Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Research, Reports & Publications

A Sustainable Future Starts With Health: Abbott Launches New 2030 Sustainability Plan

Dec 15, 2020 11:30 AM ET

Health is the foundation for everything else. For people to thrive. To be empowered. To live the lives they want to live. It helps communities and economies to prosper and is vital to building better, healthier societies.

Events, Media & Communications

Watch Land Betterment Corporation's Impact Minute Episode 22

Dec 15, 2020 11:10 AM ET

In this episode, Logan Jones, Producer and Cohost of the Middle Tech Podcast, discusses the importance of bringing attention to entrepreneurs that are building companies that are solving problems in underserved areas and underserved demographics.

Innovation & Technology

All Hands on Deck for Expo 2020 Dubai

Dec 15, 2020 11:00 AM ET

As the official logistics partner of Expo 2020 Dubai, UPS is an important player in the lead-up to the event. Like other world expositions, Expo 2020 will bring together visitors from all parts of the world to share solutions to global challenges.

Green Infrastructure

The Trust for Public Land Receives Funding to Light Up the Alice Branch Creek Health and Wellness Park & Trail

Dec 15, 2020 10:30 AM ET

Understanding the key role of parks and greenspaces to catalyze neighborhood revitalization, Green Mountain Energy Sun Club has awarded a nearly $150,000 sustainability grant to The Trust for Public Land

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Benevity Helps Microsoft Bing Raise $1.5 Million for Nonprofits

Dec 15, 2020 10:30 AM ET

Benevity announces that Give with Bing users have donated Microsoft Rewards points valued at over US$1.5 million to more than 30,000 nonprofit organizations around the world.

Environment

Covestro Commits to Cleaner Waters With Operation Clean Sweep® Blue Membership

Dec 15, 2020 10:00 AM ET

Covestro LLC is elevating its efforts to protect and preserve our world’s water sources by joining Operation Clean Sweep® (OCS) blue—an initiative born from the larger Operation Clean Sweep® program.

Education

Justice's Opportunity with IBM's P-TECH

Dec 15, 2020 10:00 AM ET

Meet the new voice of tech. Justice has loved technology since he was little. Thanks to the help of a new education initiative founded by IBM called P-TECH, he’s turned that passion into a college diploma and a job at IBM at the age of 18.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Global Water Challenge & The Coca-Cola Foundation Announce Support for Ten New Grantees

Dec 15, 2020 10:00 AM ET

Global Water Challenge (GWC) and The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF) announced US$1.28MM in new grantmaking from their ongoing partnership to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across Eurasia, the Middle East, and North Africa.

Environment

Ray C. Anderson Foundation's NextGen Committee Awards $100,000 Grant to Cultural Survival

Dec 15, 2020 10:00 AM ET

The NextGen Committee of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to Cultural Survival to support grassroots Indigenous solutions to climate change.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bryan Stevenson, Sir Elton John, Temie Giwa-Tubosun, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Warren Buffett, Sesame Workshop and the Black Lives Matter Movement to be Recognized at the 2020 Global Citizen Prize Awards

Dec 15, 2020 9:55 AM ET

International advocacy organization Global Citizen today announced the winners of the 2020 Global Citizen Prize.

Environment

Why Resources-as-a-Service (RaaS) for EHS Is Gaining Fast Popularity

Dec 15, 2020 9:15 AM ET

Sometimes an extra set of capable hands can make all the difference. What is Resources-as-a-Service (RaaS) and what does it mean for EHS&S? Read this Antea Group USA blog and find out why we’re seeing companies change the way they approach staffing.

Research, Reports & Publications

Fifth Third ESG Report: Collaborations for Community Benefit: Northwest Activities Center

Dec 15, 2020 9:00 AM ET

Northwest Activities Center (NWAC) is a community staple in Detroit—and so is Fifth Third Bank. The two have worked together for years and the relationship has yielded lasting, sustainable results for individuals and families in the Motor City.

Research, Reports & Publications

Arbor Day Foundation's Replanting Our Planet's Forests

Dec 15, 2020 9:00 AM ET

Generations past cared for our forests, preserving them as our heritage. Like the biological network a forest needs to thrive, our network of tremendous people helped guide that heritage towards a secure future this past year

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Responsible Business Alliance Launches Worker Voice Platform

Dec 15, 2020 8:30 AM ET

The Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) today announced the launch of its worker voice platform to help members and their suppliers improve conditions in their international supply chains

Research, Reports & Publications

VMware Commits to Building a More Equitable, Sustainable and Resilient World

Dec 15, 2020 8:00 AM ET

VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced its 2030 Agenda, a decade-long commitment to address critical challenges facing the global community.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

BVCI Names Scean Cherry as Labor Relations Chief

Dec 14, 2020 5:00 PM ET

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CBRE Announces Industry-Leading Science-Based Greenhouse Gas Emission Target

Dec 14, 2020 5:00 PM ET

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE) today announced that the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved the company’s science-based target to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from both CBRE’s own operations and the properties it manages for investors and occupiers.

Education

Stepping Up With Tech Support: CNH Industrial Helps Schools With Online Learning Transition

Dec 14, 2020 3:30 PM ET

A CNH Industrial manufacturing site in Wisconsin is helping local families get access to much-needed tech support for homeschooling and online learning.

Environment

Antea Group Announces New Service Offering: Resources-as-a-Service

Dec 14, 2020 3:00 PM ET

Antea Group USA introduced a new service to their Health and Safety offerings called Resources-as-a-Service (RaaS). RaaS is Antea Group’s customizable staffing solution for temporary EHS & sustainability resourcing needs.

Innovation & Technology

Two Technologies Available Today to Resolve Climate Change

Dec 14, 2020 2:55 PM ET

The primary driver of climate change is carbon emissions, and 80% of carbon emissions are energy related. To confront this climate crisis, we must reduce these emissions drastically.

Health & Healthcare

Manisha's Lesson

Dec 14, 2020 1:35 PM ET

It’s time to unite behind the front line. Hear from Manisha, a clinical lead in the UK, to see how COVID-19 didn’t create health equity, but it exasperated it. Manisha describes how the effort to #BacktheFrontline requires a commitment to equity.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Retraining and Adult Education Help Close the Skills Gap

Dec 14, 2020 11:50 AM ET

The global pandemic has highlighted long-standing economic and social disparities faced by minorities and unemployed and underemployed people.

Research, Reports & Publications

Powering an Inclusive Future Through Corporate Social Responsibility

Dec 14, 2020 11:50 AM ET

Cisco’s purpose to power an inclusive future for all is something the company has been committed to for decades. The power of our technology to create positive and inclusive outcomes on a global scale was immediately apparent...

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

International Paper Global Cellulose Fibers Business Donates 1,000 Feminine Hygiene Kits to Combat Period Poverty

Dec 14, 2020 11:45 AM ET

Each year, more than 40 million women and girls around the world are affected by period poverty – the lack of access to sanitary products, feminine hygiene education, toilets, handwashing facilities or waste management during menstrual cycles.

Research, Reports & Publications

Fifth Third ESG Report Feature: New Life Springs Within Old Bank Building in Lima, OH

Dec 14, 2020 11:20 AM ET

With one investment, Fifth Third was able to improve families' lives while preserving a building on the National Register of Historic Places, revitalize a neighborhood, create affordable housing, & contribute to an environmentally-sound building.