Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Editors Pick

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Bacardi Recognized by Forbes for Championing Women

Bacardi-Martini, Inc.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

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Baker Hughes Foundation Donates New Delivery Van to Kids’ Meals

Baker Hughes Energy Services LLC

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Diversity & Inclusion

PNC Bank Strengthens Commitment to Women and Nonbinary Entrepreneurs

PNC Bank announced it will provide an additional $220,000 to expand funding and support for 200 businesses owned by women and nonbinary individuals.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Clara Green: A Passion for People

Cover story in the Birmingham Times profiles Regions’ head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Research, Reports & Publications

Cologix 2nd Annual ESG Report Now Available; Targets 100% Renewable Energy Use by 2030

Cologix, North America’s leading network-neutral interconnection and hyperscale edge data center company, today issued its 2nd annual Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report.

Sustainable Development Goals

Renewable Materials Offer Opportunity To Meet UN Goals

Companies tend to have a high level of focus on the end-of-life sustainability of their products — and rightly so.

Diversity & Inclusion

2021 Inclusion & Diversity Report - Representing Our Travelers, Strengthening Communities

Travelers are looking for brands and suppliers that represent them and their values. We are committed to improving inclusivity and diversity across all Expedia Group brands.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Ørsted Celebrates £1 Million Milestone of “Skills Fund” As Winners Announced for Coastal Areas of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and North Norfolk

The East Coast “Skills Fund” forms part of the company’s £465,000 East Coast Community Fund 20-year annual commitment and is part of the community engagement programme for Ørsted’s Hornsea and Race Bank offshore wind farms.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Qualcomm's STEM Community Partnerships: VentureWell

With Qualcomm’s support of the E-Team program, VentureWell was able to train 190 diverse early-stage innovators from across the U.S.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Building a Culture of Safety: A Transformative Approach to Environmental, Health and Safety

Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) is more than just saying the right things and ticking the right boxes. And determining how safe a project is shouldn’t just be measured by its incident report or lack thereof.

Environment

Is Carbon Offsetting Worth It?

Significant price spikes in the energy attribute certificate (EAC) and carbon offset markets have many companies are wondering whether environmental commodities are the right way to reach their goals, asking: is carbon offsetting worth it?

Innovation & Technology

Learn How PwC Helps Its Customers Achieve Their Climate Targets

The SaaS solution, based on SAP Business Technology Platform, enables PwC’s clients to calculate the implications of climate risk to better understand challenges and opportunities within the climate crisis.

Green Infrastructure

AeroDelft Takes Measures Against Climate Change With the Help of Cadence Fidelity and OnCloud

AeroDelft takes measures against climate change with cleaner transport by developing a liquid hydrogen-powered aircraft with the help of Cadence Fidelity and OnCloud.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Illumina Deepens Commitment to Customers in China With New Manufacturing Site

Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, today announced the opening of its first manufacturing site in China.

Diversity & Inclusion

Martin Currie and Black Professionals Scotland Working in Partnership

Martin Currie, a specialist investment manager of Franklin Templeton, announced a partnership with Black Professionals Scotland, a non-profit empowering black professional and partnering with organizations to support their DEI ambitions.

Health & Healthcare

4 Questions With Jared Baeten: Innovating, Collaborating and Inspiring at Aids 2022

We connected with Jared Baeten, Gilead’s Vice President of HIV Clinical Development to discuss the top highlights from AIDS 2022, and ways the company is looking to help transform care and improve outcomes for people affected by HIV.

Green Infrastructure

How eTransEnergy Helps Organizations Electrify Vehicles

Charlotte transit system and Duke Energy subsidiary launch battery-electric bus pilot program

Environment

Headlines of the Future: The State of Food Security

In the fifth episode of Headlines of the Future, we discuss the state of global food security on the background of the tragedy in Ukraine.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Beyond Compliance Lies Trust

The Shared Value Africa Initiative (SVAI) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) host a leadership discussion on why companies should look beyond compliance to build sustainable businesses

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Ørsted Agrees New Two-Year Partnership With RNLI To Support Crew Training

Ørsted will make a contribution of £140,000 over two years to fund training costs at seven RNLI lifeboat stations across the UK.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Banco CNH Industrial and New Holland Promote Personal and Professional Development Project for Young People in Brazil

In Curitiba, Brazil, two of CNH Industrial’s brands, New Holland Agriculture and Banco CNH Industrial, are supporting the participation of around 720 high school students across four schools in the Crê-SER project.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

kate spade new york and the kate spade new york Foundation: Empowering Women and Girls

As a brand for and by women, kate spade new york, along with its Foundation, has focused its social impact mission on empowering women and girls with a focus on mental health for over a decade.

Responsible Production & Consumption

DICK'S Sporting Goods Expands Resale Partnership With SidelineSwap

DICK'S Sporting Goods and SidelineSwap, the world's largest online marketplace for new and used sporting goods, are expanding their partnership to offer a series of 50 new trade-in events in seven states through the end of 2022.

Environment

Climate Talks - Episode 01: What Is Sustainability?

Sustainability. It’s a buzzword, it’s a big word. It can mean everything and nothing. But what does “sustainability” even mean today? And does it have the same meaning for everyone?

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

My Special Aflac Duck® Joins Gabe on His Sickle Cell Journey

Gabe loves to give warm hugs to his My Special Aflac Duck that accompanies him on good days and stressful days: happy volunteer events, nervous doctor appointments and all sorts of adventures.

Health & Healthcare

COVID-19: Challenges, Accomplishments, and Opportunities

As the world’s leading provider of diagnostic information services, Quest stepped up and answered the call to play a central role in the national response to COVID-19.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Current State of Water Stewardship Practices: Top 5 Questions Answered

This quick-read blog post "Current State of Water Stewardship Practices: 5 Top Questions Answered" discusses the following topics:

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