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Research & Reports

Antea Group USA Contributes to Environment Analyst's “Corporate Guide: Identifying and Addressing Emerging Contaminants”

Antea Group

Education & Workforce Development

TCS goIT Student Competition Celebrates Young Innovators in Toronto

Tata Consultancy Services

Awards & Rankings

Newsweek Ranks Subaru Among America’s Greatest Workplaces in Manufacturing for 2026

Subaru of America

Education & Workforce Development

Fifth Third Foundation Helps Students Pursue Higher Education With Scholarships

Fifth Third Bancorp

Environment

Arbor Day Foundation Sponsors ‘The Nature Hub’ at London Action Climate Week

Arbor Day Foundation

Awards & Rankings

Mary Kay Extends Winning Streak With Fourth Year As #1 in Global Direct Selling Beauty

Mary Kay

Health & Healthcare

The Melanoma Research Foundation and Neutrogena® Convene a Meeting to Discuss Advancement of Skin Cancer Prevention Tools

Kenvue

Environment

K4GGWA and CNH Brand New Holland Launch Innovation Call to Accelerate Land Restoration Across the Great Green Wall

CNH

Featured Brands

Designer Rachel Zoe and Aflac Make Fashion Statement To Urge Americans To Check for Cancer

Aflac, a pioneer and leader in cancer insurance for seven decades, today announced the launch of Fit Checks, an innovative new awareness campaign developed with fashion designer Rachel Zoe

Special Delivery: FedEx Helps Harbor Seal Walnut Find a New Home

FedEx is known for delivering packages around the world—but this month, the company delivered something far more unique. Through its FedEx Cares Delivering for Good initiative, FedEx helped transport Walnut, a four-year-old harbor seal, from the Los Angeles Zoo to his new home

Get Your Ducks in a Row for Summer Fun

This year, the Aflac Childhood Cancer Foundation will award 10 grants of $2,000 each to Child Life programs in the U.S. that provide support to children with cancer and/or blood disorders and/or their siblings.

3M’s Fiber Optic Breakthrough Is Helping Power AI’s Massive Buildout

Inside a modern data center, speed is everything. As artificial intelligence continues to reshape industries, the pressure on technology companies to build and activate massive computing infrastructure fast has never been greater.

Carnival Corporation Expands Surplus Meal Donation Program to the Dominican Republic

Carnival Corporation today announced the expansion of its surplus meal donation program to the Dominican Republic, marking the second Latin American country to join the company’s initiative to safely redirect prepared, unserved meals to local communities where its ships visit.

Cisco and Generation Are Scaling AI-Powered Pathways to Employment

As AI reshapes industries and redefines how work gets done, the question of who benefits and who gets left behind has become one of the more pressing challenges to solve in economic mobility.

The Howard University & PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship Convenes Entrepreneurs, Investors, HBCU Leaders for Fourth Annual Summit in Washington, D.C.

This national convening brings together founders, investors and ecosystem leaders to explore how entrepreneurs can plant seeds for prosperity and ownership that extend far beyond a single generation.

Yum! Brands Publishes 2025 Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report Highlighting Business Resilience and Operational Progress

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) published its annual Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report, spotlighting how the company is integrating sustainability into its growth strategy to manage long-term risk, improve operational resilience and support franchisee success.

Matching Grant Program Supports Homebuyer Education and Counseling

Wells Fargo and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines helped NeighborWorks Montana secure $685,952 through the Member Impact Fund to expand homebuyer education and counseling across Montana, supporting residents navigating housing affordability challenges. The grant builds on

Building a World-Class Employee Experience | Cisco FY25 Purpose Report

The world of work is changing faster than ever, but our greatest strength remains our Cisconians. They are the heart of our culture, the driving force behind our innovations, and a critical part of how we make a positive impact around the world.

Recent Alerts

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

UN and Mars, Incorporated Sign New Food Safety Agreement: “Collaboration is Key”

Education & Workforce Development

21st Century Fox Presents Grant to Music Program at Orlando Elementary School

On October 12, representatives from 21st Century Fox and the Give a Note Foundation presented a grant to Castle Creek Elementary School in Orlando, Florida, as part of the 21st Century Fox Give a Note Grants initiative. The grant will support the music education program at the school, which has struggled for years to find adequate funding. 21st Century Fox and the Give a Note Foundation announced the grant program in March to commemorate the end of FOX's groundbreaking musical television series Glee, which sparked renewed interest and participation in school music programs during its six-season run. The grants will support 16 under-funded music programs at schools across the United States.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

How Nespresso gambled on reviving coffee in South Sudan

Nespresso has launched the first coffee to be exported from the new country of South Sudan. Here, local coffee farmers on the ground.

Environment

Trim Tab Magazine | The Craftsman's New Toolbox

What can designers and manufacturers do to merge social justice, environmental stewardship, and effective design?

Volunteering & Community

From Boomers to Millennials: How to Design an Employee Giving Program that Engages All of Your People

Gone are the days of the top-down fundraising program using the same old tactics and tools. As participation in conventional company-led giving efforts declines, Benevity is aiming to help companies improve their giving programs with five practices that drive measurable engagement. When applied the right way, you may just find yourself transforming a stagnant program into a pillar of your employee engagement strategy.

Volunteering & Community

Samsung Employees Donate 16,800 Hours Back to Local Communities Across the Country

Environment

Swimming with Salmon

A marine biologist, career fish conservationist and avid swimmer, Mark Powell may as well have been born with fins.

They would have come in handy on his latest adventure. The Puget Sound program director of the Washington Environmental Council recently completed a 55-mile swim of the Green-Duwamish River.

Awards & Rankings

A World Premiere: FCA US Kokomo Casting Plant Becomes First-Ever Casting Facility to Earn World Class Manufacturing Bronze Award

The FCA US Kokomo Casting Plant (Ind.) has been awarded bronze status for its efforts to improve in World Class Manufacturing (WCM), becoming the first casting facility to earn recognition in this global methodology that is practiced in industries beyond automotive.

Events

Student Vision for Singapore wins AECOM Urban SOS All Systems Go Competition

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Chemical Safety, Driving Profits and Good Publicity for Retailers

Volunteering & Community

Shire Employees Participate in 2015 Global Day of Service

In 2015, Shire held its first annual Global Day of Service. Approximately 1,700 employees volunteered over 8,000 hours around the world, supporting children in need.

Education & Workforce Development

Operation Riverboat Puts Emergency Response to the Test

The company’s ability to respond was recently tested during a day-and-a-half-long exercise, dubbed “Operation Riverboat,” that simulated an oil spill resulting from a third-party pipeline strike near water in Yankton, South Dakota.

Environment

Two Kimberly-Clark Manufacturing Sites Recognized as Arkansas Recycler of the Year

Philanthropy

Arlington Southwest Little League Kicks Off New Season With Uniforms And Equipment From Chevrolet

Thanks to a unique partnership with the Arlington Southwest Little League through CBS EcoMedia’s WellnessAd program, Chevrolet is supplying brand-new uniforms and athletic equipment for more than 2,000 youth athlete players enrolled with the Arlington Southwest Little League.

Philanthropy

Kia Motors America and First Book to Distribute 40,000 Books to Southern California Educators

Kia Motors America (KMA), one of the fastest-growing car companies in the U.S., is bringing its “Books on Wheels” program to Southern California. Teaming up with nonprofit social enterprise First Book and CBS EcoMedia’s EducationAd program, Kia volunteers will distribute 40,000 books to area educators and teachers.

Volunteering & Community

Action Team Captains Throw “Prom” for Residents of Local Senior Community

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Absip Recognises Old Mutual For Driving Transformation In The Financial Services Sector

Environment

Four Projects Selected by the “Costa Crociere Foundation” are Underway to Support Social Solidarity and Marine Environmental Protection Initiatives

The initial activities involving the first four projects financed by the Costa Crociere Foundation that focus on social solidarity and marine environmental protection initiatives have now gotten underway. Approximately Euro 600,000 has been allocated to the non-profit organizations whose projects were selected by the Foundation to develop activities to raise awareness about marine waste and training programs for more than 1,500 needy young people.

Research & Reports

Bloomberg Philanthropies: Low Carbon Futures in Canada – the Role of Urban Climate Change Mitigation

Corporate Responsibility

Happiness by Design: Office Designs that Increase Employee Happiness

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Bloomberg Philanthropies: Cities and Climate Change in Canada

Awards & Rankings

FOX25 and The Trust for Public Land Name Rocky Morrison as Boston’s 2015 Cox Conserves Hero

Philanthropy

Thousands of Employees Volunteer in October to Make a Difference to Millions

AI & Technology

Meet the Woman Who’s Singlehandedly Solving Peru’s Trash Problem

Albina Ruiz lived in an area of Lima, Peru, known as El Cono Norte, where she was studying to become an industrial engineer. Despite the classic beautiful images of Peru one might expect, El Cono Norte was littered with waste.

Environment

Investors in Fossil Fuel Companies Boost Focus on Carbon Asset Risk in Warming World

In the past year, carbon asset risks in the fossil fuel industry have escalated from a fringe topic to a front-and-center concern driving key decision-making across all global energy companies and investors owning them. A new report by by Ceres, the Carbon Tracker Initiative, Energy Transition Advisors, and the 2° Investing Initiative cites climate change pressures, regulatory trends and market forces that have triggered a heightened investor focus on how energy companies are grappling with the transition to a low-carbon global economy.

Latest Campaigns

FedEx | Delivering for Good

Doing what we do best for those who need it most. When disaster strikes, and there’s not a moment to lose, our people mobilize the FedEx global fleet...

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...

Sustainability- Carnival Corporation's Way of Doing Business

Carnival’s approach to sustainability is a full-time commitment; it is not a cost of doing business, it is a way of doing business. We at Carnival...

Thermal & Specialized Solutions

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

Aflac Stories

Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.

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...

Collective Action

Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...

Sustainable Operations

ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)

GoDaddy Empower

GoDaddy Empower is our signature social impact program, designed to help emerging entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses online.

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...