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Leading businesses call on states to tackle energy affordability with clean solutions

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:24:44 EDT

More than two dozen major companies and business advocacy organizations today called on states to enact bipartisan policies to address energy affordability. - - In an open letter to state policymakers, 25 businesses expressed support for commonsense policies to optimize the power grid, accelerate interconnection of clean energy resources, and expand energy efficiency and demand flexibility programs. - - The letter was signed by AO Smith, CommonSpirit, dsm-firmenich, Grove Collaborati...

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Greenpeace ask Dutch court to force disclosure on JBS US$2.5bn Nigerian expansion as litigation looms

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:39:10 EDT

Greenpeace Netherlands has petitioned a Dutch court seeking to compel meat giant JBS to disclose information in order to challenge its business policies in court. This includes its planned US$ 6 billion global expansion, of which almost half is earmarked for Nigeria. - - Elizabeth Atieno, Food Campaigner at Greenpeace Africa, said: “JBS' meat empire expanded hand-in-glove with Amazon destruction, colossal emissions, human rights and corruption scandals, all with barely a semblance of tran...

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Rafa Nadal Foundation and SILBON Foundation Strengthen Their Commitment to Sustainability

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:53:56 EDT

Following the success of the 2025 experience, the initiative has been carried out in the three Rafa Nadal Foundation Centers in Madrid, Valencia, and Palma, consolidating a strategic partnership based on a shared commitment to education and the holistic development of children. - - This year, the project focused on Sustainable Development Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, encouraging participants to adopt habits related to recycling, proper waste separation, material reuse, a...

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Tim Hortons® Camp Day® raised $12.7 million for Tim Hortons Foundation Camps to help underserved youth reach their full potential

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:47:11 EDT

Thank you Canada! Tim Hortons is proud to announce that over $12.7 million was raised for Tim Hortons Foundation Camps during this year's Camp Day campaign. - - Tim Hortons Camp Day has raised $287.7 million in its history, which has supported sending nearly 350,000 underserved youth to experience the Tims Camps multi-year development program that builds confidence, resiliency, and other critical skills. - - “Once again, Tims guests and restaurant owners came together in a big way for Camp D...

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Varanasi Announces Winners of the Sustainable Cities Challenge to Scale Crowd Management and Sustainable Mobility Solutions in its historical core – Kashi

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:56:31 EDT

Varanasi is set to scale a portfolio of innovative mobility and crowd-management solutions designed to improve pedestrian movement, accessibility, and resident/ visitor experience across its historic core, Kashi, following the announcement of winners of the Sustainable Cities Challenge (SCC) Varanasi—an initiative led by Varanasi Nagar Nigam in collaboration with the Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF), Challenge Works, and WRI India. - - CityFlow by CITYDATA.AI and Nippon Koei and Janjatra...

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Remembering Fritz Vollmar, WWF's first Director General

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:02:57 EDT

Fritz joined WWF in 1962 as our first Secretary General and played a central role in establishing WWF's international headquarters and secretariat, building the first network of national organizations, and developing the international conservation programme that would become the foundation of our work around the world. - - Over the years that followed, Fritz helped guide WWF through a remarkable period of growth. By the time he retired as Director General in 1978, WWF had expanded from its...

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Boston Children's Museum to Commence Work on Phase 1 of Visionary Flood Resiliency Plan

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:52:59 EDT

Boston Children's Museum has announced it will commence Phase 1 of their Flood Resiliency Plan this summer. The expansive project will serve as a model for the protection of Boston's historic buildings and surrounding communities from future flooding threats. - - In 2018, following two major storms, Boston Children's Museum recognized a harsh reality. In its position on the Fort Point Channel, the Museum occupied one of the most vulnerable locations in Boston to flooding as a result of risi...

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World Cinema Fund: Current Funding Recommendations

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:03:11 EDT

At the 43rd jury session of the Berlinale  World Cinema Fund  ( WCF ), the jury made nine funding recommendations, allocating the current funding of 365,000 euros to projects from Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ecuador, Lebanon, Malaysia, Philippines, Senegal, and Turkey. Additionally, over the past months, three German cinema releases have been supported, with a total funding amount of 28,000 euros. - - The selection includes three returning WCF directors: Ana Cristina B...

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Ford Foundation Promotes Rebecca Cokley to Program Director for U.S. Disability Rights

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:47:16 EDT

The Ford Foundation announced the appointment of Rebecca Cokley as the inaugural program director of its U.S. Disability Rights (USDR) program. Cokley, who joined the foundation as the first-ever program officer for the USDR portfolio in 2021, has successfully steered the foundation's historic investments in disability rights. She assumed this role in June 2026. - - “Through her deep expertise and intentional collaboration with the disability field, Rebecca has fundamentally shifted how phi...

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Justin Bieber to Co-headline the First-Ever FIFA World Cup™ Final Halftime Show with Madonna, Shakira and BTS

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 04:05:25 EDT

Summary - - Burna Boy, Gustavo Dudamel, PS22 Chorus featuring Coldplay also set to perform - - Produced by Global Citizen, to Raise Funds for the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund - - Set to be Most Watched Halftime Show in History and the First Halftime Show to Create Impact for Children Around the World - - FIFA and Global Citizen announced that global superstar Justin Bieber has joined as a co-headliner of the historic FIFA World Cup 2026™ Final Halftime Show, taking place on Sunda...

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Tim Hortons® Camp Day® is back on July 15 with 100% of all hot and iced coffee proceeds donated* to Tim Hortons Foundation Camps!

Thu, 9 Jul 2026 11:43:03 EDT

- - • Since 1991, Tim Hortons, Tims® restaurant owners and guests have collectively raised over $275 million through Camp Day events to support the work of Tim Hortons Foundation Camps, which helps underserved youth reach their full potential. - - • Over $13 million was raised on Camp Day in 2025! - - • In advance of Camp Day, Tims guests in Canada can support the Foundation by purchasing a Donation Badge for $2, with 100 per cent of proceeds supporting Tims Camps, or Camp Day bracelets fo...

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Ceres Comment Letter Urges SEC to Reject Semiannual Reporting Rule That Would Harm Investors

Thu, 9 Jul 2026 11:41:59 EDT

Ceres submitted a public comment letter urging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to withdraw its proposed rule that would allow public companies to provide semiannual instead of quarterly financial reporting. - - “Investors urgently need clear, consistent climate-related financial information. Allowing changes to the reporting frequency from quarterly to semiannually gives investors less information, making it harder to assess financial performance and risks, including c...

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EPA quietly unleashes three toxic 'forever chemical' pesticides onto America's food supply

Mon, 6 Jul 2026 10:20:51 EDT

Under the radar, the Environmental Protection Agency has approved three new PFAS “forever chemical” pesticides for use on crops, including one EPA scientists flagged as having “suggestive evidence of carcinogenic potential.” - - There was no warning to the farmworkers who will handle these chemicals or the families who will eat the food they're sprayed on. The EPA published the fast-tracked approvals in the Federal Register in recent days. The hazardous new herbicides – trifludimoxazin...

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Ford Foundation Gallery presents Never The Same River

Mon, 6 Jul 2026 06:02:35 EDT

Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice: 320 E 43rd Street, New York - - On View: August 12 – December 5, 2026 - - Opening Event: Wednesday, August 12th, 2026: 5-7pm - - Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday 11am-6pm, Saturday 10am-4pm - - The Ford Foundation Gallery is pleased to present Never The Same River , an exhibition exploring themes of bodily autonomy and human migration. Curated by Dexter Wimberly, Never The Same River features work by KV Duong, Adama Delphine Fawun...

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easyJet launches onboard summer collection to support UNICEF's Children's Emergency Fund

Fri, 3 Jul 2026 15:06:35 EDT

- - • easyJet customer donations will help UNICEF respond to emergencies in countries around the world, such as those impacted by ongoing conflict, natural disasters and public health crises - • One such example of where funding will be diverted is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which is currently battling against a recent Ebola outbreak affecting children and vulnerable communities - • CEF funding will also be used to support communities impacted by recent earthqua...

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Amazon Launches Community Fund, Now Accepting Applications for Projects in Frederick County, Maryland

Fri, 3 Jul 2026 12:17:04 EDT

Individuals and organizations can apply for funds to support projects that positively impact their community. Learn more and apply. - - Amazon opened applications for the Amazon Frederick County Community Fund, a community grant program that supports local initiatives in Frederick County, Maryland. Amazon has committed $150,000 to the fund, which is open to individuals, local community groups, schools, non-profits, and other organizations. This is the first community fund Amazon is...

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Aarhus Convention: the public loves it, States not so much

Wed, 1 Jul 2026 10:04:31 EDT

The Aarhus Convention is an international agreement that gives people three core rights: the right to access information about the environment, the right to take part in decision-making and the preparation of environment-related policies, and access to justice on environmental matters, whether as individuals or NGOs. It also established a mechanism to protect environmental defenders who face t hreats, harassment or prosecution for their public service. - - But these rights are only as...

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Interdisciplinary APEX Awards 2026 announced and 2027 round now open

Wed, 1 Jul 2026 10:00:08 EDT

Six brilliant researchers have been awarded funding in the 2026 round of the APEX awards. The grants, which promote collaboration across science, engineering, social sciences and humanities, are jointly awarded by the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society, with the generous support of the Leverhulme Trust. - - The awards will provide up to £200,000 for established independent researchers to collaborate with partners from different disciplines across the sc...

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Why promising textile solutions still struggle to scale

Wed, 1 Jul 2026 03:56:31 EDT

This work has contributed to scientific progress. It has also provided a better understanding of what it takes to move solutions from research into practice. One of the clearest lessons is that while generating new ideas remains important, the industry's biggest challenge is creating the conditions for those ideas to be implemented at scale. - - Below are three insights that stand out. - - 1. The reality of implementation Our uniforms are used in operational environments, and their conditi...

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Ursula Burns, Founder of Integrum, Chairwoman of Teneo, and Former CEO of Xerox Corporation, Elected as New Chair of the Ford Foundation Board of Trustees

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:24:32 EDT

The Ford Foundation announced the election of Ursula Burns as the new chair of its Board of Trustees. Burns will become the 13th board chair of the foundation, succeeding Dr. Francisco Cigarroa. She is the first African American woman to serve as board chair in the Ford Foundation's 90-year history. - - Burns joined the board in 2015 and serves as chair of the Audit Committee. She is also a member of the Executive Committee. Recognized by Forbes and Fortune magazines as one of the most...

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Inditex contributes €3 million to the Red Cross to support people affected by the earthquakes in Venezuela

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:23:20 EDT

Inditex is contributing €3 million to the emergency response programme launched by the Venezuelan Red Cross to support people affected by the earthquakes in Venezuela. The contribution will be channelled through the Spanish Red Cross and coordinated with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). - - This contribution will support two priority areas of action. Firstly, it will fund the deployment of a mobile clinic to strengthen healthcare capacity in the h...

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Hilton Advances Travel with Purpose, Showcasing Impact for People, Hotels and Communities in 2025

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:48:17 EDT

- - • Hilton's 2025 Travel with Purpose report highlights measurable progress toward hospitality leader's 2030 goals, including significant reductions in carbon emissions, water use and waste generation across managed and franchised hotels worldwide. - - • Hilton has delivered significant environmental progress, achieving a 50.9% reduction in carbon emissions intensity at managed hotels, a 36.0% reduction at franchised hotels, a 37.1% reduction in water intensity and a 64.7% reduction in l...

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Inter Miami CF Foundation and the City of Doral Unite to Support Venezuela

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:58:49 EDT

The Inter Miami CF Foundation is joining forces with the City of Doral and Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) to collect essential relief supplies for communities impacted by the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24, 2026. - - As part of this initiative, the Club will designate Nu Stadium, located at 1900 NW 37th Avenue in Miami, Florida, as the primary donation collection site. Donations may be dropped off in specially marked bins organized by category, located outs...

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