In latest blog, Covestro’s Lucore asks, “What else can we do?”
Pittsburgh, June 24, 2020 — As Covestro LLC unveils its new North American sustainability and corporate social responsibility magazine featuring its innovative collaborations with community and environmental organizations in support of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, its head of CSR and sustainability, Rebecca Lucore, urges people in a new Medium blog to continue their work amid the pandemic and social unrest with passion, compassion, kindness, equity and inclusiveness leading the way.
Read the full blog post at: https://medium.com/@rebeccalucore/what-else-can-we-do-e906a6143d75.
Covestro’s People. Purpose. Place. A sustainability and social snapshot of North America features dozens of the nonprofits it teams with that are working to address important issues including food insecurity and hunger, climate change, workforce development, equity and inclusion, and quality education, among others. To read the new North American sustainability and corporate social responsibility magazine, visit the website at: https://www.covestro.us/csr-and-sustainability/overview.
Over the coming months, Covestro will highlight individual organizations and their impact work through a new “Social Innovation Spotlight” series on Twitter. Follow @CovestroUS to stay up-to-date.
In her role, Lucore is responsible for innovating new approaches to social programs, philanthropy and donations, community relations and sustainability initiatives in North America. She is the architect of the company’s award-winning i3 (ignite, imagine, innovate), Covestro’s corporate social responsibility program in the U.S. i3 aims to spark curiosity, to envision what could be and to help create it. Its three focus areas – i3 STEM, i3 Engage and i3 Give – leverage the company’s current and future workforce, the communities in which it operates, and its partners and collaborators to create sustainable and lasting impacts.
About Covestro LLC:
Covestro LLC is one of the leading producers of high-performance polymers in North America and is part of the global Covestro business, which is among the world’s largest polymer companies with 2019 sales of EUR 12.4 billion. Business activities are focused on the manufacture of high-tech polymer materials and the development of innovative solutions for products used in many areas of daily life. The main segments served are the automotive, construction, wood processing and furniture, electrical and electronics, and healthcare industries. Other sectors include sports and leisure, cosmetics and the chemical industry itself. Covestro has 30 production sites worldwide and employed approximately 17,200 people at the end of 2019.
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