October 2025

Resilient Utility Systems: Lessons and Strategies for Storm Preparedness and Recovery

The increased frequency and severity of storms including hurricanes, microbursts, and torrential rains all hold the possibility of severe damage to utility assets and loss of power. Each storm event is unique, but they all require safe and rapid restoration of power while meeting the utility’s goal of restoring stability across impacted communities. 

MetLife: Living Our Purpose Through Expanding Access to Financial Services

We are committed to developing solutions to help individuals access resources, care and financial support throughout their lives, including those in rural and underbanked communities. Doing so promotes greater financial stability and wellness, while helping MetLife attract new customers. We hold insurance information outreach programs in several markets, often working with local bank branches to provide information to customers. We focus on the accessibility and affordability of our products and services to provide options that help address the insurance coverage gap.

Farming Smarter: How AI Can Help Farmers Regenerate Land, Empower Workers and Feed the Future

by Craig Wichner, Founder & Managing Partner, Farmland LP

Feeding the world in the decades ahead is one of humanity’s greatest challenges. By 2050, the global population is projected to reach nearly 10 billion people, requiring roughly 70% more calories than are produced today. Yet water supplies may fall 40% short of global needs by 2030, and nearly a quarter of the world’s arable land is already degraded. On our current path, the math doesn’t work.

Direct Relief Commits $250,000, Opens Medical Inventory in Response to Hurricane Melissa’s Impacts in the Caribbean

October 29, 2025 /3BL/ - Direct Relief today committed an initial $250,000 in financial support and offered up its entire medical inventory to health providers in the Caribbean in response to Hurricane Melissa.

The Category 5 storm is churning through the Caribbean, with Jamaica and Cuba bracing for impact. Melissa’s ongoing threats include more than two feet of rain, dangerous storm surge, and wind speeds of more than 150 miles per hour. The storm has already inundated areas of Haiti and the Dominican Republic with deadly flooding and landslides. 

Cascale Releases Higg MSI v3.11 With New Cotton Data and Expanded Material Categories for Home Furnishings

AMSTERDAM, HONG KONG, OAKLAND, Calif., October 29, 2025 /3BL/ - Cascale has released version 3.11 of the Higg Materials Sustainability Index (Higg MSI), introducing new cotton datasets and expanded material categories for home furnishings. The update enhances data accuracy and supports more informed, science-based material choices across the consumer goods industry.

The KFC Foundation Invests $200,000 in Food & Shelter Projects

KFC Foundation

The KFC Foundation is awarding $200,000 in grants to 20 community-based non-profit organization projects focused on expanding access to food and shelter. Kentucky Fried Wishes, one of the KFC Foundation’s community giving programs, invites non-profit organizations to apply for a grant to fund a project on their wish list. This year, the KFC Foundation will fund $650,000 in Kentucky Fried Wishes to 65 non-profits nationwide, with grants awarded based on different project categories throughout the year.

Saint-Gobain Ceramics and Eurodia Industrie Announce Strategic Partnership To Deliver Integrated Material and Process Solutions for Direct Lithium Extraction

Courbevoie, France & Pertuis, France, October 29th, 2025 /3BL/ — Saint-Gobain Ceramics, a global leader in materials and solutions for sustainable industries, and Eurodia Industrie, a process engineering specialist in liquid purification technologies, today announced a strategic partnership to provide integrated solutions for the fast-growing Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) market.

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