Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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AI & Technology

Reverse Logistics Is the Key to the Circular Economy

Environment

CSX Sells Cave Rights to Support Conservation Efforts and Boost Local Tourism

CSX has sold the rights of the Hidden River Cave to the city of Horse Cave in Kentucky. The purchase of the cave rights will contribute to the economic, scientific, and educational development of the local community through an environmental tourist attraction.

Corporate Responsibility

Is the Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Profession the Job of the Future?

The growth of corporate sustainability (CSR) over the past decades, along with its positioning as a central element of corporate strategy, has given birth to a new category of professionals, the Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility (CR) professionals. Sustainability professionals are those within companies and organizations that spend most of their time designing and performing activities related to environmental, economic and social aspects. CSE Research from various sources* has shown that since the introduction of the term of sustainable development in the late 1980s, there has been a constant growth to the number of companies with full-time sustainability managers. Especially since 2000 the number of such companies has increased by 400%.

Philanthropy

Ecolab Provided In-Kind Product Donations Worth More Than $2.3 Million in 2015 to Aid Global Disaster Relief

During 2015, Ecolab provided in-kind donations worth more than $2.3 million to support disaster relief efforts. Working in partnership with non-profit organizations, the company quickly gathered needed cleaning, sanitizing and public health products for distribution to areas impacted by natural disasters.

AI & Technology

Will Disruption Take a Bite Out of Logistics Jobs?

As advancing technology and business-model innovations gain momentum and threaten to disrupt logistics, some are beginning to worry about their impact on logistics-related jobs.

Inclusion & Opportunity

The Time is Now and the Responsibility is Ours: 3 Imperatives to Achieve Gender Parity

Around the world, women are increasing their contributions to social, economic, cultural and political development, but unfortunately, the progress towards gender parity significantly lags behind.

According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), 38 years have been added to their global gender parity prediction—that is, in 2014 the WEF predicted perfect gender parity would take place in 2095, and this year (2015) the prediction is pushed back to take place in 2133. The pace of progress is unacceptable and the time for change is now. This International Women’s Day, let’s explore how we can contribute to fostering female equality world-wide.

Environment

Go Green: Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Commitment to the Environment

At Bristol-Myers Squibb, sustainability means conducting our business to help patients prevail over serious diseases in a manner that contributes to economic growth, social responsibility and a healthy environment now and in the future.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Bloomberg Expands Global Diversity & Inclusion Team: Hires Pamela Hutchinson in London and Hayden Majajas in Singapore

Erika Irish Brown, Bloomberg’s Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion, today announced two hires to the company’s growing Global D&I team. Pamela Hutchinson will lead the D&I effort in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Hayden Majajas will oversee the Asia-Pacific region.

Environment

Timberland Kicks Off National Tour of Documentary Film, “KOMBIT: The Cooperative”

Global outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland announces the national tour of “KOMBIT: The Cooperative,” a documentary film chronicling a five-year project to reforest Haiti in partnership with the Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA), a Haitian nonprofit farmer cooperative dedicated to reforesting the country.

Events

New Green Building Partnership to Push Best Practice Boundaries

A new partnership between the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA), the Living Future Institute of Australia (LFIA) and the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) aims to accelerate the creation of healthier, resilient, equitable and ecologically restorative building practices.

Corporate Responsibility

How BSR Is Advancing Women's Empowerment

On this International Women's Day, BSR shares its growing portfolio of work on women's empowerment in two areas: research and tools and collaboration.

Volunteering & Community

American Red Cross Receives New Emergency Response Vehicle Donation from Astellas

The American Red Cross today recognized Astellas for its gift of a first-of-its-kind energy efficient emergency response vehicle, which is a high tech truck enabling the Red Cross to quickly provide food and supplies to people affected by disasters.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Celebrating Women Beyond International Women’s Day

At Qualcomm, we honor, support, and celebrate women year round: We provide and participate in myriad initiatives aimed at empowering women of all ages, both inside and outside our company. Just within the last month, using International Women’s Day (IWD) as the inspiration, we hosted a number of motivational and affirmative events celebrating women.

Awards & Rankings

H&M Named as One of the World's Most Ethical Companies in 2016

The World’s Most Ethical Companies program honors companies that excel in three areas – promoting ethical business standards and practices internally, enabling managers and employees to make good choices, and shaping future industry standards by introducing tomorrow’s best practices. H&M has been recognised by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the world’s most ethical companies for the sixth year.

Events

GRI & SDGs: Beyond Reports for Global Goals

Research & Reports

Publication of the 2015 "Nestlé in Society Creating Shared Value and Meeting Our Commitments" Report

How many farmers worldwide supply directly to Nestlé? Did the company meet its target for zero waste in factories?

Volunteering & Community

MilliporeSigma: Engaging Employees to #SPARKcuriosity

Volunteering & Community

Freeport-McMoRan Funds Women and Children Shelter in Arizona

The addition of the annex will more than double the shelter’s capacity and will allow the shelter to open its doors to women and children.

Energy & Infrastructure

Green-e to Launch International Renewable Energy Standard and Certification

San Francisco–based nonprofit Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) is pleased to announce the development of the Green-e Energy International Standard for renewable electricity.

Corporate Responsibility

Last Call: Weigh In on Social Innovation Trends

Contribute to a new resource that will tell the collective story of shared value in practice – across sectors and geological boundaries – over the last five years. Complete the survey by March 11th for your chance to win a free registration to the Shared Value Leadership Summit in New York.

Volunteering & Community

Driving Safety Home

From March 6-9, 2016, Toronto, Ontario will host over 20,000 attendees from over 100 countries at the PDAC International Convention. Goldcorp is proud to be a Platinum sponsor as the world’s mineral industry gathers to connect and learn from each other. Over the next few days, we invite you to get to know us better. We’ll share a multi-part series highlighting Goldcorp employees, and stories from our mine sites that reflect some of our values and priorities at Goldcorp. On this first day of PDAC, we introduce you to a summer student who took the safety training he received during his time at Goldcorp and applied it in a personal situation to help make a complete stranger safer.

Volunteering & Community

Conducir a casa de forma Segura

Del 6 al 9 de marzo de 2016, Toronto, Ontario, será el anfitrión de más de 20,000 personas provenientes de alrededor de 100 países que asistirán a la Convención Internacional de la Asociación de Exploradores y Desarrolladores de Canadá (PDAC, por su sigla en inglés). Goldcorp se enorgullece en ser patrocinador Platino de este evento donde se reúne la industria minera mundial para conectarse y aprender unos de otros. En los próximos días, los invitamos a que nos conozcan mejor. Compartiremos una serie de historias donde destacan los empleados de Goldcorp y relatos de nuestras operaciones mineras que reflejan algunos de nuestros valores y prioridades en Goldcorp.

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2025 Performance Report

Entergy’s 2025 performance report, “Energy for a better future” presents an overview of our company’s 2025 achievements, future plans and strategies...

Nutrition and Health

Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...

Sustainability by Antea Group

At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...

Enriching Women's Lives

60 years ago, Mary Kay Ash created an unparalleled opportunity for women to define their own successes and control their own futures. Her vision of...

Titanium Technologies

Chemours’ Titanium Technologies (TT) business is a leading, global provider of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment used in coatings, plastics, and...

Thermal & Specialized Solutions

Chemours’ Thermal & Specialized Solutions (TSS) business sits at the intersection of chemistry, physics, and design, making it a leading provider of...

Policy and Regulation

Cascale shares insights regarding policy and regulation impacting the consumer goods industry, and highlights how it's supporting members prepare for...

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...

Leadership

Cascale demonstrates industry leadership and collaboration to drive collective action, by sharing insight into key sustainability topics inside and...