Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Research, Reports & Publications

Why Double-Materiality Is Crucial for Reporting Organizational Impacts

A white paper commissioned by GRI investigates the application of materiality in sustainability reporting

Green Infrastructure

Big Mac, Small Footprint

EnergyAustralia has supported McDonald’s in opening the fast food giant’s first outlet in Down Under running entirely on renewable energy. Check out how they are creating a blueprint of sustainability for other eateries nationwide.

Environment

Tetra Tech's Ernesto L. Diaz Discusses Using Ecological and Nature-based Engineering for Coastal Risk Reduction and Sea Level Rise Adaptation

Ernesto L. Diaz is Tetra Tech’s Caribbean regional manager based in Puerto Rico and a lead coastal and marine scientist specializing in risk reduction, shoreline protection, and development of sea level rise adaptation strategies

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

From Bad Bunny to Smart Money

Sisters Melanie and Mariana Montoya could relate when they saw SUMA Wealth using the demand for Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny’s concert tickets to shell out personal financial advice: Don’t spend what you don’t have. “When Bad Bunny tickets were released, they were really expensive. The post suggested that if you bought them you should hold off on other big purchases,” said Melanie, a freelance graphic designer and video editor. “That’s using something super relevant for people our age to teach finance in a culturally relevant way.”

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Ethics and Compliance on the Factory Floor

Employee safety, workplace equity, and the protection of human rights – each are key components to determining a company’s commitment to ethical and responsible practices. But how exactly are businesses making sure that their supply chains are living up to these standards?

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Here's Why Brits Are Putting Illustrated Hands in Their Windows Across the UK

Walking around the deserted streets of Britain during the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the most obvious signs of humanity have come from what people have put in their windows.

Innovation & Technology

Ideagen TV Presents the World Wide Release of Ideagen's Cloud, AI and Innovation Summit Series Presented Globally by Microsoft

As we continue the countdown to 2030 and achieving the 17 Global Goals, on May 25, 26 and 27, 2021, Ideagen’s Annual Cloud, AI, and Innovation Summit highlighted systemic solutions to solve the world’s most vexing issues.

Social Impact & Volunteering

CNH Industrial Employees Volunteer at Racine Zoo

Over 20 CNH Industrial employees recently joined a force of volunteers to support the annual spring clean-up efforts of the Racine Zoo in Racine, Wisconsin.

Environment

WEC Hosts Virtual Workshop: “How Can Business Collaborate to Achieve Meaningful Impact on Advancing SDGs?”

On May 20, 2021 WEC hosted the Virtual Workshop: “How can Business Collaborate to Achieve Meaningful Impact on Advancing SDGs?” in collaboration with ERM and Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

Environment

WEC Virtual Roundtable “How to Achieve Net Positive Water” in Collaboration With Ecolab

Securing reliable supplies of clean, fresh water needed for the health and wellbeing of people, agriculture, industry, and nature will be a greater challenge in more parts of the world as climate change accelerates.

Energy

Volvo Trucks' Customer Albertsons Achieves Nation's First Commercial 100% Zero-Emission Refrigerated Grocery Delivery With a Class 8 Truck

Albertsons Companies, the second-largest grocery chain in the U.S., recently took delivery of two Volvo VNR Electric trucks at its distribution center in Irvine, California.

Innovation & Technology

"Verizon Innovative Learning Showed Me What It's Like to Really Be a Leader"

​Verizon Innovative Learning has provided thousands of students at Title I middle schools across the nation with advanced technology, next-generation curriculum and devices and data access that they can use to explore STEM at school and at home. I

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

O-I Partners With Its Local Communities to Create Glass Recycling Access

O-I Glass launches Glass for Good, a glass recycling program that benefits communities by generating charitable donations for recycled glass.

Environment

Sustainable Water Use

Our water stewardship journey continues as we look to lead and initiate action-based projects with local communities, industry and water basin authorities—the result of which will help to fulfill our goal to create a more sustainable world.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CGF Announces New Members for May 2021

The Consumer Goods Forum is delighted to announce the following new companies have joined our global membership community and, in doing so, have confirmed their commitment to our vision of better lives through better business.

Green Infrastructure

Enhancing Safety on Ann Arbor Streets With C-V2X

Qualcomm Technologies is supporting UMTRI with its Smart Intersection project to demonstrate improved automotive and pedestrian safety using C-V2X technology.

Diversity & Inclusion

Concrete Plans and Current Momentum Fuel Intel's Commitments to Equity

Real progress in racial equity calls for us to work internally and externally, using all of our talent, resources, and relationships.

Health & Healthcare

Introducing the COVID Advocacy Exchange

Cathy Traz, Executive Director & Head of Global Advocacy at Bristol Myers Squibb, talks about her central involvement in the creation of the COVID Advocacy Exchange (CAE), an innovative, virtual platform that convenes advocacy groups, patients...

Social Impact & Volunteering

Our Commitment to Volunteering, Partnerships and Donations

At Clarivate, we believe we can create a larger, more dynamic force for good by organizing and promoting campaigns and initiatives to help making the world a better place.

Diversity & Inclusion

Keoki's Workplace Motto of Doing the Right Thing and Never Settling

Keoki Souza was born in Maui and raised there and the island of Hawaii. And although these Hawaiian islands are known for their diverse terrain and beautiful beaches, Keoki remembers the struggles he and his family faced growing up.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comcast Seeks Community Partners for WiFi-Connected “Lift Zones” in Southern Arizona

Comcast is equipping multiple locations across the greater Tucson area with WiFi-connected “Lift Zones” before the end of 2021 as part of its ongoing commitment to help connect low-income families to the Internet.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Visibility Project

GLAAD and P&G are launching The Visibility Project, a campaign to drive LGBTQ inclusion in advertising and marketing, harnessing the power to accelerate LGBTQ acceptance and equality in the workplace.

Environment

La Red de Innovación e Impacto - Meet Centro de Producción más Limpia, Nicaragua

Through the La Red de Innovación e Impacto program, WEC and our partners support small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs) that are accelerating business development and promoting sustainable economic growth in Latin America.

Environment

La Red de Innovación e Impacto - Conoce a Centro de Producción más Limpia, Nicaragua

A través de la Iniciativa La Red de Innovación e Impacto programa, WEC y nuestros socios apoyamos a las pequeñas y medianas empresas que están acelerando el desarrollo empresarial y promoviendo el crecimiento económico sostenible en América Latina.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo Awards $1 Million to Assist Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities

Wells Fargo is awarding $1 million in grants to provide support for the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community and small businesses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent increase in anti-Asian hate

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