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by Justin Winter and Harry Boyle, Impax Asset Management

The need for expanded, upgraded, and more sustainable infrastructure is creating a range of high-quality investment opportunities.

​Population growth, demographic shifts, and technological innovation are driving demand for new systems. Existing assets need to be made more resilient to rising pressures from climate change, security threats, and less predictable usage. At the same time, infrastructure nearing the end of its useful life must be replaced.

​Sustainable infrastructure encompasses the supply of basic resources, such as energy, water, and food, as well as services society relies on, such as healthcare, finance, and digital connectivity.

​Within this, electricity infrastructure stands out as a critical enabler of modern life and economic growth. The electrical grid is the backbone of electrification, digitalization, and decarbonization. As demand for electricity accelerates and more renewable generation comes online, the grid must expand and become smarter.

​This article explores what the grid really is, why it is under unprecedented strain, and how long-term structural trends — from ageing assets to climate adaptation — are driving compelling investment opportunities.

We also highlight a case study to illustrate how investors can gain exposure to this transformative theme. Read Justin and Harry’s full article here– https://greenmoney.com/powering-the-future-investing-in-grid-infrastructure

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by Justin Winter and Harry Boyle, Impax Asset Management

The need for expanded, upgraded, and more sustainable infrastructure is creating a range of high-quality investment opportunities.

​Population growth, demographic shifts, and technological innovation are driving demand for new systems. Existing assets need to be made more resilient to rising pressures from climate change, security threats, and less predictable usage. At the same time, infrastructure nearing the end of its useful life must be replaced.

​Sustainable infrastructure encompasses the supply of basic resources, such as energy, water, and food, as well as services society relies on, such as healthcare, finance, and digital connectivity.

​Within this, electricity infrastructure stands out as a critical enabler of modern life and economic growth. The electrical grid is the backbone of electrification, digitalization, and decarbonization. As demand for electricity accelerates and more renewable generation comes online, the grid must expand and become smarter.

​This article explores what the grid really is, why it is under unprecedented strain, and how long-term structural trends — from ageing assets to climate adaptation — are driving compelling investment opportunities.

We also highlight a case study to illustrate how investors can gain exposure to this transformative theme. Read Justin and Harry’s full article here– https://greenmoney.com/powering-the-future-investing-in-grid-infrastructure

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Over the past year, we’ve seen companies retrench their CSR staffing and programs in response to economic and stakeholder pressures. However, there is a bright spot – the renewed focus on employee engagement. Given these uncertain times, CSR leaders are understanding the importance of building high-impact employee engagement programs.

CSR Talent Group has over 30 experts in employee engagement, averaging more than 15 years of experience, working across the Fortune 1000. We are placing these experts in environments where participation rates are lagging and strategy, implementation, and measurement (or all three) need strengthening.

Recently, we’ve helped our clients:

• Revamp an employee engagement strategy
• Address immediate capacity needs for a global volunteer day
• Fill in on a fractional basis to manage an employee engagement program during maternity leave

Using their deep field experience across multiple industries, our experts can:

• Assist with developing impactful stakeholder strategies
• Provide seamless staffing and program support
• Identify and implement software solutions and systems
• Create leadership-worthy communications plans

The result is a set of cohesive programs that align employees’ day-to-day work with purpose, culture, and long-term impact.

If you’re struggling with lack of leadership buy-in, misaligned strategies, declining engagement levels, communicating your impact, or a general capacity deficit, we have your solution. Get in touch.

CHICAGO, February 25, 2026 /3BL/ – The Motorola Solutions Foundation, the charitable and philanthropic arm of Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI), today announced its significant 2025 impact, including over $10 million in strategic grants and a new company record of more than 125,000 employee volunteer hours. These milestones reflect the Foundation’s three core pillars: uplifting the first responder community, empowering the next generation of innovators and inspiring a global employee culture of volunteerism. 

Uplifting the First Responder Community 

A 2025 report revealed that police officers are 54% more likely to die by suicide than the average civilian, and firefighters remain more likely to die by suicide than in the line of duty.

This crisis is more than a statistic; it is a personal battle for those on the front lines. To help address this urgent need, the Foundation supports programs like First Responders’ Bridge, which provides a lifeline to individuals like Sgt. Brandon Qualls, a police officer in Muncie, Indiana.

“I’d decided that I was going to take my life … it was very soon after that when my wife came to me about the Bridge,” said Sgt. Qualls. “A speaker was talking about the symptoms of PTSD, and I remember thinking that described a lot of what was going on with me. The Bridge, without a doubt, saved my life.”

In 2025, the Foundation awarded over $5 million to first responder programs, including $1.9 million for mental health and wellness, $1.5 million to support the families of the fallen and $1.3 million to programs focused on recruitment and leadership development to counter staffing shortages.

Empowering the Next Generation of Innovators

The Foundation’s commitment to innovation directly confronts a critical challenge: students from under-resourced high schools are less than half as likely to complete STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) degrees compared to their peers from higher-resourced schools, according to a 2025 report. To help dismantle this barrier, the Foundation committed more than $5 million to programs providing technology and engineering education.

“This scholarship not only eases the financial burden of college but also motivates me to keep striving for excellence,” said Kang, a recipient of William Rainey Harper College’s Motorola Solutions Foundation Engineering Pathways and Award for Excellence Scholarship. “[The Foundation’s] generosity has made a real impact on my journey, and I hope to one day pay it forward.” 

This targeted investment supports students at every stage of their academic journey. From hands-on technology activities and vocational skills to teacher development and scholarships, the Foundation helps convert students’ interests into careers, cultivating a robust pipeline of innovators for the future. 

Inspiring a Global Culture of Giving Back

The impact of the Foundation’s strategic grants is amplified by employee commitment. In 2025, Motorola Solutions employees logged over 125,000 volunteer hours in 40 countries, and the Foundation issued over $1.3 million in employee matching donations.

“Giving back is a deeply personal journey, and we are committed to helping our employees translate their passions into lasting legacies,” said Wesley Barden Touhy, executive director of the Motorola Solutions Foundation. “From matching their volunteer hours to connecting them with non-profits that are personally meaningful, we’re proud to empower our people in all they do as a positive force for change.”

Through the Motorola Matches program, the Foundation amplifies employee engagement by matching both volunteer hours (‘Donations for Doers’) and financial contributions (‘Donations for Donors’). 

About the Motorola Solutions Foundation

As the charitable and philanthropic arm of Motorola Solutions, the Motorola Solutions Foundation partners with organizations around the world to create safer cities and thriving communities. We focus on giving back through strategic grants, employee volunteerism and other community investment initiatives, and our strategic grants program supports organizations that offer first responder programming and technology and engineering education. The Foundation is one of the many ways in which the company is helping to create safer communities. For more information on Motorola Solutions corporate and foundation giving, visit our website: www.motorolasolutions.com/foundation

Media Contact
Sarah Eckhaus 
sarah.eckhaus@motorolasolutions.com
224-329-6600

CHICAGO, February 25, 2026 /3BL/ – The Motorola Solutions Foundation, the charitable and philanthropic arm of Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI), today announced its significant 2025 impact, including over $10 million in strategic grants and a new company record of more than 125,000 employee volunteer hours. These milestones reflect the Foundation’s three core pillars: uplifting the first responder community, empowering the next generation of innovators and inspiring a global employee culture of volunteerism. 

Uplifting the First Responder Community 

A 2025 report revealed that police officers are 54% more likely to die by suicide than the average civilian, and firefighters remain more likely to die by suicide than in the line of duty.

This crisis is more than a statistic; it is a personal battle for those on the front lines. To help address this urgent need, the Foundation supports programs like First Responders’ Bridge, which provides a lifeline to individuals like Sgt. Brandon Qualls, a police officer in Muncie, Indiana.

“I’d decided that I was going to take my life … it was very soon after that when my wife came to me about the Bridge,” said Sgt. Qualls. “A speaker was talking about the symptoms of PTSD, and I remember thinking that described a lot of what was going on with me. The Bridge, without a doubt, saved my life.”

In 2025, the Foundation awarded over $5 million to first responder programs, including $1.9 million for mental health and wellness, $1.5 million to support the families of the fallen and $1.3 million to programs focused on recruitment and leadership development to counter staffing shortages.

Empowering the Next Generation of Innovators

The Foundation’s commitment to innovation directly confronts a critical challenge: students from under-resourced high schools are less than half as likely to complete STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) degrees compared to their peers from higher-resourced schools, according to a 2025 report. To help dismantle this barrier, the Foundation committed more than $5 million to programs providing technology and engineering education.

“This scholarship not only eases the financial burden of college but also motivates me to keep striving for excellence,” said Kang, a recipient of William Rainey Harper College’s Motorola Solutions Foundation Engineering Pathways and Award for Excellence Scholarship. “[The Foundation’s] generosity has made a real impact on my journey, and I hope to one day pay it forward.” 

This targeted investment supports students at every stage of their academic journey. From hands-on technology activities and vocational skills to teacher development and scholarships, the Foundation helps convert students’ interests into careers, cultivating a robust pipeline of innovators for the future. 

Inspiring a Global Culture of Giving Back

The impact of the Foundation’s strategic grants is amplified by employee commitment. In 2025, Motorola Solutions employees logged over 125,000 volunteer hours in 40 countries, and the Foundation issued over $1.3 million in employee matching donations.

“Giving back is a deeply personal journey, and we are committed to helping our employees translate their passions into lasting legacies,” said Wesley Barden Touhy, executive director of the Motorola Solutions Foundation. “From matching their volunteer hours to connecting them with non-profits that are personally meaningful, we’re proud to empower our people in all they do as a positive force for change.”

Through the Motorola Matches program, the Foundation amplifies employee engagement by matching both volunteer hours (‘Donations for Doers’) and financial contributions (‘Donations for Donors’). 

About the Motorola Solutions Foundation

As the charitable and philanthropic arm of Motorola Solutions, the Motorola Solutions Foundation partners with organizations around the world to create safer cities and thriving communities. We focus on giving back through strategic grants, employee volunteerism and other community investment initiatives, and our strategic grants program supports organizations that offer first responder programming and technology and engineering education. The Foundation is one of the many ways in which the company is helping to create safer communities. For more information on Motorola Solutions corporate and foundation giving, visit our website: www.motorolasolutions.com/foundation

Media Contact
Sarah Eckhaus 
sarah.eckhaus@motorolasolutions.com
224-329-6600

February 25, 2026 /3BL/ – A new report from the U.S. Food Waste Pact (Pact), a collaborative initiative of 30 food businesses across the country led by nonprofits ReFED and World Wildlife Fund, shows reductions in the amount of food being wasted nationwide by grocery retail and foodservice companies in 2024 compared to 2023. The results are good news for the food system, as it tries to address its 60-million-ton food waste problem.

This is the second year that Pact signatories have reported these data, with 2023 results serving as the inaugural benchmark for food waste in these sectors. Unsold food rates, the metric that most accurately reflects waste reduction in the retail sector, decreased by 1.1% from 2023 to 2024, despite an increase in tons wasted. This means that while market fluctuations and business performance across the retail sector resulted in more food passing through grocery stores, food waste still decreased based on the share of retail inventory that went unsold. The food efficiency rate, the metric that most accurately reflects waste reduction in the foodservice sector, decreased by 5.7% from 2023 to 2024, which was accompanied by a 4,000 ton reduction in waste and a $15.9 million decrease in the wholesale cost of surplus food.

“Being able to measure these kinds of trends is a core reason for why we launched the U.S. Food Waste Pact over two years ago,” Jackie Suggitt, vice president of business initiatives & community engagement at ReFED said. “Measuring food waste is critical to making progress to reduce it. This kind of data allows our signatories and food businesses across the country to take informed and targeted action against food waste.”

In addition to these downward trends in retail and foodservice, the report shares that Pact pilot projects to test and scale solutions to food waste resulted in significant reductions. To date, these pilots have demonstrated food waste reduction averaging more than 50%, including:

• Across four pilots, frontline workers have generated 750+ food waste reduction ideas and have implemented over ten ideas, resulting in an average food waste reduction of 66%.
• One whole chain pilot from 2025 that tested a solution to utilize more strawberries in the foodservice sector reduced on-farm strawberry waste by 51%.
• The Pact’s first low-waste events pilot implementing measurement practices and testing several solutions to back-of-house waste reduced 55% of food waste in key food categories across participating sites.

 

“Our pilots show impressive proof of concept that, if brought to scale, could have staggering impacts on food waste,” Pete Pearson, vice president of food loss and waste at World Wildlife Fund says. “It points to the need for more collaboration across the supply chain to leverage simple solutions with high returns.”

“Being a part of the U.S. Food Waste Pact has been incredibly valuable for ALDI,” says Emily Wiora, sustainability director at ALDI US. “As a founding signatory, collaborating openly with our peers has accelerated our progress and provided insights that we excitedly share with fellow signatories. As the Pact grows, so does its impact on reducing food waste nationwide. Together, we are making meaningful strides in food waste diversion and reduction, and we take pride in being part of the retail cohort that established the national benchmark for food waste in our industry.”

A total of 14 food businesses and organizations joined the Pact in 2025, nearly doubling the initiative’s signatory base. Organically Grown Company and Midwest Foods established a food distribution cohort for the Pact, and CAVA, Starbucks, and Wawa tripled the quick-service restaurant cohort. Hilton was the Pact’s first hospitality signatory, and at the end of the year, the American Hotel & Lodging Association joined as a coalition signatory, a partner that can reach many organizations. Trade associations Western Growers Association and the International Fresh Produce Association helped the Pact establish a presence in the producer sector, and FMI—The Food Industry Association’s joining marked a critical milestone for the Pact because the association touches every corner of the food system. These signatories and more have expanded the Pact’s work across the entire supply chain, allowing for more collaboration to accelerate impact.

“This was a landmark year for the U.S. Food Waste Pact,” says Dana Gunders, president of ReFED. “Our signatories are deeply invested in learning from each other, and the impact of that shared knowledge shows. Whether on a micro scale through pilots or on a macro scale through their own business initiatives, they are taking data-informed action to reduce food waste, and their collaboration is accelerating progress on that shared goal. We’re excited to deepen our engagement with signatories this year as we focus on expanding our resources and scaling solution adoption.”

The signatories of the U.S. Food Waste Pact are retailers Albertsons Companies, Ahold Delhaize USA, ALDI US, Amazon Fresh, Kroger, New Seasons Market, Raley’s, Sprouts Farmers Market, Walmart Inc., and Whole Foods Market; manufacturers Bob’s Red Mill, Del Monte Fresh Produce Company, and Lamb Weston, Inc.; coalition signatories Health Care Without Harm and R&DE Stanford Food Institute; trade associations the American Hotel & Lodging Association, FMI—The Food Industry Association, the International Fresh Produce Association, and Western Growers Association; foodservice signatories Aramark, Compass Group USA, ISS Guckenheimer, and Sodexo USA; quick-service restaurants CAVA, Chick-fil-A, Starbucks, and Wawa; hospitality signatory Hilton; and distributors Organically Grown Company and Midwest Foods.

 

About the U.S. Food Waste Pact

The U.S. Food Waste Pact is a national voluntary agreement that uses the “Target, Measure, Act” framework to reduce food waste across the supply chain. The Pact works with waste-generating food businesses and organizations to collect and analyze data about food waste in their operations, share best practices through precompetitive working groups, and test and scale solutions through intervention projects. The Pact is an initiative led by nonprofits ReFED and the World Wildlife Fund. For more information about the U.S. Food Waste Pact, visit http://usfoodwastepact.org/.

 

About ReFED

ReFED is a U.S.-based nonprofit that partners with food businesses, funders, solution providers, policymakers, and more to solve food waste. Its vision is a sustainable, resilient, and inclusive food system that makes the best use of the food we grow. The organization serves as the definitive source for food waste data, providing the most comprehensive analysis of the food waste problem and solutions to address it. Through its tools and resources, in-person and virtual convenings, and services tailored to help businesses, funders, and solution providers scale their impact, ReFED works to increase adoption of food waste solutions across the supply chain. To learn more about ReFED and solutions to reduce food waste, please visit www.refed.org.

 

About World Wildlife Fund

WWF is one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, working for 60 years in nearly 100 countries to help people and nature thrive. With the support of 1 million members in the United States and more than 5 million members worldwide, WWF is dedicated to delivering science-based solutions to preserve the diversity and abundance of life on Earth, halt the degradation of the environment, and combat the climate crisis.

 

Media Contacts:

• Nate Clark, ReFED
  nate.clark@refed.org
• Susan McCarthy, WWF
  susan.mccarthy@wwfus.org

February 25, 2026 /3BL/ – A new report from the U.S. Food Waste Pact (Pact), a collaborative initiative of 30 food businesses across the country led by nonprofits ReFED and World Wildlife Fund, shows reductions in the amount of food being wasted nationwide by grocery retail and foodservice companies in 2024 compared to 2023. The results are good news for the food system, as it tries to address its 60-million-ton food waste problem.

This is the second year that Pact signatories have reported these data, with 2023 results serving as the inaugural benchmark for food waste in these sectors. Unsold food rates, the metric that most accurately reflects waste reduction in the retail sector, decreased by 1.1% from 2023 to 2024, despite an increase in tons wasted. This means that while market fluctuations and business performance across the retail sector resulted in more food passing through grocery stores, food waste still decreased based on the share of retail inventory that went unsold. The food efficiency rate, the metric that most accurately reflects waste reduction in the foodservice sector, decreased by 5.7% from 2023 to 2024, which was accompanied by a 4,000 ton reduction in waste and a $15.9 million decrease in the wholesale cost of surplus food.

“Being able to measure these kinds of trends is a core reason for why we launched the U.S. Food Waste Pact over two years ago,” Jackie Suggitt, vice president of business initiatives & community engagement at ReFED said. “Measuring food waste is critical to making progress to reduce it. This kind of data allows our signatories and food businesses across the country to take informed and targeted action against food waste.”

In addition to these downward trends in retail and foodservice, the report shares that Pact pilot projects to test and scale solutions to food waste resulted in significant reductions. To date, these pilots have demonstrated food waste reduction averaging more than 50%, including:

• Across four pilots, frontline workers have generated 750+ food waste reduction ideas and have implemented over ten ideas, resulting in an average food waste reduction of 66%.
• One whole chain pilot from 2025 that tested a solution to utilize more strawberries in the foodservice sector reduced on-farm strawberry waste by 51%.
• The Pact’s first low-waste events pilot implementing measurement practices and testing several solutions to back-of-house waste reduced 55% of food waste in key food categories across participating sites.

 

“Our pilots show impressive proof of concept that, if brought to scale, could have staggering impacts on food waste,” Pete Pearson, vice president of food loss and waste at World Wildlife Fund says. “It points to the need for more collaboration across the supply chain to leverage simple solutions with high returns.”

“Being a part of the U.S. Food Waste Pact has been incredibly valuable for ALDI,” says Emily Wiora, sustainability director at ALDI US. “As a founding signatory, collaborating openly with our peers has accelerated our progress and provided insights that we excitedly share with fellow signatories. As the Pact grows, so does its impact on reducing food waste nationwide. Together, we are making meaningful strides in food waste diversion and reduction, and we take pride in being part of the retail cohort that established the national benchmark for food waste in our industry.”

A total of 14 food businesses and organizations joined the Pact in 2025, nearly doubling the initiative’s signatory base. Organically Grown Company and Midwest Foods established a food distribution cohort for the Pact, and CAVA, Starbucks, and Wawa tripled the quick-service restaurant cohort. Hilton was the Pact’s first hospitality signatory, and at the end of the year, the American Hotel & Lodging Association joined as a coalition signatory, a partner that can reach many organizations. Trade associations Western Growers Association and the International Fresh Produce Association helped the Pact establish a presence in the producer sector, and FMI—The Food Industry Association’s joining marked a critical milestone for the Pact because the association touches every corner of the food system. These signatories and more have expanded the Pact’s work across the entire supply chain, allowing for more collaboration to accelerate impact.

“This was a landmark year for the U.S. Food Waste Pact,” says Dana Gunders, president of ReFED. “Our signatories are deeply invested in learning from each other, and the impact of that shared knowledge shows. Whether on a micro scale through pilots or on a macro scale through their own business initiatives, they are taking data-informed action to reduce food waste, and their collaboration is accelerating progress on that shared goal. We’re excited to deepen our engagement with signatories this year as we focus on expanding our resources and scaling solution adoption.”

The signatories of the U.S. Food Waste Pact are retailers Albertsons Companies, Ahold Delhaize USA, ALDI US, Amazon Fresh, Kroger, New Seasons Market, Raley’s, Sprouts Farmers Market, Walmart Inc., and Whole Foods Market; manufacturers Bob’s Red Mill, Del Monte Fresh Produce Company, and Lamb Weston, Inc.; coalition signatories Health Care Without Harm and R&DE Stanford Food Institute; trade associations the American Hotel & Lodging Association, FMI—The Food Industry Association, the International Fresh Produce Association, and Western Growers Association; foodservice signatories Aramark, Compass Group USA, ISS Guckenheimer, and Sodexo USA; quick-service restaurants CAVA, Chick-fil-A, Starbucks, and Wawa; hospitality signatory Hilton; and distributors Organically Grown Company and Midwest Foods.

 

About the U.S. Food Waste Pact

The U.S. Food Waste Pact is a national voluntary agreement that uses the “Target, Measure, Act” framework to reduce food waste across the supply chain. The Pact works with waste-generating food businesses and organizations to collect and analyze data about food waste in their operations, share best practices through precompetitive working groups, and test and scale solutions through intervention projects. The Pact is an initiative led by nonprofits ReFED and the World Wildlife Fund. For more information about the U.S. Food Waste Pact, visit http://usfoodwastepact.org/.

 

About ReFED

ReFED is a U.S.-based nonprofit that partners with food businesses, funders, solution providers, policymakers, and more to solve food waste. Its vision is a sustainable, resilient, and inclusive food system that makes the best use of the food we grow. The organization serves as the definitive source for food waste data, providing the most comprehensive analysis of the food waste problem and solutions to address it. Through its tools and resources, in-person and virtual convenings, and services tailored to help businesses, funders, and solution providers scale their impact, ReFED works to increase adoption of food waste solutions across the supply chain. To learn more about ReFED and solutions to reduce food waste, please visit www.refed.org.

 

About World Wildlife Fund

WWF is one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, working for 60 years in nearly 100 countries to help people and nature thrive. With the support of 1 million members in the United States and more than 5 million members worldwide, WWF is dedicated to delivering science-based solutions to preserve the diversity and abundance of life on Earth, halt the degradation of the environment, and combat the climate crisis.

 

Media Contacts:

• Nate Clark, ReFED
  nate.clark@refed.org
• Susan McCarthy, WWF
  susan.mccarthy@wwfus.org

This year marks a significant milestone for Inogen Alliance: 25 years as a global Alliance dedicated to advancing environmental, health, safety, and sustainability (EHS&S) outcomes for multinational organizations around the world. From our founding in 2001 to our evolution into a trusted partner for multinational clients, our journey reflects both deep heritage and forward-looking ambition in an era defined by accelerating environmental and societal challenges.

 

The Power of Alliances in Today’s World

Over the past months, many of us have felt the strain of uncertainty and division in the world around us. In times like these, the Inogen Alliance gives me genuine hope. Our Alliance is a living example of what is possible when people from different cultures, backgrounds, and perspectives choose to work together with mutual respect. It reminds me every day that collaboration, empathy, and shared purpose are not abstract ideals, but values we actively practice through our work together. In these uncharted times, I encourage all of us to look at the Alliance as a model for what constructive, values‑driven partnership looks like.

Alliances like ours represent a powerful model for collective action. Rather than a large global firm, our network of independent consultancies brings together diverse perspectives, localized knowledge, and shared commitment to solving complex challenges. This model fosters innovation, reinforces resilience, and amplifies impact. These attributes are increasingly vital as organizations strive to balance growth with sustainable performance.

As businesses and societies look toward a future defined by environmental uncertainty and opportunity, the Alliance’s collaborative approach, grounded in shared purpose and global-local solutions, offers a blueprint for how partnerships can drive meaningful change at scale.

 

A History Rooted in Collaboration and Purpose

Inogen Alliance began as a bold idea: a network of independent EHS&S consultancies that would come together to offer seamless, high-quality services across borders through one point-of-contact. What set us apart from traditional global firms was our innovative model: local consultancies with specialized regional knowledge and regulatory expertise collaborating under a unified framework to serve global clients with consistency and local understanding.

In the first decade of the Inogen Alliance the challenge was convincing the global EHS market that our new innovative way to providing global EHS services would work. Today that is no longer a concern. Today, the market is demanding high quality, knowledgeable EHS resources in-country.

In the early years, this model proved especially powerful for organizations facing complex multinational EHS challenges that required both global coordination and local nuance. By connecting expert consultants from different countries, the Alliance enables clients to navigate varied regulatory landscapes, cultural contexts, and operational realities all through one point of contact and one global contract.

Over the last quarter-century, this unique structure has allowed us to build long-lasting, trusted relationships with clients across industries, from energy and chemicals to technology, retail, food and beverage, and beyond, delivering solutions that balance compliance, risk management, sustainability performance, environmental liabilities and strategic growth.

 

Growth, Evolution, and Strategic Impact

What started with a handful of Associate consultancies has grown into a vibrant global network with 70+ Associates, more than 6,000 consultants, and projects delivered in over 150 countries. This breadth of reach, paired with the depth of local expertise, is a defining strength of the Alliance, enabling clients to access tailored solutions wherever they operate.

Over the years, Inogen Alliance has expanded capabilities beyond traditional EHS compliance into strategic sustainability services including climate change and decarbonization consulting, water stewardship and conservation, biodiversity protection, and ESG advisory. These expanded offerings reflect the evolving needs of global organizations and underscore our commitment to helping clients not only meet requirements, but also lead in business resilience and sustainability performance.

Recognitions like being ranked #37 in Environment Analyst’s Global Environmental & Sustainability Consulting Market Assessment highlight the stature of the Alliance in the broader consulting landscape and affirm the value of a collaborative model in driving meaningful impact for clients and communities.

 

Why Clients Choose Inogen Alliance

Clients partner with Inogen Alliance for several compelling reasons:

• Global Coverage, Local Insight: With expertise in 200+ offices worldwide and consultants fluent in local languages and regulatory frameworks, the Alliance unlocks operational excellence and compliance confidence across diverse jurisdictions.
• Unified Delivery, Consistent Quality: One contract and one global team streamline complex international engagements, ensuring consistency in methodology, reporting, and project execution.
• Industry Breadth: From industrial safety and environmental remediation to sustainability strategy and ESG integration, clients have access to a multidisciplinary suite of services tailored to their sector’s evolving risks and opportunities.
• Collaborative Partnership: The Alliance’s relationship-driven approach fosters trust and shared ownership of outcomes, a key differentiator in long-term client engagements.

 

A New Purpose and Mission for Today’s Challenges

As Inogen Alliance enters its 25th year, we have also embraced a refreshed purpose and mission that reflect the urgency and complexity of today’s global challenges:

• Purpose: To accelerate a resilient planet for all.
• Mission: Solve pressing environmental challenges locally through a dynamic global ecosystem.

These statements not only articulate why the Alliance exists, but also how our members collectively bring this purpose to life through our work and in partnership with our clients. The Alliance’s membership bring together a diverse global network to deliver locally relevant solutions with global perspective. The focus on resilience, equity, and partnership aligns with the needs of organizations seeking to navigate climate disruption, regulatory shifts, and societal expectations for environmental stewardship.

Embedded within these guiding principles are core values: Respect, Trust, Collaboration, and Integrity that continue to bind our members and shape how we serve clients and communities.

 

Looking Forward

This anniversary is not only a celebration, but also an opportunity to reflect on what has sustained the Alliance for a quarter century and how we carry those strengths forward into the next 25 years. Like any organization operating in a dynamic global marketplace, we have navigated change: evolving services, shifting priorities, and new challenges. What has remained constant is our people. Associates from every corner of the world, working across cultures, time zones, and client needs, have shaped the Alliance into what it is today. I am deeply proud to work alongside our Associates and grateful for both the visible and behind‑the‑scenes contributions that have brought us to this remarkable milestone. With an evolved purpose, a dynamic global ecosystem, and a legacy of collaborative impact, Inogen Alliance stands poised to accelerate resilience and sustainability for another 25 years and beyond.

 

About Inogen Alliance

Inogen Alliance is a global network made up of over 70 of independent local businesses and over 6,000 consultants around the world who can help make your project a success. Our Associates collaborate closely to serve multinational corporations, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations, and we share knowledge and industry experience to provide the highest quality service to our clients. If you want to learn more about how you can work with Inogen Alliance, you can explore our Associates or Contact Us. Watch for more News & Blog updates, listen to our podcast and follow us on LinkedIn.

This year marks a significant milestone for Inogen Alliance: 25 years as a global Alliance dedicated to advancing environmental, health, safety, and sustainability (EHS&S) outcomes for multinational organizations around the world. From our founding in 2001 to our evolution into a trusted partner for multinational clients, our journey reflects both deep heritage and forward-looking ambition in an era defined by accelerating environmental and societal challenges.

 

The Power of Alliances in Today’s World

Over the past months, many of us have felt the strain of uncertainty and division in the world around us. In times like these, the Inogen Alliance gives me genuine hope. Our Alliance is a living example of what is possible when people from different cultures, backgrounds, and perspectives choose to work together with mutual respect. It reminds me every day that collaboration, empathy, and shared purpose are not abstract ideals, but values we actively practice through our work together. In these uncharted times, I encourage all of us to look at the Alliance as a model for what constructive, values‑driven partnership looks like.

Alliances like ours represent a powerful model for collective action. Rather than a large global firm, our network of independent consultancies brings together diverse perspectives, localized knowledge, and shared commitment to solving complex challenges. This model fosters innovation, reinforces resilience, and amplifies impact. These attributes are increasingly vital as organizations strive to balance growth with sustainable performance.

As businesses and societies look toward a future defined by environmental uncertainty and opportunity, the Alliance’s collaborative approach, grounded in shared purpose and global-local solutions, offers a blueprint for how partnerships can drive meaningful change at scale.

 

A History Rooted in Collaboration and Purpose

Inogen Alliance began as a bold idea: a network of independent EHS&S consultancies that would come together to offer seamless, high-quality services across borders through one point-of-contact. What set us apart from traditional global firms was our innovative model: local consultancies with specialized regional knowledge and regulatory expertise collaborating under a unified framework to serve global clients with consistency and local understanding.

In the first decade of the Inogen Alliance the challenge was convincing the global EHS market that our new innovative way to providing global EHS services would work. Today that is no longer a concern. Today, the market is demanding high quality, knowledgeable EHS resources in-country.

In the early years, this model proved especially powerful for organizations facing complex multinational EHS challenges that required both global coordination and local nuance. By connecting expert consultants from different countries, the Alliance enables clients to navigate varied regulatory landscapes, cultural contexts, and operational realities all through one point of contact and one global contract.

Over the last quarter-century, this unique structure has allowed us to build long-lasting, trusted relationships with clients across industries, from energy and chemicals to technology, retail, food and beverage, and beyond, delivering solutions that balance compliance, risk management, sustainability performance, environmental liabilities and strategic growth.

 

Growth, Evolution, and Strategic Impact

What started with a handful of Associate consultancies has grown into a vibrant global network with 70+ Associates, more than 6,000 consultants, and projects delivered in over 150 countries. This breadth of reach, paired with the depth of local expertise, is a defining strength of the Alliance, enabling clients to access tailored solutions wherever they operate.

Over the years, Inogen Alliance has expanded capabilities beyond traditional EHS compliance into strategic sustainability services including climate change and decarbonization consulting, water stewardship and conservation, biodiversity protection, and ESG advisory. These expanded offerings reflect the evolving needs of global organizations and underscore our commitment to helping clients not only meet requirements, but also lead in business resilience and sustainability performance.

Recognitions like being ranked #37 in Environment Analyst’s Global Environmental & Sustainability Consulting Market Assessment highlight the stature of the Alliance in the broader consulting landscape and affirm the value of a collaborative model in driving meaningful impact for clients and communities.

 

Why Clients Choose Inogen Alliance

Clients partner with Inogen Alliance for several compelling reasons:

• Global Coverage, Local Insight: With expertise in 200+ offices worldwide and consultants fluent in local languages and regulatory frameworks, the Alliance unlocks operational excellence and compliance confidence across diverse jurisdictions.
• Unified Delivery, Consistent Quality: One contract and one global team streamline complex international engagements, ensuring consistency in methodology, reporting, and project execution.
• Industry Breadth: From industrial safety and environmental remediation to sustainability strategy and ESG integration, clients have access to a multidisciplinary suite of services tailored to their sector’s evolving risks and opportunities.
• Collaborative Partnership: The Alliance’s relationship-driven approach fosters trust and shared ownership of outcomes, a key differentiator in long-term client engagements.

 

A New Purpose and Mission for Today’s Challenges

As Inogen Alliance enters its 25th year, we have also embraced a refreshed purpose and mission that reflect the urgency and complexity of today’s global challenges:

• Purpose: To accelerate a resilient planet for all.
• Mission: Solve pressing environmental challenges locally through a dynamic global ecosystem.

These statements not only articulate why the Alliance exists, but also how our members collectively bring this purpose to life through our work and in partnership with our clients. The Alliance’s membership bring together a diverse global network to deliver locally relevant solutions with global perspective. The focus on resilience, equity, and partnership aligns with the needs of organizations seeking to navigate climate disruption, regulatory shifts, and societal expectations for environmental stewardship.

Embedded within these guiding principles are core values: Respect, Trust, Collaboration, and Integrity that continue to bind our members and shape how we serve clients and communities.

 

Looking Forward

This anniversary is not only a celebration, but also an opportunity to reflect on what has sustained the Alliance for a quarter century and how we carry those strengths forward into the next 25 years. Like any organization operating in a dynamic global marketplace, we have navigated change: evolving services, shifting priorities, and new challenges. What has remained constant is our people. Associates from every corner of the world, working across cultures, time zones, and client needs, have shaped the Alliance into what it is today. I am deeply proud to work alongside our Associates and grateful for both the visible and behind‑the‑scenes contributions that have brought us to this remarkable milestone. With an evolved purpose, a dynamic global ecosystem, and a legacy of collaborative impact, Inogen Alliance stands poised to accelerate resilience and sustainability for another 25 years and beyond.

 

About Inogen Alliance

Inogen Alliance is a global network made up of over 70 of independent local businesses and over 6,000 consultants around the world who can help make your project a success. Our Associates collaborate closely to serve multinational corporations, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations, and we share knowledge and industry experience to provide the highest quality service to our clients. If you want to learn more about how you can work with Inogen Alliance, you can explore our Associates or Contact Us. Watch for more News & Blog updates, listen to our podcast and follow us on LinkedIn.

Originally published on Guiding Stars Health & Nutrition News

by Allison Stowell

Date night, whether with a partner, friend, or even yourself doesn’t have to mean restaurant indulgence. It can be a simple, nourishing moment made special at home—an opportunity to explore a new recipe and enjoy time in the kitchen. Maybe you’re alone with your favorite music, or sharing the work with a loved one. Whatever your preference, staying in saves you money and lets you make a meal that’s tailored to your tastes.

Keep It Simple

In a world of “Instagram-perfect” dinner plates, it’s easy to forget that yours doesn’t have to look pretty. Your only goal is to make a dish that’s nutritious, balanced, and delicious. Think of it as assembling a meal, not necessarily cooking one. Go for protein + grain + vegetable (or fruit) + flavor and you’ll have the bowl or plate that works for you. To make it even easier, maintain a pantry and freezer stocked with Guiding Stars-earning convenience. Add assorted citrus, spices, oils, and lower-sodium sauces for flavor, and you’re all set.

Nutrition Boost

One of the costs of dining out (or ordering in) is the “cost” of nutritional compromises. Preparing food at home, however, allows you to manage the ingredients. Choose more heart-healthy fats and go for whole grains for a fiber boost. You can also control the amount of salt in your meal. This may mean significantly less salt—one restaurant meal can contribute almost a third of our daily sodium intake. Try Guiding Stars-earning, nutritious dishes that rival restaurant-made meals like Curried Vegetable Lo Mein or Spicy Fish Taco Bowls.

Flavor & Color

It’s common to choose restaurant meals over dining in when we don’t think we can recreate bold flavors or appealing plates on our own. Today, however, it’s much easier to make meals at home with international flair, flavor depth, and interesting ingredients. Most supermarkets have a robust sauce and marinade aisle, abundant grains and pasta shapes, and produce from around the world. Surprise yourself with homemade Peruvian Shrimp with Green Sauce or Chicken Shahi Korma.

Beyond Date-Night Dinner

When you’re savoring a slow night at home, making delicious food is precious. Compared to busy days that pull you in so many directions, just the time to slow down is an indulgence. But what if these moments of relaxation also helped make the upcoming week easier? Lean on weekend dinners that also make prepped ingredients for easy weekday meals. Make sheet pan meals, which provide the building blocks for salads, grain bowls, wraps, omelets, and more in the upcoming week. Or go for a dish that’s likely to leave plenty of leftovers, like a roast or stew. You’ll be enjoying your evening and giving your future self a gift too.

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Image: Herb Rubbed Roast Beef with Orange Salsa – 2 Guiding Stars