October 2023

Whole Planet Foundation: 2023 Top Supplier Donors Are Creating Income-Generating Opportunities Around the Globe

Whole Foods Market suppliers are funding income-generating opportunities to alleviate global poverty through Whole Planet Foundation’s microlending programs. 2023 top donors, which can be found in select stores and online on Whole Foods Market on Amazon, are committed to creating opportunity for the world’s poorest entrepreneurs.

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Representative of the United States to the United Nations, To Receive the UNFCU Foundation 2023 Women’s Empowerment Lifetime Achievement Award

LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y., October 6, 2023 /3BL/ - UNFCU Foundation today announced that Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Representative of the United States to the United Nations, is the recipient of its 2023 Women’s Empowerment Lifetime Achievement Award. The award will be presented at UNFCU Foundation’s annual celebration of empowerment change-makers. The event will take place at 6:00pm ET on 11 October at the Midtown Loft & Terrace in New York City.

Cintas Celebrates National Disability Employment Awareness Month

Making partners feel included and a part of our success has been embedded in Cintas' company culture from the beginning. 

Although Cintas proudly recognizes the contributions of its partners with disabilities every day, October has a special designation as National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The annual observance honors workers with disabilities past and present, and increases awareness of inclusion opportunities.

Climate Tax’n’Cash Could Eliminate All Energy-Related CO2 Emissons by 2035, Study Suggests

October 5, 2023 /3BL/ - The potential negative impacts of global warming have been known for ages. The heat-absorbing characteristics of CO2 in the atmosphere was first experimentally proven in 1856; the first calculations of how our climate could be affected by continued burning of coal/oil and gas were published in 1907.

Subaru and Philadelphia Union Reveal Larger-Than-Life Soccer Ball Sculpture To Celebrate Recycling Milestone

CAMDEN, N.J. October 5, 2023 /3BL/ - Subaru of America, Inc. and the Philadelphia Union have revealed a unique “zero landfill” sculpture at Subaru Park in Chester, PA to commemorate its status as the first zero landfill stadium in Major League Soccer. Since achieving the milestone in 2021, Subaru and the Union have diverted more than one million pounds of waste from landfills.

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