Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Environment

Bridging Conservation and Efficiency: New Bat Habitat Plan Takes Flight

Showing their support for the project, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded Duke Energy a $1 million grant for 2024-2025, with the option to reapply annually, to facilitate the development of the HCP.

Research & Reports

SLB Releases Second Women and Pay Report

SLB has released 2023 Women and Pay—Improving Gender Harmony at SLB, the second in a biennial series aimed at increasing transparency of the company’s pay practices for employees and external stakeholders.

Socially Responsible Investing

AB: The Hidden Hazard in Climate Portfolios: Equity Concentration Risk

Whatever approach an investor chooses, we believe it’s important to manage a climate-related portfolio with the same research rigor and risk management as any other active equity strategy. That means ensuring that the portfolio has adequate diversification.

Research & Reports

YKK Achieves Major Sustainability Milestones in 2024 Integrated Report

YKK Corporation has released “This is YKK 2024” Integrated Report showcasing notable progress in its journey toward climate neutrality and environmental stewardship.

Environment

Arbor Day Foundation Brand Evolution Unites People Behind a Belief in a Better World

The Arbor Day Foundation announces a new brand evolution to create clearer connectivity across programs and sub-brands, showcasing all the ways the Foundation puts trees to work for the greatest good.

AI & Technology

Trane Technologies and Autodesk Collaborate to Accelerate and Simplify Sustainable Building Design

Trane Technologies and Autodesk, Inc. announced a strategic collaboration aimed at optimizing commercial building design for sustainability.

Events

Trane Technologies Champions Decarbonization, Sustainable Cooling and Climate Policies at COP29

Trane Technologies (NYSE:TT), a global climate innovator, will highlight the need for decarbonizing buildings and transport, advancing climate policies, and promoting electrified heating, cooling, and other low-carbon solutions at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, November 11-22.

AI & Technology

How CNH’s Electric Mini Excavators Are Helping Denmark Reach Its Carbon Emissions Targets: ‘A Sustainable Year’ Story

Read the eighth installment of ‘A Sustainable Year’ to look at how New Holland Construction, a brand of CNH, is playing a role in helping Denmark move closer to its carbon emissions targets.

Volunteering & Community

Disaster Relief Recap: Southwire Activates Support Following Hurricane Helene

In the devastating wake of Hurricane Helene, Southwire’s Project GIFT jumped into action to support fellow team members and communities impacted by Hurricane Helene.

Philanthropy

Honoring Our Heroes: Ohio Veterans Embark on Memorable Honor Flight

Nearly 90 veterans took to the sky on a mission to celebrate their incredible sacrifice for our country. Organized by Flag City Honor Flight, this journey took them from Toledo, Ohio, to Washington, D.C., where they visited memorials built in their honor.

Awards & Rankings

Trane Technologies Recognized for Commitment to Veterans by Military Friendly®

Trane Technologies has been honored with the 2025 Military Friendly® Employer Gold Award in the ‘Over 5 billion in Revenue’ category.

Corporate Responsibility

Honoring Our Veterans and Veteran Communities

In our sixth episode, members from the VETS ERG, which is dedicated to Veterans, active-duty service members, and their families and friends share their experiences and discuss how the group has influenced them both personally and professionally.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Logitech Expands Availability of Refurbished Devices, Offering High-Quality, Affordable Tech for Work and Play

Logitech Certified Refurbished devices officially debut on eBay Refurbished brand store

AI & Technology

Lenovo and InCor Develop TRAdA, an AI Platform for Advanced Arrhythmia Detection

Lenovo, in partnership with the Instituto do Coração – InCor HCFMUSP – the largest cardiology hospital in Latin America – announces the launch of TRAdA (from portuguese Telemonitoramento Remoto Assistido de Arritmia).

Awards & Rankings

Announcing CSRHub’s New Alliance With NAEM

CSRHub is taking the next step toward companies adopting the newly launched ESG Roadmap by collaborating with the National Association for Environmental, Health & Safety and Sustainability (EHS&S) Management (NAEM).

Education & Workforce Development

Henkel Marks New Milestone Reaching Over 5,000 Stamford Students Through STEM Education Initiative Henkel Researchers’ World

Henkel announced it has reached over 5,000 students in Stamford, Connecticut through its global STEM education initiative, Henkel Researchers’ World.

Awards & Rankings

Entergy Receives 2024 HIRE Vets Gold Medallion Award for Its Commitment to Hiring Veterans

For the seventh consecutive year, the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded Entergy with the HIRE Vets Medallion Award, honoring exceptional achievement in veteran employment.

Inclusion & Opportunity

T-Mobile Veteran Employees Advice on Transitioning From Military to Civilian Life

In celebration of Veterans Day this week, two T-Mobile employees share their advice on how to prepare for that first civilian job interview after service.

Awards & Rankings

Regions Financial Recognized as an Employer Honoree by the American Opportunity Index

Regions Financial has been recognized as an Employer Honoree by the 2024 American Opportunity Index – a ranking that measures how effective companies are at developing talent to drive business performance and advance individual employees’ careers.

Inclusion & Opportunity

From Childhood Dream to Reality: DICK'S Sporting Goods’ Teammate Wins Flag Football World Championship

Seven-year-old Izzy Geraci was the only girl on her flag football team. 17 years later, Geraci was shining on the sport’s grandest stage, fighting to help the U.S. National Women’s Flag Football Team defend their world title!

AI & Technology

Cybersecurity Is Protecting Grid Modernization

Integrating cybersecurity is critical to grid modernization as this shift is reshaping how the world generates, distributes, and consumes electricity.

Corporate Responsibility

Air Force Veteran’s War Injuries Lead to a Career in Banking

When Anthony Winfield was in high school, he was offered something many teenage boys dream about, a college scholarship to play baseball. But Winfield, who is now a U.S. Bank branch manager, had something else in mind.

Volunteering & Community

Wesco Employees Volunteer at the 38th Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project

Habitat for Humanity’s 38th Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project kicked off recently in East St. Paul. This year's weeklong event is took place at The Heights, where Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity plans to build 147 units, its largest development to date.

Corporate Responsibility

Teddy Mendoza: When Crisis Hits Home

As I watch the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which devastated parts of our home state of North Carolina, I am reminded of what it feels like when crisis hits your own backyard. It’s personal.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Global Diversity Awareness Month: HARMAN's Journey to Transform Tomorrow, Together

As a global leader in connected technologies, we at HARMAN pride ourselves on an employee base that represents the full diversity of the world we inhabit. In our experience, innovation happens when people with different backgrounds and experiences unite.

Latest Campaigns

Accelerating access to healthcare technology

We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...

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...

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...

Greener Products and Solutions

We actively integrate sustainability into the product development process and look at all phases of the product life cycle for opportunities to...

Special Economic Zones

Driving awareness of Special Economic Zones.

Integrated Tools

Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...

Kingfisher Around the World

The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...

Wells Fargo Social Impact and Sustainability

Wells Fargo & Company is a leading financial services company that has approximately $1.9 trillion in assets and proudly serves one in three U.S...

Small Business Growth

We strengthen communities and help create local jobs by investing in underserved small business owners. We fund nonprofits that are focused on...

PSEG Environmental Stewardship

PSEG’s environmental stewardship is evident in programs and strategies that reflect our commitment to clean air, clean water and waste management...