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Leveraging Logistics To Reduce Electronic Waste

Posted on February 16, 2026 by sHq_LoGiNz

FedEx Supply Chain has been honored with the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council’s 2025 Leadership Award in the Circular Economy category for its innovative e-waste pilot. The case study profiled the collaboration among FedEx Supply Chain, Pyxera Global, TERRA, Electronics Recycling Solutions, and the American Battery Technology Company to better understand the role logistics companies can play in building a more circular economy.

In 2022, the world generated 63.4 million tons of electronic waste, yet only about 22% of it was recycled. The FedEx pilot explored how logistics can help reduce e-waste by reusing, repairing, and responsibly recycling devices like laptops and tablets. The goal is to close the loop on valuable materials and critical minerals normally destined for landfills.

The FedEx Supply Chain e-waste collection pilot with Pyxera Global was part of a three‑phase effort, supported by two major research reports:

Phase I – Powering Sustainability through Circular Logistics (July 2023): Pyxera released a blueprint to guide the logistics industry in adopting circular practices, outlining the importance and pathway for transitioning to a circular economy.
Phase II – E‑Waste Collection Pilot (Sept 2023–Jan 2024): FedEx, Pyxera Global, ERS, TERRA, and ABTC worked together to offer free shipping of broken or used laptops and tablets to recycle centers, where repairable devices were refurbished and non‑repairable ones dismantled to recover materials such as lithium‑ion batteries.
Phase III – Optimizing Circular Logistics: A Revisited Approach (July 2024): Findings from the pilot and additional research detailed certifications, packaging, procedures, and material volume requirements critical to scaling successful circular logistics programs.

“I’m proud of the FedEx Supply Chain team’s work every day to support our customers and communities in keeping valuable resources, like e-waste, out of landfills,” said Scott Temple, president, FedEx Supply Chain. “This recognition by the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council demonstrates how circular logistics is more than just a business strategy – it’s an innovative way supply chains can help conserve valuable resources, strengthen local enterprises, and build a more sustainable future.”

FedEx Supply Chain processes over 475 million returns annually, with a recycling program serving about 300 facilities and achieving a landfill diversion rate of 98.62%, helping customers reduce waste and lower their carbon footprint.

FedEx has contributed eight case studies to the SPLC since 2015, covering topics like sustainable packaging, electrification, and closed-loop recycling, reflecting its commitment to sustainability. As an active SPLC member, FedEx continues to help advance sustainable procurement and circular supply chains worldwide.

Building on the lessons learned from the pilot, the Circular Supply Chain Coalition was launched to expand e-waste recycling efforts across key U.S. regions and with Climate KIC in Europe. FedEx Cares has provided funds to create demonstration hubs focused on reducing electronic waste and promoting remanufacturing.

“We could not be more thrilled that FedEx Supply Chain has received the recognition they deserve for supporting such and impactful and meaningful project,” stated John Holm SVP, Partnerships for Pyxera Global and the Lead Convener of the CSCC. “The Circular Supply Chain Coalition’s mission is to support and scale local critical mineral procurement and remanufacturing across North America and beyond, and SPLC’s validation of our work provides us the necessary momentum to be the go-to resource for local critical mineral procurement.”

Click here to learn about FedEx Cares, our global community engagement program.

Working Together for a Better Internet

Posted on February 16, 2026 by sHq_LoGiNz

Kim Bishop, Corporate Responsibility | Impact Blog

Every year, more than 100 countries around the world celebrate Safer Internet Day, a global effort to help people use technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively — especially children and young people.

At Gen, digital freedom is at the core of what we do. Helping people stay safe online through education and training is a key pillar of our social impact strategy. We partner with nonprofits across the globe to equip families, educators and young people with the tools they need to navigate an increasingly complex digital world with confidence. As technology evolves, we regularly update our resources to reflect emerging platforms, technologies such as AI, and changing behaviors. Together with our partners, we are strengthening digital resilience, safeguarding personal information and advancing digital literacy at scale.

Empowering families to talk about digital safety

Parents and caregivers play a critical role in shaping healthy digital habits. That’s why National PTA and Norton, one of our trusted Cyber Safety brands, developed The Smart Talk. This free resource helps families start open, positive conversations about online safety and privacy. Through guided prompts and practical tips, The Smart Talk supports families in setting boundaries, understanding risks and building trust together. Since launch, more than 20,000 people have accessed The Smart Talk.

It is a featured resource in National PTA’s Safer Internet Day toolkit, which also includes a live conversation on digital parenting, teen-focused tip sheets and resources on mental health and belonging. The Smart Talk is also a signature offering of PTA Connected, an initiative designed to create judgment-free spaces where families can learn about digital safety with guidance from expert resources. Norton is the Founding and Presenting Sponsor of PTA Connected and, in 2025, sponsored grants for 20 local PTAs, enabling them to host digital safety workshops in their school communities.

Bringing digital safety into the classroom

We also work with our partners to get digital safety resources into the hands of educators. Since 2023, Norton has worked with Discovery Education on My Digital Life, a multilingual platform offering digital safety activities and lesson plans for children in grades three through eight. In 2025, we introduced new AI literacy content, expanded the program into schools across the UK and added Spanish, Arabic, French and German translations. Discovery Education estimates the program has now reached nearly 490,000 students with essential digital safety skills.

Gen also supports Discovery Education’s Digital Citizenship Initiative, which promotes respectful and responsible online behavior. Since launching in February 2025, the initiative has reached more than 647,000 students through videos, classroom tools, lesson plans and educator resources focused on AI literacy, media literacy and the cognitive impacts of technology.

Advancing digital safety around the world

Our global partnerships reflect the unique digital safety needs of communities worldwide. These include the following:

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) has reached nearly 113,000 children and young people globally through Surf Smart 2.0 digital education programming between July 2024 and December 2025. Check out our Safer Internet Day video with WAGGGS, announcing the organization’s new advocacy curriculum and featuring Smart Surfers talking about some of the best digital safety tips they have learned on their Surf Smart 2.0 journeys.
Save the Children – India (Bal Raksha Bharat) has delivered digital skills training across 190 schools over the past four years, supporting students and educators with safe and responsible technology use.
With The Trevor Project, we created the Online Safety Guide for LGBTQ+ Young People and continue to support and scale TrevorSpace, a moderated, AI-supported global peer community for LGBTQ+ young people.

This Safer Internet Day, we’re excited to celebrate with our partners and communities around the world. To learn more about our digital education and training efforts, explore our latest Social Impact Report.

These grants were awarded from the Gen Foundation, a corporate-advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

From Outages to Resilience: Why Grid Modernization Needs To Speed Up

Posted on February 16, 2026 by sHq_LoGiNz

By Hwee Yng Yeo, Contributor

A routine click on a recommended link via the AI overview of my browser on November 18 yielded a glaring “internal server error” (Figure 1) when I clicked on a search-referenced website. The Cloudflare outage disrupted connectivity on various platforms, including ChatGPT, Canva, and X. Undaunted, the cyber community had a memes field day when services were restored, flooding their feeds with humorous outage memes.

On a more serious note, data center and internet outages are no laughing matter, impacting businesses from online shopping to cryptocurrency exchanges. While the November outage at Cloudflare was attributed to configuration errors, another outage two years earlier was due to power failure at one of its data centers in Oregon. Cloudflare is not alone in their outage woes. In fact, power failures outweigh network and IT issues when it comes to disrupting online user experiences.

Data from the 2025 Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey shows that although 50% of data centers experienced at least one impactful outage over the past three years, down from 53% in 2024 (see Figure 2), power issues remain the top cause.

It’s not surprising that just a few years ago, electric vehicles (EVs) were deemed to be the new energy guzzlers of the decade, only to be rapidly overtaken by data centers. From crypto mining to generating “morph my cat to holiday mode” image creation prompts, each click adds strain to the power grid, not forgetting the heat generated.

Why must grid modernization happen sooner than later?

Data centers currently consume almost five times as much electricity as electric vehicles collectively, but both markets are expected to see a rise in demand for power in the coming years. In developed countries, power grids are already feeling the strain from these new energy guzzlers. Grid modernization must happen sooner than later, to buffer the impact of skyrocketing electricity demand from both data centers and the EV market, to ensure the power grid’s resilience, stability and security. Without swift upgrades, older grids are at risk of instability, outages, and bottlenecks as digital infrastructure and EV adoption accelerate.

What does grid modernization entail?

Grid modernization requires a strategic overhaul of legacy power infrastructure at the energy, communications, and operations level, as illustrated in Figure 4. Existing energy infrastructure must be scalable and be able to incorporate and integrate renewable and distributed energy resources (DERs). Bi-directional communication protocols must continue to evolve to enable real-time data exchange between power-generating assets, energy storage systems, and end-user loads.

This transformation demands compliance with rigorous interoperability standards and cybersecurity frameworks to ensure seamless integration across heterogeneous systems, while safeguarding grid reliability and resilience against operational and environmental stresses.

Towards Grid Resilience

Grid modernization can significantly reduce both data center outages and power shortages for EV charging, although the impact will depend on how fast the power infrastructure gets upgraded. The modernized grid will employ advanced sensors, automated controls, and predictive analytics to detect and isolate faults quickly. This will further reduce the number of data center outages due to power issues, and mitigate the dips in power currently plaguing some cities’ EV charging infrastructure. As the world powers on with increasing load demands, our grid energy community must work together to plan, validate, and build a resilient grid.

Keysight can help you with your innovations for this exciting grid transformation. Our design validation and testing solutions cover inverter-based resources (IBRs) and distributed energy resources (DERs), to tools enabling systems integration and deployment, as well as operations.

^{[1] Data source:}^{Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2024}
^{[2] Image source:}^{Keysight’s Accelerate Grid Modernization Poster}

From Outages to Resilience: Why Grid Modernization Needs To Speed Up

Posted on February 16, 2026 by sHq_LoGiNz

By Hwee Yng Yeo, Contributor

Why must grid modernization happen sooner than later?

What does grid modernization entail?

Towards Grid Resilience

^{[1] Data source:}^{Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2024}
^{[2] Image source:}^{Keysight’s Accelerate Grid Modernization Poster}

From Outages to Resilience: Why Grid Modernization Needs To Speed Up

Posted on February 16, 2026 by sHq_LoGiNz

By Hwee Yng Yeo, Contributor

Why must grid modernization happen sooner than later?

What does grid modernization entail?

Towards Grid Resilience

^{[1] Data source:}^{Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2024}
^{[2] Image source:}^{Keysight’s Accelerate Grid Modernization Poster}

Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration in Global Supply Chains: Lessons From Hershey’s Income Accelerator

Posted on February 16, 2026 by sHq_LoGiNz

Multi-stakeholder collaboration is essential for building resilient supply chains – but what does it look like in practice?

In a new article by Sustainable Brands, CARE and partners in the The Hershey Income Accelerator Program (HIAP) in Côte d’Ivoire share insights which demonstrate how strategic partnerships between global brands, NGOs, and farming communities create shared value across the supply chain. From cocoa-producing regions to corporate boardrooms, these collaborations show that when companies invest in producer livelihoods, they strengthen their own supply chain resilience while driving measurable social impact.

Read the full article to find actionable lessons for building trust, reducing risk, and creating business value through community-centered partnerships: [https://sustainablebrands.com/read/multi-stakeholder-collaboration-in-global-supply-chains-lessons-from-hersheys-income-accelerator]

Originally published on Sustainable Brands.

Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration in Global Supply Chains: Lessons From Hershey’s Income Accelerator

Posted on February 16, 2026 by sHq_LoGiNz

Multi-stakeholder collaboration is essential for building resilient supply chains – but what does it look like in practice?

Originally published on Sustainable Brands.

Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration in Global Supply Chains: Lessons From Hershey’s Income Accelerator

Posted on February 16, 2026 by sHq_LoGiNz

Multi-stakeholder collaboration is essential for building resilient supply chains – but what does it look like in practice?

Originally published on Sustainable Brands.

National Donor Day Spotlight: DaVita Patient Care Technician Donates Kidney

Posted on February 13, 2026 by sHq_LoGiNz

DaVita

When Holly’s husband, Heston, was diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease, their lives changed overnight — bringing months of uncertainty. Driven to make a meaningful impact, Holly left her job to become a patient care technician at DaVita, turning her lived experience into guidance and support for others on their kidney journey.

Last year, Holly made the selfless decision to donate her kidney. While she wasn’t a match to donate to Heston, she was able to give through a paired exchange that connects living donors with recipients across a network, expanding access to life-saving transplants and unlocking increased chance for Heston to receive his own.

This #NationalDonorDay, we honor Holly — and all living donors — whose courage and compassion transform lives and bring hope to families everywhere.

About DaVita Inc.

DaVita (NYSE: DVA) is a health care provider focused on transforming care delivery to improve quality of life for patients globally. As a comprehensive kidney care provider, DaVita has been a leader in clinical quality and innovation for more than 25 years. DaVita cares for patients at every stage and setting along their kidney health journey— from slowing the progression of kidney disease to helping support transplantation. This includes ensuring they are supported at home, in dialysis centers, in the hospital and in skilled nursing facilities. As of December 31, 2025, DaVita served approximately 295,000 patients at 3,242 outpatient dialysis centers, of which 2,657 centers were located in the United States and 585 centers were located in 14 other countries worldwide. DaVita has reduced hospitalizations, improved mortality, helped improve health access and worked collaboratively to propel the kidney care community to adopt a higher quality standard of care for all patients, everywhere. To learn more, visit DaVita.com/About.

How We Build Trust Through Our Work and Culture

Posted on February 13, 2026 by sHq_LoGiNz

Trust isn’t created by software alone. It’s shaped by the values, teams and decisions behind it.

At Gen, responsibility isn’t separate from our work in security and privacy; it’s foundational to it. How we govern our business, support our people and invest in communities directly influences the trust people place in our products. In 2025, that approach was recognized across multiple fronts, reflecting a consistent focus on responsibility, impact and long-term value.

Responsibility is built into how we operate

Gen was named to Newsweek’s ranking of America’s Most Responsible Companies for the third year in a row, a recognition based on performance across more than 30 indicators evaluated by Newsweek and its research partners, spanning environmental impact, social responsibility and governance practices.

This recognition reflects how responsibility is embedded into our operating model, not treated as a parallel initiative, but as part of how decisions are made and progress is measured.

Investing in the people behind the products

Trust is also built from the inside out.

In 2025, Newsweek recognized Gen across eight of its America’s Greatest Workplaces lists, including:

These rankings reflect sustained investment in employee experience, engagement and flexibility, creating an environment where people can do meaningful work and grow over time.

Advancing women in cybersecurity

Building a safer digital future requires broader participation, especially in an industry where representation has historically lagged.

Gen was named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women, recognizing efforts to support advancement and professional development through programs such as:

WONDER, Employee Resource Group for women
Geniverse, which provides ongoing development opportunities across global teams

These internal efforts are reinforced by external partnerships focused on expanding access to cybersecurity education and careers, including Czechitas, Women4Cyber and the Nasscom Foundation in Europe and India.

Extending impact beyond Gen

Our responsibility work extends beyond our own teams. Our ongoing partnership with the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) on Surf Smart 2.0 was recognized at the Third Sector Awards in the Big Impact category. To date, the program has reached more than 850,000 young women and girls across 100 countries, providing practical digital safety skills and supporting young leaders working to make the internet a safer place.

One standard, everywhere

Across governance, workplace culture and community impact, the throughline is consistency.

The same principle that guides how we build security products also guides how we operate as a company: long-term trust is earned through care, accountability and real-world impact.

To learn more about these initiatives and our broader approach to responsibility, explore our latest Social Impact Report.