Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Freeport-McMoRan United Way Campaign Tops $11 Million

Freeport-McMoRan employees continued the tradition of giving back to the community by pledging more than $4 million in 2019, which raised a record-setting $11.1 million with the company match program for United Ways across the U.S.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Nature Needs Heroes: Actor Yo Yang on Supporting Eco-conscious Projects

Timberland is proud to feature Yo Yang in the brand’s “Nature Needs Heroes” campaign, which celebrates heroes around the world who are making positive change for the planet, and calls on the global community to join the movement.

Education

Meet the Reinventor: Yamilée Toussaint Beach, Founder of STEM from Dance

Yamilée Toussaint Beach is easily described as a polymath. Growing up on Long Island, she excelled in math and science in school, and after class dedicated herself to jazz, ballet, and modern dance.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

New Holland Agriculture Plant in Zedelgem, Belgium, ‘Supporting’ Its Workers in More Ways Than One

New Holland Agriculture a global agricultural brand of CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI/ MI: CNH), hosted Hilde Crevits, the Belgian Minister of Agriculture and Work, at its New Holland Agriculture plant in Zedelgem, Northwest of Belgium.

Innovation & Technology

We Are Family! Meet the Ambitious Young Social Entrepreneur Who Took Home the T-Mobile Family Challenge Grand Prize

Legally Ours exposes middle sch​ool students to the legal field while promoting community involvement and building their communication skills.

Health & Healthcare

Profiles in Creating Possible: Staci Bush Helps Gilead Go Beyond Medicine to Address Barriers to HIV Care Through Partnerships

Staci Bush can still remember the first time that she, while working as a physician’s assistant at an LGBTQ+ teen health center in Chicago, became aware of the term “single tablet regimen for HIV.”

Responsible Production & Consumption

Don’t Lose Sleep Over How to Recycle Your Mattress

It doesn’t happen very often, but there usually comes a time when you need a new mattress. So, what’s the right way to discard your old one? Read on for the details and rest easy!

Social Impact & Volunteering

Up-Skill Your Employee Volunteer Champions, Ambassadors and Leaders

Need to invest in your influential employees (the social innovators) leading in the company's employee giving and volunteering program? If you want to achieve sustainable scale with limited resources - this is for you!

Environment

WEC & Bank of Africa – BMCE Group Sign an Agreement to Promote Environmental Governance in Private and Public Sectors of Morocco

WEC & Bank of Africa signed an agreement that will enable public & private sectors in Morocco to improve their environmental performance through green technologies, practices & services, addressing air pollution, water, & waste management challenges

Events, Media & Communications

Behind the Masthead: TriplePundit Holds Virtual Open House April 1

TriplePundit, which has covered the business of doing better since 2005, will invite the sustainability and corporate responsibility community into its newsroom April 1 in a virtual open house. Registration is free and open now.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Reforestation: More Than Planting Trees

Climate change and biodiversity loss are on everyone’s minds these days – as they should be.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Albertsons Companies Foundation Wins Community Hero Award at Benevity’s 2020 Corporate Goodness Awards

The Albertsons Companies Foundation won a Corporate Goodness Award, “the Goodie,” for our community outreach programs, especially our work to end childhood hunger in our neighborhoods.

Environment

Olympic Games to Become “Climate Positive” From 2030

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Today announced that the Olympic Games and Olympic Winter Games will be “climate positive” from 2030 onwards.

Education

The Drug Enforcement Administration and Discovery Education Introduce Digital Workplace Training to Combat Opioid Epidemic

The Operation Prevention program, created in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration and Discovery Education, today announced a 4-part series to educate workplace professionals about the opioid epidemic.

Sustainable Development Goals

Retail Revival Grows Internationally, Helping Local Businesses Expand Their Sales Online

eBay partners with local city leaders in regions across the world to develop innovative small business programs that address specific retail challenges and scale solutions to benefit entrepreneurs across different communities

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Wells Fargo Asset Management Launches Municipal Sustainability Fund

Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) today announced the launch of the Wells Fargo Municipal Sustainability Fund, highlighting WFAM’s commitment to provide clients innovative solutions and play a leading role in sustainable investing.

Diversity & Inclusion

Be a Problem-Solver: On a Journey of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Ask yourself: how are you contributing to solving today’s problem? It could be something small, specific to just today, or conceptual and large with a longer time frame.

Diversity & Inclusion

UPS Longitudes | Podcast: Quality, Style and Respect for All Women

Kathleen Marran, UPS Vice President of Marketing, Diverse Segments: women business owners face difficulties in raising money and handling that first big order — how exactly do you master the logistics needed to keep pace with rising customer demand?

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Congrats to the 2020 Corporate Goodness Award Winners!

Congrats to the 2020 Corporate Goodness Award Winners: Levi Strauss & Co., Adobe, Albertsons Companies/Albertsons Companies Foundation, Splunk, Intel, TELUS, Arm and Tricia Stevens from Lush!

Responsible Production & Consumption

Gaming’s Coolest Chair Design Wins HP’s HBCU Challenge

Meet the winners from North Carolina Central University, who took home the top prize for HP’s third-annual HBCU business challenge.

Research, Reports & Publications

Climate Leadership with the Adoption of Science-Based Targets (SBTs)

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sanofi US Named Top Company by the National Association for Female Executives

The pharmaceutical company’s commitment to gender parity is underlined by its ambition of reaching 50/50 in senior leadership by 2025 and evident in its strong female representation in its seniormost ranks in North America

Diversity & Inclusion

Bridgestone Named First Partner for First Video Game Designed to Celebrate Paralympic Athletes

Bridgestone Corporation, the world's largest tire and rubber company and a Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner, announced today its sponsorship support for the first official video game of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

Latest Campaigns

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    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  2. Kids to College Powered by Entergy
    Entergy believes in the dreams of the families we serve. Everyone deserves the opportunity to continue their education and, as a corporate leader and...
  3. Financial health
    At Wells Fargo, we're opening pathways to economic advancement for racially and ethnically diverse and low- and moderate-income individuals and...
  4. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  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. Health and Safety by Antea Group
    Antea Group's health and safety consultants understand what it takes to help make a positive impact on safety culture. Read blogs, insights, and more...
  7. Arbor Day Foundation News
    Stay up to date on the latest news and events from the Arbor Day Foundation. Subscribe to the Arbor Day e-news arborday.org/accounts/optin.cfm
  8. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  9. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  10. Health and Safety by Antea Group
    Antea Group's health and safety consultants understand what it takes to help make a positive impact on safety culture. Read blogs, insights, and more...
  11. CSRHub Research
    Periodically, CSRHub publishes new research regarding sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Most of the research is conducted by CSRHub...
  12. Subaru Share the Love® Event
    Since the launch of the Subaru Share the Love Event in 2008, Subaru of America and our retailers have donated more than $256 million to charity, with...
  13. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  14. Arbor Day Foundation News
    Stay up to date on the latest news and events from the Arbor Day Foundation. Subscribe to the Arbor Day e-news arborday.org/accounts/optin.cfm
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    GoDaddy is the world’s largest services platform for entrepreneurs around the globe. We’re on a mission to empower our worldwide community of 20+...