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

Social Impact & Volunteering

Is VM Summit 16 Right for You?

You may have already heard of VM Summit 16. This unique conference, brought to you by VolunteerMatch, brings companies and nonprofits together in one place to collaborate on how to create better, more impactful partnerships, while harnessing the power of corporate volunteering.

But you may still be wondering, “Is VM Summit 16 right for me?”

Events, Media & Communications

Amway at the 2016 Ideagen UN Empowering Women & Girls 2030 Summit

Today Jeff Terry, global manager for Amway corporate social responsibility, will be presenting at the U.N. during the Ideagen U.N. Empowering Women & Girls 2030 Summit.

Events, Media & Communications

Stand Up for Energy East

From Alberta to Quebec to New Brunswick, Energy East connects Western Canada’s abundant resources with industry centres in the east, creating thousands of jobs and investments in local communities along the way and reducing our reliance on foreign oil.

Health & Healthcare

10 Organizations That are Demanding Healthy Materials

Ingredients transparency gives consumers the option to make informed choices about the products they buy, and is a trend that is on the upswing.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Wells Fargo Commits $4.1 Million to Boost Columbia, S.C.-Area Homeownership

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC), NeighborWorks® America and its network member Origin today announced the NeighborhoodLIFT® program with a $4.1 million commitment by Wells Fargo to help boost homeownership in Richland and Lexington counties.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

By the Numbers: CSR at BNY Mellon

As a global investments company, BNY Mellon is invested in market integrity, our people and our world. In the 35 countries and more than 100 markets where we do business, corporate social responsibility enables us to drive lasting impact.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Honoring the Unsung Heroes Who Increase Productivity and Maintain Business Continuity

Today we are celebrating World Facilities Management Day (World FM Day), dedicated to recognizing the men and women across the globe who take on the challenging responsibility of maintaining the safety, efficiency and usability of our workplaces.

Education

Harris-Stowe University Science Summer Camp Students Visit Republic Services in St. Louis

Republic recently hosted a group of high school students enrolled in the Harris-Stowe University Science Summer Camp. The students are from the Jennings and Riverview Gardens school districts in St. Louis, Missouri and were invited to tour the Bridgeton Landfill and Republic’s St. Louis Recycling Center.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fossil Fuel Divestiture Campaign Focuses on Big Pensions

The fossil fuel divestiture campaign GoFossilFree equates the end of oil, gas and coal to the great moral crusades of our time — Apartheid and tobacco — while hoping to reduce demand for fossil fuel stocks and thereby threaten their stock prices.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Sanofi Foundation for North America Stands in Solidarity with Orlando

The recent mass shooting at Pulse—a popular Orlando Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) nightclub and safe space—killed and wounded more than 100 people, and left our nation in shock. This tragedy is a stark reminder of the terrifying violence LGBT communities can face on a daily basis.

Diversity & Inclusion

Recruitment and Retention: It’s About More Than Your Bottom-Line

“I don’t like my job.” That's how many employees may feel according to a Gallup survey that states less than one-third (31.5%) of U.S. workers were engaged in their jobs in 2014. Gallup defines engaged employees as those who are involved in, enthusiastic about and committed to their work and workplace. It’s easy to say that the average employee has felt apathy about his job at one time or another. Personally I don’t believe that I fall within the 68.5% of un-engaged workers. That would make me average – and I’m not. Frankly, your employees aren’t average either. What does “average” really mean anyway? Merriam-Webster states it is a ratio expressing the average performance especially of an athletic team or an athlete computed according to the number of opportunities for successful performan

Environment

Daniel Kirk-Davidoff: Electric Grids of Tomorrow

Research, Reports & Publications

New Report: U.S. Power Sector Continues Significant Reductions of Air Pollutant Emissions

The nation’s largest electric producers continue to substantially reduce emissions of key air pollutants, the latest comprehensive analysis of U.S. power plant emissions shows.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Channel 2 WSB-TV and The Trust For Public Land Launch Atlanta’s 2016 Cox Conserves Heroes Awards Program

Channel 2 WSB-TV, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, today launched Atlanta’s 2016 Cox Conserves Heroes to honor local environmental volunteers. Nominations are being accepted now through August 26 at wsbtv.com/coxconservesheroes for volunteers who are creating, preserving or enhancing outdoor spaces. Nominee activities must be performed on a volunteer basis and may not be part of one’s paid job.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Michigan CITGO Station Recognized by Dearborn City Beautiful Commission

Promoting a sense of pride and beautification in the Dearborn, Mich. community, Bazzi Oil & Gas Company, a CITGO Petroleum Corporation Marketer, recently received the Dearborn City Beautiful Commission’s Business Standard of Excellence Award for maintaining and enhancing the appearance of its CITGO station property.

Innovation & Technology

FCA US Launches Bug Bounty Program to Advance Vehicle Cybersecurity

​Reflecting the rapidly increasing convergence of connectivity technology and the automotive industry, FCA US LLC today announced the launch of a public bug bounty program on the Bugcrowd platform to enhance the safety and security of its consumers, their vehicles and connected services.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bacardi Awards Employees for Remarkable Sustainability Efforts

It’s been said that good starts make excellent finishes. This is true both with the production of premium spirits and corporate responsibility, like the employee initiatives nominated for the 2nd Annual Bacardi Limited Good Spirited awards. A total of 11 employees, teams and facilities received recognition for their outstanding environmental achievements within five different award categories.

Research, Reports & Publications

WPP Publishes its Sustainability Report 2015

The latest Sustainability Report from communications group WPP shows the business making progress on sustainability issues with its clients and in its own operations.

Research, Reports & Publications

Expanding Access to Basic Healthcare

Along with affordable housing, access to basic healthcare is one of the most important building blocks of financial well-being.

Research, Reports & Publications

Sands ECO360 | The Journey of LED

Resort operations account for most of our environmental impact. By implementing responsible practices and cutting-edge technologies, we can reduce our natural resource consumption and improve the experience of our guests and Team Members.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Toyota Financial Services Offers Payment Relief to Customers Affected by West Virginia Natural Disasters

Toyota Financial Services (TFS) announced it is offering payment relief options to its customers affected by the natural disasters in West Virginia. This broad outreach includes any Toyota Financial Services (TFS) or Lexus Financial Services (LFS) customer in the FEMA-designated West Virginia disaster areas.

Events, Media & Communications

Malaria Experts and African Leaders Challenged to Maintain the Momentum and Win the Race for Malaria Elimination

Novartis convenes the 15th Annual National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) Best Practice Sharing Workshop today in Dakar, Senegal. Over the next two days, leading malaria experts and African leaders will discuss how to take on the challenge to win the race for malaria elimination.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Electric Utilities Must Prepare for New Roles in the Smart City Transformation

Electric utilities are facing a need and opportunity to transform their business due to the bidirectional nature of distributed generation and energy storage. This is just one of several fundamental changes that the smart cities movement is driving to reshape how fundamental services are delivered and managed.

Responsible Production & Consumption

The Three Pillars of Supply Chain Sustainability

Implementing sustainability across one large company is substantial feat on its own. Yet for AT&T, we are not just working on sustainability at our own company but trying to embed sustainable business practices at hundreds of companies all at the same time. That is part of what it means to work on supply chain sustainability, from setting a goal to reduce our customers’ emissions 10x our own footprint, to setting goals to reduce energy intensity at our operations, to working with our suppliers to ensure they are living up to the standards we have set for ourselves.

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