Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Editors Pick

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

GSK Vaccines Chairman Moncef Slaoui selected to FORTUNE’S World’s Greatest Leaders List

Moncef Slaoui, Chairmman, GSK Vaccines, has been named to FORTUNE’s third annual list of “World’s Greatest Leaders.” Ranked at No. 29, Moncef is recognized for his groundbreaking work on Mosquirix™ Cervarix® and Synflorix® and the personal motivation behind his focus on under-researched diseases.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Why We Support Foster Care Adoption

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Prudential Recognized as a World’s Most Ethical Company

Prudential is proud to announce that for the second consecutive year it has been recognized as a World’s Most Ethical Company by the Ethisphere® Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Thinking Outside the Corner Office

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

EPA Honors DIRECTV With 2 Energy Star® Awards

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that DIRECTV, now part of the AT&T* family, received the 2016 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award.

Research, Reports & Publications

Rockwell Automation Publishes 2015 Corporate Responsibility Report

The Rockwell Automation 2015 Corporate Responsibility Report provides updates on the company’s environmental, employee safety and culture, community relations performance and efforts. “For more than 112 years, Rockwell Automation has had a history of serving customers with technology innovation, deep domain expertise and a culture of integrity and social responsibility,” said Keith D. Nosbusch, RockwellAutomation chairman and CEO.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Thinking About an Ethical Travel Destination Off the Beaten Path? Here Are the Top 10 Places to Visit Now

These developing nations don’t just have stunning natural beauty, they are champions of human rights, animal welfare, environmental conservation and renewable energy.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Brazilian Paper Company Fibria on Rethinking Forest Use

The following Q&A is an edited excerpt from a Sustainable Business Fridays conversation Nov. 20 by the Bard MBA in Sustainability program, based in New York City. This twice-monthly dial-in conversation features sustainability leaders from across the globe.

Events, Media & Communications

GreenBiz CEO Talks With GM Mobility Exec About Future of Mobility

GM CEO Mary Barra has stated the auto industry will change more in the next five years than it has in the last 50. What’s in store, and how will the fusion of transportation and connectivity enable new ways to share mobility?

Health & Healthcare

Britain’s New Sugar Tax

The U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has announced a new sugar tax on the soft drinks industry in his budget, to be introduced in April 2018.

Social Impact & Volunteering

#GoingToBat Community Spotlight: Jon Jay

#GOINGTOBAT COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: JON JAY THROWS STRIKES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS

Events, Media & Communications

The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) Announces Author Freya Williams and Sustainability Leader Jonathan Atwood of Unilever as ’16 TSC Summit Plenary Speakers

The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) announced today that Freya Williams, CEO, Futerra, North America and author of Green Giants, and Jonathan Atwood, Vice President, Sustainable Business & Communications, Unilever North America, will open the annual TSC Summit in Washington, D.C. on Thursday morning, April 21st.

Responsible Production & Consumption

5 Ways to Make Cocoa More Sustainable

This Sunday marks Easter, a holiday celebrated by many families with church, ham, egg hunts and chocolate. Lots of chocolate. Easter is the second top-selling confectionary holiday behind only Halloween, according to the National Confectioners Association. So now is a fitting moment to think about the effort that goes into making the chocolate in those Easter baskets.

Environment

Ingersoll Rand Furthers Sustainability Goals By Joining Rocky Mountain Institute’s Business Renewables Center

As the focus on sustainability continues to increase at Ingersoll Rand’s global facilities, partnering with Rocky Mountain Institute’s (RMI) Business Renewables Center (BRC) aligns with the company’s efforts to develop innovative energy solutions and reduce greenhouse gases (GHG).

Innovation & Technology

Barclays Helps to Scale-Up the UK: Growing Businesses, Growing Our Economy

Barclays is launching a new report on the future of business scale-ups in the UK. It is part of a long-standing project partnership built with the business schools of both the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

What’s Your Office Kryptonite?

You might be a superhero at the office, spearheading projects, coming up with great ideas and flying through your to-do lists. But even superheroes have a weakness, something that saps their energy, focus or strength. At the office, these power-reducing habits often begin with good intentions, but they end up wasting time instead of saving it.

Innovation & Technology

2016 V4 Hackathon: Driving The ‘Connected Life’

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, March 25, 2016 /3BL Media/ — AT&T* and the Czech Telecommunications Office (CTU) are joining to host a hackathon event in Prague on April 22-23, 2016. The event hopes to drive innovation and entrepreneurship in the Visegrád Group, or V4 region.

The hackathon is open to developers and non-developers. The mission? Create new apps to harness Connected Life in 1 of 4 categories—in just 24 hours:

Health & Healthcare

HPRC Conducts LCA Literature Review of Plastics Disposal Options

Non-regulated mixed plastic waste represents a large portion of the solid waste generated by healthcare facilities. Healthcare waste management decision makers and influencers must choose from a number of disposal options to deal with this growing environmental burden. To aid in this process, HPRC conducted a literature review of life cycle assessment (LCA) studies comparing the environmental impacts of recycling to other waste management options. The final paper presents the different types of waste management for plastics along with their advantages and disadvantages from an environmental perspective.

Health & Healthcare

How Businesses are Taking Action to Ensure Health & Promote Well-Being #SDG3

This week, Global Sourcing Council's 17 Weeks for 17 SDGs Intiative explores Goal 3 with examples of action from organizations and businesses to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all in their business strategy.

Innovation & Technology

Why The Cat Spring Tea Sisters Value Heritage, Mentorship and Accountability

I don’t think most mission-driven innovators grow up thinking, “Someday, I’d like to be a social entrepreneur.”

Social Impact & Volunteering

Want Real Impact From Your CSR Program? Listen to Your Community!

The key to a great corporate social responsibility program is deceptively simple. Listen to your community. This is especially important for volunteer programs.

Energy

This 4-Year-Old Video Star Knows Her Solar Facts

When she grows up, the preschooler, an avid animal lover, hopes to become a baby animal rescuer or President of the United States (so she can give speeches about saving the world). She enjoys yoga and fairies and is committed to preserving fairy habitats.

Environment

Talk with Green Guy Show - 3/20/16 - Mayors Climate Summit Series - Alicia Zatcoff, Sustainability Mgr, City of Richmond, VA

Radio interview: Mayors Climate Series, City of Richmond, VA Sustainability Dir. Alicia Zatcoff - 3/20/16

Social Impact & Volunteering

Mentoring: In Real Life

We believe that every young person should have a caring adult to turn to. This provides a foundation for students to succeed in all that they do – in school and their future careers. That’s why we’re connecting our employees to students around the world through Aspire Mentoring Academy.

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. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  3. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
    Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...
  4. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  5. 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...
  6. ESG Recognition
    While our commitment to being a responsible corporation is not dependent on recognition, it is a great validation of our work when external...
  7. EVP Campaign
    Driving awareness of DP World’s Employee Value Proposition across the Americas, showcasing the company’s purpose-driven mission, talent strategy, and...
  8. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  9. America's Charities Employee Engagement & Social Responsibility
    More than ever, retaining and recruiting employees is a top priority for companies. Aware of the link between workplace giving and employee engagement...
  10. KeyBank Foundation: Helping Communities Thrive through Education, Workforce Development, and Service
    KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...
  11. Scotts Miracle-Gro | Environment Improvement
    Earth's beauty and resources should be appreciated now and preserved for generations to come. Discover the stewardship initiatives underway to protect...
  12. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. Goals That Inspire: Environmental Stewardship
    Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...