Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

DEI@Cadence: Sharing and Learning in 2023

There is a growing conversation around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and almost everyone has an opinion on this topic. What do these values mean at Cadence? Does DEI have any real impact on our work here?

Environment

100 Years of Olympic Winter Games: The Evolution – Reinventing the Present, Adapting to the Future

Next week marks 100 years since the first Olympic Winter Games took place in Chamonix, France. Ahead of the anniversary, we think about how their future might look in the face of accelerating climate change.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Whirlpool Corporation and Foundation 2023 Impact Highlights

Around the globe, Whirlpool Corporation helps improve life at home for people in the communities in which we operate and well beyond.

Innovation & Technology

North American Firms See Tech As Silver Lining in 2024 Business Forecast

Despite geopolitical uncertainty and economic challenges, North American businesses are not just surviving, but thriving, according to compelling new research from Economist Impact and DP World.

Sustainable Development Goals

Crown Holdings 2022 Sustainability Report: Progress Toward Our Twentyby30™ Goals

We committed to Climate Group’s RE100 and joined The Climate Pledge, reinforcing our commitments to prioritize climate change by using renewable energy sources and supporting methods to reduce our carbon footprint.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Asian Community Development Council Strengthens Access to Services for the AAPI Community With Sands Cares Support

Announced in mid-2023, the latest round of Sands Cares funding for ACDC continued support for the Healthy Asians and Pacific Islanders Medical Center and the API Language Link, which provide critical in-language health and social services to the Southern Nevada AAPI community.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KOCH INVESTS: Enhancing Supply Chain Tech Solutions

Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT) has led a $32 million Series C round in Silo, the leading provider of modern technology solutions for the supply chain.

Energy

Toward Net-Zero Value Chains: How To Minimize Your Scope 3 Emissions

Government and business leaders, climate experts, and other stakeholders gathering for the COP28 United Nations Climate Change Conference in December know that accelerating the energy transition is more important than ever.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Cisco: Employee Giving and Volunteerism Drives Positive Business Outcomes

Cisco was honored last year to win the top spot on People’s 2023 List of Companies That Care, and a key factor was our employee culture of giving back.

Environment

Allen & York – 30 Years and Counting

Allen & York's CEO and Founder, Mark Allen has a story or two about Environmental & Sustainability recruitment, but we wanted to ask him why he founded Allen & York and how he was feeling 30 years on.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Olympic Games Can Inspire a New Generation

We must make sport available to all children, regardless of their personal situations and backgrounds, and the Olympic Games are the perfect way to inspire them, says two-time Olympic champion Aksel Lund Svindal.

Diversity & Inclusion

Albertsons Companies Seeks Innovative, Diverse-Owned Brands, Hosts Fourth Annual Supplier Diversity Program

As part of the company’s ongoing commitment to fostering diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, the Albertsons Cos. Supplier Diversity Program is designed to discover, support and give diverse-owned suppliers the opportunity to expand their business with Albertsons Cos.

Events, Media & Communications

Griffith Foods Welcomes Michelle Egger As Global Director of Partnerships and Madeline Patterson Smith As Global Director of Sustainability Impact Reporting

Griffith Foods is proud to announce the addition of two global directors, Michelle Egger and Madeline Patterson Smith. These new roles will play a pivotal role in advancing the company’s 2030 Aspirations and purpose-driven strategy.

Environment

The World To Finally Transition Away From Fossil Fuels

The COP28 gavel has finally slammed down with the focus on a key word: transition. After days of intense negotiations between world leaders at the two-week UN climate summit in Dubai, the clock is now ticking as the fossil fuel industry faces the inevitable end.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Attracting & Developing Diverse Talent at Dow

By focusing on improving representation across multiple dimensions of diversity, we are cultivating an innovative workplace driven by a wide range of experience, ideas and expertise.

Innovation & Technology

Responsible Compute: Where Power Meets Sustainability

By encouraging businesses to move elements of their HPC workloads to data centres powered by natural resources, Responsible Compute is part of a wider movement to make huge strides towards reaching ESG goals.

Innovation & Technology

Embracing the Future: Our Path to Sustainable Thermal Management Innovation

The arctic blast that we've seen in the U.S. over the past week is a prime example of the competing challenges we face in addressing climate change.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

International Paper Partners With Wreaths Across America To Remember Fallen Veterans

On National Wreaths Across America Day, Saturday, December 16, 2023, International Paper (IP) was proud to support Wreaths Across America (WAA) in remembrance to honor our veterans.

Innovation & Technology

Pepco Is Using Innovative Automation To Keep Your Lights On

Work is underway to make our underground local energy grid even more reliable. In 2022, we began installing state of the art switches that will further limit outage impacts for our customers.

Energy

Electrification 101: How RMI’s New Tool Can Help Utilities Proactively Plan for EVs

The Electrification 101 series explores the challenges and opportunities that a rapidly electrifying transportation sector presents for the power grid, offering solutions to support proactive grid planning for oncoming EV charging needs.

Energy

Medtronic: Here Comes the Sun – 3 Things To Know About Our Solar Footprint

Our first solar farm opened in 2014 in Santa Rosa, California and our solar energy footprint across the globe has been growing ever since.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Common Impact Strengthens Board Leadership Team With Four Key Additions

Common Impact adds four distinguished professionals to Board of Directors.

Education

Bacardi Launches Shake Your Future in Five Italian Cities

Family-owned spirits company, Bacardi is today launching Shake Your Future in five cities across Italy.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Expedia Group Is a Best Place To Work in 2024, According to Our Employees on Glassdoor

We are pleased to announce we are among the winners of the annual Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards, a list of the Best Places to Work in 2024.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Yum! Brands Leads in Developing Leaders

At Yum! Brands, our unrivaled talent is our greatest asset – one that we invest in heavily. That’s one of the reasons why TIME magazine ranked us No. 32 on its first “Best Companies for Future Leaders” list.

Latest Campaigns

  1. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  2. Cascale Events
    Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...
  3. Food Systems and Livelihoods
    Illustrate how resilient food systems and economic empowerment enable long-term food security. Cover climate-smart agriculture, local market access...
  4. Katrina 20th Anniversary
    This year marked the 20th anniversary of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Katrina, one of the worst, deadliest and most costly natural disasters to ever...
  5. 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...
  6. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  7. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  8. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  9. FedEx | Delivering for Good
    Doing what we do best for those who need it most. When disaster strikes, and there’s not a moment to lose, our people mobilize the FedEx global fleet...
  10. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...
  11. Antea Group Brand
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  12. Kingfisher Around the World
    The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...
  13. Corporate Social Responsibility
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  14. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  15. Growth Through Sustainability
    Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...