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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Yum! Brands Maximizes Franchise Operating Capability

At Yum!, we operate close to 61,000 restaurants in 155-plus countries and territories. One key to our success? Maximizing franchise operating capability.

Innovation & Technology

Gildan Introduces Robot-Assisted Transportation, Advancing Innovation in Distribution Operations and Enhancing Worker Safety

Gildan is embracing technological advancements and bolstering worker safety by modernizing its approach towards product transportation in its Eden, North Carolina distribution centre.

Research, Reports & Publications

Leading With Purpose: Powering Digital Freedom. Gen Releases Its 2025 Social Impact Report.

Today, Gen™ (NASDAQ: GEN) releases its 2025 Social Impact Report. At Gen, our mission is to create innovative and easy to-use technology solutions that help people grow, manage, and secure their digital and financial lives.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Full Circle: From Surviving Cancer to Finding a Career With Impact

Ryan Zimmerman began his life with cancer. When he was born, his doctors discovered that he had a rare form of the disease — fibrosarcoma, a connective tissue cancer that primarily occurs in adults — and amputated his leg up to the hip.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

T. Rowe Price Foundation Announces $1.25 Million Commitment To Support Baltimore's East Side Through the East Side Impact Grants

The T. Rowe Price Foundation announces its launch of the East Side Impact Grant, a $1.25 million investment over three years aimed at strengthening eight organizations and neighborhood associations in East Baltimore, representing the Foundation’s largest commitment to date.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Hershey’s Dynamic Strategy for Employee Engagement

Hershey’s rich legacy stretching back to 1894 doesn’t make our workforce immune to modern challenges. Employees must navigate competing priorities, not having enough hours in the day, delivering results in a changing marketplace, and evolving with ever-shifting consumer behaviors

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

International Paper To Explore Building a New State-of-the-Art Sustainable Packaging Facility in Salt Lake City, Utah

International Paper (NYSE: IP; LSE: IPC), a global leader in sustainable packaging, today announced the strategic exploration of a new sustainable packaging facility in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Events, Media & Communications

We’re Back! Introducing Healthy Spaces Season 5

Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation are transforming the spaces where we live, work, learn and play. 

Events, Media & Communications

Paris 2024 Legacy in Action: Olympic and Paralympic Week Inspires 700,000 Students and Sets the Stage for French Alps 2030

From 31 March to 4 April, the 9th edition of Olympic and Paralympic Week (French acronym: SOP) brought together over 700,000 students in France and abroad in a national celebration of sport, inclusion and the Olympic values.

Events, Media & Communications

Engaging in Climate

The climate landscape today is characterized by escalating challenges that have significant implications for businesses and society as a whole.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

A Widow's Journey to Self-Sufficiency

Aling faced the immense challenge of supporting her children alone. With support from Action Against Hunger, she not only saved her daughter from malnutrition but built a thriving farm, empowered other women, and sparked lasting change in her South Sudanese community.

Energy

Eaton To Help Power Resilient Energy Future for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Intelligent power management company Eaton announced today it was awarded multiple contracts valued at approximately $25 million to help Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport enhance and expand its electrical infrastructure.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Saint-Gobain Video Series: Journey to 2030: Offsite Construction

To achieve net-zero carbon by 2050, Saint-Gobain North America must reach key milestones by 2030. In our latest episode of Journey to 2030, Saint-Gobain is showing how circular economy practices can be successful!

Innovation & Technology

Reduce IT Costs and Extend Device Lifespan With Snapdragon and Windows 11

IT decision-makers are under constant pressure to optimize costs without compromising on service, performance or experience.

Environment

DP World’s Water Stewardship: Driving Global Impact From Source to Sea

Water is foundational to life, and to the flow of trade. More than three-quarters (80%) of global trade occurs at sea, and 40% of the world’s jobs are powered by water-reliant sectors (e.g., agriculture, fishing, tourism).

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Duke Energy Supports First Responders With $500,000 in Grants for Emergency Preparedness in South Carolina

As hurricane season begins, community leaders, emergency managers and first responders turn their eyes to the tropics as they continue to prepare their communities for the possibility of impacts from severe weather. Duke Energy is preparing, too.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Southwire Celebrates Inaugural Sustainability Week

In honor of the company’s 75th anniversary and in celebration of Earth Month, Southwire hosted its first ever Sustainability Week in April. The sustainability team hosted a week of communications, education and activities to engage team members across the globe.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Local Impact, Lasting Change: How PSEG's Neighborhood Partners Brighten Our Communities

Every year, our PSEG Foundation’s Neighborhood Partners Program not only funds vital programs but also amplifies the work of nonprofits that are transforming communities.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Complimentary Webinar: Regulatory Shifts Ahead: What You Need To Know Now for Food Safety & Product Development

Join us for a complimentary webinar "Regulatory Shifts Ahead: What You Need to Know Now for Food Safety & Product Development" on June 17, 2025 at 12 PM ET.

Environment

The Blue Wonder

Once seen as too vast to harm, the ocean is now being considered as too broken to fix. The lack of direct action and investment to protect and restore it risks its future.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Antea Group USA Wins Global Innovation Challenge Grand Prize for Groundbreaking Climate Risk Assessment Service

Antea Group USA is proud to announce that its service, Global Climate Risk Assessments, has been awarded the Grand Prize at the Antea Group Global Innovation Challenge 2025.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Janine Benyus on Biomimicry and the Art of Generous Design

In this insight keynote presentation, biomimicry icon Janine Benyus helps us imagine a city that functions like a forest – storing the same amount of water, cleaning and cooling as well as the same amount of air, cycling of nutrients and the nurturing of biodiversity.

Health & Healthcare

HPRC Publishes Inaugural Impact Report: Paving the Way for Sustainable Healthcare Plastics

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) is thrilled to announce the publication of its inaugural Impact Report for 2024.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

KeyBank Named Honoree of The Civic 50 for the Twelfth Year

For the twelfth time, KeyBank has been recognized by Points of Light as one of the 50 most community-minded companies in America in 2025. The recognition is based on The Civic 50 survey that is administered by True Impact and consists of quantitative qualitative questions.

Health & Healthcare

Specialized CX Starts With One: Lessons From Aflac’s Cancer Care Hotline

One team. One mission. One customer segment. Aflac’s hotline for newly diagnosed cancer patients proves that going deeper is the key to meaningful support.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Fifth Third’s Neighborhood Program
    Fifth Third has a proven track record of success in community development through its neighborhood program, which creates and implements innovative...
  2. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  3. Communities and People
    Employees are our most valued resource and are at the center of everything we do. Their talent, diversity, and commitment are crucial to our...
  4. 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...
  5. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  6. Forests
    Managing our forests sustainably and protecting water, wildlife, and species at risk.
  7. KeyBank Foundation: Helping Communities Thrive through Education, Workforce Development, and Service
    KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...
  8. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...
  9. Subaru Love Promise: Community
    Subaru is dedicated to supporting those who need it the most in our communities. From donating food to Feeding America, providing essential items to...
  10. IWBI | WELL Building Standard
    Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...
  11. Scotts Miracle-Gro | Environment Improvement
    Earth's beauty and resources should be appreciated now and preserved for generations to come. Discover the stewardship initiatives underway to protect...
  12. Opportunity for All
    At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...
  13. Recognition of our Company
    As the leading sports and live music company in the world, we recognize our responsibility to provide industry leadership and to conduct our business...
  14. Investing in our Communities
    We invest in sustainable community outcomes that improve lives.
  15. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...