Sustainability News

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Whole Foods Market and National Young Farmers Coalition Launch Next Generation Farmer Fund to Support the Future of American Agriculture...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GROV) (“Grove” or the “Company”), the world’s first plastic neutral retailer and a leading sustainable consumer products company, certified B Corporation, and Public Benefit Corporation, today reported financial results for its fiscal second quarter ended June 30, 2026. Key Second Quarter 2026 Financial Highlights: Total Net Revenue was $36.6 million, down 16.9% year-over-year, but up 1.0% sequentially Adjusted EBITDA was...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carlisle Companies Incorporated (NYSE: CSL) today announced that its Board of Directors approved a 14% increase in the Company’s regular quarterly dividend from $1.10 to $1.25 per share, or to $5 per share on an annualized basis. The dividend is payable on September 1, 2026, to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 19, 2026. With this increase, Carlisle joins the elite group of “Dividend Kings,” U.S. public companies that have raised their...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Colossal Foundation, the 501(c)(3) charitable organization of Colossal Biosciences, has announced the second cohort of its Species Reintroduction Fund, expanding the program to seven new species across four continents. In collaboration with the global conservation nonprofit Re:wild, the Fund will direct its annual commitment of $250,000 to teams working in Cambodia, the United States, Brazil, Guatemala, Australia, and Canada. Launched in 2025 as the first fund in th...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Xcel Energy Foundation today announced it has invested nearly $160 million over the past quarter of a century to strengthen communities, according to a new Impact Report commemorating the Foundation’s 25th anniversary. Since the Foundation’s establishment in 2001, Xcel Energy and the Xcel Energy Foundation have supported communities in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. The investments include more than $...

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For his and his company’s contributions to the advancement of the circular economy, John Shegerian, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of ERI, the nation’s leading material resource recovery, ITAD, and technology reuse and recycling provider, was presented with the first ever Enduring Impact Award at the ITAD Industry Excellence Awards at the ITAD Summit in Las Vegas this week. The ITAD Summit has become one of the most popular and important ITAD-related conferences in the...

IRVINGTON, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--X-Caliber Rural Capital ("XRC"), a licensed USDA OneRD lender and affiliate of X-Caliber Capital Holdings LLC ("X-Caliber"), today announced the closing of a $25 million USDA OneRD Business & Industry Guaranteed Loan, the maximum available amount under the program, to support the expansion of Plantible Foods' commercial production facility in Eldorado, Texas. Plantible Foods is a biology company producing functional ingredients derived from Lemna (water len...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pregis acquired MP Global Packaging, complementing its fiber-based portfolio and investment in sustainable, temperature-sensitive shipping....

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hydrostor, a leading global long duration energy storage (LDES) developer and operator, is pleased to announce that the Willow Rock Energy Storage Center has signed a 60 megawatt (MW) offtake agreement with Clean Energy Alliance (CEA), a community choice aggregator based in San Diego County. Jordan Cole, Hydrostor’s Chief Commercial Officer, said, “This agreement marks a key milestone for Willow Rock as we begin significant activity on the project site. Hydrostor is thr...

KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Evergy, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVRG) today announced second quarter 2026 GAAP earnings of $215.0 million, or $0.91 per share, compared to GAAP earnings of $171.3 million, or $0.74 per share, for the second quarter 2025. Evergy’s second quarter 2026 adjusted earnings (non-GAAP) and adjusted earnings per share (non-GAAP) were $208.5 million and $0.88 per share, respectively, compared to $191.1 million and $0.82, respectively, in second quarter 2025. Adjusted earnings (no...