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Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (PSEG) is a diversified energy company headquartered in Newark, N.J. Established in 1903, the company has long had a key role in fueling New Jersey's economy and supporting the state's quality of life. Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (PSE&G) is New Jersey's largest provider of electric and natural gas service – serving 2.3 million electric customers and 1.9 million gas customers. PSEG Power owns and operates a diverse fleet of power plants located primarily in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions and has solar energy facilities throughout the United States. Another member of the PSEG family of companies, PSEG Long Island, operates the electric transmission and distribution system of the Long Island Power Authority, with 1.1 million customers. PSEG is a Fortune 500 company included in the S&P 500 Index and has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for North America for 13 consecutive years. PSEG has approximately 13,000 employees, who are carrying forward a proud tradition of dedicated service that has continued over more than 100 years. TWIN Liaison: Jamar W. Tyndale, Manager-Corporate Responsibility |
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Colgate-Palmolive Company
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, the Company sells its products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, meridol, Tom’s of Maine, hello, Sorriso, Speed Stick, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sanex, Filorga, eltaMD, PCA Skin, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Science Diet and Hill’s Prescription Diet. The Company is recognized for its leadership and innovation in promoting environmental sustainability and community wellbeing, including its achievements in saving water, reducing waste, promoting recyclability and improving children’s oral health through its Bright Smiles, Bright Futures program, which has reached more than one billion children since 1991. For more information about Colgate’s global business and how the Company is building a future to smile about, visit www.colgatepalmolive.com. TWIN Liaison: Linda Crowell, Human Resources Specialist Johnson & Johnson At Johnson & Johnson, we believe good health is the foundation of vibrant lives, thriving communities and forward progress. That’s why for more than 130 years, Johnson & Johnson has aimed to keep people well at every age and every stage of life. Today, as the world’s largest and most broadly based healthcare company, Johnson & Johnson is committed to using its reach and size for good. Johnson & Johnson strives to improve access and affordability, create healthier communities, and put a healthy mind, body and environment within reach of everyone, everywhere. Johnson & Johnson Supply Chain includes three business sector supply chains—Consumer Health, Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals—that cover planning, sourcing, internal and external manufacturing, as well as the Supply Chain Strategy, Innovation & Deployment organization and the Deliver organization, which provides enterprise-wide logistics and customer service across the worldwide, and drives innovative solutions for our customers. TWIN Liaison: Patricia Gormanly-Lombardi, Executive Assistant Wakefern Food Corp. From a small, local cooperative that began with eight grocery store owners, Wakefern Food Corp. has grown into the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the United States. Founded in 1946, the cooperative is comprised of 50 member families who today independently own and operate 363 supermarkets under the ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, The Fresh Grocer, Dearborn Market, Gourmet Garage, and Fairway Market banners in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Together with its member companies, Wakefern employs nearly 80,000 people and is one of the largest employers in New Jersey. For more information, please visit wakefern.com. TWIN Liaison: Crystal Terry, Diversity & Inclusion Program Specialist |
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Infineum USA L.P.
Established in January 1999, Infineum is a joint venture of two of the most respected names in lubricants and fuels, ExxonMobil and Shell. With manufacturing, R&D, and business center in Linden, New Jersey and headquarters in the U.K., Infineum USA L.P. is a major worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of lubricant additives used primarily in automotive, heavy-duty diesel and marine engines, and additives for gasoline and diesel fuels. The Infineum product line also includes specialty additives for automotive transmission fluids, gear, and industrial oils. Its customers include oil companies and other lubricant and fuel marketers. For more information, visit Infineum on the Web at www.infineum.com.
TWIN Liaison: Lois Bass, Community Relations Coordinator
Established in January 1999, Infineum is a joint venture of two of the most respected names in lubricants and fuels, ExxonMobil and Shell. With manufacturing, R&D, and business center in Linden, New Jersey and headquarters in the U.K., Infineum USA L.P. is a major worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of lubricant additives used primarily in automotive, heavy-duty diesel and marine engines, and additives for gasoline and diesel fuels. The Infineum product line also includes specialty additives for automotive transmission fluids, gear, and industrial oils. Its customers include oil companies and other lubricant and fuel marketers. For more information, visit Infineum on the Web at www.infineum.com.
TWIN Liaison: Lois Bass, Community Relations Coordinator
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Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, the state's oldest and largest health insurer is a tax-paying, not-for-profit health service corporation, providing a wide array of medical, dental, vision and prescription insurance products and services. Horizon BCBSNJ is leading the transformation of health care in New Jersey by working with doctors and hospitals to deliver innovative, patient-centered programs that reward the quality, not quantity, of care patients receive. Learn more at HorizonBlue.com. Horizon BCBSNJ is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association serving more than 3.million members.
TWIN Liaison: Alison Banks-Moore, Chief Diversity Officer
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, the state's oldest and largest health insurer is a tax-paying, not-for-profit health service corporation, providing a wide array of medical, dental, vision and prescription insurance products and services. Horizon BCBSNJ is leading the transformation of health care in New Jersey by working with doctors and hospitals to deliver innovative, patient-centered programs that reward the quality, not quantity, of care patients receive. Learn more at HorizonBlue.com. Horizon BCBSNJ is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association serving more than 3.million members.
TWIN Liaison: Alison Banks-Moore, Chief Diversity Officer
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New Jersey American Water
New Jersey American Water, a subsidiary of American Water (NYSE: AWK), is the largest investor-owned water utility in the state, providing high-quality and reliable water and/or wastewater services to approximately 2.8 million people in 192 communities. Over 840 highly-skilled professionals – many of whom live in the communities it serves –carry out the company’s foremost responsibility of providing safe and reliable water and wastewater service to our customers around the clock. New Jersey American Water’s parent company, American Water, was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Camden, New Jersey. As the largest and most geographically diverse publicly traded water and wastewater utility company in the U.S., American Water employs over 6,800 dedicated professionals who provide services to more than 15 million people in 46 states. New Jersey American Water takes water quality seriously and has an exceptional track record when it comes to regulatory compliance. The company performs thousands of tests every day for about 100 regulated contaminants, and continuously meets or surpasses all federal regulations, scoring amongst the highest of all water companies. Five of New Jersey American Water’s treatment plants have been nationally recognized with Directors Awards from the U.S. EPA’s Partnership for Safe Water program for surpassing federal and state drinking water standards. The company works tirelessly to ensure its facilities operate efficiently and meet all regulatory standards. This requires investing millions each year in infrastructure, including treatment plants, tanks, pump stations, pipes, fire hydrants and metering equipment. New Jersey American Water invested more than $375 million in 2019 alone to improve the water treatment and pipeline systems across the state and won a Distinguished Engineering Award from the New Jersey Alliance for Action for an innovative transmission main rehabilitation project in South Plainfield, N.J. New Jersey American Water also holds investments in the environment close to its heart. With solar installations at six of its treatment facilities, the company has produced more than 3 million kWh of solar energy annually in the past four years, reducing its CO2 emissions by more than 5,000 metric tons total. It also utilizes an innovative water loss management system to keep its lost water average about 10 percent lower than the state average. The company provides a robust community education and outreach program that includes participation in community events with customer information and a mobile “H2O on the Go” water station, a speaker’s bureau providing presentations to schools and community groups, plant tours and other outreach efforts. The company also partners with Scholastic to bring water protection and conservation education into classrooms across the state. Named for two consecutive years to the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, and recognized for several years for gender diversity by the Executive Women of New Jersey, American Water has a strong commitment to gender parity at all levels of the company. The company is focused on inclusion and diversity, grounded in the belief that it is important that employees and leadership reflect the communities and the customers it serves. TWIN Liaison: Tina Earley, Major Accountant Manager Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NPC) – a U.S. affiliate of Basel, Switzerland-based Novartis AG – researches, develops, manufactures and markets innovative medicines aimed at improving patients’ lives. We offer a broad range of medicines for cancer, cardiovascular disease, endocrine disease, inflammatory disease, infectious disease, neurological disease, organ transplantation, psychiatric disease, respiratory disease and skin conditions. Our mission is to discover new ways to improve and extend people’s lives. TWIN Liaison: Kathleen Hooper, Diversity & Inclusion Specialist Phillips 66 Bayway Refinery As a global energy provider, our employees and facilities are fundamentally connected to the communities we share. Our employees live deeply held values of safety, honor and commitment. We aim to be trusted partners and actively participate in building the strength and sustainability of the communities where we operate. Advanced technology and rapidly changing energy needs are accelerating our efforts to deliver innovative energy solutions. Phillips 66 recognizes we will need alternative or renewable energy sources and fossil fuels to meet the world’s growing energy needs. The company remains committed to providing energy and improving lives and is advancing transition to a lower-carbon future, currently transforming our San Francisco Refinery into one of the world’s largest renewable fuels plants. Phillips 66 provides high quality jobs, social impact investments, and the compassion, knowledge and hard work of our employee volunteers. Bayway Refinery is one of fifteen refineries owned and operated by Phillips 66. Bayway is the largest refinery on the East Coast, operating for over 110 years, and is a key asset to the region and the State of New Jersey. Bayway Refinery provides over 1,000 direct jobs. Bayway Refinery has been providing residents and businesses in the region with fuels, plastics, and other products which have been improving people’s lives for more than a century. The Bayway Refinery earned the nickname “The Gasoline Machine” because it is home to the largest fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit in the Western Hemisphere, enabling the refinery to produce enough gasoline to meet 40% of New Jersey’s annual demand. Every 8 seconds the refinery produces enough gasoline to supply the average driver’s vehicle for a year. Products are distributed primarily to East Coast customers via barges, trucks, pipelines, and railcars, and include: Gasoline, Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel, Jet Fuel, Bunker Fuel Oil, Propane (LPG), Propylene, Polypropylene (Plastics), Butane, and Iso-Butylene. Bayway Refinery is a safe, reliable, and environmentally responsible operation that provides highly valued products. The refinery has a long-held commitment to the environment and with utilization of the latest available technology. The Wet Gas Scrubber graces the Bayway skyline; one of the most effective pollution control devices in the world. Bayway, is committed to providing energy and improving lives and is advancing transition to a lower-carbon future wherever possible in our operations. Bayway safety performance is regularly in the top 1-2% of all refineries in the United States, and the refinery has been awarded numerous AFPM safety awards. Bayway maintains an open dialogue with neighboring communities through the Bayway Community Advisory Panel. Our five Bayway Employee Resource Groups (ERG’s) foster engagement in company programs and are also instrumental in facilitating community outreach. Our philanthropic investments in the community over many years have helped to upgrade parks, enhance education, support greater emergency preparedness and safety and have transformed communities impacted by flooding. The Bayway Refinery prides itself on being a responsible citizen, investing in our communities through charitable contributions, community engagement, volunteerism, sponsorships, and civic leadership. TWIN Liaison: Mary Phillips, Bayway Refinery Community Relations Coordinator |