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As energy and water demand increases, A. O. Smith’s customers and communities look to them to provide products that help reduce energy consumption and conserve water. A. O. Smith’s commitment to innovation and engineering excellence has enabled them to be a leader in meeting their customers’ demands, while – at the same time – manufacturing products in an environmentally responsible manner.

A. O. Smith water heaters and boilers are among the most innovative and energy efficient in the world. Leading the way are their best-in-class, high-efficiency condensing storage water heaters, boilers and tankless water heaters. These products are among those that receive the highest efficiency ratings in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR® program in the United States, which only certifies products that are far above minimum standards set by the federal government.

Additionally, A. O. Smith was recently named a 2019 ENERGY STAR^® Partner of the Year for its contribution and dedication to manufacturing high-efficiency water heaters. The recognition by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy speaks to A. O. Smith’s ongoing commitment to the manufacturing of high-efficiency products.

Established in 1955, the A. O. Smith Foundation has been supported by donations from the company and has provided $44 million in financial support to worthwhile community organizations, institutions and programs.

In 1985, the Foundation initiated the Matching Gift Program to financially support education at high schools, qualified colleges and universities. Employee contributions are matched dollar-for-dollar up to $3,000 per school year. Scholarships are also available for children of employees for higher education, including vocational-technical school and college.

In 2018, the A. O. Smith Foundation partnered with 189 organizations and donated $1.6 million. The Foundation focuses its efforts in four primary areas: education, human services, art and culture, and health.

Additionally, as a water technology company, A. O. Smith is proud to contribute to communities combating unsafe levels of lead in drinking water. The company partnered with the United Way and the City of Milwaukee to donate water filtration products to Milwaukee residents whose homes have a connection to lead service lines.

A. O. Smith encourages its employees around the world to live the company’s values through volunteerism and community involvement. Globally, A. O. Smith employees volunteer and give back to a variety of organizations, such as Habitat for Humanity, Boys and Girls Club and the United Way.

American has replaced all plastic straws in its lounges with biodegradable, eco-friendly straws, and we will soon begin transitioning to all eco-friendly flatware in lounges. In the air, American has eliminated all plastic straws and offer a stir stick made of sustainable and environmentally friendly bamboo. By making these changes, American will eliminate more than 71,000 pounds of plastic per year.

American’s onboard environmental sustainability efforts go back to 1989, when the airline’s flight attendants started the industry’s first onboard recycling program. Through this program, American recycles hundreds of thousands of pounds of aluminum per year, with proceeds going to The Wings Foundation, a charitable organization administered by active American Airlines flight attendants to assist fellow flight attendants in times of need. American also transitioned away from plastic foam cups to paper cups in 2015.

It’s Cool to Fly American helps children on the autism spectrum and their families become comfortable with the sensory experience of air travel. American and its Abilities Employee Business Resource Group launched the program in 2015 and holds dozens of events systemwide each year.

For children on the autism spectrum, the unfamiliar drill of air travel can be an overwhelming experience. Whether it’s getting your boarding pass, waiting in line at security or not understanding why you need to go through a metal detector away from your belongings, every task is new. Tack on to that the constant waiting and the amount of people you encounter in an airport, and you can understand why most families who have a child with autism skip air travel altogether.

The It’s Cool to Fly program offers families traveling with children who have autism the opportunity to take what is essentially a test flight, but on the ground. Participants come to an airport, check in, go through security, wait in a crowded space, board and taxi around the tarmac — all to become comfortable with the sensory experience of air travel.

AEP plays an important role as a Foundational Partner in the Smart Columbus initiative that began in 2016 when the City of Columbus, Ohio – home to AEP’s corporate headquarters – won the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) $40 million Smart City Challenge. As a partner, AEP’s Smart Columbus initiatives include modernizing the transportation network with incentives to increase the number of electric vehicle charging stations and reducing carbon emissions in the electric power sector through energy efficiency and grid modernization.

A long-standing philanthropic partner of Feeding America, Ameriprise has provided more than 84 million meals and more nearly 310,000 volunteer hours to help solve domestic hunger since 2009. The company’s Ameriprise National Days of Service held in June and November engage more than 12,000 Ameriprise financial advisors, employees and clients in volunteering at Feeding America food banks and other hunger-relief organizations each year. More than 41 million Americans struggle with hunger, which has negative impacts on their health, education and ability to remain self-sufficient. Communities with the highest rates of food insecurity face a greater prevalence for diseases such as diabetes and obesity, as well as a higher incidence for other metrics that are tied to health.

Aon’s law department provides pro bono counsel for immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. They dedicated 1,200 hours to pro bono legal work in 2017.

AON is a founding member and the first broker of ClimateWise, an insurance industry initiative to develop leadership and solutions for a sustainable economy.

In April 2019, Apple announced it nearly doubled the number of suppliers that have committed to run their Apple production on 100 percent clean energy, bringing the total number to 44. Because of this partnership between Apple and its suppliers, Apple will exceed its goal of bringing 4 gigawatts of renewable energy into its supply chain by 2020, with over an additional gigawatt projected within that timeframe. This comes one year after Apple announced that all of its global facilities are powered by 100 percent renewable energy.

Apple reduced its comprehensive carbon footprint for the third year in a row in 2018, in large part due to the company’s Supplier Clean Energy Program. Manufacturing makes up 74 percent of Apple’s carbon footprint, so the program helps its suppliers increase energy efficiency and transition to renewable energy sources. Just last year, Apple and its suppliers participated in clean energy generation that roughly equaled the electricity needed to power over 600,000 homes in the US.

The Assurant Cares program is the umbrella focus of Assurant’s philanthropic giving and community volunteerism. Their online portal provides all employees world-wide a convenient way to not only give to charities of their choice, but also to receive matching grants up to $1,000 annually, volunteer and log their hours for community service. The Assurant Cares portal is a platform that is designed to ensure that wherever someone works – at an Assurant office location or virtually – they can connect and be engaged in programs focused on the greater good. Assurant provides incentives and challenges throughout the year to increase participation.

In partnership with its Business Continuity team, Assurant conducts a Hurricane Awareness campaign each spring to help ensure its employees are ready and aware of resources available to assist them. When disasters strike, Assurant ramps up their charitable engagement with core partners such as the American Red Cross with special 2:1 matching to disaster relief organizations and to help their own. In the wake of the devastating hurricanes of 2017 and in honor of their employees, Assurant created the Assurant Cares Employee Support (ACES) Fund. This independent 501c3 helps Assurant employees recover from the devastating impact that disaster can bring – whether that’s a hurricane, flood, tornado or house fire beyond their control. The ACES Fund, while independent from other company offered benefits and programs, uniquely recognizes that even as Assurant employees are “24/7 and all-hands-on-deck” when catastrophic events affect their customers, they also sometimes need a helping hand to assist with their own recovery – especially for employees in coastal states such as Florida and South Carolina.

Assurant launched the Assurant Cares: Tech for Good agreement with Good360 to redistribute surplus technology to nonprofit organizations. In the first year, more than 1,250 computers were donated to schools, community centers and other nonprofit agencies.

AT&T has invested more than $600 million in its U.S. Network Disaster Recovery program and another $15 million internationally. Over the last two decades, AT&T employees have spent more than 145,000 working hours on field exercises and deployments to affected areas. AT&T is the first company nationwide to receive United States Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Private Sector Preparedness Program (PS-Prep) certification.

In 2018, AT&T purchased 820 MW of wind power through 3 agreements with subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources, the world’s largest operator of renewable energy projects. The projects are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to taking more than 530,000 cars off the road or providing electricity for more than 372,000 homes per year.

Ball Corporation matches contributions from employees to its “Let’s Can Hunger” campaign. In 2018, Ball employees donated more than 665,000 pounds of canned food and $76,000 dollars, providing 1.86 million meals for those in need.

The aluminum can is the most sustainable package in the world—100 percent and infinitely recyclable. As a global leader in producing billions of aluminum cans, Ball Corporation supports programs all along the recycling spectrum that expand collection infrastructure and improve metal recycling rates. By supporting community recycling, providing education about its benefits and promoting programs that encourage zero waste, Ball Corporation is keeping tons of trash out of landfills in its effort to ease its impact on plant Earth.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch provided $56.7 million in construction loans and $50.4 million in low-income housing tax credit equity in the initial phase of a project to transform the Jordan Downs public housing development in Los Angeles, which will ultimately create 1,400 new affordable housing units.

In 2018, Bank of America’s Community Development Banking initiative financed over 15,000 affordable housing units.

Best Buy has pledged to reduce its carbon footprint by 75% (over a 2009 baseline) by 2030 and to help customers reduce their own carbon emissions by 20% over the same period. In addition, Best Buy operates the largest consumer electronics recycling program in the country and has helped customers recycle more than 2 billion pounds of electronics. Barron’s ranked Best Buy No. 1 on its list of the 100 Most Sustainable Companies for 2019.

In the wake of the California wildfires, Boeing recognized a need to invest in restoration where employees live and work. Boeing and TreePeople, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit environmental advocacy group, officially launched Forest Aid, a new campaign to restore native forests in fire-ravaged areas, minimizing future fire risks and other environmental threats.

“At Boeing, we are in the business of building the future,” said John Blazey, vice president of Boeing Global Engagement. “That includes tackling real-world problems and leading in the communities where our employees live and work.”

Boeing’s $1 million investment will allow Forest Aid to launch with an initial four-year commitment targeting forested areas, such as Sylmar and other areas in Southern California. The campaign will work to replace invasive species — those most prone to catching fire and burning out of control — with native trees and other species.

“Through strategic partnerships with innovative nonprofits like TreePeople and the Forest Aid program, we are bringing local communities together to break the devastating inferno cycle and restore healthy native forests,” Blazey said.

In the summer of 2018, CBRE deployed four dozen interns on a project to help find answers to Los Angeles’s homelessness crisis – a challenge that deeply affects the city where their corporate headquarters is located. The interns identified underutilized city sites that might be ideal for (re)development, public-private partnerships to convert underutilized structures, the permitting process and revamped existing homeless shelters.

The interns leveraged CBRE’s data intelligence, research & analysis and their professionals’ collective network of relationships. The interns built a database that identified federal, state, county, city and private opportunities and brought them directly to the City and several private developers. They presented their findings to the newly formed Los Angeles Homeless Alliance, which includes for- and nonprofit organizations. These findings are helping to educate businesses on the ways that they can utilize their expertise to assist the City and County in alleviating the crisis.

CBRE makes environmental sustainability a priority in its own operations. In early 2019, CBRE committed to setting a science-based greenhouse gas emissions reduction target.

CBRE has the greatest impact by working with its clients to influence how buildings are built, sourced, managed, occupied and sold. CBRE’s Global Energy & Sustainability team provides comprehensive energy and sustainability services to its clients, focusing on fact-based outcomes. Services include data management, smart buildings systems integration, energy consulting, energy procurement solutions, certification services and sustainability consulting.

In 2018, CBRE registered and benchmarked an industry-record 6,418 buildings, representing more than 420 million square feet of managed assets, in the U.S. Department of Energy’s ENERGY STAR program. CBRE has been recognized as an EPA ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for 12 years in a row.

CBRE has completed more than 1,000 LEED certifications on behalf of its clients, in addition to other building certifications. In addition, the Green Building Adoption Index, created by CBRE and Maastricht University, documents the growth of green building certifications in the 30 largest U.S. office markets. This study was the first ever to measure the rise of these environmental recognitions in the commercial real estate market. The fifth annual study was published in 2018.

Through a partnership with The Nature Conservancy, CF is helping to improve soil health and water quality across the state of Iowa. The program, called 4R Plus, is designed to increase awareness and understanding among Iowa’s farmers and crop advisers of two important farming practices: (1) 4R Nutrient Stewardship and (2) conservation. 4R Nutrient Stewardship refers to the concept of applying the right nutrient source at the right rate, right time and right place. The “Plus” in 4R Plus refers to a suite of in-field and edge-of-field conservation practices that increase soil resiliency and help to keep nutrients on fields and out of adjacent water bodies. When implemented effectively, 4R Plus practices will not only improve soil health and water quality, but also increase farmers’ yields and bottom lines.

In the wake of recent natural disasters across the U.S., Chevron has contributed to several disaster relief funds. In 2017, Chevron contributed a total of $2 million to the American Red Cross to assist communities across the Southeast and Texas with efforts to recover from both Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Harvey. The company has a large retail presence, supplying more than 2,000 independently-owned Chevron and Texaco stations from a total of 17 terminals. In addition, Houston represents the single-largest concentration of Chevron employees globally, and the company has important business interests throughout Texas. A number of Chevron’s businesses are headquartered in Houston, including our exploration and production companies for North America, Africa and Latin America; our technology companies; pipeline, power and global procurement businesses; and the supply and trading function. In addition, many of Chevron’s major capital projects are planned and developed from Houston.

Chevron’s Fuel Your School program helps fund public school classrooms. In 2018 alone, the program provided more than $5.7 million to help fund classroom projects in 2,883 public schools, benefiting nearly 800,000 students in 17 communities across the country. As part of this effort, in October 2018, every time consumers purchased eight or more gallons of fuel at participating Chevron or Texaco stations, Chevron donated $1, up to the maximum amount in each market, to help fund eligible classroom projects.

Chevron’s Fuel Your School program is a collaboration with DonorsChoose.org to help fund eligible classroom projects, including science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)-focused projects that can bring innovative and real-life learning opportunities to students. Since its launch in 2010, the program has raised nearly $50 million and has helped fund 55,072 classroom projects in nearly 6,500 schools across the United States, supporting 34,568 teachers.

In 2018, Chubb announced its partnership with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to reduce the risk from storm impacts and rising sea levels along one of our country’s most vulnerable shorelines. The collaboration, funded by a $1 million grant from the Chubb Charitable Foundation, includes a restoration and resilience project in Miami-Dade County to demonstrate the flood protection benefits of nature-based solutions. The project is designed to increase protection from flooding and serve as a model that can be replicated in other coastal cities in the U.S. and globally.

With the support of Chubb and its Chubb Charitable Foundation, TNC has identified more than a dozen potential locations in Miami-Dade County in which natural and hybrid infrastructure could increase resilience to storms and rising sea levels. Science-based flood modeling and cost-benefit analyses of some of these sites will be used to identify a location where people and property may benefit most from a shoreline resilience project, and inform final site selection.

At the project site, methods to promote resilience through nature-based solutions may include the restoration of mangroves, creation of protective berms along the coastline, planting of native vegetation, removal of invasive species and the installation of artificial reefs. Miami ranks as the U.S. metropolitan area with the highest number of homes threatened by storm surge, as noted in a 2018 CoreLogic report, and the insured value of property on the Florida coast is approximately $2.9 trillion, according to AIR Worldwide.

The Nature Conservancy and the Chubb Charitable Foundation are committed to the implementation of natural solutions that can provide an effective piece in a broader resilience strategy for Miami and other coastal cities in which population growth and increased development will coincide with rising seas.

In 2013, Coca-Cola set a goal for 2020 to sustainably source their 14 global priority ingredients for their drinks. Since 2013, the percentage of ingredients certified to a sustainable agriculture standard has grown from 8 percent to 44 percent.

Cummins deployed 13 technicians from elsewhere in the Distribution Business to support Florida customers during Hurricane Irma. For its response to Maria, Cummins deployed four more technicians from other locations in the company to Puerto Rico.

The company frequently serviced three Cummins generators at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan, home to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s command center on the island as well as the largest shelter in the U.S. territory for those displaced by the storms. The generators, installed before Hurricanes Irma and Maria struck, ran around the clock.

In addition, Cummins employees fielded many calls and braved the elements to help customers. Here are just a few examples:

• An Orlando, Florida-based team worked with the company’s West Palm Beach branch to help Martin County install a generator to keep its emergency radio system running in the critical hours after Hurricane Irma struck.
• Cummins’ West Palm Beach and Miami branches worked together to locate, deliver and install a generator as Hurricane Irma was arriving for a customer needing to maintain power for medical reasons.
• Multiple Cummins teams in the days after the storm collaborated to quickly repair a utility truck headed to one of the hardest hit areas of Florida.
• Cummins teams across that state sent pallets of water with daily parts deliveries to aid customers and their communities hit hard by Irma.

Cummins also worked with Save the Children organization to raise thousands of dollars for disaster relief.

John Deere teamed up with Habitat for Humanity to help recovery efforts in Houston, Texas, within 24 hours of Hurricane Harvey making landfall, through a project called Habitat Hammers Back. The effort was aimed at renovating or rebuilding homes destroyed by three hurricanes that hit the Gulf Coast in 2017 — hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.

John Deere committed $1 million to the cause and John Deere employees, including those from Deere dealerships, volunteered to help. Over 30 Deere and dealer volunteers have helped rebuild homes damaged by the hurricanes, providing carpentry work, putting in baseboards, painting, and landscaping.

In addition, John Deere Financial postponed payments for customers’ equipment while they worked to get their businesses running again.

Dell recently joined the Reboot Representation coalition started by Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company created by Melinda Gates. Reboot seeks to double the number of women in color graduating with computing degrees by 2025. Dell joins this effort as a founding member alongside Intel, Microsoft, Adobe and Oath. Collectively, 12 tech companies have committed more than $12 million to this goal, which represents a 30x increase in funding.

After doing extensive research on their employees’ commute patterns and fuel usage, Dell expanded its work-from-home initiatives to help reduce employees’ carbon footprint by a total of 35,000 metric tons of CO2e every year and helping them save over $12M in gasoline costs.

In 2008, Dell set a goal of planting 1M trees by 2020 and reached their goal in 2017, having restored 2,000 acres of land. They are continuing to support these efforts through donations and the Plant a Tree program.

Duke Energy has 7 customer assistance programs. One program, Cooling Assistance—Carolinas, provides financial assistance to Carolinas residents who need help with winter heating bills. Contributions from customers, employees and their Foundation are matched dollar-for-dollar up to $500,000.

Duke Energy Foundation’s “Powerful Communities” program awarded over $440,000 for K-12 grants to more than 30 schools and other educational organizations in 2019. The schools and programs receiving grants include many summer reading initiatives, but they also feature a wide variety of science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, programs aimed at all age groups. One example is the Indiana 4-H Foundation which will use its grant to help local 4-H clubs give members opportunities in engineering design, computer programming and other STEM-related skills.

In partnership with Appalachian Sustainable Development (ASD), Eastman supports and promotes improved access to healthy, garden-grown foods and sustainable agriculture and forestry in areas of Virginia and Tennessee. Currently, ASD supports nine programs that empower farmers and promote sustainability efforts. Eastman Foundation also participates in the ASD’s “Rooted in Appalachia” program by hosting a weekly farmers market at its Tennessee operations and corporate campus.

With numerous programs in place, ASD empowers and educates multiple generations of community members and provides tools needed to fight poverty, revitalize communities, and protect natural resources. This includes a rural food hub, called Appalachian Harvest, that connects farmers to large wholesale markets and distributes local produce from Maryland to Georgia.

In 2008, Eastman helped launch the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a public-private partnership to construct a Regional Center for Advanced Manufacturing (RCAM) and develop a robust workforce training partnership to help students learn advanced manufacturing skills. The primary objectives of the AMP/RCAM were to meet employers’ skilled labor needs, promote advanced manufacturing careers and bring unique and differentiating workforce development capabilities to support regional economic development efforts.

Eastman worked with Northeast State Community College and a number of other partners to develop RCAM, a 26,000-square-foot training facility that offers associate of applied science degrees and technical certificate programs in general technology, chemical process operations, electromechanical technology (mechatronics), electrical technology, welding/metal fabrication and customized continuing education training for regional manufacturers.

Eastman endowed a Workforce Development Scholarship Program that provides funding to students pursuing associate of applied science degrees and technical certificates in designated programs. The scholarship criteria require applicants to apply to Northeast State, meet all college entrance requirements, apply for financial assistance, and enroll in at least six hours in a designated degree or certificate program. Approved academic concentrations are machine tool, welding/metal fabrication, electrical technology, electromechanical technology and chemical process operations.

RCAM is an “open” facility, and any student, regardless of industry affiliation, can participate. Programs are consistently being tailored to meet employers’ needs.

The AMP/RCAM is a collaboration of Eastman, Northeast State Community College, Domtar Paper Company, the City of Kingsport, the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce, and the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, as well as several other industry partners that share in Eastman’s belief that a well-structured partnership of government, business and education works.

ExxonMobil has invested more than $170 million over almost 20 years to help fight malaria. The investments support organizations that develop public awareness, distribute bed nets and treatments and train local health workers to fight malaria.

As Hurricane Harvey pounded Southeast Texas, many ExxonMobil employees coordinated the security of some of the country’s most critical energy assets from their bedrooms upstairs, while their living rooms downstairs flooded. In many cases, employees pored over technical blueprints of the Baytown and Beaumont facilities while floodwaters poured through their kitchens. Those working from home relayed their expertise to their colleagues who were temporarily living in those refineries, separated from their families.

EY strives to build a better working world by providing youth in our local communities with access to mentoring, college access support and job skills. EY works closely with four Focus Organizations: Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Junior Achievement, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship and United Way. The company focuses on these nonprofits because their missions align closely with EY’s corporate responsibility strategy of supporting education, entrepreneurs and equity in the workforce. Collaborating with Focus Organizations helps EY maximize the impact of volunteer time and charitable giving to local communities across the country.

EY’s Entrepreneurial Winning Women program identifies promising women entrepreneurs and connects them with the resources and knowledge to help them scale their businesses.

According to an independent impact assessment directed by the Babson College Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership, North America program participant companies’ total 2014 revenue was 54 percent higher than their total revenues in the years before they joined the program. Individual participants average 20 percent revenue growth annually; in the second year of participation, however, their companies have been known to grow up to 50 percent.

FedEx has announced the next stage of its global community engagement program – FedEx Cares 50 by 50, a new journey to deliver hope, change and new possibilities for 50 million people by the company’s 50th anniversary in 2023. FedEx launched the new strategy after exceeding its goal to invest $200 million in 200 global communities by 2020 six months early.

FedEx is committed to helping underserved youths and their families navigate the college application process, training people for in-demand jobs like tech and logistics and helping individuals access employment through credential programs.

For example, FedEx supports the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative and My Brother’s Keeper Alliance along with community organizations, foundations and other employers to connect youths aged 16 to 24 with interview skills and jobs.

In addition, FedEx develops job training and placement initiatives through relationships with the National Urban League, LeadersUp, Base Camp Coding Academy and Usher’s New Look. FedEx also makes job skills training more accessible for women through online tools and a mobile app with Dress for Success. For former members of the armed services, FedEx connects veterans, transitioning service members and their spouses with job opportunities via the company’s membership in the Hiring Our Heroes Veteran Employment Advisory Council.

FedEx also invests in Opportunity@Work and the TechHire initiative to create a national database for connecting job seekers and tech employers while increasing the effectiveness of training programs.

FedEx committed $1 million in cash and transportation support to deliver critical aid and supplies in the wake of Hurricane Michael in addition to the $1 million the company had already pledged after Hurricane Florence.

FIS employees demonstrate their commitment to community service and engagement by regularly volunteering their own time and money in support of the organizations nearest and dearest to their hearts. The FIS Volunteer Program grants eight hours of paid volunteer time per year to employees in most regions to encourage civic involvement. In 2018, employees logged more than 14,000 hours of volunteer time.

When natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, flooding, etc., strike, employees answer the call for help with monetary donations, supplies and volunteer hours.

Driving the global supply chain and manufacturing company’s philanthropic efforts, the Flex Foundation supports and fosters positive change for the many communities where Flex, its customers, suppliers and partners operate. This includes lending a helping hand to neighboring communities when a devastating natural disaster strikes. The foundation not only invites employees to personally contribute to natural disaster aid activities but also donates to non-profits spearheading local relief efforts, like Save the Children, the Red Cross, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and Habitat for Humanity, among others. In response to catastrophic events, the foundation supported natural disaster victims and reconstruction efforts by:

– Donating $25,000 to the Hurricane Maria Children’s Relief Fund in Puerto Rico.

– Providing $25,000 to the Salvation Army and matching employee donations up to $40,000 to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Louisiana.

– Awarding a $20,000 grant to the Northern California Fire Fund, assisting several counties impacted by the Northern California Firestorm.

– Contributing a variety of grants and donations to impacted areas in Mexico, China, Japan, the UK, Philippines, Indonesia and the U.S.

Since 2017, the Flex Foundation has awarded 17 grants and donated over $650,000 to assist more than 300,000 people impacted by natural disasters.

The Flex Foundation, in collaboration with non-profit organizations, supports natural disaster relief resources and training.

Freeport-McMoRan created the “DreamBuilder – The Women’s Business Creator,” an online entrepreneurship education and training program to help women start and grow small businesses. Developed in partnership with Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University and launched in 2011, the program offers 12 courses on the various aspects of running a successful small business, including planning, marketing, pricing, management, accounting, managing risk, finding funding, setting goals and more. The program was designed to create equal opportunity for women to gain access to small business education by making it easy for them to use and complete among other responsibilities.

The program is free to use, self-paced and available in both English and Spanish. Freeport-McMoRan and Thunderbird partnered with the U.S. Small Business Administration to implement the program in 23 Women’s Business Centers across the country, resulting in more than 20,000 registered learners proceeding through the program and more than 1,800 graduates. The latest survey indicates 55.6 percent of participants have increased sales, 34 percent hired additional employees and 66 percent pay themselves a salary (as compared to only 18 percent who did prior).

As of March 30, 2019, there have been more than 41,000 registered learners and more than 4,250 graduates from 41 countries with an average graduation rate of 10-12 percent.

Goldman Sachs’ Urban Investment Group (UIG) focuses on development projects to revitalize local communities. Goldman Sachs partners with local leaders and non-profits on comprehensive community development that supports the fundamental building blocks of opportunity, including affordable housing, quality education and health care, and growth capital for social enterprises and small businesses. Since 2001, the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group has committed $7 billion to underserved American communities.

For example, Goldman Sachs’ UIG has invested over $300 million in the City of New Orleans. The UIG’s integrated, place-based approach has provided more than 1450 units of critically needed housing, over 1300 new jobs, services to low-income residents, and education and capital for over 400 small businesses.

Among entrepreneurs, women receive far less venture capital funding than men do. Goldman Sachs’ Launch With GS is a commitment to invest $500M in women-led companies and investment managers. Within the first year of the program, the company committed more than $100M to women-led businesses.

Goldman Sachs’ Global Markets Institute has found that women who do not raise enough money at the outset can quickly find themselves at a competitive disadvantage. They may not have the firepower to prove that their business concepts work, to iterate or pivot or to build the momentum necessary to raise more money in the future.

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses is a program to support small businesses by providing them with education, access to capital, and a network of advisors and peers.

67% of 10,000 Small Business graduates have reported increasing revenues 6 months after graduating, 47% reported creating new jobs six months after graduating and 88% are doing business with each other. The program has a 98% completion rate. To date, more than 8,200 business owners have graduated from the program across all 50 states in the US, Puerto Rico and Washington D.C.

Guardian launched a multi-year partnership with Children’s Health Fund and committed $1 million over two years to bring quality dental care to children in underserved communities. To date, the “Guardians of the Smile” program has supported more than 11,000 dental encounters for children in underserved communities. Guardian is also partnering with Dental LifeLine Network to deliver services to medically fragile and elderly patients that cannot afford dental services and need complex care. In 2018 DLN served over 10,000 people who received $26.2 million of treatment services.

Guardian has launched Green Teams across the company which educate and activate employees in sustainable practices in the workplace. These teams have, enlarged office recycling practices, hosted community electronic recycling days, and provided employees with the opportunity to learn about sustainable farming and purchase shares from local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) programs from local farms who practice sustainable farming.

In response to Hurricane Irma, L3Harris began a volunteer emergency management program which assists in matching employees in need prior to or in the aftermath of a crisis or disaster with employee volunteering to assist. Relief was provided to 45 employees needing assistance in the aftermath of the hurricane. Each time the program is used, the number of employees volunteering to help doubles the number of those in need.

L3Harris’ Public Safety and Professional Communications business unit supported disaster relief after Hurricane Maria, Irma and Harvey. Teams of technicians delivered radios and mobile communications equipment to Puerto Rico, Florida and Texas to help restore communications. In addition, L3Harris donated to the American Red Cross in response to Hurricanes Maria and Harvey and matched employees’ donations as well.

As a collaborative volunteer project with Brevard Zoo to restore the Indian River Lagoon in central Florida, L3Harris employees built a machine that reduces the time it takes to bag oysters from several minutes to under 10 seconds. This machine helped boost efforts to restore and preserve the India River Lagoon, which had been plagued by algae blooms and fish kills in recent years. The innovative design of the machine allows 6 volunteers to now do the job of 40.

Hearst Television’s 34 stations and Hearst Newspapers’ 24 dailies and 52 weeklies are committed to serving their local communities in good times and bad. When disaster’s strike, Hearst’s journalists are the “first informers” on the ground, reporting on situations as they unfold. As integral members of their communities, the teams also use their platforms to raise critical funds for those in need. In 2018, Hearst Television telethons raised more than $6 million. In San Francisco, the San Francisco Chronicle’s Season of Sharing Fund raises millions each year to help Bay Area families in times of crisis, while in Albany, the Times Union Hope Fund supports at-risk children in the region.

HearstLab is a unique greenhouse for nurturing early-stage, women-led startups innovating across media, business information, technology and services whose companies takes advantage of synergies with Hearst’s 360+ businesses. Hearst invests in these companies and hosts their workspaces at Hearst Tower. HearstLab companies are supported by a diverse group of leaders and operators from across Hearst, who advise founders on building effective teams and assist with enterprise deals, privacy and security expertise, legal and financial services, content, advertising, distribution, and other relevant business and creative needs. At the heart of that support are the HearstLab Scouts, a group of women leaders inside Hearst who have been integral to conceiving and building HearstLab and making it successful. HearstLab currently fosters a community of 17 women-led startups.

During big storms, Home Depot’s merchandising, supply chain and operations teams work around the clock in a complex effort to move necessary product and equipment to stores caught in the path of hurricanes, blizzards, tornadoes, wildfires and other crippling events. They connect with the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, state agencies, first responders, relief organizations and others to ensure we receive and provide credible information.

When a natural disaster strikes, employee donations deliver immediate and direct financial assistance to employees and communities. The Honeyewell Humanitarian Relief Fund (HHRF) nonprofit organization has been fully funded by our employees since 2005. Thousands have donated more than $13.7 million to help victims of natural disasters, including earthquakes, tsunamis, fires, flooding and hurricanes.

Huntington Ingalls celebrates volunteerism by annually recognizing individual employees who devote time to positively transforming their communities.

IBM’s Science for Social Good initiative links company scientists and engineers with non-governmental organization (NGO) subject-matter experts to solve social challenges.

ITC recently supported a major revitalization project in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, home to ITC Midwest’s headquarters. The project will link two parts of the city now split by the Cedar River via a pedestrian and biking bridge.

ITC provided the YMCA of Cadillac, Michigan, a charitable grant to support the YMCA’s after-school programming for at-risk youth.

Johnson and Johnson’s purchases from disabled veteran owned businesses grew by over 64% in 2017, from $8.4M in 2016 to 13.8M in 2017. Johnson and Johnson’s purchases from Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender businesses is approaching $1M.

JPMC has contributed $125 million through its Partnerships for Raising Opportunity in Neighborhoods (PRO Neighborhoods) initiative, helping affordable housing advocates and investors like Aaron Mallory, founder of nonprofit GRO Community, rehabilitate blighted neighborhoods in Chicago and targeted cities across the U.S.

Through the firm’s Military Home Awards Program, JPMC has provided more than 1,000 mortgage-free homes to military families.

JPMorgan Chase has committed $150 million to support women, minority and veteran-owned small businesses as part of its Small Business Forward initiative.

In 2018, roughly 56,000 JPMC employees contributed 383,000 skills-based volunteer hours for approximately 3,800 projects, including company initiatives like Technology for Social Good (meeting nonprofit technology needs), the Fellowship Initiative (mentoring disadvantaged young men of color) and the Service Corps (expanding nonprofit service capacity).

KeyBank’s National Community Benefits Plan, launched in 2017, has led to more than $7 billion in investment through community development and affordable housing, mortgage and small business lending, and transformative philanthropy. Through 2018, KeyBank has provided $830 million in small business lending targeted to rural and low-to-moderate income communities.

KeyBank has spent more than $1 billion with diverse suppliers (suppliers that “are at least 51% owned, operated and controlled by U.S. citizens who are diverse”) since 2001, and the company encourages its non-diverse suppliers to source from diverse suppliers themselves.

KeyBank has reaffirmed its commitment to helping communities thrive in Western New York through their $1,000,000 grant to Say Yes Buffalo, a program aimed at increasing high school and postsecondary completion rates.

Inspired by the personal story of the son of an employee, CEO Roger Krone committed Leidos to addressing the opioid epidemic, including a CEO Pledge to take action, philanthropic partnerships and even distributing prescription disposal kits.

Leidos started close to home when it came to tackling the opioid crisis. The company distributed 100,000 Deterra™ drug deactivation kits to Maryland first responders and community organizations in the state where roughly 20 percent of their employees reside.

In an AI-enhanced future, humans will become better at everything; they’ll also become safer, less vulnerable to danger. That’s why Lockheed Martin continues to invest in and expand AI and autonomy capabilities. To help push the boundaries of AI, Lockheed Martin announced in September 2018 the AlphaPilot Innovation Challenge in partnership with the Drone Racing League. AlphaPilot is the first-ever fully autonomous, AI drone racing competition with $2million in prizes. Races start in the fall of 2019.

AlphaPilot Innovation Challenge Program: Lockheed Martin and Drone Racing League announced an innovation competition, challenging teams to develop artificial intelligence (AI) technology that will enable an autonomous drone to race a pilot-operated drone – and win. Participating teams will compete in a series of challenges for their share of over $2 million in prizes.

The AlphaPilot Innovation Challenge enlists university students, technologists, coders and drone enthusiasts to push the boundaries of AI, machine learning and fully autonomous flight.

The AlphaPilot challenge aims to accelerate the development and testing of fully autonomous drone technologies. AlphaPilot participants will design an artificial intelligence/machine learning framework, powered by the NVIDIA Jetson platform for AI at the edge, capable of flying a drone – without any pre-programming or human intervention – through challenging multi-dimensional race courses in DRL’s new Artificial Intelligence Robotic Racing Circuit.

Lockheed Martin invests more than $26 million worldwide to nonprofit organizations, focusing on STEM education and military/veteran causes. In addition, employees donate $11.7 million annually to various organizations through workplace-giving campaigns and employee-focused programs.

With approximately 105,000 employees across the globe, the impact of Lockheed Martin’s team through community service is vast. This year, 2,418 Lockheed Martin employees were honored with a President’s Volunteer Service Award for their substantial work in 2018. Twenty-three of those also received the prestigious Lifetime Service Award for 4,000 or more hours.

Marathon Oil fights hunger in its communities by supporting the Houston Food Bank, Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, San Antonio Food Bank and Great Plains Food Bank in Dickinson, North Dakota. In 2018, Marathon Oil sponsored Backpack Buddy programs in Houston, Oklahoma City and Dickinson to give children at-risk of hunger outside of school reliable, nutritious foods on the weekend. In total, Marathon Oil provided approximately 140,000 nutritious meals to those in need.

In Puerto Rico, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, Marriott expanded its work with World Central Kitchen (WCK) to assist their mission to feed Puerto Ricans in need. The Dorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, for example, served as World Central Kitchen (WCK)’s primary San Juan headquarters from late 2017 through early 2018. Marriott associates also volunteered with WCK to prepare hot meals and sandwiches, providing over 45,000 meals throughout 2017-2018. To support Marriott associates and communities in-need on the island, the Marriott Disaster Relief Fund provided more than $490K in funding to purchase critical supplies, including generators, mosquito nets, tarps, and toiletries.

McKesson hosts Community Days, a three-week-long companywide volunteer initiative. From October 1-21, 2018, more than 13,000 McKesson employees and their children in 150 locations across the U.S. and Canada participated in the annual Community Days volunteer event to create care packages for cancer patients. Employee volunteers created 19,000 care packages, which included fleece blankets, journals filled with affirmations and handwritten notes of encouragement.

In 2017 and 2018, hundreds of thousands found themselves in the paths of Hurricanes Harvey and Michael. When emergencies strike, McKesson stands by its employees, customers and communities.

For example, in August 2017, McKesson Corporation and the McKesson Foundation announced a commitment of $100,000 in financial support to nonprofit Direct Relief and $150,000 in-kind donation of medical supplies to World Vision. The donations were used by the two organizations to provide disaster response to those affected by Hurricane Harvey in the Houston, TX area. In addition, McKesson matched donations made by its employees through the company’s donation matching program. Altogether, McKesson’s donations totaled more than $300,000.

Company-wide campaigns and support for tragedies and natural disasters were set up quickly in response to a variety of issues, including the 2017 and 2018 California wildfires. Micron raised more than $160,000 for the California wildfire fund of the American Red Cross.

Motorola Solutions supports public safety customers around the world with industry-leading technology solutions. At the same time, the Motorola Solutions Foundation, the company’s charitable and philanthropic arm, supports programming to help create safer cities and thriving communities.

In the last 10 years, the Foundation has granted over $55 million to public safety programs that enhance community-policing relations, increase first responder effectiveness, support families of fallen first responders and improve safety education for the general public.

The New York Life Foundation partnered with StoryCorps to leverage the power of stories and storytelling to help children cope with the death of a parent, sibling, or loved one. Through Road to Resilience: Memories that Move Us Forward, StoryCorps partnered with six bereavement support organizations to provide opportunities for children, teens and their families to preserve memories of their loved ones, share their grief journeys, or simply to record themselves as they are. Each partner organization received equipment, on-site training, program support, promotional materials and other resources to help them embed the StoryCorps interview model into their current services. As part of this partnership, the New York Life Foundation is also funding the creation of a toolkit for bereavement centers across the country to use to create their own stories.

In 1998, New York Life created its corporate volunteer program, Volunteers for Good, which develops and promotes volunteer opportunities for its workforce to serve the communities where they work and live. Giving time and expertise, they collaborate with hundreds of charitable organizations and help coordinate volunteer projects every year to address community needs across the country.

New York Life’s Corporate Responsibility Department works with their Volunteer Coordinators from across the country to mobilize their workforce in a dedicated Month of Service every September. In 2018, 1,800 employees and agents from 65 offices provided 7,200 hours of service.

Each holiday season, New York Life employees and agents participate in activities like “adopting” senior citizens and families, providing gifts and helping with holiday celebrations to brighten the season. In 2018, New York Life agents and employees from 60 offices across the country completed projects during our Season of Giving.

With its “Recycle For Good” initiative, Novelis partnered with Atlanta Habitat for Humanity, the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation and Mercedes-Benz Stadium to encourage recycling. Novelis collects aluminum bottles and cans at the stadium, recycles them at a local plant, and uses the value of the aluminum to fund a Habitat for Humanity home. For every three million aluminum bottles and cans recycled at the stadium, Novelis funds an entire Habitat for Humanity home. Currently, Novelis is on the way to funding a third home and just recently brought its “Recycle For Good” initiative to the 2019 Kentucky Derby.

NRG Energy champions the health and well-being of employees by making healthy nutrition easy and encouraging physical activity. PositiveNRG, NRG’s philanthropic program, in partnership with Human Resources, brings local farming into the office by providing a stipend to those who sign up for Community Supported Agriculture programs within a 50 mile radius from company locations. This model allows employees to have access to fresh, healthy local fare while supporting local farmers. Employees who are interested in participating in local runs and other physical activities that raise money for local non-profits are also encouraged; NRG provides team-centric training and matches donations to the charitable cause.

In 2018, 12,260 North American Oracle employees completed 558 volunteer projects, representing a contribution of 31,083 hours.

As a long-time reducer of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), Pfizer recognizes that voluntary actions alone will not address climate change. Therefore, Pfizer supports government policies that establish emissions reduction targets guided by the best available science to stabilize global temperature rise below 2oC. As a result of their strong public commitments, Pfizer was one of the first 12 companies recognized by the We Mean Business initiative for having a Science Based Target aimed at stabilizing global temperature rise by 2050.

Access to medicines is a cornerstone of Pfizer’s ongoing commitment to patients. For more than 30 years, Pfizer has been helping patients get access to the medicines they need. In the United States, Pfizer RxPathways® connects eligible patients to assistance programs that provide insurance support, co-pay assistance and medicines for free or at a savings. Pfizer partners with health care providers, community health centers and free clinics to support their work in helping patients access medicines they need through patient assistance programs.

In 2018, Pfizer helped more than 219,000 patients receive 1.6 million Pfizer prescriptions for free or at a savings. In the last five years (2014-2018), Pfizer has helped more than 679,000 patients receive over 9 million Pfizer prescriptions for free or at a savings.

Principal Foundation encourages charitable involvement by employees through a number of volunteer and match giving programs. In 2018 alone, more than 3,124 employees volunteered 40,057 hours alongside board service match, dollars for teams, and dollars for doers opportunities to give back.

Principal launched the Youth Can Innovation Program in 2018 to help youth achieve economic opportunity and financial health. The initiative is in partnership with the Center for Financial Services Innovation, which is the leading authority on consumer financial health.

Raytheon sets ambitious targets for environmental protection and resource conservation. The company is working on its second set of long-term sustainability goals. In early 2016, we established 14 sustainability goals for 2020 that address many different areas, including energy and water conservation, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, solid waste diversion, supplier packaging, renewable energy, materials of concern and supplier commitment to sustainability. Raytheon is making steady progress toward these goals.

For example, Raytheon is pursuing Total Resource Use and Efficiency (TRUE) zero waste certification at many of its facilities. This certification program is managed by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), which operates many different environmental certification programs — including the well-known Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building certification program. TRUE certification is a whole-systems approach to solid waste management that changes how materials are used and how they flow through their life cycle. It makes companies more resource efficient, cuts their carbon footprint to reduce their environmental impact and turns waste into savings. It goes beyond the traditional focus on recycling to embrace reduction, reuse, re-earth/composting, redesign and more. To qualify, sites must divert at least 90 percent of their waste from landfills and incinerators. Sites must score at least 31 out of 81 zero waste points in 15 different categories that include redesign of processes, zero waste purchasing, upstream management and leadership involvement. In 2015, Raytheon became the first aerospace and defense company to earn zero waste certification.

In 2018, four Raytheon facilities obtained zero waste certification: El Segundo, California; Portsmouth, Rhode Island; Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Camden, Arkansas. Three of these sites achieved the highest certification level of Platinum, while the fourth site scored the second highest level, Gold. To date, Raytheon has obtained TRUE zero waste certification at 11 sites.

In 2018, Rockwell Automation certified all of its largest manufacturing facilities to the highest level of environmental standards (ISO 14001:2015 family of environmental management standards).

As a company committed to supporting veterans, SAS participates in many programs to attract these dedicated, driven people to the company, and to help them make the transition to civilian life.

SAS works closely with numerous organizations to ensure veteran employment representatives know the skills SAS seeks from candidates. SAS also aligns with Enable America to assist wounded warriors and disabled veterans as they explore potential career paths and participate in training sessions that strengthen their skills. And, SAS strives to bring education and resources to women veterans from across the state.

SAS’ Veteran Employment, Training and Support internship program provides valuable work experience for military personnel pursuing a degree in IT. Partnered with a mentor from SAS’ IT organization who is also a veteran, participants work on business-critical projects to help them acclimate to corporate environments while experiencing practical career coaching.

These efforts – among many others – helped earn SAS the Pro Patria Award, the highest state-level award given to a civilian employer by the US Department of Defense. It recognizes companies for hiring and supporting veterans, reservists and members of the National Guard.

In addition, SAS is working with the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) to offer free SAS programming courses to transitioning veterans and their families. At 14 military installations around the U.S., and online, veterans can learn valuable analytics skills that lead to rewarding career opportunities. The IVMF offers career skills programs that provide career training, entrepreneurship education, professional certifications and job placement support – all at no cost to the service member, veteran or family member. It also conducts national research, policy analysis and program evaluation, and works with communities and nonprofits across the nation to enhance service delivery for veterans and their families.

SAS has made strides to minimize its environmental impact, including a 28 percent energy efficiency improvement in its office buildings; diverting waste from landfills by more than 60 percent; and generating more than 3.8 million kilowatt-hours of clean renewable energy annually from solar installations. SAS also installed four bee hives at the company’s world headquarters campus to help bolster the dwindling honey bee population.

In Everett, MA, Schnitzer has supported the Boston Police Department and other local police departments by recycling metal from weapons taken off the streets. The Boston Police transports the guns to Schnitzer in Everett, which destroys the guns in its recycling facility. Schnitzer’s efforts support law enforcement and the communities in which the company operates by partnering to assure these weapons do not make their way back into circulation.

In Tacoma, WA, Schnitzer Steel supports the Tacoma Youth Marine Foundation and the Citizens for the Healthy Bay. By partnering with the Tacoma Youth Marine Foundation, Schnitzer is providing an outlet for the youth of Tacoma and Pierce County to attain maritime skills training, leadership and environmental awareness. The programs are in partnership with the Tacoma Sea Scouts, Tacoma Public Schools and Metro Parks Tacoma.

Additionally, Schnitzer supports a number of other organizations on the Thea Foss Waterway in Tacoma, WA, including providing programmatic instruction and sailboats to the Foss Waterway Seaport Museum for their youth camps and Maritime Fest. Schnitzer’s efforts with the Citizens for a Healthy Bay align with its core value of sustainability. Here, Schnitzer not only supports the bay patrol efforts to safeguard local waters and swiftly tackle pollution, but they also engage in education and conservation efforts by partnering several times a year to participate in the restoration of critical areas through their Student Stewards Conservation Program.

In 2018, SIlver Lake contributed to its community in a number of ways. Silver Lake employees donated their time and/or financial support to 185 different charitable organizations. Silver Lake matched hundreds of financial donations and made additional charitable contributions on behalf of its employees. Silver Lake employees were involved in 175 outside organizations, including school boards, charitable organizations, health networks and the arts.

Silver Lake has made substantial charitable contributions in recent years, including $250,000 to Destination Home, $1 million to Texas hurricane relief efforts and $500,ooo to Puerto Rican hurricane relief efforts.

In April 2019, Stanley Black & Decker announced the opening of a 23,000 square-foot Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence called “Manufactory 4.0” in Hartford, CT. The center will be an innovation hub for the local region, helping Hartford continue its evolution as a leading market for advanced manufacturing in the United States. For example, the Manufactory 4.0 is the home of the company’s STANLEY+Techstars additive manufacturing accelerator program, which is a program that supports entrepreneurs who are focused on additive manufacturing and eco-friendly sustainable packaging solutions.

In April 2019, Stanley Black & Decker announced the opening of a 23,000-square-foot Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence, called “Manufactory 4.0,” in downtown Hartford, CT.

The center will be an innovation hub for the local region, helping Hartford continue its evolution as a leading market for advanced manufacturing in the United States. For example, the Manufactory 4.0 is the home of the company’s STANLEY+Techstars additive manufacturing accelerator program, which is bringing some of the world’s most exciting advanced manufacturing startups to the city of Hartford.

The new Manufactory 4.0 center will serve as the heartbeat of Stanley Black & Decker’s Industry 4.0 efforts, helping our manufacturing operations rapidly adopt leading-edge technologies and ensuring our global workforce is prepared for this new world through upskilling and re-skilling efforts.

In September 2018, TC Energy launched a campaign to encourage first responders to apply for funding for support through Build Strong, the company’s community investment program. Safety is one of TC Energy’s core values, and the safety focus area within community investment is designed to uphold this value in communities in which the company operates.

TSYS CEO, Chairman and President Troy Woods challenged team members to donate generously to the American Red Cross to help with Hurricane Harvey and Irma recovery efforts. He personally matched team member donations of up to $20,000. Netspend, a TSYS subsidiary, also announced it would match team member donations up to $25,000.

To assist the Austin (TX) Disaster Relief Network (ADRN), donated funds were placed on Netspend’s Smart One prepaid cards to give directly to those in need. Working computers were donated to assist the ADRN Crisis team as well as victims who needed to apply assistance for online. During this time, customer service teams in affected areas worked to escalate any servicing issues and provide fee waivers as necessary. In addition to corporate-wide efforts, several U.S. team members volunteered to travel to Puerto Rico to assist with physical cleanup and recovery, and team members in McDonough, GA, held a supply drive to collect and provide emergency items to affected areas. These combined efforts resulted in $119,000 in corporate donations.

Turner Construction Company has a long, positive and consistent history of working with Under-represented Business Enterprises (UBE). UBEs include minority-owned, women-owned, disabled-owned, veteran-owned and LGBTQ-owned businesses.

In 2018, Turner Construction Company awarded over $1.6 billion in contracts to the company’s UBE trade partners demonstrating our commitment to the recruitment of minority participation. It is the largest amount, in absolute dollars, of minority contracts awarded by any construction manager in the United States.

In 1969, in an effort to improve the economic viability of UBE firms we developed the Turner School of Construction Management, the company’s nationally recognized and renowned construction management-training program. This program has helped Turner’s UBE partners build a sustainable and enduring businesses, create networks, establish joint venture partnerships, and form long-term business relationships.

Turner Construction is committed to being a green builder and is recognized as a leader with completion of more than 1,200 green building projects. Along the way, the company has diverted three million tons of construction waste from landfills, improved the company’s work environment and reduced its environmental impact through programs such as the annual Turner Green Zone survey.

Turner believes in utilizing its technical expertise to create a healthy, prosperous and sustainable future for our people, clients and the environment. The company’s 2030 Commitment is to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions and water consumption of our on-site construction operations by 50 percent by 2030. By taking a deeper look into the aspects of construction that the company can control – the building process itself – Turner has the opportunity to make a direct, measurable impact on the environment.

During the 2018-2019 federal government shutdown, United donated $1 million to Feeding America’s Shutdown Response Fund. United also contributed $600,000 to distribute food to impacted airport workers at its seven U.S. airport hubs.

As the airline partner of Global Glimpse, a global service education organization, United has transported more than 1,000 students and their teachers to participate in service learning trips to Ecuador, Panama and the Dominican Republic.

Practical Money Skills is Visa’s global financial literacy program. This program links consumers, educators and financial institutions to the tools they need to better manage their money and improve their quality of life.

Visa’s Back To Business project helps connect consumers with small businesses that have been affected by a natural disaster, supporting business owners struggling to recover.

Since mining began more than 45 years ago, Vistra subsidiary Luminant has participated in the following reclamation activities: (1) reclaimed more than 80,000 acres for use as pastures, forests, wildlife habitat, and water resources; (2) planted more than 41 million native trees, including over 1.2 million in 2018; (3) enhanced more than 6,800 acres of wetlands, ponds, and stream channels on restored lands, dramatically increasing water resources to the benefit of wildlife and livestock.

For more than 15 years, Vistra subsidiary TXU Energy has sponsored the TXU Energy Urban Tree Farm and Education Center, which assists Texas Trees Foundation in their mission to create healthy and sustainable communities. Year after year, the TXU Energy Urban Tree Farm and Education Center continues to provide a place for urban forestry education and sharing the importance of trees in communities. In total, Vistra and its subsidiaries have planted and donated nearly 300,000 trees across various communities.

With its nationwide community presence, and the health and daily living products and services it provides, Walgreens serves as a critical responder when disaster strikes, such as when Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria devastated communities across the southern U.S., Puerto Rico and the Caribbean in 2017.

Walgreens has—and embraces—a special responsibility to keep on providing medicine, food, water and essentials when people need them most. When disaster is coming, Walgreens is prepared with people and systems in place to monitor the situation on the ground in real time, and leap into action as needed.

When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, WESCO’s Integrated Supply Group (WIS) sourced 900 generators, water, gas cans, batteries, flashlights, water filters, safety glasses and myriad medical supplies, as well. In the weeks that followed, WIS continued to deliver hard-to-find items as requested, including ice machines, insect repellent, table camping stoves and many others.

Through its Hunger Busters program, WESCO employees delivered donations by the trunk loads and truckloads to food banks across the U.S. and Canada during two food drive competitions sponsored by the WESCO International Charitable Foundation.

Wipro provides books and backpacks to high-needs kids in regions and communities surrounding Wipro offices, through the company’s partnership with First Book. Since 2015, Wipro has donated more than 229,500 books globally, including over 181,600 books in the U.S. alone, impacting over 121,400 children. In the past year, Wipro has gifted books and supplies to children in Brooklyn, Dallas, Indianapolis, Nashville, San Francisco, Boca Raton, Minneapolis, Tampa and more.

Wipro Cares is a nonprofit trust, managed and driven by Wipro employees, that harnesses the passion of Wipro volunteers to support the needs of their local communities. Broadly, areas of focus include education, health care, the environment, and disaster rehabilitation. However, Wipro’s primary work in North America has focused on education.

In particular, Wipro believes that education is a key enabler of social change and has engaged with education initiatives in the U.S. for more than a decade. Wipro takes a long-term, institutional approach to improving educational outcomes and its initiatives address a diverse set of organizations–including local educational institutions, including universities, nonprofits, public schools, and stakeholders, including civic leaders, teachers, students and parents.

Like Israel and Singapore, the city of Los Angeles decided to turn to recycled water several years ago to help its water system and citizens address the severe water issues in their region. Xylem had the privilege of playing a role in helping develop the technology for the Terminal Island Water Reclamation Plant. The company installed the first-ever large-scale ultraviolet/chlorine process to treat wastewater to drinking water standards, creating a critical new tool to combat water scarcity challenges.

A decade ago, South Bend, Indiana, struggled with a combined sewer overflow (CSO) crisis. The city’s sewers would overflow into the Saint Joseph River with virtually every significant rainfall. The issue resulted in 1 to 2 billion gallons of polluted sewer water being dumped into the river annually. City officials turned to EmNet, now a part of Xylem, to identify and implement an innovative solution to avoid flooding when a storm hits. This reduced the need to build large tunnels and storage tanks, which would have required a massive capital outlay. As a result, overflow volumes have been reduced by more than 70 percent, preventing more than 1 billion gallons a year of polluted water from entering the St. Joseph River, and E.coli concentrations have decreased 50 percent on average. In addition, the city saved $500 million in avoided construction costs. EmNet, which is now a part of Xylem, has gone on to work with more than 20 cities in North America and has helped clients save more than $3.5 billion.

Eligible Zebra employees can get approval for paid time off to volunteer at an eligible charitable organization during regular business hours. Each country has different policies pertaining to the total amount allowed based on regional and country requirements. For example, US, UK and Canadian employees are provided four community service days (or ​32 business hours) each year​. In addition, when an employee volunteers at an eligible charitable organization, Zebra will donate up to $200 to that organization for every eight hours of service (up to a maximum of $800 per employee per year).

Zebra’s overall usage of volunteer paid time off (PTO) grew 47% year-over-year from 2017 to 2018 due to regional expansion and improved participation tracking.