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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Highlights From Taproot Foundation's 2021 U.S. Pro Bono Summit

Taproot’s 2021 Pro Bono Summit provided innovative tips and facilitated open discussions between corporate pro bono practitioners to share best practices and challenges in developing skills-based volunteering opportunities.

Environment

Arbor Day Foundation Announces First-Ever 2021 Environmental Equity Grant Winners

The Arbor Day Foundation today announced the recipients of the 2021 Environmental Equity Grant, a first of its kind.

Environment

My Takeaway from COP26 - And What It Means for the Building Industry

DuPont Performance Building Solutions Research Engineer Michal (Elle) Porter shares her learnings from COP26 and what she believes this means for the building industry.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MetLife Named to 2021 Dow Jones Sustainability Index

MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) today announced that, for the sixth year in a row, the company has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America, in recognition of its commitment to sustainable business practices.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Entergy Shareholders Award $10M in Charitable Contributions Year-to-Date to Help Communities Thrive

The Entergy Charitable Foundation has helped power stronger, healthier communities by awarding $10 million to more than 880 nonprofit organizations located across Entergy’s service area of Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Michigan.

Diversity & Inclusion

2021 Global Inclusive Growth Summit Highlights

Revisit highlights from the 2021 Global Inclusive Growth Summit—a virtual event co-hosted by the Aspen Institute and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Your Thanksgiving Table; Will Your Favorite Sides Be Available?

For those who think Thanksgiving sides are the best, we couldn’t agree more!

Diversity & Inclusion

Join Accenture's Celebration for International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Did you know that more than 1 billion people worldwide have a disability? That’s more than 1 billion reasons why we all have a role in enabling change for a more inclusive world.

Energy

As Megatrends Reshape Infrastructure Markets, Black & Veatch Announces New Client-Focused Structure

With sustainability-driven global megatrends such as electrification, decarbonization, digitization and resilience aggressively reshaping the critical human infrastructure markets, Black & Veatch announces a new leadership team and operational structure designed to address the goals and issues of its expanding client portfolio.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ecolab Again Named to Dow Jones Sustainability World and North America Indices

Ecolab Inc. has again been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability™ World Index (DJSI), published November 12, 2021, which tracks the leading sustainability-driven publicly listed companies globally.

Research, Reports & Publications

O-I Glass Sustainability Report 2021: A Message from CSO Randolph L. Burns

Despite the challenges of the pandemic, we continued our transformative leadership in sustainable packaging in 2020 and 2021.

Environment

Continuing the Journey to Protect the Mangroves in the Philippines: AI Solutions Show Promise in Wildlife and Site Protection

Since 2015, we’ve worked with local partners on IoT solutions that conserve mangrove ecosystems in the Philippines and Malaysia. Read the latest on the project and discover how new AI solutions are proving themselves

Health & Healthcare

India's Efforts to Help End Hepatitis C Starts With Prison Population

A global nonprofit is leading an effort to help eliminate the hepatitis C virus (HCV) among people who are incarcerated in India.

Diversity & Inclusion

GoDaddy Celebrates National Native American Heritage Month with Entrepreneur Spotlight Featuring Cherilyn Yazzie of Coffee Pot Farms

Cherilyn Yazzie, Owner of Coffee Pot Farms, knows firsthand the physical, economical and generational barriers she has worked through to be a successful farmer in the desert lands of northern Arizona.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Kimberly-Clark and its 'Toilets Change Lives' Program Brings Clean Water and Sanitation Solutions to 7 Million People Across 15 Countries

Globally, more than 2 billion people lack access to basic sanitation, including toilets. Kimberly-Clark and the Kimberly-Clark Foundation have formed partnerships and programs to help address this global health crisis, and the company's 'Toilets Change Lives' program has impacted the lives of more than 7 million people across 15 countries over the last seven years.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Hormel Foods Recognized as a Best for Vets Employer for Ninth Year in a Row

Hormel Foods Corporation announced it has been ranked No. 32 on Military Times’ Best for Vets: Employers 2021 list. This is the ninth consecutive year the company has made the list.

Energy

NRG Energy Joins the EV100 Initiative

NRG Energy, Inc. announced its participation in the Climate Group's EV100 initiative, committing to electrify 100 percent of its light-duty fleet by 2030.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Leo's Guardian Angel Reads Meters

Little Leo has a new guardian angel who reads meters.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

El Abra Funds Projects to Protect the Cultural, Archaeological and Historical Heritage of the Province of El Loa

Minera El Abra recently launched a second “Heritage Fund” to support a variety of initiatives that promote and preserve the culture and traditions of the Indigenous communities surrounding El Abra’s operations.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Whirlpool Corporation Named to 2021 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

Whirlpool Corporation has been named to the 2021 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) North America Index in recognition of the Company’s ongoing focus on environmental and social responsibility.

Green Infrastructure

Data Centers to Prioritize Environmental Sustainability

Data Centers are changing and Schneider Electric is working with its clients and organizational partners in the space to ensure environmental sustainability is prioritized.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Acer Listed on Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for Eighth Straight Year in 2021

Acer Inc. (TWSE: 2353) announced that it has been listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) Emerging Markets Index, for the eighth straight year in 2021.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Green Bond Standards Advance, Bringing Greater Clarity for Issuers and Investors

The green bond market, which is anticipated by Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) to reach $1 trillion annually by 2023, has played an increasingly important role in financing assets needed for the transition to a low-carbon future.

Environment

Swedish Philanthropist Awards World's Biggest Environmental Prize

B4Plastics and GreenWave are given the 2021 Curt Bergfors Food Planet Prize for their development of materials for biodegradable fishing gear and sustainable ocean-based food production, respectively. Each prize amounts to $2 million. This means that the world's biggest environmental award is all about food.

Research, Reports & Publications

New Research From Sustainable Brands and Ipsos Highlights Consumers' Willingness to Leverage Their Buying Power to Support Companies' Good Works

New research indicates that nearly 70% of consumers believe that they can influence companies to do better by buying from them when they do.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...
  2. Community Impact
    The communities where Chemours operates are also where we live, work, and play, and our mutual success is one and the same. We have a vested interest...
  3. 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...
  4. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  8. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  9. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  10. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  11. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  12. 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...
  13. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  14. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...
  15. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...