Winnebago Industries joins the United Nations Global Compact
Commitment advances company’s ESG responsible business practices
May 06, 2021 09:25 ET | Source: Winnebago Industries, Inc. Winnebago Industries, Inc. Forest City, Iowa, UNITED STATES
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., May 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Winnebago Industries, Inc. (NYSE: WGO), a leading outdoor lifestyle product manufacturer, joins 12,000+ global signatories to the United Nations Global Compact, a corporate sustainability initiative designed to advance universal principles on human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption. Committing to the UN Global Compact advances Winnebago Industries on its corporate responsibility journey.
“Collective action is imperative to addressing the environmental and social challenges our global society faces,” said Michael Happe, Winnebago Industries President and CEO. “Winnebago Industries is proud to join like-minded compa
Taiwan can help build a resilient and inclusive global health system
Posted : 2021-05-13 17:19 By Chen Shih-chung
The threat that emerging infectious diseases pose to global health and the economy, trade and tourism never ceases. Pandemics can spread rapidly around the world due to international aviation and transport. As of March 2021, a novel form of pneumonia that first emerged in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019, and has since been classified as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has caused more than 126 million infection cases and more than 2.7 million deaths worldwide.
The virus has had an enormous medical, economic and social impact around the world, and significantly threatened global efforts to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
ArgoGlobal Provides Capacity of $25M for Green Finance MGA Tierra Underwriting Ltd. May 13, 2021
ArgoGlobal, the Lloyd’s insurer and member of Argo Group, has formed a partnership with green finance managing general agency, Tierra Underwriting Ltd.
ArgoGlobal is providing $25 million in underwriting capacity to support the MGA, supporting Tierra Underwriting in transactions that enable a transition to a lower carbon economy. Tierra Underwriting provides long-term credit insurance to support green project finance transactions. Its target clients are banks involved in the financing of projects that are environmentally beneficial and help transition the world to a low carbon future.
“We are excited to be embarking on this partnership with Tierra Underwriting Ltd. at such a vital time in our market’s history,” said Jeremy Shallow, head of Specialty at ArgoGlobal.
Albemarle Corporation to Release 2020 Sustainability Report on Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Sustainability presentation and webcast to be held on June 3, 2021 at 10 a.m. EDT
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, announced today that it will release its 2020 Sustainability Report on Wednesday, June 2, 2021.
The company will also host a webcast on Thursday, June 3, at 10:00 a.m. EDT with CEO Kent Masters and CFO Scott Tozier, who will present an update on Albemarle s sustainability initiatives. This year s Sustainability Report will map out meaningful and achievable targets for greenhouse gas and water use and Albemarle s priorities that support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.