Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Social Impact & Volunteering

Where It Started: A Pro Bono Website Redesign

Oct 6, 2021 12:00 PM ET

Common Impact matched education and mentorship nonprofit America Needs You with a team of skills-based volunteers from Fidelity Investments to redesign their website. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the long-term team consulting project.

Diversity & Inclusion

How T-Mobile Is Bridging the Digital Divide

Oct 6, 2021 12:00 PM ET

The way we see it, we can’t achieve our mission of being the best in the world at connecting people to their world unless we start at the beginning—by working to ensure that EVERYONE is connected and able to reap the benefits of a 5G economy and a digitally-connected world.

Environment

Changing the Equation

Oct 6, 2021 11:30 AM ET

Agriculture has always been about managing risk. When a farmer puts a seed in the ground, they’re making an investment in the land. In developing countries where livelihoods depend on harvests the most, that risk is often the greatest.

Sustainable Development Goals

Lavazza: Toward Shared Sustainability Goals

Oct 6, 2021 11:15 AM ET

According to Roberta Garizio, Lavazza’s Indirect Purchasing Director, maintaining an open dialogue with suppliers on what sustainability goals they share is critical to increasing resilience. And ratings helped immensely in deciding how to work with suppliers during the crisis.

Environment

Pioneering a Sustainable Future

Oct 6, 2021 11:05 AM ET

Ericsson is creating a world of limitless connectivity, where mobile technology opens new possibilities to pioneer a sustainable future. With global collaboration and digital innovation, carbon emissions can be reduced by 15% by 2030.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Community Engagement at Northern Trust

Oct 6, 2021 11:00 AM ET

Northern Trust offers community engagement opportunities and paid time off for volunteerism enhance our communities and provide a competitive advantage in employee recruiting and satisfaction.

Media & Communications

Global Efforts to Tackle Climate Change Challenges - Tune in to COP 26

Oct 6, 2021 11:00 AM ET

Collaboration – Cooperation – Collective Action: buzz words that really matter today as the nations of the world come together to address a wide range of climate change challenges.

Energy

Black & Veatch to Design, Build Canada's First Electric 'Smart Grid'

Oct 6, 2021 11:00 AM ET

As the electric industry addresses growing demands for lower carbon footprints and heightened reliability and resilience, a Canadian community is entrusting Black & Veatch to transform its power system into a technology-driven, enhanced “smart grid” meant to lower consumer costs and slash greenhouse gas emissions.

Diversity & Inclusion

Keysight Engineer Celebrates Spanish Engineer Juan de la Cierva During Hispanic Heritage Month

Oct 6, 2021 10:35 AM ET

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month 2021, Keysight Technologies employees share how Hispanic engineering contributions have inspired them in their careers. Here’s a look at who inspired application engineer Eva Ribes-Vilanova.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: Stewards of the Land

Oct 6, 2021 10:30 AM ET

When land is stewarded by Indigenous People, the land tends to be healthier in terms of habitat preservation, biodiversity, soil health, and water quality.

Innovation & Technology

Comcast Helps Tech Goes Home Connect Seniors With Laptops and Internet Essentials

Oct 6, 2021 10:15 AM ET

Comcast recently gave 500 brand new laptops to seniors in Boston who completed Tech Goes Home (TGH) digital literacy training, a grant to help TGH connect more seniors with digital devices, Internet Essentials and digital skills training.

Diversity & Inclusion

'It's Imperative to Support Small Business Owners During These Turbulent Times'

Oct 6, 2021 10:15 AM ET

The Raza Development Fund team, or Familia as we call it, is passionate about serving our Latino and poor communities. As the nation’s largest Latino-focused Community Development Financial Institution

Events, Media & Communications

Webinar: Making the Impossible Possible: The Blueprint for Decarbonizing Industry

Oct 6, 2021 10:00 AM ET

Carbon-intensive sectors have no option but to drastically reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to reach zero. Failing that, global temperatures will rise beyond 2°C with dramatic consequences for the planet and humanity.

Social Impact & Volunteering

The Listen Up! Show: Corporate Citizenship Nudges Towards Sustained Pro-Social Behavior in the Workplace

Oct 6, 2021 10:00 AM ET

Join this month's episode of the Listen Up! Show on October 13th at 11:30am ET to hear from four members of the Nudge The Good Unit as they discuss their formal application of behavioral insights to the practice of employee giving and volunteering.

Events, Media & Communications

Event: Launch of Major New Mississippi Initiative to Combat Leading Cause of Involuntary Land Loss Among Black Families

Oct 6, 2021 10:00 AM ET

Join the Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation™ and the Mississippi Center for Justice, together with their partners from World Wildlife Fund and Kimberly-Clark, in discussing a leading cause of involuntary land loss for Black families and its impact on both communities and the fate of American forests.

Green Infrastructure

SoCal Trucking Operations Shift Big Rig Electrification Into High Gear

Oct 6, 2021 9:55 AM ET

SCE’s Charge Ready Transport program will provide EV charging for 100 electric trucks, eliminating 8,200 metric tons of harmful emissions annually.

Events, Media & Communications

Register Now for the Virtual 2021 Global Inclusive Growth Summit on October 14

Oct 6, 2021 9:55 AM ET

There is still time to register for the virtual 2021 Global Inclusive Growth Summit on October 14!

Environment

Oil and Gas Transparency Standard for Low-Carbon Transition

Oct 6, 2021 9:30 AM ET

A new sustainability reporting standard for oil and gas has launched today, which will enable complete disclosure on the complexity of transparency demands facing the sector

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Boeing Announces $1.4 Million to Support Afghan Allies and Military Veterans

Oct 6, 2021 9:30 AM ET

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced a $1.4 million donation package to assist with humanitarian relief efforts for Afghan allies as well as grants and initiatives to support and honor U.S. military veterans and their families.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Whirlpool Corporation's Eddy Childhood Development Center Celebrates Two-year Anniversary

Oct 6, 2021 9:25 AM ET

Two years ago Whirlpool Corporation, in partnership with KinderCare Education at Work, opened The Eddy - Early Education Center located on our global headquarters campus in Benton Harbor, Michigan.

Diversity & Inclusion

How ViacomCBS Will Lead the Way Toward More Inclusive Storytelling

Oct 6, 2021 9:00 AM ET

ViacomCBS announced Content for Change, a global companywide initiative that seeks to apply scientific research, rigor, and data to transform our entire creative ecosystem.

Environment

IVECO and Nikola Sign MoU With Hamburg Port Authority for Zero-Emission Class 8 Battery-electric Trucks

Oct 5, 2021 5:00 PM ET

IVECO, the commercial vehicles brand of CNH Industrial (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) and Nikola Corporation (NASDAQ: NKLA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hamburg Port Authority AöR (HPA)

Sustainable Development Goals

US BCSD Joins With the Council of Great Lakes Region on Decarbonization

Oct 5, 2021 4:35 PM ET

The United States Business Council for Sustainable Development (US BCSD), a leading business and sustainability association, today announced a strategic partnership with the bi-national Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR).

Health & Healthcare

Griffith Foods Partners with Solnul™ to Create Prebiotic Snack Seasoning

Oct 5, 2021 3:50 PM ET

Griffith Foods is Building an Ecosystem of Partnerships to Create and Scale Meaningful Impact

Environment

How One Activist Started a Movement for Our Oceans

Oct 5, 2021 3:20 PM ET