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Join Leaders From Google, Microsoft, REI & More at GreenBiz 26

Trellis Group

Events, Media & Communications

sustainability: 2025 Report - Rockwell Automation
Building a More Resilient, Agile, and Sustainable Future

Rockwell Automation

Research, Reports & Publications

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What We Learned (Or Didn’t) From Hurricane Katrina

TriplePundit

Social Impact & Volunteering

Social Impact & Volunteering

2020 Southern Nevada Youth Homelessness Summit Spurs Immediate Action to Address Critical Factors Affecting Vulnerable Youth

“We are continuing to implement the Southern Nevada Plan to End Youth Homelessness through our 2021 systems-level efforts around COVID-19, systemic racism, higher education, policy and so much more."

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Lenovo Increases Sustainability Ranking on Corporate Knights Global 100 Assessment

 Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR> LNVGY) has been recognized by Corporate Knights as one of the 100 most sustainable corporations in the world.

Diversity & Inclusion

Scotiabank Included in 2021 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index

Scotiabank has once again been included in the 2021 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI), a reference index which recognizes companies committed to transparency in gender reporting and gender equality in the workforce.

Diversity & Inclusion

I Still Have A Dream

While I am often frustrated at how long civil-rights-related change sometimes takes, perseverance is key to the fight for equality. The same is true for our efforts to become a more diverse and inclusive culture at Bechtel.

Diversity & Inclusion

Employee Nonprofit Fights Bias With Books

Discovering that there are more children’s books published each year that feature animals than people of color, General Mills' Alli Hearne came up with the idea of starting a nonprofit to fund the free book program – “Looking Glass Books.”

Responsible Production & Consumption

Alcohol & Your Immune System

During the pandemic, it is important to try to stay as healthy as possible. Here are some reasons why you may want to take a closer look at your drinking habits during Dry January and beyond.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Newsweek Lists FedEx Among America's Most Responsible Companies

FedEx has been named one of America's Most Responsible Companies 2021 by Newsweek.

Innovation & Technology

La TD soutient 15 organismes axés sur la reprise après la COVID-19

Aujourd'hui, la TD est fière de remettre 10 millions de dollars canadiens en subventions à 15 organismes nord-américains qui s'attaquent aux inégalités sociales existantes

Health & Healthcare

Time to Bridge the Gap, Demand Diabetes Care Equity

The United States is the world's largest engine for healthcare innovation. We generate nearly 60% of the world's new medicines, undertake roughly half of the world's medical research and development, and boast the largest medical device market of any country on Earth.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AEG Earns Top Marks in 2021 Corporate Equality Index

AEG, the world’s leading sports and live entertainment company, announced today that the company has once again received a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index (CEI)

Innovation & Technology

TD Supports 15 Organizations Focused on Advancing COVID-19 Recovery

Today, TD is proud to award $10 million (CDN) in grants to 15 North American organizations that are working to help address existing social inequities in communities that have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

Environment

Moving the Needle: Engaging College Students on Climate Solutions

The MoveTheNeedle Project’s mission is first to educate those who are passionate about carbon and climate. The next generation of leaders will be critical in shaping decisions—some of them are already in positions of influence.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Grant Williams Receives Bill Russell Mentoring Legacy Award

MENTOR National, an organization dedicated to unifying mentoring across the nation, today announced the second recipient of The Bill Russell Mentoring Legacy Award, Grant Williams of the Boston Celtics.

Education

NBCUniversal News Group Launches NBCU Academy, Offering Training to Universities and Community Colleges

In keeping with Comcast and NBCU News Group’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, the multi-year partnership involves 17 academic partners reaching students from underrepresented groups.

Events, Media & Communications

How the Customer Experience Has Been Altered for Good

Every second counts in a pandemic-driven world. Customers want the ability to quickly access claims information across multiple devices. At Aflac, we launched our “guest checkout” capability in 2020.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

CBRE Global Investors Closes First Bond Issuance in EMEA, Based on Green Credentials

A fund sponsored by CBRE Global Investors has priced its inaugural Green Eurobond debt offering of senior unsecured notes raising €500 million.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Transparency and Ownership: Key Components to Gildan's Ethical and Sustainable Practices

In today’s fashion and apparel industry, it is common for both brands and companies to outsource the production of their clothes to various third-party contractors. In fact, decentralized global supply chains are quite common in this industry.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ecolab Again Named "Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality" by Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index

Ecolab Inc., the global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services, received a top score of 100% on the 2021 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), designating it as one of the “Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality.”

Environment

Waste Not

What do a water bottle, a KitKat wrapper and a cat litter box all have in common? They each play key roles in our ongoing push to find innovative ways to secure a future in which none of our packaging ends up in landfill. Read more.

Research, Reports & Publications

New GFSI Podcast Series to Explore Food Safety, Industry Action and Multi-Stakeholder Dialogues

The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) today launches its all-new GFSI Podcast Series.

Environment

GM Commitment Is an Important Step Toward a Zero-Emissions Future

Ceres released the following response to General Motors announcement that it would commit to the Business Ambition Pledge for 1.5 degrees Celsius, to be carbon neutral by 2040, and to comply with interim Science Based Targets

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CIT Named a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality by Human Rights Campaign Foundation

CIT Group Inc. (CIT) today announced that it received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index, the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality for the second year in a row.

Health & Healthcare

Novartis Renews WHO Medicine Donation Pledge With Aim of Ending Leprosy

A renewed partnership agreement signed by Novartis and the World Health Organization (WHO) will drive the global push towards making leprosy history. The five-year extension of the partnership – which was first signed in 2000 – will see Novartis continue to donate multidrug therapy (MDT) medicines to treat leprosy up to the end of 2025.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Lenovo Earns Top Marks for Fourth Consecutive Year in 2021 Corporate Equality Index

Lenovo announced today that, for the fourth consecutive year, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation gave the company a perfect score of 100 on the 2021 Corporate Equality Index.

Innovation & Technology

VF Corporation Launches Enhanced Product Traceability Mapping Data Providing Unprecedented Industry Supply Chain Transparency

VF Corporation (NYSE: VFC), one of the world’s largest apparel, footwear and accessories companies, enhanced its traceability mapping program today by disclosing Tier 1 through Tier 4 supplier information in a consolidated, downloadable file, providing an unprecedented level of industry transparency.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Employee Giving & Volunteerism
    We support employees in their desire to give back – connecting them to organizations where they can make a difference. Motorolans are good citizens by...
  2. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. Innovation & Sustainable Solutions
    Chemours chemistry is essential to our daily lives, global commerce, and the future. Our commitment to product sustainability drives us to innovate...
  6. Financial health
    At Wells Fargo, we're opening pathways to economic advancement for racially and ethnically diverse and low- and moderate-income individuals and...
  7. KeyBank's Commitment to Diversity
    Promoting inclusive environments by employing systemic changes to improve the access of individuals of diverse backgrounds. Learn more about our...
  8. Protecting our planet
    We believe that people can only live their healthiest lives on a healthy planet. That’s why we reduce our environmental footprint by finding...
  9. 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...
  10. Collaboration and Partnership
    Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...
  11. 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...
  12. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  13. 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...
  14. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...
  15. 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...