Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Keep up with the latest news from 3BL’s clients.



Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

The Power of Reverse Logistics

T-Mobile International AG

Green Infrastructure

Southwire Partners With Current/OS

Southwire

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Stack Up a Range of Benefits: Kick Off New Habits During Open Enrollment

Aflac Incorporated

Research, Reports & Publications

Sustainability at Chemours

Chemours

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

When Waters Rise: How PSEG Responds to Flooding and Protects Public Safety

PSEG

Social Impact & Volunteering

Rebuilding With Purpose in Western North Carolina

Truist





Editors Pick

Events, Media & Communications

Sustainable Brands Allures Global Brand Innovation Leaders to Copenhagen Conference

Sustainable Brands® pan-European conference SB’16 Copenhagen begins today at the Radisson Blu Scandinavian Hotel in Copenhagen. Over 400 business executives across diverse industry sectors and from 20+ countries are convening today to collaborate on how companies are developing real tools, techniques, methods and models for embedding purpose into the core of a brand and finding business success.

Research, Reports & Publications

NBAD Publishes its 2015 Corporate Sustainability Report Titled ‘Being a Good Corporate Citizen’

NBAD has released its 2015 Corporate Sustainability Report. The report titled ‘Being a Good Corporate Citizen’ covers NBAD’s progress during the 2015 calendar year.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Nonprofit Community Council Advocates for More Donor Education in the Charitable Giving Landscape

Benevity, Inc., the global leader in online workplace giving, matching, volunteering and grant management solutions, recently hosted the second official Benevity Nonprofit Community Council meeting to discuss how to create greater outcomes and efficiencies in the donor-to-charity ecosystem.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Freddie Freeman of the Atlanta Braves Fights Back for His Mom

Painful memories came roaring back earlier this season when doctors informed slugger Freddie Freeman they had discovered a cancerous mole on his back.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Keep Texas Beautiful Announces Impact of 2015-2016 Keep Texas Waterways Clean Program

Volunteers from 147 communities across Texas banded together over the past year to tackle litter in local waterways, as part of Keep America Beautiful state affiliate Keep Texas Beautiful’s Keep Texas Waterways Clean program.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Univision Inicia Campaña No Partidista Sin Precedente a Nivel Nacional Para Promover Día de Inscripción de Votantes

Univision Communications Inc. (UCI), la principal empresa de medios de comunicación al servicio de la comunidad hispana en los Estados Unidos, anunció hoy sus planes para animar a los ciudadanos que cumplen con los requisitos para votar a que se inscriban, como parte del Día Nacional de Inscripción de Votantes.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Univision Kicks-Off Unprecedented Nonpartisan National Voter Registration Day Effort

Univision Communications Inc. (UCI), the leading media company serving Hispanic America, today announced plans to encourage citizens to register to vote in conjunction with National Voter Registration Day. UCI is leveraging all of its media assets across all broadcast and digital, across its 126 local television and radio stations, including all Entravision-operated stations, to guide Hispanics and diverse communities through the voter registration process. Additionally, as part of its nonpartisan, multiplatform “Vote for Your America” initiative, UCI is collaborating with leading, national organizations to amplify their existing tools and strategies to motivate and activate voters across the country.

Education

Metlife Foundation and Sesame Workshop Launch “Dream, Save, Do” Comprehensive Global Program to Support Financial Empowerment in Japan

MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, announced the launch of a new multi-media initiative in Japan called “Dream, Save, Do: Financial Empowerment for Families.”

Environment

Footprints and Handprints: The Journey to Measure our Full Impact Begins

One year ago this month, the United Nations adopted a new group of 17 global goals – the Sustainable Development Goals. To say that the goals are ambitious is an understatement. Goals like “no poverty,” “zero-hunger,” “ensure inclusive and quality education for all,” and “take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts,” target some of the most significant challenges of our time.

Innovation & Technology

Watson Tackles Youth Unemployment

How long and why do young people stay unemployed after entering the labor market? And what actions are the most effective to help them find a job quicker?

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Giving Around the Globe is Out – and Meet the Global Exchange

Giving Around the Globe’s latest edition is out! As in past years, the report offers insights on a myriad of issues affecting companies and their corporate societal engagement programs around the globe, including the private sector’s involvement towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. CECP is also proud to announce the official launch the Global Exchange, a coalition of affiliate organizations in countries throughout the world that advance large companies’ CSR, community engagement, societal investment, and/or philanthropy strategies.

Research, Reports & Publications

Caterpillar Alleviates Poverty through Social Innovation

Through strategic investments and collaborations, we leverage our unique strengths to support the Caterpillar Foundation’s mission to eliminate poverty by placing people on a path to prosperity. Founded in 1952, the Caterpillar Foundation has contributed more than $650 million to help make sustainable progress possible around the world.

Health & Healthcare

SCA and WSSCC issue Joint Global Report on Hygiene Matters

As part of its ongoing support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, leading global hygiene and forest products company SCA, in partnership with The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), a United Nations entity devoted solely to the sanitation and hygiene needs of the most vulnerable people around the world, announced the launch of a joint research report on hygiene practices worldwide, the Hygiene Matters report. The initiative was established by SCA in 2008 to raise awareness of the connection between hygiene, health and wellbeing.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Railway Now in Tune with the Past

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FedEx Rewards Outstanding Community Service

Adan Torres has always wanted to help people. That’s why it was a natural fit for the Chicago native to get involved with the AmeriCorps program, a national service organization that offers financial education awards in exchange for community service work.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Get to Know Old National Bank, Finalist for 2016 Employee Volunteer Program of the Year

Old National Bank has a strong commitment to financial literacy, not only because it’s a natural fit for the industry, but because they know the positive impact it can make. It allows the company to leverage skills-based and pro-bono volunteering while helping individuals make changes that have helped them create a better future.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Oceana and Bloomberg Philanthropies: Working Together for Vibrant Oceans

Diversity & Inclusion

Bloomberg's Global Supply Chain

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sodexo’s SubConnection Rolls Out New Bread Flavors for the Adventurous

Sandwiches are a mainstay of the American diet. Nearly half of the population eats one sandwich a day, and they welcome adventurous options to spice up their meals.

Events, Media & Communications

Join Webcast with Benevity & ACCP: 6 Keys to Unlocking Engagement in Workplace Giving Programs

Corporate responsibility professionals who are looking to learn how to grow engagement in workplace giving and volunteering programs — and create strong business and social impact — are invited to join Benevity and Association of Corporate Contributions Professionals (ACCP) in a webcast on Oct. 5 at 1:00 pm ET.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Annual Sanofi Pasteur and VaxServe Community Fundraiser Breaks $870,000 for Local Families in Need

Tonight, hundreds of community supporters gathered to celebrate a nine-year commitment to helping local Pennsylvania children and families in need through the annual Lackawanna County Community Fundraiser.

Latest Campaigns

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