Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Health & Healthcare

Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners Offering Teachers, Students, and Families Unique Digital Resources in Observance of World Mental Health Day

Discovery Education and select social impact partners are offering engaging, high-quality digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support observances of World Mental Health Day.

Diversity & Inclusion

Nurturing Healthier Living in a "Care Desert"

We are working to reach communities with limited access to medical services by bringing people and physicians physically together, while also developing remote care technology that can join them virtually through NeuroSphere.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Will the Storm Hit? Life During and After Superstorm Sandy

Right before Superstorm Sandy hit the state of New Jersey, I remember getting a call from my wife Valerie. “Will this storm hit us?” she asked, nervous and 6 months pregnant with our twin sons.

Responsible Production & Consumption

What the World's First Bio-Based Vitamin A Means for Sustainability

The solution for producing the world’s first fully bio-based Vitamin A has emerged from a common microorganism that is found in countless food products.

Environment

Helping More Than Humans: Medtronic Devices Monitor Heart Disease in Great Apes

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio recently implanted six great apes with Medtronic Reveal LINQ™ insertable cardiac monitors (ICMs), to help identify and track heart problems in the animals.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Change the World: By Focusing on the Human Impact of the Climate Crisis, Companies Can Turn Risks Into Opportunities

By addressing climate change, companies can unlock opportunities to create value and improve human lives. Here’s how to get started.

Events, Media & Communications

Register Now! - UN Global Compact Network UK Climate Action Summit - Delivering a Net Zero Future

The UN Global Compact Network UK is convening expert business, government, and civil society leaders to explore how businesses can implement nature-based solutions and the principles of a circular economy to scale holistic action on net zero!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Driving a New Era of Community Investment:

Stakeholder philanthropy is quickly gaining traction, and with it comes a new approach to corporate giving. In this webinar, you’ll learn how purpose-driven brands are involving more of their stakeholders in decisions

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Forbes Names Qurate Retail Group as a Best-In-State Employer for 2022

Qurate Retail GroupSM has been recognized on Forbes’ America’s Best Employers by State list for Pennsylvania, home to the company’s global headquarters in West Chester, for the second year in a row.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Life Lessons: Building on the 'Firsts' That Come From Empowering Teens

The bulk of Marathon Petroleum Corp. grant will support NWSL’s YouthWorks program and Westside Leadership Institute, which have served almost 3,800 adults and teenagers since 1997.

Diversity & Inclusion

Southwire Launches Phase Two of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Website

Southwire treasures the diversity of its employees and the communities that it represents and serves, and the company’s four key values – trust, empowerment, consistency and inclusion – are the foundation of the organization’s DEI strategy.

Energy

Wells Fargo, Elevate Team Up To Boost Access To Clean, Affordable Energy and Jobs

As climate change accelerates, underserved communities and people of color are increasingly vulnerable to higher energy burdens, unhealthy air quality, and extreme weather.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AccountAbility Receives Prestigious Global ESG Award

AccountAbility Awarded Best ESG Strategy Development Partner Global 2022 by Capital Finance International (CFI.co)

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

ESG Investing: Engaging With Companies on Human Rights and Diversity

Active ownership plays a central role in managing risk and performance in ESG investing. Global Head of Sustainable Investing and Stewardship Julie Moret highlights examples on how active ownership works with human rights and diversity.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Details of the Deal: Inside Nasdaq Acquisition of Metrio

As part of its commitment to helping corporations achieve impact in their ESG journey, Nasdaq has acquired Metrio, a Montreal-based SaaS provider with a platform for collecting, tracking, analyzing, disclosing and communicating on granular ESG data.

Energy

Eager To Electrify: Gen Z and Millennial Homeowners Motivated To Buy Electric Outdoor Power Equipment, According to Stanley Black & Decker Survey

A new survey released recently from Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK), the world's largest tools company and outdoor equipment leader, found that the majority of homeowners prioritize their lawn and garden equipment as much as recreational items

Diversity & Inclusion

FedEx Spotlight: Hispanic Small Business Keeps the World Warm, One Baby at a Time

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, FedEx is spotlighting a small business, Whimsical Charm, from the third cohort of the FedEx E-Commerce Learning Lab beginning this fall.

Research, Reports & Publications

Mondelēz Snacking Made Right Report: Environmental Resilience

By tackling deforestation, we are helping to combat climate change and promoting sustainable supply of key ingredients.

Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating Community During Hispanic Heritage Month

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month is an opportunity to continue honoring that long-standing commitment and showcasing its impact on the Hispanic and Latin community globally.

Environment

Small Businesses Key in Tackling Climate Change

At Meta, we recognise the urgency to act against climate change and have set an ambitious target to be net zero by 2030 across our entire value chain–while we have already reached net zero for our own operations in 2020.

Diversity & Inclusion

Hispanic+Latin Heritage Month: Heberto C.

To celebrate and honor this month, we're amplifying the voices of those within the Hispanic+Latin community. They will share their journey and experiences that led them to where they are today. Read Heberto's story below.

Diversity & Inclusion

AEG Partners With Avion Tequila To Present Fiestón en La Plaza, a Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration for the Downtown Los Angeles Community

On Oct. 1, 2023, AEG partnered with Avión Tequila to present Fiestón en la Plaza, a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month that highlighted the impact that Latin American people and culture have had on the city of Los Angeles, CA.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Trane® by Trane Technologies Receives European Heat Pump Association's People's Choice Award

Trane® by Trane Technologies has been awarded the European Heat Pump Association’s (EHPA) People’s Choice Award for its Thermal System installation at Broomfield College in Derby, United Kingdom.

Environment

Accelerating Regeneration for a Decade of Action

When Walmart set a goal to become a regenerative company in 2020, we knew that even if we did not have a clear roadmap for every issue, it was our responsibility to set a vision for the kind of future we wanted to help drive.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

PNC Bank Expands PartnerUp® Career Pathway Initiative to High Schoolers in New Markets

PartnerUp®, a PNC Bank-led initiative aimed at steering high school graduates into well-paying careers in high-growth industries, is moving into Cleveland and Birmingham after a successful five-year run with Pittsburgh area school students.

Latest Campaigns

  1. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  2. PNC: Commitment to Early Childhood Education
    We're focusing on early learning to help children succeed. Research has shown that the first five years of a child's life is critical to long-term...
  3. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  4. 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...
  5. Sustainability
    Leading the logistics sector towards a more sustainable future by investing in innovative green technologies, enhancing operational efficiency, and...
  6. ESG Voices: Short Podcasts Addressing the Opportunities and Challenges of ESG
    This podcast series takes a deep dive into the opportunities and challenges of ESG and what it means for businesses and communities through interviews...
  7. Local Communities
    The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...
  8. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  9. 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...
  10. Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator
    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...
  11. Drive for MPC
    At Marathon Petroleum, our professional truck drivers share one common vision: no accidents, no injuries, and no harm to the environment. We’re proud...
  12. Goals That Inspire: Environmental Stewardship
    Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...
  13. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...
  14. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  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...