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Responsible Production & the Circular Economy | Cascale

A Defining Moment for Global, APAC Apparel Policy

Howard Kwong, senior manager of public affairs, APAC, at Cascale, shares perspective on this defining moment for global due diligence and sustainability reporting, especially in the APAC. Cascale’s new report details the state of play.

Corporate Responsibility

KeyBank Delavan-Grider Farmers Market to Return to East Buffalo on Thursday May 28th

KeyBank

Health & Healthcare

CVS Health: Beyond Medication: A Whole Person Approach to Lasting Weight Loss

CVS Health

Corporate Responsibility

How Much Money Does Your Company’s Emergency Assistance Fund Actually Need?

America's Charities

Research & Reports

Baker Hughes 2025 Corporate Sustainability Report: 2025 Sustainability Performance Highlights

Baker Hughes Energy Services LLC

AI & Technology

Macao Sustainability Leader Sustaincia Joins the Sands Cares Accelerator

Las Vegas Sands

Corporate Responsibility

From Guide to Senior TPM: Meet Deidre Murzynski

GoDaddy

Health & Healthcare

CVS Health - You’re Not Alone: Why Maternal Mental Health Matters

CVS Health

Environment

The Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable Marks 20 Years of Advancing Environmental Sustainability Through Industry Collaboration

Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable

Featured Brands

How a Dangerous Collapse Led One Woman to a Blood Pressure Procedure

Heart conditions can impact anyone, anywhere, and often without warning. Fifty-nine-year-old Ana Florencio experienced this first-hand when what began as an otherwise typical day quickly turned into one of the scariest moments of her life.

Does Screen Time Affect Behavior? Why Using It as a Reward Can Backfire

A cognitive specialist and parenting coach explains how screen habits can shape kids’ motivation and emotions—and shares simple ways to reset the pattern.

Entrepreneur Fund Announces 26 Recipients of Rural Field to Market Grant

The Entrepreneur Fund (EFund), with support from the Wells Fargo Foundation, announced the 26 recipients of the Rural Field to Market Grant, a one-time funding opportunity designed to strengthen small- to mid-size farm and food businesses across EFund’s Minnesota service area.

The Power of Collaboration – Building a Circular Future in Memphis

Imagine a world where "waste" doesn't exist, and the things we use every day get a new lease on life. This isn't a far-off dream; it's the heart of the circular economy, and it's happening right here in Memphis.

Guiding Stars: Healthy Habits for Perimenopause & Menopause

Perimenopause and menopause have become a more open and widely discussed life stage, with many women seeking practical, evidence-based guidance and support. Declining estrogen, the marker of this transition, influences a woman’s health in several ways that go beyond hot flashes.

Powering the Businesses That Power America: Coffeehouses Coast to Coast

A good coffee shop does more than serve caffeine. It keeps mornings moving and creates space for community connections —sometimes for five minutes in a drive‑thru line or sometimes for hours at a shared table.

Before, During and After: How T-Mobile Shows Up for First Responders and Communities Across America at Every Stage

When disaster strikes, first responders don’t have time to think about connectivity. It’s either there or it’s not.

For Check for Cancer Champion David Pollack, Early Cancer Detection Is Personal

David Pollack is best known as a former University of Georgia football star, NFL linebacker and longtime college football analyst.

LG Electronics Named To ‘Forbes ‘Accessibility 200’ List

Global home appliance and consumer electronics innovator LG Electronics has been named to the 2026 Forbes “Accessibility 200” list, which recognizes leading global organizations driving innovation and impact in accessibility-related fields.

The Trust for the Americas and the Organization of American States Present the 2025 Corporate Citizen of the Americas Award to Mastercard

The Trust for the Americas and the Organization of American States (OAS) presented Mastercard with the 2025 Corporate Citizen of the Americas (CCA) Award during a ceremony and luncheon in the Miranda Room at OAS Headquarters.

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Education & Workforce Development

First Nation Employee Proud of Her Heritage

Community agreement between TransCanada and the Dene Tha’ First Nation opened up a life-changing career opportunity for Bushe River Reserve resident as an Indigenous Relations engagement lead for Northern Alberta.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Girl Power Comes to STEM Education

According to recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, women make up 47 percent of the total U.S. workforce, but are much less represented in particular science and engineering occupations. They comprise 39 percent of chemists and material scientists, 28 percent of environmental scientists and geoscientists, 16 percent of chemical engineers, and just 12 percent of civil engineers.*

Research & Reports

Monitoring Ocean Health with pH Sensors

Rising levels of atmospheric carbon are resulting in higher ocean acidity, which can have profound negative effects on the health of ocean plant and animal life.

Events

Jump-Start Your Skills-Based Volunteer Program [Webinar]

Are you looking for employee engagement opportunities that match your organization’s core competencies to community need? Do you want to energize your team with the right giving back? Do you hear buzzwords like “skilled volunteering” and “pro bono projects” and wish you could use them to jump-start your volunteer program?

Education & Workforce Development

A Passion For Education: Aaron McLean, AT&T and Udacity

My name is Aaron McLean. I’ve worked at AT&T for 17 years as a web developer and architect. In fall 2014, our group was in need of high-quality, low-cost training and certification. While we had online training, we needed more specific certifications within our software-centric network environment. Then one day, an email was sent to us from John Donovan (our Chief Technology Officer at the time), asking us to check out Udacity.com.

Awards & Rankings

Social Enterprise from Cameroon Wins Creating Shared Value Prize 2016

At the Creating Shared Value Global Forum in Abidjan, Nestlé announced the winner of the Creating Shared Value [CSV] Prize 2016: Agro-Hub from Cameroon is the new prize laureate and Natural Extracts Industries from Tanzania the runner-up.

Energy & Infrastructure

Utilities Can Better Secure Customer Relationships by Offering More Distributed Energy Resources

As falling costs for distributed energy resources reduce the barriers to entry, new players like solar and battery storage developers are establishing relationships with utility customers.

Philanthropy

Wendy’s Wonderful Kids: How the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s Signature Program Makes a Difference

You’ve likely heard of Wendy’s® restaurants and you might even have heard of The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. But, have you heard of Wendy’s Wonderful Kids and do you know how this program is impacting children in foster care? The Foundation works to find forever families for children waiting in foster care.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Using Nature's Design Principles to Create a Radically Sustainable Food System

Hundreds of students and professionals answered the call to help fix our broken food system by looking to nature to create design solutions. Now, after receiving 86 submissions from 18 countries, the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge judges have chosen ten winning teams.

Events

Social Media Engagement and CSR: Q&A with Andrea Learned

If you keep up with Sustainability Thought Leadership, you likely follow Andrea Learned (@AndreaLearned) on Twitter or have read her articles in the Huffington Post.

Corporate Responsibility

The Vanguard of Future Business

Each generation experiences significant change due to innovations, disruptions and shifting perspectives transforming our ways of operating and organizing in business and beyond.

Philanthropy

3 Ingredients for Strong Social Impact Partnerships

For the Brixio team, supporting LIVESTRONG in the fight against cancer was a personal and collective desire. For our team, Brixio’s partnership with LIVESTRONG is a prime example of the simplicity and power behind business-nonprofit collaboration.

Research & Reports

Enhancing the Economic Mobility and Inclusion of Workers in Retail and Its Product Supply Chains

Awards & Rankings

Kimberly-Clark Asia Pacific Wins Silver at PR Week Awards Asia 2016

Energy & Infrastructure

Lockheed Martin Produces Own Power

As temperatures and energy cost rise, Lockheed Martin Skunkworks in Palmdale, Calif., is doing their part to not only conserve energy, but to create it.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Why Don’t Americans Take More Time Off Work?

You might joke that your office seems like a ghost town during the summer months, when many people take time off to go on vacation. In reality it should probably feel that way more often.

Philanthropy

Sanofi Renews Commitment to Helping Children

At the Sanofi Foundation for North America our focus on helping children, especially those in need, is a platform that cuts across all Sanofi businesses and positively impacts young, sometimes fragile lives. Whether targeting the medically underserved, those born prematurely, or those struggling with cancer, we continue to support those championing such noble causes.

Environment

Ingersoll Rand Meets Department of Energy's Better Plants Goal

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Buildings, Better Plants Program is working with leading manufacturers to improve energy efficiency in the industrial sector, and Ingersoll Rand has met its goal.

Events

Learn Stakeholder Engagement Best Practices in the Extractives Industry at 2016 Responsible Extractives Summit

In the extractives industry a license to operate begins with stakeholder engagement. Harry Pastuzek, Vice President, Enterprise & Community Development at PYXERA Global, will moderate a plenary panel called Strengthen a social license to operate through early & meaningful stakeholder engagement at the 2016 Responsible Extractives Summit in London.

Awards & Rankings

Whirlpool Corporation Makes Newsweek's 2016 Green Rankings for Environmental Efforts

This month, Whirlpool Corporation was named No. 204 on Newsweek’s 2016 Green Rankings list, one of the most reputed corporate rankings assessing environmental efforts of the 500 largest publicly-traded companies in the United States based on corporate sustainability and environmental impact.

Education & Workforce Development

Teens: The Unacknowledged Experts in Science Education

In education policy circles, we spend so much time talking about young people that we sometimes forget to listen to them. Young people can have critical insights on schools and learning that escape the researchers and policy wonks. As we adults struggle to reform science education, we could stand to learn a great deal from students who, after all, have the most to gain from our efforts.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Breeding Success Through Partnerships

First Nation entrepreneur, James Walkus from the Kwakuitl Nation, has had incredible success growing his multi-generation, family-run business – James Walkus Fishing Company. Walkus started his career in the commercial fishing industry at age 15 on a leaky skiff. As the wild fish stocks began to decline in the mid 1990s he decided it was time to diversify his business and turned to aquaculture, developing a partnership with Marine Harvest Canada.

Awards & Rankings

Pernod Ricard, the Leading Beverage Alcohol Group in the Newsweek Green Rankings 2016

Awards & Rankings

WSJ Partners on Annual Corporate Citizenship Conference and Citizens Awards

For the first time, The Wall Street Journal will join the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation as media partner for the annual Corporate Citizenship Conference, Purpose & Progress, and the Corporate Citizenship Awards on November 16-17, 2016.

Health & Healthcare

Nestlé Purina in the Americas: Advancing Pet Nutrition, Creating Positive Impacts for Pets and People in Society

Nestlé Purina in the Americas has released its 2015 Creating Shared Value report, demonstrating how the company is making a positive impact for pets and the people who love them.

The report, available on www.Purina.com, provides an in-depth look at Nestlé Purina’s Creating Shared Value activities in 2015, focused on four key areas:

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Collaboration and Partnership

Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...

Policy and Regulation

Cascale shares insights regarding policy and regulation impacting the consumer goods industry, and highlights how it's supporting members prepare for...

Accelerating access to healthcare technology

We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...

Policy and Advocacy

Policy and Advocacy content from IWBI - International Well Building Institute

Sustainability by Antea Group

At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...

SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights

Highlighting the top news, commentary, and research for the week coming from SHQ. The highlights newsletter also spotlights one profiled organization...

TERC

Tire Emissions Research Conference Campaign

GoDaddy Empower

GoDaddy Empower is our signature social impact program, designed to help emerging entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses online.

Sustainable Operations

As a global organization with more than 300,000 products and employing 20,000 people across more than 60 countries, we recognize the importance of...

GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...