February 17, 2026 /3BL/ – A new shared infrastructure for impact reporting is now underway. The Impact Reporting Network, powered by the leading impact measurement platform True Impact, enables nonprofits to create a single outcomes report and choose where and when to share it across participating platforms where funders and donors make decisions – reducing duplicative reporting while keeping nonprofits in control of how their information is used. Charity Navigator, the country’s largest independent nonprofit evaluator, and YourCause from Blackbaud join True Impact to launch a network that enables nonprofit outcomes to reach millions of donors and funders while reducing the reporting burden and making credible outcomes data more useful across the sector.

True Impact partnered with Charity Navigator to create the Impact Reporting Network to address a long-standing challenge in the sector: rising impact reporting expectations for different audiences and formats. Rather than taking a top-down approach or introducing another standalone tool, the Network aligns partners around True Impact’s reporting approach, giving nonprofits the option to submit one report that can be shared across platforms. In a constrained funding environment, this shared infrastructure makes it possible to scale credible impact data while reducing reporting burden and improving consistency.

“Nonprofits have been asked for years to prove their impact in ways that don’t always reflect how they actually work,” said Farron Levy, Founder and CEO of True Impact. “The Impact Reporting Network creates a new path forward–one where nonprofits can report in a common format, share their results across multiple platforms, and have their work recognized based on the outcomes they are creating. By sharing what works, we’re building a social sector that can learn faster and achieve more good.”

As part of the Network’s launch, Charity Navigator is embedding True Impact’s guided impact reporting module directly into its Nonprofit Portal, making it easier for nonprofits to showcase to potential donors their outcomes and impact within the trusted Charity Navigator rating. To donors, this translates into clear visibility of a nonprofit’s results, regardless of the specific mission size or type.

“Expanding how outcomes and impacts are reflected in our ratings has long been a priority for Charity Navigator,” said Michael Thatcher, President and CEO of Charity Navigator. “By participating in the Impact Reporting Network, we’re making it easier for nonprofits to share their results and for donors to access deeper and more meaningful information so that they can give with confidence.”

As a signature partner, YourCause from Blackbaud brings the Impact Reporting Network directly into the corporate philanthropy, employee giving, and volunteerism workflows used by leading companies and foundations. Nonprofit outcomes data from the Network will now flow into YourCause, giving funders earlier, more consistent insight into the results of their giving. Later this year, YourCause will also embed True Impact-powered impact reporting directly within the Blackbaud Verified Network portal, giving nonprofits a one-stop destination to submit impact reports to corporate funders while also providing the option to share the results across the Impact Reporting Network.

“Blackbaud is here to empower the people and institutions changing the world – accelerating human progress and building a future where resources move at the speed of need,” said Dale Strange, Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Impact at Blackbaud. “We are committed to doing anything we can to remove friction from the systems that drive the social impact sector, which is why we’re participating in the Impact Reporting Network to help mission-driven organizations do more with less.”

How the Impact Reporting Network Works

The Network is powered by True Impact’s reporting infrastructure, including its APIs, outcomes taxonomy, and analytics platform. Nonprofits can create impact reports either directly through True Impact or via embedded reporting within partner platforms like Charity Navigator and YourCause from Blackbaud.

Participation is entirely opt-in and nonprofit-led. Nonprofits choose whether to create reports, and whether to share them across the Network. This approach was designed specifically to put nonprofits in control of their own information.

U.S.-based nonprofits can begin creating impact reports now through a pilot phase within Charity Navigator’s Nonprofit Portal, and eligible nonprofits that choose to participate may receive an impact-based rating. Nonprofits can learn more and check eligibility at www.charitynavigator.org/portal. YourCause from Blackbaud will launch its embedded reporting module later in 2026, expanding access for nonprofits already working with corporate and foundation funders.

Looking Ahead

The Impact Reporting Network is designed to expand and evolve in response to the needs of nonprofits and donors. Additional partners will be joining in the coming months and years, expanding where and how credible outcomes data can be reused across the sector – while keeping nonprofits in control of when and how their information is shared.

About True Impact

True Impact is a Public Benefit Corporation and Certified B Corp that helps nonprofits, funders, and Fortune 1000 companies measure and maximize the results of their charitable initiatives. With over 20 years of experience, True Impact combines expert guidance with a leading impact measurement platform to make it easy for nonprofits to demonstrate outcomes and for foundation teams to drive strategic decisions, strengthen partnerships, and showcase results. True Impact provides the infrastructure that enables the Impact Reporting Network, helping thousands of organizations reduce reporting burden and use impact data to drive better decisions. Learn more at trueimpact.com.

About Charity Navigator

Founded in 2002, Charity Navigator is a 501(c)(3) organization that guides intelligent giving with the nation’s largest, most comprehensive charity evaluation system. The organization helps donors easily identify U.S.-registered charities making a difference on the issues they care about most while assisting charities to share their impact through data and increase awareness and funding. Learn more at charitynavigator.org

About YourCause from Blackbaud

YourCause from Blackbaud is a leading corporate social responsibility and employee engagement platform that connects companies, employees, and nonprofits to drive social impact. Part of Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), a leading provider of software for powering social impact, YourCause helps corporations and foundations manage their giving programs, engage employees in volunteerism and donations, and measure the outcomes of their philanthropic investments. Learn more at yourcause.com.

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During AEG’s fourth annual Coachella Valley Invitational, the LA Galaxy reaffirmed its commitment to education, inclusion, and community empowerment by engaging more than 50 students from the Coachella Valley Unified School District’s Migrant Program in a multi-day experience focused on inspiration, access, and opportunity through soccer. As part of the initiative, LA Galaxy players Edwin Cerrillo and Mauricio Cuevas shared their personal journeys from youth soccer to the professional game, speaking candidly about perseverance, discipline, and overcoming barriers to achieve long-term goals.

Hosted by the LA Galaxy Foundation, the initiative reflects the club’s broader mission to use sport as a platform for positive social impact—connecting young people to professional athletes, real-world career pathways, and role models who reflect their own lived experiences.

The program began on Saturday, February 7, when students attended a preseason training session at the Empire Polo Grounds, gaining behind-the-scenes insight into how professional athletes train and prepare for competition, followed by a meet-and-greet and autograph session with players.

The experience continued on Wednesday, February 11, when students attended the LA Galaxy’s match against St. Louis City SC and participated in a post-match conversation with Cerrillo and Cuevas. During the discussion, players answered student questions and offered firsthand advice, drawing from their own backgrounds and family experiences to highlight the importance of representation and resilience.

“Soccer is a global language, and these experiences show students that their stories and ambitions matter,” said Gabriel Osollo, Director of Community Relations for the LA Galaxy and the LA Galaxy Foundation. “By creating access and meaningful connections, we aim to inspire confidence and reinforce that opportunity exists far beyond the boundaries students may see today.”

In support of continued academic achievement and enrichment, the LA Galaxy Foundation presented the Coachella Valley Unified School District’s Migrant Program with a $5,000 contribution to advance educational resources and student support initiatives.

The program serves students from families engaged in seasonal and agricultural work throughout the region, with a focus on academic continuity, graduation readiness, and long-term success. Through partnerships like this, AEG and the LA Galaxy demonstrate how sport can drive inclusive growth, strengthen communities, and create pathways to opportunity on a global scale.

During AEG’s fourth annual Coachella Valley Invitational, the LA Galaxy reaffirmed its commitment to education, inclusion, and community empowerment by engaging more than 50 students from the Coachella Valley Unified School District’s Migrant Program in a multi-day experience focused on inspiration, access, and opportunity through soccer. As part of the initiative, LA Galaxy players Edwin Cerrillo and Mauricio Cuevas shared their personal journeys from youth soccer to the professional game, speaking candidly about perseverance, discipline, and overcoming barriers to achieve long-term goals.

Hosted by the LA Galaxy Foundation, the initiative reflects the club’s broader mission to use sport as a platform for positive social impact—connecting young people to professional athletes, real-world career pathways, and role models who reflect their own lived experiences.

The program began on Saturday, February 7, when students attended a preseason training session at the Empire Polo Grounds, gaining behind-the-scenes insight into how professional athletes train and prepare for competition, followed by a meet-and-greet and autograph session with players.

The experience continued on Wednesday, February 11, when students attended the LA Galaxy’s match against St. Louis City SC and participated in a post-match conversation with Cerrillo and Cuevas. During the discussion, players answered student questions and offered firsthand advice, drawing from their own backgrounds and family experiences to highlight the importance of representation and resilience.

“Soccer is a global language, and these experiences show students that their stories and ambitions matter,” said Gabriel Osollo, Director of Community Relations for the LA Galaxy and the LA Galaxy Foundation. “By creating access and meaningful connections, we aim to inspire confidence and reinforce that opportunity exists far beyond the boundaries students may see today.”

In support of continued academic achievement and enrichment, the LA Galaxy Foundation presented the Coachella Valley Unified School District’s Migrant Program with a $5,000 contribution to advance educational resources and student support initiatives.

The program serves students from families engaged in seasonal and agricultural work throughout the region, with a focus on academic continuity, graduation readiness, and long-term success. Through partnerships like this, AEG and the LA Galaxy demonstrate how sport can drive inclusive growth, strengthen communities, and create pathways to opportunity on a global scale.

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

I’m Erin, a Software Development Engineer on the Domain Registrars and Investors (DRI) Data Engineering team based in Edmonton, Alberta. I work primarily on managing all data-related requests and support for our ads platform project as well as owning the data sources for the main search engine results page.

I attained my Bachelors and Masters degrees in computing science at the University of Alberta, having pivoted through a few different streams of STEM before discovering a love of coding and logic problems in my second year of undergrad. I started my career at Intuit as a Software Engineer where I got my first taste of writing production-ready code, CI/CD, agile processes and the tech industry. I missed getting to wrangle large, complex and disparate datasets so I made the switch to working in a more data-focused role at GoDaddy in 2022.

Since joining the company, I’ve had the opportunity to dive into a large range of problems across many different surfaces and have gained a ton of new skills, both technically and personally.

How do you prioritize your work when you’re pulled in multiple directions?

It can be difficult to not just prioritize by whoever is pushing me the hardest when working on a variety of projects across Business Units, which I do quite a bit of. When faced with multiple requests, I typically prioritize by assessing the return on investment, allowing me to select the most impactful task first. However, if I am the final blocker for a release or receive a bug fix request, I make it a point to address those immediately, regardless of the project, as I believe they should take precedence. I also find it useful to evaluate how long a request will take. Taking on a tiny story when I’m in a rut or bogged down in a large item is so satisfying and Project Managers are often grateful for quick turnaround in these instances. One challenge I often face when managing competing priorities is feeling overwhelmed by multiple people requesting tasks or updates at the same time. To address this, I make it a point to close Slack and devote my full attention to the most important task I’ve identified. This helps me avoid distractions and stay focused, since I’m easily sidetracked when Slack is open.

What’s the most challenging yet rewarding thing that you’ve worked on at GoDaddy?

In my work on our ad platform system that I inherited, I had to create a brand new conversion association pipeline in 2025. My team had a number of other conversion association systems for different projects but they all functioned differently and used different, often older, data sources. I took the time to hunt around in some of the newer traffic data tables for anything I could use that uniquely identified an ad placement and eventually found exactly what I needed to make a perfect association from an ad to a purchase. This feature also required me to meet with stakeholders to figure out what specific rules to apply when identifying conversions. In the end, I created a standardized ruleset and wrote a flexible enough solution that no rework has been needed as we’ve expanded ad placements to new pages but is still robust and trustworthy.

What’s one piece of advice you wish you had received earlier in your career?

Early on in my career I was told repeatedly to speak up more in meetings, make myself seen and heard. As an introverted person and especially a young woman in a male-dominated field I found that advice challenging and stressful to attempt to adhere to. I wish I had instead been told that it’s totally okay to follow-up after a meeting with a more senior member of your team to ask questions in a more comfortable setting. It took me years to get comfortable speaking my mind in cross team meetings especially with senior leadership present and I know now that was okay and I didn’t damage my career being a wallflower. I got there in the end and it’s okay that it took me some time.

If you had to describe GoDaddy in one word, what would it be and why?

Friendly. Whether I’m posting a question in a large channel or pinging someone directly, the people I interact daily with are not only helpful but generally happy to unblock me and friendly to deal with.

What do you enjoy doing outside of work?

In the warmer months, I try to get outside as much as possible, taking advantage of the largest contiguous urban trail system in Canada on my doorstep by cycling, running and walking through the North Saskatchewan River valley. In the winter, I switch to ice skating and make a few downhill skiing trips each year, often with family. I’m still chasing my first goal with the co-ed soccer team I play on alongside my partner, and I haven’t conquered a V5 at the local bouldering gym (yet). In 2025, I also picked up embroidery, and now I have more project ideas than I’ll ever find time to complete!

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

I’m Erin, a Software Development Engineer on the Domain Registrars and Investors (DRI) Data Engineering team based in Edmonton, Alberta. I work primarily on managing all data-related requests and support for our ads platform project as well as owning the data sources for the main search engine results page.

I attained my Bachelors and Masters degrees in computing science at the University of Alberta, having pivoted through a few different streams of STEM before discovering a love of coding and logic problems in my second year of undergrad. I started my career at Intuit as a Software Engineer where I got my first taste of writing production-ready code, CI/CD, agile processes and the tech industry. I missed getting to wrangle large, complex and disparate datasets so I made the switch to working in a more data-focused role at GoDaddy in 2022.

Since joining the company, I’ve had the opportunity to dive into a large range of problems across many different surfaces and have gained a ton of new skills, both technically and personally.

How do you prioritize your work when you’re pulled in multiple directions?

It can be difficult to not just prioritize by whoever is pushing me the hardest when working on a variety of projects across Business Units, which I do quite a bit of. When faced with multiple requests, I typically prioritize by assessing the return on investment, allowing me to select the most impactful task first. However, if I am the final blocker for a release or receive a bug fix request, I make it a point to address those immediately, regardless of the project, as I believe they should take precedence. I also find it useful to evaluate how long a request will take. Taking on a tiny story when I’m in a rut or bogged down in a large item is so satisfying and Project Managers are often grateful for quick turnaround in these instances. One challenge I often face when managing competing priorities is feeling overwhelmed by multiple people requesting tasks or updates at the same time. To address this, I make it a point to close Slack and devote my full attention to the most important task I’ve identified. This helps me avoid distractions and stay focused, since I’m easily sidetracked when Slack is open.

What’s the most challenging yet rewarding thing that you’ve worked on at GoDaddy?

In my work on our ad platform system that I inherited, I had to create a brand new conversion association pipeline in 2025. My team had a number of other conversion association systems for different projects but they all functioned differently and used different, often older, data sources. I took the time to hunt around in some of the newer traffic data tables for anything I could use that uniquely identified an ad placement and eventually found exactly what I needed to make a perfect association from an ad to a purchase. This feature also required me to meet with stakeholders to figure out what specific rules to apply when identifying conversions. In the end, I created a standardized ruleset and wrote a flexible enough solution that no rework has been needed as we’ve expanded ad placements to new pages but is still robust and trustworthy.

What’s one piece of advice you wish you had received earlier in your career?

Early on in my career I was told repeatedly to speak up more in meetings, make myself seen and heard. As an introverted person and especially a young woman in a male-dominated field I found that advice challenging and stressful to attempt to adhere to. I wish I had instead been told that it’s totally okay to follow-up after a meeting with a more senior member of your team to ask questions in a more comfortable setting. It took me years to get comfortable speaking my mind in cross team meetings especially with senior leadership present and I know now that was okay and I didn’t damage my career being a wallflower. I got there in the end and it’s okay that it took me some time.

If you had to describe GoDaddy in one word, what would it be and why?

Friendly. Whether I’m posting a question in a large channel or pinging someone directly, the people I interact daily with are not only helpful but generally happy to unblock me and friendly to deal with.

What do you enjoy doing outside of work?

In the warmer months, I try to get outside as much as possible, taking advantage of the largest contiguous urban trail system in Canada on my doorstep by cycling, running and walking through the North Saskatchewan River valley. In the winter, I switch to ice skating and make a few downhill skiing trips each year, often with family. I’m still chasing my first goal with the co-ed soccer team I play on alongside my partner, and I haven’t conquered a V5 at the local bouldering gym (yet). In 2025, I also picked up embroidery, and now I have more project ideas than I’ll ever find time to complete!

Are you enjoying this series and want to know more about life at GoDaddy? Check out our GoDaddy Life social pages! Follow us to meet our team, learn more about our culture (Teams, ERGs, Locations), careers, and so much more. You’re more than just your day job, so come propel your career with us.

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Have you ever bought milk and by the time you are ready to use it a few days or even a week later, it has expired? Your family can enjoy this delicious, nutrient-rich drink in a more convenient form. The next time you’re at the grocery store, skip the refrigerated section and head to the shelves where you’ll find shelf-stable milk.

Shelf-stable milk sounds like a contradiction, but thanks to a combination of ultra-high temperature (UHT) treatment and sterile aseptic packaging, it can be stored unopened at room temperature for months at a time. Read on to discover a few benefits of buying and drinking shelf-stable milk and why this should be the year you make the switch.

Save space in your fridge

One of the most obvious but important benefits of buying shelf-stable milk is, well, its shelf stability! Once you buy the milk, you can store it in your pantry until you’re ready to open and pour it or use it in a recipe. Not only can you save space in your refrigerator until you are ready to use it, shelf-stable milk means you can buy multiple cartons at once, saving you extra trips to the grocery store.

Reduce food waste

Have you ever bought milk, but had to throw it away because it expired before you were ready to use it? It’s frustrating to say the least. However, with shelf-stable milk, it can stay safe and delicious for months before opening without the need for refrigeration or preservatives, reducing your food waste and saving you money.

You may not know it by name, but you’ve seen aseptic packaging at your grocery store. Many protein drinks, soups and broths come in aseptic cartons like those made by Tetra Pak. The unique packaging design protects the product inside from air and light, so the milk can be stored at room temperature for six months or more when unopened.

Pack and carry with ease

Whether you’re going on a picnic, heading to a playdate or just need a drink on the go, shelf-stable milk’s convenient packaging allows you to pack and carry it with ease. The aseptic cartons make it easy to pack into a lunchbox or your backpack, keeping the milk safe to transport without a cooler bag or special care.

Enjoy the same great nutrients in a different package

A common misconception about shelf-stable milk is that it doesn’t have the same nutrients as other types of milk. However, shelf-stable milk is processed using a UHT method, which briefly pasteurizes the milk at 270-280 degrees Fahrenheit and is then immediately cooled, killing bacteria that can lead to spoiled milk. UHT does not change or degrade milk’s main nutrients, so your family can enjoy the same amount of calcium and vitamin D as milk that must be kept refrigerated.

Choose from a variety of formulations

Whether you’re lactose intolerant or prefer plant-based alternatives, you can pick from several types of shelf-stable milk products. They come in a variety of formulas, including lactose-free milk, oat milk and even chocolate milk. Buy one (or a few) and store them all in your pantry, cabinet, or travel bag.

Make the switch

Let 2026 be the year that you switch to shelf-stable milk. To learn more about how shelf-stable milk is processed and packaged, visit TetraPakusa.com.

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Dreams are taking shape through a three-year partnership between the nonprofit Startup Canada and Pizza Hut. Together, they’re expanding access to capital, connections, and opportunities for young entrepreneurs.

Watch the latest episode of #ServingUpGood to learn more.

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Around the world, nicotine addiction continues to pose a threat to public health—evolving beyond cigarettes into new and addictive forms like e-cigarettes (or “vapes”), heated tobacco and nicotine pouches. With more than 1.3 billion people still smoking globally¹—and the use of e-cigarettes amongst adolescents on the rise²—it’s clear that the fight to curb tobacco and nicotine addiction is far from over.

That’s why Kenvue proudly launched Total Quit™, an ambitious, comprehensive global campaign that advocates for a future free from both tobacco and nicotine³. Building on more than four decades of leadership in nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), this latest effort is aimed at policymakers and policy influencers around the world.

Total Quit™: A vision for a tobacco- and nicotine-free future

The campaign calls on governments to reshape public policy in response to the rapidly changing nicotine landscape. While global smoking rates are going down, the growing popularity of e-cigarettes and other similar products, especially among youth, demands fresh attention. In places like Canada and the U.K., adolescent e-cigarette use (“vaping”) has doubled or tripled in just a few short years². And while some smokers have successfully quit using these products, 1 in 5 nicotine users today have never smoked a cigarette before⁴.

Total Quit™ urges policymakers to take proactive steps to:

• Ensure appropriate access to cessation tools for smokers and nicotine users wanting to quit
• Regulate alternative tobacco and nicotine to protect the uptake from never smokers, in particular youth
• Invest in public education to promote awareness of the benefits of complete freedom from tobacco and nicotine.

At the heart of the campaign is totalquitjourney.com, a new online hub that provides resources, infographics, expert videos and the campaign’s manifesto. The site serves as a rallying point for health leaders and changemakers to create a world where every person has the opportunity to quit—not just smoking, but all nicotine.

The Kenvue path forward is clear: making Total Quit™ possible for everyone, everywhere will lead to true health equity.

Nicorette^®: Pioneering innovation with purpose

The launch of Total Quit™ builds on decades of action from Nicorette^®, the world’s leader in NRT . Available in 65 countries and offered in 30 different formats, Nicorette^® is committed to helping create a world that is free from the harms of tobacco and nicotine, right now.

And Nicorette^® has remained at the forefront of cessation support around the world. In 2024, Nicorette^® Gum™ and InvisiPatch™ became the first NRT products added to the World Health Organization’s prequalification list, an important milestone for access and quality assurance in low- and middle-income countries . Additionally, Kenvue in the UK launched Smokefree Families, an initiative that aims to reduce the number of babies born into smoking households and protect families from the harms of tobacco by tackling smoking in pregnancy and the early years of childhood.

Nicorette^® is also leading the charge in smart cessation tools, including QuickMist SmartTrack™, a connected mouth spray that pairs with a behavioral support app to help users create custom quit plans and track their progress.

Moving toward total freedom

Whether through bold policy advocacy or product innovation, work done by Kenvue in the smoking cessation space reflects its broader Healthy Lives Mission to nurture healthy people, enrich a healthy planet and maintain healthy practice through sustainable innovation and product transparency

And when it comes to tobacco and nicotine, the end goal isn’t reduction. It’s total freedom from tobacco and nicotine.

¹ https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/tobacco

² https://www.who.int/news/item/14-12-2023-urgent-action-needed-to-protect-children-and-prevent-the-uptake-of-e-cigarettes

³ WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000–2030

⁴ Incite 2024, Kenvue Global CEPs Usage and Attitude Report.

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.’’ – Abraham Lincoln

As the global authority on transforming health and well-being in buildings, organizations and communities, IWBI’s public health mission remains evergreen: a commitment to creating people-first places. As we embark on another year, exciting opportunities and milestones will impact how we activate our work and where we work.

What will impact our mission in 2026? How will our global community come together in new ways? Hear from our global team:

Rachel Hodgdon, President and CEO
“This year’s launch of One WELL, the next generation of the WELL Standard, is a significant evolution of our platform in ways that will accelerate the global adoption of people-first places at scale. The integrity of this work depends on the kind of strong, independent leadership that the IWBI Governance Council provides. These esteemed leaders in design, public health and business ensure the WELL Standard’s continued relevance, rigor and impact worldwide. We are grateful for their ongoing commitment.”

Prateek Khanna, Chief Operating Officer
“My prediction for 2026? Engaging with WELL and making meaningful progress on the journey will be smoother and faster than ever. As the market progresses from knowing about WELL to actively implementing it, we’re focused on building better digital tools and strengthening our internal systems. Our aim is to use technology to make the WELL experience as simple and intuitive as possible–while maintaining the rigor and trust that define the world’s leading health standard, across projects of any size and in any location.”

Ann Marie Aguilar, Senior Vice President, EMEA
“The momentum from WELL reaching 105 million square meters (1.14 billion square feet) across the EMEA region is a powerful springboard for 2026. This year IWBI EMEA will shift from scale to depth–expanding WELL’s footprint beyond landmark projects to become a baseline expectation for healthy, sustainable design across priority EMEA markets.

Our goal is to accelerate adoption in high-growth and underrepresented regions, embed WELL more firmly within architectural and design-led workflows, and position WELL as a practical delivery framework for ESG, net-zero and people-first outcomes across commercial, residential and mixed-use developments.”

Dr. Whitney Austin Gray, Senior Vice President, Research
“In 2026, our ‘Investing in Health Pays Back’ campaign will continue to redefine the value proposition of wellness real estate by proving that investing in health-optimized environments delivers measurable returns–financially, socially and personally. As data accumulates linking built environments with reduced health costs, higher productivity, and enhanced tenant satisfaction, the industry will no longer ask if health pays back, but how much. This campaign will catalyze a shift where buildings are more than assets, but allies in human longevity and performance.”

Jason Hartke, Head of Advocacy and secretariat of the Global Commission on Healthy Indoor Air
“This will be the year the Global Commission on Healthy Indoor Air, which represents the world’s foremost alliance of global leaders united to advance healthy indoor air, comes together around a seminal undertaking: drafting a Global Framework for Action. Through this first-of-its-kind endeavor, the Commission is poised to chart a comprehensive roadmap across every pillar of market transformation, from public awareness and innovation to advocacy and policy, education and training, codes and standards and research and development. In doing so, it will also lay the foundation for more tailored and customized national blueprints that translate global consensus into country-level actionable guidance needed to accelerate progress.”

Kimberly Lewis Inkumsah, Executive Vice President, Equity and Engagement
“As Audre Lorde taught us, “There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.” In our industry, this truth is undeniable: well-being without health equity is simply not well-being. The communities bearing the greatest burdens have been the ones capable of guiding their own transformation. This year demands that we invest in inclusive design not as charity, but as the competitive advantage and catalyst for systemic change that it truly is.”

Jack Noonan, Senior Vice President, Head of Asia Pacific
“We are starting to see a significant shift in the understanding and definition of a high-performing building. An increasing focus on health resilience offers an opportunity for organizations across Asia Pacific to prioritize and verify indoor air quality. Importantly, this focus needs to go beyond compliance, and move toward a competitive differentiator; in the same way that energy performance changed the market in the early 2010s. We will see a proactive approach from partners to leverage air quality data, occupant survey and health data through certifications and ratings like WELL to demonstrate a tangible, measurable and verifiable commitment to well-being. This community will become the strongest advocates for driving market and regulatory change, and by positioning improved indoor air as a foundational element of a resilient, people-first building, we can deepen relationships and accelerate adoption across the region.”

Karen Quintana, Senior Vice President, Digital Product
“2026 will finally be the year organizations feel confident and inspired to move from small pilot projects to adopting health strategies that work across their entire portfolios. Technology advancements like AI are helping teams move faster and handle much more data than before. WELL provides a clear framework that brings this information together into one scorecard, making it easier to understand progress and measure success. WELL at scale members are already showing how this approach works, and through partnerships with technology and sensor companies, we’re aiming to make it even easier to build WELL into everyday tools and operations.”

IWBI’s Social Sustainability and Sustainable Finance Team

Kelly Worden, Vice President, Social Sustainability
“The real estate industry is experiencing a fundamental shift in how value is created and preserved. Access to capital increasingly hinges on building performance, and tenant preferences are directly impacting NOI (net operating income) – creating a stark divide between properties that excel at sustainability and those that don’t. A growing body of evidence highlights that social factors – tenant satisfaction, community engagement – impact returns just as materially as environmental metrics. This new reality demands integrated sustainability strategy and reporting that measures environmental and social performance with equal rigor.”

Minjia Yang, Vice President and Head of Sustainable Finance
“The fastest acceleration in sustainability is happening where regulation and capital intersect. As regulations and sustainable finance taxonomies increasingly recognize health, well-being and social sustainability—some explicitly referencing the WELL Standard—market expectations are shifting from the top down. Integrating WELL and people-centered performance indicators is amplifying green and sustainable finance, creating a powerful impact loop among policy, capital and practice.”

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As global coffee prices rise and more consumers brew at home, one country remains at the heart of the world’s coffee supply: Brazil.

As the world’s No. 1 coffee exporter, Brazil supplies more than a third of global coffee demand — and a significant share of that trade flows through DP World’s terminal at the Port of Santos. Coffee is the third most exported commodity handled at the terminal, with more than 17,000 containers moving through the port each year to key markets including the United States, Japan, South Korea, China and beyond.

Behind every cup is a complex logistics network that ensures speed, reliability and connectivity from origin to destination. At DP World in Brazil, our role is to keep this essential trade flowing — supporting producers, exporters and global consumers alike.

Watch the video to see how DP World helps move one of the world’s most traded commodities from Brazil to global markets.

Learn more about DP World’s Brazil operations.