar with the work of Kerry Group — even if the name doesn’t ring a bell. The Irish multinational food and ingredients company’s products are in 70 percent of the foods we eat. Behind each product and innovation is a singular purpose — Inspire Food. Nourish Life. — which guides Kerry’s 22,000+ employees across 150 countries.

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March 29, 2023 /3BL Media/ – 3BL Media will be working with The Conference Board for the Sustainability And Energy Summit: Thriving Amid The Global Transition on July 13 and 14, 2023 at the New York Marriott Marquis. As a contact of 3BL Media, you are able to attend the event at a reduced rate of $1495! – use Code #3BLVIP when registering to receive your exclusive rate.

This summit provides a uniquely compelling and comprehensive program that addresses how to plan and execute more sustainable business strategies in this new era. By attending, you will be joining discussions with world-class leaders that will generate fresh and practical insights that you will hear nowhere else.

You’ll hear from top experts including:

Ann Tracy, Chief Sustainability Officer, Colgate-PalmoliveLouis Gritzo, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer, FM GlobalBrian Singer, Managing Director & Global Head of GS SUSTAIN, Global Investment Research, Goldman SachsMneesha Nahata, Senior Vice President, Legal & Chief Sustainability Officer, 
American TowerEloiza T.B. Domingo, Vice President, Human Resources and Chief Inclusive Diversity & Equity Officer, AllstateHugh Welsh, General Counsel, Secretary & President, DSM North AmericaDavid LeCureux, Chief Strategy Officer, HDRCatherine Roggero-Lovisi, Chief Executive Officer, Modern MeadowZoë Beck, Director of Sustainability, HCA HealthcareKara Fulcher, Director of Sustainability, North America, MichelinJohn Gibson, Vice President, External and Multicultural Affairs, Motion Picture AssociationTessa Recendes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Management, Penn State UniversityDana M. Peterson, Chief Economist and Center Leader, Economy, Strategy & Finance, The Conference BoardPaul Washington, Executive Director, Environmental, Social & Governance Center, The Conference BoardSteve Rochlin, Program Director, The Conference Board and CEO, IMPACT ROI

The program includes two days of strategy sessions focused on how to effectively plan for this new era, to perform in ways to stay ahead of the competition, and to collaborate for impact. View the agenda here.

Register online today! Don’t forget to use Code 3BLVIP to receive your exclusive offer of $1495.

Originally Published by Gilead Sciences

FOSTER CITY, Calif., March 29, 2023 /3BL Media/ — Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced it is providing a total of $3 million in grant funding to eight organizations to provide services to communities disproportionately impacted by HIV in rural areas in the United States. My Brother’s Keeper, based in Ridgeland, Mississippi, will provide technical assistance and capacity building to the organizations funded through this initiative. These grants are part of Gilead’s ongoing Zeroing In™ program to help end the HIV epidemic by supporting organizations working to improve the overall health and wellness of communities most impacted by the HIV epidemic.

While HIV is prevalent in both urban and rural communities in the United States, resources are heavily concentrated in urban centers, and lack of public health infrastructure and heightened stigma in rural communities create barriers of access to necessary care. Gilead selected the grantees due to their strategic, community-driven approaches toward dismantling these systemic barriers that prevent people in rural communities from accessing quality HIV testing and treatment. Through this investment, Zeroing In rural health equity and advancement organizations will build on their progress to strengthen public health infrastructure, address HIV-related stigma and provide important resources to under-resourced populations.

“Gilead is proud to go where the need is greatest and continue to provide support to organizations that are working to provide integral services to rural communities in the U.S. that have long struggled to receive HIV care,” said Jane Stafford, Executive Director, Public Affairs, Gilead Sciences. “These grants will allow organizations to expand their testing programs, provide their communities with access to necessary resources and fight stigma by promoting a culture of compassion and inclusion. It takes more than medicine to end the HIV epidemic and by supporting these organizations, we’re increasing their capacity to educate communities, change perceptions and provide critical access to healthcare where it’s needed most.”

The eight Gilead Zeroing In rural health equity and advancement grantees are:

Alliance Of AIDS Services-Carolina (Raleigh, North Carolina)Central Illinois Friends Inc. (Peoria, Illinois)Compassionate Atlanta Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia)Empowering Transgender Services Inc. (Hampton, Virginia)Helping Everyone Receive Ongoing Effective Support Inc. (Columbia, Louisiana)My Brother’s Keeper Inc. (Ridgeland, Mississippi)Pierce County AIDS Foundation (Tacoma, Washington)Power Safe Place Resource Center of Virginia (Front Royal, Virginia)

“My Brother’s Keeper is excited to help support the recipients of Gilead’s Zeroing In rural health equity and advancement grants with needed capacity building assistance,” said June Gipson, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, My Brother’s Keeper. “Ensuring that rural communities have equal access and utilization of HIV prevention, care and supportive services is an integral step in combating inequity in HIV health outcomes. Gilead has long been at the forefront of tackling structural and social barriers to HIV care and treatment, and we are proud to work with them to impact change.”

Launched in 2021, the Gilead Zeroing In grant program provides support to organizations whose programs aim to increase the overall health and wellness of communities most impacted by HIV.

About Gilead Sciences

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that has pursued and achieved breakthroughs in medicine for more than three decades, with the goal of creating a healthier world for all people. The company is committed to advancing innovative medicines to prevent and treat life-threatening diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis and cancer. Gilead operates in more than 35 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Foster City, California.

Gilead has promoted equity, particularly healthcare equity, since the company brought its first therapies to the market. Through global partnerships, Gilead’s medicines today reach millions of people in low- and middle-income countries around the world. In the United States, Gilead has committed more than $100 million over 10 years through the COMPASS Initiative® to community organizations that are working to combat HIV in the U.S. South. In 2020, Gilead launched the Racial Equity Community Impact Fund to support organizations tackling racial inequities affecting Black communities across the United States.

About the Gilead Zeroing In Grant Program

Zeroing In builds on previous Gilead funding and grant programs, while supporting organizations to increase the overall health and wellness of communities most impacted by HIV and COVID-19. Gilead provides support to organizations whose programs align with international and country-specific goals of the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative. This includes local community programming and coalition-led proposals from organizations collaborating to end the HIV epidemic in their respective city, state, country or region. Zeroing In programming focuses on comprehensive HIV innovation, digital health innovation, and/or community outreach and education.

For more information on Gilead’s Zeroing In grant program to help end the HIV epidemic, please visit https://www.gilead.com/purpose/giving/zeroing-in-ending-hiv-epidemic.

GILEAD, the GILEAD Logo, ZEROING IN and COMPASS INITIATIVE are trademarks of Gilead Sciences, Inc.

For more information about Gilead, please visit the company’s website at  www.gilead.com , follow Gilead on Twitter (@Gilead Sciences) or call Gilead Public Affairs at 1-800-GILEAD-5 or 1-650-574-3000.

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Originally published on HBI Sustains.com

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., March 29, 2023 /3BL Media/ – HanesBrands is proud to announce it has earned the Energy Star Partner of the Year Award for Sustained Excellence in Energy Management from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy, marking the company’s 14th consecutive award for continued progress in environmental sustainability.

HanesBrands was recognized by the EPA for significant improvements to overall energy performance. The company launched aggressive 2030 sustainability goals, including reducing energy use by an additional 25%, using 100% renewable electricity and launching science-based emission reduction targets. When compared to a 2007 baseline, HBI’s energy intensity (energy per pound) has reduced by 26%, CO2 intensity has reduced by 46%, absolute CO2 emissions are down 60%, and 55% of total energy in 2022 came from renewable sources. These efforts have helped save significant costs over the years while supporting HBI’s Full Potential Plan.

“We’re incredibly proud of our ongoing recognition as an Energy Star Partner and remain deeply committed to maintaining our sustainably leadership,” said Chris Fox, chief sustainability officer, HanesBrands. “Our 2030 sustainability goals are ambitious with our intense focus on business practices that will ultimately improve the lives of people, protect the planet and produce even more sustainable products.”

The Energy Star award follows the January announcement that HBI was recognized by CDP for earning A- scores in both climate change and water security. HBI was in the top 12% of companies assessed and one of two peer companies to receive leadership status in both categories in the CDP 2022 Climate Change Report issued in December 2022.

Energy Star was introduced by the EPA in 1992 as a voluntary, market-based partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through increased efficiency. The annual Energy Star Partner of the Year award honors organizations that have made outstanding contributions to protect the environment through best practices and organization-wide energy savings.

“As we accelerate historic efforts to address climate change, public-private partnerships will be essential to realizing the scale of our ambition,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “I applaud this year’s ENERGY STAR award winners for working with EPA to deliver a clean energy future that saves American consumers and businesses money and creates jobs.”

For more information on HanesBrands’ award-winning sustainability program, visit HBISustains.com. For more information about the U.S. EPA Energy Star program, visit energystar.gov.

About HanesBrands

HanesBrands (NYSE: HBI) makes everyday apparel that is known and loved by consumers around the world for comfort, quality and value. Among the company’s iconic brands are Hanes, the leading basic apparel brand in the United States; Champion, an innovator at the intersection of lifestyle and athletic apparel; and Bonds, which is setting new standards for design and sustainability. HBI employs 51,000 associates in 32 countries and has built a strong reputation for workplace quality and ethical business practices. The company, a longtime leader in sustainability, has set aggressive 2030 goals to improve the lives of people, protect the planet and produce sustainable products. HBI is building on its unmatched strengths to unlock its #FullPotential and deliver long-term growth that benefits all of its stakeholders.

About Energy Star

ENERGY STAR® is the government-backed symbol for energy efficiency, providing simple, credible, and unbiased information that consumers and businesses rely on to make well-informed decisions. Thousands of industrial, commercial, utility, state, and local organizations rely on their partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deliver cost-saving energy efficiency solutions. Since 1992, ENERGY STAR and its partners helped American families and businesses avoid more than $500 billion in energy costs and achieve more than 4 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas reductions. More background information about ENERGY STAR’s impacts can be found at www.energystar.gov/impacts.

International Paper’s Alex Singleton, Fiber Supply Manager at our Rome, Ga. Containerboard Mill, is featured alongside 21 other Black professionals from the forest and conservation sector, in Project Learning Tree’s new guide Black Faces in Green Spaces: The Journeys of Black Professionals in Green Careers.

In August of 2021, minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS) and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) made a commitment to ensure that Black Americans have greater opportunities for rewarding careers in the forest and conservation sector.

By releasing Black Faces in Green Spaces: The Journeys of Black Professionals in Green Careers, Project Learning Tree is hoping to promote diversity and the many career opportunities in the forest and conservation sector to young Black Americans.

In the book, Singleton shares how his love for the outdoors began at a young age, his family’s involvement in the forest products industry, and his own advice for future generations.

A digital copy of the guide is available for free here, and you can find Alex Singleton’s feature on page 24.

About International Paper
International Paper (NYSE: IP) is a leading global supplier of renewable fiber-based products. We produce corrugated packaging products that protect and promote goods, and enable worldwide commerce, and pulp for diapers, tissue and other personal care products that promote health and wellness. Headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., we employ approximately 38,000 colleagues globally. We serve customers worldwide, with manufacturing operations in North America, Latin America, North Africa and Europe. Net sales for 2021 were $19.4 billion. See how we’re building a better future for people, the planet, and our company at internationalpaper.com/Vision-2030.